Traveling with a female companion

Chapter 8 Wedding Banquet

Cao Ergou didn't pay much attention to getting married. He didn't care about sedan chairs, auspicious times, bridesmaids, etc. He just wanted to show off to the bums in the village. Cao Ergou was able to marry a scholarly daughter. The human trafficker Cao Ergou will also be a literate person in the future.

During the day, Cao Ergou was dragged by his old lady to dress up and put on the official clothes of the bridegroom, but Xu Ronger, as the bride, did not get any good treatment, no makeup or new clothes, so he just prepared in the kitchen for the evening. Fortunately, the women in the village are okay, so they help her cook.

The pig's head pork packed in a boxcar was also pulled, as well as live chicken, fish and vegetables, which can be regarded as abundant.Following their instructions, Xu Rong'er cut the pork into large pieces, marinated them with soy sauce, rice wine, etc., and then made a big pot of stewed pork pieces, then hung up the pig's head to smoke, and then brought the pig's head out to show off. Then cut into pork head meat feast.

Cao Ergou is also stingy. Originally, there should be one chicken per table, but he only got three or four. The woman in the village asked Xu Ronger to cut the chicken into cubes and stir-fry it with peanuts and peppers to make spicy chicken cubes. The big market can be regarded as earning back a little face.The leftover chicken feet and wings are marinated for men to drink, and women have no share.A few little girls walked around the pot, waiting for the peanut kernels mixed with chicken sauce to eat, because they seldom eat meat at home, and even if they had meat, they would not be able to eat it.

They asked her to roast the remaining pig skin on the fire until it puffed. The pig skin was crispy, fragrant and oily. This replaced the roast suckling pig that was usually served at wedding banquets.Song Xiaocheng who was outside the window wanted to eat it when she smelled it, she secretly scolded this damn human trafficker for being so lucky?

Seeing so many dishes, Song Xiaocheng thought of her ecstasy powder, alas, it would be great if she didn't use up all of them in the brothel, save some for the wedding banquet, and wait for Cao Ergou to slap herself.Yuan Qingzhu quietly asked beside her: "Are you sure?"

Thinking of the ecstasy, she wrung her hands: "Oh, I suddenly remembered something, I forgot to buy crotons." She faltered, glanced at Yuan Qingzhu, Yuan Qingzhu asked back: "What do you mean?"

"Woman, you have very fast feet. Just in case, can you take a trip and buy two catties of crotons?" Song Xiaocheng begged coquettishly, "Actually, I wanted to buy them at the post station. Didn't you hear a few boys say that Cao Ergou is going to get married, and you thought it was Huiyu who hurried over here, but luckily it wasn't, woman hero, right?"

Yuan Qingzhu sighed softly, and Song Xiaocheng begged her to be a good person to the end, and having Croton would make them look good.Yuan Qingzhu whispered coldly: "Why are you in such trouble?" Turning around and leaving, Song Xiaocheng was so happy that she still went to buy it.

Xu Ronger looked out the window while working, Song Xiaocheng gestured to her, but she couldn't understand.At this time, the girl had sharp eyes: "Big sister." When someone asked her what was wrong, she said that she had met an acquaintance who had come to Cao Ergou's wedding banquet by the stream. Who is she? One more woman means one more helper.

Song Xiaocheng was arranged to choose vegetables. She was very glad that Yuan Qingzhu went to buy crotons, but she met Cao Ergou face to face, and she was just making an excuse to attend the wedding banquet. What if he recognized her?

Just as she was thinking this, Mrs. Cao walked into the lively kitchen and saw Song Xiaocheng.There are already some people who have broken their mouths to report to her. She doesn't remember any big girl acquaintances, so she came to take a look.Song Xiaocheng didn't think well, so she wiped a handful of black pot bottom ash on her face, her face surpassed that of Duke Bao, and she suddenly raised her head at Mrs. Cao, making her take a few steps back in fright: "Oh, this is What the hell?"

