Chapter 29

Lu Yuanzheng stretched out his long legs and the bicycle stopped steadily.

The jeep stopped beside Lu Yuanzheng, and the front and rear windows of the co-pilot's car slowly rolled down, revealing three heads.

The co-pilot had one head and two heads poking out of the back seat window, like a stack of Arhats.

They all have the same hairstyle as Lu Yuanzheng.

Three faces were surprised.

"Fuck! Lu Lian, what's wrong with you?"

"Stupid, are you blind? Can't you see that the red flower on Lu Lian's chest says 'Groom'?"

"You're the idiot. You're surprised when you see me! How can we get married when we're all going to leave?"

The co-pilot rolled his eyes and said to the two people in the back seat: "You two are idiots. The wedding date was booked in advance! The return to the army was notified at short notice. How could he know?"

He opened the car door, jumped out, and frowned: "Lu Lian, let's..." They were all soldiers, so they especially understood the current situation, but they had no choice. After hesitating for a moment, they still spoke up to remind him: "It's time to go." He turned to look at Xu Wen, "Hello, sister-in-law! My name is Xue Jue, and I'm in the same company as Lu Lian."

Lu Yuanzheng turned his head and looked at Xu Wen.

Xu Wen lowered his head, and his expression could not be seen clearly. He raised his head after hearing Xue Jue's words and forced a smile, "Hello, my name is Xu Wen."

Not to mention the long journey, even Xue Jue felt embarrassed to urge Xu Wen when he saw Xu Wen with tears in his eyes.

Xu Wen jumped off his bike, put his hands on the handlebars, and said to Lu Yuanzheng: "Tell me which one is you...our house, I'll go there by myself!"

I don't know when the gong and drum corps stopped.

The wedding procession consisted of about 20 to 30 people, plus there were no less than a hundred people who came to the village to watch the excitement. They were originally talking about something, but when they heard that they were coming to pick up Lu Yuanzheng, no one spoke anymore.

Lu Yuanzheng opened his mouth several times but no sound came out.

His bride was about to be abandoned before she even entered the door. Although she had been mentally prepared, she still felt sad when the moment finally came.

Xu Qie, who was sitting in the mule at the back, came over holding Dongsheng's arm.

Dongsheng broke away from Xu Qie's hand, ran to Xu Wen, took her hand, and looked up at her: "Mom, don't cry! I will take you home when Dad leaves."

Xu Wen squatted down and hugged Dongsheng. Tears finally flowed down her cheeks. She wiped her tears and forced a smile, saying, "Dongsheng is so nice. Let's go."

If she doesn't go, the long journey will be even more difficult.

Xu Wen carried Dongsheng to the back seat of the bicycle, held the empty handlebars, and said to Lu Yuanzheng, "You go!"

The veins on the back of Lu Yuanzheng's hand that was holding the other handlebar of the bicycle were exposed, and his Adam's apple rolled a few times.

Finally, he slowly let go of her hand.

I could only say three words with difficulty: "I'm sorry."

Xu Wen shook his head, his eyes passed from Lu Yuanzheng's face to the soldiers in the jeep who were laughing but actually preparing to die on the battlefield, and waved to them: "I wish you a safe and triumphant return!"

After saying that, she turned around and pushed Dongsheng forward, tears streaming down her face.

No one in the wedding party moved, either because they didn't react or because they were too far away to travel.

Along the entire street, everyone silently saluted the only people moving: Xu Wen and her son.

Dongsheng was still comforting Xu Wen: "Mom, it's okay. Dad often goes out and will be back in a few days." After thinking for a while, he added, "Sometimes it takes a little longer, but he will be back. Let's wait together."

Xu Wen choked and hummed.

She is not the ignorant Dongsheng. For Lu Yuanzheng to entrust her with his orphan, this time the danger must be unprecedented.

Lu Yuanzheng looked at it for a few seconds, then turned to the driver and asked, "Comrade, is there anyone else you want to pick up?"

The driver was stunned for a moment, then shook his head again and again: "You are the last one! It will take us two hours to get to the train station at the fastest." He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "I can give you half an hour at most."

Any later and he couldn't guarantee that they could get on the train.

"Thank you!" Lu Yuanzheng turned around and strode after Xu Wen who had already walked far away.

