Chapter 113: Wedding, unexpected events

In the blink of an eye, it was time for Su Jiani and Zhou Xiangyu's wedding.

All the relatives and friends of the Su family gathered in Compound No. 3. Li Baojun, Bai Jingtang and others all came with their families.

Even Uncle Li and his family, who lived far away in City A, came over.

Over the years, with the help of Li Baojun and Su Zhongguo, several families have lived a good life and have long become famous wealthy and benevolent businessmen in City A.

With the support of others, the Li family in City A has become a considerable family.

Even the in-laws benefited greatly.

Su Jiani was busy with the early preparations for the wedding, but as the wedding date approached, she became idle.

Staying at home with my grandparents and aunts.

Listening to them sharing their life experiences with her, she just felt that such days were very beautiful.

"Jia Ni, although Xiang Yu has no parents, his uncle and aunt treat him like their own children. From now on, you must treat them as your own parents and never alienate them."

Grandma taught Su Jiani earnestly how to deal with her husband's family affairs after marriage.

Su Jiani listened very carefully and nodded when she agreed.

"Grandpa Xiang Yu is an extraordinary person. What he has seen and heard is far superior to what we have. It will be a good idea to listen to him more in the future."

She would never have imagined that one day her family would marry into a family like that.

It was really all thanks to her lovely granddaughter.

To allow her to see such an existence.

"Grandma, I know. Grandpa is very wise. We will never go wrong if we listen to him." Su Jiani responded to her grandmother with a happy face.

"You have been blessed since you were little. Our family has become different because of you. Your uncle and his family have become the envy of everyone because of you."

When she recalled the past, grandma couldn't stop talking.

As they talked, the whole night passed by unknowingly. Yes, Su Jiani slept with her grandmother that night.

Grandpa.

Needless to say, my grandmother naturally sent me to another place.

She accompanied her grandmother yesterday, accompanied her mother today, and tomorrow she will be dragged out by her bestie to play all night.

Anyway, her schedule was fully scheduled for the few days before the wedding.

In the blink of an eye, it was the wedding day.

Su Jiani was woken up early in the morning and changed into exquisite traditional Chinese costumes. Then a professional makeup artist came in to put on her makeup. However, before putting on makeup, her grandmother personally came to Su Jiani's room with cotton thread.

This is called opening the face.

Of course, auspicious words are also indispensable.

"Red cotton thread is soft around the fingers, and the face is brightened and renewed;

Three taps to the left will give birth to a son, three taps to the right will bring happiness to the whole family! "

After the face is opened, the next step is to trim the eyebrows.

"Eyebrows curved like the full moon, the top scholar and the second place scholar are destined to be a good match;

"Open your face and you will be blessed with prosperity, and may the dragon and phoenix bring prosperity for a hundred years!"

This is grandma making faces and aunt calling out songs.

There are many kinds of face-opening in ancient times, such as: pull three times on the left for wealth to come, pull three times on the right for blessings to fill the warehouse, one pull for golden branches and jade leaves, two pulls for a noble son and a top scholar, three pulls for auspicious stars to shine on the door, and four pulls for the eternal harmony of the zither and the harp.

And so on, words of continuous good fortune.

After the facial surgery, Su Jiani woke up. There was no other way, as the pain of removing the velvet was not something that everyone could endure.

Her mood was very complicated at this time.

Before the morning mist dissipated, her fingertips were already stroking the creases on the red silk wedding dress.

The mother's hand holding the rhino horn comb was suspended in mid-air when the teeth suddenly caught a strand of black hair. "I need to comb my hair into a bun to hold down the golden phoenix crown."

Before she finished speaking, she let out a sob. The mirror reflected her suddenly pursed cherry-red lips, and her eyelashes cast a fluttering shadow on her porcelain-white face like wings.

The wedding sedan rolled over the bluestone bridge, and the sound of exploding firecrackers created a hollow buzzing sound in the eardrums.

The hand hidden in the wide sleeves was clutching the dowry purse, and the intertwined branches embroidered with five-colored silk threads were soaked with cold sweat.

The lyrics of the matchmaker's song about sweet roasted longans floated from outside the sedan chair curtain, overlapping with the father's hoarse voice at dawn, "Remember to come back often to visit."

The last pat of his calloused palm still retains the warmth on the back of his hand.

When the copper bells on the top of the sedan chair were replaced by the unfamiliar roar of firecrackers, she felt the pearl pendant on her collarbone rise and fall with her rapid breathing.

When the embroidered shoes studded with rhinestones stepped over the charcoal brazier, the firelight illuminated the suddenly blurred figure under the veil.

The bride's appearance was unparalleled, and no one knew what had dazzled her. Her delicate hands held the apple representing peace, and her fingertips were red, showing that she was nervous at the moment.

The moment she stepped over the threshold of her husband's house, the hand that supported her had rough lines covered with calluses, like the bumpy gravel road on the way to pick her up.

