At noon, they picked up Mr. and Mrs. Zhao and their party.
"Dad, Mom!"
Upon seeing them, Zhao Huanhuan rushed over to greet them happily.
She then greeted the relatives behind them. Apart from her second uncle and cousin, she could guess who the others were just by looking at their faces.
Lin Yuan quickly greeted them with a smile, "Uncle, Aunt, Uncle, brothers, you must be tired from your journey."
"Hehe, it's no trouble at all!" The second uncle, who was walking behind Zhao's parents, chuckled and glanced at the two of them. "Weren't you two not supposed to see each other today? Xiao Lin, what brings you here too?"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I was worried about letting Huanhuan pick you up alone. My mom said that since we live in the same courtyard, we can't just not see each other. So we won't be picky about it."
"Hehe, that's fine!" Zhao Fugui responded first, for no rule is more important than his daughter's safety.
Seeing that his daughter seemed to have gotten even fairer and plumper after only ten days, he was relieved. It seemed that she was having a good time at the Zhao family's house.
Zhao's father then introduced Lin Yuan to the other relatives who had come with him.
There were eight of them.
The Zhao family included the couple, the second uncle and the eldest cousin from the eldest uncle's family, and the cousin Zhang Linxia whom I met last time. The other three were Zhao Huanhuan's uncle, eldest cousin, and cousin's wife.
Lin Yuan knew that these people were probably arranged by the Zhao family to escort the bride.
"Xiao Lin, can your uncle and I visit your home this afternoon to see your parents?" Zhang Jinhua asked Lin Yuan as they walked toward the hotel.
Lin Yuan nodded, "Sure, Auntie. Let's go eat first, and you can rest at the hotel for a while. Then I'll take you to my house. My parents are waiting for you!"
The Zhao couple were relieved to hear this.
If they don't go to the Zhao family today, they won't be able to go with their daughter to the Zhao family tomorrow after she gets married. They want to see where their daughter will live in the future before they can feel at ease.
Moreover, they have already bought train tickets to return tomorrow afternoon, as they need to go back to prepare for the homecoming banquet on the 24th.
Lin Xia asked Zhao Huanhuan if they had gotten their marriage certificate yet. Zhao Huanhuan nodded and said that they had gotten it the day before yesterday. Lin Xia nodded and was relieved.
My older cousin smiled and patted the bag he was carrying. “Huanhuan, go back and try on your wedding dress later. Each of your three aunts made you a dress. I hope you like the dresses they made for you.”
Zhao Huanhuan was taken aback. "Huh? My aunties made them all for me?"
"Of course, they've been looking forward to making your clothes by hand when you get married!" the eldest sister-in-law said with a smile.
My eldest cousin Zhao Yi and his wife He Lanying both live in Zhao Family Village. The Zhao family is predominantly male and has no daughters. Zhao Fugui has four brothers, and all of them have sons. Only Zhao Fugui and his wife have a daughter, who has been loved by everyone in the Zhao family since she was a child.
Although Zhao Huanhuan didn't live in Zhao Family Village in the countryside when she was young, they still loved her just as much.
Actually, the original owner had seen these relatives during the Lunar New Year when visiting relatives in the first month of the lunar calendar. When talking about Zhao Huanhuan's wedding, they mentioned what gifts each of them would give. At that time, the three aunts boasted that they would each make a dress for Huanhuan's wedding, so that Huanhuan could see whose dress she would like to wear.
However, Zhao Huanhuan doesn't remember or know these things now, as the original book didn't write much about her.
Zhao Huanhuan didn't write these things in her diary.
When they gathered during the first month of the lunar calendar, the matter of Zhao Huanhuan going to the countryside had not yet been decided.
They all thought that given the Zhao couple's years of dedication to the geological team and the fact that the Zhao family only had one daughter, Zhao Huanhuan would not be assigned to go to the countryside.
As it turned out, something unexpected happened. This incident not only caught my second uncle and his family off guard, but also caught the entire Zhao family in the countryside off guard.
However, this is national policy, and they know they cannot violate it; they can only keep their worries about their niece hidden in their hearts.
It wasn't until Zhao Fugui went back to invite them a few days ago and told them that Huanhuan was getting married that they realized Huanhuan was doing well over there and had even married a soldier. Only then did they feel happy.
In this era, being able to marry a soldier was a great honor. The Zhao family was overjoyed and said that Huanhuan was indeed a blessed girl.
This time, the eldest sister-in-law was also treated as a representative of all the women in the Zhao family, to see if Lin Yuan treated their Huanhuan well.
Before they even arrived at the hotel, the eldest sister-in-law had already confirmed that Lin Yuan was very good to her Huanhuan, the kind of good that's extremely good.
Seeing how he would glance at Huanhuan every now and then, and how he was always by her side taking care of her, it was clear how much Lin Yuan cared about Huanhuan.
Back at the hotel, everyone was assigned rooms. The Zhao family couple shared a room with a double bed, the eldest cousin and his wife shared a room with a double bed, and the second uncle, cousin, eldest cousin, and eldest uncle each had a single room.
They stayed in six rooms, and Zhao Huanhuan stayed in one room, for a total of seven rooms. Zhang Jinhua asked Lin Yuan to cancel one of the rooms.
After arranging everyone's rooms, the group went back to their rooms to check on them before delivering the dowry they had brought for Zhao Huanhuan to the room where the Zhao couple lived. At that time, Zhao Huanhuan and Lin Yuan were also in that room talking to their parents.
Her eldest uncle's family gave her a pair of Hangzhou brocade quilt covers with dragon and phoenix motifs as part of her dowry. Her second uncle gave Zhao Huanhuan a thermos, an imported stainless steel one, different from the thermos flasks they usually used at home. Her second uncle said it was an imported product that he bought when he went to Shanghai.
The gifts from both the eldest and second uncles were of similar value. In fact, the second uncle could have given something better, but he had to consider his eldest brother's feelings. Therefore, on the surface, he had to give something of similar value.
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