Ji's family didn't believe that Ji Huai had money to build a house or get married. They were more concerned about how much it would cost to get married. Ji's father was gone. Who would pay for the banquet and betrothal gift? There is also some random money.
Grandma Ji immediately expressed her position: "I don't have any money to give you. If her family is asking for betrothal gifts, don't get married yet, continue working for a few years to save money, and then get married."
Ji Huai said: "Her family didn't ask for any betrothal gift, they only asked for 8,800 yuan. I have prepared the money."
They bought a house and renovated both sides of the house, so they didn't have much money left. Cheng's mother said that it would be good to ask for good luck, and Cheng Yunyu would take the money back.
He didn't care whether he brought it back or not, the main thing was that the wedding went smoothly.
"Eight thousand and eighty is not enough money? It still costs money to repair the house and hold a banquet." Grandma Ji muttered to the side again, "I don't think there will be a banquet anymore. You are still young. When the time comes to give birth to a baby, you can just hold a full-moon banquet." , let’s do it together.”
Organizing a full-moon party is easy and hassle-free, and you can collect the family money together. A wedding is expensive and there is a lot of messy money.
She wanted Ji Huai to get married and have children as soon as possible. Marriage didn't necessarily require a wedding. Wouldn't it be enough to bring a woman back, live together, and have another child
Aunt Ji also listened and persuaded Ji Huai: "I think so. It will cost a lot of money to repair the house. Just listen to grandma and hold the full moon party after the baby is born. How can it save trouble?"
"Which girl doesn't want to wear a wedding dress when she gets married? The child's affairs are not affected, the wedding must be held." Ji Huai still smiled, but his attitude was very insistent.
After Uncle Ji came back, Aunt Ji complained to him: "We will definitely have to contribute money and effort by then. It's such a big thing like getting married. We don't know how much it will cost. We just got married as soon as we said hello. We didn't say hello before, and the house was demolished as soon as we said it." dismantle."
"He is young and impulsive, so help him if you can." Uncle Ji sighed and then said.
"Don't you know what your mother is like? You take the money. If you give me the money, I will take care of it." Aunt Ji stretched out her hand towards him.
Uncle Ji didn't say anything, he lit a cigarette and walked out while smoking. Aunt Ji behind him snorted coldly.
Everyone in the Ji family and the village knew that Ji Huai was getting married. The Ji family was not very happy and even felt that they were going to get into trouble again.
Just talking about building a house, if Ji Huai holds a door-in-door ceremony, they will have to give money and furniture, no matter how little it is, it will be a thousand and eight. By then, the members of the banquet will also have to pay, and they will also have to help at the banquet. Busy work.
According to them, Ji Huai got married and built a house just to collect money!
Amid the various thoughts of the Ji family, the house was built. When Aunt Ji came back, she looked at the new door and windows. She also went in and took a look around. She was slightly surprised to see that it was all made of solid wood.
They didn't have much money when they built the house. The windows and door frames were made of cement, which saved money and wouldn't break down. Unexpectedly, Ji Huai actually used solid wood.
When she heard that Ji Huai was going to the bride's house for an engagement in a while, she thought that Grandma Ji was going with him, so she went to inquire about it. Grandma Ji waved her hands and said, "I won't go. He is taking Er Po Chen to go. What am I going to do? What? It’s all settled.”
"What does the woman do? How much did she give as a bride price?" Aunt Ji was also curious.
Aunt Ji was the first to answer: "I gave you eight thousand and eighty, and I haven't heard of what to do with it, but what else can I do? The date is set, and we will know when the time comes."
Aunt Ji Er understands what she means. Ji Huai is now equivalent to having no father or mother, and he will have to trouble them when the time comes. Even Grandma Ji found it very troublesome. She frowned and said, "I told you not to hold a wedding. It has to be so troublesome."
Not to mention that hosting a banquet would trouble her. Ji Huai would probably come to ask her for help in a few days to get engaged, buying this and that.
"What did the woman say about three gold coins? Did you buy it?" Sister-in-law Ji asked again.
Grandma Ji immediately lost her temper: "How can I have the money to buy it for her? If necessary, you can each chip in. He has no father or mother, so you can just ignore him this time and help him get through."
"I only have a gold ring. I can just go to the gold store to get a new one for her."
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When Second Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji heard this, they naturally felt uncomfortable, but they could not escape their responsibility. They were mainly afraid that the villagers would complain about it. They were even more unhappy when they thought that Ji Huai used solid wood to build his house.
They were speechless when faced with this family and the hopeless son left behind by Ji's father.
