Minister Zhou
Zhou Xi yawned and let Zhang Lixia fiddle with her face.
Last night, Yang Jinyang stayed up late at night and chatted with her, saying that he was too excited to sleep and needed to vent.
So, Zhou Xi was forced to review the love story of Yang Jinyang and Fu Xuanhua, and he was really fed up with the dog food.
"Don't move, give me some more over here."
Zhang Lixia also couldn't sleep, so she got up early to put on makeup and changed into a festive cheongsam. After she finished cleaning herself, she also called Zhou Xi to wake him up.
"Ha..." Zhou Xi yawned again while Zhang Lixia was taking powder, "Aunt Zhang, that's enough. I'm not the protagonist today."
"You don't understand. You are the one who said that. It's about your mother's family's appearance. Today, I see that your Aunt Zhang is not showing off her skills. I will let you be beautiful."
"Where's my brother?"
Zhang Lixia paused for a moment: "He, he went downstairs to buy fried dough sticks and eggs."
"Ah? That's great. You still remember the perfect score." Zhou Xi held back her laughter. Zhang Lixia was applying eye shadow for her.
"Oh, this is the worst kind of behavior." Zhang Lixia had laughed enough.
God knows how she felt when she woke up in the morning and saw Yang Jinyang running out in a suit. It was amazing that a little boy like this was going to get married.
Yang Jinyang has kept a habit since he was a child. Whenever he is nervous or it is a big day, he will try to get a perfect score.
"It's almost time." Zhang Lixia held her breath. "Oh my god, I'm going to see my daughter-in-law soon. I'm so nervous that my hands are a little unsteady."
"Don't worry, you still have to greet guests at the hotel later."
"Yeah yeah."
Zhou Xi changed the subject: "Aunt Zhang, where is the thing you gave me this morning?"
"What?"
"Oh, yes, yes, wait a minute, I'll get it after you finish." Zhang Lixia muttered, "Really, this memory is amazing, it seems..."
Zhou Xi took the bag, looked at the tool she used today, and weighed the new brush that had not been opened in her hand.
After all, it is a disposable item, and the feel is not as good as her wolf-hair calligraphy.
There is no need to be so particular about such trivial matters. However, after Zhou Xi crushed the pen tip, he still soaked it in hot water in a plastic cup.
When the time came, Yang Jinyang took his relatives and friends to pick up the bride, and Zhou Xi followed Zhang Lixia and Yang Wen to the hotel to welcome the guests.
"Oh my, my little heart, Lao Yang, are you nervous?"
Yang Wen supported Zhang Lixia and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Everything will be smooth sailing."
Zhang Lixia suddenly had an idea: "Go buy me a sausage."
"Ah, hey, what are you talking about? You're going to be a mother-in-law, is that reasonable?"
"You are still wearing a cheongsam. At least wait until you take off this dress, and then I will buy you another one." Yang Wen tugged at his clothes to smooth out the non-existent wrinkles.
Zhou Xi couldn't help but smile as he listened to the two people whispering.
Zhang Lixia patted Yang Wen's belly: "Oh, oh, I'm just so nervous. I wasn't this nervous when I married you..."
"Tongtong, look at me, how am I smiling?"
Zhou Xi looked up and saw Zhang Lixia's standard toothy smile, her eyes almost squinting.
"Perfect."
Zhang Lixia got the answer, manually removed the left smile with her left index finger, pulled down the right smile with her right index finger, and patted her stiff cheek muscles.
"Oh my, I don't know how long I'm going to have to laugh later, so annoying!"
Zhang Lixia was thankful that she had held a special family meeting during the preparations and requested that the wedding be announced as a small one.
It's not that she is reluctant to spend money or anything, she just wishes everyone knew that she has such a good daughter-in-law. It is their family's profession. There are too many complicated relationships. She and Yang Jinyang are fine.
It’s mainly because of his husband Wen. With his connections, there are so many smiling tigers behind him. If all those gutter oil people came over, they would flatter him and talk about education.
She really couldn't give a good face, but it was unlucky on such a happy day.
"Director Zhang, hold on." Zhou Xi massaged Zhang Lixia's shoulders.
"Oh my! I'm called a hag in the station. I'm really having trouble playing the role of a gentle and graceful mother-in-law."
