sinovels Chapter 1633: Ma Ling is stunned by the money
Chapter 1633: Ma Ling is stunned by the money
Chapter 1633: Ma Ling is stunned by the money
Three days ago, it was the Ma family that was in charge, and the Zhao family behaved as low-key as possible.
Today is the day when the Zhao family is marrying a daughter-in-law, and it is finally the Zhao family's turn to be high-profile.
Four cars started slowly amid the sound of firecrackers. Xing San was the last one to walk out of the Zhao family's house and fastened the door of the Zhao family's tent with a wire ring.
This kind of door can protect you from gentlemen, but not from villains.
But today, all the dogs in the Zhao family's yard were unchained, and Heihu led a group of dogs to roam around in the front and back yards. And Qinglong, who was the best at guarding the house, was placed alone in the east room of the Zhao family, guarding the big kang cabinet filled with money and treasures.
The bride pick-up was scheduled for 7 o'clock, and going earlier would not work. So, the four cars circled the village.
Zhao Jun was sitting in the back seat of the lead car. Besides him, there were Li Baoyu driving and Liu Tiezui sitting in the passenger seat.
In order to get the chance to drive the first car, that is, the wedding car, Li Baoyu used threats, inducements, and pleadings to persuade Li Chen, Lin Xiangshun and Zhao Jinhui, and finally he got what he wanted.
Driving the jeep around the village at this time, Li Baoyu felt very happy. He thought he was Zhao Jun's best brother. Today was his brother's wedding day, so he had to drive the wedding car.
Seeing that the time had reached 6:58, Zhao Jun called out "Baoyu", and Li Baoyu honked the horn, then turned the steering wheel and drove towards the Ma family.
As Li Baoyu honked the horn, the people on the Liberation car behind him started beating gongs, drums, and trumpets. For a moment, the sounds of festive instruments gathered together and drifted in Yong'an Village.
The three cars behind were lined up in a row, following the lead car. The second jeep was driven by Zhao Jinhui, and there was no one else in the car except him.
This car was to pick up the Ma family, and the two Liberation cars behind it, the back car had an empty trunk, which was used to pick up the bride's family, while the front car had a band in the trunk and there were people who were going to pick up the bride.
The wedding reception is very important, and there must be a lot of people to show off. It must be said that Zhao Jun has a good relationship with people in this village. As he walked along, young people of the same generation, such as Wei Jin, Wei Tie, and Gu Yang, all followed him and got on the Jiefang car.
When they arrived at Ma's house, Ma's family members were already waiting at the door. They were all men, mostly Ma Ling's cousins and cousins-in-law.
Ma Sheng was not among them, but Ma Yang was. This kid has been showing off a lot these past few days, and now he is looking around with a cigarette in his mouth.
Seeing the jeep approaching his house, Ma Yang threw his cigarette butt on the ground, turned around and ran into the yard. Wang Chunfu and others moved their feet and blocked the gate.
At this time, the jeep stopped outside the gate of Ma's courtyard. Li Baoyu got out of the car and opened the door for Zhao Jun.
At the same time, the jeeps and Jiefang trucks behind stopped, and everyone in the cars got out.
Liu Tiezui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, pushed the door and got out of the car. He walked around the front of the car and stood beside Zhao Jun. He clasped his fists towards Wang Chunfu and the others and said with a smile, "My dear family, your son-in-law is here to pick you up."
When Liu Tiezui finished speaking, the oldest Wang Chunfu looked at Zhao Jun and said, "Brother-in-law."
"Big brother." Zhao Jun responded quickly, and then he heard Wang Chunfu continue: "In the future, when you live with my sister, we can discuss everything. But you can't bully us, or else these in-laws will be unable to do anything."
Wang Chunfu's words expressed the attitude of his family members to support Ma Ling. But this is just an attitude. In the previous life, they also had the same attitude. Then Zhao Jun and Ma Ling fought every day, but they didn't do anything.
If he had the chance to do it all over again, Zhao Jun really wanted to spend a peaceful and stable life with Ma Ling.
So, at this moment, Zhao Jun said very sincerely: "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely treat Ma Ling well."
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Chunfu said to the people around him: "My brother-in-law has a good attitude, let's let him in."