Everyone in the Ji family was afraid of being troubled, and even more afraid that Ji Huai would come to borrow money. Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji both went home and warned their husbands that they could not borrow any money. Life at home is tight, so if you want to take care of it, let Grandma Ji take care of it, or let his escaped father or his married mother take care of it.
What does it have to do with them
Ji Xue and others also felt that Ji Huai got married too early. He was still at this age when he was still studying. Ji Huai was not much older than his cousins like them. He got married unexpectedly and could see the future at a glance.
He and they are destined to not be from the same world.
The day for Ji Huai to get engaged was getting closer and closer, and Ji Huai did not ask Ji's family to borrow money. He had already approached Erpo Chen, who was a relatively experienced matchmaker nearby.
He bought everything he needed to buy, and on the day of the engagement, he and the other party set off to Cheng's house.
Naturally, the Cheng family had prepared early. The original rough house had been renovated, with ceramic tiles on the outside and inside. The furniture and electrical appliances were all new. The small yard was fenced in. Cheng's father also cemented the yard, making it clean and tidy. With such a mess, he is considered a good person in the village.
The store had some income again. The original gift of eight thousand eight thousand eight thousand eight thousand eight hundred and eight thousand eight thousand eight hundred and eighty yuan was too low, Ji Huai thought later, so he raised it to thirty eight thousand eight thousand eight thousand eight thousand.
Cheng Yunyu also chose the jewelry she sent to her, and Cheng's mother also bought a set for her daughter in private. When she saw the gift from Ji Huai, it was full of sincerity, and the corners of her mouth were raised. The harmonious sound of conversation.
According to local customs, their daughter was getting married, and they had to make the people in the village happy. Mother Cheng found two women to deliver the portioned meat and rice balls door to door, and informed them of the wedding day. Let's all join in the fun.
For a while, everyone in the village thought that Cheng Yunyu was getting married, and the aunts gathered together to discuss:
"That young man is so handsome. There is no such handsome young man in the whole village."
"He looks even more handsome than Cheng Jun's son, tall and handsome."
"Really? I have to go check it out."
…
Ji Huai and others had dinner at Cheng's house. After returning, Mrs. Chen also spread the word, saying everywhere: "The daughter-in-law Ji Huai is going to marry is very good-looking. There are no such good-looking girls in several villages around."
This word reached the ears of Ji's family, and when Grandma Ji mentioned it, Aunt Ji retorted: "Whenever a woman gets married, she always says she is the prettiest. Ji Rao's daughter-in-law is good-looking, and so is Ji Peng's daughter-in-law. Zhang Erdong’s daughters-in-law are also good-looking, all of them are good-looking, and they are all the most beautiful brides in the village, aren’t they good-looking?!”
Grandma Ji didn't talk about it anymore. Aunt Ji also told her eldest daughter Ji Xue about it. She complained to her for a while and said, "It is said that the woman's family is well off and the house is built. A daughter. Ji Huai is popular because of his face. He imitates his father and is smooth-tongued."
Ji Xue asked: "How much did you give as a gift for the engagement? Did you buy three gold coins? Does our family need to give him some money?"
"He didn't say it, and of course we won't give it to him. Sanjin doesn't know, hasn't heard of it, and probably doesn't have it either. Look, the girl is young and doesn't study. Is this the only way she can marry?" Aunt Ji took the opportunity again. Education, "When you finish studying, you will be different from them. Study hard in school and don't waste the money I spent on you."
She also expected her daughter to make money to repay her, at least to earn back the money spent on her. If she got married at a young age, wouldn't she be losing money
Ji Xue thought she was right and didn't refute: "Did he say what to do with the wedding banquet? And that house, what electrical appliances should our family give us?"
"Who knows? Anyway, I didn't buy anything in the house. I guess we will give it away." Aunt Ji said and started to babble again, "I don't even understand why he is so anxious to get married. I don't know how much money he will give. Wait for two We can only discuss it after Auntie comes back, and we can also get some money from the house."
"His parents spread their hands and didn't care about anything. Your dad just opened his mouth and I didn't see him taking any money."
"Every family has the same virtue."
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The next day.
Aunt Ji Er came back from shopping for groceries in town and saw a pickup truck parked at Incense House. She walked over and saw several workers moving furniture.
Ji Huai bought a bed and a cabinet.
Before she could ask, the other person greeted her and left in a hurry.
Next, Ji Huai would come back from time to time, and he didn't hear that there would be any introductory drinks for the new house. A lot of things were slowly added to the room.
Sofa, dressing table, and curtains...
Ji Huai didn't talk about the wedding banquet for a long time, and Ji's family didn't want to cause trouble, so they just endured it.
Aunt Ji was confused and asked Uncle Ji: "What did Ji Huai say? He came to you secretly?"
"No." Uncle Ji shook his head.
