In the past few days, Shen Xu has been busy running around for the sake of his marriage. He has visited the carpenter shop at the east entrance of the village, the blacksmith shop on the west street, the quilt seller, and the needle and thread seller. He has been to almost every shop.
The news that Detective Song was about to get married quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys.
"Hey, have you heard that Constable Song is really going to marry that silly girl in the coffin?"
"I've heard about it for a long time. This morning she went to the carpenter's shop and brought home long and short pieces of wood, saying she wanted to make furniture herself. The old carpenter was grinning so hard that his mouth was crooked. I also heard that she went to a shop in the western suburbs to make quilts and fell in love with the vertebral arch used to make the cotton and insisted on buying it."
The shop owner, listening to the neighbors' gossip, also got excited and said, "Oh, I tell you, I'm dying of laughter. She even bought all the embroidery needles in my shop, saying she wanted to embroider a wedding dress. I advised her that she didn't need so many needles and just needed more thread, but she said only needles would be enough. Well, in my opinion, there's no need for needles, all you need is hands."
"Constable Song is quite generous. He must have spent a lot of money on these useless things. This silly girl is so lucky to have met a handsome man who is willing to spend money."
"Hehe, Constable Song has such a tough life. If he's not generous, how can he get a girl? But it's hard to say whether this idiot has a good life or not. What if he gets killed again..."
"What you said is ridiculous. You're ruining someone else's good life. You're just stealing bamboo shoots! Besides, Constable Song has no trouble finding a girl. A few days ago, Yan'er from the tofu shop wanted to get married without a dowry."
"Stop talking, stop talking. Yan'er is coming over here. If she hears it, she might become so upset that she wants to commit suicide. Be careful that her mother will blackmail her."
The neighbors dispersed one after another, and the town spent another day in laughter and peace.
Song Lin chose a date and bought some things. He originally lived and ate in the yamen with his uncle, and he had no hobbies of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. In addition, he had just captured a few bandits with a bounty on their heads, so he had saved up a lot of money.
Thinking about spending the rest of my life with my lovely wife, I couldn't help but yearn for it and didn't feel any pain at all when buying things.
Shen Xu has been very tired these days. She bought a lot of things and piled them in the box in the side room. She would tinker with them in her free time.
Just when Song Lin was about to come over to look, she shyly covered those things.
She said those were dowries and couldn't be looked at casually.
Song Lin suppressed his curiosity. He would eventually see it anyway, and his young wife wanted to give him a surprise.
night,
As soon as the person beside him began to breathe evenly, Shen Xu opened his eyes and tiptoed out of bed.
She lit an oil lamp in the dark, and the dim light illuminated the desk, giving the girl's fair face a layer of beautiful golden sand.
She spread out the paper on the table and began to write and draw attentively. Soon, the paper was filled with dense words and formulas.
She read it over and over again, folded the paper with satisfaction, looked around at the new items in her home, and a slight smile appeared on her face.
She moved the oil lamp to the bedside, looked at Song Lin's sleeping face, and reached out to gently stroke his cheek.
Constable Song is so handsome. Thinking about the words he said in public to protect me that day, my heart feels warm.
The day after tomorrow, they will get married and he will become his wife.
As she watched, Shen Xu's eyes became blurred. To be honest, she was both longing for and afraid of marrying Song Lin.
She didn't know when she started to like him.
Maybe it was the first time he firmly said that he liked me.
Maybe it was the first day he bought himself back and seriously discussed the marriage with his uncle.
Maybe it was when he comforted himself in the charity cemetery and said he would help her...
She originally thought that falling in love with a stranger was a difficult thing, after all, she knew nothing about his background, and was not even sure whether he was clean or not.
Her pride and faith began to waver, she began to think about what the villagers said, and became timid and worried about gains and losses.
She originally thought that she had firm beliefs and behaved uprightly, so she naturally had nothing to fear from rumors. However, ever since she heard the neighbors' malicious words towards her, as well as the teasing and ridicule towards Song Lin.
It felt so harsh, just like the small stone that hit me that day, it really hurt.
But Song Lin always stayed by her side, encouraging her and tolerating her. Even when she was useless, unreasonable and often got into trouble, he would indulge her unconditionally and insist on marrying her.
Two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks unconsciously. Shen Xu raised his sleeves and rubbed his eyes vigorously. He looked at Song Lin's hazy sleeping face and murmured: "If this time..."
"Forget it, stop overthinking it, you have to believe that you can do it!"
She blew out the oil lamp, lay back on the bed in the dark, and fell asleep peacefully holding his arms.
The next morning, Song Lin was about to go to the yamen to work. Shen Xu took his hand and said softly, "Detective Song, I want to eat some beef pies from the West Street entrance this afternoon. Can you get off work early and buy some for me?"
"Call me husband and I'll buy it for you."
"I won't ask for it. If you don't buy it, I won't eat it."
"Humph, if you don't want to eat it, give it to Ah Huang."
The two of them argued for a while, and then Song Lin went out to work.
Shen Xu stayed in the room until noon. After lunch, she waited for Aunt Zhang to come and clean up the yard. Then she copied the last page of paper and went out with the copied book.
"My dear, I heard that you are getting married to Constable Song tomorrow. Congratulations."
The owner of the bookstall saw her and Yan'er and her daughter clashing from afar that day. When he saw Song Lin coming to help, he offered some words of advice and did not scold her like those irrational neighbors.
So we were quite polite to each other, otherwise I wouldn't have given the book to her again.
"Well, thank you, boss." Shen Xu smiled and handed the book to him.
The boss glanced through it briefly and praised it, "The more I look at it, the better I think Constable Song's handwriting is. Since I saw such good calligraphy at my bookstall, my business has improved a lot. A few days ago, a gentleman from the city bought a few books on sages copied by Constable Song.
"Thank you for the compliment, boss."
"These books are selling well. Can you please copy some more, Constable Song?" The boss picked up a few books and gave her two pieces of silver, one large and one small.
"What is this?" Shen Xu looked at the whole piece of silver in confusion and did not take it.
The boss smiled and explained, "Those two books from Beihai have been confirmed. I'll pay you with the money for this book. The total is one tael and thirty wen. Please keep it."
Shen Xu didn't take the book or the silver, and said, "My husband has been busy preparing for the wedding these days and may not have time to copy the book. I will copy it for you when he has some free time."
"I'm going to go shopping soon, and I'm afraid I've lost the money. If you see my husband passing by, please give the money to him directly."
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