"Just for this day, let's do it for everyone to see. Sister Fu knows about it anyway."
"You're right. I can't sigh anymore. It's unlucky. I'll go check it out ahead."
"Okay, take a closer look."
Zhou Xi knew that Zhang Lixia was talking about the high-definition wedding photo of Yang Jinyang and Fu Xuanhua placed at the door. It was bright and prosperous, and they looked like a perfect match.
The more I look at Zhang Lixia, the more I like her. I can’t get enough of her.
"Hey, look at how beautiful my daughter-in-law is. That little bastard doesn't even know how to chase her..."
"As I wish."
"screw you……"
Zhou Xi was assigned to work as an accountant in the reception area, copying the gift book.
The sign-in table was covered with red satin, with pens, inkstones, paper and inkstones placed in the middle. Next to it was a Chinese candy box filled with red dates, longans, melon seeds and tea. Behind it stood a screen embroidered with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes.
She grabbed a piece of wedding candy and put it in her mouth. It was so sweet.
On the surface, Zhou Xi sat very upright, but in fact, the part blocked by the table was where her skirt casually fell to her ankles, and she crossed her legs.
"Tongtong, here we come, entering level one combat mode!"
When Zhou Xi heard Zhang Lixia shout, he immediately put his legs down, picked up the brush and dipped it in ink.
"What a blessing—"
"Yeah, yeah, long time no see—"
"Well, I told you that kid—"
Zhang Lixia and Yang Wen both flattered each other. She had candy in her mouth and wrote with dragons and snakes. She really guarded the rear for Yang Jinyang.
“Ahem—”
Zhou Xi didn't stop writing, didn't look up, and nodded at the table: "Bring it here."
"Of course, Zhou Xiaoxi, you have become the Minister of Rites." Gao Liyang handed over a red envelope with a smile.
"That's right. For this job, of course those with good handwriting are selected." Zhou Xi finished his polite remarks and turned the tip of his pen to point at Gao Liyang. "Will you come?"
Lu Zisheng took some melon seeds and said, "Sister Zhou, I'm from his family. Red envelopes, hey, you know, we students can hardly afford to have a feast."
"It's OK as long as people are here. I originally said it's not necessary."
Some time ago, when Yang Jinyang was finalizing the guest list, he kept nagging that he and Fu Xuanhua's friends were almost thirty years old, so he asked Zhou Xi to bring some friends to make the party more lively with more young people.
Zhou Xi posted a message in Liuliu Dashun, and immediately added five 1s below it.
Speaking of which, the six of them haven't seen each other for half a year, so this is a good opportunity for them to get together and have some fun.
"By the way, Sister Zhou, you look very beautiful today!"
Zhang Lixia arranged a new Chinese style for her, with her long hair tied up with a hairpin. When she was putting on makeup, she originally wanted to create a gentle and charming look.
However, Zhang Lixia fiddled with it for a while and thought it should work. But when she opened her eyes, the heroic spirit between her eyebrows could not be concealed at all, and she looked exactly like Zhou's father.
Zhang Lixia had originally planned to give her a pair of two or three centimeter high heels, but Zhou Xi felt tired and instead wore a pair of flat shoes with small bows. However, after putting it together, she was really a show-off, and anyone who saw her would take a second look.
"Thank you, you're handsome too."
"That's right, I tidied it up specially." Lu Zisheng said to Gao Liyang, "This guy looks even more handsome after tidying himself up, right?"
Gao Liyang was wearing a white shirt. Perhaps because he felt too hot, he didn't button it all the way up. He undid the top two buttons, which made him look a bit ruffian.
Zhou Xi smiled and said nothing.
"Hey, I'll write. My handwriting is so light that you can't see it clearly." Gao Liyang said this, but his fingertips hooked the pen, and he walked around and sat on a stool next to him.
"I believe you." Zhou Xi pushed the gift book with gilded prints over. Of course she would take some time off if she could. She was so sleepy that she had to rely on coffee to stay alive.
"Okay."
"Yangyang, please really write." Lu Zisheng made room for the visitor.
"certainly."
"But I'm so bored in there alone." Lu Zisheng said pitifully.
"Yuanyuan is already in there." Zhou Xi bent down and pulled out a big bag from under the table, adding some wedding candy and melon seeds.
