CH 29.1

The ceremony for a bachelor to marry a wife had to be done in certain time.  

Although he was a farmer and a rural person, he also knew etiquette and respects the etiquette. He married a real wife, and the time was set in the afternoon.

But Zhang Fangyuan got up before dawn, it wasn't that he had developed a good habit of getting up early, in fact, he was lying on the bed, thinking of Xu He over and over again.

Thinking that today was a major event in his life, and thinking that there would be one more person in the family to live with him in the future, he tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep, sometimes thinking about how to live in the future, and sometimes laughing out loud. Until the dawn, he couldn't s sleep on the bed.

After the dawn, people came to the house one after another. The eldest uncle of the Zhang family came first, and then the villagers who came to help with the cooking. After lunch, the villagers who came to eat in the afternoon came slowly.

Zhang Fangyuan and his fourth uncle greeted the guests at the gate of the open courtyard. The villagers didn’t come for nothing. Each house would have a representative to give the gifts, usually from the women and fulang who were in charge of housework.

There was a square table under the eaves, and the literate old people in the village would write down who came to the wedding banquet and what gifts they gave in the book of favors.

It was not for the sake of comparison, the main reason was that there were too many people who came, and the host couldn't keep in his mind all the things sent by the folks from each houses in a hurry. And the next time someone had something to do, you could take out the book of favors to see if the family that you were working on had come to the wedding, and then you could add a little more to the gifts that this family gave you last time.

In the early years of war and chaos, everyone liked to send some very practical things, such as meat, cakes and fruits, cloth, rice and so on.

Like this kind of marriage wedding banquet, how much gift money everyone gave depended entirely on the relationship with the host's family. Naturally, there were also people with good family backgrounds who spent a lot of money and didn't care much about closeness. Another point was to look at the level of wealth and poverty in various places. Jijiu Village was not very poor village, nor could it be considered very rich. Generally, villagers followed the etiquette, the basic was sixty copper coins, and adjust themselves according to the aforementioned.

But generally it was to add money upwards to make up an auspicious number, and there were very few downwards. After all, it had to be recorded in the book.

In fact, it seemed that the human relationship in the village was also a big expense, such as black and white weddings, funerals, children's full moon, and old people's birthday parties... If you were in a hurry, you may have to visit two or three families in a month. According to the least amount of ceremony, it would cost one hundred and eighty copper coins, which made them smacked their tongue when they thought about it.

But even so, the villagers still liked to participate. After all, it was a lively event, and after the ceremony, the whole family could have a meal, which was not too bad.

The women who came to Zhang's house to help with errands all said that Zhang Fangyuan was generous. Naturally, many villagers came after hearing the news, and they all wanted to have a good meal.    

There were many people who came to do things, and outsiders would say that the family was very popular and the host family was also happy.

"Sure enough, it's meat. You can smell the aroma from the Zhang family's food from afar."

"Isn't that right, people used pork from half a pig, and slaughtered ten chickens and ducks, and a dozen fishes... "

"The butcher is good, and it's convenient to get these things."

The villagers who came early followed the ceremony, and those who gambled a little money gathered around a table, chatting and chatting, all talking about the good things about the Zhang family. Forget about the previous always so-so attitude, full of enthusiasm.

"I'm afraid your second aunt won't be able to come. If she wants to come, she should come yesterday."

"It's really not a big deal. It's not easy for the second aunt to come back."

Zhang Shicheng nodded, "What about  your sixth uncle? Have you notified him?"

Zhang Fangyuan thought about his sixth uncle, and his expression was not very good. He had gone to inform earlier but sixth uncle didn't seem to be at home, and his Sixth aunt was peeling sunflower seeds with her legs crossed, saying that she would tell Sixth uncle, but he hadn’t come at this time, so she probably wouldn't tell him.

He didn't care too much, this kind of thing couldn't be forced.

"Forget it, come if he wants to come, or forget it if he doesn't come." Zhang Shicheng put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sun, turned his head and said to Zhang Fangyuan: "It's getting late, you should hurry up and tidy up. It's time to pick the newcomer, or it will be late for the auspicious time."

Zhang Fangyuan hadn't changed his clothes yet, and he had to help in the morning, for fear that the wedding clothes would be dirty. 

They had breakfast in the morning, and it was time to get organized and go to the Xu family to get married.

He didn't say anything, but he was a little excited in his heart, so he answered and went back to clean up.

"Very handsome!"

Zhang Fangyuan changed into his wedding clothes, he was in high spirits on happy occasions and looked very good. His fourth aunt combed his hair neatly and couldn't help admiring.

"It's not ugly."

Zhang Fangyuan stood up, and the well-fitting wedding dress showed his broad shoulders and narrow waist very well. When he walked out, the villagers couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"I haven't noticed it before, but Zhang Fangyuan looks pretty good."

"He is so tall, I'm afraid there won't be anyone taller than him in the village.

"And the youngest of the Xu family, I didn't expect to be blessed with such a blessing, I really didn't expect it."

"Who can explain clearly what's going on under the sun?"

"It's time to welcome the relatives!" The Zhang family yelled, and they didn't think there were too many scattered in the Zhang family. When everyone went out together, there was still a big wave of people.

The little ge’er marriage was not as complicated as the girl's, and he didn't even need to cover his head. Xu He on this side packed up at noon and had been waiting at home. Although it was a marriage, some relatives and friends came to the Xu family, one was to see Xu He, and the other was to see Xu Changren, the family was quite lively.