all the way

Although Liu Hai had already heard that Yang Dongyan was very beautiful, Liu Xia and the others who saw her for the first time were still amazed.

Later, Liu Xia saw a lot of beautiful and foreign girls in big cities. Looking back and thinking about it, he felt that the surprise this time came more from the fact that Yang Dongyan was completely different from the young girls in the countryside like Rongze in the small town and Wangning. Temperament and attire, as well as Yang Dongyan's high-spirited and happy mood are quite infectious. In terms of appearance alone, Yang Dongyan is actually not as good as Xiumei and Xu Xiaohong.

As for his mother-in-law, Chang'e, since Liu Xia could remember, Chang'e was always the same—a middle-aged woman in a coarse cardigan with hair neatly stuck behind her ears. He never thought about Chang'e's appearance at all. This question, so there is no comparison.

But it cannot be denied that Yang Dongyan is indeed pretty.

Liu Hai and Yang Dongyan are very familiar, and Liu Ling has met her several times, so both of them greeted Yang Dongyan happily.

Liu Xia said, "Hello, Sister Dongyan!"

Yang Dongyan agreed bluntly, while looking at Liu Xia without hesitation: "Oh, I also said that Xiao Hai is already extremely handsome, and Xiao Ling is already incomparably handsome, so there is another one who is even more handsome! This Is it Yaoer, Liu Xia, right? Tsk tsk, what a beauty..."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Liu Xia coughed violently, and said in his heart, I'm a man, okay? Is there anyone who can praise someone so handsome?

Zeng Huaichen said with a smile to Yang Dongyan: "Look at you scaring Yao'er. Uncle Liu's aunts and sister-in-laws are all gentle and virtuous people. He can't stand your boastful style."

Yang Dongyan laughed grimly: "It's okay, I'll get used to it after listening to it too much. Is it good looking? Don't you want people to praise you?"

Liu Ling patted Liu Xia on the shoulder: "Sister Dongyan, most people like our youngest would say that the tree is in the wind and the talent of the group, you should save the little girl from other people's family."

Yang Dongyan said with a smile: "Okay, let's face the wind in Yushu! Huaichen, you show them, I'll go to see my uncle and aunt." She patted Liu Xin and Mao'er on the head again: "Just play around. , at home, you can do whatever you want."

After finishing talking, I went all the way to the main room with the sound of 'da da' of high heels.

Liu Xia and the others went on to look at Zeng Huaichen's new house.

The furniture is all in the traditional Chinese red color, which is calm but not dull, and there is a bit of richness and lingering taste in the antique.

The style and size of the furniture. Liu Xia and the others heard from Liu Hai that all of them were designed by Zeng Guangtong himself. They basically kept the style of traditional furniture and simplified the carving process of traditional furniture. It is not as gorgeous and delicate as the carving of old furniture, but the simplified The carving is very smooth and elegant, the workmanship is still exquisite, and because the size is tailored according to the size of the house, every piece of furniture will make people feel that it is very suitable.

Except that Liu Xia felt that the double bed was a bit small, everything else felt perfect.

The better furniture he has seen, except for the ones from when Liu Chuan got married, belonged to Che Jie's house.

Although Liu Chuan's furniture is also new, it is impossible to compare with Zeng Huaichen's set in any aspect; as for Che Jie's, Liu Xia feels that compared with Zeng Guangtong's furniture, their home's basic function is to hold things. There is no need to mention other styles and workmanship.

The cat seemed a little dazzled, and after looking at it several times, he said to Liu Xia: "This room is really beautiful, look at it, uncle, this mirror can even reflect my feet, hey, your feet can also be reflected Uncle, why is this so beautiful?"

Liu Xia said: "When my uncle goes to work and has a house, he will also buy such a big mirror in our house, you can take pictures every day; if you wait to see such a cabinet and bed, when you get married, my uncle will also find someone Make a set for you and ask Grandpa Zeng to design it for you."

Several people laughed when they heard Liu Xia's words. Zeng Huaichen said: "Why, Mao'er wants to marry a wife? Now your uncle is going to prepare a wife book for you?"

