The next morning, Xiang Lili set off to her best friend's house to attend the wedding.

The bride will be radiant and beautiful on this day. No matter how her life will be in the future, at least she is longing for happiness now.

The young ladies waiting for the groom are so beautiful.

Xiang Lili has attended many weddings and knows exactly what role she should play. Although her clothes are neatly ironed, they are neither new nor old. She does not dress up deliberately and will not steal the bride's limelight.

After breakfast, she and several other married sisters accompanied the bride in her boudoir.

One of the rules in the county is that pregnant women cannot sit on the bride's bed, so married girls sit on stools, while unmarried girls like Lili sit on the edge of the bed.

They chatted and laughed with the bride to ease her excitement.

In addition to the gift money, Xiang Lili also prepared a sachet she made herself.

She had very steady hands, and then she tried embroidering small things like handkerchiefs, and discovered that she actually had some talent.

On both sides of the outer layer of this sachet are embroidered pictures of mandarin ducks playing in the water and lotus flowers. She also put some mosquito repellent spices inside, which smells very nice.

Of course, the craftsmanship is not as good as that of a professional embroiderer. It can be appreciated as a handicraft, but it is still acceptable.

The mandarin ducks are clearly mandarin ducks, and the lotus looks like a lotus. They will not be embroidered as wild ducks or weeds.

The bride was very happy to receive it, as it was a token of her sister's love.

After touching the exquisite embroidery and looking at it several times, she put the sachet under the cabinet and pressed it down.

It's not safe to put it on the bed. When I take it to my husband's house, it will be easily taken away by Quanfu when making the bed. It's safer to put it in the cabinet.

The bride took Xiang Lili's hand and said happily: "You have very clever hands. Unlike me, I am so clumsy that I make holes every time I embroider."

She is telling the truth.

Embroidery is a skill that depends on talent. Having steady hands does not guarantee beautiful embroidery.

In fact, when girls are young, they are taken to try embroidery. If they have talent, they can become craftsmen directly and make a living from it.

It’s a pity that God has given me too little food to eat.

Xiang Lili was very happy that the young lady locked her sachet in the cabinet as an important item, which showed that the bride valued her kindness.

She smiled happily and said modestly: "It's not as good as you say. The embroidery is just good-looking."

The girls sitting on the chairs nearby all joked: "I told you you're fat, and you're panting. I think Yao Xiufen just wants you to embroider two more for her!"

"That's right, her cooking skills are nothing to show for it, so she can only rely on these two things you gave her to keep up appearances."

Several little sisters were making a lot of noise.

Their laughter and joy made the adults who heard them smile knowingly.

Who hasn’t been young? When they were young, they played and laughed with their sisters.

A few young ladies were chatting about family matters, and soon the groom came to pick up the bride.

At this time, it was the turn of the bride's female elders to start holding the bride's hands and crying, and several young sisters hurriedly stood aside and handed them handkerchiefs.

Unfortunately, Xiang Lili saw an annoying person in the groom's wedding procession.

Lu Dong.

This person waited until he was 20 years old and still had not gotten married. After the Zhang Mingyu assault incident, he would ask a matchmaker to go to the Xiang family to propose marriage every few months.

Seeing this, the whole family admired his perseverance.

Even if Xiang's family later believed that he was not seeking revenge and was sincerely asking to marry Xiang Lili, they would not agree to Lu Dong becoming Xiang Lili's husband.

What a joke! Lu Dong’s father is the one who has the final say in his family, and his mother is like an invisible person at home, taking care of all the housework. Women have a low status.

If Xiang Lili marries him, she will suffer the same fate as her mother-in-law. Who would dare to agree to this?

Lu Dong's conditions are not so good that she must have him, and Xiang Lili doesn't have any special feelings for him, so the two of them are impossible.

But being pursued was quite annoying, especially when Lu Dong tried to pester her into agreeing to marry him.

Xiang Lili quietly stood in the corner and asked an aunt next to her, only then did she know that the groom was Lu Dong's cousin.

There was no other way, she could only quietly prepare to leave. If she couldn't afford to provoke him, she couldn't afford to hide?

Anyway, it doesn’t really matter whether I eat the lunch banquet or not, but if I eat it with Lu Dong, I will have too much to eat.

Xiang Lili randomly grabbed a good friend and asked her to tell Yao Xiuning that she had something to do and had to leave first, so that the bride would be able to find her.

The good sister agreed readily, and Xiang Lili prepared to retreat.

At this time, Lu Dong had already seen Xiang Lili. His eyes lit up, he said a few words to his cousin, then walked through the crowd to greet her.

With so many people present, Xiang Lili felt embarrassed to argue with him, so she pretended not to hear and quickened her retreat.

I thought Lu Dong could understand that his behavior was annoying and Xiang Lili didn't want to pay attention to him, but Lu Dong really thought no one heard him and shouted loudly: "Xiang Lili!"

The loud noise brought the festive atmosphere of the wedding to a standstill.

Amidst the gossiping gazes of the crowd, Xiang Lili was so embarrassed that she was digging her toes into the ground. Who would have wanted to cause such a scene at their best friend's wedding?

She could only grit her teeth and whisper, "I'm not deaf, I can hear you, okay?"

It was so embarrassing that I couldn't help but dig my toes into the ground, wishing I could dig a crack to hide in.