Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Lin Zhengjun’s arrangement was to treat the county guesthouse as the bride’s “home” when picking up the bride.

Tang Xiaofu and her "bridesmaid" checked into the county guesthouse with her family one day in advance.

Then the wedding car carrying the wedding procession set out from the village to the county town to pick up the bride!

So, today Tang Xiaofu and her bridesmaid are leaving for the county town. The bridesmaid is Cheng Huiru, a female educated youth who has a good relationship with Tang Xiaofu!

The other one is Zhao Xueruo, she said on the phone that she would definitely arrive today.

Today, my parents and important relatives will also go to the county town to host a banquet to entertain Zhou Shoucheng!

This is actually a marriage custom in the Central Plains Province, called "jianhua", which should be an abbreviation of "meeting and talking".

In fact, after the blind date partner has no objection, the elders of both sides will contact and communicate to ensure that there is no problem with the other party's family.

After all, marriage is not just the union of a couple, but from then on, the two families also become relatives!

After the "conversation", if both families have no objection, then the engagement banquet should be held.

At the engagement party, you often have to "look after" many matters such as the wedding date, bride price, dowry, etc.!

Of course, when it came to Lin Zhengjun and Tang Xiaofu, the process was disrupted a lot. After all, the two of them were in a free love relationship. In addition, Yanjing and Zhongyuan were far apart, and it was inconvenient to contact each other, so it was simplified a lot...

"Mom and Dad, our family has to set off!" Lin Zhengjun was a little excited.

"Bring good wine, bring Maotai, and bring Zhonghua cigarettes!"

Lin Sanhuai didn't know whether he was excited or nervous, his hands were shaking slightly as he smoked.

After all, in his opinion, Professor Zhou is a great intellectual, and he is an old farmer. If the two families get married, it would be really above par for him!

In preparation for this "meeting", he and his wife went to the town's barber shop to get a haircut a day in advance. He also changed into new khaki clothes that Lin Zhengjun had bought for him before, and even put on a pair of leather shoes. He looked energetic and looked several years younger.

My parents, my sister, my brother-in-law, my sister, Cheng Huiru and others were all going to the county town this time, and they needed Lin Tiedan to be the backup driver. There were too many people, so Lin Zhengjun directly borrowed the brigade's tractor.

Tang Xiaofu picked up the luggage containing new clothes, and everyone got on the tractor bed. Then Lin Zhengjun started the tractor and headed for the county town.

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In a guest room in the county guesthouse.

The Lin family and the Zhou family met.

Needless to say, the Lin family and the Zhou family also mobilized all their members this time.

Zhou Shoucheng and his wife, Zhou Chunlei and his wife with their little daughter, Zhou Yangguang and his sister, and Tang Xiaofeng, all attached great importance to the event and were full of sincerity.

When the two families met, the scene was quite spectacular!

It was just like the victory meeting at Jinggangshan, with people shaking hands, greeting each other, offering cigarettes and tea, passing fruits, snacks and red envelopes.

What made Tang Xiaofu happy was that Zhao Xueruo had also arrived. She took the same train as Zhou Shoucheng and arrived at the county guesthouse at the same time.

Coincidentally, after chatting with Zhao Xueruo for a few minutes, the Zhou family found out that Zhao Xueruo’s grandparents were classmates of Zhou Shoucheng when they studied in the Soviet Union, and Zhao Xueruo’s father was also Zhou Shoucheng’s student.

However, both families were impacted during those special ten years and they both "retreat" and cut off all contact with each other, so Tang Xiaofu and Zhao Xueruo didn't even know about it.

With their relationship made clear, the two of them felt even more intimate.

"Professor Zhou, thank you for your hard work along the way. The conditions in the county are poor and you have suffered a lot!" Lin Sanhuai shook his hand and smiled sincerely.

He had a very good impression of Zhou Shoucheng and his wife. They looked like intellectuals, well-mannered but without any arrogance. They were very friendly and simple. He did not understand idioms, otherwise he would have praised them as "gentle as jade".

“Sanhuai, it’s not hard!”

Zhou Shoucheng smiled and said, "The conditions in this guesthouse are quite good. A few years ago, I lived in a barn. That was hard work. In the winter, it was freezing cold and snowy. A person could freeze to death!"

After chatting for a few sentences, they got to know each other's situation. Zhou Shoucheng was actually very satisfied with Lin Zhengjun's relatives.

