Chapter 106: Marriage

September 11, this is a sunny day, and it is also the day when Lu Shaoyun proposed to Xia Shuanghan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

For Xia Shuanghan, the actions taken by Lu Shaoyun, who would definitely propose to her in the last days after the celebration and before the wedding, did not bring her many surprises. At the moment when Lu Shaoyun proposed to her, the emotions that Xia Shuanghan felt deeply were not so much joy, but the comfort and satisfaction that emerged after the wish was finally achieved.

As a married woman who lived under the name of "Lu Shaoyun's wife" for six years in her previous life, the biggest surprise and emotion in Xia Shuanghan's life was almost completely used up when Lu Shaoyun proposed to her in her previous life; Similarly, the night when Lu Shaoyun picked up her hijab on the night of the candle in the cave room in her previous life, and then kissed her and went to the clouds and rain together, she had already used up all her life's tension and expectations.

Therefore, in this life, for Xia Shuanghan, who has long been unable to find the shyness, joy and expectation of the bride, the animal skin and love poems that Lu Shaoyun presented to her in the name of Tang Shixuan are, to a large extent, just to help her end the regret left by not being able to marry with the customs of the Rong people in her previous life.

Therefore, although Xia Shuanghan, who took the animal skin, smiled and kissed Lu Shaoyun on the cheek, and agreed to his marriage proposal with a smile, Lu Shaoyun, who was sharp-minded, still saw from Xia Shuanghan's eyes that she did not feel joy and happiness from the bottom of her heart.

"You're not really happy today, are you?" By the carved wooden window under the moonlight, next to Xia Shuanghan, who was taking care of his freshly dried hair, Lu Shaoyun, who was sitting on the carpet, frowned slightly, and said in a low tone: "When you mistakenly thought that I had an accident in Sanqingguan but finally learned that I was fine, the light in your eyes was completely different from today's. ”

"You see that?" Putting down the wooden comb in his hand, Xia Shuanghan, who had put his hair in a bun, said lightly: "But I think my performance today is already very good." After all, no one else but you thinks there's anything wrong with my reaction, does it? ”

"It's me who is not good." Looking at Xia Shuanghan, who was smiling but had caused him a sense of alienation for some reason, Lu Shaoyun only felt a strong sense of guilt, "To be honest, I feel that my current behavior is very shameless, since I can't promise you for life, I shouldn't have an affair with you, but I ...... But I can't control my heart that wants to take you for myself. ”

"Hey, didn't we say that we would make a decision in a year?"

Xia Shuanghan, who crawled a few steps on the carpet and fell into Lu Shaoyun's arms, helplessly raised his hand to soothe the eyebrows of his sweetheart, raised his head and said: "Tingxuan, in fact, why do you think so much, even if we can't get together in the end, but I think that as long as I grasp the moment and be with you as much as I want before returning to Beijing, it will be enough for me." Therefore, you don't have to carry the burden of morality and responsibility, and secretly contradict or struggle in your heart. ”

"Why can you be so free about feelings?" Lu Shaoyun, who knew Xia Shuanghan's sincerity to herself, and then couldn't understand why she could say so rationally that she would let go and let go, was puzzled.

"Because you and I both know that love is not the whole content of our lives, and my letting go is actually just like your hesitation, we have to pursue something else besides our own feelings. So, before we go back to Beijing, don't think about it anymore, okay? ”

"But-" Lu Shaoyun, who was still guilty and wanted to say more, was intercepted by a wet sucking kiss from Xia Shuanghan on his earlobe.