"Are you sure?" Aunt Ji still didn't believe it. There was no news at all. As soon as she finished speaking, her phone rang. When she saw it was Ji Huai, she breathed a sigh of relief and then frowned: "Cao Cao will be here soon. He called me."
"Answer first." Uncle Ji also put down his phone and looked at her.
"Ji Huai." Second Aunt Ji smiled and called out to the phone. She had already made up her mind.
"Second Aunt, have you eaten?" Ji Huai asked while flipping through his notebook. He was in the store at the moment, with a stack of invitations on the table, and he was making phone calls one by one to notify them.
Aunt Ji Er: "Eat, just ate, have you eaten?"
She knew that it was all just pleasantries and that the other party must have something going on, most likely to borrow money.
"I just ate too." Ji Huai went straight to the point, "Xiao Yu and I's wedding is scheduled for next Saturday, the 17th. Can you come back when you are free? I will send you the invitation tomorrow. "
"It's the 17th." Second Aunt Ji didn't respond at all. "I can't go back too early if there's something going on at school. I don't know if your second uncle can come back. I'll ask him again."
The banquet in the village depends on everyone's help, especially her own family. She has to work if she goes back early, and she doesn't want to work.
Ji Huai: "If you are free, you can come back and have a meal together. The banquet will start at 11 o'clock, and we will have dinner on the night of the 16th. I don't know if Ji Nan has a holiday over the weekend, so we can come back together."
He is neither humble nor arrogant, he smiles in his words and has a good attitude.
After the two hung up the phone, Uncle Ji said, "What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything. He just asked us to go back for a banquet on the 17th when we were free. He said that it was a lively family gathering." Aunt Ji put the phone aside without thinking about it. This was not what she expected at all. situation in.
She didn't want Ji Huai to trouble her, and when the other party didn't say anything, she was confused again. They were all part of the same family, and she felt like she didn't know anything and had no status.
Not only does she feel this way, but so does Aunt Ji and Grandma Ji.
The wedding banquet was about to come, and Ji Huai didn't tell them what he wanted to buy. Grandma Ji couldn't hold it back. When Ji Huai came back again, she went over to look for him. Aunt Ji saw him and followed him.
Ji Huai bought a red silk quilt from the Internet. He was laying out the sheets when he heard Grandma Ji's question. He shook the quilt and walked to the other side to tidy up: "Shouldn't everyone be notified? The list of personnel has also been confirmed. Did you miss something?"
Aunt Ji also wanted some uncles from her mother's family to take charge of the dishes. They could earn a lot of money a day, so she said, "You have to order the chef for the banquet, right? There are various dishes, and... "
"The banquet is all contracted to others, otherwise you will have to work too, it will be too tiring. They cover it all, so we don't have to worry about it. I have prepared three more tables, which should be enough." Ji Huai was putting on pillow cases.
The two froze.
Aunt Ji reacted first: "We don't have to do anything?"
When hosting banquets in the village, they rarely outsource it to others. They buy the ingredients themselves and do the work themselves, and the people in the village help with the work, serving the dishes, washing dishes, and cleaning up.
"Yeah. Just eat." Ji Huai covered two pillows and placed them on the bedside.
Aunt Ji felt that something must have been missed, and continued: "Don't you need to decorate the house? Also, when the time comes to make offerings, burn paper money and light candles, you didn't buy any of these."
Ji Huai answered: "Someone will come to decorate tomorrow, and I will buy those things."
Aunt Ji and Grandma Ji feel like outsiders and don't have to do anything. Ji Huai bought other needed things the next day, and brought a few more people over in the afternoon.
Some people laid out a red carpet, some played balloons, and some put up lace flowers. In just one afternoon, the room changed drastically.
Aunt Ji and Grandma Ji were watching from the side without any help from them.
The people from the wedding company decorated a wedding room in minutes. The walls were covered with various festive and beautiful red stickers. There were transparent balloons with gold sequins and red balloons on both sides of the red carpet. There was also an inflatable arch outside. .
At first glance, it looks warm and romantic. No one in the village has ever decorated it with such care. It is quite grand.
Ji Huai arranged everything in an orderly manner. He didn't need Grandma Ji to teach him what to do because the other party was unreliable. Some time ago, he gave some supplements to Grandma Li in the village, bought her son a cigarette, and gave him a red envelope. He felt guilty and asked her to teach him the rules of the village, and asked her to watch some of the procedures that day to avoid accidents. Something went wrong.
The day before the wedding, the banquet organizer came and wanted to treat the whole village to a meal in the evening. Looking at the decorated new house and the red carpet, the villagers even discussed it.
The wedding room was beautifully decorated, and there were wedding photos of the two of them hanging on the bed. The bride looked very beautiful.
