bookcurios Chapter 423
Chapter 423
The distance from the courtyard to the sedan chair at the door was very short, only a dozen steps away. After sending Xiaoxue into the sedan chair, Chen Dongzhi patted Zhao Xiaozheng's shoulder vigorously and said, "Be good to Xiaoxue. If you dare to let her suffer any injustice, I will not let you off easily!"
Zhao Xiaozheng's slightly tanned face was serious, "I will definitely take good care of Xiaoxue. Both places are her home. Whatever happens at her own place, it's fine for her to go to my place!"
Although promises will change over time, Chen Dongzhi is still willing to believe him now. Even if he treats Xiaoxue badly in the future, he can just take his sister back. Wherever he and his family are is her home.
The wedding procession picked up the bride and went to Zhao Xiaozheng's home with music and dance.
In the room, Cui Cui covered her sister's ears. Seeing that her mouth was pouting as if she was about to cry, she quickly took the doll to attract her attention.
After the banquet started, Zhong Ruyi finally had time to come over and find the two children.
Cuicui let out a long sigh and complained softly, "Maybe it's because I only come back to the village once in a long time. Miaomiao is very unfamiliar with me and she doesn't even want to be hugged for a little while."
Zhong Ruyi said with a smile, "Come back more often. Miaomiao will definitely not refuse you to hold her if she sees you so much. She is very well behaved."
During the banquet, several women who were watching Xiaoxue dressing up casually asked about Cuicui's marriage. "My mother's family has a nephew who is nineteen years old this year, just two years older than Cuicui. How about letting them meet? If they are attracted to each other, we can become relatives!"
"Yes, Cuicui has become more and more beautiful now. I heard that her shop is doing very well. She is also an ambitious girl. My mother's family also happens to have a nephew who is a peddler! Although he can't have a shop like Cuicui, he is also a good young man. What do you think, Guihua?"
Li Guihua has met many people who have tried to arrange marriages for her daughter in the past few years, and now she can talk to them happily:
"Ah! Although Cuicui is my daughter, I can't decide her life-long affairs. She has to like it herself!"
When the others heard this, they hurriedly said, "It's the parents' words and the matchmaker's name. You are her mother, so how can your words not count?"
"Yes, Guihua, go back and tell him about it. My nephew is really a good guy!"
Today these people are more enthusiastic than usual. Li Guihua can't figure out the key. Just at this moment, she sees Huang Ying coming over with a bulging belly, followed by Zhong Laosan holding Kang Kang.
She quickly waved her hand and asked the two to come and sit over here.
After they sat down, the two sisters-in-law started talking in private, and only then did Li Guihua know what these people were planning today.
"My younger sister bought a set of noodles for Xiaoxue, saying it costs several hundred taels! Aren't they just jealous? It just so happens that we have a Cuicui in our family who is just of marriageable age, so they have their eyes on this." Huang Ying picked up a piece of braised lion's head with chopsticks and ate it, her eyes lighting up. While eating, she did not forget to share what she heard with Li Guihua.
Zhong Ruyi has always loved Cuicui. She spent so much money to buy a set of headgear for Xiaoxue, so it goes without saying that she would care even more about Cuicui.
Li Guihua was very surprised. A set of headwear that costs several hundred taels?
"I came over to help Xiao Zheng early this morning and didn't have time to go over there. I didn't see the bride's headdress either. Did you see it?"
Huang Ying shook her head. She had a good appetite and slept well recently, and could not get up before noon, so she did not go to either place. It was her mother-in-law who told her about the headwear.
"How about we go and take a look secretly later?" Li Guihua glanced at her, feeling very curious about the headdress.
Just at this time, Zhong Ruyi came with Miaomiao in her arms, followed by Cuicui.
Her family members were sitting at the same table as her in-laws, so Cuicui didn't go over there as her mother was waving at her.
As soon as Zhong Ruyi sat down, Chen Dongzhi took the child over and handed her a set of bowls and chopsticks. "You eat. I'll feed Miaomiao a few bites. She can't eat more."
She nodded, her eyes met Zhao's mother's. After greeting her, she started eating. She hadn't had a drop of water since morning.
Thinking of this, she quietly asked Zhao Xiaozheng who had just returned from toasting, "Have you sent food to Xiaoxue?"
Zhao Xiaozheng's face, which was somewhat darkened by the sun, was already stained with drunkenness. "I sent it. I also took some of the dishes on the table and asked my niece to help send them in."
That's good.
Chen Dongzhi, who was standing by, only fed his daughter a few mouthfuls of soup. She couldn't eat fish or meat, so she could only wait until the banquet was over and go back to eat egg custard.
Mother Chen had no appetite. She ate the few pieces of meat that Xiaoman picked up for her and then put down her chopsticks.
Compared to her mother's family, Zhao Xiaozheng and his whole family were smiling from ear to ear.
After the banquet, some people wanted to make trouble in the bridal chamber. They were several cousins from Zhao Xiaozheng's uncle's family, but they were stopped by Zhao's mother and failed.
Li Guihua slipped in when no one was paying attention. Xiaoxue was sitting on the edge of the bed. When she heard the noise, she thought it was Zhao Xiaozheng who came back. But when she looked up, she found it was her sister-in-law's eldest sister-in-law.
"Mrs. Zhong, is there anything I can help you with?" Xiaoxue's cheeks flushed slightly as she asked softly to Li Guihua who was staring at her.
Li Guihua came up to her and took a closer look at the headgear. She was a little surprised: Wow! This head is full of gold hairpins and gold hairpins, and they are decorated with thumb-sized pearls. No wonder people outside say that my little sister is generous!
After finishing what she wanted to see, Li Guihua said vaguely that she had walked into the wrong room, leaving Xiaoxue staring blankly at her back as she pushed open the door and walked away.
But soon she no longer had the heart to think about Li Guihua, because Zhao Xiaozheng came back...
When the Zhao family held a banquet this time, several women in the village saw the set of headgear that Zhong Ruyi gave Xiaoxue, and the news spread throughout the village.
"If I had known this earlier!" An older woman was sitting under a tree gritting her teeth. Next to her were a few other people who had nothing to do and were chatting together.
The other person looked at her askance, "What can you do? How can a girl like your son?"
The woman choked and felt that what she said was not wrong, but she still felt uncomfortable being said so bluntly. The two of them argued with each other for a few words, and soon the topic moved to another side.
"Doesn't the Zhong family still have Cuicui? She's already seventeen! She can't wait until she's twenty to get married like Xiaoxue did, right?"
The person who said this knew what she was up to, and everyone present couldn't help but laugh:
"Old Gao, you want to marry the daughter of the Zhong family as your daughter-in-law, but you don't think about whether your son is worthy of her. She has a capable aunt, and her parents are not bad either. Why would she like your son?"
The one called Old Gao curled her lips when she heard this, "We have to try it to know if it works, right?" She was envious of the Zhao family's new daughter-in-law's headgear worth hundreds of taels of silver! If her son married Zhong Cuicui, maybe the Zhong family would also give him a headgear worth hundreds of taels!
Besides, she has been keeping an eye on this little girl for a long time. She and Old Wu’s daughter Xiaozhu are doing business in the town!
How great it would be if such a good girl could marry into her family! ?
There are quite a few people who have such thoughts. These days, Li Guihua has been annoyed by people who come to her house and want to propose marriage for her daughter openly or secretly.