Chapter 18

Ge Liuping followed her mother-in-law, squeezed through the crowd and entered the side room.

Although both of them are Ge Liuping’s biological children, San Ya has been adopted out for 11 years. She is absolutely unwilling to give her such a good son-in-law like Shen Xiao.

But if it is true as Xifeng said, that Zhao Haiyang will have extraordinary abilities in the future, she would be willing to let San Ya enjoy a few good days.

Ge Liuping’s ears pricked up, wanting to know if things were as Qiao Xifeng said.

“What?”

The several female educated youth who were accompanying Qiao Baozhu were all furious when they heard that the groom could not come to pick up the bride in person.

“Who would not come to a wedding themselves and let their second aunt attend on their behalf?”

“Is it that Shen Xiao doesn’t want to come, or that he can’t come?”

“Hey, that’s enough. Captain Shen is also doing this for work. We are all revolutionary comrades and should understand each other.”

When such a big thing happened, someone quickly went to call the man who was in charge of the Qiao family.

The three brothers Qiao Changfu, Qiao Changgui and Qiao Changshan were outside greeting guests. When they heard that something happened to Qiao Baozhu, they hurried over.

Zhang Guifen and matchmaker Liu Meilan were seen apologizing to Qiao Baozhu. Seeing Qiao Changfu coming, Liu Meilan hurried to greet him.

“Captain Qiao, Captain Shen just sent a soldier over here, saying that the troops were on a mission last night and can’t come over.”

Qiao Changfu’s expression changed: “What? Are you not going to get married?”

Liu Meilan smiled and shook her head: “The date has been set, how can we not get married? But the groom can’t come, so we can only ask his second aunt to take the bride home for him.”

Qiao Changfu breathed a sigh of relief. On the day of the wedding, the groom quit his job. If this got out, how would the Qiao family survive in Qingyan Mountain in the future?

“That can’t be helped. Military affairs are national affairs, and we ordinary people have to think about the country.”

When the Qiao family heard that the man was willing to get married, they all felt relieved. No one felt it was impolite or rude, but instead they were afraid that Qiao Baozhu was ignorant.

“Where’s the third brother? He’s not in the front entertaining guests at this time. Where is he?”

At this time, everyone realized that Qiao Baozhu’s adoptive father Qiao Changhai was not there.

“This Chang Hai, even for such a big event as his daughter’s wedding, he hid himself.”

“That’s right. He has been lame for many years. Everyone in the village has seen it. What’s there to be afraid of? Tsk tsk tsk, I think people with disabilities are narrow-minded.”

Without seeing Qiao Changhai, everyone made up a lot of plots in their minds.

Even the eldest brother Qiao Changfu thought so, and said to Qiao Changgui with a helpless look on his face: “Second brother, San Ya is your biological daughter after all. If the third brother is not here, you can make the decision! What do you think, will this marriage be concluded or not?”

Qiao Laoer was deeply shocked at this moment.

That day, Xifeng insisted on marrying Zhao Haiyang, saying that it was her ancestors who had appeared in her dreams. Qiao Laoer didn’t believe it at all, but San Ya was also his daughter, so even if she was adopted by the third brother, Qiao Laoer was very confident that San Ya was closer to this side.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xiao really didn’t come to pick up the bride. This was exactly what Xifeng had dreamed.

Qiao Laoer was very happy. It was confirmed that Shen Xiao did not come to pick up the bride. Then it was a foregone conclusion that Zhao Haiyang would be admitted to university and become a senior leader in the province in the future!

“Second brother! Speak quickly!”

Qiao Changfu was extremely anxious. How long would it take to figure this out? Shen Xiao’s identity was so important that he knew what to do.

“ah?”

Qiao Changgui reacted and waved his hand proudly: “Let her go by herself, it’s no big deal. If the road is far, the woman can ride a donkey to get married.”

The Qiao family was very happy and agreed immediately. They were afraid that the man might change his mind, so they urged Qiao Baozhu to go out.

