The gongs and drums were loud, and the firecrackers were blaring.
After a night, the welcoming team arrived in front of the inn early.
At this time, Li Ruoshui was dazed and yawning. She was dragged by a matchmaker and dressed up all night. Now she is so sleepy that she can fall asleep sitting down.
There is no real feeling about getting married, and she doesn't care. She just wants to find the fire grass before the middle of the month, so she can get rid of the poison first.
The matchmaker in front of her wiped her mouth, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
He has almond eyes, high nose, and smooth skin. The most striking thing is those eyes. They seem to be able to speak, full of vitality. Anyone who looks at them can't help but feel happy and relaxed.
"Miss Li, this is really beautiful. Madam, I haven't seen such a spiritual person in a long time."
Li Ruoshui drooped her eyelids. She didn't know how she could see the spiritual energy from her exhaustion, so she nodded and said yes.
The makeup was finally done. Li Ruoshui supported his tired body, dragged his long wedding dress to the door, and took out a common-style blind stick from there.
"The road is far away, catch it."
Lu Zhiyao was sitting on the windowsill, playing a nine-chain in his hand.
After hearing Li Ruoshui's voice, he raised his hand to catch the flying object and touched it.
"What's this?"
"This is a blind stick. Sister Tolu and the others bought it. You will use this when you go out on your own."
Li Ruoshui specially emphasized "acting alone" and wanted to remind him of the fact that she will not be there in the future.
Lu Zhiyao brushed away the hair that was blowing to the corners of his lips, and smiled, "Thank you."
He didn't notice her accent at all...
Forget it, the Raiders is so simple, I have to find a chance to use the system rewards and learn more about him.
"Can we go?"
The matchmaker covered her head with a smile, helped her open the door, and slowly went downstairs to the door of the inn.
"The bride is here!"
I don't know how many people gathered around, chatting and making noise, either begging for red envelopes or eating melons and watching a play.
Li Ruoshui looked from under the hijab, and there were people around him. Occasionally, a few children poked their heads and wanted to see the bride from below.
Li Ruoshui looked at a little girl with pigtails, smiled and blinked at her, and the little girl covered her mouth and ran away.
The two matchmakers said auspicious words along the way, and the little servants around were scattered with happy money, and Li Ruoshui was helped to the front of the sedan chair.
When she entered, she seemed to swipe the corner of a white robe from the corner of her eye.
"Get up the sedan."
The welcoming team rushed from the inn to Zheng's house.
Along the way, the copper plates jingled and the horns and suonas came into battle, which made Li Ruoshui drowsy.
Of course, she didn't embarrass herself. After a while, she fell asleep, as if she wanted to make up for the lack of sleep.
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"The auspicious time is right, and the couple will be in pairs. Please invite the bridegroom to invite the bride."
The matchmaker roared out, and Zheng Yanqing, the second son of the Zheng family, came out.
Even in the bright red wedding dress, he still looked bad, making him even paler and weaker.
Zheng Yanqing covered his mouth and coughed a few times before slowly walking towards the sedan chair.
"According to the etiquette, Li Ruoshui should be carried on his back, can this young master Zheng do?"
Jiang Nian and Lu Feiyue were standing on the roof not far away. Jiang Nian looked at Zheng Yanqing's vain steps and had some doubts.
"I don't know." Lu Feiyue shook her head: "Have you seen Lu Yuan?"
According to what he said at the broken temple that day, Li Ruoshui was probably a long way from his heart, but this time he married to the Zheng residence for them.
Even if it was a fake, she didn't want to hurt the feelings of the two because of this.
Jiang Nian pulled Lu Feiyue to his place and pointed to the side of the sedan chair.
"There, keep following."
From the perspective just now, the sedan chair completely blocked the road, and only when Lu Feiyue changed to this side did she see the whiteness.
She hesitated for a moment, then carefully looked at Lu Zhiyao's expression: "He seems to be enjoying it."
Jiang Nian nodded and sighed: "It's over, Lu Zhiyao doesn't like her at all, and Li Ruoshui's unrequited love will end without a hitch."
Who in the world can watch the person they like get married?
Even himself, when he first heard that Lu Feiyue's mission was to marry into the Zheng residence, he was about to explode with jealousy.
Zheng Yanqing had already walked to the door of the sedan chair, reached out and knocked, signaling the bride to come out, but after waiting for a while, there was no movement inside the sedan chair.
He waited for a while, then raised his hand and tapped again.
The original roaring noises gradually subsided, and they all looked around to see what happened, and some even speculated that the bride had run away from the marriage.
Among the puzzled faces of everyone, only Lu Zhizhi covered his lips and smiled.
He heard the long breathing in the sedan chair, and knew that Li Ruoshui was asleep.
After Zheng Yanqing raised his hand and knocked on the door again, he picked up a happy candy beside his feet, flipped it over and hit it, hitting Li Ruoshui on the forehead with a bang.
This time I said whether it was heavy or not, but Li Ruoshui was woken up by the beating.
She opened her eyes and was stunned when she looked at the red eyes, and then remembered that she was in a sedan chair and was about to get married.
The car door rang three times, and she remembered what the two matchmakers said, yawned, stretched out the car curtain, and took the red silk from the man's hand.
It was only then that the surrounding people watching the opera received their whispers and began to talk aloud.
"If you want to say that this young master Zheng is not bad, he is handsome and talented. If there is no such thing as getting into evil, those who want to marry him will have to step over the threshold of the Zheng family."
"Who said no."
When the two were stunned and regretted, a man in white turned his head and asked with a genial smile.
"Is Young Master Zheng good-looking?"
The two saw his closed eyes and the blind cane in his hand, looked at each other clearly, and nodded.
"Young Master Zheng is also the best in appearance among our Cangzhou men."