Xue Jue also reacted and chased after Lu Yuanzheng: "Lu Lian, can I attend the wedding without a red envelope?"

The two people in the back seat looked at each other, opened the car door, jumped out and ran forward: "I have a red envelope! I can drink!"

Others also reacted and quickly followed.

The gong and drum corps started playing gongs and drums again.

The Xu family members all looked serious, but they didn't know what to do.

Don't you want to ask if you're married? We're already at the door.

Let Wenwen get married? There are too many weddings to go around.

But everyone knew that Lu Yuanzheng could not be blamed for this. His words did not count and he could do nothing about it.

The family understood at this point that the reason why Lu Yuanzheng knocked on the window in the early morning was probably because of this.

Zhu Meizhen began to touch her eyes again: "Ask this child..."

After Xu Wen found out, she still insisted on marrying him.

What if I don’t get married?

Xu Qiushi frowned, "That's enough! He didn't say anything when I asked him, why are you crying? Your son-in-law is a hero who went to defend his country! Stand up straight! This is not something to be ashamed of. Ask yourself, being a bride is also a pride, who dares to gossip about it!"

That's what I said.

Everyone can speak big words and nice things, and everyone understands the truth.

But what parent can remain calm when their youngest daughter’s wedding is abandoned?

Everyone in the family had a gloomy face but was forcing themselves to smile.

Lu Yuanzheng took the bicycle from Xu Wen, holding the handlebars with one hand and holding Xu Wen with the other hand, "Come on, I'll take you home."

Xu Wen nodded, smiling with tears in his eyes.

A family of three walked in front.

Xue Jue and the other two followed behind, chattering.

Hidden in the string of blessings are cautious words of advice.

Especially Xue Jue, he and Lu Yuanzheng were in the same company, but he didn't even know when Lu Yuanzheng found a partner.

And they only took half a vacation and got married directly? ? ?

When did these two know each other? Why didn't Lu Lian mention it?

How could Lu Yuanzheng not see through their little tricks and ignore them?

Dongsheng and Xue Jue were old acquaintances, so he directly said, "Uncle Xue, can you make me a wooden □□ and I will tell you?"

Xue Jue chuckled and flicked Dong Sheng's forehead with his finger, "You little bastard! How many times have I told you to call me brother? I'm so young, don't call me old."

He was only twenty-two years old.

Dongsheng covered his head with his hands as he cried out, but he did not forget to fight back: "My dad said that we are of different generations! I call you brother but you have to call him uncle."

Xue Jue snorted and was about to attack again, "Let's talk about our own affairs. Just call me brother!"

Xu Wen quickly protected Dongsheng, "Why do all of you like beating children so much?"

They felt that they didn't use much force, but Dongsheng was too small after all, so it still hurt.

Look, there is a red spot on the forehead.

Xue Jue was stunned and looked at Lu Yuanzheng with his mouth open.

Lu Yuanzheng held up his hands: "Don't look at me! I've also been taught a lesson all the time."

"What a shame!" Xue Jue rolled his eyes in disdain, then followed him, stood up straight, and saluted in a standard manner, "Sister-in-law is right! I will definitely change next time!"

Xu asked: "..."

I felt really embarrassed after being treated like this by Xue Jue.

Lu Yuanzheng came to her rescue: "Don't bother with them, they are so dishonest all day long."

Having said that, the heavy sadness of separation dissipated a lot without me noticing.

Xu Wen knew that this was their unique way of communication.

Behind the playful smile lies thoughtfulness that needs to be appreciated.

Lu Yuanzheng often said that he had five rooms.

Xu Wen had always thought that it was just five ordinary blue brick houses, but when he got there he realized that the five rooms referred to the five main rooms, and it was actually a small courtyard house.

The courtyard house looks older than the two low green brick houses of Xu Wen's family, but they are obviously not of the same standard.

This courtyard house is much more upscale and you can tell it has just been renovated.

Two weathered stone lions squatted at the gate, and two big "囍" characters were pasted on the heavy iron gate that had just been painted.

Two young men were squatting on the roof above the gate, one holding a whip and the other holding a winnowing basket filled with candies, melon seeds and peanuts.

Seeing Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen coming over, one lit firecrackers and the other poured wedding candies down.

The earth whip is extremely powerful.

Lu Yuanzheng turned his back to protect Xu Wen to prevent her from being splashed by the explosion.