Mao'er immediately denied it: "I don't want to marry a wife. My uncle said he wouldn't marry either. To marry a wife, I have to sleep on the kang at my house. How can my uncle and we sleep?"

Several people couldn't stop laughing, Liu Hai said: "Mao'er, you really learned from your uncle and you are not out of shape at all. He wants to marry a wife but doesn't want to give a penny as a gift, yet you don't even know how to make money from our kang!" I don’t want to ask others to sleep. If someone else’s daughter marries into our family, do I still have to bring my own bed or let my mother’s family build a kang for me? Yao’er, Mao’er, you two plan to join hands to create a new era of miserly people, right? ?”

Mao'er still couldn't understand all of Liu Hai's words, so he puffed his face and said, "Anyway, anyway, I don't marry a wife, and if I marry a wife, I won't be able to sleep with my uncle."

Liu Xia looked at Liu Hai angrily: "I just want to see the furniture in Brother Huai Chen's house, and you can even extend it to the miser. How old are your nerves?"

Liu Hai said: "Not as long as you, Mao'er just waited to see Brother Huaichen's furniture and the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and you started planning to make wedding furniture for him, Mao'er is only eight years old now, which one of us is more nervous? "

Liu Xin said in a childish voice: "My brother Nana... grows up, he said that when he grows up, he will buy my mother a large wardrobe and a big mirror, so that my mother can dress accordingly."

Liu Wei was a little embarrassed and pulled Liu Xin: "I think this furniture looks good, so I'm just fantasizing, hehe!"

A group of people bustlingly watched Zeng Huaichen's new house, returned to the main room, and saw that Yang Dongyan was already preparing lunch, and Liu Yu was still sleeping curled up on the sofa, with a painful expression on his face.

For lunch, Yang Dongyan and Zeng Huaichen made noodles with fried sauce.

After taking the medicine, Liu Yu finally stopped stretching, but Liu Changqing still forbade him to eat more. He only ate half a bowl of noodles, but drank a big bowl of noodle soup.

The stomach is always affected by the problems caused by eating, so let the stomach rest and take care of it. This is the most common way to deal with diarrhea in rural areas.

Sun Chang'e and Liu Rui didn't get up until after two o'clock in the afternoon. Although Sun Chang'e was still feeling very uncomfortable, she didn't want a large group of people to surround her just because she was not feeling well, so she got up and ate some noodles. Hold on and joke with everyone.

Liu Rui was a child, he couldn't pretend, and he still didn't eat anything. After drinking some water, Liu Chuan kept hugging him, languid.

Yang Dongyan waited for Sun Chang'e to finish eating, then cleaned up the pots and stoves before leaving.

According to the rules in Kyoto, girls are not allowed to come to the man's house a few days before the wedding, but Yang Dongyan has a big personality, and she runs over when she thinks of something, and she doesn't care about the rules at all.

There is another day to do things, Liu Changqing and the others want to see if there is any work to be done, they can help.

Zeng Guangtong waved his hand: "Just post the happy words and couplets tomorrow. We don't need to take care of the rest. We don't need to intervene in the restaurant at all. The colleagues and friends of Huai Chen and Dong Yan have already made arrangements."

He turned to Sun Chang'e: "Sisters and sisters, I have an unfeeling request. You have seen it. My family is dying now. I originally wanted to hold a banquet at home and let the joy support the family. But the children find it bothersome.

In the past two years, it is fashionable to hold weddings in restaurants in Kyoto, and there are many group weddings or travel weddings. Huai Chen and Dongyan originally planned to travel after receiving the certificate. They thought traditional weddings were too complicated.

I don't want to. Traveling to get married is too casual. The two of them will spend their entire lives, and a basic wedding ceremony is a must. The two children agreed to hold a simple traditional wedding ceremony, and then go on a trip the next day.

If the banquet is held in a restaurant, the home is too deserted. I want to make the home lively and festive.

