On the day of her wedding, Xue Mei wore a bright red wedding dress, which made her skin look smooth, and the thick makeup on her face made her look outstanding. It was probably the most exquisite painting she had done in twenty-five years.
At this time, her boudoir was full of people, among them were six bridesmaids, all of whom were her middle and high school classmates.
Even if they are classmates, they haven't seen each other for many years. Taking this opportunity, they are all chatting and talking. Except for a few bridesmaids, some are already mothers with their own children, and some even have a second child.
"I'm a bit confused when I suddenly received the news of your marriage. I haven't met your husband yet. I'll be here later. I want to see if he's handsome and can match our class." A boy walked in, Laughing and joking.
"If you're not handsome, you're not good enough?" The girls around echoed with a smile.
"That depends on how much money you have. It is said that you graduated from a prestigious university. I wonder how much you can earn? Ten thousand a month?"
"What is 10,000 yuan? At least 20,000 yuan, okay? Li Zi, our family, drives an excavator for more than 9,000 yuan a month, and her husband is in a prestigious university."
"Your bag is really beautiful."
"By the way, let's make an appointment to sing together another day, so how about not getting drunk today?"
…
Xue Mei answered vaguely, and they stopped asking, and started chatting again, about life, work, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and then discussed how to embarrass the groom and the group.
They started to hide their shoes and ask for red envelopes. This seems to be a custom. I heard that the bridesmaids will be forced to drink, but she suffered. She asked Ji Yang to watch last night, not to go too far.
"Ding."
The phone rang, and she picked it up to look at it.
Li Xiaojia: "I wish our younger sisters a happy wedding, harmony and beauty."
Zhang Qiang: "We still have a good relationship for a hundred years."
Chen Er'er: "Then I wish you an early baby, I'm sorry I can't go to the scene, I must be happy."
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It was rare for the group of college roommates to become lively. She was the second person to get married. The first was Chen Qiang. She married her boyfriend from college the year she graduated, and the two went abroad to study together.
The remaining two stayed in the big city where the university was located, and continued to struggle to become strong women, walking in high-rise buildings on high heels every day.
Only she, after staying for a year, returned to the small county where she was born. She was also infatuated with the colorful neon lights of the big city, but she felt that she was suitable here, and the pace was slow and flat.
"Do you still remember that Lin Wei in the class next door to our junior high school? Let me tell you, she has been divorced three times."
"Really? The last time I saw her was in Pharaoh's barbershop. She dyed her hair in various colors."
"A person who is not serious at first glance."
…
It was a rare meeting, and the chat was lively, mixed with the crying of children, and someone yelled, "The groom is here."
There was a commotion outside.
"Don't worry, I've filled the stairs with wine, one cup per step, enough for them to drink."
"Don't open the door for a while."
"Know."
Several bridesmaids blocked the door, looking outside through the crack of the door, watching their behavior, this is not the first time, they are very skilled.
Ji Yang walked into the door, looked at the glasses of wine on the steps, and everyone laughed around. Fortunately, he brought enough best men, and He Qiuhui also asked a few cousins to come together, and they were good at drinking.
One cup per person is a mouthful of boredom.
Ji Yang only drank two cups before he went upstairs and came to the door, one of the groomsmen raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Sister-in-law, open the door, the groom is here."
"No!" The bridesmaid's laughter came from inside, "Where's the red envelope?"
"This and this, there are some, there are all of them." The best man quickly agreed, and then said, "Open the door, this matter is easy to discuss."
As he spoke, he stuffed red envelopes one by one through the crack of the door.
"Where's the groom? I didn't see the groom talking. Is the bridesmaid marrying the daughter-in-law or the groom marrying?"
The bridesmaids are watching through the crack of the door, they haven't seen Ji Yang yet.
"The bridegroom!" said the best man, and pushed Ji Yang to the front. He was wearing a pair of glasses, holding flowers in his hand, and looked like a gentle scholar.
"The groom is handsome."
"Gentle and polite."
"I'll see, I'll see."
…
The bridesmaids scrambled over to see it, and even teased her, "The groom didn't say anything, let's just confess."
Ji Yang was dumbfounded.
