Reborn in 1985: Starting from Contracting a Ranch

Chapter 60 The Big Wedding

Chu Er suffered a lot recently.

I finally found a way to make money, but others found out, which made the competition in Sandaohu too fierce.

After being beaten several times, he stayed at home for a few days. Just as he was recovering and planning to go fishing, a blizzard struck.

If he knew where to report it, he would have reported God for targeting him.

Anyway, he felt like he was having a lot of bad luck lately, and then he heard that Shan Yaowen was getting married.

So he decided to come and share in the joy and get rid of the bad luck. However, he felt that he and Shan Yaowen did not get along, and he was too embarrassed to go and congratulate him. So he thought of stopping people on the way to ask for some wedding cigarettes and candy.

Upon seeing Chu Er, Shan Yaowen instinctively frowned in displeasure, but remembering his wedding day, he held back, took out a cigarette from his pocket, got out of the car, and handed it to him.

"Here, have a cigarette." Shan Yaowen offered a cigarette. There were other people nearby carrying bags of melon seeds, peanuts, and wedding candies. They would grab a handful of each person they met, hoping to share in the festive atmosphere.

Although the wedding procession was not far away, just within the same village and production team, all the necessary items for the wedding procession had been prepared.

Chu Er glanced at the sunflower seeds and other things that were handed over, ignored them, and reached out to take a bag of Dafengshou (a type of fruit) from Shan Yaowen's hand.

"Is this all you've got for your wedding?" Although he was quite disgusted, Chu Er still put it in his pocket. "Give me some more, what's one pack? Good things should come in pairs, right?"

Hearing this, Shan Yaowen didn't say anything, but frowned and took out another bag.

Chu Er wanted to cause trouble, but considering that today was Shan Yaowen's wedding, he thought that if he pushed them too far... so he kept quiet.

Although Chu Er quieted down, his group of henchmen started shouting again.

"Just two bags of harvest? Is this how you spend your wedding—a mere penny?"

"At the very least, give me two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes; if all else fails, Peony or Daqianmen will do."

"Damn it, if you can't afford to get married, don't get married at all. Is this all you've got? My grandma's wedding cost more than this."

Shan Yaowen was certain that this group of people were his mother coming to cause trouble.

And he even deliberately chose to pick a fight on his own wedding day.

Without him saying a word, the people accompanying him came out, mostly his mother's cousins.

A group of people walked directly up to Chu Er's group, looking at them with forced smiles: "Come on, brothers, have a smoke. We're just a small family, we can't compare to your big family, but on this joyous occasion, please give us some face."

As soon as the cousins ​​approached, the onlookers, who disliked those who caused trouble at someone else's wedding, started pointing and whispering about Chu Er and his friends.

Chu Er and his group immediately lost their arrogance. After all, they only dared to ask for two packs of cigarettes and say a few words when someone got married, knowing that Shan Yaowen would prioritize the wedding and not make a big fuss.

Seeing that they were actually being surrounded, they could only smile awkwardly and move aside.

If you really cause trouble on someone's wedding day, you'll get beaten up and no one will sympathize with you; in fact, you'll be disliked.

Seeing this, Shan Yaowen got back on the tractor and led Lin Nian home amidst the sound of the tractor.

When I got home, the sun was already high in the trees. Although the sun didn't have much heat, the Shan family's yard was bustling with activity.

Two large pots were set up in the Shan family's courtyard, one for stewing sauerkraut and pork belly, and the other for cooking cornmeal porridge.

Twenty or thirty relatives and neighbors came. The men smoked and talked inside the house, the women helped in the yard, and the children chased after three small dogs.

The silly bird had been circling around Shan Yaowen in the sky. After entering the house, it landed on his eagle perch and tilted its head, curiously looking at the scene in the yard.

Firecrackers crackled and popped, and bits of red paper fell on the snow, like a carpet of red flowers.

There was a man next to them taking pictures with a camera.

This was specially invited by Shan Yaowen from the town. It was the owner of the Hongxing Photo Studio. We have to thank Deng Jianguo for his help. It was because of his connections that the owner came to take photos in the heavy snow.

