The husband took Li Hongxiu and kowtowed to the incense that had been lit in front of the hall. He pulled him to the master and Ye Zhiqiu, the general and Lin Yueru to kowtow. Then Tang Youyu, who was in charge of the ceremony, called the couple to bow.
At this time, the gentleman turned around and took Li Hongxiu and bowed to the many guests who came to watch the ceremony. Then he turned to Li Hongxiu and bowed.
Tang Youyu, whose face was glowing red, shouted: "It's done! Let's have a banquet!"
Gongs and drums are beating outside the building! Firecrackers set off!
"Husband, I feel uncomfortable wearing this red cloth." Li Hongxiu screamed.
"Then you have to endure it today!" Sir, whether he went to expose it or not, he had to maintain his etiquette.
"Sister Zhiqiu, I feel very uncomfortable with the cover up. Please help me talk to my husband and take it off now!" Li Hongxiu asked Ye Zhiqiu for help.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Li Hongxiu, then at his husband, and said with a smile: "We are all one family. It's okay to lift it now. Do whatever makes you happy!"
The husband had no choice but to step forward and lift Li Hongxiu's hijab.
Li Hongxiu patted her chest: "It's so boring. I can finally breathe."
The people watching the ceremony in front of the hall cheered: "Come and see the bride!"
Li Hongxiu blushed immediately when the servants coaxed him like this.
Lin Yueru came over and took Li Hongxiu's hand and said, "My sister and my husband are finally married. The general and I are happy for you."
Ye Zhiqiu pulled Lin Yueru and Li Hongxiu and said with a smile: "From now on, we have to work hard and strive to have a baby next year."
The general laughed loudly and said, "Madam is right. Come on, Hongxiu and Mr. Mo, give Wushuang a younger brother and younger sister. It will be a lot of fun for the whole family!"
Li Hongxiu squatted down to give everyone a blessing, and said with a smile: "Thank you all for coming to see me today. I will have to drink more in a while."
Tang Youyu followed behind and laughed, holding his husband's hand and saying, "I'm just afraid that your husband's drinking capacity is not good enough!"
Mr. Li Hongxiu, General, Lin Yueru, Ye Zhiqiu, Fuzi, Hu Qingshan, Chen Qian, and Tang Youyu were sitting at the main table. Li Ye held his sister in his arms and led Mu Mu, Xiaobai, Xiaoqing, Agui, and Hongxiu Xiaohong and others were sitting at the same table upstairs.
The banquet lasted until the afternoon, and the drunken gentleman's face turned red. He had to drink the wine that was given by others. Since he was happy today, he didn't use the Kung Fu to force him away, and he drank too much without realizing it.
Looking at the gentleman who was being helped up to the fourth floor by Li Hongxiu, Ye Zhiqiu shouted at the group of people who were drinking wine and gave him a lesson. If you let the gentleman drink like this, can you still have a bridal chamber at night? None of you are at ease.
Tang Youyu smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll cook him a bowl of hangover soup later to make sure he's fine at night."
"Yueru and I came here the same way back then, and we both got drunk." The general said with a smile.
"You are a soldier, how can you compare with your husband who is a scholar? In Ye Zhiqiu's eyes, your husband is just a scholar who can play the piano and write well.
"Okay, okay, let's go to the house for tea after the banquet is over. I've asked people to prepare a lot of pastries, so there's no need to have dinner in the evening." Ye Zhiqiu took Lin Yueru's hand and said with a smile.
Tang Youyu clapped his hands and said, "After dinner, let's all go to Zizhuyuan to play! When my husband wakes up, let him and Li Hongxiu play a song together for everyone. That will be worth a million dollars!"
Li Ye walked out of the restaurant with his sister in his arms, walked to the willow tree next to Hongxiu Building, sat on a stone bench by the river, and slowly peeled melon seeds to feed her.
Mu Mu grabbed a chicken leg and gnawed it, watching Li Ye come out and followed him. "Brother, why don't you eat more?"
Li Ye carefully fed the peeled melon seeds in his hand to his sister, looked at Mu Mu and said, "I will go to the Great Buddha Temple in a moment. You tell your parents tonight. I promised the master that I will go home and rest for a few days." Go to the temple to practice.”
"It's okay, I won't come back. If you have anything, come to the temple to find me. If you don't want to move, you can ask Xiaoqing to come over."
Mu Mu tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "I heard from Sister Xiaohong that there is going to be a fuss in the husband's bridal chamber tonight. Why don't you make a fuss if you don't do it?"
Li Ye took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of Mu Mu's greasy mouth, and said with a smile: "It's precisely because I'm not here that you are so troubled. I'm the only disciple of Mr., why are you so messy? If Mr. Sir is not angry, Master Wife will be too. Blame me. You're still young, they won't be angry with you."
"Why don't Mu Mu not go back and go to the temple to practice with Brother Lin? Isn't it just a vegetarian diet? Mu Mu can also eat it." Mu Mu thought for a while, looked at Li Ye seriously and said.
Li Ye laughed all of a sudden, stretched out a hand to touch Mu Mu's head and said, "I am here to practice. I want to understand my own way through suffering. You are still young, why are you making trouble? Everyone has it. You have to walk your own path, and so will you when you grow up."
"Besides, the carriage will arrive in half an hour from home to the Great Buddha Temple. You can come anytime you want." Li Ye said softly.
Mu Mu waved her hand and threw the eaten chicken legs into the Liuhe River. She wiped her hands on Li Ye's handkerchief, patted her chest and said, "Brother, go ahead. Xiaoqing and Xiaobai are at home with me and Xiaoqing. How can we They are all masters.”
Li Ye smiled and said, "Well, I'll leave the family to you, especially my sister."