Unexpectedly, the people around him still like to boo, mixed with laughter, Xue Mei is helpless, she has never heard him confess his love.
The two are not in free love, what is the confession
"Why don't you say I love you loudly?" The bridesmaid opened the door a little more and looked at Ji Yang with relish.
"Yell, shout, you must shout." The best man walked forward with a look of approval, turned around suddenly, and pushed open the door. The other best men swarmed up, and Ji Yang took the opportunity to sneak in. The bridesmaid screamed and was quickly subdued up.
And his bride was sitting on the bed at this time, with a wide skirt spread on the bed, wearing gold three pieces, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
Ji Yang handed her the bouquet, and his soft eyes fell on her, "I'll take you and the baby home."
As soon as the words fell, there was another burst of booing, Xue Mei took it over shyly, her ears blushing.
The best man and the groom looked for shoes together, and searched all over the house, but they couldn't find them. Ji Yang looked at her skirt, and Xue Mei looked away guiltily.
He walked to her side and leaned over, "Wife, tell me, where are the shoes? Where are they?"
"Don't say it!" the bridesmaid warned.
Xue Mei looked at him who was close at hand, her heart beat faster, her nose was sweating when she was nervous, and she instinctively bit her lower lip.
"I can't find it." Ji Yang put his hands on the bed with a disappointed expression on his face. Before Xue Mei could speak, he suddenly put his hands behind her and took out the red high-heeled shoes from her skirt.
"It's quite deep, why is it so bad?" When he got up, he said in her ear in a tone that could only be heard by two people.
Xue Mei felt that she was teased, and her face became even hotter.
"Honey, put on your shoes." Ji Yang squatted halfway.
Before she recovered, she took out her feet in a daze. He held her little feet and put on the shoes for her.
One after another, the movements are gentle and patient.
When he got up, he leaned over and kissed her. Xue Mei was in a daze. At that moment, she mistakenly thought that she was married to love.
The sound of firecrackers was crackling behind him, Ji Yang walked forward with Xue Mei in his arms, Xue's mother watched her figure and wiped her tears, Xue Mei felt hurt and buried her head in his arms.
"It's close, you can go back anytime." Ji Yang's gentle words came, "Mom and Dad will also go to the hotel later."
She didn't answer, but her mood calmed down a lot.
During the dinner, Ji Yang made a speech, thanking the Xue family for raising Xue Mei, and also thanking the Ji family's parents for their kindness in nurturing.
He Qiuhui cried worse than Xue's mother, and Ji Dongping's eyes were a little red. The two kept saying that Ji Yang was sensible.
That's right, all the energy in the first half of my life was put on this son, and I was touched by all the sacrifices.
Get married, start a business, follow the masses, and do what they want, and then have children, and life is complete.
After the wedding banquet, she didn't return to Ji's house until late at night.
The rental house has two bedrooms and one living room, and Ji Yang's room is used as a new one. Xue Mei went in to see it. He Qiuhui said that it had been renovated, so he pasted the Chinese character "囍" on the head of the bed and the door, and changed the red sheets.
The lighting in the room is not very good, the windows are small, and there is no ventilation. She feels stuffy when she comes in, but after a long day, she can't control it so much.
She also stayed for two days, but she didn't mind.
"Sit down, and I'll untie your hair for you." Ji Yang said, looking at her curly hair, all covered with pomade and hair clips, it might take a long time to tidy up.
Xue Mei sat down and let him play on her head. The sound insulation effect of the room was poor, and He Qiuhui could still hear He Qiuhui muttering in the next room.
"Last time when the old Chen family's son was full moon, I took three hundred with him, and they only gave two hundred. They brought the family with them, and the food was packed. The same is true for this Asian man, who only gave one hundred. See you next time, You have to scold her..."
"Count again, and figure out who didn't come, and don't go next time."
"Li Chen, he gave Ji Yang a red envelope, so he can't come to work, so calculate how much he has earned and write down the account."
…
"Go take a shower and go to bed early after washing." Ji Yang took off the last hairpin and gave her clothes, "The floor is slippery, be careful."
"Um."
"I'll take you."
The two entered the bathroom, which was only three to four square meters, similar to their rental house, but a bit older.
