After New Year's Eve, Jiang Rui and Zhao Nan never met. The Zhao family had to prepare a dowry, and the Du family had to prepare a dowry.
These days, only people with good conditions dare to promise three big things when they get married. The man is so decent, and the woman can't be too bad. The Du family trusted people everywhere, and finally bought two new quilts from the neighboring county, and made Jiang Rui a red dress.
In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth day of the first lunar month. Early in the morning, the Du family yard was lively.
Wang Tonghua invited the aunt of the Du family to open up Jiang Rui's face, and then untied the two braids that she used to comb, and put it into a bun on the back of her head and fastened it with a red rope. The face opened and the hairstyle changed, it means that the era of being a girl is over, and after today, she will be someone else's daughter-in-law.
After dressing up and changing into her wedding dress, Jiang Rui sat beside the bed, Zhang Xiaohua and Du Baozhen accompany her in the house, while the rest of the Du family and a few relatives were busy outside, preparing for the Zhao family to welcome their relatives.
Du Baozhen leaned against Jiang Rui, hooked her hand and whispered, "Sister, I can't bear you."
"The two families are so close, when you miss me, just come to me directly." Jiang Rui said softly.
"That's different. The two of us have slept in this room since we were young, and we have never been separated. From now on, I will be the only one left." Du Baozhen coquettishly.
Jiang Rui said: "After fifteen, you should go to school. There are so many classmates, and you will never be alone. The last half year is very important, so don't be distracted. During weekends off, if you have time, give Mom, don't let her get too tired. My sister-in-law has to take care of the little hawthorn and feed the rabbits. Sometimes I'm too busy, so you can take care of it too. "
"Understood—" Du Baozhen dragged her tone.
Jiang Rui smiled, and then said to Zhang Xiaohua, "The family will have to trouble my sister-in-law more in the future."
Zhang Xiaohua hurriedly said, "It's all a family, so there's nothing to worry about." As she said, she looked at Jiang Rui's expression.
I remember when she married to the Du family the year before, saying goodbye to her parents, siblings at home, and crying red eyes before she could say a word. No matter how many contradictions and complaints there are usually, when the day comes to separate, I still feel reluctant to part. Besides, there are also expectations and uneasiness for my future husband and my in-law's family.
But looking at her little sister-in-law, her expression is still calm and peaceful, neither reluctant nor obvious joy, as if the person who is going to marry today is not her, it is hard to guess.
Zhang Xiaohua felt that this little sister-in-law was not simple from the time he talked to the Zhao family, and now every day passed, this feeling became more and more certain. And she also had a hunch that when Du Baoqin was at home, she took care of the Du family in an orderly manner. After she left, the Du family, who were used to her care, could suddenly recover? If you can't adapt for a while, there must be a contradiction. Thinking of the possible quarrel in the future, Zhang Xiaohua felt a little irritable.
A few of them were talking, and suddenly there was a commotion outside. It turned out that someone from the Zhao family was coming.
The first few young lads, each pushing a permanent bicycle, are conspicuous and airy. Zhao Nan was still wearing a military uniform, with a woolen coat over the military uniform, and he looked upright and imposing. He pursed his lips and walked in front of Du Youfu and Wang Tonghua with a serious face.
Forced by his momentum, Wang Tonghua took a half step back unconsciously.
The rest of the onlookers were booing when they saw the wedding party coming, but they also shut up at this time, and looked at each other at a loss: What's the matter? Aggressive, is it that the Zhao family is not here to welcome the relative, but to snatch the relative? !
Zhao Bei stomped his feet anxiously behind his brother. Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, he was inexplicably nervous in a good festive scene. He had to squeeze up and say with a smile, "Uncle and auntie, my brother is here to pick up my sister-in-law." As he spoke, he secretly stabbed Zhao Nan.
Only then did Zhao Nan say, "Dad, Mom, I'm here to pick up Baoqin."
"Oh... ok..." Wang Tonghua and Du Youfu nodded subconsciously.
Zhao Bei gestured for the Xi Band to play music.
Then the scene became lively again, and the onlookers made fun again, but the scene just now remained in the hearts of everyone. Some people couldn't help but think that the second boy of the Zhao family deserves to be a soldier, and his aura is different from others.
Zhao Nan was led to Du Baoqin's house, and the others followed to watch the fun.
Jiang Rui put on makeup today, her delicate facial features glanced at her brows and reddened, her pale jade cheeks were painted with a light rouge, as delicate as peach blossoms on a branch.
She was wearing a red dress and was sitting upright on the edge of the bed. She only glanced up when everyone rushed in, and then lowered her eyes, her cheeks burning red little by little.
The person who was coaxing was silent for a while, staring at her in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
Zhao Nan approached step by step. Although there were many people in the room, there was no other sound, which made his footsteps particularly obvious. He walked to Jiang Rui, stood for a while, squatted down to look at her, and slowly extended a hand, "I'll pick you up."
