Before returning to the village, Xia Lan specially bought half a pound of wedding candy. Because candy coupons were rare, this half pound was an advance payment of candy coupons given to her by Minister Yang.
Qin Yu brought Xia Lan back to the station they had come from. Just then, a bus came towards them. Xia Lan recognized the familiar 518 bus; it was Xu Xiaoyu's bus.
"Hurry up and squeeze up, I'll shield you from the crowd," Qin Yu whispered in Xia Lan's ear.
Xia Lan saw that there were already quite a few people standing in front of the station, understood Qin Yu's meaning, and nodded nervously.
As soon as bus number 518 pulled into the station, Xu Xiaoyu rolled down the window and shouted to the people below, "Don't push your way on! Let the people on board get off first!"
Upon hearing Xu Xiaoyu's words, those who were about to squeeze onto the bus quickly moved aside to let the passengers get off first.
The bus seemed to be full of people going to the county town. After everyone got off the bus, the seats were mostly empty.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qin Yu quickly pulled Xia Lan to the car door. After the last person got off, Qin Yu stood in front of the car door, blocking the people who wanted to squeeze onto the car for Xia Lan.
"Get in the car quickly," Qin Yu said to Xia Lan.
Xia Lan nodded and quickly stepped onto the bus. As soon as she got in, Xu Xiaoyu pointed to the double seat next to her, and Xia Lan quickly sat down.
After Xia Lan found a seat, Qin Yu let go of his seat and sat down in the empty seat next to her.
Those who were prevented from getting on the bus by Qin Yu were so angry they wanted to curse, but when they saw Qin Yu's muscular physique, his height, which was at least two heads taller than them, was truly frightening.
Their faces turned red with suppressed anger, and they could only hold back their rage.
"Where are you two going?" Xu Xiaoyu winked at Xia Lan and asked.
“Shanghe Village, two people,” Xia Lan said with a smile, taking out one yuan and two jiao and placing it in Xu Xiaoyu’s hand.
"One yuan and two jiao." Xu Xiaoyu nodded. "Please keep your ticket safe."
After seeing Xia Lan put away the tickets, Xu Xiaoyu went on to ask each person one by one and collect their money.
Then he sorted and put away all the money he had collected before going to his seat to rest.
"What a coincidence, we meet again." Xu Xiaoyu said to Xia Lan with a smile.
"Yes, thank you." Xia Lan looked at Xu Xiaoyu. She had only called out to others not to get on the bus after she opened the window and saw her.
If Xu Xiaoyu hadn't created the opportunity for them, they probably wouldn't have had a seat on the bus.
Xu Xiaoyu blinked and chuckled.
"Have you received your marriage certificate yet?" Xu Xiaoyu asked curiously.
Xia Lan blushed slightly and took out their newly received "award certificate"—their marriage certificate. Xu Xiaoyu's eyes lit up. "Congratulations! You really went to get your marriage certificate!"
Xu Xiaoyu thought they were just joking, but she didn't expect it to be true.
"Of course it's true." Qin Yu glanced at Xu Xiaoyu. How could this be false?
"Hey, how does it feel to be married?" Xu Xiaoyu asked curiously.
Xia Lan was amused by her words. "I don't know either, I'm still in shock! Looking at this marriage certificate, I also find it amazing..."
Qin Yu pinched Xia Lan's hand as a form of punishment, and Xia Lan gave him a playful glare. "Then tell me, how do you feel?"
"...Happy?" Qin Yu thought for a moment, and to be honest, there was only one sentence in his mind at that time.
This woman will always be his.
"See! You can't quite describe how you feel either," Xia Lan said with a smile. "It just feels like this piece of paper is all it takes for people to start calling me something different."
"What should we call each other?" Xu Xiaoyu was taken aback. Do we have to change how we address each other when we get married?
"Of course! When the aunties in the village see me again, they will definitely call me Qin's wife or Stone's wife..." Xia Lan said confidently. She had never heard her real name in the village; she always used her husband's surname wherever she went.
This Aunt Liu, the man's surname is Liu.
Aunt Hu over there, the man's surname is Hu...
“It seems so.” Xu Xiaoyu nodded. “Everyone calls my mom Xu Ma or Xu family daughter-in-law.”
"I feel like I've lost myself after getting married." Xu Xiaoyu pursed her lips, feeling it was unfair.
"Oh, right, here's some wedding candy for you." Xia Lan saw the wedding candy in the bag and immediately grabbed a handful and put it in Xu Xiaoyu's hand.
Xu Xiaoyu saw Xia Lan grab a huge handful for her and quickly returned half of it. "You've grabbed so much for me alone, how are you going to get enough to go back to the village!"
“I don’t have many people to share with.” Xia Lan blinked. “Giving them some is worse than giving them to you! If you give them some, you’ll be happy, but if you give them some, they’ll just complain about why I didn’t give them more…”
"Hahaha, you're really funny," Xu Xiaoyu laughed happily. "But what you said makes so much sense!"
Along the way, Xu Xiaoyu chatted with Xia Lan the rest of the time, except when people came up to buy tickets.
The road to get here was full of potholes, and Xia Lan thought she would feel nauseous, but because she kept chatting with Xu Xiaoyu, she was distracted and didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
The two women reluctantly said goodbye only when it was time to get off the bus.
Qin Yu realized for the first time that women could be so talkative; they chatted from the moment they got on the bus until they got off, and they still weren't done talking...
Isn't she thirsty?
The moment the two appeared at the village entrance, they immediately attracted the attention of the village women.
Xia Lan sensed a huge wave of danger approaching and, without saying a word, collapsed into Qin Yu's arms.
Qin Yu was startled and immediately picked up Xia Lan and ran to the clinic.
Xia Lan sensed something was wrong and quickly tugged at Qin Yu's clothes. Qin Yu was stunned for a moment before realizing that Xia Lan was faking it, and then turned and ran home.
"Hey, Stone, what's wrong with your wife? She was perfectly fine just a moment ago!"
"She gets carsick," Qin Yu replied, holding Xia Lan in his arms. "Aunties, please make way, I'll carry her home to rest."
"What a delicate little thing! She gets carsick even when riding in a car! She's not born a lady, but she's got the illnesses of one..." Aunt Hu sneered.
"Watch your mouth! Why are you targeting Xia Xia all the time!" Aunt Liu glared at Aunt Hu and scolded.
"Tsk, I wasn't wrong. She's always dizzy or weak, she's not like a normal person at all. What family would want a daughter-in-law like that?" Aunt Hu said disdainfully.
"We don't need your family to marry her, why are you meddling in our business?" Aunt Liu retorted directly.
"What do you mean by 'Liu family'? That's not yours, why are you protecting it like this!" Aunt Hu rolled her eyes at Aunt Liu, what business was it of hers?
"How can she not be mine? Let me tell you, from now on, Xia is my goddaughter! You dare to say a word against her!" Aunt Liu said with her hands on her hips and snorted coldly.
"You never watch your mouth, bullying a little girl who has lost her parents," Aunt Liu said, glaring at Aunt Hu.
"Of course! You should watch your mouth! That little girl is pitiful enough!"
"You should really shut your mouth!"
Several women who were on good terms with Aunt Liu couldn't help but speak up for her.
"Hmph." Aunt Hu tilted her head and huffed defiantly.
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