Chapter 186: My own man is getting married, if I don’t protect him, who will?
Lin Shu had grown up in the Marquis's mansion and had seen countless fine things, especially headgear, which she had never lacked. She used the most popular styles in the capital at the time.
Phoenix-head hairpins are timeless, so craftsmanship is paramount. While the craftsmanship on this particular hairpin isn't particularly exquisite, it's certainly quite good. A hairpin like this would probably cost several thousand taels of silver, and one would have to order one from a jewelry store early.
Could it be that Aye has spent all the money he saved?
Thinking of this, Lin Shu couldn't stop smiling.
She took the phoenix hairpin with both hands and said delicately, "Aye, I want other headwear. You can't just give me this one, okay?"
Zhou Ye immediately said, "Ah Shu, I'll buy you something else when I save up some money."
Lin Shu waved at him, and Zhou Ye lowered his head in understanding.
The next moment, a warm and soft kiss fell on his lips.
When he looked up again, Lin Shu had already stepped away with a smile. "You're so sensible. I'll give you a kiss."
Zhou Ye didn't say anything, just looked at her, but that look seemed to say: Ah Shu, is that it?
Lin Shu glanced at him sideways, lowered her voice, and said meaningfully, "The rest... I'll give it to you tomorrow night."
After saying that, he ran away with a smile.
Zhou Ye waited for her to leave for a long time and remained there until the restlessness in his body dissipated before he returned to the house. At first glance, his face looked no different from usual, but a closer look revealed a lingering faint smile between his eyebrows.
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Marriages in the countryside are simple, unlike those in wealthy families where the bride has to get up early on the wedding day to do all the necessary things, such as kneading her face and putting on her makeup. Lin Shu, as usual, slept until she woke up naturally, washed up simply, and went to help in the yard. After breakfast, as more and more guests came to the house, Lin Shu hid in the inner room again.
"Ashu, it's almost time to get dressed. Why aren't you in a hurry at all? Sister He, you just let her do whatever she wants?" Lin Zhaodi didn't go to the town to sell ice jelly today. Naturally, she had to come and help Ashu on her big day.
The two houses are close to each other, which makes everything more convenient.
He Guixiang said helplessly, "Ashu Ping'er just likes to be lazy. She has a lot of reasons to explain things, but I can't win against her."
As the hostess of the house, she changed into new clothes today and dressed neatly. In addition, people are in high spirits and look very good because of the happy event.
Lin Xiaopu also changed into new clothes and wore a pair of red flowers on her twin buns. She was already the most beautiful girl in Tianshui Village. She smiled and said, "Auntie, you are like the emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is."
Not long after, my third aunt Zhang Qiaohua also came.
"Oh my, it's already so late, Ah Shu, why haven't you prepared anything yet? Come here, Auntie San will help you!"
She was skillful and promised to turn Lin Shu into the most beautiful bride in the area.
Seeing that everyone was more anxious than she was, Lin Shu couldn't help laughing: "My marriage to A Ye is just a formality. The wedding ceremony will be held at dusk. If I wash up early in the morning, won't I have to wait all the time?"
However, under the repeated urging of several people, she still cooperated obediently.
Zhang Qiaohua was indeed skillful. She made a very beautiful bun for Lin Shu and put a big red silk flower on it. She looked very beautiful without any other head ornaments.
After drawing the eyebrows and applying lip balm, the seven points of brightness and beauty instantly became ten points!
Lin Shu opened the box and took out the phoenix hairpin, "Aunt San, put this on too."
When the phoenix hairpin appeared, everyone in the room took a deep breath.
"Wow, this phoenix-head hairpin looks like it's made of silver and gold? The workmanship is so good, this, this must have cost a lot of money!" Zhang Qiaohua stared with her eyes wide open.
It was the first time that Lin Zhaodi had seen such an expensive headpiece, and she was very surprised by it.
Lin Shu smiled with her eyes curved, "I don't know how much it cost, Ah Ye bought it in the county."
After being surprised, He Guixiang asked, "When was it given to you? How could you hide it from your mother? With the phoenix hairpin given by Aye, everything else your mother prepared is too good to be true."
