Chapter 9: This is the effect I want

Every word Li Jinyan said was like shocking news. After an uproar, the guests began to whisper and point fingers.

"I didn't realize it, but Aunt Li is quite wild and wants to monopolize her niece's husband."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my life."

"I was saying, this old house originally belonged to her old man, but now only the younger generation lives there. It's obvious that they were driven out by Li Jinyan. Qi Hong is so unlucky to have given birth to such an unfilial bunch!"

Qi Chenggang cared the most about his reputation. These rumors that came out of nowhere made his face, which had been flushed with alcohol, turn pale in an instant.

He walked quickly to Li Jinyan's side, holding a half-drunk bottle of wine in one hand, and raised the other hand to slap Li Jinyan in the face.

"You damn bitch, what are you talking about? If you're drunk, go to bed!"

The slap made Li Jinyan stagger a little, and she staggered back a few steps. Half of her face was swollen.

Li Jinyan was also someone who could not bear being bullied. She touched the swollen side of her face and panted heavily, "You shameless man, why did you hit me?"

"You bastard! Why would I tell you that you were fooling around with Widow Qian? If I hadn't turned a blind eye, I would have told this shameful thing to the whole village!"

Qi Xu also didn't expect that her mantra talisman would accidentally expose so many scandals. She swore that she definitely didn't mean it.

In the blink of an eye, Li Jinyan and her husband started fighting each other.

Jiang Hongyi, who was leaning on Qi Xu, moved his feet and shook his head. He must be about to wake up.

Qi Xu silently let Jiang Hongyi stand firmly, and removed his arm from his waist and supported his arm instead.

According to Jiang Hongyi's character, if he still held her waist, he would definitely tell her that there are differences between men and women and not to touch him when he woke up.

At this time, Qi Baihua no longer cared about competing with Qi Xu for Jiang Hongyi, and hurriedly ran to Li Jinyan to stop the fight.

However, Li Jinyan, who refused to admit defeat, kept talking while pulling Qi Chenggang's clothes.

He was fooling around with this widow, having an affair with that married woman, and even had affairs with some unmarried girls.

Coincidentally, some of these people are also attending today's wedding banquet.

After all this commotion, most of the guests left. Some parents who were jointly responsible scolded their daughters with a look of disappointment on their faces. Before taking their daughters away, they took advantage of the fight between Li Jinyan and Qi Chenggang and kicked them twice.

Qi Hong originally had no expectations for his son, but now he has to help clean up the mess.

He politely asked the remaining neighbors who were ready to watch the show to leave, and waited until all the guests had left before he walked up to Jiang Boqun.

"Old man, I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself. It's a misfortune for my family, but it won't affect the relationship between our two families."

"Don't worry, Jiang Hongyi can only be my daughter Qi's husband. They will definitely get the marriage certificate after they are done."

It was at this moment that Jiang Hongyi woke up. He looked up and found that all the guests in the yard had left. He turned to look at Qi Xu beside him.

"Everyone has almost finished their meal, and many people have gone home to take care of their chores."

Qi Xu's answer was equivalent to no answer, because Jiang Hongyi's gaze fell on Qi Chenggang and Li Jinyan who were wrestling on the ground, and Qi Baihua, who was trying to separate them, was even more flustered.

Then, the look waiting for an explanation fell on Qi Xu's face again.

"Haha, they're drunk and just... bonding, yeah, bonding!"

Qi Xu started talking nonsense seriously. Who said fighting doesn’t count as a way to build relationships? It obviously counts!

It was obvious that the suspicion in Jiang Hongyi's eyes was that he was doubting her.

"It's almost two o'clock now. Should we go get the marriage certificate? We should still be able to make it in time if we go to town now."

Changing the topic was Qi Xu's best conversational technique, so Jiang Hongyi was successfully led astray.

"Okay, I've got all the information ready. I'll go borrow a bullock cart and leave in a moment."

He knew what the most important thing today was, so he calmed himself down and went to explain their plans to the elders on both sides.

The originally somewhat depressing atmosphere on Qi Hong's side became lively again because the two of them were going to get their marriage certificate.

The first person to be happy was Liang Jing. She originally didn't think highly of the fat girl Qi Xu, but now, after comparing her with Qi Baihua, she actually felt that Qi Xu was perfect in every way. She now held Jiang Hongyi's hand and asked him to take care of Qi Xu on the road.

Jiang Hongyi pursed his lips and nodded in agreement. When he walked out of the yard, he looked back at Qi Xu, which made Qi Xu a little confused.

Not long after, the validity period of her mantra talisman expired, and Qi Baihua was able to separate the two quarreling parents.

Li Jinyan took a long time to realize that she was fine and would no longer speak her mind uncontrollably. She looked at Qi Chenggang, whose clothes had been torn to pieces by her, with some fear.

Qi Hong looked at the two who had recovered, with a look of disappointment on his face. He sighed and called Qi Xu to follow Jiang Boqun and his family to Jiang's house.

At this time, to get the marriage certificate, you have to go out of your husband's house to get it, and you have to stay at your husband's house after you come back.

Since everyone knew that Qi Hong was going to the family compound with them, Jiang Boqun also let his old captain stay at his home, under the pretext of "reminiscing about the past."

Jiang Hongyi borrowed the ox cart and called Qi Xu to follow him to the town.

The village is about fifty kilometers away from the town, and it takes an hour and a half to get there by ox cart.

No one spoke on the way. Besides the relentless thud of the wheels and, at most, the whirring of the wind, Qi Xu was the first to get restless. She felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and quickly thought of asking about topics that interested her, so the staff wouldn't mistake them for strangers when they got their marriage certificate.

"How long will your vacation be?"

"You must return to the team at the end of this month or early October."

"Then is there anything I should be aware of, or is there anything I'm not allowed to do in the family compound?"

"No."

After several conversations, Qi Xu felt like he was talking to a robot. Why was this person so cold and taciturn? He could only say two words but not the third. It was really like he couldn't get anything out of a fart.

Qi Xu felt bored and stopped talking. She just endured for more than an hour, which made her, who was usually a chatterbox, feel a little frustrated.

"arrive."

Jiang Hongyi looked at the words "People's Government" written in large characters in front of him, found a corner that would not block pedestrians, and tied the rope of the ox cart to the electric pole.

Both of them were dressed festively today, and the staff knew at a glance that they were here to get a marriage certificate.

His movements were quick and efficient. He asked for both people's names, signed with a pen, and stamped it with the government seal, and the marriage certificate was in hand.

Qi Xu looked at the marriage certificate in her hand that looked like an award certificate, and couldn't believe that she had become a married woman just like that.

"It's still early, let's go to the photo studio."