Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space

Chapter 975 - 848: Wedding Gift

"Congratulations, congratulations, the bride looks really beautiful today."Zhao Yuanyuan didn’t wait for her to finish and immediately jumped in front of her, "Why did you only come now? Didn’t you say you were coming yesterday? Jiao Jiao, I’m so scared."

As soon as she said this, the few girls accompanying her in the room burst into laughter.

"Alright, just don’t get married."

"What’s there to be afraid of? Yesterday when Yuntao came, weren’t you smiling from ear to ear?"

"Isn’t this playing hard to get after getting all the benefits?"

"Jiao Jiao, come sit down, take the red envelope later."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao saw her two high school classmates and smiled, nodding towards them.

Zhao Yuanyuan didn’t mind their teasing and turned her head towards the door, "Where are your three sons? We old classmates plan to see if they take after Xiao Wu or you."

"My mother-in-law and the others are taking them outside."

Just as she said this, Little Ping’an slipped in, "Aunt Yuan, you’re really getting married? When will you have a little brother?"

Everyone laughed heartily again.

"Little rascal, why didn’t you come to keep me company last night?"

"I’m already a primary school student, still a little rascal?" Saying this, Ping’an spun his round, bright black eyes, "Aunt Yuan, can I sleep with you tonight?"

Seeing everyone laughing so hard they were bending over, Zhou Jiao quickly changed the topic, "Where are your brothers?"

"With my granny, keeping the great-grannies company here."

After speaking, Little Ping’an clasped his hands and smiled at Zhao Yuanyuan, "Congratulations to Aunt Yuan and Uncle Tao on becoming husband and wife. May you have a distinguished child soon and a happy marriage."

"No red envelope!"

"No problem, I’ll owe it first." Ping’an generously waved his hand.

"Hey, little one, come over here. I used to hold you when you were little."

Ping’an smiled at the other person, "Hello, Aunt."

"Jiao Jiao, your son is something, not shy at all."

"Jiao Jiao, your son looks really good. He looks even better now than when he was little."

Ping’an secretly rolled his eyes, that’s enough. He smiled, "In half an hour, the groom will arrive, and my dad asked you all to be ready."

"Mom, Grandma Cheng asked you to go help her first."

Zhou Jiao nodded upon hearing this, held his little hand, greeted everyone, and left. Outside the door, seeing him squeeze her hand, she squatted down with a smile and picked him up.

"Mom, soon the groom will bring the groomsmen over, and everyone here will go to the commune for the banquet. Should we go ahead?"

Such a hassle! Zhou Jiao frowned, "Let’s go ask your dad, see how he wants to arrange it?"

Zhang Guoqing was already aware of these matters, and now except for close family, many Zhao Family guests had gone over to the commune. Seeing his wife and son, he smiled helplessly.

"Let’s wait for Taozi to take the bride, then we’ll leave. Not going is definitely not an option, but leaving later is fine. Tomorrow morning we’ll pay respects at Grandpa’s grave, and after lunch, we’ll set off to the provincial city to meet your parents."

"Dad, can we stay in the village for a night?"

Understanding his son’s little wishes, Zhang Guoqing said, "The village hasn’t been cleaned, we would have to heat the kang. Let’s stay in the county courtyard tonight with your grandparents, and tomorrow I’ll take you to walk around the mountain."

Being able to go to the mountain was good enough, Little Ping’an nodded excitedly.

Amidst the crackling of firecrackers, wearing a red cashmere coat, Zhao Yuanyuan was whisked away by Zhang Yuntao in a horse carriage decorated with red ribbons and flowers.

The once bickering pair finally became a couple today.

In Li Qinglin’s words, this couple was like two peas in a pod and finally became happily married.

Old Zhang’s family gave four gifts, besides Zhang Guoqing, Mr. Zhang and his other two sons gave five, altogether presenting a pair of thermos bottles.

As for Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao, they were more generous.

With the precedent set by the Zhao Dashan family’s lavish gifts for the Ping An Brothers’ birth and first-birthday celebrations, Zhou Xiaozheng openly gave Zhao Chuan Guang twenty bucks from each of the five of them, and privately gifted Zhao Yuanyuan a notably heavy pair of Dragon and Phoenix Gold Bracelets.

Zhou Jiao followed the instructions from Li Qinglin’s gift to Zhao Yuanyuan, giving nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, along with two pieces of cloth.

Zhang Guoqing joked that Zhang Yuntao and Zhao Yuanyuan could live off their wedding feast for three to five years, and Zhou Jiao completely agreed.

Zhang Yuntao’s family came up with a three hundred dollar dowry, and Zhao Dashan and his wife, distressed for their only daughter, added two hundred, totaling five hundred dollars as Zhao Yuanyuan’s bridal dowry.

Adding in the gifts from relatives and friends, most were meant to go with Zhao Yuanyuan, proving that besides Zhou Xiaozheng, Zhao Dashan was also a father who cherished his daughter like precious life.

Though Zhao Yuanyuan had two older brothers about to marry on her side.

Before Zhang Guoqing could leave with his wife and son, he was ordered by Zhao Dashan to take Little Ping’an and Zhao Hongbing with him as family members accompanying the bride and groom.

Zhou Jiao, seeing them, happily urged him and their son to go, while she drove Zhao Dashan and his wife and Mr. Zhang and Mother Zhang with the twins to the commune first.

In the car, Zhao Dashan proudly said, "Jiao Jiao, let’s go check out how Secretary Zhang is handling things. If it’s not satisfactory, we’ll bring Yuanyuan back."

Cheng Hongli laughed and slapped him lightly, smiling at Mother Zhang, "He still can’t let go of his daughter leaving home. Now, with the new society, which used to have two families co-hosting?"

"The new society is good, it’s festive with all these people. When my two daughters got married, everything was over once they left and the banquet ended. It felt so empty unlike now, where they can still frequently return home."

Cheng Hongli nodded, "Certainly. Hopefully, Taozi’s mom won’t be difficult; my Yuanyuan is still like a child, I’m a bit uneasy."

Zhou Jiao pursed her lips, restraining her laughter.

"What are you worried about? They’ll be going to work every day in the future, far away from their mother-in-law, who won’t often go all the way to the provincial city? Plus, our Yuanyuan is wonderful, marrying such a good daughter-in-law, they should be overjoyed. How could they not like that girl Yuanyuan? I’ve watched Taozi since he was young, he’s a good boy who’ll protect his wife."

Zhou Jiao couldn’t hold back her laughter anymore. No matter how much her mother-in-law persuaded, Cheng Hongli might still worry.

"Jiao Jiao, make sure you remind Yuanyuan a few things; she’ll listen to you. Tell her to control her temper and maintain a good relationship with her mother-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dashan was displeased, "Control what? If Zhang Zhifeng can’t manage his wife, I wouldn’t stand idle."

"There you go, Yuanyuan definitely takes after you."

After hearing this, Zhou Jiao quickly intervened, "Uncle Dashan, don’t worry. Yuntao’s mom is very gentle and easy to get along with. Yuntao even told us that his mom enjoys seeing Yuanyuan so much that she feels like an outsider."

"Really? That’s great."

Zhao Dashan gave a disdainful glance at his wife, "Always worrying needlessly. Do you think I wouldn’t investigate before agreeing to let our daughter marry into their family?" Then, he ignored his wife and turned to chat with Mr. Zhang.