The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

Chapter 198 Wedding in Beijing

Zhao Dongchuan rode a bicycle with Tian Runye through the streets and alleys of Beijing...

At that time, there were traffic lights on the main roads in the capital. Of course, most of the vehicles were bicycles and buses, with very few cars.

Zhao Dongchuan stopped his bicycle and waited for the traffic light with everyone else.

This inevitably reminded him of how he got here... This scene was inexplicably familiar!

After a while, as the green light came on, the group of bicycles started moving again.

After returning from their uncle's house, they started strolling around.

Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye would drive into an alley from time to time to feel the culture of Beijing's alleys, and look at the old men sitting in front of the doors and chatting as well as the various courtyards in the alleys.

Then he took out the camera he had prepared long ago and started taking pictures.

Runye was naturally surprised. She didn't see a camera in the luggage. Where did it come from?

"This was given to me by a friend in Hong Kong... I helped him a lot..."

In order to give the camera a legitimate identity, he had to tell another lie!

"All right……"

Although Runye had some doubts, she did not ask any further questions.

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In the following days, Zhao Dongchuan took Tian Runye to travel around the capital.

I accompanied her to the Forbidden City...to the Badaling Great Wall...to the Temple of Heaven, etc.

We took a lot of photos, capturing their youthful images.

During this period, Runye had a phone call with Tian Futang who was far away in the former Xishigejie Commune.

After much consideration, Runye's parents still felt that it was not convenient to go there. Not only was the journey long, but Runye's father was also busy with village affairs.

Tian Futang also agreed with Zhao Zhengguo's proposal. At the end, he told Runye on the phone that she should behave well and serve her parents-in-law well after marriage, which left Zhao Dongchuan speechless.

In the inherent concept of rural areas, it is a matter of course for a daughter-in-law to serve her parents-in-law well, but he does not care about it.

Coming from a later generation, he did not think it was a question of who served whom, but rather a question of mutual support among family members.

This will not be mentioned here.

After Zhao Zhengguo got the exact news, he and Guo Ping started to get busy and informed their relatives and friends at home...

This banquet was naturally held in this courtyard...

Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye were responsible for purchasing the necessary items.

Wedding banquets these days are relatively simple, as no one’s family is wealthy. But for Zhao Dongchuan, this is nothing... He has so much money that it’s almost going moldy.

He bought a lot of meat, grain, vegetables, and tobacco and alcohol needed for the banquet.

Zhao Zhengguo invited a neighbor who was an expert in banquet preparation.

The wedding at that time was very simple, just inviting everyone to a meal. In addition, Runye was from another place and her parents and family were not there, so the process was relatively simplified.

There is no way. Nowadays, transportation is inconvenient and it is very troublesome to come to the capital.

Zhao Dongchuan also asked his father Zhao Zhengguo to invite a respected uncle in the neighborhood to be the witness, and the master of ceremonies was a well-educated relative in the family.

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In 1977, the seventh day of the first lunar month was a good day for getting married, cleaning, breaking ground, and praying for blessings...

On this day, Zhao Dongchuan wore a brand new Zhongshan suit with a red silk hanging on his chest, while the bride, Tian Runye, wore a red flower on her chest and stayed temporarily in a neighbor's house in the same courtyard, as the bride's temporary home, waiting for him to pick up the bride.

On this day, his uncle's family, grandparents, and his aunt's family whom he had rarely seen all came.

They came early to help... Even Guo Ping's relatives came. They came from Hebei, which is not very far away.

Well, after some trouble, Zhao Dongchuan took Tian Runye from the neighbor's house accompanied by a female guest who temporarily acted as the bride's party.

At this time, she was wearing a brand new pink embroidered cotton jacket, brown pants, a pair of women's leather shoes, and a jade pendant given by her grandparents around her neck.

Zhao Dongchuan spent a lot of money to buy this set of clothes and shoes in a state-owned store.

With everyone's cheers, Zhao Dongchuan took the bride into his temporary new home.

There is no house for him here, so he can only use his parents' house as his new house, which is only natural.

Zhao Dongchuan also arranged for the children in the yard to scatter flowers along the way... to create an atmosphere, and the price was three White Rabbit milk candies per person.

The people in the yard helped a lot in decorating the balloons and wedding characters in the yard and decorating the house with ribbons.

How should I put it? No matter how unhappy things are in normal times, if they can help, they will come to help, and vice versa.

This kind of happy event can bring some joy, and since the Zhao family spent a lot of money, the food on the table is not bad, and those who come to help can have a good meal, they have to work harder.

In the room, Zhao Dongchuan looked at Tian Runye, who was dressed in festive clothes and looked extremely charming. He could no longer hold back and hugged Tian Runye and kissed her passionately until Runye was out of breath.

"Hehe, I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it..."

Zhao Dongchuan scratched his head with a grin and wiped his lipstick-stained lips with his hand.

Tian Runye had collapsed in his arms at this time, her face flushed with shame, she couldn't muster any strength and couldn't speak.

"Are you hungry? I've prepared something to eat for you..."

As he spoke, Zhao Dongchuan took out a few hot meat buns from his pocket (actually from the space) and handed them to Tian Runye.

"Oh, hot buns..."

Runye had been busy putting on makeup and dressing herself up early in the morning, but she couldn't meet anyone else, so she didn't have time to eat properly. Now that there were hot buns, she didn't care about her image and just grabbed the bun and started eating.

Looking at Tian Runye who was eating happily, Zhao Dongchuan patted her head, smiled and went out. He still had to deal with relatives and friends at home. So many guests were waiting for him as the groom.

His uncle and his father were already outside toasting. His mother was in the kitchen with the women in the family helping the hired chef to cook.

Zhao Dongchuan picked up a bottle of wine and rushed out with the glass in hand.

The relatives from the family sat at three tables, Zhao Zhengguo's colleagues sat at one table, relatives from Guo Ping's side sat at two tables, and together with the neighbors in the yard, there were three tables, making a total of nine tables.

Including cigarettes and alcohol, this table costs about 30 yuan, and a banquet will cost at least more than 300 yuan...and this doesn't even include the tickets needed!

Zhao Dongchuan, holding the bottle of wine, walked around first, and couldn't help but say some polite words to his relatives and friends at home.

Feeling that the time was almost up, he went into the inner room and took Tian Runye to toast everyone.

Naturally, their parents also took them aside to give them their blessings.

When everyone saw the bride, they all praised her.

They said the bride was pretty, very charming and so on.

This was certainly not a compliment. Today, Runye was wearing a pink embroidered cotton jacket, her face was lightly powdered, and her hair was fluttering. She looked very beautiful, so Zhao Dongchuan couldn't help but bite her.

This wedding banquet lasted from the morning until the afternoon.

As everyone left, Zhao Dongchuan and Tian Runye helped to clean up the mess...

I was busy for a long time and didn't finish cleaning until the evening.