"If you mention it again, don't believe me to help you make a decision?" Xia Shuanghan, who had a sly smile on her face, stretched out the tip of her pink tongue and gently licked the sensitive points of Lu Shaoyun's ears, and after feeling his stiffness and trembling, she smiled and said, "If I lead you to my body, do you think you will be undecided, and you can't make up your mind about this matter?" ”

β€œ...... Don't make a fuss! Knowing that as Xia Shuanghan said, once she got her body, she would never be able to leave her out of emotion or morality, so Lu Shaoyun, who could only agree to her request, endured the heat and put her who couldn't stop laughing into her arms and said: "Don't tempt me casually, because I don't know if I can hold it back next time." ”

Using the love network compiled by himself to live with Lu Shaoyun was a decision made by Xia Shuanghan before leaving Beijing.

In the face of his beloved, he was very disgusted with deception, so Xia Shuanghan, who had never thought of playing tricks in front of Lu Shaoyun, in order to promote him to finally make the decision to join the Xia family, all he did was - to be good to him, to be better to him, so good that he was completely reluctant to leave her.

In his previous life, he was Lu Shaoyun's wife for three years, and Xia Shuanghan knew very well how much the word "habit" had an impact on Lu Shaoyun. Therefore, using the "post-marriage years" spent in Naming Village before returning to Beijing to force Lu Shaoyun to get used to the "small family life of the two" is the greatest effort Xia Shuanghan can make for his own happiness.

After all, even if they didn't get together in the end, such a few months of uncalculated and honest treatment would be enough for Xia Shuanghan. Therefore, Xia Shuanghan, who only wanted to leave a good impression of each other in each other's minds, did not intend to use any tricks such as "losing his body" to force Lu Shaoyun to comply.

So, Lu Shaoyun, who was destined to only be seen but not eaten, ushered in the day when he and Xia Shuanghan got married in anxious patience.

On September 15, before sunrise, Xia Shuanghan, who got up early, stepped into the hot spring bathhouse in the east of the village with the girls from the same village who would also hold their wedding on this day.

The misty hot water and the enchanting scent of rose essential oil moisturize the girls with a delicate fragrance and radiance.

Afterwards, the girls who returned to each house in the morning light changed into their own hand-sewn wedding dresses, put on jewelry made of various jewels and jade, and waited for the arrival of the groom in the company of their sisters and mothers.

In the open front yard of Ye Hong's house, Lu Shaoyun, who was also dressed up, hugged Xia Shuanghan on horseback with a smile. Then, with the bride in his arms, he went to the assembly square in Naming Village together, accompanied by many relatives and friends.

According to the wedding customs of the Rong people, every couple must go through a triple test on the wedding day. And only those who have passed the test can conclude a marriage relationship at a wedding ceremony presided over by a respected elder.

Due to the large number of newlyweds who get married in September every year in Naming Village, the manpower and material resources required for each family to set up the wedding banquet are huge, and it is impossible for the respected elders to spend the whole September time to preside over the wedding, so in order to facilitate and save time, September 15 was set as the collective wedding day of Naming Village.

On the lively and festive village assembly square, like many other couples, the premarital trial between Lu Shaoyun and Xia Shuanghan also began.

The first part of the test is to guess the bride or the groom.

Given that Rong marriages are all concluded on the basis of mutual affection, it is not difficult for couples who understand and trust each other to find their partners from the crowd.

Lu Shaoyun, who drew out the "guess the groom" lottery from the lottery bucket, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he held the bamboo stick like a "dying struggle", and asked Xia Shuanghan next to him in a low voice: "Can't this lottery be exchanged?" I don't want you to shake hands with other men! ”

"Tang Shixuan, I said you don't want to be so domineering!" Xia Shuanghan, who smiled helplessly and sweetly, took the bamboo stick from Lu Shaoyun's hand, and then walked to the preparation site of the first project.

"You need to blindfold and shake hands with no more than thirty men in total who are not allowed to speak, and find your lover among them, do you know the rule?"

"yes, I know." Handing the bamboo skewer to the old woman who was smiling kindly in front of her, Xia Shuanghan nodded affirmatively. She was then blindfolded by the red silk that completely obscured the scene in front of her and taken to the place where the first project began.