"This is to adjust the water temperature, and this. After you wash, turn off the gas, shampoo, and shower gel. Call me if you need anything."
After Ji Yang went out, she closed the door, and there was a large bucket in the small space, with vegetable leaves floating on it, probably the water from washing clothes or vegetables, hoarding it to flush the toilet, even if the light was turned on, the A little yellowish.
No wonder he told her to be careful, she would really be hit if she was not careful.
"Button, button." There was a knock on the door, and Ji Yang's voice came, "Sister."
She opened the door and passed a towel through the crack of the door, "It's new, you use this."
"Thanks."
After closing the door again, she started to take a shower, and took a full bath for half an hour before she came out.
He walked towards the room with his hair wrapped, but before he opened the door, there was a sound from inside.
"Here is 47,000. Didn't Xue's family ask Xue Mei to bring the gift money? Take her to make up the money and make up 50,000. You can use the gift money to pay off the credit card tomorrow, don't owe the money. "
"She's all married, and the money belongs to our Ji family. She spent so much money buying a house, she should also pay some."
"Mom will keep the salary card for you. I will give you 1,000 a month, and then some will be deducted from the mortgage. The rest will be saved by Mom for you, and it will be considered as the family's food expenses. By the way, Xue Mei is still at work. She also has to pay the food expenses, and when she doesn't go to work, the food expenses will not be paid for now."
It was still talking intermittently inside, Ji Yang didn't refute, and didn't mention the matter of going out to live, Xue Mei's face was gloomy, trying to restrain her temper, and the good feelings that had arisen these days were gone.
"Okay, tell her that living at home also costs money, and you young people can't save money. When you get to live, Mom will naturally give you the money. Mom does this for your own good."
Before He Qiuhui came out, Xue Mei went into the bathroom again, pretending to have just come out, and called out with a stiff face, "Mom."
"You took a long bath, be careful of catching a cold." He Qiuhui smiled, but she was a little unhappy seeing the mist coming out of the bathroom. Since this was the first time, she didn't say anything.
"Hair is hard to wash." Xue Mei explained.
"Go back to sleep." He Qiuhui walked into her room as she said.
Xue Mei's expression softened when she turned around, her heart was a little cold, what's this called? The other party seemed to be worse than she imagined.
She didn't have the joy of the wedding night, opened the door, Ji Yang was hiding something in the cabinet, when he saw the door opened, he was startled.
"Hiding what?" Her tone was not very good.
"No..." Ji Yang just said, seeing her like this, he slowly took it out again, "The money Mom gave me, the wedding banquet deposit was paid by credit card, and I have to pay it back tomorrow."
"Where's your salary card? Also, didn't you say that you made money from part-time jobs in the past two months? Why didn't I see your money?" She looked at him with a straight face, and lowered her voice in order not to let the old couple hear , but in a bad mood.
Ji Yang slowly closed the cabinet, and made a small movement, "The salary is stuck with my mother. Isn't this a mortgage payment? I'll spend it in my hands. Mom will give me 1,000 a month, and then withhold the mortgage, and the rest It’s all for our sake, and we spend money lavishly.”
"Money from part-time jobs, odds and ends of marriage, will be spent"
In fact, the dowry was fully compensated.
When Xue Mei heard what he said, she was furious, her eyes were watery with anger, her body was shaking, what is this called
"What's wrong? Don't be angry, don't be angry." Ji Yang came over and bent over to look at her, still confused.
"Okay!" Xue Mei kept nodding and looked at him, "Ji Yang, you can give your mother the salary card, right? Save money for you, right? That's fine, you don't have to raise the child, and you have no money to raise it anyway."
"No, when the time comes when I ask mom for money, she will give it to me. Besides, it was originally saved for us to raise our children, so she won't waste my money." He retorted, trying to clear up the misunderstanding.
"Don't raise it anymore." Xue Mei gritted her teeth, "Your mother, your mother, you are married, and you are still your mother. You ask your mother to take money for the maternity checkup, childbirth, and milk powder. Aren't you ashamed?"
Ji Yang lowered his head and thought for a while, "Then I'll get it with Mom tomorrow, don't be angry."
