Chapter 190: Throwing Water
Around 11 o'clock in the morning, the wedding procession arrived.
A huge crowd of people suddenly poured into the Sun family's old house.
Sun Shan saw his official brother-in-law Xia Zhiguang walking in with a smile, accompanied by Xia's relatives.
Everything is busy and noisy.
Sun Bomin and Su treated the guests to a simple meal and then prepared to take the bride back to the Xia family.
The journey is long. If we don’t go back early, we might have to walk on the mountain road if it’s too late, which is very dangerous.
As for the legendary wedding prank, it was also very peaceful. The Sun family made things difficult for the Xia family, and the Xia family dealt with it with some confusion. Everyone was smiling and laughing.
Sun Shan stayed in the bedroom to accompany Guyu.
Guyu, who was wearing the bride's veil, was obviously nervous and rubbed her hands together.
Sun Shan said soothingly, "Don't be afraid, sister. Brother Zhiguang is a good man."
Guyu hummed softly.
Then the bedroom door was opened, and the village head's wife said with a big smile: "Guyu, it's time to come out and say goodbye to your parents."
The noble lady Song came out with Guyu supported by her arm, and Sun Shan followed her out.
Xia Zhiguang and Guyu walked into the main hall side by side and kowtowed to Huang, Sun Boming and Su respectively.
Afterwards, he offered tea to Uncle Sun and other relatives, and said goodbye to the Sun family one by one.
Guyu was helped back to her boudoir again.
Since Sun Shan was too young, he couldn't carry Guyu on his back.
So Guang'er from Uncle Sun's family carried it on his back.
The Xia family sent an aunt to hold an umbrella, and the Sun family sent an aunt from a relative's family to scatter rice. In this way, Guyu was carried out of the Sun family's old house and onto the ox cart.
Sun Shan followed closely behind. Xia Zhiguang bowed to the Sun family, got on the ox cart, took the red umbrella and opened it.
The driver of the ox cart shouted, and the ox cart moved slowly and drove out of Sunjia Village.
Sun Bomin lit a string of firecrackers at the door, and then Su poured a basin of water.
Guyu officially married someone else and officially became a member of the Xia family.
Due to the long distance, the two families did not hold a joint wedding banquet, but each held their own.
Sun Boming arranged for Zheng Tongsheng's wife, Song, and two aunts from the clan to accompany Guyu to the Xia family. As for where to live, they would stay at Zheng Dalang's house, which was already agreed upon.
The Sun family, including Sun Shan, did not accompany Guyu to the Xia family.
Because the rule here is: if the two families are not holding a wedding banquet together, close relatives cannot accompany, and only a few relatives can be arranged to accompany.
Sun Shan sat in the main room with a gloomy look on his face.
The same goes for Huang, Su, Sun Boming and several sisters in the family.
When you are busy, others are happy but you are the one who feels uncomfortable.
Afterwards, the Sun family invited relatives and friends from the village to come for dinner, and also invited Zheng Tongsheng to come. After dinner, they distributed the leftovers to the people who came to help.
The Sun family's daughter's marriage has officially ended.
The early morning sun shone into the large courtyard of the Sun family's old house. Sun Shan rubbed his eyes, washed up, had breakfast, and picked up a book to read as usual.
After watching for a long time, he felt a little tired, so he went to the main room to accompany Huang.
Huang, Su, and Sun Boming are sorting out the gift money and gifts.
I was a bit rushed yesterday and didn't get a lot done.
Su pointed at the gift money, curled her lips and said, "Mother, head of the family, the gift money is so little, our family is losing money."
Some of yesterday's banquet was purchased by the Sun family, and some was brought by the Xia family.
Here the man must bring a pig or half a pig to the woman's side for the wedding banquet.
The Xia family attached great importance to Guyu and brought a pig over to give to Sun Boming, making the Su family very prestigious in Sunjia Village.
Sun Bomin said nonchalantly: "It's okay if we lose money, but it won't be too much. There was a lot of meat at the banquet yesterday, and everyone enjoyed the meal. The villagers also said that we are generous and not selling our daughters."
Huang agreed and said, "This is our first marriage for our daughter, so we must do it beautifully. Then the second, third, and fourth daughters will also be looked up to by others."
Last night's banquet was indeed lavish and did cost money.
No one within a hundred miles could match the banquet held by the Sun family to marry off their daughter.
To be honest, Huang also felt distressed.
But for the sake of the girls at home, I have no choice but to do this.
If done well, it proves that the daughter is favored by her family and others will not dare to look down on her.
Sun Shan looked at the gift list, and then at the gifts he received. They were all face towels, cloth, basins, etc., and they were obviously very cheap.
Su was right, it was indeed a big loss, and Huang was also right, these days people have to choose their own dishes according to their status, if your parents don't value you, don't expect to get the attention of your husband's family either.
Huang said to Su: "Put away the gift money and count out the gifts. Wait for Guyu to come back on the third day of the lunar year and let him take the gift money and gifts back to the Xia family."
Su was unhappy when she heard this: "Mother, why did you let Guyu take it back? We received these."
If they take it back, wouldn't the Sun family lose even more money?
Su was not willing to have such a grand wedding in the first place, but her mother-in-law and the head of the household insisted, so she couldn't disobey.
What’s even more heartbreaking is that she pretended to be rich and gave Guyu a pair of gold-plated dragon and phoenix bracelets as a dowry.
Su was extremely reluctant.
I thought it was good enough to give the right silver bracelets, but who knew that the boss was like possessed and insisted on buying gold-plated ones.
Huang looked at Su, shook her head and said, "How much is the gift money? How much is the gift worth? We won't get rich if we accept it. It's better to let Guyu take it all back, and it will also be more famous."
Although Su was unwilling, she was obedient and knew who had the most power in the family.
In the Sun family, Sun Bomin would definitely listen to Huang, and Su had no capital to resist, so she could only respond unwillingly: "Mother, I know."
Sun Shan agreed with Huang's words very much. Even if he took this little money, it would not make the Sun family rich. Why should he be greedy for such a small thing?
It would be better to let eldest sister Guyu take it back so that the Xia family can look up to the Sun family.
In the evening, the Sun family invited Uncle Sun II, Uncle Sun III and the village chief's family to come over for dinner. There were some ingredients left over from the banquet, so they would usually invite their closest relatives to come over for dinner.
De Ge'er chewed on a large piece of fat pork and said cheerfully, "Shanzi, last night's banquet was delicious. There was so much meat. I ate a lot."
Sun Shan frowned and watched De Ge'er finish a piece of fat, then eat another piece, and eat several pieces in a row. His mouth was full of oil, but he didn't feel greasy at all.
I wonder if it will cause high cholesterol?
De Ge'er didn't care when he saw Sun Shan didn't reply.
After eating the fat meat, he ate the fat chicken and said happily, "Shanzi, you eat it too. It's so hard to get such delicious food."
After saying that, he picked up a piece of crispy roast pork for Sun Shan.
Sun Shan passed the fatty roast pork back to De Ge'er and quickly shook his head and said, "Eat it. Eat more."
De Geer didn't mind, chewing the fat roasted pork, and said cheerfully: "It's delicious, the roasted pork here is really delicious. Shanzi, I heard from my uncle that it was bought from the county town. Next time I go to the county town, I will treat you to it."
Sun Shan smiled and said, "You eat it, you don't have to treat me, I don't like it."
After dinner, everyone packed up their things.
After washing up and lying on the bed, Sun Shan couldn't help but sigh. He felt really uncomfortable without Guyu at the Sun family.