blogombal Chapter 650 Lu Yao's Wedding Day
Chapter 650 Lu Yao's Wedding Day
The girls decided who could stay and walked out together.
Lu Yao saw them off at the gate before returning.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
Lie down and go to sleep.
I had a dream that I had married Ding Mei.
He was sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed) with Ding Mei in his arms.
Suddenly, Zuo Xiaoying, Yuan Shumei, Jing Youxiang, and Huang Yuejuan burst in together:
"Lu Yao, you heartless bastard, what do you take us for?"
Liu Shuangyan also came in, spun around and climbed onto the kang (heated brick bed), and kicked her younger brother:
"Serves you right for not controlling your brothers! I'll cripple you!"
Lu Yao was so frightened that he was covered in sweat and couldn't wake up.
Suddenly, a pair of hands hugged me from behind.
Looking back, it was none other than the stunningly beautiful Zheng Shuang:
"Honey, why don't you want me anymore? Aren't you going to wait until I'm born?"
Lu Yao felt very guilty:
"Shuang'er, I really was waiting for you, but your mother... I couldn't help myself! I'm sorry, I've let you down..."
Lu Yao was about to cry.
I'm caught in a dilemma!
I woke up suddenly, gasping for breath, and found that my sweat had soaked the blanket.
He sat up and lit a cigarette.
Seeing that it was already past midnight, I decided not to go back to sleep.
I sit here and blame myself.
Sigh, life is so hard!
If you live a lifetime with regrets, even if you were given another chance, you would still have regrets, perhaps even more.
In his previous life, he was a carefree and unrestrained womanizer, but it was all just a primal release. Apart from Zheng Shuang, no one else really made him fall in love.
I've become so pathetic in this life. These girls are all so lovely. I feel heartbroken if I let any of them down.
However, he felt he couldn't continue being such a jerk.
Ding Mei was so kind to me, but I couldn't repay her kindness with ingratitude.
Even when he's trying to pick up girls, he'll have to get Ding Mei's permission first!
She allowed it? That's pure self-deception.
Sigh, men, why are they so promiscuous?
I smoked another cigarette, and it was already dawn.
The courtyard of Lu Yao's house became lively.
Jiang Guizhi came over from the backyard before dawn, started a fire to boil water, and poured the red beans that had been soaked the night before into the pot to cook.
Little sister Lu Xiaoqian also got up early for the first time ever, instead of staying in bed.
They came over and tried to help, but ended up making things worse.
Aunt Zhang Shulan was the first to arrive, carrying a basket full of wedding supplies.
"Sister-in-law, is the paste ready yet?"
Zhang Shulan asked as soon as she entered the room.
"Okay, okay, it's keeping warm in the pot."
Jiang Guizhi wiped her hands and took out a small basin from the pot. It contained a paste made of wheat flour, which was still steaming.
Zhang Shulan took the basin of paste and called to the women who came into the courtyard later:
"Come on, come on, let's put up the 'double happiness' characters! Put up a pair on the main door, a pair on the bedroom doors, and on the windows too!"
Sister-in-law Yufen, Aunt Guangyi, and several neighboring women all gathered around.
One person took a brush, dipped it in paste, and smeared it on the door.
Zhang Shulan pasted the red double happiness character on, pressed it firmly with her hand, took two steps back to check, and then straightened it again.
"This post is crooked, move it to the left a bit."
"Okay, okay, it's correct now."
It was noisy and bustling, with a lively atmosphere.
As the saying goes, one woman is as noisy as five hundred ducks. Now, the Lu family's courtyard is filled with ducks, their quacking echoing everywhere.
At the entrance of the courtyard, Xilian was holding a roll of red silk and was tying it to the jeep.
She tied the red ribbon into a big red flower and attached it to the front of the car, then wrapped the rearview mirror with red yarn.
Several red ribbons were tied to the car body, fluttering in the wind.
"Aunt Xilian, you've dressed this car up like a bride."
Gou Shengzi also came over, calling out from afar.
Xilian rolled her eyes at him: "Nonsense, we're picking up the bride today, how can the car not be decorated?"
After she finished fixing the car, she took out a red paper packet from her pocket and stuffed it under the car seat.
"What is this?"
"Iron Pillar, who was following behind, asked."
"The red envelopes given for pressing down on the car are for good luck. You just don't understand, kid?"
He then slapped Tie Zhu on the buttocks.
