The wedding scene was very lively. After jumping over the fire basin and offering tea to their parents, the newlyweds were warmly escorted to the bridal chamber.
As the sky gradually darkened, the guests took their seats and the evening banquet was served on the table one by one.
Zhan Yifeng and Qin Xiaoyun held the wine in their hands and toasted to the relatives and friends at each table.
"Bride, light me a cigarette."
"Let's have a toast to the bride and groom."
"The bride is so beautiful, don't you think?" The guests responded to the newlyweds. From time to time, there would be some playful guests who would play a good-natured prank on the bride and groom, especially the bride, which would make Qin Xiaoyun, who was already shy, blush even more.
Gong Zhengyao stood at the door, peering inside. The Zhan family's wedding was so grand today, and since their village was so close to Shangxin Village, he had certainly seen it all. Seeing Xiaoyun marry so happily, he was also very happy for her.
He came here this time to see Xiaoyun and give her something from his heart. But thinking about how his family had treated Xiaoyun for so many years, he really didn't have the face to step into the Zhan family's house.
Zhan Yilin came out to deliver dinner to Gu Qiuyu and the others. He was a little surprised to see Gong Zhengyao standing at the door of his house. "Brother Gong, why don't you come in and sit down?" The only person in the Gong family that he liked was Gong Zhengyao. He heard from his second brother that he was good to Xiaoyun.
Gong Zhengyao smiled sheepishly, pulled a red envelope from his pocket, and handed it to Zhan Yilin. "I'm just here to take a look. I'm not going in. Please give this to Xiaoyun for me." Xiaoyun's parents would definitely be unhappy if he saw him in. They hated them to the core. Their mother had been arrested and the money she left behind had been confiscated. The red envelope he gave to Xiaoyun was something he had secretly hidden away all those years. Although it was only ten yuan, it was a token of his love.
Zhan Yilin took a look at the red envelope and said, "You should give it to your second sister-in-law yourself." He believed that his second sister-in-law must also want to meet Gong Zhengyao and hear his blessings for her in person.
Gong Zhengyao stuffed the red envelope into Zhan Yilin's pocket and said, "I'm leaving first."
"Brother Gong..." Zhan Yilin was holding two bags of vegetables in his hands and had no hands to return the red envelope to Gong Zhengyao. He could only watch Gong Zhengyao leave.
Shaking his head, Zhan Yilin turned and went back into the house. He planned to give the money to his second sister-in-law first, and then go to deliver food to Zhan Yeping and the others.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law." Zhan Yilin put the dishes on the table beside him.
"Didn't you go to help Yiping and the others deliver food?" Zhan Yifeng asked in surprise.
Zhan Yilin took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Qin Xiaoyun, "I just met Gong Zhengyao at the door, and he asked me to give this to you."
"Brother?" Qin Xiaoyun took the red envelope and felt a little sad. Her brother had been very kind to her over the years, and she had thought about inviting him to the wedding, but her parents now disliked the Gong family, and she didn't want to make them unhappy, so she gave up the idea of inviting him. She didn't expect her brother to send a red envelope specifically.
"Is he gone?" Qin Xiaoyun asked, holding back her tears.
Zhan Yilin nodded, "He stuffed the red envelope into my pocket and left."
Qin Xiaoyun tightly grasped the red envelope in her hand, feeling a complicated mood. She wanted to go find her eldest brother right now and ask him to come to the wedding, but she couldn't let her parents be unhappy.
"Yifeng, have someone invite Gong Zhengyao to the wedding for a drink." Qin Haoran looked at Zhan Yifeng and said. He hated the Gong family, but Gong Zhengyao had been very good to Xiaoyun over the years, and that was undeniable.
"Dad?" Qin Xiaoyun looked at Qin Haoran in disbelief.
"I don't want you to have any regrets," Qin Haoran said with a smile. He owed Xiaoyun too much over the years, and he was willing to do anything to make her happy.
Gong Xiaoyun looked at Fang Shuyi, who smiled and nodded. Fang Shuyi only knew that her child was taken away by He Qingfang, and that He Qingfang had always treated her child badly. As for why He Qingfang took her child away, she had no idea. Anyway, Xiaoyun had found the child, and He Qingfang had received retribution. She didn't want to pursue the reason anymore.
"I'll ask someone to invite them right now." Zhan Yifeng smiled and nodded. He and Gong Zhengyao had always had a good relationship, but he didn't invite Gong Zhengyao to his and Xiaoyun's wedding because he was afraid his parents-in-law would be unhappy. Now that his parents-in-law agreed, he had nothing to worry about.
As Gong Zhengyao walked into the house, a bowl flew towards him. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been hit on the head by the bowl.
"What are you doing?" Gong Zhengyao looked at Yang Daya who was sitting at the table.
Yang Daya looked at Gong Zhengyao with a sullen face. "You still remember to come back? Did you go to Gong Xiaoyun's place? Did she kick you out?" She was furious. The Zhan family was so glorious today, with so many cars. People who went to the Zhan family's wedding said that the Zhan family had laid out a table full of dishes, not to mention the delicious fish and meat, but also shrimp and beef. If that damn old woman hadn't treated Gong Xiaoyun like that, she might have gone to the wedding. If she could bring some dishes back, it would have been even better.
"I just went to take a look, I didn't go in." Gong Zhengyao looked at the broken bowl on the ground with regret. If he had gone in, Xiaoyun would definitely not have kicked him out, but he was too embarrassed to go in.
"That heartless and ungrateful girl, how have I treated her unfairly over the years? She didn't even invite us to her wedding. Her conscience must have been eaten by a dog." The more Yang Daya thought about it, the angrier she became.
Gong Zhengyao said nothing. He walked over, picked up a dustpan and broom, and swept up the broken pieces of food on the floor. He knew best whether Daya had mistreated Xiaoyun. Ever since Daya married into the Gong family, she had always treated Xiaoyun like a servant, even giving her her menstrual shorts to wash. If he spoke up for Xiaoyun, she would kick him off the kang at night.
"Is Boss Gong at home?" A middle-aged woman's voice came from outside.
"I'm here." Gong Zhengyao responded, put the dustpan and broom aside, and walked out.
When he opened the gate, he saw a middle-aged woman wearing a flowered cotton jacket and short hair standing outside, and a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples, but very energetic. "Who are you?" He had never seen the two of them before.
"We are Yifeng's uncle and aunt. Yifeng and Xiaoyun asked us to come and invite you to their wedding." Li Caiying said.
A hint of surprise flashed across Gong Zhengyao's eyes, and then dimmed. "I've already eaten, so I won't go. Please thank them for me." He really wanted to go see Xiaoyun, but he really didn't have the face to do so.
"Go, of course we will go." Yang Daya's happy voice came from behind.
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