Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

Songwang Township.

Mountain Heart Village.

Today is Zhu Junjie's wedding day. Although the banquet place for guests is not in the village but at the Suifeng Hotel in the county town, it still caused quite a stir in the village.

After all, Zhu Junjie can be said to be the most promising young man in Shanxin Village at present. He became the director of the County Public Security Bureau at a young age. He is more powerful than the top leaders in Songwang Township. When such a big shot gets married, it will cause a sensation in the whole village. certain.

At this time, hundreds of people gathered in front of the old house of the Zhu family. Most of them were people from Shanxin Village, and there were also people from the neighboring village who came to watch the fun. While they were waiting for the groom to bring the bride back, they were talking to the people around them. People chatted.

The conversation topics were undoubtedly focused on the bride.

"I heard that the bride's family is self-employed?"

"It's a self-employed business, but not the kind of self-employed business that sets up a small stall, but the kind of self-employed business that does a big business."

"No matter how big the business is, a self-employed person is still a self-employed person, and he can't stand out. With Zhu Junjie's identity, why don't he find a public institution, so that both the couple can eat the national food, how embarrassing it is!"

"Looking at what you said, can face be used as food? Do you know how big the business of the bride's family is? The largest and most high-end restaurant in the county is owned by the bride's family. The money they earn in a day is probably as much as It’s a few months’ salary for many people who eat the national food!”

"Isn't it? How much money can you make by opening a restaurant?"

"What do you think? That's the best hotel in the county."

"But if her family has money, it belongs to her family. The bride should have many brothers, right? It is said that a married daughter throws away water. After all, she is just a daughter. How much credit can she get from the family? Therefore, in my opinion, it is better for Zhu Junjie to marry a girl who works in a public institution. In this way, the salary she receives will come from her own family, which is much better than a daughter who is self-employed. "

"What you say makes sense. A married daughter is indeed unlikely to receive many benefits from her mother's family."

"You all only know one but not the other!"

"How do you say this?"

"You only know that the bride's family is self-employed, but I'm afraid you don't know that the bride's two younger brothers, one is from Tsinghua University and the other is from Peking University, and the one from Peking University is already working. It is said that his rank is not lower than Zhu Junjie!"

"No? Is this true or false?"

"Of course it's true. This is what Zhu Junjie's mother said."

"If that's the case, that would be great. No wonder Zhu Junjie didn't find someone from a public institution, but a self-employed daughter. It turns out that his brother is so awesome!"

"..."

The people who came to watch from the next village were talking a lot, and the villagers in this village were also talking, but the focus of their discussion was different from the next village.

"Guess how much dowry the bride will have today?"

"You can't guess this, but with the bride's family background, a dowry is definitely indispensable."

"I guess the dowry should be three times and one ring!"

"Three turns and one ring are the four major items that are outdated. Nowadays, the new four major items are popular. I guess this dowry should be the new four major items."

"I only know three turns and one ring. What are these four new items?"

"Isn't it? You don't even know this? It's just the refrigerator, washing machine, TV, and tape recorder!"

"Oh my gosh, if it's these four big items, then this dowry would be a bit scary."

"With the financial resources of the bride's family, these four major items will definitely be fine. It just depends on whether her natal family is so generous."

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. Although the man gave me a full net worth of 1,399, it's still far from enough to buy four big items for this price. I'm marrying my daughter, so even if I don't make any money, I can't. Let people pay for it?”

"That's right. People are marrying their daughters, not their wives. It's really not appropriate to ask them to pay off money to marry a daughter."

"..."

Inside the house, Mrs. Zhu said to her daughter-in-law and grandchildren: "When Xiaojie brings the bride back later, you must receive the wedding guests attentively and leave the best impression on them. You must keep smiling, do you understand me?"

Brother Zhu said helplessly: "Mom, we heard clearly, you have said it several times."

Mrs. Zhu glanced at him: "You think I'm verbose, right?"

Although the families have been separated for many years, my authority is still there. Brother Zhu shrank his neck, shook his head and said: "No, I just said that we heard clearly!"

Mrs. Zhu said: "Don't think I'm verbose. The main thing is that Xiaojie's wedding this time is different from other people's weddings. It will be on TV."

Sister-in-law Zhu was surprised and said: "Mom, Xiaojie is going to be on TV when he gets married? What does this mean?"

