Chapter 50 Let’s Get Married
That night, it began to rain. It started as a gentle drizzle, but soon the wind picked up, and the lightning flashed. The raindrops seemed to lash with anger, hammering down on the roof with a thud, like a giant beast devouring bricks and stones as if they were biscuits. The rain continued well into the night. This was Tao Xiaoxi's last night at the Sun family's. She hadn't expected it to be like this. She feared she would be sleepless.
Near dawn, she was awakened by the sound of wind, mixed with raindrops pattering against the window. She was terrified. Tao Xiaoxi didn't know why, but despite her fear, she still threw on her coat, stood up, and unbolted the door to see what was happening outside. When the door opened, she gasped in fear. A figure was crouching in front of her door.
Tao Xiaoxi closed the door again with a snap, leaned her back against the door, breathing hard, but dared not breathe loudly. She felt a sense of suffocation, which was exactly the same feeling as when she woke up in the coffin.
"It's me." A deep voice sounded at the door.
It's Li Nanshan! Tao Xiaoxi recognized it.
Her heart began to beat violently, and this time, she opened the door extra quickly.
The moment the door was opened, Li Nanshan stood there in a disheveled state, as if he had just experienced a life-and-death struggle with Feng Yu.
"you--"
Before Tao Xiaoxi could finish her words, she was pulled into a large, cold embrace. The owner of the embrace held her tightly, making it hard for her to breathe.
"What happened?" She finally managed to squeeze out a few words.
"The roof collapsed, and I crawled out from the bricks and stones just to find you." Li Nanshan closed his eyes and murmured.
"So the first person you thought of in the critical moment was me?" Tao Xiaoxi asked carefully.
"Let's get married, whether my father agrees or not, we will get married." Li Nanshan said, doubling the strength in his hands.
Tao Xiaoxi was speechless.
"Are you willing?" Li Nanshan asked again.
“Hmm…”
"Don't want to?" Li Nanshan said hurriedly.
Finally, Tao Xiaoxi pushed him away with all her strength, fanning herself with her hands. "I'm almost suffocating. How do you expect me to answer?"
Li Nanshan then realized that he was too excited and looked at her apologetically.
"I do." Tao Xiaoxi said.
"You, say it again." Li Nanshan's eyes were shining as he looked at Tao Xiaoxi anxiously.
"I said I do." Tao Xiaoxi didn't mind saying it again.
"Well, that's great." Li Nanshan felt embarrassed, as if he had stolen something that did not belong to him and did not dare to be presumptuous or show off.
Just as the two were immersed in their confession, Beibei rubbed his eyes and a shout of "Mom" interrupted their world.
"Beibei, you will have a father from now on. Come, call me daddy!" Tao Xiaoxi said to Beibei without knowing what was wrong with her.
Beibei: “…”
Li Nanshan felt even more awkward and at a loss: "You're so polite..."
This time, both of them laughed.
Tao Xiaoxi never told Li Nanshan from beginning to end that she had persuaded his father to agree to their marriage. She didn't say it now, and she didn't say it in the future.
When Li Nanshan found his father and said this, he was prepared to withstand the storm, but he didn't expect that the old man Li just sighed, patted his butt and left with his pipe.
On the day of their wedding, the entire Mantou Village was a bit unconvinced. They all thought Tao Xiaoxi was married, and that man was Sun Wangcai, so how could she still get married? Oh, she was divorced, but can divorced people remarry? This was a first in Mantou Village.
Besides Old Man Li, the person most devastated by this incident was Sun Wangcai. He felt like a man who had been cheated on from head to toe by his wife, his head practically sunk into his crotch, unable to lift it up. He became the first man in Mantou Village to be divorced by his wife, who had even married someone else right in front of him.
Although Old Man Li had never been entirely willing to do this, since Li Nanshan was his son, he still fulfilled his fatherly responsibilities. He prepared a banquet, though it didn't include many proper dishes, and invited a bridesmaid. This time, he didn't invite the matchmaker from the Qing family. Eldest sister-in-law Zhou Lan was the only one who was genuinely happy for the couple. Second sister-in-law couldn't quite accept the fact, feeling they would eventually have to divorce. As for youngest sister Li Nanqiu, she neither opposed nor agreed, but she did her part and didn't embarrass her third sister-in-law Tao Xiaoxi. That was support, wasn't it?
During the wedding ceremony, the newlyweds kowtowed. Old Man Li and his wife sat in the upper hall. Old Man Li had a sullen face the entire time. The bridesmaid, not understanding what was going on, kept trying to get Eunuch Xi to smile. The smile the old man managed was uglier than crying, so the bridesmaid stopped trying to urge him. Mrs. Li was also on pins and needles. At this point, she had accepted it. But since the head of the household didn't smile, she didn't dare to smile either. She tried to hold it in, her face turning pale and blue, and she almost got hurt.
Then it was time to change their words. Tao Xiaoxi called out "Dad and Mom" openly, while Old Man Li responded evasively. Mrs. Li took the tea from her new wife, not realizing it was too hot, and grimaced. The second sister-in-law burst out laughing on the spot, earning a stern glare from her second brother.
It was Beibei's turn to call Li Nanshan "Dad", but Beibei couldn't bring herself to say it, and Li Nanshan felt embarrassed too. Li Nanqiu came out to smooth things over and took Beibei out to play.
Tao Xiaoxi secretly pulled Li Nanshan's clothes and whispered, "Don't worry, Beibei will call you daddy sooner or later."
Li Nanshan smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry."
After the ceremony, the bride was supposed to be sent to her new home. When everyone looked, they saw that the new home was shabby with a big hole on the roof, covered with thatched iron sheets. It was obviously a temporary repair. No one expected that the most promising son of the richest man in Mantou Village would get married in such a shabby way. Although everyone didn't say anything, they were all laughing at the joke in their hearts.
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