The next day, as always, the sky was overcast and a cold wind howled.
However, Ziyang Peak was bustling with activity. Biogas from the biogas digester was continuously supplied to the kitchen through pipes. People were boiling water, steaming buns, cooking glutinous rice balls, and slaughtering chickens, pigs, and sheep. It was no different from the village's traditional celebrations.
Many people from General Mountain came to watch, but of course they couldn't go in. They could only smell the fragrance from afar and pray that the day would pass quickly so that rice could be distributed to everyone tomorrow.
More and more people are coming.
Everyone was afraid of being late, and if they were too far back in the queue for the rice distribution tomorrow, it would be disastrous if they ran out of rice.
Most of the people who came brought cotton quilts, which they had bought at Ziyang Peak before.
Only some newly arrived refugees did not.
Not long after.
The area below Ziyang Peak was packed with people.
Li Ruo looked around at the refugees through binoculars from the tower, his expression unreadable.
The sound of footsteps approached, and Li Yi ran up, snatched the binoculars back from her hand, and said with dissatisfaction, "Sister, the auspicious time is almost here, you should hurry up and change into your wedding dress."
He was actually very reluctant to let his older sister go, as she was about to marry into another family. He raised his little fist and threatened her, "You're not allowed to be like before, abandoning us once you have a husband."
Li Ruo smiled and patted his head. "Silly boy, how could that be? I still come back every day. Except for the place where I sleep at night, nothing else will change."
"Really!" Li Yi finally smiled.
Li Ruo went downstairs to change into her wedding dress.
Grandma Li was amazed by Lian Lizhi for a long time, and then her eyes welled up with tears.
"What, doesn't it look good?" Li Ruo even stretched her arms.
With her naturally good skin, and only a light application of makeup, she radiates like a fairy descended from heaven.
"Yes, it looks good." Old Mrs. Li wiped away her tears.
Lianlizhi blurted out, "It looks much better than the last time."
Old Mrs. Li said, "Why bring up that time? That time doesn't count."
Fortunately, the granddaughter was clever and saw through Xu's scheme early on. She gave the man surnamed Song a letter of divorce and broke away from that family. "It's all over now."
Just then, a commotion broke out outside, with the sound of gongs and drums, and someone shouted that the chief had come to fetch the bride.
"So fast!" Li Ruo remembered that the auspicious time hadn't arrived yet. She looked at Liao Fusheng and said, "Wasn't it supposed to be in the afternoon?"
When Liao Fusheng saw her come out, he was stunned for a moment. "As long as it's past noon, it's an auspicious time."
Grandma Li curled her lips and said, "How impatient is Xie Xiao? Tell him to wait."
She led Li Ruo to the memorial tablets of Li's father and son, saying, "Please bid farewell to your father, elder brother, and mother. Oh, and your grandfather as well."
Two days ago, at Old Lady Li's request, Master Liao brought out the memorial tablets of Li's father and son, and added two more tablets for Li Ruo's mother and grandfather, all of which were placed on the table in the small living room.
Li Ruo offered incense and prayed, while Old Lady Li spoke beside her, "Old man, Honglie, Honglie's wife, Aqing, this time I have truly married Ruo'er off. May your spirits in heaven bless them with a harmonious and happy marriage, and may they grow old together."
Liao Fusheng stood silently at the door, watching until Li Ruo finished her prayers, then came over and said, "Go on."
Since Li Ruo lost her elder brother, Liao Fusheng temporarily carried her out of the house.
Lian Lizhi quickly covered her head with the veil, crying and laughing at the same time, "I almost forgot."
Li Xingran was carried on her back, making incoherent noises and constantly moving her hands.
Everyone assumed that he must have been both excited and happy.
Beyond the house, there was a wall gate and an iron fence gate. Li Ruo, perched on Liao Fusheng's back, asked, "Hey, if you feel it's too heavy, put me down first, and then carry me after we get to the wall gate."
“It’s not heavy.” Liao Fusheng paused for a moment. “I practice with Lao Wang and the others every morning, and I’m quite strong now.”
He felt she was so light.
He just wished the road could be a little longer.
Li Ruo glanced at him with a smile, "Indeed, Daoist Master is not the same as before. When I first met you, I thought, how could there be such a handsome construction foreman? I never expected you to be a Daoist."
Liao Fusheng's ears turned slightly red. "I am not a qualified Taoist practitioner."
“Taoists are human too, they need to make a living. Thank you for helping us so much,” Li Ruo said, “especially when my sister-in-law gave birth to Li Xingran.”
Liao Fusheng's neck turned red.
Li Ruo found it amazing that he blushed so easily; it was so cute. Who wouldn't like such an adorable Taoist priest?
Li Ruo said, "From now on, I will rely on the Daoist Master to take good care of Ziyang Peak."
Liao Fusheng stopped his hand, which was reaching for the gate in the wall, and asked nervously, "Aren't you coming back?"
“Go back, I go back every day.” Li Ruo laughed loudly. “It’s no different from before, okay? Look at you all, you all think I married someone from far away.”
Liao Fusheng forced a smile, thinking to himself, how could there be no difference?
The Black Wind Stronghold brothers outside were getting a little impatient.
One of the brothers said, "Boss, I've been blowing my trumpet until my lips are swollen, why hasn't the chieftain's wife come out yet?"
Xie Xiao gave him a shove. "What's the rush? Don't you have any patience?"
The brother glanced at him timidly: "Waaah, I don't know who's been pacing back and forth."
Suddenly, with a click, the gate in the wall opened.
There was a moment of silence outside.
Then, hundreds of whistles blared at once, making everyone's ears ring. Old Mrs. Li, who was in the back, covered her ears and laughed, "That Xie Xiao!"
The moment they saw Li Ruo, everyone's eyes lit up. Although they couldn't see her face, the fiery red wedding dress, worn on her slender and well-proportioned body, made the bride look like a phoenix spreading its wings, almost blinding everyone.
No one else could see anyone but her.
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