Chapter 63 Marriage (Part 1)
The next morning, Zhang Ze was awakened by the movement outside the house.
The voice that spoke was obviously Zhang's mother. Her son was getting married, and she was preparing for the wedding banquet these days as if she had been given a shot of chicken blood.
When I got up and went out, the yard was already busy. Some neighbor aunts were helping to process the ingredients purchased in the past two days.
Even if there is no big banquet, there is still pork and chicken.
As for the chef, Zhang Ze's mother asked him to invite his friend from the state-owned restaurant over. Zhang Ze almost went numb at that time.
He just randomly found an excuse to deceive his family before, who knew this would happen.
But he had no choice but to go to a state-owned restaurant every day, and finally got to know the chef's apprentice.
In fact, these chefs do take wedding banquet jobs privately, but the head chefs of state-owned hotels are all over fifty years old, so it is okay to hire them, but it will cost money.
But it’s not realistic for him to cooperate and pretend to be friends. The age gap is a bit big.
But someone else has an apprentice, and I met a level 10 chef who is not many years older than me, so this lie can be considered fulfilled.
In the end, Zhang Ze invited this friend and his senior brother, a level 6 chef, to the wedding banquet.
The highest level of chefs in the factory is Level 6, and they all cook small dishes for leaders. And it’s hard to say whether the level of chefs in the factory is as good as that of state-owned restaurants.
Therefore, a Level 6 chef is more than enough to host a wedding banquet.
Seeing that her son was awake, Zhang Huihong immediately urged him to wash up, change clothes, and prepare to go to the island to pick up the bride.
Zhang Ze looked at the sun that had just emerged and was speechless. It was too early.
But Lumen Island is not very close, so it would be better to go there early, so he quickly washed up and put on the white shirt he wore when taking pictures yesterday.
I bought this shirt the day before yesterday. I didn't get a cloth ticket from the radio factory. In the end, I spent money to get some on the black market.
As soon as he changed his clothes, Zhang Qinghe and several unmarried young men with good connections hurried in.
These people all wanted to go with him to pick up the bride, and they even borrowed bicycles in the village.
Zhang Ze's bicycle was also parked in the yard, and of course the reason was that it was borrowed.
Soon, a group of six people rode six bicycles and set off toward Yuewan County.
I originally wanted to collect eight bicycles for eight people, but I couldn't borrow the bicycles, so I had to forget it.
A group of young men rode bicycles so vigorously that Zhang Ze almost thought they were the ones getting married.
In less than an hour, they arrived at Yuewan County and parked their bicycles at a storage area. The price was three cents per ride, or 18 cents for six bikes.
Zhang Ze paid the money, and then a group of people hurried to the dock.
Tong Yuanhang has arranged for relatives to row a boat to pick them up, and the few people who are tired from riding bicycles can take a rest.
At this time, Tong Shuyao was sitting on a stool, and Lu Man behind her was combing her waist-length hair.
In fact, she got up earlier than Zhang Ze. Because of the stunning makeup yesterday, the young mother asked her son to drive them to Yuewan County early in the morning, where they found the photo studio and had another makeup session.
Lu Man combed her daughter's hair, braided her into a long braid, tied red flowers at the end of her hair and held it in front of her body.
Finally, she put on the red skirt that she had already made, and instantly made her look as pretty as a flower.
The eldest daughter of the Tong family, Tong Shuxin, couldn't help but ridicule after seeing it: "My little sister is so dressed up that she can't even look straight at that boy from the Zhang family!"
"Mom, you are too biased. Not only did I not wear makeup when I got married, my clothes were not as good-looking as my little sister's."
After hearing this, Lu Man said angrily: "What does it have to do with me? Why doesn't your man know how to take you to take photos or put on makeup?"
It’s not that Tong Shuxin got married on a blind date, but because she saw someone right, and then the man came over to propose marriage.
The Tong family's parents saw that their daughter was willing to do it, and they knew each other well on the island, so they agreed.
So now that her mother said this, Tong Shuxin really couldn't refute it, so she secretly made a note of it and went back at night to make the one at home look good.
At this moment, a huge cheer suddenly came from outside the door. The three women in the room seemed to feel something and looked up at the door.
Not long after, a group of people's footsteps came to the door, and there was an extremely lively discussion.
After the door opened, a handsome man in a white shirt with a red flower on his chest walked in.
A man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. Tong Shuyao is stunningly beautiful today, and Zhang Ze is not bad today either.
Normally, he has strong and handsome features. He doesn't have the boldness of a young boy, only the stability of a mature man.
When I get along with my family, I sometimes feel childish, but more often I play the role of a grown-up parent.
However, Zhang Ze was in high spirits today, looking at Tong Shuyao with warm yet gentle eyes.
Most nearby residents know that the Tong family's little daughter is well-raised. Many people came to marry her before, but they didn't expect that she would be so beautiful today.
And this man, when he stood next to her, looked not inferior at all, but the difference in skin color was a little more obvious.
There is no kowtow and kneel down to thank the bride, and there is no going through five levels and six generals to see the bride. Zhang Ze only needs to hold a teacup and serve tea to the children's father and mother.
The boy's father is usually not good at words and rarely has mood swings, but today he always had a smile on his face.
The child mother has always been very enthusiastic, and today her crow’s feet are full of smiles.
After changing his words, he will welcome the bride home, and some people from the Tong family will come to attend the wedding banquet.
Everyone looked at this scene and immediately cheered: "Hug him up, hug him up!"
Zhang Ze looked at Tong Shuyao, who bowed his head shyly, and grinned.
He leaned over and raised his hands, and easily picked up the girl, who weighed just over ninety pounds.
Feeling unsafe in the air, Tong Shuyao instinctively stretched out her hands to wrap her arms around the man's neck, and because of shyness, she buried her face in the man's chest, not wanting others to see her embarrassment.
Carrying the bride onto the sedan, the group went to the pier and sent the sedan and bride to the ship.
When they arrived in Yuewan County, Zhang Qinghe and others arrived early and retrieved their bicycles in advance.
Then Zhang Ze picked up the bride and put her on the back seat of the bicycle, then took the bride home, while the rest of the Tong family took the bus.
He has already given the money to his brother-in-law privately, and Tong Yuanhang will help arrange it.
The trip to Lumen Island takes nearly two hours, and with the tea ceremony and other things to do, it will be noon by the time Zhang Ze returns to Qinghe Village.
"Here comes the bride, here comes the bride!" When they saw the convoy coming back, someone immediately reported the news.
Zhang Ze got off the car and held on to him instead, pushing the bicycle towards home with a smile. When he was approaching the door of the house, the firecrackers suddenly started crackling.
Zhang Qinghe and several of the young men who followed him to pick up the bride began to distribute peanuts, melon seeds and wedding candies. Although the quantity was not large, the neighbors who followed the family were able to share some. The happiest ones were the children.
"The bride has come in!"
"The bride is so beautiful!"
Zhang Ze pushed the bicycle to the door of his house, then took the bride down and put her down after entering the door.
As soon as Tong Shuyao looked up, she saw Mother Zhang with a smile on her face, and then the process of serving tea started again.
After she changed her name to "Mom", the wedding banquet officially began.
Zhang Ze's eldest uncle and second uncle are finally no longer on the background today, but appear at the main seat.
As for his father's relatives, none of them came, and they didn't call.
The relationship was broken long ago, so Zhang Huihong tried to call Zhang Ze’s grandparents, but they didn’t respond, so it was natural to leave things alone.
Chapter completed!