Song Xiaocheng laughed: "Old aunt, you don't know me, I'm the aunt of his second uncle's brother-in-law's grandfather." Before Mrs. Cao could remember, Song Xiaocheng took out two dazzling gold ingots Come on, walk around in front of her, deliberately knocked a few times to show the truth, Cao's eyes began to shine, and all the little daughters-in-law and aunts gathered around to watch. "I'm here to drink the wedding wine. This is my gift to the bride. I wish them... er, do good deeds."

As she said she stuffed the gold ingot into Xu Ronger's hand, Xu Ronger also gasped.Mrs. Cao stretched out her claws to fish, but was stopped by Song Xiaocheng: "I gave this to the bride." Mrs. Cao hurriedly said, "This girl has a lot of hands and feet, I will take care of her for her." Song Xiaocheng stopped her again. : "You mother-in-law really don't understand, these two gold ingots are mascots, let the bride put it under the pillow tonight, and I'm sure you will have big fat grandsons in your arms next year, or twins."

After saying this, Mrs. Cao is happy. Anyway, the new daughter-in-law is easy to bully, and the gold ingot is hers anyway, so she didn’t grab it anymore, while yelling at other women, none of them have eyes, and let such a God of Wealth girl squat on the stove It's really ignorant to choose dishes on the side.

Song Xiaocheng patted Xu Ronger's hand, and said softly, "Hide the gold ingot well, don't let them get it, if they go to the toilet after eating too much at night, you also pretend to have a stomachache, and I will rescue you when you go to a place where there are few people."

Yuan Qingzhu came back before the wedding banquet, carrying a big bag.Song Xiaocheng accepted it happily: "Oh, it's so heavy." Seeing that she wanted two catties of crotons, the heroine bought ten catties.She found a place behind the stove to cook, and boiled ten catties of crotons with ten bowls of water to make one bowl of water, which was as thick as the shivering night, and people and ghosts were afraid of it.

The custom in the village is to marry a daughter-in-law and hold a wedding banquet in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. The young daughter-in-law and auntie have all gone there with food, and they have to move tables and chairs. It is all women's work, and men seldom do it, let alone today. The envious Cao Ergou got married, and even praised him so much that he could not be found.Mrs. Cao wanted Song Xiaocheng, the God of Wealth girl, to go to the ancestral hall together, but she stayed behind on the pretext of washing her face.

The bride, Xu Rong'er, has been busy all day long, and she is also responsible for warming the wine for the men. Song Xiaocheng was happy to see her holding the jug.Everyone in the kitchen left, and she generously mixed a bowl of croton water into each flagon. Young women in the village do not drink alcohol, only men and elders like Cao Laoniang are eligible to drink, but it is not for them .

Xu Rong'er came to the ancestral hall with a tray containing more than a dozen wine jugs. On the way, Huang also mixed the croton water. Song Xiaocheng was afraid that Cao Ergou would recognize it, but she still didn't wash off the ashes from the bottom of the pot.She asked Yuan Qingzhu if he would go, and she said coldly: "Play as you like, leave Cao Ergou to me, I have something to ask him."

Song Xiaocheng laughed: "I understand that. Not only do we have to teach him a lesson, but also Axiu and Yan'er. If you are troubled again, female hero, can you push that boxcar to the hillside outside the village? Then I will Tie him up and take him back."

The corner of Yuan Qingzhu's mouth moved slightly: "Are you using me as a coolie?"

"No, no, no, don't dare to lend me three guts. I really can't push it by myself." Song Xiaocheng begged with a playful smile, Yuan Qingzhu left without responding, and soon heard the wheels rolling over stones outside The rattling sound of the road made Song Xiaocheng happy, the heroine is not bad.

When she arrived at the ancestral hall, red candles were burning brightly in the yard, and a dozen or so tables were lined up brightly in the night. Men wanted to drink and punched and sat at the top, while women and children sat at the next table.The wedding banquet has already begun, and Cao Ergou still has the big and thick bear-like beard on his face, and he wears a big red flower on his chest, thanking all the folks and elders. Be careful not to drink some wine at night, everyone laughed and laughed.

