Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 156 Wedding Banquet (Part )

When Huang Ying was talking to Zhang Hu and He Ping about the wedding process, He Yuzhu and his sister returned home. He Yuzhu pretended to bring down a bunch of "happiness" characters from upstairs. Together with He Yushui, they began to decorate the new house. It's true that He Yushui was quite efficient at work. The two of them worked for more than an hour. Not only did they clean the house, they also pasted "happiness" characters on the windows, doors, and rooms. Anyway, the whole house was decorated with a festive atmosphere.

Early in the morning on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, Qian Cuihua came with Fan Li and Fan Tian. He Yuzhu, who was having breakfast, heard the knock on the door, opened the door, was surprised, and asked, "Master's wife, why are you here? Come in!" He Yuzhu hurriedly made way.

Qian Cuihua brought Fan Li and Fan Tian into the house and said, "Tomorrow is your big day. Your master asked us to come and see you and give you a hand."

He Yuzhu asked his master's wife and two junior sisters to sit down and said, "Master's wife, everything that needs to be done has been done. I will deliver the vegetables to the unit later. You can go directly to the steel mill tomorrow."

Fan Li said, "Brother Zhuzi, why are you alone? Where are Yushui and sister-in-law?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Your sister-in-law went to work. Yushui went to play with classmates."

Qian Cuihua said: "Since there is nothing to do, let's go back first."

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, and immediately ran to the cabinet, opened it, and took out a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, a bag of peanut nougat, and a few pieces of chocolate. He walked in front of Qian Cuihua, her mother and her daughter, and said, "Master's wife, this is the wedding candy for Huang Ying and me. Since you are here, it's a good opportunity to take it back."

Although Fan Changming's salary was not bad, the family's expenses were also high. He had never bought such good wedding candies for his eldest son and daughter's wedding. Qian Cuihua looked at the candies in He Yuzhu's hand and felt that it was not right to take them or not. He Yuzhu saw Qian Cuihua's embarrassment and directly stuffed the candies and chocolates into Qian Cuihua's hands, saying, "Master's wife, just some candies to sweeten your mouth and your two sisters."

Fan Tian asked with a smile: "Brother Zhuzi, just give us three. Yongting will be sad if he finds out."

He Yuzhu said, "What kind of candy do you want to eat, little brat?!" Then he asked, "Will the senior brothers and sisters come over tomorrow?!"

Qian Cuihua said: "They will all come tomorrow."

"Just come over!" He Yuzhu muttered with a smile, and said, "Master's wife, I won't keep you here."

"Hey!" Qian Cuihua responded and left He Yuzhu's house with her two daughters.

After the master's wife and the others left, He Yuzhu was no longer in the mood to eat breakfast. After cleaning the table and washing the dishes, he locked the door and pushed his bicycle out of the courtyard.

"Hey?! Master He, why are you here at the factory today?!" Ni Fukui, the team leader of the third squad of the third brigade of the Security Department, asked with a smile when he saw He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu said, "I'm getting married tomorrow, right? The wedding banquet will be held in the third cafeteria. I'll deliver the food for tomorrow today." Then he asked, "Are all the people from your security department here?!"

Ni Fukui replied: “All are here!”

He Yuzhu threw the top sack on the back seat of the car to Ni Fukui and said, "Do me a favor. Divide the cigarettes and wedding candies inside. I won't go over."

Ni Fukui shook the weight of the sack, looked at He Yuzhu in surprise, and asked, "Master He, how do you divide it?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "One pack of cigarettes per person, one pack of candy per team. As for how to distribute it, you can decide for yourselves. You don't have to send it to your section chief. I'll go there myself in a moment."

"Okay! Then I'll thank you on behalf of everyone!" After saying that, Ni Fukui took the things and left with the patrol. He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle to the third canteen, unloaded the things on the bicycle, put them in the small restaurant, and took out a bunch of things from the supermarket space while no one was paying attention. He Yuzhu then closed the door of the small restaurant with satisfaction and locked it.

On the morning of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was still light. Zhang Dazhao drove the truck out of the steel mill, went to He Yuzhu's house first, picked up He Yushui and headed straight to Sanjiadian Village outside Sijiu City. Because he had been there twice, Zhang Dazhao was familiar with the route. Before 8 o'clock in the morning, the truck arrived at Sanjiadian Village. However, before the car reached the village, he saw Lu Shunyi's family waiting at the exit.

After the car stopped, He Yushui opened the passenger door, got out of the car, and called everyone with a smile. After a few pleasantries, He Yushui and Lu Guoliang helped Lu Shunyi and Cui Juan into the truck cab. Then He Yuzhu followed Lu Guoliang and his family into the back of the truck.

Not long after the truck left Sanjiadian Village, Lv Bingxue got the news and rushed over with her family. Looking at the truck going away, Lv Bingxue was furious. Zhang Cunyi rolled his eyes at his wife and said, "I told you to go to Sijiucheng to find your nephew a long time ago, why didn't you listen?!"

Lu Bingxue replied: "You think I don't want to go?!"

"Why don't you go then?!" Zhang Cunyi glared at Lu Bingxue and said angrily, "Why don't you come back with me?! It's embarrassing to stay here!!"

Lv Bingxue then realized that the entrance to the village was full of people. Many people were pointing fingers at her family. Lv Bingxue wanted to vent her anger on these people, but when she thought about the relationship between her mother-in-law and these people, she could only back off and obediently took her children back home with her husband.

On the other hand, when the truck arrived at Sanjiadian Village, He Yuzhu, dressed in green, appeared at the gate of the Nanluoguxiang Public Security Bureau on a bicycle with a big red flower tied to the front. The guard saw He Yuzhu and immediately notified the inside. Then a burst of firecrackers sounded. Huang Ying came out wearing a brand new uniform.

He Yuzhu looked at Huang Ying and couldn't help but grinning. Huang Ying saw He Yuzhu's silly look and asked, "What are you laughing at?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Wife, you are so beautiful."

Huang Ying smiled and rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu, saying, "Don't just stand there like an idiot! Let's go!"

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded and got on his bike. After Huang Ying sat on the back seat, He Yuzhu rode away slowly.

A little after 8:30 in the morning, He Yuzhu brought Huang Ying to the steel mill. Because He Yuzhu had informed them in advance, the people in the security department knew that He Yuzhu was holding a wedding banquet in the factory today, so they didn't make things difficult for him. When they arrived at the third canteen, He Yuzhu introduced Huang Ying to his colleagues. Then He Yuzhu brought Huang Ying to Fan Changming and his wife. Before He Yuzhu could speak, Fan Changming said, "Zhuzi, you are really capable! The dishes you prepared are of very good quality. You spent a lot of money this time, right?!"

He Yuzhu said: "It's not that I'm so capable. It's that my friends are so helpful. They knew I was going to use it for my wedding, so they only charged me the cost. It didn't cost much."

Qian Cuihua took out a red envelope from her pocket and handed it to He Yuzhu, saying, "This is a gift from your master and I."

He Yuzhu said, "Master, Master's Wife, this is meaningless! Huang Ying and I have already said that we will not accept gifts. Since the words have been spoken, how can we take them back?! In addition, after dinner, when you go back, take some of the unfinished dishes with you. The rest, my husband and I will send them to the orphanage of the street office tomorrow to supplement the meals for those children. It can be regarded as a small token of our love."