Someone also teased Ji Huai: "I heard that the bride you married is very beautiful? There is no such beautiful girl in the whole village."
"Beautiful." Ji Huai greeted them and replied, "The whole village doesn't know that she is the most beautiful in my heart."
"Tomorrow we want to see how beautiful it is." Everyone cheered.
With a smile on his lips, he said, "I'll take it back tomorrow."
…
Aunt Ji also came back in the evening. She was stunned when she saw how beautifully decorated the home was. The inflatable arch also glowed at night, giving it a full atmosphere.
Ji's family really didn't have to do anything, just eat. Ji Huai had arranged things all by himself, and it was very appropriate, which made them a little unbelievable.
However, something went wrong that night. One of the two originally scheduled "pick-ups" fell ill, so he called Ji Huai in advance and asked him if he could find another one.
Aunt Ji was also there and said directly: "Let Xiaoxue go, she has nothing to do at home."
Ji Xue initially disagreed, but Aunt Ji urged her to go, secretly saying, "Just go and have fun. If you receive red envelopes, you will receive red envelopes from both sides, and you can also have two banquets."
"Are you free tomorrow? You have to go out from morning to night at eleven o'clock tomorrow." Ji Huai still asked her and explained to her what he had to do.
Ji Xue looked at him and finally nodded.
She was not doing it for the red envelope, but mainly because she was curious about the woman's family and what kind of person married Ji Huai. She originally thought that the wedding was not very good, but now she was a little surprised. She had also visited the wedding room. It was beautifully decorated and full of ceremony. The girls in the wedding photos were beautiful, but they were retouched, she was sure of it. It’s just that the other person is a girl who hasn’t read much.
Ji Huai explained the details again, and finally said: "It's troublesome. The main reason is that the other mother-in-law is sick, so she won't be found for a while. Fortunately, you are at home."
Ji Xue: "It's okay."
That night, she also talked about it in the group chat in her dormitory. After all, it was her first time being a pick-up girl, so she was still very excited. She promised to take photos and post them in the group chat, and update the news from time to time, as if she was watching a show.
Ji Xue got up very early the next day and got ready. She put on a new dress and put on light makeup, still wanting to compete for the limelight.
The driver also came early. The Ji family was extremely surprised to see the Mercedes-Benz was all black. Moreover, the license plate number at the beginning was four nines, which was a big deal.
Ji Huai changed into a neat and straight suit today. His black trousers were neatly pressed and the collar of his white shirt was also very smooth. It made him look more mature. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he stood out from the crowd. All the aunts in the village wanted to do it. praise him to heaven.
"Trouble." Ji Huai raised his eyebrows slightly, very politely. He held a red envelope in his hand and gave one to both the driver and the "pickup mother".
"He has become so handsome." The "pickup girl" next to Ji Xue was Ji Xiaomei from the same village. She looked at Ji Huai with a nymphomaniac look on her face, then quietly looked at the red envelope and took a breath, "It's actually a hundred yuan. , so generous.”
Make money, make money.
Ji Xue also looked at the red envelope. Inside was a red banknote. One hundred yuan was indeed a lot. Her monthly living expenses were only three hundred yuan.
Ji Xiaomei has been chatting with her, and the other party has no books. Now she is doing manicures and preparing to open a nail salon. Ji Xue did not listen to her seriously, and her thoughts were far away.
The roommates were also curious and kept urging her to send photos of the groom. Ji Xue looked at Ji Huai, took out her phone and secretly took a photo.
Ji Huai was standing at the door communicating with Grandma Li.
Grandma Li danced and said: "I will worship my ancestors before going out, and set off firecrackers at eleven o'clock. Then you will come out of the room and go out on the left, and then the bride will come back from the right."
"When you get out of the door, hold her hand tightly, clasp your fingers together, and don't let go. When you get off the car, go around the road and hold her hand when you get off the car."
Ji Huai kept nodding beside him, "Ling your fingers together."
"Yes, yes, keep it." After Grandma Li finished speaking, she continued, "Be sure to come back from the right and make a circle. After receiving it, come back and pay homage, and then..."
Ji Huai checked the time countless times this morning. He became more nervous as it approached eleven o'clock and took several deep breaths.
Eleven o'clock sharp.
"Bang bang bang~~~" the sound of firecrackers sounded.
Ji Huai walked out of the house holding a bouquet of flowers. Grandma Li was still afraid that he would go wrong, so she quickly said: "Go to the left."
He took the groomsmen and bride-to-be and took the left path, walking all the way to the street, and they quickly got into the wedding car. The leading wedding car drove forward slowly, and the others following behind all drove towards the bride's house with double flashes.