Others also showed surprised expressions.

Mrs. Zhu said: "I don't know the details very well, but Xiaojie told me that he invited people from the Cultural Affairs Bureau to come over and shoot some kind of video. Then we can be seen on TV, so you all pay attention, entertain Always smile when sending off your wedding guests.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone really paid attention to it.

In this era, even just taking a photo is something that people take very seriously, and going on TV, not to mention it, is definitely a major event that deserves great attention.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Zhu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, now that we all know what to do, let's go to our respective places and do our own thing."

…

Half past nine in the morning.

Two buses drove into Shanxin Village.

Seeing these two buses with the word "囍" on them, all the villagers waiting at the scene knew that it was the groom who had brought the bride back. They all stretched their necks to look around to see what the tall bride looked like. Sample.

Of course, some people have seen the bride.

After all, they came to see Zhu Junjie's house the year before last. At that time, the Zhu family also killed pigs for cooking, which was quite grand.

However, seeing each other the year before last was the same as seeing each other the year before, but now as a bride, things are naturally different.

Soon, the bus stopped at the door of the Zhu family's old house.

The first people to get out of the car were the people from the Cultural Affairs Bureau. They carried video equipment and cameras, which made the villagers watching the excitement show expressions of surprise.

Then the people who went to pick up the bride got off the bus, then the wedding guests got off the bus, and finally the groom Zhu Junjie helped the bride get off the bus. The whole process was naturally filmed.

Marriage in this era is not as particular as in ancient times or later generations. Even now, many people in the village get married. The bride walks halfway with the wedding guests, and then the groom brings people to greet them. Therefore, it is normal for the bride to walk on the ground. You don't have to carry it on your back when you get in or out of the car.

Of course, then again, this refers to those brides who are not pretentious. No matter what age, there are always some brides who are more pretentious.

In rural areas of this era, some brides require their husbands to ride a bicycle to pick them up. However, after the bride gets on the bicycle, she will not get off the bicycle for the whole journey.

You know, the roads in rural areas are not the flat roads in the city. Instead, there are many rugged mountain roads, and even some long and steep uphill roads. Even an empty car cannot ride it, let alone carrying people. .

But even so, the bride is still sitting on the back seat of the bicycle. It is impossible to get off the bicycle. It is impossible to get off the bicycle halfway in this life. No matter what the situation is, in short, you can solve it for the groom on the bicycle.

Fortunately, the groom is generally prepared in advance. When he rides his bicycle to pick up the bride, he will arrange for someone to wait on these steep slopes in advance. When the groom rides his bicycle to carry the bride here, the groom will get off the bike. , together with the people who had arranged in advance, pushed the bride up the steep hillside one after another.

If arrangements are not made in advance and the bride refuses to get off the bike, the scene will be embarrassing. The groom will have to use all his strength to push the bicycle carrying the bride up the steep hillside.

The bride Deng Yunzhen is naturally not so pretentious. She gets in and out of the car by herself, without any intention of asking the groom or anyone else to carry her.

The moment the bride got out of the car, the onlookers could see clearly, and the whole scene was boiling instantly.

Everyone exclaimed. The bride's dress was so stunning, as if she had stepped out of TV.

In fact, Western wedding dresses have been introduced to our country for a long time, but they are generally popular in cities. How can rural people do this when they get married? It is good to have a red dress to wear when getting married.

Therefore, for the villagers present, the white thickened wedding dress worn by the bride Deng Yunzhen is really the first time in their lives.

Coupled with the exquisite makeup created by professional stylists, the effect is so good that it can be called an explosion.

It is normal for the villagers to exclaim.

Everyone in the Zhu family greeted Zhang Xiuping, Deng Yunheng, Deng Yunzhu and other wedding guests enthusiastically.

The two sisters-in-law, Sister-in-law Zhu and Sister-in-law Zhu, were in charge of greeting the bride. After welcoming her into the house, someone immediately brought melons, fruits, snacks and tea.

After resting for a few minutes, they went to the Azu Palace to worship the ancestors of the Zhu family.

At this time, the villagers had come to their senses, and everyone began to talk about the woman's dowry.

"Why haven't you seen the bride's dowry?"

