Living in a Siheyuan

In the following days, Li Pingan and Yu Li ran around buying things.

He bought five pounds of cotton, two pounds for the mattress and three pounds for the quilt.

When he found Auntie No. 3 with cotton, cloth, and some thread, and gave her two yuan as wages, she readily agreed and promised to finish the work as soon as possible.

The third uncle knew that Li Ping'an was going to get married, so he came up and said, "Ping'an, what are you going to do with the wedding banquet? Are you going to invite everyone in the hospital?"

My goodness, Yan Bugui is really calculating. He wants the whole family to come with a gift of fifty cents or one yuan per family. There are six people in his family, so his family alone can make a whole table.

Li Pingan said, "Third Uncle, we are advocating frugality now. I heard from others that in our compound, only one person comes from each family for the wedding banquet. Why do we have to invite everyone in the compound to the banquet?"

Yan Bugui saw that Li Ping'an had guessed his little thoughts, and he was not embarrassed. He said, "I thought you were very capable and could get good things. In that case, let's go alone. Then the third uncle will help you receive the gifts. He is good at this."

This is another calculation. He came to receive gifts, so he is a helper, and he has to sit at the table. If his family gives another gift, another person can come. This old guy is calculating.

But Li Ping'an didn't care about that. After being here for so long, Yan Bugui didn't have any major problems except that he liked to calculate these petty gains. And sometimes he was not vague about helping the people he should help.

"Okay, Third Uncle, I'll leave the gift-giving to you. And tell everyone that I'm getting married on March 1st. Let everyone in the courtyard know."

After finishing the bedding, we had to prepare for the wedding banquet.

There are more than 20 households in the courtyard, plus the helpers, so we need three tables, one table for colleagues in the factory, one table for Yu Li's family, and one table for Director Wang's family. A total of six tables will be enough.

That night, he came to He Yuzhu's house with a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes.

He Yushui was doing homework, and when he saw Li Pingan coming, he called out, "Brother Pingan is here, come and sit down. I'll pour you some water."

He Yuzhu also came out of the house, and seeing what Li Pingan was holding, he said, "What's our relationship? Why are you carrying these?"

Li Pingan handed the food in his hand to He Yuzhu and said, "Brother Zhuzi, I'm getting married on March 1st. I'll have to trouble you to cook for us then. I'm planning to have six tables here. Do you think we can prepare anything?"

"That's no trouble. I wouldn't be happy if you didn't ask me to do it. How could I fail to attend your big wedding?" He Yuzhu agreed readily.

The two discussed some dishes for a while and decided to have eight dishes per table, four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes. Spicy chicken, braised fish, braised pork, and four-joy meatballs. There were also four vegetarian dishes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried greens, shredded potatoes, and cabbage vermicelli. This was also a pretty good feast.

Li Pingan has a lot of these things in his space, so he can just take them out when the time comes.

Once these things are settled, there is nothing else to worry about.

He also invited a few colleagues from the factory as well as Deputy Section Chief Zhou Changming and Section Chief Liu Zhiwei.

A few days later, Li Ping'an and Yu Li found the factory to get a certificate and went to the street office.

The two went to the street office to hand in the certificate and household registration book, and the marriage certificate was processed in a short time. Yu Li's household registration was also transferred to his household registration book.

I gave a handful of candy to the person who was handling the formalities. Then I went to Director Wang's office and gave her a handful of candy to share with other people in the office.

Director Wang looked at their marriage certificate and said with emotion, "Ping An, you are married in a blink of an eye. You must live a good life with Yu Li in the future. Try to give birth to a fat boy as soon as possible."

Li Pingan was fine, but Yu Li, who was standing next to him, blushed when she heard this.

Li Pingan said: "Aunt Wang, you have to host our wedding when the time comes."

"Don't worry, I will definitely host it for you. I will make you a happy bridegroom."

After talking to Director Wang for a while, the two of them left.

After leaving the neighborhood office, Li Pingan took Yu Li's hand and said, "Wife, you will be mine from now on. I have been thinking about this day for a long time."

Yu Li also happily held the marriage certificate that looked like a certificate and said, "Brother Ping An, I have been thinking about this for a long time. We will definitely be happy in the future."

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Pingan reached out and pulled Yu Li into his arms. He kissed her gently and said, "Well, we will definitely be happy in the future and have more children."

Yu Li shyly pushed Li Pingan away and said, "What do you mean by having more children? Who do you think I am? Go back now."

Soon the wedding day arrived.

Early in the morning, Li Ping'an tidied himself up in the space and looked full of energy.

He Yuzhu also came early in the morning, bringing Qin Huairu and a helper from the kitchen.

Li Pingan saw He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu, but he didn't say anything. Today was his big day, so it was fine as long as it wasn't too excessive.