"When will you move out?" She had a dark face and was very angry. He was timid, looked at her face, and mustered up his courage, "Mom just came to tell me, let us live at home, and she will cook for us. It can also save rent, we will pay a little for food expenses, then I will pay your share, and save your money to spend yourself, okay?"
Come on, He Qiuhui was brainwashed again.
"Ji Yang." Xue Mei looked at him with red eyes, "You just made an agreement with me last time that you would go out after two days of marriage and stay. Now that your mother said it, you changed your mind again, right? Okay, if you don't go, I'm going with the kids."
"not me… "
"Are you going?" She didn't give him a chance to speak, and said again, "I'll just ask you if you want to go?"
"...Let's go." Ji Yang softened.
"Then you remember." Xue Mei went around him, climbed onto the bed, pulled the quilt vigorously, fell asleep with her back to him, and said in a muffled voice, "The gift money is in my bag, I know mom wants me to take it out to pay back the credit card, You take it all, I don't want it."
She took a breath.
No one is more aggrieved than her when she gets married, and this is only the first day of their wedding.
Ji Yang sat on the bed, pulled the quilt, and Xue Mei pulled him over again, crying in his voice, "I've never seen someone like you, go away."
"I didn't think about it that much, don't be angry, if you don't like living at home, we'll go out and live."
"I thought Mom could take care of you a little bit. After all, you're still pregnant, so I thought Mom was right."
"You dry your hair first, you'll catch a cold."
Xue Mei sat up again and looked at him, "Then you live with your mother, I go out with the child, and we live alone."
"What are you talking about? Of course I want to be with you and the child. How can you take care of the child alone?" Ji Yang frowned and said it without hesitation.
"Well, I want to go out, I don't want to be at home, this is your home, I'm not mine, only the three of us are our home, we can come back to see them, how often we come back is not a problem, but we have our own Private space, do you understand?" Xue Mei said every word, her throat choked up, "I am marrying you, not your family!"
Ji Yang was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking, then nodded, "Well, don't cry, I'll take you out."
"Do what you say." Xue Mei calmed down a little.
Although he is soft-tempered and has no temper, there is another good thing, that is, he will listen to and think about what she says.
"Well, can it be the day after tomorrow?" He asked in a low voice.
"Can."
"I didn't want to take your money. Mom's thoughts are mother's thoughts. I will figure out a way myself. Just don't take many things to heart." He also looked helpless.
"You always like to follow your mother, and you respond to whatever your mother says, what do you want me to do?" Xue Mei turned her head away, a little helpless.
"Then I will discuss it with you in the future. If you think it's okay, just listen. If not, let's discuss it again, okay?" Ji Yang thought of a way.
"Well." Xue Mei responded, "I don't want your parents to get involved in our life too much, is that okay?"
She felt that He Qiuhui had the desire to control, and if he controlled Ji Yang, the next one would be to control her. This kind of life would be very tiring.
Ji Yang said, promising, "Then I won't tell my parents about our life casually in the future, don't worry."
"I'll take a shower first, don't think too much about it."
"Then hurry up, I have something to tell you when I come out." Seeing his state, Xue Mei decided to try to listen to him.
"good."
After Ji Yang came out, Xue Mei had already blown her hair and was lying on the bed, so he turned off the light.
After going to bed, he tried a bit, hugged her softly in his arms, and boldly kissed her on the cheek.
Xue Mei turned her head away, a little unhappy.
"Still angry?" Ji Yang put her hand in the palm of his hand, put her in his arms, and put their hands on her stomach.
She moved away at once, and said firmly, "Don't touch the child, he said that father will live with grandma, and he will live with mother."
Ji Yang's hands froze.
Still have this kind of operation
"That's not the case." He denied it, hugged her tightly again, and admitted his mistake, "My fault is that I have to go out to live. It's not convenient to live together like this, right? And I don't know if Mom can get along with you Well, there are a lot of troubles."
Xue Mei didn't speak, but she didn't resist either.
"Just keep your money, and I'll tell you about it." He continued.
"What do you say?" she asked.
"Not ready yet."
"Then I'll teach you." Xue Mei turned around and hugged him, very close to him, looking at him with cool and beautiful eyes, and softened her voice, "Shall I teach you?"
Ji Yang stared at her and nodded decisively.