Life 1984

Li Yunhai's wedding convoy arrived at Tianhua Hotel first.

The dozen or so cars here were filled with guests attending the wedding.

Li Yunhai got out of the car and led people to each car to say hello to everyone.

Tianhua Hotel managers Xie Jian, Yang Xiaoying and others came forward and reported to Li Yunhai, saying that they had notified all the guests staying here one by one. There should be no omissions. The guests had their breakfast at the hotel. .

Li Yunhai said thank you and invited them to the wedding.

Xie Jian and Yang Xiaoying happily agreed.

All factories, stores, computer schools, and scientific research institutes of Sihai Group in Xizhou will have a day off.

Professor Ni, Ji Wenshu and several managers from the headquarters will all go to attend the wedding of Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi.

At 08:30 in the morning, dozens of large and small cars drove to Meishan Shiban Village.

For safety reasons, Li Yunhai drove two cars to clear the way. These two cars were driven by Shitou and Liang Tian. The cars were full of security personnel, including the two guards around Lin Zhenbang.

The convoy left the city and headed for Meishan.

The entire convoy was not traveling too fast and planned to arrive at Shiban Village before 11 o'clock, leaving an hour for the wedding ceremony.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi were sitting in the back seat of the car, holding hands.

"How do you feel?" Li Yunhai asked warmly.

Lin Zhi lay on the back seat and replied with a smile: "It's okay. The child is very honest. He probably knows that we are getting married and is not making any noise at all."

Lin Xin turned around and said, "Brother-in-law, who will host the wedding ceremony later?"

Li Yunhai said: "There is no one to preside over it. We don't do that there. There is only one person to preside over the ceremony, and he is my uncle."

Lin Xin laughed and said, "That won't work! Can I host it?"

Lin Zhi said: "You are the bridesmaid, what are you presiding over? Besides, we have not prepared any ceremony. We can just go to the wedding hall to get married. There is no need for those red tapes."

Li Yunhai said: "Lin Xin, can you host it? You are not married yet! Do you know the wedding ceremony?"

Lin Xin said: "Brother-in-law, do you underestimate me? You gave me such a big red envelope, so of course I have to do my best for you!"

Lin Zhi said: "Don't make trouble! My belly is so big, I can't stand the torture!"

Lin Xin smiled and said: "Okay, then let's stop making trouble!"

The car in front suddenly stopped.

Lin Xin curiously stuck her head out and looked ahead: "There's still a traffic jam on this road? It's impossible, right?"

Shitou from the car in front ran over and reported to Li Yunhai: "Mr. Li, there is someone blocking the car in front."

Li Yunhai asked: "Who stopped the car?"

Shitou replied: "It should be the local villagers who knew we were in a wedding car and asked for red envelopes."

Lin Xin said angrily: "That's unreasonable! This road doesn't belong to them! Why do they stop the car and ask for red envelopes?"

Li Yunhai just wanted the wedding to go smoothly, so he took out a few red envelopes and handed them out: "Give them, don't quarrel, let alone do anything."

Shitou took the red envelope and said, "Mr. Li, I understand."

Lin Zhi asked: "Why is there still such a custom?"

Li Yunhai said: "No matter where it is, there is no such custom! They are blocking the road to steal money!"

Lin Zhi said: "You can't coddle them! They are breaking the law!"

Li Yunhai said: "It's a happy day today, forget it, don't care about it with them."

Lin Zhenbang sent Secretary Liang over to ask what was going on, and Li Yunhai told him about someone blocking the road ahead.

Secretary Liang's expression changed and he hurried back to report to Lin Zhenbang.

Li Yunhai looked outside and judged which area he had reached, thinking that the chief official here would most likely be punished.

Shitou ran over again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said calmly: "Mr. Li, they think it's too small. They say that for such a big wedding like ours, there are dozens of cars, and we can't get through if we don't give a thousand or eight hundred. "

Lin Xin said: "I'll go find them to argue!"

Li Yunhai stretched out his hand to hold her and said, "You are a little girl, don't be impulsive!"

He took out a few more red envelopes and handed them to Shi Shi: "Tell them, if you dare to block the road knowing there are so many cars, you are considered capable!"

Shitou took the red envelope and went over.

Zhuang Yong said: "Mr. Li, I'll go there."

