Matchmaker Zhou nodded, "Alright, go ahead. Your aunt has calculated the auspicious time for your wedding ceremony. It's 5 PM, so you'll have enough time."
When Li Mai heard the time of You (5-7 PM), he looked up at the sun; it should be Wei (1-3 PM) now.
"Li Dong, take me to my grandmother's grave." Li Mai looked at Li Dong.
Li Dong nodded and followed Li Mai outside.
The ancestral graves of the Li clan are on the north mountain. Li Dong accompanied Li Mai on their way there, remaining silent the entire time.
While climbing the hillside, he suddenly asked, "Boss, are you really going to marry into Zhoujia Village?"
Li Mai glanced at him, nodded and hummed in agreement, then suddenly stopped and said to him, "Come here, hold out your hand."
Li Dong was puzzled, but obediently walked over and extended his hand.
Li Mai raised her finger and placed it on his lifeline, closing her eyes to sense it.
But she was disappointed; she couldn't feel anything.
Li Mai opened her eyes, lowered her hand, and sighed, "Don't go to dangerous places for a month. Be careful and stay safe. You must keep your life."
Li Dong looked at her with a curious expression. "Boss, did you hit your head and somehow develop some new skills, becoming a sage? Did you know I was going to be in danger?"
Li Mai glanced at him indifferently, "Stop talking nonsense, just listen to me. My husband's name is Zhou Quan. If you need anything in the future, go to Zhoujia Village and ask Zhou Quan's family. I don't know exactly where it is right now."
After saying that, she continued walking uphill.
She felt that the fact that some people could see the soul while others couldn't was likely because only those with whom she had a connection could see it.
After all, this body is not a spiritual cultivator or supernatural being, and there is no spiritual power to draw upon, so this is the only way she can understand it.
She figured that Li Dong must still have some connection with her, which was why she left him those words. If her words could save his life, it would be like saving a good friend for the original owner of this body.
Soon, they reached the top of the mountain and came to a new grave. Li Dong said, "Boss, this is it."
Li Mai knelt before the grave, looking at the mound without even a tombstone, and softly called out "Grandma" before bursting into tears.
At this moment, she could clearly feel the sadness of this body, and at the same time, she remembered her teacher in the apocalypse who guided her to use the spiritual power in her body to cultivate superpowers.
After teaching them, the teacher went on a mission and never came back. She was very sad at the time and went out to look for the teacher with another senior student for a long time, but they could not find her.
Some people said they saw the teacher being swallowed by a monster, but they refused to believe it.
Now that she herself is dead, she imagines that her teacher must have really passed away by then. Thinking of this, she felt sad and couldn't help but cry.
This was also the first time Li Dong had faced death directly, and seeing Li Mai crying so sadly, he felt bad too.
In his eyes, Li Mai used to be a female tyrant. Although she was young and a little girl, she was very fierce. If anyone dared to say anything bad about her grandparents or parents, she would rush up and fight them to the death.
But she had never cried before.
To protect the younger children, she even dared to fight with the older boys in the village, and was more ferocious than the boys.
Even the village dogs would avoid her, afraid she would catch them and break their legs.
After crying for a long time, Li Mai kowtowed three times before standing up.
"Let's go. Don't come to this mountain again for a month," Li Mai said to Li Dong in a hoarse voice, and led the way down the mountain.
Li Dong said "Oh" and hurriedly went to chase after her.
Li Mai returned to the courtyard, took out a red veil from the wooden box, put it on her own head, and said to Matchmaker Zhou, "Let's go!"
She had been carrying that wooden box up and down the mountain the whole time, and she was still holding it in her arms.
Everyone knew that it was her grandmother's dowry, and they didn't say anything, only telling her to come back and visit them often, and that Lijia Village would always be her maternal home.
Li Mai bowed to thank everyone and was helped into the bridal sedan chair by Zhou, the matchmaker.
With some auspicious words from Matchmaker Zhou and the sound of the sedan chair being lifted, they left Lijia Village and headed towards Zhoujia Village.
Beneath the red veil, Li Mai sighed, murmuring to herself: I didn't die, and I even got married.
Remembering that there was still a white cloth strip wrapped around her head, she took off the veil, removed the white cloth strip, and touched the wound with her fingers. Fortunately, it had already scabbed over.
She combed her hair back to cover the scar, making it invisible to others.
After touching the outside to make sure there was nothing wrong, she put the red veil back on.
...
Zhoujia Village, the home of Uncle Zhou.
Zhoujia Village is also a village formed by a large Zhou family living together. Zhou Sanye is the third branch of their lineage.
Master Zhou and his wife, Zhao, had three sons and two daughters.
The eldest daughter, Zhou Xing, is twenty-five years old and married. She married into Xujia Village, which is relatively close to the town.
The eldest son, Zhou Quan, is 22 years old this year. Five years ago, he started working in other places with other villagers to earn money and supplement the family income.
Two years ago, he was caught in a landslide at his workplace and unfortunately tumbled down a cliff, breaking his leg. He was eventually carried back by his fellow villagers, and two years have passed since then, but he still hasn't been able to stand up.
The second son, Zhou Lin, is seventeen years old this year. He is learning carpentry from a carpenter in the village and will become a craftsman in the future.
Zhou Tao, the second daughter of the Zhou family, is fourteen years old this year. She helps her mother cook, clean the house, and do housework. She also often helps her parents and brothers with farm work.
Zhou Lei, the third son of the Zhou family, is ten years old this year and is the youngest child of the two elders.
The Zhou family also has a three-year-old girl, Zhou Quan's daughter. However, this child is not Zhou Quan's biological child, but the daughter of a coworker who died in the disaster.
The couple worked together on the construction site; the wife cooked for them. Their daughter was only one year old when the accident happened.
After the couple who worked together died, the child became an orphan. No one wanted to take her in, so before Zhou Quan returned, he asked everyone to help bring the child back, adopt her as their daughter, and raise her in their home.
He originally thought that since his leg was unlikely to heal, having a daughter would be good, as it would give him a descendant and prevent his parents from being too sad.
When Li Mai was brought back as a bride, a group of people waited quietly in front of the Zhou family's gate.
A new couplet and a pair of red "double happiness" characters were pasted on the Zhou family's gate, which gave it a festive atmosphere.
The matchmaker, Zhou, stepped forward with a smile and said to the Zhou family elders, "Congratulations, Third Brother! Congratulations, Third Sister-in-law! I've brought this wife home for you!"
"Alright, thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law," Zhou Sanye's deep voice rang out.
"It's no trouble at all, no trouble at all. This child is a good child, you must treat him well!" Matchmaker Zhou said with a smile, making polite remarks.
"Of course!"
After Zhao, the wife of the Third Master, finished speaking with a smile, she said to the people around her, "Xiao Lin and Xiao Lei, hurry up and carry your brother over to kick the sedan chair door to welcome the bride out of the sedan chair."
Li Mai, under the red veil inside the bridal sedan chair, frowned. "Carry her over?"
What's the meaning?
Could it be that my new husband is disabled?
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