"It's unfair. Ah Ye also gave it to me yesterday." Lin Shu smiled and hugged He Guixiang's arm, saying coquettishly, "Didn't Ah Niang hide it from you? No matter what Ah Niang prepared for me, I like it! How can Ah Ye compare to Ah Niang?"
He Guixiang was so coaxed by her that she smiled happily and stopped beating around the bush and took out a set of headgear that she had prepared long ago.
"I ordered this sterling silver headpiece from a silver shop in town a while ago. It's not as valuable as Aye's phoenix hairpin, but A'mother also wanted to prepare one for you as a dowry."
The box contained a pair of sterling silver bracelets, a silver hairpin, and a pair of silver earrings. Although simple in style, they were substantial in weight.
Zhang Qiaohua and Lin Zhaodi were secretly puzzled. This set of pure silver head ornaments must cost several thousand coins, which is not cheaper than the phoenix hairpin given by A Ye.
Mrs. He is really willing to spend money on Ah Shu!
Lin Shu didn't expect that her frugal mother would secretly prepare such an expensive gift for her. After being stunned for a moment, she felt a little warm in her heart.
"Mother, this is pure silver, who wouldn't like it? I love it so much, put it on me! I'm going to blind everyone today!"
"Pfft, Ah Shu's little mouth!"
Several people were amused by her.
After dressing up, Lin Shu put on the bright red wedding dress that He Guixiang had sewn for her several days. Several people in the room stared at her, a little dazed.
"She's beautiful, really beautiful. There's no bride prettier than Ashu within a hundred miles." Zhang Qiaohua's face was full of amazement.
Lin Zhaodi nodded and didn't talk about the past. After she went to the town to sell ice jelly, she often saw all kinds of diners, including many rich ladies. She was not exaggerating, those women were not even one-tenth as good as Ashu.
"Praise me, praise me, praise me as much as you can. I'll take it all. It's because I'm naturally beautiful." Lin Shu said happily.
Her cocky look made a few people laugh again.
From time to time, laughter could be heard in the room.
After noon, more and more people came to watch the excitement outside the Lin family courtyard.
Someone outside suddenly shouted, "Why are you all here? I heard that Aye went to town to rent a sedan chair, and there were people playing music, it was really lively, why don't you go to the village entrance and take a look!"
"Is this true? They've even rented a sedan chair and drummers. Let's go to the village and watch the fun!"
Zhou Ye had ordered the sedan chair and the drum parade early in the morning, and he even rented a mule. Red cloth was expensive, so he didn't wear a groom's suit. He simply changed into new clothes and tied his hair with a red silk ribbon, so that anyone in the village would know he was a groom-to-be.
While it was still early, he went deep into the mountains and knelt in the direction he had come from that year, to pay homage to his ancestors and his parents.
His parents passed away and his clan members dispersed. He was once alone. Even after settling in Tianshui Village, he never felt a sense of belonging and just muddled through every day. But that is no longer the case.
He likes Ashu, such a good woman, and he wants to spend his whole life with her.
Zhou Ye stayed in the mountains for a long time. When he estimated that the sedan chair and the bearers he rented were about to arrive, he headed to the village.
There were four sedan chair bearers and four drummers, a total of eight people in the wedding procession, which was a rare sight in Tianshui Village.
The people of Tianshui Village, young and old, men and women, and the men working in the fields were all lazy today and rushed to the village entrance to watch the excitement.
Some looked at the sedan chair, some at the particularly tall mule.
"Zhou Ye, how much did you rent this sedan chair for? I'm afraid it's at least a hundred coins."
"One hundred coins is not enough! Look at the red silk used on the outside of this sedan chair. It's so expensive!"
"Not only the bridal sedan, but also the bearers and the cheerleaders. All of this costs money. Zhou Ye has spent a fortune!"
"Why do I think Zhou Ye looks particularly handsome today? Come and see if this is true?"
"That's right!"
The villagers joked with each other, and at the end, they burst into good-natured laughter.
Zhou Ye answered what he could. He was usually taciturn, but this time he spoke more than usual, with an obvious smile on his face.
