Text: Summer of Roses Source: Yao Yao, 29 years old
Article source: The life around the author, in order to facilitate narration and understanding, the article is in the first person
The second day of the Lunar New Year this year is a particularly important day in my life. I have been talking to my boyfriend Zhao Cheng for three years, and last year Zhao Cheng's parents have been urging us to get married, thinking that we are both too old and it is time to settle down. I felt like I was still young and didn't want to get married so early, so I dragged it out for a year.
This year, his parents urged him on the phone a few times, Zhao Cheng is one year older than me, and he is just thirty years old this year. His parents felt that when a man was thirty, it was time for him to start a family. Although my parents are reluctant to let me get married, they can't let Zhao Cheng wait for me all the time, and it's time to think about marriage. So, as soon as the two families discussed, they decided to let Zhao Cheng come to my house on the second day of the Lunar New Year this year.
This is very important for both of us, so there is a lot of preparation at home on both sides. Zhao Cheng officially came to the door for the first time, so he naturally wanted to do things decently, so that my parents were satisfied, and I was also satisfied.
He communicated with me several times in advance, asking my parents what they liked and if they had any special customs or requirements. He even went out of his way to consult some of his married friends, hoping to make a good impression on my family.
Zhao Cheng wanted to come to get married, and my parents wanted to make the house more lively, so they called my three uncles and asked them to come to dinner together and have a few drinks with Zhao Cheng.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Cheng came at nine o'clock. He drove a white sedan with a stuffed trunk full of stuffed stuff that he had brought with him. My parents were dumbfounded when they went to help carry things and asked him why he had brought so many things.
Zhao Cheng was a little shy, he scratched his head and said: Actually, it's nothing, just bring some casually, I don't know if you like it or not?
There were several boxes of liquor, fruits, snacks, fish, two leg of lamb, etc., including two cans of hardcover tea, which were my father's favorite varieties, and two bottles of red wine, which he carefully selected, I don't like to drink beer, and occasionally drank some red wine, which was specially brought to me.
Zhao Cheng and his uncle helped my parents take things down, and my younger brother, who is in college, also came to join in the fun and help them get it together. After packing up the things, when my dad beckoned Zhao Cheng to come into the house and sit, Zhao Cheng said that he still had something to take down.
Zhao Cheng opened the co-pilot's seat and took out four bouquets of flowers in turn. My mom received a bouquet of carnations, and my mom received the flowers for the first time and her eyes were red with excitement.
My aunt asked her if she was particularly moved, and my mother glanced at my dad and said, "I haven't received tweed in my life, but I didn't expect it to be sent by my son-in-law." Mine is roses, my brother is a snack plus 600 yuan stacked flowers, he has been asking his parents to press the New Year's money, this time with 600 yuan, when he called Brother Zhao Cheng, the tone was kinder than before.
After receiving the flowers, Zhao Cheng and my three uncles and three aunts greeted each other in turn, we entered the house one after another, he followed me, he whispered to me: Am I doing this right? Will your parents like it? Did I say the wrong thing?
I smiled and comforted him, telling him that as long as he was sincere, his parents would love it.
My dad and uncle chatted with Zhao Cheng in the house, and my mom and aunts were busy in the kitchen, chopping and stir-frying vegetables while chatting about their boyfriend's personality and family background. It can be heard that they all have a high opinion of their boyfriend, and think that he is a polite and well-bred good boy. I'm idle, I'll go to the kitchen for a while, and I'll go to the living room for a while.
Zhao Cheng was a little restrained, rubbing his hands from time to time, and his eyes signaled to me to help him.
I wanted to laugh when I saw him so embarrassed. I took him to the yard for a while, and when he saw that his aunts and uncles were busy, he offered to help. My aunt rejected him with a smile and said, "Today is your big day, so you can sit and rest."
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was noon. The aunts and uncles brought a series of delicacies to the table, all of which were our local home-cooked dishes, including chicken, fish, pork ribs, braised pork, and a few stir-fried and cold dishes.
The uncles beckoned Zhao Cheng to eat it while it was hot, but the eyes that looked at him were sharp, obviously planning to test this future nephew and son-in-law.
Zhao Cheng sandwiched the dishes a few times, and the uncles talked to Zhao Cheng about some work and life matters, and began to take turns to find Zhao Cheng to drink, I knew that Zhao Cheng's alcohol was not very good, and whispered to persuade him to drink less.
When my uncle saw me defending Zhao Cheng, he hurriedly said: Yaoyao, Zhao Cheng is a rare trip, let's drink some casually, you don't have to protect it.
