Yu Jiu quickly shook her head, suppressing this beautiful memory. She strained her ears to listen to the sounds outside, like a cute little rabbit perched on the door.
On the other side, of the twelve questions, Xu Zijiang had already answered eleven correctly, leaving only the last one. Although the situation was hopeless, even if he didn't answer the last question correctly, it wouldn't be able to stump Xu Zijiang.
However, Chu Xiao still dutifully asked the question.
"Captain, if you had the chance to do it all over again, would you still choose to get married today?"
"Oh, what kind of question is this? If not today, then when? Yu Zhiqing is such a good wife, even if we could do it all over again, the team leader would still choose to marry her. Is this trying to drive a wedge between the team leader and Yu Zhiqing? This question is too malicious!"
"You're wrong. He's asking this question because he wants to know if the captain would marry Comrade Yu earlier if they could do it all over again."
As expected, Xu Zijiang's answer was perfect, and he said it with absolute certainty.
"No, if I could do it all over again, I would definitely have looked up the auspicious date when I was pursuing Yu Jiu, and we would have gotten married as soon as I won her over."
That way, they wouldn't have to wait so long, Xu Zijiang said, still full of resentment. Especially those two months of waiting after setting the wedding date, spending time alone in the empty room, feeling empty and lonely, he was burning with desire, almost to the point of burning to death.
"Okay, Captain, you got it right again. Congratulations."
Chu Xiao was numb; what he said was exactly the same answer Yu Jiu had given. Yu Jiu had also said that if they could do it all over again, Xu Zijiang would definitely choose to marry her sooner, and would probably even go to find an auspicious date in advance. This was incredibly accurate; it would be an injustice if these two didn't get married!
"Go inside, Captain, and quickly take your wife away."
As Chu Xiao spoke, she stepped forward and opened the door. Zhao En didn't notice and let her open the door.
"Hey, why did you just open the door like that? I'm not satisfied yet, I still have a trick up my sleeve!"
Who cares about him? Xu Zi seized the opportunity and rushed in, with Gouzi following behind him, blocking Zhao En.
"Captain, you can go in without worry. I'll take care of things here!"
He clung to Zhao En like a guardian, which was quite funny.
Seeing this, Lin Zheng also stopped several agitated people at the door, allowing Xu Zi to smoothly walk to Yu Jiu's room.
Xu Zijiang had already rushed in, so Yu Jiu could no longer peek through the crack in the door to watch the commotion. She quickly went back to her bed and sat down, looking like a princess waiting for her prince to come and take her away, dignified and beautiful.
At this moment, besides Yu Jiu, only Yu Caihong and Zhang Yan were in the room, so this last line of defense naturally fell to these two. However, Yu Caihong and Zhang Yan were both good friends of Yu Jiu, and they knew that Yu Jiu loved Xu Zijiang to death, so naturally they wouldn't make things difficult for Xu Zijiang.
The two had already discussed it beforehand; they would only make a small request, just a token gesture. So Zhang Yan climbed down from the windowsill and called out.
"Captain, just write us a guarantee right now, promising that you will treat Yu Jiu well in the future, that you won't make her do any work, that you won't make her tired, and that you will let her be in charge of the household from now on."
This requirement is incredibly simple; the guarantee is just a few sentences long, with absolutely no difficulty.
After Zhang Yan finished speaking, Yu Caihong handed her a piece of paper and a pen through the crack in the door.
"Captain, you can write it. Five hundred words will suffice."
"Five hundred words? Isn't that too much? Captain, can you handle it?"
While blocking Zhao En, Gouzi turned back to ask with concern. He was almost busier as the best man than Xu Zijiang, the groom.
"Sure, no problem at all."
Xu Zijiang said without turning his head, "You've already written a self-criticism of over ten thousand words, can't you write a guarantee of five hundred words?" Although half of the more than ten thousand words of self-criticism was written with the help of Yu Jiu.
Xu Zijiang picked up paper and pen and began to write. The first sentence read: "I, Xu Zijiang, promise to treat Comrade Yu Jiu well for the rest of my life, to cherish her, love her, and obey her. I will let her be in charge of the household, managing the money and people, so she won't have to do farm work, laundry, cooking, or anything else..."