Li Yunhai said calmly: "Don't do it, I don't want to see blood!"

Zhuang Yong said he understood, opened the car door and got out of the car, ran forward quickly, and came to the group of villagers blocking the road with Shitou.

There were seven or eight people in this group, all middle-aged men, all with playful smiles, and they were sure to eat up the passing motorcade.

Zhuang Yong glanced at them coldly and asked, "Which one of you is the leader?"

A muscular man with a crew cut said: "I am!"

Zhuang Yong said: "You don't even look at whose convoy this is, so you dare to block it?"

The crew-cut man cupped his hands: "I only know this is a wedding convoy, how do I know who you are?"

Only then did Zhuang Yong realize that all the cars had the license plate on the front with "Baiwan Haohe" on it. No matter how awesome your license plate is, others can't see it.

"I just gave you three red envelopes, and now I'll give you five more, one for each of you." Zhuang Yong said, "Please get out of the way!"

Shitou handed over the red envelope.

The crew-cut man took the red envelope, opened it, looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is interesting enough, let's go!"

Several men laughed and got out of the way.

Zhuang Yong returned to the car and said, "Mr. Li, it's done."

Li Yunhai hummed and waved his hand: "Okay!"

The car in front started slowly, and the car behind followed suit.

As the car drove past, Li Yunhai glanced at the people standing on the roadside and heard someone saying: "We only paid 800 yuan for so many luxury cars. Isn't it too short?"

The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant, and this is the case.

The convoy then traveled smoothly and arrived at the city limits of Meishan area.

The convoy in front stopped again.

No matter how good-tempered Lin Zhi is, she is no longer calm this time: "Yun Hai, you won't encounter someone asking for red envelopes again, right?"

Li Yunhai said with determination: "No, it's probably the local officials from Meishan who came to greet us."

Sure enough, Shitou ran over and said, "Mr. Li, Commissioner Zhao from Meishan will lead a convoy to greet us at the intersection."

Li Yunhai got out of the car and came to Lin Zhenbang's car.

Lin Zhenbang asked calmly: "Yunhai, what happened again?"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Dad, it's Commissioner Zhao from the Meishan area who is greeting me at the intersection."

Lin Zhenbang said: "Let them follow! Let's talk about it when we get to your house!"

Li Yunhai agreed and walked forward.

Commissioner Zhao and others shook hands with Li Yunhai and exchanged greetings.

Li Yunhai told Lin Zhenbang's instructions, and Commissioner Zhao agreed.

Commissioner Zhao actually brought two police cars over, saying they were escorts.

Li Yunhai said quickly: "Police cars must not be used! Let alone follow us into the village. If we need them, we will bring them over in the provincial capital. This is a matter of principle. Please return the way they came."

Commissioner Zhao did this just to try his best to please Lin Zhenbang. Seeing what Li Yunhai said, he knew that the flattery was on the horse's feet, so he quickly sent the two police cars back.

He stood on the side of the road, waiting for the convoy to start. Watching Lin Zhenbang's car pass by, he bent down and waved to the car. After waiting for a few cars to pass, he turned around and got in the car and followed the convoy.

The ground in Meishan was uneventful and the team successfully entered the country road.

The roads in Shiban Village were neatly and beautifully maintained, not inferior to national highways, and the convoy arrived at Li Yunhai's house safely.

There are too many cars and they can only be parked on the roadside.

There are not many cars on the village road here in a day, so I’m not worried.

The Li family had prepared everything a long time ago, and there were people standing in front of the house.

Seeing the convoy coming, the people arranged here immediately lit the firecrackers placed on the road. The long firecrackers went off, bringing joy to the quiet mountain village.

Li Yunhai helped Lin Zhi get out of the car and said, "We'll go there later and wait for the firecrackers to finish going off."

Lin Zhi responded.

Li Deming led everyone over and met with Lin Zhenbang and others.

Everyone entered the Li family hall.

Red candles and three animals were prepared in front of the hall.

The wedding was held here.

There is also a set of wedding ceremonies in rural areas, which follow Confucian etiquette. The whole ceremony is simple but grand.

Under the guidance of the officiant, the groom and the bride worshiped the ancestral tablets, their parents, and the couple worshiped each other.

Because Lin Zhi's pregnant belly was too big, the two parties just stood and worshiped each other.

