Siheyuan: Pretend to be a Pig and Eat the Tiger

Chapter 12: Sewing Machine Incident

When Yi Zhonghai heard what Yan Jiecheng said, he quickly took the gift list from Yan Bugui, folded it and put it in his pocket.

"Old Yan, I'll take the gift list first to prevent Jia Zhang from seeing it. It would be bad if there was any trouble. If anything happens, we can talk about it after the wedding!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

Yan Bugui of course listened to Yi Zhonghai. Who didn't know Jia Zhang's temper? He didn't want to cause trouble, and it just so happened that Yi Zhonghai took over the blame, which was exactly what he wanted.

I thought everything was fine, but when the bride was brought in, problems arose again!
When the Jia family was proposing marriage, they promised to buy Qin Huairu a sewing machine!
The Qin family wanted to take a look, but in the end, there was nothing there, not to mention a sewing machine, not even the packaging box of the sewing machine was seen.

Now the Qin family is unwilling to do this. If you can’t do what you say, don’t agree to it!
Everyone in the village knows that the Jia family wants to buy a sewing machine for their daughter. Many neighbors have come to Qinjiazhuang. Can they still hold their heads up high when they go back?

"I'm going to make this clear today. If we can't deliver the sewing machine, we can take the Qin family's daughter away by ourselves. It's not that disrespectful of us!"

Qin Huairu's second uncle was unwilling. It was his second uncle who sent Qin Huairu's family to get married, and he represented the face of Qin Huairu's parents, so he definitely couldn't let it go like this.

"My dear relatives, this is not a fair thing for us to do. Can we hold the wedding first and then finalize the sewing machine issue?"

Yi Zhonghai is Jia Dongxu's master, which means he is equivalent to Jia Dongxu's elder, so calling Uncle Qin his relative is also a way for Yi Zhonghai to get close to him.

According to custom, the bride's parents are not allowed to go with the bride when she gets married. Uncle Qin was arranged to go with the bride, which shows that he can fully represent the wishes of Qin Huairu's parents.

"My dear relatives, don't blame me for being ruthless. All my relatives and friends are here. If you don't follow through, I really can't agree to this. Otherwise, how can our Qin family hold our heads up in the village?"

Jia Dongxu was extremely anxious. He had finally brought his wife to the compound, but something like this happened. Didn't the master say that he would do it? Why hasn't it been done yet?

"Okay, in-laws, you ask everyone to sit down first, I'll go and do it!"

Yi Zhonghai called Jia Dongxu to a quiet place and explained the whole story in detail.

"Dongxu, it's not that Master doesn't want to do it. When I went there, I found out that your mother only gave me half of the money. I could have paid for it.

Today is Sunday and the bank is closed. I put in all my money but didn’t have much money. Then so many things happened in the compound and I didn’t have time to pay it back! ”

On May 1950, 5, the Beijing branch started the current and regular deposit and withdrawal business, with a minimum account opening amount of 15 yuan. Yi Zhonghai deposited the money in the bank because he could earn interest. He deposited his monthly salary in the bank, and what was left in his hands was the living expenses for him and his wife. Jia Dongxu knew this.

In this era, banks are closed on Sundays, which no longer exploits their employees. This is the best time to implement the rest system.

Jia Dongxu didn't expect that while he was picking up the bride, his mother would cause so much trouble. If it weren't for his master, the wedding might not have taken place today. He was so angry that he was shaking.

It would be fine if she was like this at any other time, but today was her big day and she was still acting like a demon. This was too much. Thinking of this, Jia Dongxu went home angrily. Seeing that Jia Zhang was still sleeping, he was so angry that his nose was crooked.

You can sleep so soundly after getting into trouble, you really have a big heart!

"Mom, wake up"

"Who is it? Can't you see I'm sleeping? You're a jinx!" Jia Zhang was disturbed and started to curse out of habit. Good fellow, Jia Dongxu was called a jinx, how could he tolerate this? He pulled Jia Zhang up directly.

"Dongxu? Has the person been brought back?"

