Chapter 96 The media is getting married

"Chi Jinjin's boyfriend is the guy who came here before."

"The boy is so handsome and tall, and his family looks quite wealthy."

The neighbors were talking about it and looking at me with envy.

As soon as he entered the yard, Wangcai excitedly threw himself into Nan Xuqiu's arms, wagging his tail.

Later, it ran around Nan Shuze and the others, and no one knew what it was so excited about.

Chi Jinjin led them into the house.

Zhang Xianmei brought them tea.

"There's nothing good in the countryside, so we'll just have to make do with the simple tea," said Zhang Xianmei.

Xu Wangshu took a sip and said, "This tea smells so good."

"I added some honeysuckle that was dried this year," said Zhang Xianmei.

"No wonder it smells so good, this is really good stuff." Xu Wangshu praised, "You are really kind and thoughtful. Not only have you taught your daughter so well, but you can also make soap and stir-fry tea."

"No, no." Zhang Xianmei smiled embarrassedly.

At this time, the food was ready and Chi Jinjin invited them to come over and eat.

Several people sat around the round table.

While eating, they kept praising Xianmei and Chi Changgui's cooking skills.

Xu Wangshu even asked Zhang Xianmei how to stew chicken.

Zhang Xianmei also told her excitedly.

Nan Shuze raised his wine glass and said, "From today on, we are a family. I hope these two children can live long and healthy lives, and that our Chi Nan and Chi Nan families can also live long and healthy lives."

Everyone also raised their glasses to toast back.

"Xiaoqiu, hurry up and toast your father-in-law." Nan Shuze said.

Nan Xuqiu picked up the wine glass and said to Chi Changgui with a smile, "Father-in-law, please drink a glass of wine from me."

"Come sit down, there's no need to be so polite as we're family." Chi Changgui said with a smile.

The small house was filled with joy and laughter filled every corner of the room.

After dinner, Xu Wangshu and Zhang Xianmei started talking about mushrooms.

Hearing that there were a lot of milk mushrooms on the mountain that they could not eat all, Xu Wangshu asked Zhang Xianmei to take him to pick some.

Zhang Xianmei brought out her own pair of rain boots for her to change into, and then the two of them went up the mountain carrying bamboo baskets.

Chi Jinjin and Nan Xuqiu accompanied Nan Shuze and the others as they took a walk on the road.

Along the way, Nan Shuze chatted with other villagers about various things.

They didn't know who Nan Shuze was, so they all spoke freely.

It seemed that he was not here for a walk, but rather for a private visit to understand the people's sentiments.

"My dad is like this. He likes to chat with people wherever he goes." Nan Xuqiu whispered in Chi Jinjin's ear.

Grandpa stretched and said, "It's been a long time since I felt like this. I still remember taking a walk by the fields after dinner, before I joined the army."

"Grandpa, were your family farmers?" Nan Xuqiu asked curiously.

Nan Yangcheng said, "My family wasn't even farmers at that time. We didn't have any land. We rented it from the landlords at that time for a long time."

"Thinking back then, life was really hard. Every day we had a pot of potatoes, without even any oil or water. But my sisters and cousins ​​ate it with relish." Nan Yangcheng sighed as he looked at the fields in front of him. "Back then, there were still four or five sisters in my family, but some starved to death, and some were given away. In the end, I was the only one left at home."

Speaking of this, Nan Yangcheng felt a little sad.

Wang Cuiping held his hand and smiled at him.

The sadness in Nan Yangcheng's eyes disappeared again, leaving only warmth.

After the walk, they returned home. Xu Wangshu and Zhang Xianmei also came back with a bamboo basket full of mushrooms.

Zhang Xianmei helped Xu Wangshu pick the mushrooms one by one.

Xu Wangshu suddenly said, "You have beautiful scenery here, and the resources on the mountain are countless. Why don't you open a farm stay? It's such a pity to have so many mushrooms rotting on the mountain."

"We villagers don't understand these things. Besides, it takes a lot of money to open a farm stay," said Zhang Xianmei.

Xu Wangshu nodded. "It does require money, but if you're willing to open it, I'm willing to invest in it."

"Well, I'll wait a while and discuss it with my family." Zhang Xianmei said excitedly.

Xu Wangshu nodded.

Nan Yangcheng and Wang Cuiping visited Chi Jinjin's home.

Suddenly, Nan Yangcheng stopped in front of a photo frame.

He walked forward, leaned over to take a closer look, then turned around and asked Chi Jinjin excitedly, "Who, who is this to you?"

Chi Jinjin replied, "These are my grandpa and grandma."

"This, this is your grandfather?" Nan Yangcheng pointed at the person on the left side of the photo frame and replied.

