The next morning at 6 o'clock, Grandma Li knocked on the door and told us to get up quickly.
Then she turned and went to the kitchen, where she cooked two brown sugar eggs for each of the three girls. After they ate, Ruan Ruan began to shape Li Huan's eyebrows, applied a little blush with lipstick, and lightly filled in her eyebrows with charcoal. After she was dressed, she was truly the most beautiful bride in their area.
"Wow, Ruan Ruan, your drawing is so beautiful! Huanhuan, look! I guarantee that when my brother sees you, he'll be completely smitten!" As she spoke, Huo Yue raised the mirror so that Li Huan could see her current appearance.
"Is this really me?" Looking at herself in the mirror, Li Huan couldn't believe it. Usually, many people would praise her for being pretty, but she always felt that she was just average-looking. She could only say that it was because she always used Ruan Ruan as a reference point.
"You need to have confidence in your looks. Today, you are the most beautiful bride in the world." Seeing how beautiful Li Huan was, she looked at her very seriously and said, pulling her over and making her sit on the bed. After that, she started to discuss the matter of blocking the door with Grandma Li and Huo Yue.
“Okay, Grandma Li, you can sit here for a while. When Brother Haoshi comes over, you can ask him anything you want.” Ruan Ruan helped Grandma Li to sit in the middle of the main room, then took the teapot and placed it next to her.
After that, she walked over to Huo Yue and told her to stand in front of the door when someone arrived, and to say whatever she wanted.
"If Huanhuan has any questions, today is a good opportunity. We've made him make his promises in front of the whole village."
Huo Yue felt that if she blocked the door without asking something, it would be a waste of time, so she thought she should see what Li Huan wanted to hear so she could ask.
"Yueyue, Brother Haoshi already promised me before, so when you stop the door, just make a simple gesture and don't make things difficult for him." Li Huan blushed more and more as she spoke. She knew that by saying this, people would think that she really wanted to go home with him as soon as possible, but she just didn't want to see him lose face in front of so many people.
"Oh... Sister-in-law, don't worry, as your younger sister, I understand. You don't want me to make things difficult for my brother, so I won't. Why are you blushing?"
When Huo Yue heard her words, she glanced at Ruan Ruan, who was looking at her from the side. Their eyes met. Huo Yue hadn't expected Li Huan to be so love-struck. She wondered how her brother usually manipulated her.
But I'm also happy for them; true love has finally come to fruition. Now, all I can do is wish them a long and happy life together, and that they will be forever united in heart and soul.
"Well, well, she's blushing. It must be because Ruan Ruan put on too much lipstick just now, that must be it."
After being teased by Huo Yue, her tense heart gradually relaxed.
Seeing that they didn't know what to ask, Ruan Ruan took out the questions she had prepared beforehand and handed them to Huo Yue, telling her to just read them aloud later.
Huo Yue took it, and the two spent a while together, hardly believing it.
"So, Ruan Ruan, is this why you've been so strict with my older brother? You didn't ask me anything when you got married, did you?"
"What are you thinking? To make Haocheng completely subservient to me, of course it's my personal charm, and I need those things too. Besides, I didn't see you guys stopping me at the door back then. I remember I was still sitting and eating when I left."
"Heh, heh, heh, I wonder who it was back then, coming in early in the morning to tidy you up, gently waking you up." Now, thinking back to their wedding day, she does want to go in, but you need the opportunity.
"That's right, I went there as soon as it was light, but when I got there, Yueyue said you and your older brother had already gone out to get your marriage certificate."
On the day Ruan Ruan got married, Li Huan didn't even eat breakfast. She was thinking of going to see her off first, but the person had already left by the time she called.
"Heh, heh heh, I didn't do it on purpose. If you want to blame someone, blame Huo Haocheng. It has nothing to do with me."
"Yeah, it has nothing to do with you, and I don't even know who came up with the wedding procedures!"
Ruan Ruan's wedding ceremony was the simplest they had ever seen. The two of them just put on some clothes and went out. If it weren't for the banquet held at home at noon, they wouldn't have thought it was a wedding.
After being criticized by the two for a while, Ruan Ruan saw that it was almost time, so she told Li Huan to sit on the bed while the two of them went out to check if the person had arrived.
The two stood at the gate for two minutes when Huo Haoshi rode over on his bicycle, followed by the brothers Huo Haojie and Huo Haoming, along with the villagers. As they approached, the two went inside, first closing the gate to the yard, and then Ruan Ruan went inside and closed the door to Li Huan's room, leaving Huo Yue and Grandma Li outside.
"Open the door! Open the door! The groom is here to pick up the bride!" A young man from the village shouted into the door from behind Huo Haoshi.
"You need to show sincerity to pick up the bride. Is it so easy to pick up a bride?" Huo Yue stood behind the door and saw Huo Haoshi today through the crack. He was wearing the clothes that Ruan Ruan brought back. He looked really handsome, but she kept her mission in mind and was not swayed by his good looks.
"Yueyue, this is a red envelope from your brother to open the door. Do you think it's enough?" Huo Haoshi listened to Huo Yue's teasing without getting annoyed. He smiled and took out a red envelope that Zhao Hongmei had given him before from his bag and handed it through the crack in the door.
Huo Yue took the red envelope and stuffed it into her pocket without even looking at it. "Alright, for the sake of the red envelope, I can open the door for you, but you all need to step back, each of you needs to take two steps back."
Ruan Ruan had told her before that when she opened the door, she had to make everyone step back, otherwise if she opened the door directly, they would all rush in and she wouldn't have time to run away.
"Yueyue, we've already stepped back," Huo Haojie said to the people outside the door after everyone had taken two steps back.
After seeing them back through the crack in the door, she gently unlatched it, took a few steps back into the yard, and then announced that the door was open. She then turned and ran inside, placing a stool a step in front of her to prevent the young men from accidentally bumping into her in the crowd.
When Huo Haoshi led his people in, they saw Grandma Li sitting in the middle, and Huo Yue standing on the right side of the door.
Huo Haoshi didn't say much. He walked directly to Grandma Li and bowed to her. It's not customary to serve tea outside the house now, so he could only bow to Grandma Li on Li Huan's behalf.
"Grandma, don't worry, I will be good to Huanhuan for the rest of my life."
"Grandma trusts you completely. Go on, Huanhuan is waiting for you inside." Over the years, Grandma Li's biggest worry has been her granddaughter. That's why she's never dared to get sick, fearing that if she were to pass away, she would truly be all alone. So, when she encountered other unreasonable old men and women, she tried to avoid trouble as much as possible. Many times, Grandma Huo would say that she couldn't do this, but there was nothing she could do. She was also afraid that she would affect Li Huan's reputation in the village. But now, things are better. She has Huo Haoshi and the Huo family, and she can finally rest easy.
"Okay, thank you, Grandma."
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