Meanwhile, Zhou Jinyan took Jiang Ci on a date, strolling around the county town.
After escorting Wen Jiaojiao back and telling her to rest well, Wen Zhaoye returned to the county town alone again.
He bought all the materials and extended the red carpet from the entrance of the small villa into the house, with half-height artificial bouquets inserted on both sides.
In this era when people had just had enough to eat, weddings in small towns didn't have many customs. Roses weren't sold in winter, but artificial bouquets still represented his deep love and importance.
He blew up balloon after balloon, the bridal chamber was decorated with colorful ribbons and the character for "double happiness," and the red bed sheets were covered with the words "May you have a son soon," instantly filling the originally cold and quiet house with joy.
Wen Jiaojiao waited until very late before he returned on his motorcycle. She asked him curiously:
"What are you doing, staying up so late?"
Wen Zhaoye looked at her with a slight smile, took off his coat, and poured hot water from the thermos into the foot bath, saying:
"It's nothing, just something came up."
Wen Jiaojiao knew he wouldn't do anything improper, so she didn't ask further and changed the subject:
Are you going to tell Jiang Peitian that I'm pregnant?
Wen Zhaoye said, "We'll talk about it when we get back. We're getting married tomorrow, and then she'll be my legitimate wife."
“In my mind, once we get a marriage certificate, we’re husband and wife, so we already are.”
"In my mind, once we've slept together, we're husband and wife, so we're like an old married couple."
After Wen Zhaoye's joke, Wen Jiaojiao smiled helplessly and said nothing more.
The following day, firecrackers went off and fireworks lit up the sky.
Wen Jiaojiao, dressed in a wedding gown, sat on the edge of the bed, while Jiang Ci stood behind the door, and the makeup artist sat in a corner.
Separated by a door was a group of men led by Wen Zhaoye.
They joked and teased, "Sister-in-law, open the door! Brother Zhaoye is here!"
Wen Jiaojiao smiled and said:
"Don't give her a red envelope, Jiang Ci has been waiting all morning."
Wen Zhaoye slipped a stack of red envelopes under the door and said:
"Quickly finish this, I've given you everything, Jiang Ci, open the door now."
Jiang Ci clearly didn't want to let it go so easily; she said with amusement:
"You think it's that easy for you to take them away?"
Wen Zhaoye looked at the tightly closed door, then suddenly pulled Zhou Jinyan aside and said:
"You talk to her."
A commotion arose around them, and Zhou Jinyan, with a slight smile, stood at the doorway and said:
"Xiao Ci, open the door."
Even through the door, Jiang Ci could imagine his expression. Her ears burned slightly as she spoke:
"You can't say anything, I'm going to guard this door."
Others chimed in:
"Okay, then you two better not get married in the future, otherwise we'll weld the doors and windows shut."
Seeing that dealing with Jiang Ci was ineffective, Wen Zhaoye said in a gentle tone:
"Honey, it's getting late. Open the door quickly, or they'll get impatient and come in to bother you, and I won't be able to handle that."
Wen Jiaojiao is completely unyielding:
"Whatever. I don't care if you're not angry after reading it."
A smile played in Wen Zhaoye's eyes. He pressed his tongue against his back teeth, glanced at the door, then walked around to the window and looked at Wen Jiaojiao inside, saying:
"If you don't open the door, I'm going to close this window."
Outside the grid-patterned window stood rows of vertical security bars. Wen Jiaojiao looked on incredulously.
"This has an anti-theft strip. I'll believe you if you can open it."
After saying that, with a "click," one of the security strips loosened and was easily pulled out, and then the second one...
Before the two could react, Wen Zhaoye braced himself against the windowsill and jumped in with a carefree air.
A group of people started to jeer:
"Sister-in-law, you're doomed. I'll teach you a lesson tonight."
Wen Jiaojiao exclaimed in surprise:
"How can this be?"
Wen Zhaoye chuckled and said, "The windows of this house were taken from an old house, and the door can fall over if you lean it against it, let alone these windows that have been exposed to wind and sun. But speaking of which, who just said it didn't matter?"
Wen Jiaojiao sat on the edge of the bed, smiling as she looked at him and said:
That's a foul.
Wen Zhaoye walked forward casually, and as she instinctively leaned back, he sat down next to her, putting one arm around her back, his smile never fading as he said:
“You won’t listen to me when I tell you to follow the normal procedures, you insist on me using these unorthodox methods.”
Wen Jiaojiao raised her hand and pushed away his cheek that was leaning towards her, saying:
"Isn't this a custom? If you close the window, what's the point of playing? Besides, this is your house. You knew all this but didn't tell me. It's no fun at all."
Wen Zhaoye leaned close to her ear and whispered:
"From now on, this will be your home too. If you haven't had enough fun, let's have a proper wedding when we get back to Hong Kong."
Just then, the others jumped into the house, and the photographer recorded everything from outside the window.
The door opened, and Jiang Ci immediately saw Zhou Jinyan walk in with a light smile in his eyes.
One of them said:
"The bride is the sister-in-law, so we can't tease her, but teasing the bridesmaids is a custom."
Jiang Ci's face flushed red. Zhou Jinyan stood casually in front of her, one hand in his pocket. He didn't turn around, his gaze fixed on Jiang Ci, but he replied:
"This is also my sister-in-law."
A group of people started jeering again:
"Yo yo yo".
Xu Cuifen walked in carrying a bowl of poached egg soup. After feeding Wen Jiaojiao an egg, she smiled so broadly her ears almost reached her ears.
Then, Wen Zhaoye picked up Wen Jiaojiao and carried her to the car parked outside the yard.
Xu Cuifen's dowry, which she had prepared for Wen Jiaojiao long ago, was all loaded onto the truck.
Finally, when Jiang Ci carried out the plate with the note indicating that her family had given her 20,000 yuan as dowry,
The audience in the courtyard was in an uproar.
"Oh, this 20,000 yuan is part of the bride's dowry?"
"Tsk tsk, Auntie Fatty, your beautiful daughter is getting married soon, what are you going to give her as a wedding gift?"
The fat aunt's face darkened and she said:
"Your daughter isn't getting married, is that it? Why are you comparing me to her? If my family were rich, I'd give my daughter airplanes and cannons."
"Keep bragging."
A group of people followed the bus into the county town.
The restaurant was set up at Babaozhai in the county town, and Wen Zhaoye specially hired four buses at a high price to take the villagers there.
Wen Zhaoye sat in the car, a slight smile playing on his lips as he looked at the person beside him and said:
"I'll give you a surprise later."
Wen Jiaojiao frowned slightly, somewhat skeptical of what the man considered a pleasant surprise, and said:
"Could this be what you did last night?"
Wen Zhaoye nodded and said:
"Yes, you'll find out soon enough."
As soon as the words were spoken, the car turned and drove into the gate of the small villa. Adults and children coming and going were all holding fake flowers and balloons, and fake bouquets were scattered messily on the ground in the yard.
Wen Zhaoye's face stiffened slightly, while Wen Jiaojiao chuckled and said, "This is your surprise?"
Wen Zhaoye hurriedly explained:
"No, it wasn't like this yesterday."
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