"It's indeed a bit strange. Even if we don't serve wine here in my hometown, the dowry must at least be brought back to show off!"

"There must be a dowry. Maybe there is too much dowry and you don't want the trouble of dragging it back and forth, so you just moved the dowry to your home in the county, right?"

"It should be like this. If it weren't for coming back to worship our ancestors, I probably wouldn't have come back. After all, it would take several hours to go back and forth!"

"I'll find out later when I ask."

"..."

In the village, whether now or in future generations, once someone in the village gets married, everyone will have questions about "how much money the man gave the woman, how much dowry the woman brought, how many dishes were served at the banquet, and how many red envelopes the man sent to the wedding guest." , how much gift money was received in total for this wedding?" and other topics are very interesting. As long as a group of villagers get together, they will definitely have a chat.

Soon, under the leadership of the Zhu family, the bride and groom came back from worshiping their ancestors.

Then the bride and groom distributed wedding candies to the villagers together. With so many people present, the wedding candies would cost dozens of kilograms to distribute. Fortunately, the Zhu family had prepared them in advance, otherwise it would have been embarrassing if they couldn't even afford the wedding candies.

After the bride and groom had handed out wedding candies, a close female neighbor approached Mrs. Zhu and asked in a low voice: "Third Wife, what is your little daughter-in-law's dowry?"

Mrs. Zhu has been holding back her daughter-in-law's shocking dowry for a long time since she found out about it. Originally, even if no one asked, she had to find an opportunity to reveal it and make the villagers envious. Now someone came up to ask, That's when drowsiness meets the pillow.

She said in a desperate manner: "I'd better not tell you about my little daughter-in-law's dowry, for fear of scaring you."

The female neighbor laughed and said, "Third wife, although I haven't seen much of the world, I won't be frightened by the dowry. Stop being so secretive and tell me quickly!"

Old Mrs. Zhu said: "My little daughter-in-law's dowry only consists of two things."

The female neighbor asked cooperatively: "What two things?"

Mrs. Zhu said with a smile: "The first item is a house in the Naye Deng Community."

The female neighbor couldn't help but widen her eyes after hearing this. Naye Deng's community has long been famous throughout the county. A girl from their village married Naye Deng. Now she has long been the envy of all the girls in the village. Naturally, she also heard this. Said that.

The dowry was a house, which was beyond her expectation.

This apartment is said to cost 5,000 yuan when raising funds, which is no worse than the four major ones!

"Third Wife, your in-laws are so generous. You even gave your daughter a house as a dowry. No wonder you said you were afraid of scaring me if you said it."

The female neighbor sighed with emotion, and then asked: "Third Wife, what is the second dowry?"

Mrs. Zhu still had a smiling expression and said slowly: "The second dowry is the best hotel in the county."

The female neighbor lost her voice and said: "Third Wife, is this the Suifeng Restaurant in your little daughter-in-law's home?"

When Deng Yunzhen came to visit the house the year before last, the villagers knew what kind of business her family was doing, and the Suifeng Hotel, which was on the public display, was even more familiar to the villagers. Now listening to the third wife's opinion, this Suifeng Hotel is actually one of the bride's dowry, which is simply unbelievable.

In Bobai, which family marries their daughter like this?

Mrs. Zhu nodded and said, "It's Suifeng Hotel."

After getting the confirmation, the female neighbor was numb!

Soon, the news was spread by the female neighbor. It was like a Category 12 typhoon, blowing everyone around. The news was really amazing. Such a dowry was definitely rare in Bobai County. History has been made.

Especially those villagers who have been to the county and seen Suifeng Hotel, they are even more shocked. Such a hotel is used as a dowry for a daughter, even when there are many sons. Such a move really makes the villagers Don't understand.

Just when the villagers were shocked by the bride's dowry, the man also began to load gifts into the car.

These gifts were given by Zhu’s family, relatives and friends.

After all the gifts were loaded onto the car, the bride and groom, the wedding guests, the receptionists, the Zhu family, relatives and friends, etc. also started to get on the car one by one. After the videographers and photographers of the Cultural Affairs Bureau recorded these, they also Followed and got into the car.

As a result, two buses full of passengers drove out of Shanxin Village and headed towards the county seat.

Seeing this scene, the villagers were filled with emotion.

"Zhu Junjie is really lucky!"

