Soon it was time for Gao Jie and Liu Fengya's wedding. The Yun family, as the bride's family, had to arrive at Gaojia Village the day before, instead of setting off with the Liu family.
Before setting off, the family discussed what to bring. They exchanged the cotton quilts and other items, such as candy and milk powder, that the Gao family had brought back from the county town with Gao Liang last time.
So, besides bringing a complete set of wedding bedding, Yunqi also found a whole set of gold jewelry in his spatial storage. He had bought this jewelry later, worried that buying too many supplies would arouse suspicion, and not wanting to waste his money. He thought that if things returned to normal in the next generation, he could have some keepsakes. Giving the whole set to his cousin now was perfect, since everyone still recognized the value of gold.
"Isn't this a bit too meager?" Mother Yun thought the two items in front of her were too small a gift.
Yunqi thought for a moment and then ran back to the room and made a fuss. Actually, he had brought it out from his spatial dimension, but in order to avoid the two little siblings, he could only pretend to do it.
"Brother Cheng, come in and help us out." Seeing the couple carrying a large pile of clothes out of the room, Yun's parents quickly made way for them so they could put the clothes down.
"What are all these things? How come there are so many clothes?" Mother Yun looked through them and found that they were all women's and children's clothes.
"Mom, didn't I buy a lot of clothes before? There are many clothes that Junjun and Lele can't wear all of. If I give these to my cousin as part of her dowry, she won't have to worry about them anymore. There are also some clothes for my cousin to wear every day. You can see that I haven't taken the tags off."
“Who gives clothes to a daughter as part of her dowry? Besides, what will you wear if you give all these clothes to her?” In Yun’s mother’s heart, her daughter was still the most important person. She would not be willing to let her daughter give up her things.
"Mom, what time is it now? Why are you still being so particular? Believe me, Auntie will be happier if we give her these clothes. After all, we won't be able to buy these things again. And you don't have to worry about these clothes. I bought so many before, our family can't possibly wear them all. If we give these to my cousin, she'll definitely love them."
Seeing that her daughter had said so, Yun's mother stopped objecting.
After the family packed their things, they put them in a basket. To avoid drawing too much attention, Yunqi took out vacuum-sealed packaging from his spatial storage and compressed and packed the clothes, storing them there until they were almost ready to be taken out.
Since the whole family was setting off, Yunqi found a pair of bamboo baskets for the two siblings to sit on, so that only one adult needed to carry them. Of course, no one argued with Sicheng about this, since everyone felt more at ease knowing that he was leading the two of them.
As for Yunqi and the others, they didn't set off empty-handed either. Each of them carried a basket on their back, containing the clothes they needed for the next two days, as well as the dried fish that their family had been smoking recently. Because there wasn't a large current in Gaojia Village, it wasn't as easy to get fish as in Pinghe Village. So, in addition to bringing dried fish, they also set up fish traps and did night fishing in the lake the day before, so they could bring their catch over with them and add an extra dish to their meal.
Perhaps because the bait this time was a large snake that Si Cheng could find in the mountains, its blood smell might be stronger, so the catch in the trap this time could only be described as a bumper harvest. Looking at these dozens of kilograms of fish, Si Cheng simply put the two siblings in one bamboo basket and used the other bamboo basket to hold the fish.
For the rest of the journey, Yunqi led the way. This was the first time the elderly couple had ever left the village with them. Watching their daughter skillfully pick up snakes with one hand and chop them with the other, they were initially surprised, but then filled with heartache. However, neither of them comforted them; they wanted them to adapt to their new life.
On the contrary, Junjun and Lele, seeing their mother like a knight in a cartoon, fighting monsters with a knife, sat in the bamboo basket and kept clapping and cheering.
Because they were traveling with elderly people and children, the two of them dared not walk very fast. When they reached the lakeside camp where they had rested before, they prepared to stop and rest. Si Cheng also planned to go into the traps to see if there was anything to be gained. Anyone from this trap village could come here to search if they left the village, and whoever found the prey would own it.
However, since it's only the young men in the village who come out together so often, they always manage to get something more.
This time, Si Cheng wasn't so lucky. He only found a rabbit and two hedgehogs inside, but thankfully they were all alive. He picked up his prey, released the two hedgehogs, and then dumped some snake carcasses he had collected earlier into the trap. That way, maybe he could get something when the Liu family came to pick up the bride tomorrow.
After resting, we continued our journey, but the next part of the road was not so easy. This section of the road was probably rarely traveled, and it was overgrown with weeds, so the chances of encountering snakes were much higher.
It was only then that Yun's parents truly understood that their children always reported good news and never bad news when they went out, especially since they were venturing into even more dangerous mountains and facing vicious criminals. These things were nothing like what they had casually mentioned or accomplished.
At this moment, Yun Zhiming also took his machete for self-defense and walked to his daughter's side, silently joining the work of clearing the roadblocks.
Yun Qi glanced at his father briefly before focusing even more intently on the situation ahead.
“No wonder your aunt and uncle always wear high boots and waterproof suits when they come over. It’s really hard to protect them from the elements on roads like this. If we had known, we would have been more at ease doing the same thing,” Yun’s mother said with a sigh as they walked.
"Why do you think Xiao Qi and the others cleared away these weeds? It's for the convenience of future visits. Do you think Ci An and his family would dare to kill snakes like our Xiao Qi?" At this point, Yun Zhiming couldn't help but raise his voice proudly.
"Besides, clearing this road now will make it easier for people to walk on it when Xiaojie gets married the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, why do you think they would clear these weeds?"
Hearing her husband say this, Yun's mother finally understood Yun Qi and his family's good intentions.
Yes, that way, my niece won't have to be all wrapped up when she gets married.
Actually, Yunqi hadn't thought of this before. She wanted to clear the weeds mainly because she didn't want these meter-tall weeds to hurt her two little ones, and also because it would make it easier for her parents to walk back and forth on the path. But seeing her mother's touched expression, she didn't say anything more; after all, her cousin had indeed benefited.
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