"Oh my god, she came so early. Okay, you two stay here and work, I'll go find her." Lu Zisheng threw the wedding candy he had slipped out in.
"Wait a minute..." Lu Zisheng took out his cell phone from his jeans pocket, "Come on, look up..."
"Perfect, wonderful! You two work really well together. It looks like your home court now."
In the photo, the two of them looked up at the same time, with smiles on their lips still on their lips. They can be said to be a pair of talented men and beautiful women.
"Wait for me to post it in the group so everyone can take a good look. I'm leaving—"
"Don't be dazed. Write quickly." Zhou Xi nudged Gao Liyang. "Write as I did before."
"oh."
Zhou Xi saw the location sent by Xiao Xiaoyu in the group and found out that he had landed in Wencheng.
More and more guests came. Zhou Xi sat next to them, adding some food from time to time and showing Gao Liyang how to write from time to time. By 11:30, most of the guests had arrived and the place was bustling.
"Ouch, I can't hold on any longer. Oh my god, I'm really getting old. I used to be able to run in high heels!"
Zhang Lixia took advantage of the fact that no one was outside and asked Yang Wen to stay there while she limped slowly towards Zhou Xi.
"I'm so tired, Tongtong, you are really smart."
Zhou Xi stood up and asked Zhang Lixia to sit down and rest for a while.
Gao Liyang touched his nose and said, "Hello, Auntie."
"Oh, okay, okay, I have some impression of you. Are you Tongtong's classmate? That time when you three came to visit my Tongtong." Zhang Lixia had noticed Zhou Xi's situation a long time ago. If she hadn't been so busy, she would have...
"Yes, Auntie, I'm Gao Liyang."
"Your handwriting is quite good, young man." Zhang Lixia glanced at them. The two people's handwriting styles were completely different. "Hey, but I haven't seen you in your class group photo before. That was when Tongtong and you went to Beibin."
"Auntie, she and I were not in that photo. My leg was injured and she took me to the hospital." Gao Liyang straightened his back.
"I see. I was wondering, Tongtong mentioned you guys to me before, but the faces don't match."
"Aunt Zhang, do you want to get a Band-Aid?"
"No hurry, no hurry, let's chat for a while." Although Zhang Lixia was tired, she couldn't stop her gossiping heart and hinted at Zhou Xi with her eyes.
Zhou Xi pretended not to see it and poured a glass of water for Zhang Lixia.
Zhang Lixia suppressed her laughter and said, "Okay, I'll shut my little mouth."
"I'm going to go see Grandma Xuanxuan. You guys can go in early after you're done."
"Okay, got it."
"Do you know where I am now?" Xiao Xiaoyu took off his sunglasses and pointed at the two people sitting there.
"The young lady has arrived, everyone get out of the way—"
Zhou Xi stood up and opened his hands.
Xiao Xiaoyu broke down in an instant and threw herself into Xiangxiang's arms: "Oh, mommy, Sister Zhou, you are so beautiful, you look like a goddess in this outfit!"
"You are worthy of being my sister Zhou. You have such a deadly waist. Ah, I can't take it anymore. If I were a man, I would bleed from the nose just looking at it." Xiao Xiaoyu covered her nose, held her forehead, and pretended to faint.
Gao Liyang looked up from his office and saw the tassel on Zhou Xi's hairpin swaying. "Alright, Miss, stop blaming others."
Xiao Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows and said, "Xiao Yangzi, why don't you welcome me?"
Gao Liyang threw a candy to Xiao Xiaoyu: "Where's the red envelope?"
"Tsk, give it to me!"
Xiao Xiaoyu used the red envelope as a dart. Fortunately, Gao Liyang knew her strength and caught it steadily. Otherwise, the red envelope would have been thrown into the ink dish, and Gao Liyang's white shirt would have been ruined.
"Do you know how hard it was for me to exchange Mao Zedong's banknotes for red envelopes after I just got off the plane? Please cherish them." Xiao Xiaoyu lifted her hair, revealing her full forehead.
Damn, she was really tamed by the foreigners. When she came back and talked to the old lady in the store, she spoke very fast and fluent English.
The old lady was wearing reading glasses and looked puzzled, as if saying, "Girl, what are you saying in bird language?"