As soon as Wang Chunfu said this, the people who were blocking the door dispersed to both sides. At this time, Jie Zhong and Jie Chen came forward with the unpacked Shilin cigarettes and distributed the cigarettes to the people who were blocking the door.
Zhao Jun was followed by Liu Tiezui, and behind him were Li Baoyu, Zhao Jinhui, and a group of people who came to join in the fun as they walked into the Ma family courtyard.
Arriving at the door of the Ma family, Zhao Jun knocked twice and heard Ma Sheng's voice from inside: "Who is it?"
"Brother, I'm Zhao Jun." Zhao Jun said so, Ma Sheng pushed open the door, and then pretended to be surprised and said: "Hey, you're here?"
Zhao Jun smiled and nodded to Ma Sheng, then walked into the Ma family's door.
At this time, I saw Ma Dafu, Wang Cuihua and other elders, as well as Ma Sheng and Ma Yang, all in the outer room.
"Dad, Mom!" Zhao Jun went up to Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua and said hello. Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua smiled and responded. Then Zhao Jun said, "I'm here to pick up Ma Ling."
"Okay, okay." Ma Dafu smiled and responded twice, then raised his hand and pointed to the closed door of the east room, saying, "Ling'er is in that room."
The bride had to pass through three doors, and this was the last one. Zhao Jun went forward and knocked on the door, and Xu Xiaoqing opened it from inside.
There is no such thing as blocking the door with force these days. One reason is that it is a long-standing custom, and the other is that conditions are limited and the quality of doors is not good. If you force the door from both ends, the door frame will easily fall.
When Zhao Jun entered the room, he saw that the room was full of Ma Ling's cousins, cousins-in-law, and girls from the neighbors.
Zhao Jun nodded and smiled at everyone, which was considered a greeting. At this time, Ma Ling's third aunt's cousin called Zhao Jun and said, "Brother Ling'er, don't you think my sister Ling'er is pretty?"
"Beautiful." Zhao Jun smiled and said, "So beautiful."
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, he heard his cousin ask, "Did I comb my sister Ling'er's hair?"
"Really? That's a great comb." Zhao Jun said with a smile. At the same time, he took out a red envelope from his pocket, handed it to the cousin and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Thank you, brother-in-law Ling'er." The cousin took the red envelope and thanked Zhao Jun. Then someone else said, "Brother-in-law, I pulled the curtains for my sister today."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun quickly took out a red envelope and presented it to express his gratitude.
There is nothing wrong with the bride's sisters asking for the money, and this is also the local custom. Making things difficult for the groom means that he won't be able to get it easily.
You don't need to give too much in the red envelope. If you are in a good situation, you can give 5 cents or even 10 cents. If you are not in a good situation, no one will say anything even if you give 1 cent.
But if the conditions are famously good and every penny is included, then people will be particular about it.
The red envelopes that Zhao Jun gave out were all prepared by Wang Meilan. The generous Wang Meilan contained fifty cents in each red envelope.
In the house, Zhao Jun gave out eight red envelopes, each containing four yuan, representing stability.
After the eighth red envelope was distributed, none of Ma Ling's sisters said anything. At this time, Zhao Jun came forward, walked to Ma Ling, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, I'm here to pick you up. Let's go home."
Zhao Jun was talking about the previous home, not the return home, because before leaving this door, this is still Ma Ling's home. But after leaving this door, Zhao Jun's home will become Ma Ling's home.
So here, a girl’s marriage is also called “getting married”.
Ma Ling must have felt reluctant, but she knew that this day would come. At this moment, Ma Ling raised her hand and held the hand that Zhao Jun had extended. But at this moment, Ma Ling's aunt Wang Cuilan suddenly squeezed in and shouted, "No, the bride can't touch the ground when she goes out!"
This is also an old custom. Some say that if the bride's feet touch the ground, she will be contaminated by foul air, while others say that if the bride's feet touch the ground, she will take away the blessings from her parents' home.
People in Yong'antun believe the second statement, so this was said by Ma Ling's aunt.
At this time, Zhao Jun did not speak, but Li Baoyu, who had been following Zhao Jun closely, asked loudly: "What should we do?"
This question and answer were all routine. As soon as Li Baoyu finished speaking, Liu Tiezui asked, "Does the bride have a brother? Does she have a brother?"
