Chapter 79 Wedding (Part 1)
After seeing the living things, Zhou Qingti pulled him to appreciate the flowers. Although she didn't raise flowers, she was most enthusiastic about watching the fun.
There are all kinds of flowers in the flower market, and there are several kinds of plum blossoms alone, pink, red, and white.
Mother Zhou likes to grow flowers, so Zhou Qingti chose a few plum blossoms and tulips.
She squatted on the ground and looked at the pots of cute succulents and exclaimed repeatedly: "These succulents are so cute."
Lu Yanzhi looked at her squatting on the ground like a child and felt that she was more adorable.
I squatted down beside her and helped her pick up the hem of her clothes that had fallen to the ground. "Buy a few pots? Succulents should be easy to grow."
"Okay." Zhou Qingti took advantage of the situation and acted like a good kid. He obviously liked it, but he acted like he could buy it if he wanted.
Lu Yanzhi rubbed her head helplessly.
In the end, I bought six pots of succulents and a turtle at the aquarium market.
Zhou Qingti originally planned to buy only one, but Lu Yanzhi said, "Buy it a companion. It's lonely on its own."
"Buy it a brother or a wife?"
Lu Yanzhi curled his lips, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "Buy a brother."
The boss explained to them some precautions on raising turtles and sold them a small round fish tank and some decorations.
"I came back with a full load." Zhou Qingti was in a good mood after coming out of the flower and bird market.
"Are there any candied haws there?" Lu Yanzhi pointed to a roadside stall selling candied haws.
Many shops are closed on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but this kind of snack stall is open.
There are many shapes of candied haws nowadays, including strawberry, orange, and hawthorn with glutinous rice.
Zhou Qingti selected two strings of traditional hawthorn candied haws, wrapped one string in paper, and brought it back to the Lu family's old house for Lu Sizhi to eat.
Zhou Qingti immediately took a bite of the other bunch. The outside was crispy and sweet, and when he bit it open, he found the sweet and sour hawthorn.
"Hmm, delicious. Want one?" Zhou Qingti brought the candied haws to his mouth, and Lu Yanzhi lowered his head and took a bite.
He hasn't eaten candied haws for more than ten years, but it still tastes like what he remembers.
The sun shines on the roadside, and there are red decorations everywhere. It is a year with a strong New Year atmosphere. There seems to be a faint smell of fireworks in the air. Zhou Qingti likes this smell very much. It makes him feel at ease.
Her first year with Lu Yanzhi.
We had dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year at the old Lu family house, and went back to my parents’ home on the second day.
Song Zhi and Uncle Bronson have arrived safely and are staying in the penthouse suite of the Lu Family Hotel.
The long-awaited wedding banquet of the two families entered the countdown. Lu Yanzhi had to go back to the old house after dinner in the western suburbs. He couldn't sleep with Zhou Qingti tonight.
Zhou Qingti saw him to the door: "See you tomorrow." There was a shyness in her expression that belonged to a little girl. Only when the wedding was about to take place did she truly feel that she was entering into marriage and had a sense of responsibility.
"Can I come to see you secretly in the middle of the night?" Lu Yanzhi obviously didn't want to leave.
Zhou Qingti pushed him: "It's just one night, and I have to get up before five o'clock."
Lu Yanzhi hugged her: "What should I do if I don't want to be separated from you for even a moment."
"We still have countless days to spend together. Why are you so clingy now, like a puppy?" Zhou Qingti seemed to dislike his clinginess, but actually he enjoyed it in his heart.
"It's just a puppy, just your puppy." Lu Yanzhi bit her earlobe lightly.
Zhou Qingti pushed him away: "Okay, little dog, see you tomorrow. I will go to bed early tonight, you should also go to bed early and be in the best condition to welcome our wedding."
That’s what I said, but once I lay down on the bed I couldn’t fall asleep. The elementary school student’s spring outing syndrome came back again.
There are a lot of people coming to my wedding tomorrow. What should I do if I make a fool of myself? What if the photos don't look good?
I got up and took a melatonin pill before slowly falling asleep.
Zhou Qingti was woken up at around four o'clock. She washed her hair, took a shower, put on a facial mask, and then started putting on makeup and changing clothes, like a rag doll at the mercy of others.
The bridesmaids were amazed at the gown, which was a work of art. It was made of pure gold and silver threads and hand-embroidered with Cantonese embroidery. The stitches of the Cantonese embroidery were vivid, and the phoenix feathers and crabapple flowers on the hem were lifelike, sparkling under the light.