Seeing that everything Li Pingan put in the kitchen was very fresh, He Yuzhu did not delay and immediately started to process it.

At this time, Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong also brought the young men in the yard to bring in tables and chairs. These were all borrowed from various families and could be returned after use.

Everyone was busy. Some were helping in the kitchen, some were helping to decorate the new house. Second uncle Liu Haizhong was there directing and arranging these things.

So, sometimes you need the help of your neighbors. It is impossible for one person to take down the whole compound, as some people say. At this time, reputation and neighborhood relations are the most important. Sometimes promotion requires an investigation of your interpersonal relationships.

Li Ping'an went up and gave Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui a pack of cigarettes each, asking them to be careful.

This also made the two of them very happy. They immediately ensured that everything would be arranged for him.

After a while, Director Wang and Zhang Zhiyong came. Seeing that everything was well organized, Director Wang also praised Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui. This made them help more attentively.

By nine o'clock, the arrangements were basically complete. Li Ping'an rode his department's motorcycle, followed by several colleagues and Yan Jiecheng and others riding six bicycles, all the way to Yu Li's home.

When they arrived at Yu Li's house, there was already a large crowd of people. Li Pingan took out the candies he had prepared and distributed them to everyone, causing a group of children to scramble for them.

There was another bustle at Yu Li's house. Red envelopes and candies were distributed, and then Yu Li was taken to Li Ping'an's house.

The people behind her took some dowry items and specially called a tricycle to pull the dressing table made by Yu Linhai himself.

A group of people came to Li Ping'an's house in a lively manner.

As soon as we arrived at the gate, firecrackers started to be set off.

Li Pingan also gave out handfuls of candy.

Everything inside had been arranged, with Director Wang in charge, and no one was foolish enough to mess things up. Not to mention Zhang Zhiyong, who was dressed in his official uniform, was also sitting there drinking tea.

After a while, Deputy Section Chief Zhou Changming and Section Chief Liu Zhiwei also came. Seeing Director Wang and Zhang Zhiyong there, they also knew each other, so they sat together.

By noon, most people had arrived. For people like Director Yang and Li Huaide, Li Ping'an was not qualified to come.

The six tables were full, and Director Wang began to preside over the ceremony. He bowed to the portrait of the great man, sang a song, "The Sea Sailing Depends on the Helmsman", and so on.

After completing these processes, it is basically completed.

As the dishes were served one by one, everyone started drinking and eating.

Li Pingan also picked up his glass and started to toast.

He first came to the table where Director Wang and his wife were sitting, two section chiefs, Liu Zhiwei and Zhou Changming, the father-in-law Yu Linhai, and Yu Li's two uncles.

He toasted them one by one and then turned to his colleagues.

Everyone knows that Li Ping'an can drink a lot, so no one tries to force him to drink. That would only make things difficult for him. Li Ping'an has a record of drinking more than a dozen people. Who dares to challenge him?

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui are sitting at the same table over there, and Xu Damao is also here.

Liu Haizhong wanted to squeeze into Director Wang's table, but Yan Bugui stopped him. Otherwise, who knows what kind of joke Liu Haizhong would have made.

After Li Pingan finished toasting, everyone started to eat and drink. Today's dishes were more sumptuous than what some families had during the Chinese New Year.

After seeing off all the guests, the helpers and He Yuzhu, who was the cook, set up another table.

Finally, Li Pingan and Yu Li had time to eat something.

Everything was done. The leftovers were distributed to the people who helped. It was finally quiet.

At the end of the day, Li Pingan and Yu Li were both very tired.

After they finished cleaning up, they closed the door and then relaxed.

I saw Yu Li was still sorting out the things she collected today.

Li Pingan went over and hugged her: "Let's sort it out tomorrow. You've been tired all day today."

Yu Li blushed and said, "It's still early, I'll clean it up first. Otherwise it won't look good if it's all messed up here."

As she said this she started to tidy up again.

Li Ping'an also took out the gift book that Yan Bugui had given him and handed it to Yu Li.

Everyone paid a small amount. The people in the courtyard usually paid 50 cents, and some paid more than one yuan. My colleagues also paid two or three yuan. Liu Zhiwei and Zhou Changming paid five yuan. Director Wang and his wife paid ten yuan.

The total amount was less than fifty yuan, and Li Pingan gave He Yuzhu ten yuan and a pound of meat. This was the chef's rule. Although He Yuzhu refused again and again, Li Pingan still insisted on giving it to him.

After Yu Li packed up everything, it was already getting late.

Yu Li brought water for Li Ping'an to wash his feet. Seeing such a gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law, Li Ping'an could no longer bear it.

Li Pingan carried Yu Li to bed, and with her shy cooperation, he finally completed the transformation from a boy to a man.

So he...

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After more than half an hour, looking at the beautiful woman who was sweating profusely, Li Pingan couldn't help but hold her in his arms again.