Chi Jinjin nodded.

"Is his name Chi Deqing?" Nan Yangcheng asked urgently.

Chi Jinjin was startled and asked in confusion, "How do you know my grandfather's name?"

"What about your grandfather?" Nan Yangcheng asked.

Chi Jinjin replied, "Grandpa and my grandmother passed away many years ago."

Nan Xuqiu seemed to understand something and asked, "Grandpa, do you know Jinjin's grandfather?"

"More than just acquaintance." Nan Yangcheng turned and looked at the photo frame. "Your grandfather and I were once comrades-in-arms. He joined the army before me. When I first entered the barracks, he always looked after me and saved me from enemy fire several times. We had a life-and-death friendship. However, later on, we were assigned to different armies, and I haven't heard from him since."

Chi Jinjin was shocked, and Chi Changgui was also unbelievable.

Over the years, I have never heard the old man in my family say that he had joined the army and participated in the War of Resistance.

In Chi Jinjin's memory, grandpa was just an old man who liked to sing red songs while farming.

But I didn't expect that he was actually a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

"Over the years, I have never given up on looking for him, but I never expected..." Nan Yangcheng sighed, tears welling in his eyes. He looked at the person in the photo frame and murmured, "See you again, but we are already separated forever."

Nan Yangcheng sighed deeply again and said to Chi Jinjin, "Is there any fragrance?"

"Yes, I'll get it." Chi Changgui said.

Then he brought the incense, and Nan Yangcheng gave three sticks to each of Nan Xuqiu and the others.

Nan Yangcheng said earnestly, "If it weren't for my elder brother, I would have died seven or eight times over, and you wouldn't be here, Xiaoqiu, Shuze. You should thank him."

Nan Xuqiu and Nan Shuze nodded.

Several people bowed deeply three times to the person in the photo frame in the hall.

Afterwards, Nan Yangcheng inserted the incense into the incense burner in front of him with a slightly trembling hand.

He turned around and looked at Chi Changgui again, and asked, "Brother, are you your only child?"

"Well, I don't have any brothers or sisters." Chi Changgui said, and then said, "So, you are my father, the one he always misses."

"Brother, do you still remember me?"

"Of course, when my father was alive, he always said that he had a brother who was prone to crying, especially in front of his wife. I thought it must be you. My father often thought about you and wondered how you were doing now and whether you were living well." Chi Changgui recalled.

Nan Yangcheng smiled, but tears welled up in his eyes.

He looked at Chi Changgui and said, "No wonder, from the moment I walked in, I felt that you looked very familiar. I didn't expect that you were the child that Big Brother always missed on the battlefield."

It turns out that when Jinjin's grandfather went to fight in the war, Jinjin's grandmother was already pregnant.

When on the battlefield, Jinjin's grandfather was always worried about Jinjin's grandmother at home.

Coincidentally, Nan Xuqiu's grandmother was also pregnant with Nan Shuze at that time.

At that time, Wang Cuiping and Nan Yangcheng both thought that the baby in their womb should be a girl, so Nan Yangcheng made an agreement with Chi Jinjin's grandfather that they would become in-laws after the child was born.

"I didn't expect that after so many twists and turns, we would become relatives. Maybe it's my eldest brother's spirit in heaven who wants to fulfill this unfulfilled promise." Nan Yangcheng sighed.

Chi Jinjin suddenly remembered that when she was a child, her grandfather took her to attend another family's wedding.

At that time, she thought the bride was so beautiful, so she naively said to her grandfather, "Grandpa, I want to get married too, and I want to be a bride too."

Grandpa smiled and said, "You are still young and cannot get married. When you grow up, I will help you find a groom and you can be a bride."

"Then I want the best groom in the world." Chi Jinjin said.

Grandpa picked her up from the ground and said, "Okay, I'll find you the best in the world."

So, is Nan Xuqiu the ideal husband that grandpa has found for me?

Chi Jinjin looks towards the south and sees the autumn.

She thought, yes.

Grandpa found her the best groom in the world...

Not long after Nan Xuqiu and his family left, people from higher up allocated funds to build a road for Chi Jinjin's village.

Not only their village, but the entire county, all the villages without roads started to build them.

It turned out that day, Nan Xuqiu's father, Nan Shuze, specifically asked about the villagers' recent situation and found that without roads, they were really inconvenient and could not drive the local economic development.

So after I returned, I published a series of articles.

Chi Changgui and his friends followed Xu Wangshu's advice and decided to open a farm stay.

Xu Wangshu also specially invited someone to train Chi Changgui and others on how to run a farm stay.

Then some fun formatting items were set up.

After the road was repaired, Xu Wangshu and his colleagues brought their friends from work to visit and experience it, and do various publicity activities.

