The dog shouted loudly inside to tell Zhang Yan that he had arrived.
Zhang Yan hid in the female educated youth's room. She had dressed up nicely and looked very smart. Last time, when Yu Jiu got married, she had climbed onto a stool to look out the window. But today, on her own wedding day, she was shy and sat upright on the bed, too embarrassed to come down and look around.
Upon hearing the dog's words, even before seeing the person, a shy blush crept onto her face.
Yu Caihong waited with her inside. When she saw Zhang Yan blush, she chuckled.
"So you've got a day when you blush? I thought you were so bold, with such a fiery personality, that you didn't know what blushing was."
"I'm getting married today, what's wrong with blushing a little? Who made that rule? Is it not allowed?"
Zhang Yan said stiffly, her face turning red all the way to her neck. Yu Caihong shook her head, suppressing her laughter, not daring to laugh at her anymore, for fear that she would become angry.
"I won't say anything more, okay? Let's see how Gouzi and the others plan to get in."
As she spoke, she pressed herself against the door again, trying to peek outside through the crack.
A female educated youth had already stepped forward and posed the first difficult question to the groom and his groomsmen.
"We're testing both your literary and martial skills here. Continuing the tradition from when Yu, the educated youth, and the team leader got married, let's start with a literary test. You'll need to use a couplet to describe your feelings about getting married today. It only needs to be seven characters long. You'll need an upper line, a lower line, and a horizontal scroll. As long as you can match it, you'll pass."
The female educated youth confidently said that Gouzi and his group were not very educated, at most not illiterate, so asking them to compose a couplet would be more than enough of a challenge.
However, it wasn't that difficult. As long as there were seven characters and the meaning was correct, that would be enough. I didn't plan to give strict feedback.
Sure enough, as soon as this question came up, Gouzi and his four good brothers immediately scratched their heads. A couplet? What is a couplet? And it has to have seven characters! My God, this is too difficult!
"Could we ask a different question? This is really difficult."
"No, do you think you can find another wife to marry?"
"Um, okay."
The dog shut up sheepishly. He held up his fingers and counted, "Today I'm getting married, I'm so happy, so happy, oh wait, there's a word missing."
Today I'm getting married! I'm so happy! Hmm, that's enough words. Now for the horizontal scroll... what should it be? Um...
The groomsmen racked their brains for ages, almost scratching their heads in frustration. Their groomsmen were even less cultured than him; the groomsmen could at least manage seven words, while they couldn't utter a single one. Seeing the groomsmen counting on their fingers, looking so troubled, the four groomsmen exchanged glances, suddenly filled with boundless enthusiasm.
They waved their hands.
"What's the point of this couplet? It's just making things difficult for us! Let's go, brothers, let's just storm in! Charge! Get the bride back for Dog!"
"Alright! Charge!"
Once one of them got excited, the other three also got excited. Before Gouzi could react, the four of them suddenly rammed into the gate of the educated youth settlement. Instantly, the dilapidated gate began to shake precariously.
"Hey! What are you doing? Are you trying to tear the door down? You can't do this! Stop it right now! I'm almost out, almost in! Hey, this isn't how you welcome a bride! Stop it right now, stop making a scene!"
The dog was shocked and quickly shouted for them to stop, but the four young men were too excited to stop and kept banging on the door. Their adrenaline was surging.
"Dog, don't worry about it, just leave it to the brothers. You'll definitely be able to take this bride home today. Charge! Break down this door!"
"Ugh. You guys!!!"
"Hahahaha, they've started banging on the door. I told you these young people are impulsive and hot-tempered. Gouzi and his friends aren't very educated either. This couplet you gave them has really stumped them, hahahahaha."
Everyone burst into laughter, whether mocking or just enjoying the spectacle, it was hard to tell. Some even egged them on, urging them to break down the door and snatch the bride back. The young woman who had posed the question was terrified and quickly ducked to the side, afraid the door might fall and hit her.
"What are we going to do? If it doesn't work, let's change the questions. I'll let you in, okay? Stop banging on the door. I'll open it for you right now. If you break this door, we'll have to fix it!"
The female educated youth shouted loudly, but the crowd of onlookers was too loud, and it was unclear whether the people outside could hear her. Gouzi, however, heard her and quickly reached out to pull the crowd away.
"Stop banging on it! They've already said they're opening the door. Stop it now, they're about to open it, we don't need to arrange the couplets anymore!"
"Hey! Did you hear me?!"
Dog was filled with regret. He shouldn't have let them be his best men. They volunteered themselves, and Dog used to get along well with them. Since they wanted to be best men, he let them be. He never expected them to be like wild horses now, impossible to control!
The dog was pacing anxiously outside, while Yu Jiu, holding An An inside, frowned. Was this going a bit too far? But she couldn't go over there while holding An An, so she could only pat the burly woman in front of her.
“Auntie, go and tell them to stop banging on the door. It’s a proper wedding procession, and they’ve turned it into a kidnapping. It’s so barbaric.”
No sooner had Yu Jiu finished speaking than the auntie's door, already rickety, collapsed with a crash. The female educated youth, who had been about to open the door, was so frightened that she quickly darted to the side. Had she been even a fraction slower, the door would have smashed down on her.
"What are you doing? Is this funny? You've smashed the door down! Who's going to fix it now?!"
The female educated youth was angry. Who holds a wedding ceremony like this? Even when Yu Jiu and the team leader got married, it wasn't like this.
"Yeah, that's so barbaric! I told you not to crash into me! Calm down, all of you! Today's my wedding, okay?!"
The dog was also very angry, but since it was his wedding day, he couldn't lose his temper. He could only scold them and let them go, and then apologized to the female educated youth, feeling embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, they were a bit too impulsive. I'll fix the door. I'll definitely fix it for you when the time comes."
"Alright."
Given the current situation, she didn't know whether she should continue with the upcoming assessments.
She looked into the room, where Yu Caihong was also shocked.
"Why did Gouzi choose these guys to be his best men? They're so unruly! They even broke down the front door. I was afraid they'd just barge into the room."
"I told you he needed someone to keep him in check, otherwise he'd always cause trouble. But the best men were all his good friends. He said he'd already chosen his best men, so I didn't ask any more questions. I never expected he'd pick these kinds of people."
Zhang Yan, no longer caring about being shy, got out of bed angrily and peeked outside through the crack in the door.
Before the female educated youth could even finish hesitating, these men rushed to the room door and knocked.
"Open the door! Open the door! We're here to pick up the bride! Open the door now, or we'll break it down!"
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