Lu Zhiyao raised his brows slightly and raised his lips a little flatter: "How does it compare to me?"
There are also many men who love to compare their graceful appearance. The two of them were not surprised, but looked at him carefully.
"In terms of appearance alone, Young Master is indeed much better than Young Master Zheng."
Lu Zhizhi's brows spread out, and the corners of his lips curled slightly.
"But it's hard to say who is more beautiful. If you have to use a metaphor, you are like a flower, soft and beautiful, but Mr. Zheng is like a bamboo, straight and upright. It's hard to compare the difference."
"Yeah, if I were a woman, I would think that someone like Mr. Zheng would be more beautiful... Don't be angry, Mr., of course you are also good-looking."
"nothing."
Lu Zhizhi's smile didn't change. When the people from Zheng Mansion announced to enter the door, he followed the crowd into Zheng Mansion with a blind stick.
Except for the accidental knock on the sedan door, the rest of the wedding process went smoothly. It didn't take long for the ceremony to be over, and it was time to uncover the hair and wedding candy.
The red hijab in front of him was lifted, and Li Ruoshui, who had been bored for a morning, finally saw the light of day.
The relatives of the Zheng family watched the two newcomers in the lobby and couldn't help but laugh.
"It's really a talented woman!"
Li Ruoshui evoked a business smirk, and when he turned his head, he finally saw what this unfortunate second son of Zheng looked like.
His face is delicate and harmless, his body is thin and his skin is pale, and he can see that he is not in good health at a glance.
This Young Master Zheng received Li Ruoshui's gaze, and he just nodded in greeting and smiled lightly, making people feel very quiet.
Afterwards, they were brought to the middle of the lobby by the maid to sit, each with a tray of paper-wrapped halva in his hand, piled up like a hill, waiting for them to finish one by one.
Li Ruoshui sat there, and when someone came, he gave a candy with a smile, and casually said some blessings.
She doesn't feel like she's married, but more like a shopping guide in a supermarket who sells halva. When someone comes to try it, she sells it with a smile.
A little girl ran up in front of her with the hem of her skirt and held up her hands.
Li Ruoshui grabbed a few more for her, and said those four words under her expectant gaze.
"study well."
When the little girl heard this, she pursed her lips and ran away.
Not only Li Ruoshui laughed, but Zheng Yanqing, who was originally absent-minded next to her, also laughed.
When the two laughed without saying a word, a touch of white slowly walked in front of them.
Li Ruoshui frowned and looked at Lu Zhiyao with a bit of expectation.
Say something sour, say something sour...
"The newlyweds want a wedding candy, can I eat one too?"
Lu Zhiyao's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and he stretched out his palm to her. The white jade Buddha beads on his wrists reflected the surrounding red candles, dyed with some warm red.
Gan.
Is it really useless for her to suffer so much before? Not even a little excited?
Li Ruoshui was immersed in that slight disappointment, took a deep breath, and forgot to give the candy for a while.
Zheng Yanqing immediately grabbed a handful of halva when he saw this, but was avoided when he wanted to put it in his hand.
He raised his eyes and looked at the man in white, feeling a little terrified inexplicably.
Lu Zhiyao didn't seem to notice Zheng Yanqing's movements, and continued to speak.
"Not even one?"
Li Ruoshui only regained his senses at this time. Holding the plate, he poured most of it for him, and then began to ponder.
"Wish you......"
He doesn't seem to be very interested in academics, careers and love.
"I wish you will walk without a blind stick in the future, someone will bring you vegetables when you eat, and someone will warm you up when you sleep."
This is what she has observed for so long, and she is also reminding him of one thing—
She has done all of these, so hurry up and have a crush on her, hurry up and fall in love with her, and let her go home early!
"Thank you."
Lu Zhiyao pursed his lips and smiled, and walked out of the lobby with the small pile of halva.
......
He still didn't understand his suggestion today.
Li Ruoshui sighed and continued to be a ruthless sugar-making machine in the lobby.
Lu Zhiyao returned to his seat with the small pile of crisp candies, completely unaware that Jiang Nian was looking at the candy in his arms with sympathy.
With a smile on Lu Zhi's lips, he put the halva on the table, peeled one off, and ate it.
Feeling Jiang Nian's gaze, he picked one at random: "Brother Jiang, want to eat?"
Jiang Niantou shook like a rattle, and then asked hesitantly.
"What do you think about Li Ruoshui's marriage?"
Lu Zhizao was playing with candy wrappers in his hands, and still had that smile on his face that made people unable to see his true thoughts.
"Ideas? It's just marriage."
Jiang Nian leaned over and looked like he was eager to learn: "What's the meaning of this?"
"Getting married is just two people going through the motions and whitewashing the illusion of each other's past."
"..." Jiang Nian was silent for a while: "Who told you?"
"No one told me, I found it myself."
Jiang Nian shook his head: "Those who don't love each other do this."
Lu Zhiyao laughed in a low voice: "Maybe."
Just like his mother, just like his master, getting married is nothing but pain, but tormenting each other, what's the point.
However, if he and Zheng Yanqing tortured each other and fought each other, according to his physique, Li Ruoshui would most likely beat him to the ground, but he didn't need to worry about it.
Jiang Nian got up and looked at it, and said in a low voice, "Brother Lu, I'll go to Feiyue first. We're going to visit Zheng Mansion today, so you can eat first."
Lu Zhiyao nodded casually, not caring what they were going to do, just leaned back in the chair and ate the halva one by one.
"Blessings spread to thousands of families, a hundred years of harmony, the bride enters the bridal chamber!"
The high tone came from the lobby, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and Li Ruoshui was taken to the new house.
He peeled off the candy wrapper, feeling somewhat dry for no apparent reason.