"Zhou Ye, you can go get married now! After welcoming the bride, have the team go around the surrounding villages so the other villagers can share in the new bride's joy!"
"That's right! This money must be spent more wisely!"
Zhou Ye was just thinking about this. He mounted his mule and the drummers began to play the gongs and drums, creating a festive tune. The wedding procession started from the village head and headed towards Lin Laoer's house at the end.
Lin Laoer's house.
Wang Yingen, Sun Fulai, and other children saw the wedding procession from afar and quickly ran to the courtyard. They bypassed Lin Dashan and other adults who were waiting in the courtyard to welcome the guests and shouted through the window, "Here they come! The wedding procession is here!"
The boss really didn't lie. The mule was tall and majestic. The sedan chair was wrapped with red silk and decorated with bright red satin flowers. It looked very beautiful!
And there is also the drumming team, the banging and beating is very lively!
Lin Xiaopu stood by the window, blocking the prying eyes of several people. "What are you looking at? The bride is not for you guys to see. Go and stare at her. Come back and send a message when you are close."
"Okay, boss!" Wang Yingen's call of "boss" was filled with flattery.
After the boss came back from the county yesterday, he distributed the money to his younger brothers that night.
He didn't expect that the cicada shells and locust beans could be sold for so many copper coins!
Wang Yingen had originally thought he'd be lucky to make a dozen or so copper coins, but the items his boss brought in actually sold for over two hundred coins! Of the two hundred coins, he alone took home sixty!
Last night, Wang Yingen was so excited about the sixty cents that he couldn't sleep most of the night. When he got up early this morning, he gave ten cents each to his father, mother, grandparents, and kept only twenty cents for himself. With a body as strong as a calf, he said proudly that he would earn more money in the future to support his parents. He also wanted to learn to read well because his eldest brother said that only by learning to read could he earn more money.
Wang Yingen's action and words moved the two old people in the family to tears, and even Li Chunmiao's eyes were secretly red.
She was so shameless to send this damn brat to the Lin family and it was a good decision!
This was the case with Wang Yingen's family, and the families of the other naughty children were no less so. They all said that their children had become successful and sensible, and they were becoming more grateful to the Lin family. The gifts they presented today were more expensive than those from other families.
"Everyone, sit down, sit down!" In the courtyard, Lin Dashan was smiling innocently and entertaining the guests.
He invited everyone he could, but for a wedding banquet like this, the villagers tacitly agreed that only one family would come, usually the head of the family. Only those families with a very good relationship with the host would have the whole family come to the banquet, like Lin Dashui's family and Zhao Laosan's family.
There were six large tables set up in the courtyard, and when they were all filled, it was bound to be a bustling scene. However, this time, Lin Dashan wasn't the only one making the decision. He asked Zhou Ye about his opinion and learned that his son-in-law also wanted a grand celebration, so he invited so many people.
"Lin Laoer, your son-in-law's sedan chair is here--" someone shouted outside the courtyard.
Wang Yingen and others were also reporting the news from outside the window.
"Boss, boss, the bridal sedan has finally arrived! Brother Aye is so tall and strong, and he's riding a big mule, so majestic!"
Lin Xiaopu said happily: "Need you to tell me? We can hear the sound of music and dancing in the house! Mother, hurry up and cover my sister's head with a veil! My brother-in-law is about to come in!"
Lin Shu was not nervous at all at first, but after being stirred up by the emotions of the crowd and with the big red veil covering her head, she gradually became a little nervous.
"Rich families always have to block the door when they welcome the bride. Although we are not a wealthy family, we still have everything we need. Sister, please wait. My cousin Yushu and I will go to block the door. My cousin Yushu is well-educated, and it would be too bullying for him to block the door. I will go and stop my brother-in-law myself. Hehe, we can't let anyone marry my sister so easily." After saying this, he ran out excitedly.
Lin Shu couldn't help but yell at her, "Don't go too far, Ah Ye also has to save face!"
As soon as these words were spoken, several people in the room burst into laughter.
Lin Shu snorted lightly, "Stop laughing. If I don't protect my own man, who will I protect?"
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