When Mu Qingli and the others heard the noisy commotion outside, they all ran out.
I followed the bluestone steps in the direction of the sound.
Soon, Mu Qingli and the others saw that men, women, young and old in the village were following the team to watch the fun.
The young people in the team carried the gifts on wooden sticks. Both the sticks and the gifts were tied with red cloth and red ropes, which made it look very festive.
There were also drummers, sheng players, and other musical instruments in the team, walking together with the gift-giving team.
Mu Qingli and the others were infected by the festive atmosphere in the village, so they followed the team, wanting to see what kind of family was having a happy event.
"Is this a wedding?" Mu Qingli asked with a smile as she followed behind.
"This is an engagement!" Long Xu initially thought that such a big ceremony was a wedding, but when he came out and saw it, he realized that it was just an engagement.
"Is the engagement ceremony also so grand?" Mu Qingli asked curiously.
"Most ordinary families don't have such a big ceremony. We can only say that the family we are getting engaged to is from a wealthy family!" Long Xu replied with a smile.
"When you get married to Brother Zhou in the future, don't forget to let me attend!" Long Xu looked at the celebration in front of him and couldn't help but joked with Mu Qingli and Fu Hongzhou.
"Okay! No problem! Don't forget to come! You have to bring a big gift!" Mu Qingli said bluntly.
"Okay! I'll send you two baskets of mushrooms and bamboo shoots from our mountains and make soup for you!" Long Xu said generously.
"Mushrooms? To entertain guests? Forget it! I'm afraid the guests will see two little guys fighting!" Mu Qingli rolled her eyes at Long Xu and said with disgust.
"Hehe!" Long Xu also laughed after hearing this.
He also remembered the funny looks of the tomb robbers who, after eating the mushrooms, either talked nonsense or did all kinds of outrageous things, and couldn't help laughing.
"What a snob!" Yang Lingxiao couldn't help but mutter after listening to the conversation between Mu Qingli and Long Xu.
Yang Xinyi curled her lips and glanced at Yang Lingxiao, then quickly followed Mu Qingli and the others.
What an idiot! You can see that the two of them are just bickering and joking. Do you have to complain about sour grapes because you can't get any of them?
Seeing that they had all run far away, Yang Lingxiao ran to the front to see the groom-to-be. Only Fu Hongzhou was still walking slowly behind. Yang Lingxiao, who originally wanted to run faster to catch up with Long Xu, stopped and walked slowly behind.
"Comrade Fu! You were also left behind by them?" Yang Lingxiao slowly walked to Fu Hongzhou, smiled gently and sweetly, and chatted with Fu Hongzhou.
The sound of drums and people's laughter was very loud. Although Fu Hongzhou heard her voice, he pretended not to hear it and kept walking forward without looking around.
When they came across a crowded place, Fu Hongzhou quickly squeezed through the crowd and ran to chase Mu Qingli and the others.
Yang Lingxiao, who was walking behind, could no longer see Fu Hongzhou and could not help but stomped her feet in anger.
Yang Lingxiao saw that everyone around her was from the village and none of them were familiar, so she quickly took a few steps and ran to chase Long Xu.
"Long Xu, do you think that looks like Long Pinqing?" Mu Qingli and the others squeezed to the front and asked as they looked at the back of the figure surrounded by the young men.
"They really look alike! If Long Pinqing doesn't like Chi Zishu, where would he go to propose marriage?" Long Xu couldn't help but exclaimed.
When Long Pinru, who was walking in front, heard Long Xu's voice, she turned around, laughed strangely, and continued to follow the team forward.
"Long Pinru, Long Pinqing's sister!" Long Xu saw Long Pinru turning around and looking at him, and said in a low voice.
"Look, isn't this the road to Zishu's house? Is Long Pinqing going to propose to Chi Zishu?" Seeing this, Long Xu asked with a happy smile.
"What's the fuss! Just follow us and you'll know!" Mu Qingli saw that Long Xu was always startled, so he shook his head and said with a smile, then quickened his pace to follow, so as not to let the team leave him behind.
Following the gift-giving team, they all came to Chi Zishu's house.
Most of the Chi family members had arrived. Mu Qingli and the others saw for the first time Chi Zishu's grandparents, Chi Wanjun, and Chi Wanshan. In addition, Chi Zishu's elder brother and younger brother Chi Ziheng were also there. Chi Ziyue also stood there with a smile on her face, looking at the people who came to deliver the betrothal gifts.
Only Chi Zishu was nowhere to be seen.
Mu Qingli looked around but didn't see Chi Zishu, so she couldn't help but release her mental power to search for Chi Zishu's whereabouts.
"Mother! Why didn't you tell me? You let Long Pinqing come to deliver the betrothal gifts and get engaged without my consent. What do you think of me?" Chi Zishu was in the main hall of the Chi family at this time, arguing with her mother.
"Zi Shu! This is the marriage you decided on since you were little, and you didn't object, right? That's why you two grew up together, inseparable! Now you want to regret it?"
"Mother! The girls in our village have always been free to marry. What you are doing is against the rules of the village!" Chi Zishu said regardless.
"If you break off the engagement now, you will be a traitor!" Chi Zishu's mother said without giving in.
"Mother, even you want to force me to marry into the Long family?" Chi Zishu asked with disappointment in her eyes.
"Zishu! This is fate! If you had opposed this marriage from the beginning, your mother would never have agreed to you being with Long Pinqing. But you have been a couple with Long Pinqing for so many years. If you break off the engagement now, how will your tribesmen look at you? You are the saint of Chiyun Village, you can't do this!" Chi Zishu's mother said helplessly.
"Zishu! Go change your clothes and put on makeup, then go out!" After Chi Zishu's mother said this, she asked several young girls who had been waiting on the side to take Chi Ziyue to wash and change clothes.
The rest of the Chi family was entertaining the Long family outside. Chi Zishu stayed in the room and let the girls dress her up. It took two hours to do the dressing.
When the people waiting outside saw Chi Zishu, they almost all exclaimed in amazement.
Chi Zishu went out in a gorgeous dress, with gold and silver jewelry and jade ornaments all over her head and body. She was wearing a gorgeous green dress, which made her look charming and beautiful.
At this time, Long Pinqing was pushed by the crowd and stood beside Chi Zishu with a smile.
Behind both of them, there were young girls helping them pull up their cloaks which were several meters long.
"It's so beautiful!" Almost all the girls looked at the scene in front of them with envy and jealousy.
Chi Zishu and Long Pinqing, like a prince and princess, were dressed in gorgeous clothes and stood in front of the crowd like the moon surrounded by stars.
Long Pinqing was laughing happily, but Chi Zishu was in tears.
Chi Zishu frowned, looking at the lively scene in front of her with tears in her eyes, and felt cold all over.
She couldn't hear any sound, she only saw those people laughing and talking with their mouths opening and closing, but she couldn't hear a word they said.
"Ah~" Finally, Chi Zishu couldn't hold it anymore. She hugged her head and screamed, then squatted on the ground.
Chi Zishu's behavior scared everyone, and they all looked at her in confusion.
Long Pinqing had thought Chi Zishu had come to her senses and was willing to get engaged to him, but who could have known it would turn out like this? Long Pinqing's smiling face darkened as he stared coldly at Chi Zishu, who was squatting on the ground.
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