In front of her was a dark dark red background, Xia Shuanghan, who was supported by the arm of Luo Lena, a girl from the same village, walked to the designated place, and then stretched out her right hand as requested, holding the hand of a man she couldn't see.

"It's not him." Xia Shuanghan, who withdrew his hand as soon as Song Song touched it, shook his head and smiled: "These hands are too delicate, there are no calluses in the palms, not Shixuan." ”

"Oh, Sister Frost, what are you doing with the reason?" Not far from Xia Shuanghan's side, in order to prevent him from mentioning the bride, he was not allowed to approach the bride's mother's family viewing area, and Baliya, who was afraid that Xia Shuanghan would "dig his own grave", said anxiously: "If you tell the reason, don't you have to find someone else to shake hands with you instead of yourself?" What do you do to make yourself more difficult! ”

"Don't worry, Bariya," Xia Shuanghan, who bent the corners of her mouth, said confidently in the direction of Bariya's voice: "Even if I have to shake hands with a thousand people, I will definitely be able to find Shixuan at the first time." ”

"Isn't it, so confident?" In the crowd, Lin Xiran, who heard Xia Shuanghan's remarks and stood beside Lu Shaoyun, who was expected to shake hands with Xia Shuanghan, smiled evilly and said with his elbow on his small ribs: "Do you believe what she said?" ”

"Of course." Staring at Lu Shaoyun in the cold summer, indescribable happiness and pride surged in his heart. "Frost and I are a match made in heaven, no one can replace it, how could she mistake others for me?"

"Oops, it's so sour." Lin Xiran, who was numbed by Lu Shaoyun's explicit words, got goosebumps, raised his hand and rubbed his arm, and at the same time playfully gave birth to such a thought-he decided that he wanted to hear all the reasons for Xia Shuanghan's identification, and then when he stepped forward to shake hands with her, he used the clues he heard to desperately mislead Xia Shuanghan. When the time comes, he wants to see if she can really recognize that he is not her husband.

"No, these hands are too thick with calluses, not Shixuan." Xia Shuanghan, who was blindfolded and didn't know the conversation between Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran, was still guessing the groom calmly and confidently.

"No, the fingers are too slender"; "No, the palm print is wrong, Shixuan is not a 'broken palm'"; "No, the cocoon is not in the right place"; "No, it's too cold, Shixuan's palms are always hot"; "No, the handshake is too hard, Shixuan is reluctant to hurt me"; "No, the palms are too wet, Shixuan can't sweat like this"; "No, there is no affection in it, it is completely a courtesy handshake"; "No, the grip is too small, Shixuan is a very possessive person......

"No", "no", "no", on the bustling assembly square, Xia Shuanghan's negation with reasons kept knocking on Lu Shaoyun's agitated atrium.

And many onlookers, after looking at the confident bride and the groom who was about to laugh into a flower, all of them had the same thoughts as Lin Xiran and misled Xia Shuanghan.

The playful young men ran to Lu Shaoyun's side one after another, asking to compare his right hand with him to judge whether his palm was similar to the groom and whether he could mislead the bride. Among the many young men, the one with the highest similarity to Lu Shaoyun's right hand is really Lin Xiran, who was the first to play.

"I've said enough, it's already more than thirty people, okay!" Although Xia Shuanghan, who was counting in her heart, understood the mood of the onlookers, she couldn't wait for Lu Shaoyun for a long time, but she still couldn't stand it anymore: "I said brothers and brothers, I'm here to get married today, not to play a guessing game, you don't want the groom to shake hands with me for a long time, don't you want me to get married?" ”

"Okay, Sister Shuanghan, we'll get the groom over soon, soon!" In the whole guessing process, the mood changed from the initial worry to the current "watching the excitement" Balia came up with an idea. So, Lin Xiran, who had been lagging behind and did not come forward to shake hands with Xia Shuanghan, finally waited for the best opportunity to mislead Xia Shuanghan.