"Yes, in the whole Bobai marriage, I have never heard of a woman's dowry being so exaggerated."

"Forget that house. I heard that when we raised funds to build the house, it was only worth 5,000 yuan, but the best hotel in the county is different. It is a golden chicken that can lay golden eggs. I don’t know how much money I can make in a year. A restaurant like this actually uses it as a dowry for my daughter. How much do the bride’s parents love this daughter?”

"Looking at what you said, a house worth 5,000 yuan is not enough?"

"It's not too little. This money is naturally a huge amount of money for us, but it's still far behind compared to a hotel."

"Everyone knows this. Restaurants can continue to make money, and houses are just for living."

"Whether it's a house or a hotel, such a dowry is unprecedented. I've never even heard of it before."

"I've never heard of it either. This bride's parents are so kind to her!"

"..."

The bride's dowry was indeed too scary. After the villagers present dispersed, the news spread at an extremely fast speed, and everyone who heard it was shocked. After all, even if such a weighty dowry is not available to future generations, You can’t even see Bobai from the 1980s, let alone the Bobai from the 1980s.

…

county seat.

Suifeng Hotel.

Today's Suifeng Hotel has 囍 characters plastered everywhere, and you can tell at a glance that it's going to be a wedding reception.

Both passers-by and diners are already accustomed to this.

Because Suifeng Hotel, as the largest and most high-end hotel in the county, has long been the first choice for couples to hold wedding banquets. In the past two years, there have been one or two wedding banquets almost every month, so everyone has long been accustomed to it.

At this time, it was already past 11 o'clock in the morning, and Deng Shirong and his relatives and friends were waiting at the hotel.

The wedding and drinking customs here in Bobai are not uniform. In some places, the wedding ceremony is held in the morning or at noon, and in some places, the wedding ceremony is held in the evening.

Shuangwang Township and Songwang Township belong to the former.

…

County government family home.

The home of Magistrate Song.

At this time, County Magistrate Song, with his hair combed meticulously, wearing a suit, tie, and leather shoes, looked very good.

It is now the late 1980s, and even the top brothers on the list are already wearing suits in public. Following the example of what they have done, the officials below have naturally followed suit.

Although Song Yu is now a deputy director-level cadre, she is still young after all. She is naturally not dressed as seriously as her father. Instead, she wears a beautifully knitted turtleneck sweater paired with jeans, which looks full of young people. Vigorous.

Seeing the father and daughter getting ready to go out, Mother Song couldn't help but said: "Xiao Yu, today's bride is one year younger than you. It's time to consider your marriage."

Song Yu had long been mentally prepared to be urged to get married by her parents. Hearing this, he nodded with a smile and said, "I know, Mom, if there is a suitable partner, I will definitely get married as soon as possible."

Song's mother immediately answered: "This is what you said. Tomorrow your father will go to Nanning to visit his old leader. Then he will ask the leader's wife to help you introduce a partner. If he is a good match in every aspect, you can't let you go on a blind date. Making excuses to shirk, you know?”

Song Yu looked at his mother and then his father, knowing that they had discussed it long ago. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "Dad, Mom, I don't object to asking someone to introduce me to a partner. But dad Isn’t it inappropriate for you to ask the leader’s wife to introduce someone to me? If it’s not suitable, should I agree or refuse?”

County Magistrate Song smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. I have already considered this issue. When asking the leader's wife to come forward to introduce you to the person, I will put my words up front. She is only responsible for the introduction. Whether it succeeds or not depends on you. You don't have to I’m worried that refusing will discredit the leader’s wife.”

Song Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, since you have all considered it, I will just follow the arrangement. I can only participate in the blind date, but I can't guarantee whether it will happen or not."

Song's mother said: "As long as you are willing to participate in the blind date, whether it can happen or not depends on fate."

County Magistrate Song said: "Okay, let's discuss this issue later. It's getting late now. It's time to get over it."

…

Suifeng Hotel.

The groom, Zhu Junjie, and the bride, Deng Yunzhen, stood at the door to greet the guests. Parents such as Old Man Zhu, Old Mrs. Zhu and Deng Shirong were naturally also present.

At this time, the hotel's cashier counter also became a temporary gift counter.