Ge Liuping walked into the main room with a happy face, clapped her hands and laughed at Qiao Xifeng who was sitting on the kang, “My girl, you are right. Shen Xiao will not come to pick up the bride!”

She leaned over to her daughter’s ear and whispered softly, “It seems that the dreams your ancestors gave you are all true! My son-in-law will definitely become a high-ranking official in the future!”

Qiao Xifeng glanced at her mother with a smug look, raised her eyebrows and snorted, “Is San Ya so angry? My uncle doesn’t love her the most, is she very angry? Did she make a scene?”

Ge Liuping curled her lips in disapproval: “What can he do? What dares he do? With the unpresentable looks of the couple, it’s a blind cat meeting a dead mouse to find an officer as a son-in-law. He dares not say a word.”

“Your uncle and your father made the decision and let San Ya marry herself.”

Qiao Xifeng was stunned and shouted loudly: “How can that be possible?”

Ignoring Ge Liuping’s attempts to stop her, Qiao Xifeng got off the kang and walked towards the yard aggressively, holding up her skirt.

“Hey, the bride in the main room has come out.”

Everyone in the yard was gathered at the door of the wing room to watch the excitement. When they heard the noise, they all looked towards Qiao Xifeng.

With fashionable curly hair that only city dwellers have and wearing a white wedding dress, Qiao Xifeng’s outfit was indeed eye-catching, just as she wished.

But everyone’s reactions were mixed. Most of those who thought it was beautiful and fashionable were young girls and wives.

“This outfit is really nice and stylish. I think I’ve seen it in a magazine. Russian women wear it like this.”

“It’s not fancy, but my niece rented it from a photo studio in the city. It’s really expensive!”

“When I get married, I also want to rent one. My cousin lives in the city. When she got married, she took a set of photos of herself in a wedding dress at a photo studio. They were hung on the wall and it looked beautiful!”

But most men sneered at Qiao Xifeng’s white wedding dress.

“What the hell is this? It’s neither rustic nor fashionable! She’s wearing white on a wedding day. Is it a wedding or a funeral in her family?”

“Some people are just cheap. They think anything foreign is good. They think the poop of foreigners smells good.”

“I’m leaving now. I won’t stand here to watch her act like a bitch.”

This was a special era. The customs in 1975 were far less strict than those in previous years. Black and white began to flood the market, various novels published in bookstores gradually opened up, and people’s clothes became brighter in color.

But those guards who have benefited from the dividends of the times are still in high spirits.

Seeing Qiao Xifeng in her white wedding dress, he went to find Qiao Changfu in a rage.

“Director Qiao, the people of the whole country are fighting against the United States, imperialism, the Soviet Union, and revisionism, and overthrowing the capitalists. As the director of the farm, you still keep foreign things in your home? You even dare to wear them in front of the people. What on earth do you want to do? Do you want to become a capitalist roader?”

Qiao Changfu was busy entertaining guests outside and didn’t go to the main hall to watch the fun. He didn’t know that Qiao Xifeng went to the city to rent a wedding dress in order to suppress Qiao Baozhu.

Hearing the questions from the most hardcore young guards in the committee, Qiao Changfu was confused and puzzled.

His ancestors were very poor and had nothing to do with the capitalist roaders. Qiao Changfu thought that these guys just wanted to cheat him of some money, so he suppressed his displeasure, took out cigarettes from his pocket, and handed them to the young men one by one.

With a smile on his face, he politely asked, “Comrades, I don’t understand what you are saying. My family has been tenants of landlords for generations, and we have never been associated with capitalists. How did we get involved with the capitalist-roaders? Is there a misunderstanding here?”

The young guards took Qiao Changfu’s cigarette, their attitude improved a little, and they raised their hands and pointed.

“Look for yourself, what is that woman wearing!”

Qiao Changfu turned around with a smile and saw Qiao Xifeng in a white wedding dress, showing off with a proud look on her face.

His eyes went dark, he was shaking with anger, and he shouted with all his strength.

“Qiao Xifeng, you are looking for death!”