These days, Amu and Moer often go out. They bought a lot of rice paper and paint, and then hid in the side room to write and paint.
It wasn't until the day before the wedding that Linlang found out what Amu had been doing these days.
After dinner that day, Amu and Mo'er went out. When they came back, Mo'er called Linlang, "Sister, brother-in-law is looking for you. He said he has something to discuss with you."
He was very mysterious and asked Mo'er to tell Linlang to come to the side room to see what he wanted to do.
As soon as Linlang entered the room, Ah Mu immediately stood up, his face red before he could say anything. He held a red brocade box in his hand and said, "Linlang, I don't have anything better to give you right now. This is what I earned these days. I'm giving it to you."
"You've been so busy these past few days just to prepare a gift for me?" It would be a lie to say she wasn't touched. Linlang took the brocade box and said, "Thank you, Amu."
"Open it quickly and see if you like it." Amu blushed and looked at Linlang expectantly.
Linlang opened the brocade box, and inside was a set of silver plum blossom head jewelry, especially the pair of plum blossom hairpins, which were very beautiful.
"Where did you get so much silver to buy these things?" A set of them would probably cost more than ten taels of silver.
Ah Mu said with a relaxed expression, "I wrote a storybook for the bookstore in town. The owner liked it very much and I got six taels of silver. Later, I painted two pictures and got eight taels of silver."
"I've researched marriage before. Even though we don't have a matchmaker, we're following our parents' orders. It's only right that we marry you with three matchmakers and six betrothals."
"I don't have the money yet, but I have to give her hairpins. I drew a pair of plum blossom hairpins and asked the silversmith to make them quickly. Fortunately, I made it in time."
Ah Mu blushed as he held Linlang's hands. "Linlang, I am willing to marry you. This plum blossom hairpin is my betrothal gift and also our engagement token."
Although he did not understand the ways of husband and wife, he had witnessed other people's weddings when he was a child. When a couple got married, the man had to give his fiancée a hairpin as a token of their love.
He had been thinking about this issue since Linlang said she wanted to marry him. Fortunately, even though he was a little rushed, he finally gave it to Linlang before the wedding.
"The book says that plum blossoms symbolize elegance and purity, so I chose it because I think it suits you." Amu looked at Linlang, "Do you like it?"
"It's very beautiful. Of course I like it, I like it very much." Linlang was very happy to be cherished like this. Holding back tears, she took out the hairpin and handed it to Amu, "Put it on me."
Ah Mu took the hairpin. He had never done this before on a woman and was afraid of hurting Lin Lang. He carefully removed the wooden hairpin from Lin Lang's head and gently put the plum blossom hairpin in his hand on her head.
Linlang looked up at him, "Does it look good?"
"nice."
"Is she pretty, or is the hairpin pretty?" Linlang teased him deliberately.
As expected, Amu's face turned red again. "They are both beautiful. No, the person is more beautiful than the hairpin."
Little guy, you've even learned how to speak sweet words.
"I believe you." Linlang stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you, Mu. I like your betrothal gift very much."
Before Amu could react, Linlang carried the brocade box out of the room.
Amu stood there, stunned for a moment before reacting. He reached out and touched the cheek that Linlang had just kissed, and felt an extremely hot sensation there, which burned all the way to his heart.
While she was still savoring the kiss, Linlang came back and took off the jade pendant hanging from the red string around her neck. "This is the jade pendant I've worn since I was a child. It's like me. I'm giving it to you as a return gift."
I'm giving myself to you as a return gift.
This was the message that Amu received. Looking at Linlang, who was smiling like a flower in front of him, ripples appeared in his heart.
Linlang didn't know much about jade, but Amu did. This was a piece of top-quality mutton-fat jade, and with the superb carving, it was worth a thousand taels of silver.
A coroner is not that rich. Amu guessed that it must be something given to Linlang by her mother.
Now that Linlang has handed the thing to him, he must protect it well.
Throw me a papaya, and I'll repay you with a jade pendant. It's not a reward, but a token of our everlasting friendship!
Ah Mu wore it around his neck with great care and tucked it into his clothes, "As long as the jade is there, the person is there."
"Nonsense." Linlang disagreed, "People are more important than jade pendants. These are just external possessions."
Ah Mu smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Their eyes met. Thinking of the kiss just now, Linlang was not shy at first, but Amu's shy look made her feel a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, he was shy for only a few seconds before Rong Yi called him out. Song brought the wedding dresses for the two of them and asked him to try them on. If there was anything that was not suitable, he should change it immediately.
The wedding dress was painstakingly crafted. Not only is the workmanship exquisite, but the embroidery on it is also very beautiful, with lotus flowers, pomegranates, mandarin ducks, etc., all lifelike.
These two sets of wedding dresses are more beautiful than any wedding dresses Linlang has seen in her two lifetimes.
"Madam, you are so kind to me." Linlang's eyes filled with tears. "Why do I feel like you are my mother?"
Song's eyes were red as she held Linlang's hand. "My dear, we are so much on the same page. I have long considered you my own child."
"Madam." Linlang hugged Song's waist and cried in her arms. She had never felt the love of a mother in her past life or this life. She didn't expect that there would be someone who loved her like a mother in this life.
Song held Linlang in her arms and told her some tips on how to get along after marriage. "Amu is being brought into your family as a son-in-law. Although you don't have to serve your parents-in-law, getting along between husband and wife is very important..."
It was also Linlang's first time to be married to someone. Song said that she remembered that Song and the Marquis were a loving couple. Firstly, the Marquis loved his wife, and secondly, the lady had managed the marriage and family well.
As previously agreed, Amu followed Song to the villa in the afternoon and would get married from there the next day.
In the afternoon, the cook came to Rong's house with his helpers. Rong Bowen bought a big pig weighing nearly 300 kilograms, as well as chickens, ducks, geese, fish, fruits, nuts, candies, etc. He bought everything that could be bought in the town.
This is a major event in my daughter's life, so it must be celebrated in a lively manner to get rid of the bad luck that has come with it.
In the new house, Aunt Liu from next door brought a few other women to help put on the wedding quilt, paste red paper, etc. Linlang went forward to help, but was pushed out by them.
"You are the bride, so just stay here with us. Just be a beautiful bride."
"That's right, keep your strength up and go pick up the groom tomorrow."
The teasing looks from the aunts made Linlang realize that there was something else in their words. She blushed and ran away.
On the other side, Moer accompanied Amu to the other courtyard. Tomorrow he would be the one who got married. It was the first time for Moer to do such a thing. He was very excited. He had a new red dress.
Amu had a terrible dream that night. In the dream, he and Linlang were not together, but were thrown into the cold river and sank to the bottom.
Now that he is dead, Linlang will never appear in his life again.
No, it won't.
The feeling of suffocation was so terrible that he couldn't struggle free. He couldn't die. If he died, what would happen to Linlang and the child?
Linlang, Linlang~
He struggled to open his eyes and sat up with all his strength, only to find that half of Mo'er's body was pressing on him. No wonder he had a nightmare.
However, the feeling of dying was so real that he felt that perhaps, that was another ending for him.
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