When the two men got off the tractor, everyone in the yard craned their necks to watch.

Shan Yaowen got out first, and then Aunt Lan, who was standing nearby, seized the opportunity to spread a red cloth on the ground as Lin Nian got out of the car. After Lin Nian stood on it, she immediately shouted, "New bride, stepping on the red cloth, may you give birth to a big, healthy baby next year!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

The wedding ceremony takes place in the main room, with the single father and single mother sitting in the main seats.

The master of ceremonies was Old Sun from the village, and he shouted his wedding vows at the top of his lungs.

With each shout, the people around him roared and cheered. Old Sun laughed too, and his last shout was particularly high-pitched and loud:

"Send them to the bridal chamber—"

The wedding night festivities went on until very late. Only after everyone had left and the room had finally quieted down did Shan Yaowen breathe a sigh of relief.

Getting married is exhausting. There's entertaining guests, going through all the formalities, and my stomach is full of alcohol. I barely ate anything.

The fire in the stove was still crackling. Lin Nian sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and slowly took off the red velvet flower from her hair and placed it on the box next to her.

"Come on, have something to eat." Shan Yaowen looked at the food on the stove.

This is food that the mother specially left for the two of them. Knowing that the two newlyweds will not have time to eat on their wedding day, she will specially leave some food in the bridal chamber.

Lin Nian nodded, and then the two of them sat down in front of the stove to eat, neither of them saying a word.

I don't know what to say.

After finishing his meal, Shan Yaowen was thinking of taking a walk to digest his food when Lin Nian stared at him with wide eyes.

"What's wrong? Is there food on my face?"

Shan Yaowen touched his cheek but didn't find anything.

"No, it's just..." Lin Nian hesitated for a moment, but still took off her cotton-padded coat, revealing a faded floral-patterned jacket underneath.

"Want to sleep?"

Upon hearing the other person invite him to sleep, Shan Yaowen paused for a moment before smiling and saying, "Of course."

The quilt on the kang (a heated brick bed) had already been laid out. The quilt was new, made of freshly fluffed cotton, and it was soft and fluffy.

Lin Nian was still a little embarrassed to take off her clothes in front of Shan Yaowen, so she hid under the covers to take them off.

Shan Yaowen pulled a cord on the kang (a heated brick bed), and after the light went out, there was a rustling sound.

Lin Nian smelled very nice; it smelled like soap.

"Are you in pain?"

"Um."

"Then I'll be gentle."

"No need, Mom said this is something every woman has to go through."

"It's okay, just listen to me."

The rest of the night passed without incident.

It's all action scenes.

Although both of them were new recruits, Shan Yaowen was fortunate to have received instruction from his teachers. Although he hadn't had any actual combat experience, he had observed it.

Moreover, how should I put it, men can probably all learn this without a teacher.

The next morning.

The two, who had worked hard all night, slept a little longer.

When Shan Yaowen got up again, his older brother had already shoveled all the snow in the yard.

"Good morning, big brother." Lin Nian greeted the whole family with a smile.

Shan Yaowu smiled at the two of them, "Good morning, sister-in-law!"

"Did you sleep well last night?" Mother Shan chuckled when she saw Lin Nian and pulled her to sit down next to her. "Wait a moment, breakfast is cooking."

"You should rest at home today. While you're at it, go to town to get your marriage certificate and buy some things so you can take them with you when you go back to your parents' home."

"Rest? Then who will do the chores at home? There's still a ton of work to do at the ranch." Shan Yaowen stretched.

"Your first night is more tiring than digging a vegetable cellar." Shan Yaowu looked at his younger brother with the air of someone who had been through it all. "I'll take care of things since you're newly married. You go and rest."

"Okay, is there anything from home that you want me to bring?"

"No, we have enough to eat and drink at home. You two can buy whatever you want yourself."

With his elder brother's help, Shan Yaowen had no problems before returning to his parents' home.

The next day they went to town to get their marriage certificate, and the third day they returned to their parents' home.

After that, there wasn't much to do except make babies every day and wait for the blizzard to pass.

However, before the blizzard had even passed, news of other ranches selling cattle and sheep emerged.