Jia Zhang didn't dare to look at Jia Dongxu. One reason was that she felt guilty because she had caused trouble!
And when he just called his son a bad luck star, wasn’t he actually cursing his own family?

"Mom, what's the matter with the money for the sewing machine? Why did you give half of the money to Master? Now that the sewing machine has not been bought back, the Qin family will not agree to the wedding!"

"What? Doesn't that old man Yi Zhonghai have enough money? Can't he pay for it first? I won't forgive him for delaying my son's marriage!"

"Alright, let's talk about these things later. Hurry up and take out the money. The master's money has been spent. You know that the rest of the money is in the bank. Hurry up!"

"When he runs out of money, can't he borrow from someone?"

Jia Zhang cursed and refused to take the money. She did it on purpose, thinking that Yi Zhonghai would pay for it first if he saw that the money was not enough, but she ended up doing splits.

"Mom, today is my big day. If you continue like this, you won't get to see any of my salary in the future. There are so many people outside watching the fun, and you still want to do this. How can I live in the compound in the future?"

"Um... Dongxu, don't worry, I'll get the money right away!"

When Jia Zhang saw that the obedient Jia Dongxu's face was as black as ink, especially like the dead old Jia, she dared not to act recklessly. If she really made Dongxu angry, he would really do what he said. The men in the Jia family are very vengeful, and Jia Zhang felt this most deeply.

After getting the money, Jia Dongxu gave it to Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai left quickly with a few young men. Buying a sewing machine was the most important thing.

In the morning, Yi Zhonghai went to buy a sewing machine but found that he did not have enough money. He immediately returned to ask Jia Zhang for money, but he met his neighbor and was so angry that he ran away!
After finally solving the problem, he went to ask his wife to get the passbook, but it turned out that his wife had gone to see a deaf old lady, and the old lady kicked him out before he could finish his words.

The old lady was very upset about his unscrupulous help to the Jia family. She had already put in a lot of money. It wasn't your son Yi Zhonghai getting married, so how could you put in so much money? Can you get the money back from Jia Zhangshi?

Now there is the matter of giving a thousand yuan as a gift money, and I have forgotten about this matter. I don't know if Jia Dongxu is unlucky, but his marriage is more exciting than other people's one or two years of experience combined.

Yi Zhonghai is a little overwhelmed now. He has been exhausted these past two days because of the wedding!

It would be fine if other people had some problems, but his apprentice's mother had problems all the time. It would be strange if he wasn't exhausted.

When Qin's second uncle saw the brand new sewing machine and the receipts, a smile appeared on his face again. Everyone wanted to see what the bride looked like, but they couldn't see because of the red veil. They shook their heads in disappointment and prepared to start the feast.

After the wedding ceremony and sending Qin Huairu to the newly decorated bridal chamber, which was the He family's ear room, Jia Dongxu finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was finally done. After entertaining relatives and friends and entering the bridal chamber, the wedding was considered complete.

When preparing the banquet, Chef Li worked at full capacity, but soon discovered that there was not enough meat. There was nothing wrong with what the Jia family had prepared, it was Chef Li who put too much!
It seems like He Yuzhu did it on purpose. You, Jia Zhang, didn't let me put more in it, but I did. There's no meat in the following dishes. Either buy some or serve some vegetarian dishes!
Many of the dishes that follow require meat, such as Dongpo pork elbow and rose soy sauce chicken. Can these dishes be without meat? If the banquet is incomplete, the meaning will be incomplete.

The dishes at the wedding banquet all have meanings, such as having a baby soon, living together till old age, etc. There was no other way but for Yan Bugui to take the money given by Jia Dongxu and make another trip.

There was something strange about the Jia family's wedding banquet today. He had calculated the amount of meat based on the menu and there must have been enough. The reason why there was not enough meat now was definitely not because that person had stolen it. With so many people present, it was possible that the meat was stolen. What's more, his wife was also helping in the kitchen!
The only possibility is that the cook put too much in. We must hurry and buy it back so we can start the feast. We should be able to feast today. Yan Bugui is looking forward to it. . . . .

(End of this chapter)