The second uncle laughed at me for protecting my shortcomings, and I didn't get married yet, so I began to feel sorry for Zhao Cheng. The second uncle's words made me blush, and I ran to my mother's table to eat, leaving Zhao Cheng to drink alone with my father and three uncles.
On this occasion, Zhao Cheng was embarrassed to refuse the toast of his uncles, so he could only drink one cup after another.
My third uncle is in business, he listens a lot in the wine field, and he talks about the Tao, he praises Zhao Cheng as our Yao family's fast son-in-law, Zhao Cheng was praised so much that he had no choice but to drink cup after cup.
My three uncles drank a lot of alcohol, although they persuaded Zhao Cheng to drink, but they still knew in their hearts that they didn't pour too much for Zhao Cheng at one time. But it didn't take long for Zhao Cheng to start a little overwhelmed. His face gradually turned red, and his eyes began to blur.
The uncles no longer poured him wine, but instead sought it to drink, poured himself a glass, and drank it all.
The second uncle exclaimed: Oh, this kid, it's so sincere.
Zhao Cheng also took his three uncles to drink with my father, and my father asked him if he had drunk too much? His face turned red, but he waved his hand and said, "I haven't drunk too much, I can still drink."
He put his arm around my dad's shoulders and called my eldest brother, and asked me how my dad had an impression of him, and if he thought he was very good? My dad nodded, and he was in a good mood, and he was going to bow to my dad on the spot.
When the uncles and aunts saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't help laughing in the next second.
My mother was worried that Zhao Cheng would make jokes after drinking, so she asked her uncles to help Zhao Cheng to the house to rest, Zhao Cheng refused to go, and it happened that our big yellow dog was eating under the dining table in the living room, and when he saw the rhubarb, he immediately pulled the two legs of the rhubarb, and sang while wandering, and the song he sang was a love song that he and I both liked, but the song was out of tune.
Rhubarb broke away from his hand, and he pulled the three uncles around in a circle, and asked the uncles to sing solitaire together.
The second aunt covered her mouth and snickered, and after a while, she quietly asked me, is Zhao Cheng so funny when he is drunk, or is he usually so funny? I couldn't cry or laugh, and I didn't know how to answer.
When my dad and three uncles helped Zhao Cheng to rest in the next room, Zhao Cheng couldn't help him up like a puddle of soft mud, and he vomited himself. It was cold at the time, and my father was afraid that he would freeze, so he took off his jacket and put it on Zhao Cheng.
It took them a long time to help Zhao Cheng to lie down in the house, and when my dad covered Zhao Cheng with a quilt, Zhao Cheng found that my dad's hands were cold, and he said in a daze: It's so cold, why don't you wear thicker?
After saying that, I put my dad's hand in the quilt and wanted to warm my dad's hand. My dad pulled his hand away, and he was still angry, saying that my dad didn't listen to persuasion, so he grabbed my dad's hand and put it on his chest, and then he started snoring.
This time, our whole family was stunned, and my dad said angrily: This kid, it's really annoying to be drunk!
Zhao Cheng fell asleep, but I amused my aunts and uncles, and that night, although Zhao Cheng was drunk, he won the hearts of our whole family in his unique way. His uncles' evaluation of him also skyrocketed, and they felt that he was not only a simple and pure heart, but also an interesting and kind person.
Hearing such a high evaluation from my uncles, my heart also warmed. Because Zhao Cheng was so drunk that he couldn't wake up when he ate at night, he spent the night at my house.
The next morning, I woke him up and asked him if he knew he was drunk and what he had done? I pretended to be serious, saying that my parents were disappointed in him and didn't plan to agree to the marriage.
He rubbed his head, and suddenly asked me with red eyes: What should I do? I didn't want to drink too much, what did I do too much, tell me quickly, if I apologize now, is it too late?
I saw that Zhao Cheng was serious, and hurriedly comforted him not to be sad, I deliberately teased him, in fact, our whole family likes him very much. Zhao Cheng didn't believe it, in order to make up for the drunken gaffe that day, he swept the yard at home after breakfast, and cleaned up the living room again, his parents persuaded him not to be busy, and he couldn't stop.
At noon, Zhao Cheng stayed at my house for lunch, and his parents discussed the date of the wedding with him and some matters related to the wedding, and he learned that his parents really recognized him, so he hugged my father and cried.
Recalling Zhao Cheng's performance that day, I feel both funny and warm in my heart, our marriage has been recognized by the whole family, I am very content, and I believe that I did not marry the wrong person!