Doesn't our hometown have the custom of pressing the bed before marriage?Brother and sister, you help take care of Huaichen's bed, and it's lively, and it happens to be a good child for the next generation of our family, just like any one of these children in your family now. "

Sun Chang'e said: "Brother Zeng, those are all rural customs, very rustic. Huai Chen's wife is a child who grew up in the city. What if people don't want to see her?"

Zeng Guangtong said: "No, Dongyan's child is quite open-minded. She knows it's for their future good, and it's such a simple ceremony that doesn't take a few minutes. She will definitely find it quite rare."

The Liu family felt a little regretful, Liu Yun and Liu Lei were too young, otherwise, if they had known that Zeng Huaichen would be pressed, they would have found a way to bring the two little ones along.

Pressing the bed is a seemingly random but very important ceremony in the wedding program in Rongze area. It usually takes place on the night of the wedding day. If some families are too small, they will start three nights before the wedding, looking for boys from nearby families. At home, make a fuss on the new bed, the more fun and real the better.

When the children are making trouble, the groom, a female elder who is generally considered blessed with both sons and daughters, will be beside him chanting words of blessing.

Sun Chang'e is not perfect for both sons and daughters, but she is one of the people in the Liujialing brigade who presided over the bed-pressing ceremony for the new couple and supported the bride the most. As long as there is no conflict of zodiac sign, everyone who marries a wife in Liujialing will invite Sun Chang'e.

The bride-to-be candidates also have requirements for children and zodiac signs.

The ceremony of helping the bride is actually very simple, that is, an older bride with both children, a living husband, and a compatible zodiac sign helps the bride across the threshold of the groom’s house and leads her into the new house. It usually only takes three to five minutes. time.

But the meaning contained in this ceremony is very profound: what kind of people lead what kind of road, what kind of door they enter, and what kind of life they live.

All the brides whose natal family is originally Liujialing will almost always ask their in-laws in advance to ask Sun Chang'e to come in and let Sun Chang'e look at the bed: in fact, they want to be Sun Chang'e more than their sons who have no shadow Such a blessed woman who is respected and cherished by her husband.

When Maoer heard that Zeng Huaichen was going to press the bed, he was so excited that he didn't want to eat dinner.

He grew up so big that he only pressed Liu Chuan's bed once in his own home, while Liu Changqing and other boys in Liu Changchun's family often pressed beds for other people's homes. Even Liu Yun and Liu Lei, who were just half a year old, had already given beds People have pressed the bed more than once.

Liu Xia has never laid a bed for someone since he had a cat. He can't remember how many times he has pressed a cat before the cat was born. Married children used to press the bed.

Liu Xia stirred the rice porridge in the cat's bowl and said, "Eat first, baby. You have to wait until it's completely dark before you start pressing the bed. At that time, you stand next to my uncle and jump hard. My uncle will support you and won't let you go." You fell."

Zeng Guangtong and Zeng Huaichen have already decided that they will press the bed for three days.

At 08:30, everyone followed Chang'e Sun into Zeng Huaichen's new house.

As soon as Chen Zhenbei heard that any boy is welcome, he immediately raised his hand to ask to participate, and insisted on dragging Liu Ling to participate together: "There are many people and strength, so let's all go, and make sure that Brother Huaichen's blessing is strong, It's best to give him a dozen sons, and at worst, let him face the twins directly like the third brother."

Liu Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Company Commander, you think brother Huai Chen is a pig who can give birth to a dozen sons at a time."

But he saw that Chen Zhenbei was so excited like a child, and he couldn't bear to let him down. Anyway, this custom requires as many people as possible. Sea together.

As a result, five big men, Liu Yu, Liu Ling, Liu Hai, Liu Xia, and Chen Zhenbei, were squeezed together on the new bed of 1.5 x 2 meters, and four other men, Liu Wei, Liu Rui, Maoer, and Liu Xin, were standing. boy.

Zeng Guangtong was still regretting that Liu Chuan didn't bring Liu Yun and Liu Lei, otherwise it would have been even more lively.