Yang Kaixuan was a combat hero and later transferred to work in a bank. His salary was not low and he was a righteous man, but he was also very good at dealing with people.

Although Lin Hongmei is a housewife, she looks like a kind, honest, hardworking and virtuous woman.

But she actually plans to open a private restaurant with the father of the county leader, which is amazing!

Tao Yaowu is a driver, one of the eight most popular members in society today, and his words and deeds reveal a cleverness.

Lin Hongyu is also generous, hospitable, sweet-mouthed, and good at making people laugh. She made Zhou Dongxue and Zhou Yangguang smile from ear to ear!

Lin Hongying is not talkative, but she serves tea and water and looks after the children. It is obvious that she has good eyesight. When she asks about their grades, wow, they got first place in the school in the mid-term exam!

Seeing that it was almost noon, Lin Zhengjun said with a smile: "Grandpa, let's have a meal together. There is a restaurant in the guesthouse!"

"Okay!" Professor Zhou nodded.

The group arrived at the restaurant, Professor Zhou sat at the head table, accompanied by Lin Sanhuai, and then everyone took their seats as host and guest with flowers in their hands.

Lin Zhengjun came to the counter and started ordering. They were all main dishes, more than a dozen in total, and almost every dish came as soon as it arrived.

Then, eat and drink!

Speaking of which, Lin Zhengjun, Yang Kaixuan and Tao Yaowu all have high alcohol tolerance. Zhou Chunlei and Zhou Yangguang surrendered after drinking only three or two glasses of wine, and only Zhou Shoucheng could barely hold on.

Tao Yaowu traveled all over the country and was good at persuading people to drink. His various words of persuasion were like a sow wearing a bra. If you didn't drink, his face would fall to the ground and you couldn't pick it up again.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yangguang slipped under the table, and soon after, Zhou Chunlei also slipped under the table.

Professor Zhou drank six taels of wine by himself. He used to have a good alcohol tolerance, but after all, he was old and could not handle it anymore, so he stopped immediately.

Although both of his sons were drunk, Professor Zhou was not angry but very happy.

He understands the rules and cultural connotations of the drinking tables in the Central Plains!

It turned out that life was difficult, food production was insufficient, and people could not even fill their stomachs, so wine was naturally a luxury.

Therefore, when drinking, even if the guests want to drink, they have to be polite so as not to add burden to the host. The host must urge the guests to drink more to appear hospitable. It is best to make the guests drunk, which shows that the host has done a good job of entertaining the guests!

The drinking urging and drinking contests at this time are completely different from the "obedience test" at the drinking table in later generations, or the disgusting drinking culture of drinking to get the other person drunk and make the other person look bad!

When Lin Zhengjun returned to the accommodation department of the guesthouse, he saw Bai Zhiyuan sitting on a bench in the lobby on the first floor. He couldn't help but ask in surprise: "County Mayor Bai, why are you here?"

Bai Zhiyuan came over and said with a smile: "I heard that Professor Zhou has arrived, so I came to see him!"

Bai Zhiyuan came out to entertain the guests, on the one hand to support Lin Zhengjun, and on the other hand because he considered that Professor Zhou was a person worth making friends with.

This old professor has many students all over the world, and he teaches mechanics. Many of his students have probably already taken up important jobs.

His energy is actually quite terrifying, but he has just resumed work and has not yet revealed it!

Lin Zhengjun quickly introduced: "Grandpa, this is County Magistrate Bai Zhiyuan. He is very supportive of my collective cooperative and has a strong spirit of reform. He has already started to distribute land to households in Qingshan Commune!"

"Great! County Magistrate Bai is young and promising!" Zhou Shoucheng shook hands and greeted him.

The other members of the Zhou family looked at each other in bewilderment. Although the county magistrate was only a grassroots cadre, he was in charge of the food, drink, defecation and urination of hundreds of thousands of people, and his power was enormous.

But he actually came out to receive the Zhou family, which shows how much he values ​​Lin Zhengjun!

"Professor Zhou, welcome you and your family to Huaibian County!"

Bai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I knew you were coming, so I wanted to come visit you at noon, but I was worried about disturbing your meeting with the Lin family, so I didn't show up. You can't blame me for being slow to treat you!"

"No, no." Zhou Shoucheng waved his hand.

Bai Zhiyuan smiled and said, "I would like to host a banquet for your family in the county government cafeteria tonight. I hope you can come and enjoy it!"

"You're treating me?" Zhou Shoucheng looked surprised.