Plates of stewed pork and spicy chicken diced were served on the table, the children ate and were scolded by the women, the men clamored to serve the wine, and some old ladies congratulated Aunt Cao sourly, and some people gave gold for a literate daughter-in-law spindle.The courtyard was very lively, the two daughters-in-law took the jug from Xu Ronger's hand, and poured wine for the men sitting above them graciously.

"Mother!" Cao Ergou yelled, his voice startled Song Xiaocheng, before Xu Ronger could react, someone pushed her over, "Pour me some wine." The daughter-in-law serves him.Xu Rong'er followed suit silently, but Cao Ergou was still not satisfied: "Today is a day of great joy, why are you always putting on a bitter face? If I hadn't rescued you in the wilderness, no one would have collected your body after you starved to death."

Mrs. Cao told him not to talk about death on the big day, and her eyes were fixed on the gold ingot in Xu Ronger's purse.Xu Rong'er held back his silence and kept filling Cao Ergou's wine cup.

Song Xiaocheng sat at the outermost table, and she kept checking to see if Cao Ergou and the others had any reaction.After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Cao Ergou took out the big smoked pig's head and brazenly wanted to cut the pig's head for everyone to eat on the spot. The children cheered and rushed up to get a slice.

Surrounded by the crowd, Cao Ergou triumphantly picked up the kitchen knife and wanted to cut off the pig's ear. At this moment, his face was full of flesh and blood, and the kitchen knife fell on the chopping board with a clatter, bending over to cover his stomach.Others were surprised why, Cao Ergou's facial features twisted: "Oh, I am too happy today, let's go to the latrine first." He pushed away the children onlookers and rushed to the latrine. The chain is dropped at every juncture.

There was an idiot who smoothed things over for him and asked everyone to continue eating. As soon as everyone was seated, they heard "Ouch", the idiot also covered his stomach, and was about to run to the latrine. Mrs. Cao grabbed him and asked what was the matter. One leg twisted into a rope: "Ma'am, I can't hold back anymore, let's talk about it later."

When he made such a fuss, the men who were drinking all felt that something was wrong, and they all wanted to leave the table to solve the big problem.Song Xiaocheng looked around and saw that Mrs. Cao was the only one who didn't go. Xu Rong'er made a gesture to her, meaning that the old lady only drank half a glass of wine, and it might not be time yet.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and a little daughter-in-law asked what caused her stomach to eat. They subconsciously looked at the dishes on the table, but none of the women or children had any problems. "Is there something wrong with the wine?" A woman asked, at this time Song Xiaocheng made another gesture to Xu Ronger, Xu Ronger understood, she also bent down and covered her stomach and said "Ouch", which surprised Mrs. Cao .

Stomach pain seemed to be contagious, and the children also felt unwell for no reason, and their eyes turned away from the wine.Xu Rong'er made an excuse to go to the toilet too, and a woman went with her because she was afraid that she would run away.Mrs. Cao was so angry that she slapped the table, and her son's big day was confused.

Song Xiaocheng didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, so she suddenly said "Ouch", bent down, covered her stomach, and pointed to the stewed pork on the table: "There must be something wrong with this meat, it flew off when it was delivered. There are a lot of flies, ouch, the meat must be spoiled." After saying this, they all said yes, and kept scolding the boys who delivered the pork.

Song Xiaocheng clutched her stomach and ran to the latrine, but she was actually very well.When I went outside the hut, I saw a few bums queuing up, all of them holding their bellies, and the hut smelled so bad that Cao Ergou was crackling inside.

"I can't help it, let's solve it in the field." Song Xiaocheng wailed, and winked at Xu Ronger, who said knowingly, "I'll go too." The woman staring at her didn't allow it, Song Xiaocheng Cheng's face was full of pain: "Then why don't you go with us, this is going to suffocate people to death."

Seeing their pain, the woman agreed.They went to the wild forest behind the ancestral hall together. The whole village was either in the front yard or in the hut. If they didn't escape now, when would they wait?Song Xiaocheng pretended to squat down, and said: "It smells so bad, ma'am, please go away, don't smoke it." The woman frowned and stayed away.Song Xiaocheng grabbed Xu Ronger's hand: "Run!"

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