As the dragon and phoenix candles in the bridal chamber burst into sparks, she looked at the paper-cut wedding characters reflected on the glass window. Suddenly, she heard the noise of strange teenagers playing in the backyard. They must be teasing the newlyweds.

The veil with tassels swayed slightly with the inhaled air, and she secretly crushed half a piece of cake in her sleeve, which meant she would have a rich and prosperous life soon.

This was given to her by the matchmaker after she got into her new bed. She has to wait until the groom arrives before they can eat it together.

She didn't have to wait long, as another protagonist of the day was surrounded by the crowd and entered the bridal chamber.

All I could hear was the crowd shouting, "Look at the bride, look at the bride."

There were also several familiar voices shouting to make a fuss in the bridal chamber, but they were stopped outside the door by the matchmaker.

"Dear guests, please be patient and let the newlyweds finish their wedding ceremony first."

After the bridesmaid spoke, everyone naturally quieted down.

Zhou Xiangyu was finally rescued by the matchmaker and then was embraced into the bridal chamber.

Next, the bridesmaid gave a call, and Zhou Xiangyu followed her instructions step by step to complete the final ceremony of their wedding.

When they heard the ceremony was over, the onlookers immediately rushed into the bridal chamber.

"Come, let's drink a cup of wine."

"Come, have a peace apple."

"Come, groom, give me a smile."

"Haha, give the newlyweds a kiss, a kiss."

The shouts continued, one after another.

Su Jiani also blushed for a rare moment.

Zhou Xiangyu naturally protected his wife, but unfortunately, they were outnumbered and weak, and ultimately fulfilled everyone's wish.

I thought I could get rid of them, but they kept causing trouble.

Later, it was Uncle Zhou Er who stepped forward and rescued the two.

The wedding reception was held at the old house in the morning, but there was another wedding at the hotel at noon, so they had to prepare.

After a busy day, Su Jiani was exhausted when she returned home.

Zhou Xiangyu helped her change her clothes. If she hadn't been uncomfortable with the sticky sweat on her body, she probably wouldn't even want to take a shower.

Marriage is one of the three major joys in life, the wedding night.

No matter how tired they were this night, they did not waste the beauty of this day.

After a tiring night, the two fell asleep.

The next day, Su Jiani also got up early to serve tea to the elders at home.

When Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou were arranged by Su Jiani to sit next to the old man, both of them had tears in their eyes.

"Please have some tea, Grandpa."

"Please have some tea, uncle."

"Please have some tea, Second Aunt."

The three requests completed all the etiquette of the Su family girl.

The three members of the Zhou family who drank up the tea also acknowledged their grandson's (niece's) wife as a wife of the Zhou family.

Zhou Xiangyu helped his wife up and gently stroked her knees, fearing that the three kneelings just now had hurt her knees.

The family had a happy breakfast together.

The next step is to take Su Jiani to meet Zhou’s relatives.

Anyway, there is no leisure this day.

The second day was a little quieter, but some people came to congratulate them on their marriage. After all, yesterday was a special day, so some people did not come.

Coming here today was naturally within the Zhou family's expectations.

In the capital, it is a three-day return visit.

On the third day, the young couple left Zhou's house early and went to Su's house with the return gifts given by the Zhou family.

Everyone in the Su family was waiting at the door early.

When he saw the familiar car approaching, Su Zhongguo, the father, ran out quickly for a short distance.

It shows how anxious he is.

His original intention was not to marry his daughter off.

But since his daughter was willing, he had no choice but to marry her off himself.

This time away from home is different from the previous times, and he is certainly looking forward to returning home.

When Zhou Xiangyu saw someone rushing towards him, he immediately stopped the car, then hurriedly opened the door and got out.

"Dad, what happened? Why are you so anxious?" Zhou Xiangyu looked at the group of people waiting here and thought something had happened.

"Nothing happened, nothing happened, I just missed Jiani. Where's my daughter?" Su Zhongguo looked behind him.

Su Jiani didn't let her father wait for long, and got out of the car immediately, and naturally listened to what her father said.

Her throat choked with sobs, and for a moment she felt her heart ache.

"Dad." Thousands of words are contained in this word "Dad".

"Hey, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, come on, let's go into the house."

The new son-in-law should be treated with courtesy by the whole family, but there is no reason to let the daughter enter the house first and then the son-in-law.

But today, Su Zhongguo is not going to be such a particular person.

He only cared about his precious daughter, and everything else was put aside.

Not convinced?

Okay, or just return my daughter to me.

His Su family can afford to raise a daughter.

Zhou Xiangyu had no idea that his father-in-law had already started to miss his wife, otherwise, he would have given it a try no matter what he said.

Dad can't just remember his daughter, you also have a son-in-law who can come to live with you.

That's getting off topic.

Taoist Master Renkong had been invited by Su Zhongguo a long time ago.

Master, Master, that’s also half a father.

He has to enjoy the return tea today.

Sure enough, Su Jiani was very happy to see her master here. She had originally thought of going to the next yard to offer tea to her master.

"Master."

Taoist Master Renkong was so happy when he heard the voice of his obedient disciple.

