Chapter 15

It turned out that Ge Liuping was worried that Qiao Baozhu had run away and that Shen Xiao would not be able to find her when he came to pick her up tomorrow, so she purposely waited for her in the farm dormitory.

She knew in her heart that even if Qiao Baozhu didn’t want to marry Shen Xiao, she would never run too far.

In this era, you need a letter of introduction to go anywhere. Without a letter of introduction, you will be treated as a vagrant and locked up by the committee.

Ge Liuping went to the farm office to inquire about it. Qiao Baozhu only asked for one day off and wrote a letter of introduction to return to the city. She stayed there all night and dozed off. Finally, Qiao Baozhu came back.

“You silly girl, do you think you have too much money in your pocket? You run to the city for trivial matters. Do you have a real father in the city?”

Ge Liuping still hated Qiao Baozhu for snatching 500 yuan of betrothal gifts from her. When she saw the handbag in Qiao Baozhu’s hand, she stared at it so hard that she wanted to stare a hole in it.

Qiao Baozhu snorted coldly, “Even my husband has been replaced by you. How can I not go home and inform my parents about such a big thing?”

“You crawled out of my intestines, and you dare to call them parents?”

When Ge Liuping heard Qiao Baozhu calling her parents from the third room, she became flustered.

“11 years ago, you and I traded our house together, and we severed our relationship a long time ago. My dad said that the letter of severance of relationship is still in the village brigade. If you regret it, you can return the house to him.”

When she heard that she wanted to exchange the house for someone, Ge Liuping stopped talking.

The yellow mud adobe house of the third room had long been demolished and rebuilt. Now Qiao Changhai wanted to go back, even if Ge Liuping was willing to give up, her son and daughter-in-law would swallow her up!

“You stupid girl, why do you just follow his advice? Don’t you have your own thoughts? I had my own reasons for what happened back then. Haven’t I been good enough to you over the years?”

Qiao Baozhu was too lazy to listen to her biological mother’s pua, she raised her eyebrows and looked sneering.

“You’re nice to me? Haha, dear mom, you had to stand guard at the door of our dormitory in the middle of the night. You didn’t just want to tell me, you wanted to be nice to me?”

“I’m getting married tomorrow, and you’re here to give me a dowry? Let me guess, is it a Dacron shirt or a bicycle? It must be a bicycle, because I can use it for work in the future.”

Ge Liuping was so angry that her teeth were about to break: “What, you still want a bicycle? Forget about you, I didn’t even buy a bicycle for my son’s wedding? You are asking me for that thing with such a shameless face? You don’t deserve it!”

“Since you’re not here to give me anything, don’t be so shameless and say nice things to me. It sounds disgusting. Okay, I’m so sleepy, I’m going to go into the house and sleep.”

Qiao Baozhu looked impatient and didn’t want to be pestered by Ge Liuping any more. It was getting late and everyone in the dormitory was going to bed at this time.

Ge Liuping originally came to capture Qiao Baozhu, and seeing that she was not as obedient as before, she quickly started to speak nice words to her.

“Oh, my dear, don’t bother with me. It was your father who gave me a strict order, saying that you will be leaving home tomorrow and I have to take you home tonight.”

“Why?”

Qiao Baozhu raised her eyebrows and looked at Ge Liuping asking the question knowingly.

Ge Liuping hesitated for a long time, lied with her eyes open, and tried to put her off by saying that this was just an old rule.

Qiao Baozhu knew very well that when Shen Xiao came to pick up the bride tomorrow, according to the local custom, the groom would give candies or a few cents as a lucky gift to the children who blocked the door.

For the sake of a few cents and for the second wife’s reputation, Ge Liuping would not let Qiao Baozhu get married in the farm dormitory.

Since the Qiao family cares about their reputation, why does no one care about Qiao Baozhu, the bride-to-be, on such an important day today?

Of course, it was because the third branch had little influence, Qiao Changhai was disabled and had been away from home for many years. The other brothers of the Qiao family looked down on Qiao Changhai from the bottom of their hearts, so naturally they did not pay much attention to Qiao Baozhu.

Qiao Baozhu followed Ge Liuping home and saw that the Qiao family’s house was decorated with lights and was very lively. The elders in the family had not yet gone to bed.

When everyone saw Qiao Baozhu carrying her bag into the yard, no one wondered why she came back at this time. No one cared whether she had eaten dinner.

“You can stay in the west room tonight and get up early tomorrow.”

Ge Liuping knew that Qiao Baozhu had given all the 500 yuan betrothal money to Qiao Changhai, and she didn’t even bother to pretend to be sincere.

He watched Qiao Baozhu close the door, spat on the door angrily, and left without looking back.

Early the next morning, Qiao Baozhu finished washing up and took out new clothes from her black handbag.

She wore a bright red sweater with a sweetheart neckline that made Qiao Baozhu’s neck look slender and graceful. She wore black slim-fitting pants and small leather shoes that were polished to a shiny black.

Most brides in this era wear a pair of shiny pigtails.

But Qiao Baozhu did not do so. While she had plenty of time, she gave herself a gentle and elegant classical bun.

Qiao Baozhu has an oval face, which is most suitable for a Chinese bun. She wears a pair of fingernail-sized pearl earrings on her ears, which makes her look very noble.

“Oh, Baozhu, you are so beautiful. You look like a fairy. How did you do your hair?”

Several female educated youth from the farm who were close to Qiao Baozhu took a day off and came to see Qiao Baozhu off to get married.

When they saw Qiao Baozhu, who was wearing light makeup and had her hair tied up, they were so amazed that they couldn’t bear to blink and exclaimed in surprise.

“A bun with a bright red sweater makes her look lucky no matter how you look at her.”

“Baozhu, you are really skillful. When I get married, please give me this hairstyle.”

The envious looks from the sisters greatly satisfied Qiao Baozhu’s vanity. You know, in her previous life, she loved beauty very much and always dreamed of opening a styling studio one day. A studio that specializes in makeup, nail art, and hair styling for beauty-loving ladies.

It’s a pity that Zhao Haiyang’s shady deeds exhausted most of her energy, and she was unable to open this store until her death.

Qiao Baozhu felt very happy when she heard her sisters praising her good taste.

At this time, Gao Liman rushed in excitedly, holding back her laughter.

After entering the house, Gao Liman held her stomach and started laughing uncontrollably.

Qiao Baozhu and several other educated youth sisters were stunned.

“Gao Liman, didn’t you go to the main hall to watch the fun? What happened to make you laugh like this?”

Gao Liman laughed so hard that her legs became weak. She had to rely on a female educated youth to support her before she could sit on the kang.

After calming down, Gao Liman looked at Qiao Baozhu mysteriously.

“Bao, Baozhu. Guess what Qiao Xifeng is wearing today?”

Qiao Baozhu smiled, “Xifeng has a unique vision, she must be dressed very beautifully today.”

For a reborn person who has experienced the prosperity of later generations, he certainly cannot tolerate the rustic aesthetics of the 1970s.

Qiao Baozhu judged others by herself and guessed that Qiao Xifeng’s makeup today might be beyond the aesthetic of this era.

“Hahahahahaha…”

Gao Liman rolled on the kang with laughter.

“She got a long white gauze dress from somewhere. Your grandma just scolded her and said she was unlucky. Hahahaha.”

“She’s wearing all white on such a happy day. She must be out of her mind.”