She was so frightened that she immediately closed her mouth and dared to speak only after her tongue was straightened.
"Miss, how did you become a little blue hat?" Zhou Xi lifted a strand of Xiao Xiaoyu's hair.
"Sister Zhou, you don't understand this, right? This is called, Melancholy Blue."
Gao Liyang threw another candy over: "Interview, Miss's inspiration."
"Ahem, this is a long story..."
"On a stormy night..."
Miss Xiao is not like Ma Liang, the magic brush master in the story. She was tortured to the point where she was neither human nor ghost just to hand in her homework.
I originally wanted to take a photo and post it on WeChat Moments to express my feelings, but when I looked in the mirror, I saw that her bright yellow hair didn’t look depressing at all.
In a fit of anger, in the middle of the night, she made herself rich and saturated, and dyed her hair blue.
Hey, after dyeing my hair, inspiration came. I finished the masterpiece in twenty minutes.
Xiao Xiaoyu tied her hair up, and the hat pinned on her clothes finally played its role: "Sister Zhou, I miss you so much, hurry up, let's go in."
Zhou Xi supported his old waist, which had been sitting upright all morning. “I can’t do that. Some guests haven’t arrived yet. You go find them first.”
"That's right. Okay, then hurry up."
Xiao Xiaoyu was about to go in wearing her high heels, but unexpectedly she ran into an acquaintance. She turned around and went to meet him.
Seeing the situation, Zhou Xi sent a message in the group, calling Lu Zisheng.
…
"Tongtong, come quickly, come quickly!"
Zhou Xi and Gao Liyang finished their meeting and just walked in when Zhang Lixia called her over.
"I'm here, wait a minute." Zhou Xi was carrying a bag of red envelopes. "Then you go first, I'll come find you later."
"Okay, Minister Zhou, be careful."
Gao Liyang saw that Zhou Xi probably thought the bag was too heavy and couldn't walk fast, so he simply held the bag in his arms and jogged all the way.
He saw that Zhou Xi's skirt was fortunately long enough, so when she ran, only her slender ankles were faintly visible, and there was no risk of exposure.
The two people separated at the door and no one was seen following them.
"Hey, let me tell you, Miss, you don't know, Old Zhang..."
"It's quite lively." Gao Liyang stood behind Lu Zisheng.
Lu Zisheng only had one mouth to open, and there was no time for so much explanation. He poured Gao Liyang a glass of water and said, "Go sit over there first and queue up."
Gao Liyang looked at Gao Yuanyuan and then immediately looked away.
Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Red Braised Pork, not here."
Gao Liyang breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head: "That's good."
"Hey, Gao Yuanyuan, when did you cut your hair again?" Gao Liyang asked casually. He remembered that when the group had a video call last week, Gao Yuanyuan's hair was not like this.
Gao Yuanyuan touched the hair beside her ear and said, "I went there the day before yesterday after taking the exam."
“It’s pretty.”
"Thanks."
"Zhou Xi, haven't you come yet?"
"No, she's very busy and doesn't have time to entertain us little ones right now."
"Who are they?" Gao Liyang raised his chin. There were four of them at the table, plus Le Cheng whom he knew, and two unfamiliar faces.
"Those two are Le Cheng's friends." Gao Yuanyuan sat for a long time and stood up slowly. "Xiao Yu said it would be more lively with more people, so they sat together."
"I see."
Gao Liyang looked at his phone for a while, then was attracted by the sudden colorful lights and looked towards the T-stage in the center of the banquet hall.
The wedding is about to begin, but Zhou Xi hasn't arrived yet.
The emcee, wearing a dark blue robe, held a microphone and said, "Dear guests, hello everyone, in this..."
The lights are moving, dazzling people.
Gao Liyang's eyes were like two cameras searching around the banquet hall, and suddenly he met a real camera.
Found it.
The camera flashed at him, as if in greeting.
Gao Liyang returned the gift and took a photo of Zhou Xi. It must be said that Zhou Xi looked quite professional with the camera in his hand.
"Hey, Fish Immortal."
The lights were dim, and Gao Liyang felt someone quietly sitting down next to him.
"It's time to check in." Chen Yu was panting, fortunately he was not late.
But the next second, he felt uncomfortable, someone was looking at him.
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