Chapter 36: Pick Up the Bride

The Qian family and Old Man Rong brought a lot of luggage this time, some for Qian Xiaolan, and the rest for each member of the Gu family. Even Gu Shengli, the brother-in-law, wasn’t left out. The two families gathered together, ate a warm and lively dinner, talked about the wedding of the two children, and then separated. Marriages were simple in those days, and the wedding room was even simpler to decorate, just needing to cut some red double happiness characters and paste them up.

 The wedding room was still set up at Gu’s house, and they would move to the small courtyard the next day. So, the next day, Qian Xiaolan got married from the small courtyard. Early in the morning, Qian Xiaolan was woken up by Rongqian, who hadn’t slept a wink all night. After washing up, Qian Xiaolan put on a red woolen coat that Rongqian had brought for her.

 The bright red color made Qian Xiaolan’s skin look even more fair and radiant. Rongqian looked at her with both relief and sadness, she took out her makeup bag and started to apply makeup. “Mom, you have to make our Lanlan the most beautiful bride today.” As her hands moved, Qian Xiaolan’s makeup was gradually completed, and her tears finally fell.

 Her daughter was so beautiful! Even more beautiful than she was back then. But such a good daughter had grown up away from her. Qian Xiaolan looked up and saw Rongqian’s tears, and she helplessly hugged her: “Mom, don’t be sad, even if I’m married, I’m still your daughter.” “Yes, yes, you’ll always be our daughter.” Rongqian wiped away her tears, pulled Qian Xiaolan out to eat breakfast.

 There were three tables for breakfast today, besides their own family, there were also villagers who came to help. Not long after breakfast, the people who came to pick up the bride arrived. They were stopped at the door by Qian Rongsheng and Gu Yujiao, who were accompanied by others. Gu’s third brother saw his own sister blocking the door, and he was furious and cursed: “Gu Yujiao, you traitor, have you forgotten what your last name is?” Gu Yujiao crossed her arms and retorted: “My last name doesn’t matter now, what matters is that I’m the bride’s good friend. If you want to pick up the bride smoothly, you have to give a red envelope.”

 Gu Yujiao’s friends echoed: “Yes, give a red envelope.” Gu’s third brother was about to speak, but Gu Yanqing took out a stack of red envelopes and handed them over. “Okay, the first level is passed, there are two more levels.” Gu Yujiao quickly took the red envelopes and went to the side, she even stuck out her tongue at Gu’s third brother. Humph, little guy, it won’t be so easy later. The second level was guarded by Qian Rongsheng with several young men.

 He looked at Gu Yanqing and asked him, “What if my sister wants to go home?” Gu Yanqing answered without thinking: “If I have time, I’ll go back with her, if I don’t have time, I’ll have someone accompany her back.” “What if my sister wants to go home to live?” “As long as Xiaolan is happy, she can stay as long as she wants, after all, my job means she’ll often be home alone, it’s better to have you guys accompany her back.” Qian Rongsheng was quite satisfied with Gu Yanqing’s answer, he nodded and let him do two hundred push-ups before letting him pass.

The last level was guarded by the two old men. It’s unknown how other places pick up brides, but this was unique in Qingshan Village. The people who came to watch the fun were a little stunned, and they realized again that the Qian family valued Qian Xiaolan very much. This shattered the rumors in the village that “the Qian family went back to the city to enjoy themselves, leaving Qian Xiaolan alone in the village, they were disgusted that she grew up in the village.”

Those who spread the rumors were slapped in the face, even though no one noticed, they still quietly shrunk their heads and lowered their presence. Old Man Qian and Old Man Rong looked at each other, Old Man Qian smiled and said: “We two old men only have one granddaughter (granddaughter), and because of the deliberate mischief of villains, we were separated from our family for so many years. Now that we’ve reunited, she’s going to get married, it’s really hard to let go. But the Gu family are really good, we can’t go back on our word, so today, we two old men will shamelessly participate in your young people’s game.” “Today, as long as you pass our two old men’s test, Yanqing, not only will we let you take Xiaolan away, we will also give you a big gift.”

 Gu Yanqing’s hands were sweating, but his face showed no sign of it, he solemnly said: “Please give me the questions, Grandpa and Grandfather.” Old Man Qian chuckled and suddenly asked: “How much is a pound of eggs, brown sugar, rice, flour, and salt?” Gu Yanqing was stunned, and he was pulled back to his senses by Gu’s third brother, seeing everyone excitedly gesturing to him, he realized he hadn’t heard wrong. He didn’t look at anyone else, he looked straight ahead and answered loudly: “Grandpa, eggs are five jiao a pound, brown sugar is five mao a pound, rice is one mao and five fen a pound, flour is one mao and eight fen a pound, and salt is one mao and three fen a pound.” Old Man Qian laughed: “Good, good, you’ve passed this level.”

The onlookers: “…” City people really know how to play, they actually use this to test the groom, are they trying to make Old Eight Gu be the head of the household in the future? Old Man Rong continued: “If you and Xiaolan disagree in the future, whose opinion will you follow?” Gu Yanqing thought for a moment and answered: “Grandfather, I won’t listen to either of you, I’ll calm down for two days and then bring up the topic again.” “Good, good, that’s how a couple should live, you can’t always favor one side, and you can’t be without your own principles, I’ve also passed this level.” Qian Xiaolan listened from inside the room, finding it both funny and heartwarming.

 These two old men really didn’t care about face for her. Outside, the two old men looked at each other and smiled, Old Man Qian took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Gu Yanqing. “

This is our gift to you.” “A gift from elders cannot be refused, I’ll accept it, Yanqing.” Gu Yanqing took it with both hands and stood in front of Qian Xiaolan’s door. “Xiaolan, I’m here to take you home.” Qian Xiaolan’s mood was quite relaxed, and she had been listening intently to the commotion, but when she heard Gu Yanqing’s voice, she unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand. Seeing this, Gu Yujiao and her sisters looked at each other, giggled, and rushed forward to hold the door: “Fourth brother, if you want to pick up the bride, give us red envelopes, if the red envelopes aren’t to our satisfaction, don’t even think about coming in.

” Gu Yanqing was helpless, he stuffed six red envelopes into the door. Gu Yujiao shouted again: “Fourth brother, give us six more.” Gu’s third brother couldn’t take it anymore, he roared at the door: “Gu Yujiao, whose side are you on?” Gu Yujiao yelled: “I’m on Xiaolan’s side now, I’m her family.” “Gu Yujiao, you’re being disrespectful, she’s your fourth sister-in-law!” Gu Yujiao crossed her arms: “I don’t care, she’s not married yet, she’s still single, she’s still my good friend, she’ll only be my fourth sister-in-law when she gets to our house.” Gu Yanqing thought that his little sister was right, and he silently stuffed six more red envelopes inside.

The door finally opened, Gu Yanqing and Qian Xiaolan’s eyes met in the air, and neither of them could look away. Skin like congealed fat, face like a blooming flower. Handsome and elegant, handsome and dashing.