The next step is to offer tea and change your words.

Li Deming and Zhang Shuwen were sitting on the sofa in the living room. A sister-in-law came over with a tea tray with two cups of tea in a bowl.

Lin Zhi served tea to her parents-in-law and shouted with a smile: "Dad, Mom! Please drink tea."

Li Deming and Zhang Shuwen responded with smiles, took out their red envelopes and handed them to Lin Zhi, saying a few good words.

After the ceremony, the helpers in the village began to set up tables and chairs on the first floor, and the other floors had already been set up.

In the main room on the first floor, there are two Eight Immortals tables at the front. These two tables are the upper banquet table, also called the in-laws banquet. Today, of course, Lin Zhi's relatives will sit there.

County and town leaders came.

Li Yunhai roughly calculated that 100 tables should be enough.

There can be 10 to 12 tables in a main room, 6 tables in a living room, four tables in each room after the bed is put away, and [-] or [-] tables on the first floor.

Li Yunhai's three-and-a-half-story building can accommodate a hundred banquets, which is more than enough.

When it was almost 12 o'clock, the phone at home rang.

Li Yunfang answered the phone and shouted excitedly: "Brother! Come and answer the phone."

Li Yunhai came over, took the microphone, said hello, his face instantly became extremely respectful, and said: "Thank you, grandpa, for your blessing."

This call turned out to be from Beidaihe.

Comrade Xixian was on vacation in Beidaihe and accidentally learned that Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi were getting married today. On a whim, he asked for his home phone number and asked the staff to call him.

The old man sent his wedding blessings to Li Yunhai.

Although there were only a few words, Li Yunhai was very excited.

After the call ended, Li Yunhai told Lin Zhi the news.

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Really? What did he say?"

Li Yunhai said: "I wish we are a perfect match and we will be together for a long time. May we have a son soon." Lin Zhi pursed her lips and smiled and said: "We can achieve the goal of having a son early!"

Suddenly firecrackers went off outside, which reminded the guests that the banquet was about to start, and all the guests were seated.

When you get married locally, you have to be on top of your game.There are chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, meatballs, meat, kelp, egg drop, sweet potato starch, mutton, beef, mixed vegetables, pig intestine cake, pig's feet stewed in wine, taro soup and so on.

Most people only prepare ten dishes, which is called Shi Shi Zhou Quan.

Li Yunhai’s family prepared 18 dishes.

There is another dish on the in-laws’ banquet called Bangtou.The dumplings are served in a bowl. They are hot, red and orange, and crispy. The bowl is full.The chef came, carrying a tea tray with a bottle of soy sauce. He poured the soy sauce onto the shoulder and lightly scratched the shoulder with chopsticks. The upper part of the shoulder collapsed, revealing the white fat and red meat. The essence of the orange fills the air with a fragrant aroma.

At this time, a red envelope should be placed on the tea tray to express gratitude to the chef.

This red envelope was originally supposed to be given by the in-laws and uncle's family.

But Li Yunhai was ready today.

During the dinner, Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi sat across the table to toast.

Linzhi couldn't drink alcohol when she was pregnant, so she drank tea instead of wine.

Shen Xiulan sat at the same table with Lin Xin, Amy, Zhu Lin, Gong Jie, Guo Wanhua and other women.

This table was full of old acquaintances. When Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi came over, everyone laughed and said, "Are we going to have a wedding tonight?"

Li Yunhai said: "Everyone, please spare us! Lin Zhi is going to give birth in the next two days! We are still planning to stay at home tonight. If the baby is born early, it will be a big trouble!"

Shen Xiulan held the wine glass and said: "I wish you two hearts forever and a happy life!"

After saying that, she drank down the glass of wine in one gulp. Unexpectedly, she drank too quickly, choked, and coughed several times.

Li Yunhai said: "Xiulan, drink slowly."

Shen Xiulan rolled her eyes at him, touched her heart with her hand, and said, "I want to drink it quickly! This wedding wine is so delicious, I want to drink three large glasses in a row! Will you drink with me?"

Lin Zhi smiled and said, "Xiulan, you can't drink. Drinking too much is bad for your health."

Shen Xiulan said: "You have just stepped in and you are taking care of him? You are not afraid that I will drink too much, but you are afraid that he will drink too much, right?"

