Chapter 266 How could the two of them not be alert?
"What I want to say is, you have already made plans for yourself, why don't you make plans for your brother? When your brother gets you drunk and brings someone into the room, you have to bring someone for him too!"
The implication was too obvious. Ma Lian'er and her brother had the same idea. They were both malicious and were discussing how to divide the work in the evening...
In the afternoon, the two families entertained guests, and most of the villagers went to congratulate them. The sound of firecrackers inside and outside the two courtyards made the scene even more lively.
The unmarried girls gathered around He Qingqing and sat in the boudoir. Her mother was smiling happily. She came in and greeted Ran Qingxuan, then went out to greet other guests.
Ma Lian'er lifted the bedroom curtain and walked in when no one was paying attention, congratulating He Qingqing who was in the crowd with a smile.
The girls nearby were talking and laughing, but when they saw it was Ma Lian'er, their laughter stopped abruptly.
The smile on Ma Lian'er's face froze, and she still walked forward with a calm face in such an atmosphere.
"Qingqing, you are getting married tomorrow. I wish you and Brother Dong a happy marriage and everything goes well!"
Don't hit a smiling person. Besides, He Qingqing was simple-minded and always thought about the friendship of growing up together. She didn't take the past things to heart. Besides, there was no reason to chase people away on such a happy day.
Lifting his face and smiling at her, He Qingqing gestured, "I was just wondering why I didn't see you. Come and sit down. The banquet will start soon."
Since the master had said so, the group of girls in the village who knew Ma Lian'er's personality well didn't know what to say and they all lowered their heads and remained silent.
A trace of barely perceptible disdain flashed across Ma Lian'er's face, and she walked to the empty seat next to Ran Qingxuan and sat down.
"Hey, that's Aduo's position..." Fangcao, who was sitting next to He Qingqing, reminded anxiously.
"The people haven't arrived yet, so we can just add another chair later."
Ran Qingxuan sat aside without saying anything. After all, she was just a guest and had no right to decide where others sat.
Just sitting with Ma Lian'er, Ran Qingxuan felt that his appetite had decreased a lot...
Seeing this, He Qingqing smiled and tried to smooth things over. She stood up and went to get a stool herself, and that was the end of it.
Old Master He and He Fanxiong were arranged to stay in the Lu family courtyard, and Gu Yanchen was pulled by Lu Tao to sit in the top seat.
Apart from the elders of the Lu family, there were only Zhang Fengxia's father and her two brothers at the table. Gu Yanchen, a young man in his twenties, sat at the head of the table, attracting a lot of attention.
However, most of the villagers knew that Gu Yanchen had saved the father and son of the Lu family in Qianchong Mountain, and that his wife had also saved the poisoned He Qingqing. They immediately sighed that the two families had met a noble person.
Gu Yanchen sat at the table with an upright posture. Although he looked a little out of place, he maintained a respectful and humble attitude in response to questions from Old Master He and Lu Tao's father.
Old Master He, who had sobered up yesterday, couldn't help but ask a few more questions about Gu Yanchen's extraordinary conversation. Later, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he made an excuse of feeling unwell, took He Fanxiong with him, greeted a group of people, and left.
Gu Yanchen knew that the old man might be suspicious of his identity, but they would leave tomorrow, and he had already explained everything clearly to He Fanxiong.
As for what the father and son say, it has nothing to do with them!
Except for the unmarried girls, the rest of the people, both men and women, sat together with those they knew. There were about thirty or forty households in the village, and the seats at both homes were full.
Halfway through the meal, the noises on both sides gradually became louder. By this time, the men were basically already drunk and started walking around with their arms around each other's shoulders.
Those who were urging people to drink were playing finger-guessing games, while the children were running around grabbing food from one table to another.
After greeting relatives and friends, Lu Tao and He Zishi returned to their seats and drank a lot with Gu Yanchen.
The grain wine brewed in the countryside was not blended and had a strong aftertaste. People kept coming up to toast him, and Gu Yanchen was also forced to drink a lot, but he always remained rational and did not get drunk.
Because of the misfortunes at home, he had kept all the things that had happened to him inside. Now that he had a rare opportunity to relax, he naturally accepted everything that came his way.
Ma Qingxi mingled with the younger generations of several families, took the wine pot and poured three full cups for Gu Yanchen. After watching him drink them, he smiled and went to congratulate the Lu family.
In just a moment, Gu Yanchen felt his head getting heavy and he seemed a little unsteady on his feet.
Thinking of what Ran Qingxuan had said to him last night, a gleam of light flashed across Gu Yanchen's eyes, but the dizziness that followed almost made him fall to the ground.
The hands on his knees kept tightening, and soon someone noticed that something was wrong with him.
"Uncle Lu, Master Gu seems to be a little drunk, why don't you let him go back to his room and have a rest!"
Lu Tao was also drunk and his face was red and his neck was thick. Hearing this, he pointed in the direction of the side room.
"The guest room in the backyard is ready. Anyone of you who is drunk can lie down there to sober up, so as to avoid falling on the way back..."
Lu Tao burped and turned around to greet his relatives and friends. Gu Yanchen was supported by two men on both sides and walked towards the backyard.
On the other side, Ran Qingxuan encountered the same thing. They were all unmarried girls and were not supposed to drink, but Ma Lian'er enthusiastically poured a glass for each of them.
"Qingqing is going to get married soon, and maybe we will marry in different villages in the future. Just for the friendship we have grown up together, we have to drink this glass of wine today!"
Although some girls here don't like Ma Lian'er, these words evoked everyone's memories of the past. After the first person raised his glass, there was a second person, and gradually the whole pot of wine was finished.
Ma Lian'er stood up with a red face and shook the wine jug in her hand.
"I'll go out and get another pot. We must be happy today..."
The girls had never drunk alcohol before, and after a few drinks they felt dizzy. Only Ran Qingxuan was sober and pretending to be dizzy.
A person would not be attentive to others for no reason, especially since Ma Lian'er was sitting next to her just now and was talking to everyone about her and Gu Yanchen.
But Ma Lian'er was very careful, and she was the first to ask questions, and then the other girls who were unaware of the situation followed suit.
Ran Qingxuan had to pretend to satisfy their curiosity and talk about Gu Yanchen.
It was not until Ma Lian'er went out to get wine for the third time that Aduo, who had drunk the least among the people present, could no longer hold it in and went to the toilet. When he came back, he said to Ran Qingxuan.
"Sister Ran, your husband seems to be drunk and has been helped into the house."
"How do you know?" Ran Qingxuan raised his head and asked.
Ado rubbed his eyes and said, "There is a row of wooden stakes between the two backyards. I just saw it when I went to the toilet..."
Ran Qingxuan knew Gu Yanchen's alcohol tolerance, and also knew that he would not get drunk easily.
His mind moved slightly, and he thought of Ma Lian'er's abnormal behavior, and he immediately became alert.
"I'm going to go to the toilet first, and then I'll go see him after everyone over there has left."
As she said that, she stood up and staggered towards the backyard.
Ma Lian'er came back and didn't see Ran Qingxuan, so she put down the wine pot and asked the people in the room: "Where is Miss Ran?"
"She went to the toilet. She said she would go see her husband after Uncle Lu's family members left."
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