Chapter 9: Tonight we will have the wedding ceremony and then the bridal chamber
The two held hands, walked around the courtyards, and came to the front hall.
In the hall, the old general drank tea and looked at the old lady.
Seeing the old lady running back and forth and looking around at the entrance of the hall five times, he shook his head and shouted in amusement, "Why are you in such a hurry? You're running back and forth, and you're almost blinding me. You're already fifty-eight, why are you still so unstable?"
The old lady turned around and glanced at him with a smile, "You can sit still because your leg is lame, otherwise you would run more frequently than me."
The old general chuckled, "I'm not like you, looking forward to having a daughter-in-law so much that I'm going crazy."
The old lady replied, "That's right. I don't know who is calling for his grandson in his dreams in the middle of the night. He may seem quiet, but he must be crazy with longing in his heart, right?"
The old general's face turned red.
What's wrong with him just missing his grandson?
He is already 61 years old and has never held his grandchild in his arms. Why can't he miss his grandchildren?
The old lady was bickering with the old general at the door when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure over at the Moon Gate. She looked closely and finally saw her son Ling Zhao appear holding the hand of his future daughter-in-law.
The old lady stared at the scene of the two people holding hands and pinched her thigh flesh excitedly.
Oh my goodness, this daughter-in-law can’t run away, she is now a member of her family!
The old lady quickly ran back to sit beside the old general and said happily, "Here they come, they are holding hands! Sit down, sit down!"
The old general quickly put down his teacup and sat up straight.
From now on, they are the father-in-law and mother-in-law. They need to be more decent and not let their delicate and weak daughter-in-law think that they are a group of rough people.
So, when Shen Yuanwei entered the room, what she saw was the upright old general and the graceful old lady.
She and Xiao Lingzhao walked up to the two elders and stood with Xiao Lingzhao.
Xiao Lingzhao bowed and got straight to the point, "Dad, Mom, I want to marry Yuan Wei as soon as possible. I beg you two to agree to help me."
The old general and the old lady looked at each other, unable to hide the smile on their faces.
Ouch.
He refused to listen when we urged him to get married before, and now he is anxious?
You want to marry her as soon as possible. What were you doing before? Why didn’t you introduce the girl to them?
The old general stroked his beard and looked at Shen Yuanwei with a smile.
"Miss Shen, my son said he wants to marry you as soon as possible. I wonder what you mean by that?"
"We old couple have no objection to this marriage. Miss Shen, you may not know what you mean to our family. When you came today, my family was about to send me out to commit suicide. I met you when I was desperate and could only exchange my life for yours."
"You saved my son and saved my life."
"You also indirectly saved my wife's life, because my wife and I have a good relationship. If I committed suicide, she would not live long."
“So Miss Shen, you are the benefactor of our family. If my son can marry you, it will be a blessing for our Xiao family!”
The old general changed the subject.
"I just don't know if your parents are willing to marry into our Xiao family? As long as they don't despise our Xiao family, my wife and I will prepare the betrothal gifts and go to their house to ask for marriage for my son!"
The old lady also smiled and stood up and walked to Shen Yuanwei.
She didn't have the airs of a general's wife at all, and said in a friendly and cheerful manner, "Miss Shen, although this is the first time I've met you, I believe in my son's vision. He has never liked any girl since he was a child, and you are the first girl he has brought to us."
The old lady held Shen Yuanwei's arm tightly, "You know, we urged him many times before, but he refused to get married no matter what. I think he had you in his heart at that time, and he only wanted to marry you, right? You can make my son so worried, and you can make him like you so much that he wants to marry you. I believe that you must not only have kindness and beauty, but also many other good qualities. You must be the best girl in the world. It is a blessing for my son and us to marry you home!"
Shen Yuanwei looked at the kind white-haired old general, and then at the amiable old lady.
She didn't dare accept such praise.
She is not such a good person and must not let others misunderstand her.
She said frankly, "Old General, Old Madam, I am not as good as you say. I am just an ordinary person with many shortcomings. I am afraid that you think of me as too perfect and you will not be able to bear the gap in the future..."
The old lady immediately responded, "It's even better if there are shortcomings!"
Shen Yuanwei raised her eyebrows.
The old lady laughed, "You are not perfect, so I, as your mother-in-law, don't have to be too nervous when facing you, don't you? In fact, it's not just you little girls who are afraid of being someone's daughter-in-law, we old people are also afraid of being someone's mother-in-law. I'm afraid that my daughter-in-law is too perfect and will dislike me for this and that. I'm afraid that I will have to walk on thin ice and live my life cautiously in the future. That would be very tiring. Since we are all imperfect, then we can tolerate each other as we please, don't you think?"
Shen Yuanwei laughed out loud.
She had agreed to marry Xiao Lingzhao because she had died in her original world and she came to this world to redeem Xiao Lingzhao, so there was no harm in getting married.
But now, after getting to know each other, not only Xiao Lingzhao attracted her, but also the old general and his wife.
Living with such an easy-going and interesting person must not be too tiring.
Shen Yuanwei bowed and said to the two elders, "I am grateful to the old general and his wife for looking up to me and being willing to hire me as their daughter-in-law. However, I am an abandoned baby in a mass grave. My adoptive mother who took me home and raised me unfortunately passed away half a year ago. I have no relatives at home. I wonder if the two elders will think that I am unlucky and an orphan?"
The old general and the old lady were stunned at the same time.
Such a good girl has such a hard life?
The two elders looked at each other.
Other families might look down on an orphan girl because she has a bad luck, but their family doesn't look down on her. They also lost six children, and they won't avoid looking down on other girls just because several people in their family died.
They just feel sorry for the child.
The old general stood up and said kindly, "Good boy, don't be afraid. Our family has been generals for generations and we are full of murderous aura. We are not afraid of your tough life. It would be better if you have a tough life! You can kill me and Ling Zhao's mother, that's your ability!"
Shen Yuanwei couldn't help laughing out loud.
The old lady also expressed her opinion, "Young lady, if you are willing, then I will find a good day to stop your marriage with Ling Zhao. From now on, the General's Mansion will be your home, and we will be your relatives. We will love you like our own daughter. On every Qingming Festival, Ling Zhao will accompany you to pay tribute to your mother."
Shen Yuanwei knew that the old general and the old lady liked her now only because they needed her to save Xiao Lingzhao, but she didn't mind.
As long as the patient Xiao Lingzhao cannot leave her for the rest of her life, the General's Mansion will treat her like an ancestor and provide for her for the rest of her life.
Therefore, she did not hesitate about anything. She was more straightforward than the two old men. She reached out and took out the identity document from her bosom and handed it to Xiao Lingzhao.
"You can take it to get married, and we will get married tonight."
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