Xue Jue quickly picked up Dongsheng from the back seat and held him in his arms.

The crowd waited for the firecrackers to finish setting off, then rushed forward to grab the wedding candies scattered on the ground.

Inside the courtyard, in addition to the five main rooms with green bricks, black tiles and wooden windows, there are two side rooms in the east, southwest and southwest.

The yard is also bigger than I imagined. There are two trees planted in front of the main door, a pomegranate tree and an apricot tree.

There is also a long semi-enclosed corridor in front of the main hall.

At this moment, a piece of red cloth was spread in the middle of the yard, surrounded by a crowd of people watching the excitement.

Dongsheng held Xu Wen's hand and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, Mom. I will protect you."

Xu Wen nodded and touched his head, "Thank you, Dongsheng."

The journey is long, so we have to make arrangements to welcome the bride and guests first.

Fortunately, Xue Jue and the other two came and helped to welcome the Xu family to the main guest table first, and then to receive other distinguished guests.

Once the guests were settled, there were only ten minutes left.

The ceremony was quite enough.

Because the most important part of getting married in Wei Zhuang is not the wedding but the worship.

As for the wedding, it is extremely simple and can be done in just three sentences.

"The bride and groom pay their respects to their parents!"

"Bow to Heaven and Earth twice!"

"Three couples bow to each other!"

"The ceremony is over!"

This is not about saving time; it was the same when Xu Wen got married.

But Xu Wen just waited until the lunch break after the ceremony to start the meal.

And the journey is really going to be a long journey.

Seeing that there were only a few minutes left, Lu Yuanzheng brought Xu Wen into the bridal chamber.

Both are principal houses, but the east one is more precious.

There are three rooms on the east side and two rooms on the west side.

There are three rooms on the east side, one main room and two bedrooms.

Their new home is in the east-facing sunny bedroom.

There is a mahogany carved double bed in the bedroom.

The head and foot of the bed are relatively high, and the head and foot boards are also hollowed out and carved with auspicious images of dragons and phoenixes.

The four elevated square pillars can be used to hang mosquito nets directly.

The bed was covered with bright red sheets, and a wedding quilt of the same color was placed on top of it.

The pillow is also red, and there is only one.

Xu Wen looked around. The curtains were new. In front of the window was a desk of the same color as the bed. Against the wall were two sets of brand new wooden wardrobes.

The two mahogany boxes that Xu Wen brought from home were placed in the corner.

In short, there were no traces of Lu Yuan's belongings or life in this house.

Lu Yuanzheng saw Xu Wen looking around and asked her, "Do you like it?"

Xu Wen nodded.

"I'm glad you like it. After the guests leave, you can take your time to tour the place. Time is running out, so I'll be brief." Lu Yuanzheng said while holding Xu Wen's hand, but for a moment he didn't know how to start.

The two of them had only been together for a few days and didn't know each other well. There were so many things to tell each other that they didn't know where to start.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yuanzheng took out a handful of money from his pocket and handed it to Xu Wen: "This is the money I brought back. I have some left after the wedding. Take it first."

Xu Wen shook his head: "They say a poor family can lead to a rich road, so you keep it!"

Lu Yuanzheng chuckled, "The situation you described is not suitable for us. We don't take anything with us when we go out. It's easy to take things out, but it's hard to bring them back! Besides, we have food and shelter, so it doesn't cost us money. Doesn't our second brother want to build a house? With the wedding gift money, it should be enough to buy a residential plot for our family and build a house."

Xu Wen lowered his head and didn't answer.

Because of the saying "It's easier to take something out than to bring it back."

Lu Yuanzheng put the money on the bed, rubbed his nose with his index finger, and sighed helplessly: "Don't be like this! I really can't bear to leave if you are like this!"

In fact, I am already reluctant to let go.

When Xu Wen heard this, he quickly wiped away his tears and forced a smile.

Lu Yuanzheng slightly bent his waist and lightly brushed the corner of Xu Wen's eye with his fingertips, "I promise you, I will come back alive."

Outside the door, Xue Jue began to urge: "Lu Lian, we have to go."

Lu Yuanzheng stood up and turned around.

Xu Wen grabbed his hand.

The road is long and it’s hard to turn back.

Xu Wen stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips, "You have to keep your word! Otherwise I will take your son, your house, and your money and remarry!"