Mother Zhou cooks sweet wine eggs in the kitchen. It is a custom and all guests can eat them.
Lin Miao and Zhu Jiajia arrived at the western suburbs early and found that the game props for stopping the groomsmen were not prepared.
Zhu Jiajia suggested: "Qingti wants to be more elegant, so let's recite some ancient poems and let them continue the poem!"
Lin Miao clapped her hands and exclaimed, "That's great. Qingti happens to be a Chinese language and literature major."
Then the four bridesmaids began to observe where to hide the wedding shoes. After Zhou Qingti finished her makeup and hair, the photographer took another set of photos with the bridesmaids, parents, and grandparents. Zhou Qingti felt that her face was a little stiff when she smiled.
It was past nine o'clock when they heard that the wedding party was coming and the bridesmaids were blocking the door, ready to go.
After a burst of noise, Lu Yanzhi and the groomsmen didn't know how many red envelopes they had stuffed in.
The groomsmen were several of Lu Yanzhi's brothers whom Zhou Qingti had met, including Ah Hai, Xu Jia, Lin Yang, and Liu Shiyun who had been abroad before.
The door finally opened, and Zhou Qingti, smiling broadly, sat upright on the bright red bed in a gorgeous and elegant gown.
"Just because you enter the door doesn't mean you can take the person away. We have to play a few small games to test your IQ." Zhu Jiajia stood in front of Lu Yanzhi.
Ah Hai rubbed his hands in anticipation: "Just come at me, our IQs are all over 180."
Lin Miao took out some cardboard and said, "I'll give you a simpler game for the first one."
"Guess the idiom by looking at the emoji." These were all found by the bridesmaids online in advance and written down in their memos.
The first level was indeed not difficult, and they finished guessing it quickly.
Lin Yang looked very proud: "See, I told you my IQ is 180."
Zhu Jiajia was dissatisfied: "Let's increase the difficulty."
"What's the next sentence of Yingying Yishuijian?"
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1. If you can't answer, give me a red envelope to buy a hint. One red envelope for each word!"
The bridesmaids were all very excited and wanted to pocket all the red envelopes in their hands.
In just a few words, I received more than a dozen red envelopes from them.
"The next line of 'I wonder when will we meet again?'" The poems they came up with were all uncommon, and as the last one came up, none of them matched.
"It's embarrassing at this time and night!" Lu Yanzhi answered correctly.
Everyone was surprised: "How can you answer this correctly? I've never heard of this before.
Zhou Qingti knew why he could answer correctly. He had written Li Bai's "Three, Five, and Seven Words, Autumn Wind Lyrics" when he was practicing calligraphy.
Zhu Jiajia took out six cards: "The last game to test Lu Yanzhi."
There are six lip prints on six cards. Guess which one is Zhou Qingti's.
Lu Yanzhi looked at it carefully twice and finally chose number 2.
"Are you sure?" Lin Miao asked him.
Ah Hai was acting as a military advisor: "That's not it, look at my sister-in-law's lipstick today, it's bright red, that's obviously not it."
Lu Yanzhi looked at it carefully again, but still firmly chose that one.
"Sorry, you are right!" Zhu Jiajia announced loudly.
Everyone found it incredible, and it could be seen that Lu Yanzhi raised his eyebrows with pride, because Zhou Qingti had left lip prints on the photo before, and they were still stuck on the refrigerator door at home.
The bridesmaids were not convinced and challenged Lu Yanzhi to an extra round, forcing him to answer questions about Zhou Qingti within three seconds.
For example, the place where they had their first date, their anniversary, Zhou Qingti’s favorite song, and his favorite color.
Lu Yanzhi answered one by one: "Our first date was at Qiu Yue Tai." That was the restaurant where they had their first meal.
"Our anniversary is May 21st." Actually, this was the day they signed the contract.
"My favorite songs are those by Jay Chou, and I love the color green."
These were all recorded by the photographer.
The last step is to find the wedding shoes. Once Lu Yanzhi finds them, he can take the bride away.
Five people searched the room and bathroom upside down but couldn't find it.
She gave the bridesmaids several more red envelopes to buy tips, and finally Zhu Jiajia took some out of her own bag.
After offering tea to Zhou's parents, Lu Yanzhi carried Zhou Qingti out to the wedding car.
The wedding cars were two Cullinans, two Rolls-Royce Phantoms, and two Lincolns. These usually cool cars were all decorated in festive red.
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