They all lived in the same village, so how could Liu Tiezui not know whether Ma Ling had an older brother or not?
But this is the process and this is the question.
After Liu Tiezui finished speaking, he saw Ma Sheng and Ma Yang squeeze out of the crowd and answered in unison: "Yes!"
Today, the groom came to pick up the bride, and the bride's family showed only one attitude the whole time, which was: there are people in our bride's family who support our daughter, so please don't bully us.
As for future life, if my daughter is really bullied, no matter what her parents do, it will have nothing to do with today's attitude.
In Zhao Jun’s previous life, he had seen videos of weddings, in which the bride’s family members held banners and acted aggressively.
But the top comment below was: When I married my wife, her family made an even bigger scene than this. But last year, I had a fight with my wife, and she called her family, but my brother-in-law and her family didn’t come because of the 130 yuan highway toll…
Liu Tiezui looked at the Ma brothers, then waved at Ma Sheng and said, "Her brother, carry your sister out of the house and into the car."
"Hey!" Ma Sheng responded loudly, then went over and carried Ma Ling steadily on his back.
At this time, the crowd made way for the door, Ma Sheng carried Ma Ling out, and Ma Yang followed closely, holding Ma Ling's legs with his hands.
Next came Zhao Jun, and then Ma Dafu and Wang Cuihua.
The moment Ma Sheng carried her out of the house, Ma Ling burst into tears. Tears kept falling on the back of Ma Sheng's neck.
The three children of the Ma family have a very good relationship. Zhao Jun had a quarrel with Ma Ling in his previous life. Whenever Ma Ling went back to her parents' home, Ma Sheng would go to see Zhao Jun in the evening no matter how tired he was after get off work that day.
After finding Zhao Jun, Ma Sheng did not use his hands but his mouth. However, Ma Sheng did not scold Zhao Jun, but only advised the two to live a good life.
Although Ma Ling looked weak, she was very stubborn and Zhao Jun and her often quarreled. So Ma Sheng had a hard time in those years.
Ma Sheng felt a chill on the back of his neck and his eyes instantly turned red. He knew that his sister was crying.
Men these days don’t know how to express their emotions, and they are unwilling to shed even tears of tenderness in front of others.
Feeling that he could not bear it any longer, Ma Sheng quickened his pace and walked out of the yard.
“Brother, please slow down!” Ma Yang, who was at the back, was still young. He didn’t know what was going on, but he asked his brother to walk slower.
When Wang Cuihua saw her eldest son carrying his daughter out of the yard, she also cried, but was soon stopped by Ma Dafu.
"My daughter is leaving home, why are you crying?" Ma Dafu said to Wang Cuihua in a very firm tone, "Hurry up, be happy."
At this moment, Ma Dafu has not yet recovered from his shock. He is still immersed in the joy of his daughter finding a good family.
When they arrived in front of the car, Ma Yang took a few quick steps, opened the rear door of the lead car, and then worked with Ma Sheng to help Ma Ling into the car.
"Brother, are you tired?" Zhao Jun, who followed him, asked Ma Sheng with concern, then took out a red envelope from his pocket, stuffed it into Ma Sheng's hand, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brother."
According to the rules of the older generation, Ma Ling became a member of the Zhao family as soon as she left the Ma family. The Ma family worked hard to send his wife off to marry, so Zhao Jun had to give her some hard work money.
This money should not only be given to Ma Sheng, but also to Ma Yang who opened the car door. Ma Sheng tightly grasped the red envelope given by Zhao Jun, his cheeks tense but he forced a smile.
Ma Yang was very happy, grinning as he held the red envelope.
After giving the red envelope, Zhao Jun also got into the car. He and Ma Ling sat in the back seat, the matchmaker Liu Tiezui sat in the passenger seat, and Li Baoyu was still driving for them.
After Zhao Jun got in the car, he saw Ma Ling crying bitterly, so he quickly took out some toilet paper from his pocket and gently wiped Ma Ling's tears.
There were no cosmetics back then, so girls all wore barefaced clothes, and crying wouldn’t ruin their makeup.
Liu Tiezui looked back, then smiled at Ma Ling and said, "Look how thoughtful Zhao Jun is. Ling'er, you can enjoy your life from now on."
