Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

Each place has its own customs on the wedding process.

When the wedding is held on the woman's side, the customs of the woman's side should be followed. When the wedding is held on the man's side, the customs of the man's side should be followed.

As early as after the Chinese New Year, Li Jiandang and Xu Chunying went to the girl's side to propose marriage and discuss marriage details.

The woman's side has been completed, now it's the man's turn.

Zhang Xiuhua was in charge of preparing the banquet. She did not mix in other customs and just focused on watching.

The wedding dresses used at that time were very tacky, with pink gauze skirts, and the bride had to wear her hair in a bun with hair wax on it.

The bride was obviously very beautiful, but I don’t know if it was because the makeup artist’s skills were not good or what, but after the makeup, the bride looked extremely ugly.

Zhang Xiuhua thinks that if her children get married in the future, they must hold it in a big city. Good makeup artists are all in big cities, and the level in small places is not good. Not only will the hairstyle be ugly, but the clothes will also be tacky. She must let the bride wear a long wedding dress or an ancient phoenix crown and bridal robe, so that it will look grand!

Zhang Xiuhua was still complaining, but the villagers thought the bride's dress was so pretty. Especially the bun was really fashionable, and her face was shining.

After listening to this, Zhang Xiuhua felt that there was something wrong with these people's aesthetic taste.

Aunt Li Si sat at the same table with Song Lianhua and asked her when she would hold Guoxiang's wedding.

No matter how much Song Lianhua looked down on Xiaoli, a wedding was a big happy event for the family, and Guoxiang was her eldest grandson, so she had to hold it. She smiled and said, "We'll do it after the baby is born. It'll be soon!"

"When is the due date?" Aunt Li Si asked.

"Yesterday was the due date." Song Lianhua was a little nervous. "I think all the babies born earlier in our village were boys. Maybe this baby she'll have later will be a girl."

Although the preference for boys over girls is not that serious in the Northeast, there is no real gender equality. At least she only heard of buying houses for boys, not for girls. It can only be said that it is all due to the comparison of peers. Aunt Li tried to smooth things over, "That's unfounded. Maybe it's a grandson."

The two were chatting happily when the food was served. They stopped talking and started joining the queue to grab the food.

The Northeast banquets are all full of hard dishes, with almost no cold dishes and few stir-fried dishes. Because it is cold, stir-fried dishes will get cold very quickly. And cold dishes are even more unnecessary. In such a cold weather, eating cold dishes will freeze you to death.

Even though it is May Day now, the lowest temperature is eight degrees and the highest is only around twenty-five degrees.

Spiced beef, dry-cut beef, braised fish, consommé chicken, braised pork, and fried prawns were all served at once.

After everyone gave way to each other, they started to take their dishes.

Just when everyone was enjoying their meal, the old village chief ran in hurriedly, calling out Song Lianhua's name loudly, and the guests all looked over.

Song Lianhua hadn't reacted yet. It was Aunt Li Si who pushed her. Then she saw her old man and asked, "Why are you here?"

The old village chief ran out of breath. He stamped his feet and said, "Stop eating! Something happened to my granddaughter-in-law. She's bleeding."

When Song Lianhua heard this, she immediately put down her chopsticks and ran out in a hurry, followed by the old village chief.

After they left, the villagers talked a lot.

"Isn't it already the due date? They didn't send the pregnant woman to the hospital?"

Aunt Li Si also found it strange. "It seems that she didn't send it to him. She didn't like that granddaughter-in-law before. She's pregnant before the wedding."

Rural people consider holding a wedding banquet as the standard. In their opinion, just getting a marriage certificate is not considered a marriage.

This was just a small matter in the village, but Xu Chunying felt that this family was making trouble. "On the day of our Hongwu's wedding, his granddaughter-in-law actually had a bleeding episode. How unlucky."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's not like she saw blood in your house. What's unlucky about that? As long as Hongwu and his wife are doing well, that's all that matters."

As the guests gradually left, Xu Chunying began to clean up the food and asked Zhang Xiuhua to take the remaining food back home.

Zhang Xiuhua was not polite. It was 25 degrees at noon, and there was no refrigerator at her brother and sister-in-law's house. These vegetables would go bad in a short time. She might as well take them back and feed them to the fox.

Foxes are carnivores, and these meals taste good, so foxes love them.

Of course, she also took away the food that had not been touched.

No matter how clever a chef is, he or she can't design it just right, and there will always be some leftovers. And most of these dishes are vegetarian.

Seeing her carrying the ingredients, Xu Chunying said anxiously, "There's meat here."

"It's okay, these are for our own consumption. The remaining plates will be fed to the foxes." Zhang Xiuhua said with a smile.

Xu Chunying thought she was being too wasteful. "So many delicious dishes, feeding them all to the fox?"

Zhang Xiuhua laughed and said, "We didn't eat that much."

Xu Chunying thought about it and it made sense. "If you can't finish it, put it in the refrigerator."

"Okay!" Zhang Xiuhua agreed, but she was not ready to do it. The leftovers from the banquet tasted good. But it was unhygienic for so many people to use their chopsticks, and she was afraid of getting sick.

Zhang Xiuhua asked her, "When will Hongwu go back?"

"I'm on the train tomorrow afternoon." Xu Chunying sighed, "I can't delay my work. I have to pay the mortgage every month, and the pressure is too great."

This is true. Zhang Xiuhua asked her, "Did your salary increase?"