A hand with affection, very similar to Lu Shaoyun, stretched out, but after Xia Shuanghan hesitated slightly for a few blinks while holding it, he still decided to veto the person in front of him.

"Shuang Han," glancing at the right hand held by Xia Shuanghan and Lin Xiran, forced by the various coercion and temptation of Baliya and Lin Xiran, and at the same time in order to fulfill the curiosity in his heart, Lu Shaoyun, who was standing beside Lin Xiran, took the last step to mislead Xia Shuanghan, "It's me." ”

"The voice that gently called my name did belong to Ting Xuan, but this hand that held my right hand still made me feel wrong."

After hesitating for a few blinks again, the majestic wind blew, and a wisp of jasmine fragrance on Bariya's body, which was carried by the breeze to the end of the summer frost nose, made her finally make up her mind. "Tang Shixuan, is it really good for you to join forces with others to play the double reed to deceive your bride?"

Xia Shuanghan, who withdrew his hand, didn't care about the red silk covering his eyes, he just pounced on the place where Lu Shaoyun made a sound, then raised his right hand and clenched his fist, slapped his shoulder lightly and said, "Mess with me, be careful that I don't marry you!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's me." Lu Shaoyun, who was a little worried that Xia Shuanghan would be fooled, but in the end he still reaped a satisfactory result, the love in his eyes was almost overflowing from his eyes.

The overjoyed Lu Shaoyun raised his hand to hug Xia Shuanghan in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her the cheek and said, "It's just that no matter how angry you are, you must not marry me, you know?" ”

"Be happy!" Seeing that the idea she came up with was completely out of nowhere, Bariya smiled.

"Congratulations!" Lin Xiran, who was pleased with the deep relationship between Lu Shaoyun and Xia Shuanghan, yearned for the affection between the two friends.

Looking at the loving couple in front of them, many onlookers who were moved by Xia Shuanghan's wonderful performance sent sincere blessings and warm applause to them.

Immediately, after the summer frost and cold lifted the red silk on the eyes, the second project began.

The second item of the trial is simple, and the name is "Tonggan".

"This is a clear soup noodle made of potatoes," Xia Shuanghan explained, looking at the large bowl of noodles placed between himself and Lu Shaoyun at the wooden table: "Because the noodles are mixed with pumpkin, they taste very sweet. This whole bowl of noodle soup has one noodle in it, so even if I don't tell you the rules, you can guess what we have to do! ”

"It means that you and I eat one end each, and the noodles break before they finish eating, and it's considered a failure, right?" Looking at the bowl of noodles in front of him, Lu Shaoyun couldn't help but feel uneasy: "What will happen if it fails?" Can't we get married? ”

"yes, you're smart." Knowing in his heart that even if there is a project failure, he will only make up for other projects, Xia Shuanghan held back the bad water: "So you have to be careful, if you fail, you can only wait until next year to marry me!" ”

"Won't it?" Looking around, Lu Shaoyun, who saw that the onlookers were all nodding their heads, jumped in shock, how did he know that the onlookers were all watching the excitement and not thinking it was a big deal, and they were purely making fun of him.

"So, hurry up and eat it, the noodles will stick together after a while, and it will be easier to break." Xia Shuanghan, who picked up a face and "sucked" it into his mouth, looked at Lu Shaoyun in front of him, who was like a great enemy, and really found some fun in playing tricks.

Lu Shaoyun couldn't taste how smooth and delicious the bowl of noodles in front of him was, and he couldn't care about the taste of the noodle soup at all, which was not important to him at all.

So, Lu Shaoyun, who was preoccupied with "ensuring that the noodles continue to eat it as soon as possible", did not realize what would happen if he continued to eat the noodles until there was finally a little bit of noodle soup leftβ€”this is what it means to kiss in public!

"Plop plop", staring at Xia Shuanghan's lips that were getting closer and closer to him, Lu Shaoyun only felt that his heart was so excited that it was about to jump out of his chest.