"No problem. Is sir here? Who dares to cause trouble." Mu Mu returned the wiped towel to Li Ye and stepped forward to tease her sister with her little hand.
"Xiao Bai just came down from the mountain. He is playful, so you have to control him. If he disobeys, tell your husband and ask him to discipline him. He should also learn to read and write. He can't go shopping with Xiao Qing all the time." Li Ye thought about it. Think about it, said seriously.
Li Xiaoxue made Mu Mu giggle, and called out from time to time: "Sister...sister." Mu Mu was very happy, as if she was even happier than she had broken through the first level.
As Unitary Hour approached, the well-fed guests began to leave. Li Hongxiu led Tang Youyu, Lin Yueru and the general, and Ye Zhiqiu and his wife all walked outside the restaurant.
After greeting the departing guests, a few guests decided to go to Zizhuyuan together to watch the ensemble between Mr. and Li Hongxiu.
Watching everyone disperse, Li Ye walked up to Ye Zhiqiu with his sister in his arms and handed Li Xiaoxue to his mother.
Ye Zhiqiu lowered his head and asked, "I haven't seen you for a while. Are you full?"
"I'm full. There are too many people in the restaurant and it's too noisy. I took my sister out to get some fresh air." Li Ye said with a smile. He didn't tell Ye Zhiqiu that he was going to the Great Buddha Temple soon.
"I asked Hongxiu to send people to pack a lot of wine and food home. If you are hungry later, go to the kitchen to find something to eat. My sister will go back to greet the guests first, and you and Mumu will come back later."
After saying that, Ye Zhiqiu, with the help of his master, climbed into the carriage with Li Xiaoxue in his arms, and the group headed towards the Purple Bamboo Courtyard.
Li Ye looked at the expression on Mu Mu's face and knew that she was reluctant to be separated from him. He stretched out his hand to hold her little hand and said with a smile: "Sister, how long have you been in the city with your master's wife?"
Mu Mu was looking at the carriage going away. When Li Ye asked, she turned her head and said, "It seems to be more than a year."
Li Ye said: "What kind of knowledge has your mother taught you?"
Mu Mu thought for a while and said: "I read the books in your room, and write, and I learned to play the piano from Sister Hongxiu for several months. It was so difficult to learn that it made all ten of my fingers wear out. There was blood.”
"Then if you study hard with mother and practice calligraphy and playing the piano more, I guess we will all leave here next year." Li Ye looked at the flowing water in the Liuhe River and said calmly.
"Yeah, yeah, I will study hard. Wait for my brother to come back from the Great Buddha Temple, and we will go outside to play together." For Mumu, there is no concept of practice, and it is all about playing wherever he goes.
Agui led Xiaoqing and Xiaobai out of the restaurant and looked around for Li Ye.
Li Ye took Mu Mu's little hand, walked to the door of the restaurant, and said softly to Agui: "Go and bring the carriage over, let's go back."
Xiaobai squeezed over, took Li Ye's hand and said, "Brother, why am I missing you while I'm eating?"
Li Ye took his hand, gently stroked his head and said, "My sister and I are out for a walk. Have you eaten enough?"
Xiaoqing nodded, touched her belly and said, "I'm full."
Mu Mu glanced at her with disgust and said, "Look at how promising you are, it seems like you have never eaten good food."
Li Ye hugged Mu Mu and got into the carriage. After watching Xiaobai and Xiaoqing get on the carriage and sit down, he patted Agui on the shoulder and said, "Take your brother and sister home first. I still have some things to deal with."
Agui was startled, then held the riding crop and said, "We are not in a hurry to go home. Do you want to come with me, young master?"
"Let you go back first. There are many people at home today. Go back quickly to help." Li Ye shook his head and said.
Agui said "Oh" and quickly got into the carriage.
"Mu Mu, do you have any money? Give me two gold coins, and my brother will give them to you another day." Li Ye suddenly remembered that he had no money.
"Brother, wait a minute." Mu Mu stretched out her little head from the carriage and said with a smile. He leaned slightly, stretched out his hand from the window and handed Li Ye five gold coins. "Brother is holding the flowers, Mumu still have them here."
"Thank you sister, brother will give it to you another day. Go back and watch your sister and don't run around." Li Ye waved his hand and asked Agui to drive the carriage and leave the Hongxiu Restaurant.
Just as he was about to leave, Hu Qingshan walked out of the restaurant, carrying a few boxes of apricot blossom cakes in his hands. He looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: "I know you are going to the Great Buddha Temple, and I don't have anything good to give you." A few boxes of pastries, if you’re hungry.”
Li Ye was stunned and asked him with a smile: "How did you know that I was going to the Great Buddha Temple? I don't think I told you."
"You didn't say it. It was just that when we were drinking, your mother said that you might go to the Great Buddha Temple tomorrow to practice. I just saw them all going back in carriages, and you were the only one standing here, thinking that you would go there today. Go." Hu Qingshan said with a smile.
Li Ye nodded, looked at the carriage going away and said, "Today is the day I agreed with the old monk, so of course I have to go to the temple. There are people at home to help, and my younger brothers and sisters are all here, so it won't be a problem to be alone without me."
Hu Qingshan waved to Li Ye to call a carriage, and said with a smile: "You are practicing so hard, but you don't see the adults joining in the fun, huddled together to drink and have fun."
Li Ye jumped on the carriage and turned around with a smile. "The cordyceps I gave you that day must be dried quickly, don't wait until it rains and become moldy."
Sitting in the carriage, I thought about all the experiences I had after meeting my husband, and said softly: "The moment we meet the golden wind and jade dew, we will win countless things in the world. Even though my husband had many unsatisfactory experiences in the past, he is happy today."
The driver's whip sounded and the carriage rumbled as it headed towards the great Buddhist temple outside the city.
