Looking up at the starry sky, the stars twinkled ceaselessly, much like those blinking, beautiful eyes. However, despite being a dark, windy night perfect for a date, Du Jiang fell silent.
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The next day, everyone at the educated youth point went to attend the wedding. When they arrived at the destination, they found that the wedding venue was set up in Sichuan's yard. Looking at the Sichuan daughter-in-law's happy face, Du Jiang poked Yu Chunxiao with his elbow. Unfortunately, Yu Chunxiao was a little listless today and couldn't lift the spirits to answer Du Jiang's questions. Seeing this, Du Jiang could only suppress his curiosity and wait for someone at the banquet to answer his questions. Unfortunately, Du Jiang was disappointed.
I don’t know if it was because Zuo Qingfeng was marrying into the family or because Wuchuan was financially insufficient, but there were only two tables for the banquet. One table was for the people from the educated youth center, and the other table was for Wuchuan’s brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews. In addition to these two families, Village Chief Du also had the honor to attend as a witness, but he was there for a short time. As the ceremony began, Village Chief Du said a few words according to the occasion and then left early.
Watching the back of Village Chief Du leaving in a leisurely manner, Du Jiang looked down at the empty table and felt a little uneasy.
Sure enough, the next second, Zuo Qingfeng, who had just been standing beside Wuchuan in a respectable manner, was pinned to the ground and beaten by Dachuan and his four brothers. The yard was filled with Zuo Qingfeng's wailing sounds, and Du Jiang's heart trembled when he heard them.
Seeing that the wailing was getting louder and louder, Du Jiang moved closer to Luo Yue and said, "Why don't we go too?"
Luo Yue wanted to leave, but when she looked back at the gate blocked by Dachuan's wife, she felt depressed. "Sister Jiang, look back. We can't leave."
Ah! Hearing this, Du Jiang turned around and looked at Dachuan's wife standing at the door with a long stick in her hand. She was silent. Could she ask when this person had left? Wasn't he sitting there just now? Was this why the village chief left so hastily? Du Jiang felt that she had understood the truth, but unfortunately, facing the wailing in the yard, Du Jiang could only resign herself to her fate and slump her head in her seat.
Fortunately, the purpose of Dachuan and his men was only to teach Zuo Qingfeng a lesson rather than to kill him. After beating him so badly that he could not recognize his original appearance, Dachuan waved his hand to signal the rest of his brothers to stop.
After the four Dachuan brothers stopped, Guan Chuan leisurely stood up and went to greet them. I don't know if this man was blind or what, but he actually ignored Zuo Qingfeng, who was lying on the ground, and congratulated with a smile, "Brother Dachuan, today is the wedding of Wuchuan sister and Zuo Qingfeng. I wish them a happy marriage, eternal love, and a son soon."
"Yes, we also congratulate them on having a baby soon and a happy marriage," Du Jiang said seriously in front of everyone.
Looking at Wuchuan who was standing there calmly watching her husband being beaten, Du Jiang just wanted to say that this man was either stupid or had already known Zuo Qingfeng's plan. However, after considering the reputation of Wuchuan in the village, Du Jiang classified it as the latter. Thinking of this, Du Jiang felt even more sympathy for Zuo Qingfeng on the ground. Who do you think the victim is? But he is the capable fisherman.
"Brother Guanchuan always speaks in a nice way. In that case, I won't hide it. The reason why we didn't hold a big ceremony today was for Qingfeng's face. After all, marrying into the family isn't very nice, especially since Qingfeng has been to school. But he likes my sister so much, I can't break them up," Dachuan said calmly, as if Zuo Qingfeng and Wuchuan were a pair of ardent lovers. "Now I want everyone to be witnesses. If Zuo Qingfeng betrays my sister or turns the tables on me in the future, I can produce evidence."
As Dachuan finished speaking, Erchuan and Sanchuan came over with a piece of paper with black words on it. Faced with the summary of the matter and the column of witnesses below, both Guanchuan and Du Jiang were silent. They felt even more sympathetic towards Zuo Qingfeng who was still wailing, but that did not stop everyone from signing.
As Duan Yin, the last person, finished writing, Dachuan finally laughed out loud with satisfaction. "Well, they say it's not easy to find lovers. It's a blessing for us to witness the birth of a pair of lovers together." Then he turned his head and looked at Wuchuan, who was still standing there, and said, "Wuchuan, now that you have started a family, let's divide the family according to your parents' wishes. I've chosen your land next to Huoyang. You two can live a happy life together in the future."
Wuchuan nodded indifferently, "Brother, I know, don't worry, my life will definitely not be too bad." Then he went up to Zuo Qingfeng who was lying on the ground and said, "Get up and go to the kitchen to serve the dishes. We've kept the people who came to give gifts waiting for so long, and I don't know if they're cold."
Perhaps Zuo Qingfeng was beaten too badly, and he lay on the ground motionless and continued to wailing. Wuchuan sneered when he heard it, and kicked Zuo Qingfeng hard, making him shrink into a shrimp in an instant. "Stop pretending, since you want to ruin my reputation, don't blame me for taking the initiative. Go to the kitchen to serve the dishes. If you keep delaying, don't blame me for being rude."
Wuchuan's fist looked small, but Du Jiang had no doubt about the force she could deliver. After all, Wuchuan was well-known in the village for her strength, and even among men she was in the upper-middle class.
Zuo Qingfeng obviously knew this and did not dare to delay any longer. He staggered to his feet from the ground, holding his abdomen, and hurried to the kitchen. After a while, he came out with two large wooden basins. The basins were so large that they occupied the center of the table. Looking at the hodgepodge of meat and vegetables inside, well, the food for marrying into the family was indeed unusual.
The hungry crowd sympathized with Zuo Qingfeng for a second, and then they couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks. Not only did it look good, but it tasted really good, especially the big slices of meat inside. There was enough for everyone at the table, no more, no less. The quantity was controlled very precisely.
Du Jiang, Luo Yue and the others looked at each other and quickened their eating pace. After the bowls were empty, they did not continue to sit, but stood up and handed the gift money they had prepared to Wuchuan.
"Wuchuan, congratulations." Du Jiang felt even more embarrassed when she said this, not to mention Yu Chunxiao, Luo Yue and the others. Fortunately, Wuchuan didn't take it seriously and shrugged nonchalantly. "I accept your blessings. The food today wasn't great, so please bear with me. From now on, we're just neighbors. Just let me know if you need anything."
"Yes, that's right, we are neighbors." Facing Wuchuan's friendliness, Du Jiang smiled sincerely.
After walking out of the yard, he couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, "Why do I feel like Zuo Qingfeng has hit a wall?" Du Jiang looked back at Zuo Qingfeng in the yard, with his hands clasped at his waist and lowered head, feeling a little regretful and a little relieved, "It's lucky that this person met Wuchuan. If it were someone else, I'm afraid the rumors would cost him his life."
"Yeah, it really doesn't live up to his name, Qingfeng Qingfeng, which turns out to be just dirty wind," Luo Yue spat with disdain.
The others were equally disdainful, but the newly appointed Guan Chuan shrugged, "Everyone has their own ambitions, but ambitions are one thing, but they can't be achieved in a despicable way. If anyone still has evil intentions, haha, I'm not Xu Zhizhou."
After all this talk, regardless of what Du Jiang and the others thought, Bai Yongjun and the others were all silent, with different expressions.