"It has increased a little. Fortunately, my granddaughter-in-law also has a salary, and the two of them can pay the mortgage together, so Hongwu can feel a little relieved of the pressure." Xu Chunying is quite satisfied with this.

Zhang Xiuhua helped wash the dishes and after cleaning up, she pushed the things home.

When she came back next time, Zhang Xiuhua learned from Aunt Wang that Song Lianhua's granddaughter-in-law had given birth to a daughter.

"When did her family hold the wedding?"

Aunt Wang Er had actually asked before, "I'll do it when I get back after the Chinese New Year."

"It's so cold during the New Year, the bride must be so cold." Zhang Xiuhua didn't understand why they had to hold a wedding in the middle of winter.

"She got married directly at her husband's house. She didn't move. She just came out to toast. What's so cold about that?" Aunt Wang sighed, "This is the first time I've seen someone get married at her husband's house."

Zhang Xiuhua had never seen a woman marrying from her husband's family. If the woman's family lived far away, she would have to leave from the guesthouse in the town. This way, there would be a wedding ceremony.

In order to save money, the old village chief's family actually slapped the bride in the face. Zhang Xiuhua felt that this family was not righteous and bullied the bride.

"I heard from Youcai that the bride and her family are not getting along. Guoxiang didn't even propose marriage, and directly married Xiaoli home." Zhang Xiuhua felt that Xiaoli's eyesight was not good, and she was fooled by a man's sweet words. She didn't take herself seriously, and she still expected her in-laws to respect her? This is a dream!

Aunt Wang shook her head. "I just hope she'll be smarter in the future and not be so stupid!"

"When will she return to the South?" Zhang Xiuhua was a little curious.

Aunt Wang sneered, "The child needs someone to feed her, where can she go? Song Lianhua and her husband are obsessed with money. They raise fish and sell vegetables at home, so they don't have time to take care of the child. His son and daughter-in-law are always busy with them. I guess Xiaoli will have to take care of the child herself."

Every family has its own problems. No matter how much Zhang Xiuhua disliked it, she couldn't possibly interfere in other people's affairs, so she didn't say anything more.

As they were talking, Xu Chunying came over and saw Zhang Xiuhua. She said excitedly, "The strawberries in the field have grown. My second brother said you like eating fruits the most. Do you want to go pick some?"

Li Jianguo often sent Gala and blueberries to his elder brother and his wife. Chinese people value reciprocity, and since Xu Chunying grew strawberries, he naturally had to give back to her.

Zhang Xiuhua's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly, "Okay! I'll go back and get the basket now."

She hadn't eaten strawberries for a long time! They didn't grow in the north. She did have some in her space, but she wouldn't take them easily, because she was afraid that her bankbook would be used up and the space would cease to exist. She wouldn't take anything from her space unless it was absolutely necessary.

She carried the basket to the greenhouse and looked at the pink strawberries, which were big and beautiful.

My sister-in-law is a good farmer. She has never grown strawberries before, but she can grow them so well.

"How much is a pound of strawberries now?" Zhang Xiuhua asked Xu Chunying.

"One dollar and twenty cents per pound." Xu Chunying smiled from ear to ear.

Zhang Xiuhua's eyes widened. "So expensive?"

"This thing is not easy to grow. In order to grow it well, I added a lot of fertilizer, and I took charge of all the chicken manure from the chicken farm." Xu Chunying sighed, "If the yield is not high, I will really lose money."

It is impossible to make a loss, especially when the price is so high.

Zhang Xiuhua picked a basket of apples, took them home, washed them, divided them in half, and took them to the orchard to taste them with Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo was massaging Liu Shujun's legs. She fell asleep in a daze.

Li Jianguo carried her into the house so that she could sleep more peacefully.

When Li Jianguo learned that strawberries cost 1.2 yuan per pound, his eyes widened even wider than hers. "They are so expensive, why did you pick so many? Sister-in-law will not be able to sleep at night!!"

Zhang Xiuhua laughed when he said that about her sister-in-law. "She asked me to pick them herself. Besides, our blueberries are more expensive than strawberries, and I've treated her to them so many times. Isn't it natural for her to treat me once?"

Li Jianguo nodded frantically, "Of course! If I had known you liked strawberries, I would have planted some in the orchard!"

"Forget it. Our orchard is already full, there's no room left." Zhang Xiuhua was very happy with his care, but after thinking about it, she decided to forget it. Strawberries are not easy to take care of. Fertilizers and pesticides are needed. My brother and sister-in-law have put a lot of thought into it. Li Jianguo has to take care of the orchard and raise animals. He also has to pick mushrooms from time to time.

Just treat him like an animal, that's his limit.

Li Jianguo knew that she was worried about him, so he raised his lips and told her another story, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. By July, the oyster mushrooms will not grow anymore. Next, I plan to make mushroom buns myself."

The temperature at which the oyster mushroom mycelium burns to death is above 32 degrees or below 4 degrees. In summer, the highest temperature here is over degrees, and the oyster mushroom cannot grow. He can only use this time to study how to make mushroom bags.

The main reason is that those mushroom buns are too expensive. Half of the money they earn has to be used to buy mushroom buns, which is really not cost-effective.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him suspiciously, "Can you do it?"

It's not that she looks down on him, but he has never done it before.

"Yes! I asked Li Xingjia for advice. He will teach me!" Li Jianguo was very sure, "If I can't grow it, you can buy it. Every penny saved is a penny earned!"

"Okay!" Zhang Xiuhua agreed readily.