In later generations, some families with good conditions and who valued face would not accept gifts when they entertained guests with something good at home. They simply invited relatives and friends over for a meal to celebrate, and did not want relatives and friends to spend money.

Originally, Deng Shirong wanted to learn from the practices of later generations, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up.

After all, in this day and age, everyone accepts gifts for weddings. If your family doesn't accept them, it would be too unconventional. And another point is that if your relatives and friends come over to drink your family's wedding wine, you don't accept gifts. Then your relatives and friends will treat you. When you go to have a wedding banquet, should they accept the gift you gave?

Therefore, the final decision is that the gift money must still be collected, but the person who gives the gift money can get a red envelope in return based on the amount given by others, based on the approximate proportion.

For example, if a relative gives you a gift of 10 yuan, then you should give an 8 yuan red envelope in return. This will help others gain face without spending too much money. This approach will definitely attract praise from relatives and friends behind the scenes.

"Director Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, congratulations to both of you!"

"Director Zhu, Mrs. Zhu, congratulations, I wish you a happy marriage and a son soon!"

"Boss Deng, congratulations!"

"Congratulations……"

As it approached twelve noon, heads from various departments began to arrive.

Attending a wedding is just like a meeting. The later you show up, the higher your level. After all, you can’t make your boss wait for you, right? Sensible subordinates should arrive before the leader arrives.

As the heads of various departments arrived, the supervisors above also arrived one by one.

The last ones to arrive were County Magistrate Song, his daughter and the county magistrate.

"Boss Deng, congratulations!"

"Uncle Deng, congratulations!"

The county magistrate and County Magistrate Song and his daughter greeted Deng Shirong immediately, and then greeted the groom's parents and the bride and groom.

Bobai's current county magistrate is none other than the county magistrate who originally granted the land to Deng Shirong. In the past few years, he has successfully ascended to the throne, and Magistrate Song took his place.

After Deng Shirong thanked him, he and his second son Deng Yunheng led the three of them to Box 1 to join other leaders. Box 1 of today's wedding banquet was undoubtedly the most distinguished group of guests, all of whom were division-level cadres. No one at this level is qualified to enter this box.

Box No. 2 is for the heads of various departments, and those with insufficient levels will not be assigned to this box.

Whether it is now or in future generations, class or circle exists all the time. This is also vividly reflected in wedding banquets. Anyone who has attended a wedding banquet should understand that there are always one or two tables of guests who are the hosts. It is extremely important that those who can be assigned to these two tables are rich, powerful and famous people.

Deng Shirong wants to take charge of the overall situation, so it is impossible for him to stay in any box all the time.

Fortunately, he has someone to use him. Naturally, his second son, Deng Yunheng, will accompany him in this box.

As a leader with a little bit of fame in the system, he understands the value of a Peking University degree and a background in the Planning Commission. As long as such talents don't "die" midway, it is normal for them to surpass them in level ten years later.

The leaders here couldn’t believe what kind of high position they would reach after twenty years.

In short, that is definitely a height that they cannot reach.

Nowadays, showing goodwill to the other party in the initial stage is the most cost-effective deal.

In the second box, Deng Shirong sent his third son Deng Yunsong to accompany him.

Although Deng Yunsong is still a student at school, his status as a student of Tsinghua University can make people look up to him no matter what age he is, and it is enough for him to accompany him.

As for Box 3, it was headed by Zhu Junjie’s four comrades.

In fact, based on the level of these four people, especially Xiao Guangrong's level, they can definitely be assigned to box number one. However, they are not familiar with the local leaders and are too lazy to be polite to them, so the four of them choose box number three. Come to the box.

And this includes Deng Yuntai, who is the eldest brother.

In the fourth box, there are a group of leaders from Shuangwang Township.

The rest of the boxes are also filled with famous people, such as the old heads of the Naye Deng clan, Deng Yungui, Deng Changbao, Deng Changxiong, etc.

After all the guests have arrived, the wedding ceremony begins.

This wedding ceremony is not as complicated as that of later generations. The leader of the Education Bureau comes to the stage to preside over it, delivers some blessings to the couple, and then invites the parents of both men and women to come to the stage to speak, and then the bride and groom give a speech.

The whole process was not lengthy at all, and the ceremony was completed within fifteen minutes.

Immediately afterwards, the part that all the guests were looking forward to came - the banquet!