Liu Xia lay on his side, letting the cat stand in his arms.

Sun Chang'e saw that they were all ready, so she squeezed and sat on the edge of the bed, patted the head of the bed and said, "Miss Sending the Son Guanyin, our Huai Chen is going to get married, please bless him with a smooth and smooth life after getting married, send him off." Let him be a good boy! Just like the group of children who are presenting you with fun now, you will be hit.

Are you ready, baby?Send fun to the empress. "

Liu Xia and the others yelled, "Get ready!"

Sun Chang'e patted the bed lightly and said: "Press the bed and press the bed, and press the bed to make a house full of children and grandchildren."

Liu Yu, Liu Ling, Liu Hai, and Liu Xia yelled: "Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey!"

Liu Yan, Liu Yan, Cat, and Liu Yan jumped and yelled: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sun Chang'e continued: "Press the press, press the press, and make a good boy."

The children continued: "Hey hey ha - hey hey ha - hey hey hey hey!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"Press the shop, press the shop, press to prosper the portal!"

"Hahaha-hahaha-hahahahahaha-"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"Press and press, press and press, and come to Wandai Fluo!"

"Hahaha-hahaha-hahahahahaha-"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

……

This process was repeated three times, and the cat was sweating profusely from jumping, but couldn't stop excitedly: "Uncle, it's so beautiful to press someone's bed, hehe, I'm jumping hard, jumping so high."

Liu Xia wiped his sweat and said, "Well, the higher my baby jumps, the stronger my baby will be when Uncle Zeng gives birth."

At the beginning, Zeng Huaichen was afraid that the bed would be thrown down by a few children, but he was also excited when he heard Sun Chang'e's light but sincere blessings and the louder and more excited shouts of a large group of people. followed by roaring.

Liu Changqing and Liu Chuan stood at the door of the new house. When Sun Chang'e was chanting the third sentence, they saw the door of the south apartment opposite was opened. It was a crack at first, and then Han Cuiying stood at the door and stretched her head to look this way.

At the last time, Zhou Jinheng and a woman who looked to be in her thirties also came out. The woman looked very similar to Zhou Jinheng, and she also had an impatient and impatient face.

Liu Changqing and Liu Chuan judged that this should be Zhou Jinheng's daughter, Zhou Lijuan. Liu Hai had mentioned this woman more than once, and she was just like his father.

After Sun Chang'e finished, Zhou Jinheng snorted disdainfully, and slammed the door behind him, and Han Cuiying, who was about to enter the room behind him, was almost slapped in the face by the door. She turned her face to look at her daughter, holding her breath. have no choice.

Zhou Lijuan did not comfort Han Cuiying, but suddenly challenged Liu Changqing and Liu Chuan: "What are you guys doing? Don't you know that there are other people living here? You are so loud that others can't get by? What a fucking country bumpkin, with no education at all. .”

Her voice was so loud that the group of people who had just finished yelling and quieted down heard it. Liu Xia was the first to jump out of bed and was about to rush out.

Liu Chuan stretched out his arms to stop him, and also stopped other people in the room who were about to go out, and he said to Zhou Lijuan with a smile: "Yeah, it's so fucking uneducated.

As long as a person with a little education, his mother will not stay in someone else's old house, but a person with a little education, his mother will not stay in someone's house and make irresponsible remarks about the owner's affairs, you This city guy is really fucking well-bred to do such a fucking dirty thing, it really makes us country bumpkins a lot of sense. "

Zhou Lijuan was trembling with anger, pointed at Liu Chuan and shouted: "Who do you say is uneducated? Who do you say is an idiot? You..."

Chen Zhenbei squeezed out, whistled first, and said with a smile: "Of course I'm talking about you, or else you go out and find me someone in the capital who is more uneducated and low-brow than you. How about passing this on to him? Isn’t it hard to find? Is it a mission that cannot be completed?”

Although Chen Zhenbei was handsome and upright in the army's summer uniform, but at the moment he had the face of a ruffian and a rascal in his tone.

Scoundrel versus shrew, who is afraid of whom?