Lin Zhi said, "Xiulan, you clearly know that's not what I mean. Okay, then we'll drink with you."

Almost everyone sitting at this table knew that Shen Xiulan had been in love with Li Yunhai before, and now that they saw her acting like this, they all tried to persuade her.

Shen Xiulan is very stubborn and must have three drinks with Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai had to accompany him for three glasses of wine.

After drinking, Shen Xiulan's face instantly turned red, like a layer of rouge.

Li Yunhai said warmly: "Xiulan, please eat some vegetables and drink wine quickly."

After saying that, he and Lin Zhi went to the next table to toast.

Shen Xiulan felt very uncomfortable and knew that she should not be angry and drunk, so she resisted and did not leave the table.

Chen Hong was also sitting at this table. She looked at Shen Xiulan and then Li Yunhai with her pretty eyes, smiling and saying nothing.

Li Yunhai and Chen Hong looked at each other. Seeing the spring in her eyes, he couldn't help but think of the joyful spring breeze last night.

This Chen Hong is really a wonderful person!
Make people want to stop!

Li Yunhai was worried that she would cause trouble before, but seeing how honest she was today, he felt like he was worrying too much.

It seems that Chen Hong is also a smart man.

The next table is Peng Dianzi and Liu Yan from Xizhou Sihai Store.

Peng Dianzi held up the wine glass and laughed loudly: "Immortals are born to worship in the jade hall, vying to see Linzhi paired with the sea of ​​clouds. Parrots are synthesized in front of them. The jade flute on the stage attracts the phoenix; the moon is reunited and the precious fans are removed, and the fragrant clouds are graceful and new. Make-up, because the wind spreads rumors about Zhang Jingzhao, the pictures of spring mountains are much longer. I wish the two newlyweds respect each other as guests and enjoy each other!"

Li Yunhai said: "Thank you Uncle Peng for your blessing!"

Liu Yan and others all said: "We can't speak, so I wish you a happy marriage and eternal unity!"

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi only toasted each table in the main room on the first floor, while the other floors were led by the officiant to toast everyone a glass of wine.

A banquet lasted for an hour and a half before breaking up.

Most of the guests left after dinner.

Guests from out of town will still be sent back to Xizhou by car. Those who want to stay in Xizhou can stay at the Tianhua Hotel for free for one night. Those who want to leave can be sent directly to the station.

Li Yunhai arranged these things and made a fuss for more than an hour.

Logically speaking, Lin Zhenbang and his wife should stay here for one night, but with so much cash and gold bars at home, they did not dare to stay long. After dinner, they went back to Xizhou.

The in-laws on both sides have been dealing with each other for several years and are familiar with each other, so it's easy.

Guo Wanhua, Zhu Lin, Chen Hong and others all returned to Xizhou.

Li Yunhai turned around and looked for Shen Xiulan, but only saw Shen Xiuling. He pulled her and asked, "Xiaoling, where is your sister?"

Shen Xiuling looked around and said, "She was here just now, and now she's gone? Did she go back to the provincial capital first?"

Li Yunhai said: "No, I sent every guest to the car and returned the gift. I didn't see her."

Fifth sister Li Yunying said: "Brother, I saw Sister Xiulan going upstairs."

Li Yunhai went upstairs to find her.

Shen Xiulan drank too much and felt very uncomfortable.

The beds in most rooms at home have been removed, and they have to be rearranged after the tables are put away.

Shen Xiulan had no choice but to go to Li Yunhai's wedding room to rest.

Li Yunhai pushed the door open and saw Shen Xiulan lying on her side beside the bed.

"Xiulan?" Li Yunhai sat next to her, patted her shoulder gently, and asked, "Are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Shen Xiulan sat up, leaned on the head of the bed, and said, "I'm fine, I don't need you to worry about it. You go and accompany the guests. I'll go back to Xizhou after taking a rest."

Li Yunhai said: "You and Xiaolan should not leave tonight. Stay at my house to rest for a day. You will definitely not be able to ride in a car like this."

Shen Xiulan suddenly got up and ran outside.

Li Yunhai caught up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Xiulan covered her mouth and asked hurriedly: "Where is the bathroom?"

Li Yunhai took her to the bathroom.

Shen Xiulan faced the washbasin and retched several times, but nothing came out.