"Hey, Master is here."

After another round of tea ceremony, Zhou Xiangyu and Su Jiani were separated by their families.

Men accompany male guests, and women accompany their daughters.

Bai Jingtang has already moved to his son's house, so it is not appropriate for him to stay here when he returns home today.

But Li Baojun is here, he is my uncle, so he should be here.

Uncle Li and his family were also there.

The Su family is much more lively than the Zhou family.

However, Su Jiani and her husband did not stay long and had to leave after lunch.

At this time, Su Jiani really disliked these broken rules.

But since all the wealthy and powerful families were following the rules, she didn't want to bring shame to her family, so she had to abide by them.

However, before they left, the master asked them to come to Courtyard No. 2 the next day to talk.

After saying goodbye to their families, the two of them had breakfast and went to Yard No. 2.

"Master, what can I do for you?"

Her master had already told her about the Xuanmen before, so she was mentally prepared.

She thought that this was what her master was talking about, but what she didn't expect was that her master actually brought her extremely bad news.

"So Master, you mean that there will be no more Xuanmen in this world from now on?"

This, how is this possible? He clearly didn't say that before.

"Child, don't be anxious. This is a good thing. The disappearance of Xuanmen will prove that those existing dangers will also disappear." He had long been prepared for the decline of Xuanmen, but when the incident happened, he felt very uncomfortable.

"He has given us the opportunity and time, Jenny. Now you need to consider another matter."

Taoist Master Renkong conveyed His will.

Su Jiani and Zhou Xiangyu fell silent after hearing this.

Leaving this time and space, this, how can this be possible.

Their families and friends are still here.

They are reluctant and unwilling to abandon their loved ones because of the non-existent temptation.

For Su Jiani, the family love in this life was what she asked for.

She looked at Zhou Xiangyu, but she didn't know what he would choose.

Feeling distressed by her clear eyes, Zhou Xiangyu hugged her and kissed her eyes.

"Your choice is my choice, Jiani, believe me."

Su Jiani's tears flowed like running water.

He, how could he be so considerate.

"Master, how much time do we have left?" Zhou Xiangyu didn't have as many concerns as Jiani, so he thought more carefully.

Taoist Master Renkong looked up at the sky and said, "At most half a month."

Yes, only half a month.

If they cannot make a choice within half a month, then He will make the choice for them personally.

Whether it is good or bad, no one knows.

All the conditions for seclusion in the Xuanmen mentioned before are no longer valid, and Su Jiani is naturally dissatisfied.

But no matter how dissatisfied she was, she knew there was nothing she could do.

How ants can shake the sky.

His decision is God’s, and no one can change it unless He gives in.

After returning, Su Jiani and Zhou Xiangyu both became silent.

Fortunately, everyone in the family was busy with work and didn't notice their difference for a while.

Half a month is really tight.

After a day of depression, Su Jiani finally cheered up.

but.

"Xiang Yu, I choose to stay in the secular world. What about you?"

If he is unwilling, then she will grant his wish and break off the engagement with him.

In this way, the marriage contract will not bind him.

Zhou Xiangyu was very surprised. She made the decision in just a few days. He was stunned for a moment.

Seeing him like this, Su Jiani thought he didn't want to stay, so she smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, this is my personal choice. If you..."

Before she could finish her words, Zhou Xiangyu covered her mouth.

Next comes some cleaning.

"Don't you trust me so much?" He was really mad at her.

Can't you trust him a little bit?

"I, I didn't." She misunderstood because she saw him being surprised. "After all, it's the temptation of immortality. I believe that 99% of the people in the world can't resist its temptation."

Zhou Xiangyu knocked her head in annoyance, "What nonsense are you talking about? How is immortality possible? If he really could be immortal, why would he do such a thing?"

Although he didn't know what His purpose was in doing this, he believed it was definitely not for immortality.

That is just people's expectation for the future.

"I've told you before, your choice is my choice. Since you choose to stay, then I will stay with you. You are my wife, don't think of abandoning me."

The two returned to Courtyard No. 2 on the fifth day.

After that, Taoist Master Renkong disappeared and no one saw him again.

Su Jiani and Zhou Xiangyu also resigned from their positions in the Special Office and devoted themselves to eating, drinking and having fun.

For some reasons, both of them were stronger than ordinary people, but after all, their way forward was blocked, so it was useless for them to practice further.

Life just became dull like this.

The country has also gradually discovered that some special things are becoming less and less, while the gap between countries is getting bigger and bigger. As a result, those capable people in the Special Office have been recruited by various departments.

The Su family was no exception, but the eldest and third sons of the Su family became pillars of the country. Even without the identity of the Special Office, they could still have a certain status in the capital.

Not to mention that the daughter of the Su family married into the Zhou family. Although the old man of the Zhou family has retired, all the descendants of the second house of the Zhou family are promising and have made considerable achievements in various fields.

Their uncle had only one son, Zhou Xiangyu, so he naturally protected this relative who was like a brother to him.

Life is not easy, Jiani sighed.

Why?