Is the mother-in-law awake?
Seeing this scene through the window, Shiyue dropped what she was holding and turned to leave the room.
He Lixuan, who was already standing beside his parents, immediately knelt down in front of Fu Yunfang.
"Mom? Mom? You recognized my second brother? Did you recognize me?"
Unfortunately, Fu Yunfang only patted her second son's hair before moving closer to her husband, ignoring her two sons who were squatting in front of her calling her "Mom."
Disappointment was written all over the brothers' eyes.
Seeing this, Shen Yuanbai quickly tried to smooth things over: "It's good that there's a reaction. A reaction means the situation is improving. If you keep going like this, you might recover soon."
He Si nodded excitedly in agreement.
Although Fu Yunfang has not regained consciousness, she clearly treats her second son with a different attitude now.
For example, although she still relies heavily on her husband, she would occasionally look for her second son with her eyes.
When He Lixue sat down next to her, she would reach out and touch her son's chapped fingers...
Seeing this, He Lixuan turned his head away dejectedly and said to Shiyue standing beside him, "My mom used to like me the most."
Shiyue looked at him with a bit of surprise, and couldn't help but find it funny.
She hadn't expected He Lixuan to have such a childish side. Was he trying to compete with his second brother for favor?
Seeing that he looked genuinely unhappy, she didn't want to mock him. Instead, she could only offer some words of comfort: "Your mother must be particularly concerned about your second brother's sudden departure back then. She's worried about him so much that she reacted when she saw him again."
He Lixuan knew that Shi Yue was right.
The "severance letter" from my second brother at that time was extremely hurtful to my parents.
My father's hair turned almost white overnight, and although my mother didn't show it, she hardly smiled after that incident.
Perhaps the root of my mother's illness was planted at that time.
If that's the case, He Lixuan can't help but start to hope—
Now the whole family is safe and sound, my second brother has been found, and my mother's illness has been cured. Perhaps she will really get better day by day.
This idea gave He Lixuan renewed confidence in the future!
The team really went all out for Shiyue and He Lixuan's wedding.
They actually found a large red cloth.
They selected some strong young men from the team to go up the mountain and cut down a lot of bamboo poles. They then used the bamboo poles to build a large wedding tent in front of the brigade headquarters.
They even moved the desks from the brigade headquarters out, covered them with a large red cloth, and placed the peanuts, melon seeds, and wedding candies that Shiyue and the others had brought back on them.
These days, wedding ceremonies are generally very simple, usually just involving buying some melon seeds and candies to distribute to everyone.
There will definitely be no banquet.
Setting things up on the table like this, with candies and melon seeds instead of just giving each family one or two pieces, is already quite a luxury!
Since everyone in the team knew that Secretary Zheng and his group were coming to attend Shiyue's wedding today, no one objected to holding the ceremony at the entrance of the brigade headquarters.
After all, no matter how big Shiyue's courtyard was, it couldn't accommodate the entire brigade of people who came to join in the fun.
Moreover, even if they knew that He Lixuan was going to move into Shiyue's house, there was no reason to hold the ceremony at the woman's house.
So when they saw the ceremony being held at the brigade headquarters, everyone thought it was normal.
Secretary Zheng and his team arrived very early today, a little after eight o'clock.
It's clear they set off at daybreak, without even waiting until work hours.
These days, people don't care about auspicious times. As soon as the leader arrives, the wedding ceremony begins.
Just as everyone in the brigade was preparing to run to the educated youth settlement to watch He Lixuan come out to marry his bride, someone shouted, "Hey, why is Shiyue out here?"
Everyone who heard the sound looked in the direction of the sound.
Then they saw Shiyue, wearing a red coat, black pants, two braids, and a big red flower pinned to her chest, come out of her house with Sun Xiaohong, Sun Erhu, and several other childhood friends she usually got along well with, and walk along the path towards the educated youth settlement like everyone else.
Immediately, someone shouted in confusion, "Shiyue, why are you out here? You're not allowed to run around on your own today. You have to stay home and wait for He Zhiqing to come and pick you up!"
Shiyue had obviously expected someone to ask this question, and she was prepared.
She raised her head and said loudly to the crowd, "Today I am marrying He Zhiqing, not the other way around. So I have to go to fetch the bride."
These words caused an uproar among the onlookers!
Several people exclaimed in surprise.
Someone couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "What's going on? Why is this a wedding procession? Is this a case of taking in a son-in-law?"
These words caused another uproar among the crowd.
Even Secretary Zheng, who had come to watch the commotion, was stunned.
He immediately turned to look at Shen Yuanbai, who had arrived at the entrance of the brigade headquarters in advance to prepare, and He's parents.
Then they noticed that the elders in both families didn't show any change in expression.
Clearly, they were already aware of this situation.
They had even made an agreement long ago.
Secretary Zheng was at a loss for words.
Sun Yongfu, who had known about the situation a little earlier than them, had already digested it and was no longer surprised.
He immediately said, "Shiyue is so filial! She wants to leave an heir for her father and the Shi family."
Shen Yuanbai chimed in, "Yes, my brother Shi is such a good man, he should have no descendants to commemorate him."
Secretary Zheng then glanced quietly at the He family couple standing to the side.
He had already heard from Shen Yuanbai yesterday that Fu Yunfang was ill.
It was because his wife was ill that He Siyi chose to give up his life in the city and bring his wife to live with his son.
But Secretary Zheng never expected that they would be willing to let their son marry into the family!
Seemingly noticing his gaze, He Si laughed heartily and said, "We won't interfere with the child's choices. As long as the young couple has discussed it and agreed, we will all agree."
Besides, Brother Shen is right. Shi Yue's parents were so outstanding that they should not be forgotten by future generations.
I have three sons; I could give one of them away without any problem.
Secretary Zheng: "..."
Since the other person's parents have no objections, what else could he possibly want?
He naturally echoed his agreement.
Meanwhile, Shiyue had already arrived at the educated youth settlement with the help of others.
Clearly, the people in the educated youth compound had just learned of this news, and their faces were filled with shock and disbelief!
Seeing Shiyue come in, He Lixuan went out to greet her and took her hand.
Shiyue looked at her newlywed husband and smiled at him.
He said, "Come on, I'll take you home."
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