Han Cuiying dragged Zhou Lijuan into her room: "Let's go, don't say a few words, don't say a few words..."

Hearing Liu Chuan's tough reply and seeing Chen Zhenbei's appearance, Zhou Lijuan already understood that she had provoked the wrong person at the wrong time today, but she was unwilling to leave like this for the sake of face. Tell me, if my dad..."

Chen Zhenbei interrupted her with a smile: "If your father dies, you will pay for the burning. It has nothing to do with me being a steel fork. It's better to leave than to see you off!"

The door to the south suite across the street slammed shut.

Liu Chuan turned around with a sneer, and slapped his hands with a smile: "Hey, cheer up, don't you just let the mad dog bark at you a few times? It's good to adjust the atmosphere. Come on, let's do it again."

Liu Xia and the others yelled Sun Chang'e's blessing again in unison, and Mao'er and the others jumped up and down for a while, and stopped when they couldn't stand the heat anymore.

After an unexpected episode, the bed-pressing ceremony on the first day ended in a more enjoyable way.

Last night, the Liu family didn't sleep well on the train, so Zeng Guangtong asked Zeng Huaichen to take out the mats he specially bought, so that everyone could take a shower and go to bed early.

In fact, Sun Chang'e has not fully recovered from the motion sickness and her head is still dizzy. She actually wanted to lie down a long time ago; Liu Xin was too young and was too excited when she pressed the bed, so he also booed. Once it subsided, it took 3 minutes. He fell asleep in Liu Chuan's arms.

Liu Changqing and Sun Chang'e carried Liu Xin to the west suite of the main house to rest together.

Liu Xia and the others came to the East Wing with their trousers hanging up after taking a shower.

The summer in Kyoto is better than that in Jiangcheng, but it is still hot enough. Liu Xia feels very hot sitting on the sofa wrapped in sponge. He suggested that he should simply sleep on the floor. Liu Yu, Liu Hai, and Liu Wei all responded positively.

Liu Wei and Liu Rui have never lived in a house other than a cave dwelling for a day, and they were both suffering from the heat today. As soon as the mats were laid, the two of them immediately lay down. To the slightest coolness.

Cat was so happy to be pressed for the first time, as if he didn't know the heat at all. Liu Xia lay down first, and when he stretched out his arms for him to lie down on the pillow, he still hugged Liu Xia as he did when he was at home. Putting one leg on his waist, Xu Xu talked about his happiness to Liu Xia: "When I went back, I told Lao Wai and others that someone told me to press the bed. Huh, my bed is even more beautiful, better than theirs. That broken kang is much more beautiful, everyone in our family pressed it together, it is so beautiful..."

Chen Zhenbei originally saw that there was no room for him on the sofa bed, and had planned to go back to his home after they were all settled, but when he saw Liu Xia and the others spread three big straw mats on the ground, the Liu family brothers planned to sleep all in the north suite , that must be the meaning of everyone talking about Dajiangdong together, he immediately changed his mind: "I am not afraid of heat, you all sleep on the floor, then I will sleep on the sofa!"

Liu Ling said: "Company Commander, I didn't drive you away, I'm back to the capital now, so it's inappropriate for you not to go home?"

Chen Zhenbei said: "It's inappropriate for me to go back. The old man will definitely think I'm slacking off when he sees me going back. We will both be angry. Do you think it's appropriate?"

Liu Chuan saw his chief in the army scolding the children with a straight face all day long, and he could almost imagine what Chen Zhenbei said. He said, "If you don't want to leave, don't leave. Let's continue talking."

Liu Yu must sleep next to Liu Ling, and Liu Xia also wanted to be close to Liu Ling, so Liu Ling sat between them leaning against the wall.

The cat fell asleep while talking. Liu Rui slept for such a long time at noon, persisted for a while longer than him, and fell asleep at some point.

Liu Wei was always in good spirits, lying on the mat with his chin resting, watching his uncles lying or sitting peacefully, listening to them talking to each other in the dark, the sea and the sky were bright.