He used "no" repeatedly, basically meaning that everything should be given to Yu Jiu, and Yu Jiu could just enjoy himself while he was responsible for doing all the work, including all the dirty, tiring, and miscellaneous tasks.
After he finished writing, he even recited it aloud and asked the people inside if they were satisfied.
"Is it okay, honey? If not, I can rewrite it."
Xu Zijiang didn't ask Yu Caihong and Zhang Yan, but rather Yu Jiu, his legal wife, who was inside. They clearly had the right to open the door, yet Xu Zijiang went to ask Yu Jiu instead—that love-struck fool!
Yu Caihong and Zhang Yan shook their heads, they simply couldn't bear to look. Yongjiu, inside, nodded silently, satisfied. Of course she was satisfied. This was the man she had chosen herself, and she couldn't be more satisfied.
Yu Caihong and Zhang Yan opened the door directly.
"Come in, we are very satisfied, and your wife said she is very satisfied too. Hurry up and take the bride away. We wish you two a long and happy marriage, and a lifetime of love and affection."
Without a word of thanks, Xu Zi rushed in like a bandit abducting a bride, quickly grabbed Yu Jiu in his arms, and tried to run away. Startled, Yu Jiu immediately wrapped her arms around his neck.
What are you doing?
Yu Jiu said coquettishly, and buried her face in Xu Zijiang's arms, still a little embarrassed.
"Let's snatch your wife! Come on, wife, I'll take you home."
Xu Zijiang ran out like a gust of wind, carrying Yu Jiu in his arms.
"Oh, they're kidnapping the bride! They're kidnapping the bride~~~"
The people outside also joined in the commotion.
"Hold on to me, don't fall."
Xu Zijiang, though seemingly rough, gently placed Yu Jiu on the back of the bicycle. To prevent Yu Jiu from getting hurt, he even installed a special seat on the bicycle, so Yu Jiu didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
"good."
Yu Jiu hugged Xu Zijiang's waist and nodded with a smile. Only on their wedding day could she openly hug Xu Zijiang's waist like this in public. Later, Xu Zijiang would be riding his bicycle with her around the team a couple of times, like two conspicuous bags.
Because the distance from the educated youth settlement to Xu Zijiang's place was too short, the wedding procession couldn't arrive at the groom's house too quickly. So, if the distance was too short, they would take a longer route through the village. Furthermore, on the wedding day, the bride's feet couldn't touch the ground on the way from the groom's house to the bride's house.
Upon arriving at Xu Zijiang's house, Yu Jiu was carried inside by Xu Zijiang, which was considered a highlight of the wedding procession, and people would always tease the bride and groom during this part. However, the two of them didn't seem too embarrassed by the teasing.
Xu Zi was about to leave on his bicycle when Gouzi quickly signaled Lin Zheng to follow.
"Captain, wait for us! The best man hasn't come yet! What are you waiting for, everyone? Come on, I'll hand out candy along the way."
The dog had already given out some treats at the educated youth settlement, and he promised to give out more along the way. It was a little trick to attract people to follow, since walking around the team twice was quite tiring, but weddings are all about celebration and liveliness, so everyone would try their best to use small treats to entice others to join.
Sure enough, as soon as candy was mentioned, those who were hesitant about following immediately started running after them, especially the children who ran very fast.
"Brother Dog, Brother Dog, I'm the first one, can I get a bigger share?"
A clever kid darted off, following Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu's bicycles, and then loudly called out to Gouzi. "Gouzi" was a slightly unpleasant name, so everyone automatically called him "Gou Ge" (Dog Brother). Gouzi, pleased with the nickname, replied loudly.
"Here, I'll give you two extra. Everyone hurry up and catch up, don't fall behind!"
At Gouzi's enthusiastic greeting, a group of people followed Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu in a flurry.
"Weddings in the countryside are so lively!"
Yu Jiu looked at everyone running behind her and couldn't help but laugh as she spoke to Xu Zijiang. In their city, weddings didn't involve taking detours, and there weren't so many people running after them. At most, they'd watch the excitement at the bride's and groom's houses; no one would follow them on the road.
"Country folks love excitement and are very hospitable. I'll show you tonight how much more enthusiastic I am."
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