It's just that before he had time to carefully experience the complex feelings mixed with joy, nervousness, shyness and anticipation in his heart, Xia Shuanghan, who "sucked" the last piece of noodles hanging on the noodle bowl into his mouth, gently pasted it on his lips, and then quickly bit off the noodles and retreated.

"Alright, let's go to the third project." In the midst of the unfinished boos and jokes of the onlookers, Xia Shuanghan maintained his calmness on his face, and only picked up Lu Shaoyun and quickly escaped from the wooden table where the noodle bowls were placed.

"Frost, I'm not happy." Lu Shaoyun, who was a little dissatisfied and aggrieved by Xia Shuanghan's short-lived, perfunctory kiss, grabbed her and said, "Were you too eager and perfunctory just now?" ”

"Tang Shixuan, I told you not to show me this kind of expression!" Xia Shuanghan, who was poked in the softest place in the center by Lu Shaoyun's aggrieved expression, bit her lip, and couldn't help but climb two red clouds on her face, "At night, I'll compensate you at night!" There are so many people here, I ...... I'm embarrassed! ”

"Hehe, that's what you said!" Lu Shaoyun, who had received reassurance from Xia Shuanghan's mouth, smiled, and was about to make fun of her, when she was so bold and enthusiastic when the two of them were alone, the noise from a noodle table not far away attracted his attention.

"The noodles are broken, the noodles are broken!"

"Add items, re-draw, re-draw."

"What's going on?" Lu Shaoyun, who understood from the noise of the villagers, that even if the noodles were broken, he would not be able to get married, raised his hand and pinched Xia Shuanghan's face and said, "The matter of noodles, should you explain it?" ”

"Hehe, you and Lin Xiran partnered to deceive me once in the first project, so what if I lied to you once in the second project!" Raising his hand to hold Lu Shaoyun's hand that was gently pinching her face, Xia Shuanghan wanted to laugh when he remembered that he believed her words as true, so he ate noodles in fear. "Actually, you're pretty cute when you're stupid!"

"......" knew that he had been deceived, but he couldn't say to Lu Shaoyun, who was angry with Xia Shuanghan, and said: "You wait, see how I clean you up at night!" ”

"It's up to you, anyway, when the time comes, it's overplayed, it's still you who is uncomfortable, I'm not afraid!"

The last item of the trial, and the one that took the longest, was called "Shared Suffering."

After putting special wooden shackles on his left foot and Lu Shaoyun's right foot, which would not wear off the skin because of the soft lining, Xia Shuanghan, who stood up and hugged Lu Shaoyun's waist, explained: "Two people and three legs, how should we walk for a while, this question should not be difficult for you, right?" ”

"It's not very flexible, but it's absolutely fine." Lu Shaoyun, who stretched out his hand to hold Xia Shuanghan's shoulder, walked around the flat assembly square in the village with his bride-to-be for a moment to get used to, and then said, "Next, where are we going?" ”

"Go find the seven things to open the door." Xia Shuanghan, who was quite interesting and satisfied with the traditional marriage customs of the Rong people, continued: "I believe that what the purpose of these three items before the ceremony is, you should already know by now, right? ”

"The first project is to show us that marriage needs to be based on mutual understanding and trust. The title of the second and third projects is to tell us that married life is about sharing ups and downs, supporting each other, and wading through the long river of life together. As for the seven things to find now, it is to let us understand that the essence of life is plain, and a stable and happy marriage must be accompanied by daily trivial things in order to be completed little by little. ”

"That's a good answer! Then, if I can't walk for a while, it's all up to you, the guy who fills my stomach with noodle soup. ”

"Don't worry, you won't be dishonored."

So in this way, Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun, who were holding each other with wooden shackles on their feet, left the assembly square and began to look for their "Seven Things to Open the Door" outside the village. (To be continued.) )