Su Lin glanced at Su Mo with a playful look and said with a smile: "Second brother, you look a little nervous. You have asked me this question ten times. Don't worry, as long as they dare to drink today, we can provide them with any amount of wine."
Su Mo nodded, sighed, and said, "How can I not be nervous? Although the top leaders are not attending today, as long as we send wedding invitations, they have arranged representatives and paid for the wedding. One-third of the ministerial officials in the entire Yanjing are here."
Su Lin smiled and said with emotion: "It is indeed a grand wedding. It is rare to see so many officers gathered together. It is said that the youngest generals from various military regions are all at table number three on the bride's side."
Su Mo took a sip of white wine, then stood up from the table and whispered, "We have to go around. If the man doesn't show up to express his gratitude at the wedding, won't the woman look down on him?"
Su Mo and Su Lin had a decent alcohol tolerance, but after two rounds at the General's Table, which was full of experts, they were already staggering. However, the two men were not timid at all, and continued to walk down with the bottles of wine. Su Mo's wife Lu Wen couldn't stand it anymore, so she poked Yuan Qi who was sitting next to her and whispered, "Come with me to get the second and third brothers, they have drunk too much."
Yuan Qi thought for a moment and smiled, "Second sister-in-law, when have you ever seen these two brothers get along so well? Since they both want to, just let them go crazy."
After hearing what Yuan Qi said, Lu Wen was stunned for a moment. Yuan Qi's analysis was correct. In all these years, she had never seen Su Mo and Su Lin get along so well. Whenever these two met, they would always say "you can't stand me, I can't stand you" and after a few words, they would start arguing with each other until they were red in the face.
In fact, Lv Wen had been bullying Yuan Qi because of the bad relationship between her husband and her brother-in-law. Yuan Qi was a gentle person, and even though Lv Wen always found fault with her, she never had a direct argument with her.
Lu Wen's eyes fell on the center of the stage, feeling a little lost. Fang Zhicheng had undoubtedly established a firm foothold in the Su family. From the gathering of guests and friends at the scene today, it could be seen that both the Su family and the Ning family attached great importance to the two of them.
Lv Wen probably had hostility towards Fang Zhicheng because she felt that Fang Zhicheng's appearance had taken away too much of her son's glory. Lv Wen kept a lot of things to herself. Although she was a bit cunning and mean, she was also sensible.
However, her son Su Jin's wedding must not be inferior to Fang Zhicheng's in the future, and she made up her mind.
Chapter 0856: A Courtyard Full of Roses
People outside saw the grand wedding of the Su Ning family, but being in the middle of it, Ning Qiangwei and Fang Zhicheng did not have too many feelings. The couple even had some verbal disputes. After all, the wedding was complicated, and it was natural for the two to have some conflicts. Living at home, the couple would quarrel, and some feelings would become deeper the more they quarreled.
At night, the two of them naturally stayed at the Su family's house in Jiangjun Hutong. The bridal chamber was filled with a festive atmosphere, quite like the breath of an ancient bridal chamber. The bright red dragon and phoenix candles emitted a red light, which was different from ordinary candles. Two candles burst out four flames, which was called double flames. Red and gold roses were placed in the room, strung together with pink silk threads, symbolizing twin flowers. The bed was covered with peony red bedding with golden satin on the edges. If you lifted the bedding, you could find auspicious things such as peanuts and lotus seeds buried inside, symbolizing the early birth of a son.
"Eat some noodles. After you go into the house, don't go out. You can go out after twelve o'clock, otherwise it will be unlucky." Dong Zhiqiu handed a bowl of noodles to each of them. Because the Su family is a big family, they attach great importance to customs.
In the evening, it was Dong Zhiqiu and Lu Wen who escorted Fang Zhicheng and Ning Qiangwei to their rooms. Because Su Qing didn't quite understand the formalities, she handed it over to the two nuns.
Fang Zhicheng and Ning Qiangwei picked up their chopsticks and ate the noodles roughly. They hadn't eaten anything in the evening, so the noodles without salt tasted very sweet. Although there was a wall between them, they could still hear laughter from outside. It was also auspicious to eavesdrop outside the door of the new house.
But Ning Qiangwei felt a little embarrassed, so she put down her bowl and chopsticks and secretly kicked Fang Zhicheng's calf.
Fang Zhicheng immediately understood what he meant and said, "Are Su Yuan, Su Jin and the others outside? Why don't you come in and have a chat!"
Fang Zhicheng was quite straightforward. You guys want to make trouble in the bridal chamber, so come in and make some noise right away. Don't wait until you two close the door and turn off the lights before causing any trouble.
Dong Zhiqiu said with a smile: "You guys will have a rest soon, why let them in to make trouble! They are a bunch of naughty monkeys, once they come in, I'm afraid they won't be quiet for an hour or two. A night of spring is worth a thousand gold. Let's leave this good time to you two."
