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151. Completion Ceremony
On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Chenjia Village was full of lively and jubilant scenes.
The completion ceremony was chosen on this day, and the weather was beautiful. There was no wind or rain, but a sunny day with no clouds in the sky.
"You are talented, why haven't you done it yet? Everyone is waiting for you under the old locust tree!"
The village head, Chen Daqiang, who usually doesn't pay much attention to appearance, is wearing a suit and leather shoes and a red tie for an unprecedented time today.
A pair of black leather shoes, which are only worn when visiting relatives and friends, are so polished that even flies have to rely on crutches to fly on them.
Xu Shi was not very used to dressing up, so he strode into the yard, tugged at the neckline, and urged Chen Youcai dry-mouthed.
"Well, it's almost time, and the leaders of the county should be here soon."
Chen Youcai was also wearing a brand new black suit, which Song Yiyi specially entrusted someone to buy it for him from Nanling City.
But Sister Tao is very picky about this, saying that Chen Youcai is wearing this outfit, just like an insurance salesman...
He was squatting at the edge of the small fish pond in the open space on the right side of the yard at the moment, throwing the corn grains in his hand into it, and then clapped his hands and stood up.
"Hey, don't tell me, you look a bit like a dog in this outfit, you look like a dog when I was young."
Chen Daqiang boasted cheekily, then dragged Chen Youcai out of the house, and rushed towards the big locust tree in the middle of the village.
Many people came to watch the ceremony today, including Song Yiyi's parents, Liang Wenkai's family, and even many local media reporters who heard the news.
Of course, the most important ones belong to the government officials.
Not only the leaders of Zhangjia Town, but even some big leaders of Shifang County will come to preside over the completion ceremony in person.
It coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival, and there are several rice dumplings on the seats in the venue.
They also invited some children from Zhangjia Town Junior High School to form a welcome team, waving flower bouquets in line at the entrance of the village.
At 11:30 noon, the ceremony officially began, and leaders of various colors took turns to speak.
Chen Youcai, who was sitting at the end of the rostrum, was drowsy after listening to it, as if he was dreaming of going back to school.
After finally going through one process after another, the village representatives finally came to the stage to give their speeches.
Chen Youcai was lightly stepped on by Song Yiyi who was sitting beside him, and he woke up suddenly.
Hastily took out the prepared speech script from his pocket, got up and went to the floor microphone to read the script.
Fortunately, he got good grades when he was in school, and he often appeared on stage like this.
Facing the mass of dark heads, Chen Youcai was not stage frightened, and finished reading the manuscript quite smoothly.
After a clatter of applause, Chen Youcai secretly let out a sigh of relief, and sat back beside Song Yiyi, only to realize that his palms were covered with sweat.
The completion ceremony is considered a successful conclusion, and it enters the water table link.
A group of people began to take turns to dine, and the leadership was still the priority. Chen Youcai followed suit and sat at the conspicuous dining table in the middle.
There were a lot of people from the surrounding towns and villages who came to watch the crowd, and many of them had daughters to marry, and they had already begun to secretly inquire about Chen Youcai.
Therefore, during the whole meal, Chen Youcai wanted to bury his face in the bowl.
After all, when he raised his eyes, he was surrounded by fiery gazes, making him feel like he was being treated as a monkey in a zoo...
After sending off the leaders and main guests, the celebrations belonging to the people of Chenjia Village officially began.
Drinking and eating meat, laughter and laughter filled the whole village.
"Really, if you don't know how to drink and still act bravely, you are purely the kind who doesn't have the capacity to drink."
Song Yiyi was very happy today. When she was sitting next to Chen Youcai, she couldn't stand the toast and persuasion from Chen Daqiang and others, so she drank two glasses of white wine for the first time.
As a result, at this moment, her pretty face was blushing, and her watery star eyes were slightly narrowed, full of a different kind of temptation.
"You, who are you? I'm happy. You, why do you care about me..."
Song Yiyi leaned softly on Chen Youcai's shoulder, giggling.
Gone is the former reserved and demure, but a little more coquettish and naughty.