Tie Zhu was startled and stared at happy Lian.
Xilian suddenly smelled a familiar scent.
Looking at Tiezhu, I saw that he had already walked away.
If he had a guilty conscience, he dared not look Xilian in the eye.
Inside the house, Lu Yao put on a newly made blue polyester Zhongshan suit, with the buttons neatly fastened.
Jiang Guizhi came over to help him straighten the corners of his clothes and adjust his collar; her eyes were a little red.
"Mom, why are you crying?"
Lu Yao smiled.
"Who's crying?" Jiang Guizhi wiped her eyes. "I'm happy. If your father were alive, he would be overjoyed to see you getting married today."
Lu Yao hugged her without saying a word; this was also his regret.
Zuo Xiaoying poked her head in from outside:
"Hey kid, are you done yet? The wedding procession is all waiting!"
Lu Yao let go of his mother and walked outside.
A group of people stood in the courtyard: Gou Shengzi, Tie Zhu, He Wangcai, Li Youtian, Er Gouzi, and seven or eight young commune members, all dressed in clean clothes and smiling.
Ding Dahu also arrived, wearing a new cotton-padded coat, standing in the crowd, grinning from ear to ear.
"Uncle Tiger, what brings you here? Shouldn't you be at home waiting to take your daughter to school?" Lu Yao asked.
Ding Dahu waved his hand: "Let me see how you're prepared. Okay, not bad, go ahead!"
Lu Yao got into the jeep, Gou Shengzi sat in the passenger seat, and Tie Zhu and He Wangcai squeezed in the back. The others rode bicycles, and Cao Erdan drove the group's horse-drawn carts.
Even the chestnut horse had a big red flower tied on its head by Xilian.
Even the chestnut horse had a big red flower tied on its head by Xilian.
The large group of people drove towards Ding Dahu's house.
The children chased after the car, shouting as they ran:
"Time to pick up the bride! Time to pick up the bride!"
Every household in the entire Jiapigou brigade joined in the celebration.
They were all immersed in joy.
Jiang Guizhi and the other women waited at home for their daughter-in-law to come back.
The women surrounded Jiang Guizhi as if she were a star surrounded by the moon.
They chatted back and forth, exchanging New Year's greetings and auspicious words. Jiang Guizhi felt like she had lived for almost 20 years, and today was the most glorious moment of her life.
I'm happier than I was on my own wedding day.
Suddenly, I saw someone coming down the road.
The appearance of this person instantly froze the smile on Jiang Guizhi's face.
It was none other than his own elder brother, Jiang Jianhai.
In the past, Jiang Guizhi valued her family ties very much.
It's not her fault for being sentimental, but it's a pity she ended up with relatives who don't deserve respect.
After several lessons learned, she had lost all hope in her brother from her maternal family.
They didn't even send them a message when Lu Yao got married.
Why is he here?
Jiang Jianhai, with a broad smile on his face, was carrying a green cloth bag—a patched travel bag—and called out from afar:
"Guizhi, I heard that Tuwazi is getting married today! I've come to offer my congratulations!"
As he spoke, he raised the travel bag in his hand:
"Look, I specially borrowed a bag of corn kernels as my congratulatory gift. It's a small gift but carries a lot of meaning, so please don't think it's too little."
In this era of poverty, wedding gifts were mostly household items.
It's not easy to deliver this bag of corn.
After all, he's my own brother; it's not unforgivable that he knows he's wrong.
Zhang Shulan, who was standing nearby, took the corn bag and opened it to take a look.
He reached out and stirred it, then immediately cried out:
"Oh dear, no wonder it's so light, why is there grass underneath?"
When everyone came over to look, they found that there was only a layer of corn kernels on top, and the bottom was stuffed with straw to support it.
Seeing that he had been found out, Jiang Jianhai didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a grin:
"A gift of a goose feather sent from afar is a small gift but carries great meaning!"
Jiang Guizhi sighed and glared at him.
Looking towards Ding Mei's house, they waited for their son to return from picking up his bride.
Jiang Jianhai leaned close and whispered in her ear:
"Guizhi, I have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
Jiang Guizhi didn't even want to look at him.
"I overheard Changshun and his wife arguing, and it seems like... Tuwazi slept with his wife Chunyan, did you know about that?"
Jiang Guizhi was taken aback:
"Don't talk nonsense. Today is a joyous day for Tuwazi!"