Business is booming, and some people even have to make reservations.

Seeing this, people around began to follow suit.

Chi Changgui was not stingy and took them with him to do it.

In the early spring of the following year, Chi Jinjin and Nan Xuqiu set their wedding date in March.

Three days before the wedding, Nan Xuqiu brought a lot of people and brought the betrothal gifts.

The betrothal gifts were packed in mahogany boxes and brought to Chi Jinjin's house in a grand manner.

There were actually three volumes of books in the betrothal gift.

One volume is a letter of engagement, written by Nan Xuqiu's grandfather, Nan Yangcheng.

One volume is a book of etiquette, written by Nan Xuqiu's grandmother, Wang Cuiping.

The last volume is the wedding letter, written by Nan Xuqiu's father, Nan Shuze.

The betrothal gifts were purchased piece by piece by Nan Xuqiu's mother, Xu Wangshu, totaling six large boxes.

"Actually, it's not necessary to be so troublesome..." Chi Jinjin didn't expect that their family was so meticulous, and she was a little flattered.

Nan Xuqiu said with a smile, "How can this be considered a trouble? This is the only time in my life, and I want to tell everyone that you, Chi Jinjin, are my Nan Xuqiu. I personally invited you to be my wife after going through the three letters and six ceremonies."

"This is called a formal marriage." Nan Xuqiu raised his hand and stroked her face, saying, "There are still some things I need to do. You stay home and dress up nicely in two days and wait for me to pick you up."

Chi Jinjin nodded.

Nan Xuqiu smiled, closed his eyes, and kissed her forehead.

Soon, two days passed.

Chi Jinjin's home now houses the largest number of people in history.

There was a roar of gongs and drums in the yard, and the room was crowded with people.

Chi Jinjin wore a red wedding dress.

Seeing this, Tang Shi regretted it and said, "If I had known that wedding dresses were so beautiful, I would have worn Chinese style."

"Am I good-looking?" Chi Jinjin asked.

Tang Shiyan, "Do I even need to ask? It's absolutely stunning, okay? I used to think you were getting a bargain with Nan Xuqiu, but today, I suddenly feel like he got a bargain."

"I really want to hide you." Tang Shi said.

Chi Jinjin laughed and said, "How can it be so exaggerated."

Then, she sat down and the hairstylist began to style her hair and put a gold hairpin on Chi Jinjin.

"Sister Jinjin, I've known you for so long, and today is really your most beautiful day." Song Nuannuan looked at Chi Jinjin and said enviously.

She said, "When I get married, I will also wear a phoenix coronet and a phoenix robe."

"Oh, if I had known I wouldn't have gotten married so early. I should have let you get married first." Tang Shi regretted.

"Sister-in-law, then you should remarry your brother." Song Nuannuan said happily.

Tang Shiyan, "Forget it, I don't want to play mahjong all night long."

Chi Jinjin smiled faintly.

The next day, the sky had just gotten a little brighter, and Chi Jinjin, who had already finished dressing up, waited for a long time.

She took the wedding invitation letter written by Nan Xuqiu's father, untied the gold thread on it, and slowly opened it to take a look.

Written in gold on it:

Dear in-laws,

Your Majesty Qianchi Jinjin is gentle and virtuous, serene and unworldly, elegant and graceful, a natural beauty, truly a phoenix among the best. To be able to love and be in harmony with Ainan Xuqiu, and to be bound together by a bond of affection, is truly a match made in heaven and a blessing for me...

Chi Jinjin couldn't help but recall that she had once read a wedding poem from the Republic of China:

The two families unite in marriage, a pact signed in one hall, a blessed bond forever sealed, a match made in heaven. Behold the peach blossoms of this day, a perfect match for the home, and may your descendants prosper and flourish in the years to come. I hereby write upon this long-lived promise, so that the covenant of red leaves may be recorded in the genealogy of love. This is my testimony.

Looking at himself in the mirror and thinking that he would soon become his wife, Chi Jinjin always felt that everything was unreal.

It seemed like it was just a dream from girlhood.

At this time, there was a commotion outside.

Nan Xuqiu and Song Ci walked over slowly.

Tang Shi and Song Nuannuan quickly brought people to block them, asked them for red envelopes, and poured them wine.

Nan Xuqiu drank four or five cups before Tang Shi let him in.

Chi Jinjin quickly took the round fan embroidered with auspicious dragons and phoenixes and used it to cover her face.

She couldn't see Nan Xuqiu's appearance through the fan, but his figure was as beautiful as a jade tree. Even if she couldn't see his face, he gave people the feeling of a spirited and elegant young man.

Watching him approach, Chi Jinjin nervously gripped the handle of her fan...