Smelling the girl's pleasant body fragrance, Chen Youcai's old face was hot, his heart was beating wildly, and he couldn't take it anymore.
However, from the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Song Yiyi's parents sitting on the next table, their faces were as dark as briquettes.
Chen Youcai's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly straightened Song Yiyi upright.
Then he called Zhao Xiaolin and asked her to help Song Yiyi go to her house to rest and sober up.
"Talented brother, brother, I admire you from the bottom of my heart. You have done such a great thing for the village, awesome!"
Liang Wenkai came over with a wine glass, followed by his smiling wife Xiao Rou, Chen Youcai had no choice but to bite the bullet and have a drink with him.
"Sister-in-law looks good, and she seems to be recovering well, so I'm relieved."
Chen Youcai said with a smile, the young woman smiled sweetly, and looked at Chen Youcai with gratitude.
"If it weren't for the talented brother, I'm afraid I'd be inseparable from a wheelchair for the rest of my life."
"In the past, Xiao Rou was not in good health. We didn't dare to have children, for fear that she would suffer."
Liang Wenkai breathed out the smell of alcohol, and said with a smile: "But it's all right now, when the child is born, you will be a godfather..."
Before she finished speaking, Xiao Rou's cheeks were already blushing, and she pinched Liang Wenkai hard, causing the latter to grin his teeth in pain, begging for mercy and apologizing.
"It's strange to say that since I was able to walk normally on the ground, I always feel that my strength is much stronger than before."
"I accidentally crushed the cup yesterday..."
The young woman Xiao Rou said with some distress: "Brother talented, I won't become a woman with muscles all over my body in the future, right?"
"Hahaha, sister-in-law, you're really humorous. There's nothing wrong with being strong. At least Brother Wenkai doesn't dare to bully you."
The corner of Chen Youcai's mouth twitched, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and quickly changed the subject jokingly.
"He still dares to bully me?"
The young woman Xiao Rou raised her eyebrows and glared at Liang Wenkai who was smiling wryly: "I feel that if I give him one hand now, I'm afraid he won't be able to beat me."
The witty words made everyone laugh, and the cheerful atmosphere lasted until the afternoon before it gradually dissipated.
After the completion ceremony, more people came to visit relatives and friends in Chenjia Village.
Even Chen Youcai's uncle's family whom he hadn't seen for a long time came to the door with gifts, which really made Chen Youcai feel complicated.
Of course, what left him speechless the most was that there were inexplicably more people who came to propose marriage as matchmakers.
There were people from nearby villages and towns, and some from other places. Even my aunt was quite enthusiastic and introduced her niece from her natal family to Chen Youcai.
"Wow, talented brother, you are very popular now, you can be called the best blind date contestant in Chenjiacun."
A week later, Zhangjia Town really issued a renovation plan, and the food stalls were immediately closed to be transformed into food courts.
The teppanyaki stall was temporarily closed, and Chen Youcai and Zhao Xiaolin had nothing to do, so they went to Miaomiao Pet Shop to help out at night, petting cats and dogs by the way.
The night was as cool as water, and the moon was clear and bright. The two left the gate of the pet store and walked on the brightly lit street.
Zhao Xiaolin pursed her lips, and spoke sarcastically with some displeasure.
Chen Youcai's face darkened immediately, and just as he was about to retort, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind.
"Youcai, you have a package delivered to me, and I am about to call you to pick it up."
Turning around and looking, I saw Zhang Dagui walking in a hurry, handing a small box the size of a palm to Chen Youcai, then waved his hand, and went home by himself.
"Chen Youcai, you have already learned how to shop online!"
Zhao Xiaolin seemed to have seen something extraordinary and strange, her eyes widened and she exaggeratedly shouted.
"..."
Chen Youcai ignored her, stared blankly at the small box in his hand, suddenly remembered something, and his face was filled with ecstasy.
He remembered, this is marrow wash.
It was the ten drops of marrow washing liquid that he and that guy named "rich and self-willed" traded for a Lingyun hidden jade pendant!