Jiang Rui looked at him and put her hand in his palm.
Zhao Bei suddenly whistled, breaking the strange silence in the room, "Hold up! Hold up!"
Only then did the rest of the people return to their senses, and they all echoed: "Hold it out and carry it out!"
Jiang Rui lowered her head and smiled at Zhao Nan with the corners of her mouth bent where no one could see.
Zhao Nan's ears were red, but he was reluctant to look away from her. After a long time, he picked Jiang Rui up amid the roar.
The whistles and laughter almost knocked the roof of the Du family off.
Jiang Rui was carried by Zhao Nan to the main room, and then patted his hand, motioning to let him down.
Wang Tonghua and Du Youfu were standing in the room, and Jiang Rui walked up to them and offered two cups of tea: "Dad, Mom, your daughter is going out, you have to take care."
This tea was served by her for Du Baoqin.
Wang Tonghua's tears fell instantly, Du Youfu's eyes were red, and the rest of the Du family were wiping their eyes.
Jiang Rui sat behind Zhao Nan's bicycle, wrapped his arms around his waist, set out from Du's house, passed through the entire Xishan brigade, and arrived at Zhao's house.
The Zhao family was full of guests, and there were four or five tables in the courtyard. Given the current situation, it was extremely pompous.
This meal lasted from noon to evening, and the Zhao family was busy entertaining guests without touching the ground. Jiang Rui also followed Zhao Nan and toasted the guests with tea.
When the last guest left, the whole family was about to be exhausted and paralyzed, but they couldn't rest, and the stall left by the wedding banquet still needed to be cleaned up.
Jiang Rui took the initiative to help collect the cups and chopsticks. Zhang Liyun saw that the makeup on her face had not been washed off, and hurriedly stopped her: "Leave it, you are tired enough today. Anan - why don't you take your daughter-in-law to rest! "
Jiang Rui said with a smile: "I haven't done anything, how can I compare to my mother's hard work? You don't have to persuade me to rest, the whole family is working, and I am the only one in the room watching with my legs crossed, not calling me Uneasy?"
Hearing this, Zhang Liyun felt at ease, as if she had drunk a bowl of sugar water. Although she was as busy as a war today, she could only be happy to marry such a diligent and sensible daughter-in-law.
There are many Zhao family members, and everyone helps with things. The house and outside are almost cleaned up soon, only the ground is not cleaned, Zhang Liyun will not let Jiang Rui help, and must drive her back to the house.
Jiang Rui no longer insisted, and followed Zhao Nan back to their room.
The room was much bigger than the one she had in Du's house, with beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs, and Double Happiness stickers everywhere.
Jiang Rui sat at the table, beating herself on the shoulders.
"Tired?" Zhao Nan sat down and poured a cup of tea and handed it to her.
Jiang Rui took it, took a sip, and said, "It's not that I'm tired, it's just that I've been smiling at people today, which made my face freeze. Look, the powder on my face was taken away by me laughing. Have you?"
She put her face in front of Zhao Nan. Under the dim yellow light, the tender cheeks were white and flushed. Because of the toast, the eyes were filled with water vapor, and it seemed that there were fine stars falling in it. The water was rippling, and the hearts of those who watched it trembled.
Zhao Nan didn't speak for a long time.
Jiang Rui stretched out her thin fingers, poked his chest, and complained softly, "Why are you ignoring people?"
Zhao Nan squeezed the messy finger and rolled his throat up and down. It took a while before he said, "Are you hungry?"
"Did you think of me as a little pig? I ate so much before, how could I be hungry now?" Jiang Rui pulled back her hand and saw that he was sitting there stiffly again, as if she didn't know what to say, so she said, "I I feel a little itchy on my face, go get some water and let me wash it off."
Zhao Nan immediately got up and went out, and quickly returned with a bucket of hot water and a washbasin.
Jiang Rui washed her face and hands, let out a comfortable breath, and felt that her body was a little sticky, and it happened that there was a lot of water. She wanted to wipe it off before unbuttoning her clothes. She suddenly remembered that she was not alone at the moment.
She turned her head and saw Zhao Nan was staring at her with a very focused look. She had a bad idea in her heart again, she rolled her eyes, and said softly with her throat squeezed: "I'm going to take off my clothes, and my uncle will also sit down. see?"
Zhao Nan stood up with a roar, and swept away like a gust of wind. After the door was closed, the chair behind him swayed and fell to the ground.
Jiang Rui hummed a little tune and wiped her body slowly.
Outside the house, Zhao Nan stood with his back to the door, standing like a guard, with heat emitting from his face.
The door of Zhao's house is made thick. It stands to reason that he can't hear the movement in the house outside the door, but he always feels that there seems to be a faint sound of water in his ears. When he thinks of what the people inside are doing now, he is more than face to face. The air was hot, and even the hair was suffocating, and the whole person was uneasy to stand, but he wanted to let him leave this tormented place, but his feet could not move even half an inch.