Zhao Jun smiled at Liu Tiezui, turned around and whispered to Ma Ling: "Ling'er, don't cry, we will be home soon."
Although Ma Ling was a little sad, she was still rational. After Zhao Jun reminded her that she would meet her parents-in-law soon, she quickly adjusted her mood and tried not to think about the sad things.
But today she was leaving the home where she had grown up, and Ma Ling couldn't help but look out the window.
This time, tears came down again.
"Ling'er, why are you crying?" Zhao Jun patiently comforted Ma Ling, "We are so close to home. If you want to come back in the future, we can just walk a few steps back."
"Huh?" Ma Ling stopped crying instantly after hearing that, and stared at Zhao Jun with her big eyes covered with tears.
Zhao Jun smiled and wiped away Ma Ling's tears again.
The sound of drums and music lingered in my ears, but the four cars did not move. At this time, Ma Ling's cousins and their husbands were carrying boxes onto the Jiefang truck.
There are four big boxes in total. In Yongan these days, the number four does not sound like death, but represents joy.
The box contained some of Ma Ling's clothes. There were things, but she definitely didn't use four boxes.
In this day and age, if Yong'an wants to marry off a girl, they will do so as long as they have the conditions. Four boxes, with money placed on the four corners of each box.
This is called dowry money, which symbolizes that the daughter will have a stable and prosperous life after marriage.
This is a good omen, so the money is usually not too much. In Yong'an, the standard for dowry is one yuan. When Zhao Chun got married, it was Zhao Jun who put the dowry in the dowry himself. One yuan for one dime, four boxes with sixteen dimes equal sixteen yuan.
After the four boxes were put on the car, Xie Zhong and Xie Chen came forward, took out the red envelopes that the Zhao army had given them in advance, and gave them to the bride's family members who carried the boxes. Then, the people who came with the Zhao army to pick up the bride, as well as the bride's family guests, got on the car one after another.
Seeing that everyone else had gotten on the bus, Ma Ling's sister-in-law Xu Xiaoqing came over with a basket and handed the basket containing an axe and red cloth to Ma Ling through the window.
After Ma Ling took the basket, she heard Xu Xiaoqing say, "Ling'er, let's go," and Ma Ling's tears fell again.
As Xu Xiaoqing took a step back, Li Baoyu drove straight to the Zhao family compound.
The Zhao family compound is relatively far away from the Ma family compound, but they are in the same village, so they are not that far away.
Li Baoyu drove slowly and arrived at Zhao's house in less than three minutes.
At this time, the Zhao family's courtyard and outside the yard were already full of people. Seeing the jeep slowly approaching, Li Dayong and Li Dazhi lit firecrackers together.
Amid the sounds of firecrackers and drums, the jeep stopped at the gate of the compound.
Zhao Jun and Ma Ling got out of the car and walked to the front of the car to meet Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan.
"Come here, girl." At this time, Liu Tiezui held two small red flowers made of cloth in his hand, handed one to Ma Ling, and said, "Put the flowers on your old man and old woman."
There was a pin on the back of the little red flower. Ma Ling first pinned one on Zhao Youcai's chest, and then pinned one on Wang Meilan.
At this time, Zhao Youcai smiled and took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Ma Ling.
Seeing Ma Ling taking the red envelope with both hands, Liu Tiezui said with a smile: "After receiving the money for changing her words, my daughter-in-law has to change her words."
Hearing Liu Tiezui's words, Ma Ling nodded to Zhao Youcai and said, "Thank you, Dad."
"Oh, my good daughter." Zhao Youcai's eyes disappeared with laughter. No matter how much he disliked his son, when Zhao Jun got married, the joy in Zhao Youcai's heart was indescribable.
Next, it was Wang Meilan's turn to pay the money for changing her words, but when Liu Tiezui looked at Wang Meilan, he saw the richest man in Yongan taking off the big gold bracelet from her wrist.
"Come here, my girl!" Under the gaze of hundreds of guests from both families, Wang Meilan took Ma Ling's hand and put the big gold bracelet on Ma Ling's wrist.
This scene stunned everyone and also confused Ma Ling.
Ma Ling: "Mom...Mom."
(End of this chapter)