Li Yunhai stroked her back gently and said, "Don't drink again in the future."

Shen Xiulan shook her arm and said: "I can drink normally, but I don't know what happened today. Maybe it's because I haven't had any alcohol for a long time."

Li Yunhai said: "Okay. Then you have some sleep. Don't leave today."

Shen Xiulan knew her situation and could only hum. "I'm going to trouble you again."

Li Yunhai said: "One family speaks two different languages!"

Shen Xiulan blushed and said, "Who is your family member?"

Li Yunhai said: "We are actually a family, the same!"

Shen Xiulan said: "Return to the family! Have you given me a bride price? Do we have a certificate? Do we?"

Li Yunhai said: "I can give you a betrothal gift! I will give you as much as I give her."

Shen Xiulan bit her lip and said, "I don't want it, because I know I don't deserve it!"

As she spoke, she retched a few more times.

At this time, Li Yunfang came over and shouted: "Brother, dad is looking for you!"

Li Yunhai told his sister: "Please stay with Sister Xiulan. She drinks too much and is very uncomfortable."

Li Yunfang said: "Okay, brother."

Li Yunhai asked: "That Yue Hua is also here today?"

Li Yunfang said: "Yes, I saw him."

Li Yunhai asked: "Brother has always wanted to ask you, how is your relationship with him now?"

Li Yunfang said: "Brother, he has been chasing me, but I didn't agree. I told him very clearly that I will not fall in love before graduation."

Li Yunhai said: "Then do you have that intention for him?"

Li Yunfang smiled shyly: "Brother! I said I don't fall in love! You still ask?"

Li Yunhai laughed and went downstairs.

Li Yunfang helped Shen Xiulan to the bedroom and asked, "Sister Xiulan, you are still thinking about my brother, right?"

Shen Xiulan was lying on the bed, and said in shock when she heard this: "I don't want to."

Li Yunfang pulled the quilt over her body and said with a smile: "You can't hide it from my eyes. I have read all the letters you and my brother exchanged. My brother has always kept them."

Shen Xiulan slowly closed her eyes and asked after a long time: "Where to put it?"

Li Yunfang pointed to the room next door and said with a smile: "It's locked in the cabinet over there! Do you want to see it?"

Shen Xiulan hummed.

Li Yunfang took her to the next room, reached out and took out a key from a groove on the top of the cabinet, and opened the cabinet lock.

Stored here are Li Yunhai's old things, including clothes, books he had read, and graduation photos.

Li Yunfang opened one of the drawers. It was full of letters.

Every letter is perfectly preserved.

Reading these letters, Shen Xiulan's heart was instantly taken back to the campus life a few years ago.

"Yunfang, take it and burn it!" Shen Xiulan looked through it and said softly, "Be careful if your sister-in-law sees it, she will be jealous."

Li Yunfang said: "Then I don't dare to burn it. I accidentally tore one of the letters before, and my brother even scolded me! That was the first time he scolded me! These are his treasures!"

Shen Xiulan couldn't help but feel sad and shed two lines of hot tears.

Li Yunfang said: "Sister Xiulan, you and my brother have such a good relationship, it's a pity that we are not together."

Shen Xiulan wiped away her tears and forced a smile: "Isn't Lin Zhi better?"

Li Yunfang said: "You two are very good! Anyone can be my sister-in-law."

Shen Xiulan wanted to vomit again, but couldn't vomit anything.

Although Li Yunfang is a young girl who is not yet married, she has gone to college and is very knowledgeable. Seeing this, she asked: "Sister Xiulan, when did you last have your period?"

Shen Xiulan's expression froze and she said, "Period period? If you didn't tell me, I haven't noticed yet. I'm so busy these days! It seems that this month's period has been postponed by ten days!"

Li Yunfang pursed her lips and smiled: "Sister Xiulan, are you pregnant?"

Shen Xiulan was startled and said with evasive eyes: "Impossible!"

Li Yunfang said: "How is this impossible? Do you have a boyfriend?"

Shen Xiulan said: "No."

Li Yunfang said: "That's strange. You don't have a boyfriend, and your period has been delayed for so many days. You'd better go to the hospital for a checkup!"

Shen Xiulan was flustered. If she was really pregnant, then the child must be Li Yunhai's!
what to do? (End of chapter)