Seeing that Ning Qiangwei and Fang Zhicheng had finished their noodles, Dong Zhiqiu took two bowls and walked out the door. His voice was faintly heard in the room, "What are you doing standing here? Go to bed."
Su Jin said: "My mother asked us to come here, saying that we should do this for the sake of celebration."
"Nonsense, hurry up and leave! If you don't leave, I'll take action." Dong Zhiqiu said seriously, and then she slapped Lv Wen. Lv Wen waved at Su Jin and told them to leave quickly.
Seeing Dong Zhiqiu's intimidation, they laughed and dispersed. After a while, the area became quiet. Dong Zhiqiu and Lu Wen also left the room.
Seeing Fang Zhicheng's gaze fall on her face, Ning Qiangwei felt her face burning. She was a little at a loss. She could only cough and move from the chair to the bed.
Fang Zhicheng smiled, glanced around the table, and said, "It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise we could follow the example of the ancients and drink from each other's cups."
Ning Qiangwei looked a little nervous. She said softly, "I don't have that kind of leisure time."
After saying this, she opened the mosquito net, hid behind it and took off her coat. The Su family's old house was decorated in Chinese style, and the bed was also old-fashioned. Because it was summer, there were many mosquitoes in the old house, so a mosquito net was added.
Fang Zhicheng glanced into the mosquito net and saw Ning Qiangwei's figure looming. Five or six minutes later, she changed into a light pajamas. Fang Zhicheng walked over and Ning Qiangwei subconsciously leaned back.
Ning Qiangwei looked up at Fang Zhicheng and said, "Let's count the money first. We received a lot of red envelopes today."
Fang Zhicheng was slightly startled and burst out laughing. For most people, the last thing to do when getting married is to count the money. After working hard all day, looking at the piles of gift money is also a different kind of happiness.
Fang Zhicheng walked to the door and took the red wedding bag hanging on the hook and put it on the bed. He had collected a lot of money today, so the wedding bag was very bulging and could hardly hold anything.
Then Fang Zhicheng and Ning Qiangwei began to count the bills one by one. They had to write down the names of the people when counting the money, because since it was a favor, it would have to be repaid in the future. After about an hour, the two finally calculated the money, and it turned out to be more than 300,000.
Ning Qiangwei was a little surprised and smiled bitterly: "Why are there so many?"
Fang Zhicheng said, "If you calculate carefully, getting married is still a loss. The average cost of each table for tonight's banquet is four to five thousand. The cost of the banquet alone is four to five hundred thousand." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a burning pain on his arm, and saw Ning Qiangwei's beautiful eyes widened, and she said angrily, "What are you talking about? I am the one who lost money by marrying you!"
Fang Zhicheng thought to himself that Ning Qiangwei, who was always cheerful, was like an ordinary woman tonight. She became petty and sensitive. He smiled faintly and said, "I am just talking about the facts. Of course, I have gained something by marrying you. Today, when I went to the generals' table to toast, the generals pulled me aside and said that I would be a military dependent in the future. How glorious it is to be a military dependent! If you become a general in the future, I will be the general's husband."
Ning Qiangwei whispered, "As a military dependent, you must be loyal to your marriage. If you cheat..."
Fang Zhicheng shuddered when he heard this and said with a wry smile, "Is it a crime to destroy a military marriage?"
Ning Qiangwei nodded seriously. Fang Zhicheng felt cold sweat on his body.
Seeing Fang Zhicheng slowly taking off his clothes, Ning Qiangwei suddenly whispered something in Fang Zhicheng's ear. Fang Zhicheng was slightly stunned, then nodded dejectedly and said, "Then I'll listen to you."
Ning Qiangwei meant that the two of them had been busy from morning till night today and were exhausted both physically and mentally. It was better for them to rest now and not do anything else. Fang Zhicheng understood what Ning Qiangwei meant. When a person is extremely tired, his endocrine system will be out of balance. If he creates life at this moment, it will probably greatly affect the quality.
Between husband and wife, respect is the most basic principle. Seeing Ning Qiangwei lying on her side with her back to him, Fang Zhicheng could only suppress the irritation in his heart. However, because he was too tired today, Fang Zhicheng fell asleep not long after, and was particularly peaceful.
Ning Qiangwei is different from other women. She is his daughter-in-law and has already entered his home. It makes no difference whether he cleans up early or late.
At around five in the morning, Fang Zhicheng took a long breath and turned around. He suddenly felt like he was being watched. He looked in the direction of Ning Qiangwei and saw her staring at him. Fang Zhicheng said helplessly in a hoarse voice, "You don't want to go out for morning exercise now, do you? Just bear with it today!"