Time flashed to September 19, and the wedding date of Yan Niang and Ling Jiming was set on this day. Before dawn, Yan Niang was called up from the bed by Aunt Nie, and after washing, the makeup girl put on makeup and combed her hair. Because of the acne sores on her face before, the skin on Yan Niang's face is very thin, and if you don't pay attention to it, your face will be full of red spots. The makeup lady didn't dare to wring her face, so she only put a thin layer of powder on her face and a little rouge in accordance with Aunt Nie's instructions, and looked a little more complex. In the end, Yan Niang followed the words of the makeup lady and gently sipped the bright red lipstick.

After putting on the makeup, the makeup lady called Nie Aunt to check, and when Nie Aunt saw her daughter's makeup face, she was immediately shocked. She turned around and lowered her voice and asked the makeup lady: "Can you draw better, it's too much..."

She was a little difficult to say the latter words, and the makeup lady naturally knew what she wanted to say, she glanced at Yan Niang and shook her head in embarrassment. Aunt Nie thought for a while, and said to the makeup girl: "Is it okay to lighten the lipstick?" ”

The makeup lady nodded, and dipped a wet towel on Yan Niang's lips with hot water, and the color of the lipstick was much lighter, and it was not as scary as before.

Yan Niang is like a wooden person, let them toss, she knows that she is not good-looking, but she hopes to make herself look good with her skillful hands. Aunt Nie and Makeup Niang tried their best, and finally dressed up Yan Niang, and they could still bluff people if they didn't look closely.

After putting on makeup, only Yan Niang was left in the room, and it stands to reason that at this time, the sisters of the mother's family should come to the boudoir to add makeup, but Yan Niang's own family has no cousins, and there are no cousins in the other family, except for the sister-in-law and niece at home, there is no one to add makeup to her.

If the family wants to have a happy event, the two sisters-in-law must not be free to come, only Nie Huan and Nie Xi come. Seeing them, Yan Niang had a smile on her face. The two sisters, Nie Huan and Nie Xi, sat on both sides and surrounded Yan Niang in the middle.

"Sister-in-law, this is what my father and mother added makeup to you, you have to take it away." As she spoke, she placed a silver bracelet that looked some years old on her hand. On the other side, Nie Xi also handed her a silver hairpin that he had entrusted her.

Yan Niang hurriedly accepted it and asked her two nieces to help thank her sisters-in-law. Nie Huan and Nie Xi glanced at each other, and each took out a plain and clean handkerchief with a few rusty flowers, "Sister-in-law, my sister and I don't have anything good to add makeup to you, these two handkerchiefs are the result of my sister and I embroidering for several days, which is a little bit of our heart, I hope that my sister-in-law and uncle will grow old together and be a happy husband and wife." ”

Listening to Nie Xi's words, Yan Niang was happy and shy, and she stacked the two handkerchiefs neatly in the box. Yan Niang is not good at words, and she can't insert the twin sisters when they speak, so she simply listens to them, Nie Huan and Nie Xi sat in the house for a while, and left under the pretext that there were guests to greet them, and as soon as the two left, Yan Niang was the only one left in the house.

About a stick of incense passed, I suddenly heard a commotion outside, and someone was shouting: "The groom is here, the groom is here!" Then there was a crackling firefight.

Yan Niang only felt extremely nervous, her hands were clenched, and she didn't know how to relieve it. At this time, the Liu family opened the curtain and came in, followed by Mrs. Hu and the two sisters Nie Huan and Nie Xi.

Mrs. Hu walked quickly to Yan Niang and urged: "Quickly cover the bride's hijab, the groom has already arrived at the door." Liu sighed, and hurriedly covered the sister-in-law with a red hijab embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water. For a moment, Yan Niang only felt that the full light was replaced by bright red, and her palms were sweaty. She was helped out of the room by Mrs. Hu and stopped when she walked to the hall. Aunt Nie and Father Nie sat on top in brand-new clothes, and Mrs. Hu said loudly: "The bride bids farewell to her parents. ”

The second sister-in-law Yu Shi hurriedly took a futon and put it in front of Yan Niang, Yan Niang knelt on the futon and kowtowed to her father and mother three times, maybe because her daughter was getting married, and Aunt Nie also had a trace of sadness on her face at this time.

"Yan Niang, when you leave the Nie family today, you will be the wife of the Ling family in the future, when you are someone else's daughter-in-law is not like being a girl, you must be filial to your in-laws, respect your husband, treat your sister-in-law well, you must be cautious in everything you say and do, don't lose the face of my Nie family."

Yan Niang nodded.

Nie's father said: "In the future, I will live a good life with my son-in-law." ”

Yan Niang nodded again.

After saying goodbye to his father, Nie Dalang squatted down and carried Yan Niang on his back and walked towards the door, Ling Jiming was dressed in a happy red robe, but there was no trace of joy on his face, and everyone with a discerning eye knew that he didn't like this marriage, which caused people to talk about it.

Ling Jiming had a tense face, deaf to the discussion, but Yan Niang, although she was covered with a hijab, she was still stared at from all directions, and she was so nervous that she almost didn't know which foot to take.

After getting on the sedan chair, this feeling of thorns on the back dissipated a little. The sedan chair went to Xiaohe Village one after another, and the suona gongs and drums rang all the way, and finally arrived at Xiaohe Village after half an hour. Just when Yan Niang's mind fluctuated, the sedan chair stopped, and Mrs. Hu said loudly: "The groom kicks the sedan door and picks up the bride from the sedan chair." ”

Yan Niang couldn't see the outside situation with her hijab, only heard the sedan door ring, and then the sedan curtain opened, and a slender white hand handed the red silk in, Yan Niang hurriedly caught it, and was dragged out of the sedan chair by the red silk.

The next thing is to worship the church, and she will do whatever she says, and after the worship, she will be sent to the new house. Yan Niang sat on the edge of the bed, her back was straight, the room was quiet, and there was obviously no one else.

After a while, they heard a burst of laughter outside, and then they pushed the door open again.

"Sanniang, today your second brother married you a clever sister-in-law, and you don't have to be forced to be a popular student girl in the future." A hearty voice quipped.

The girl named Sanniang shouted: "My second brother is married to a daughter-in-law and not an embroidery girl, don't talk nonsense about your eldest cousin." ”

"Our third mother is still a nurse, this bride has just entered the door, and the sister-in-law has protected it." The eldest cousin smiled and said to Ling: "Yuan Niang, look at how intimate Sanniang is." ”

A girl about the same age as Ling Sanniang screamed: "Sister Sanniang, why are you protecting her, the second cousin married an ugly wife, aren't you ashamed?" Sister Yuanniang is not like you. "Yuan Niang is the name of the Ling family.

As soon as these words came out, the room was suddenly silent, and Yan Niang's heart was cold.

"What nonsense are you talking about." Ling Sanniang glared at the girl. The eldest cousin-in-law hurriedly said: "Yuan Niang, Sanniang, Dongmei is straightforward, don't worry about her." ”

Ling Yuanniang smiled and didn't say anything, but the crumpled handkerchief on her hand revealed her dissatisfaction at the moment. She has always been a face-loving person, and she didn't want her relatives' daughters to stay in the new house longer, so she beckoned everyone to go out for tea, and only Ling Sanniang stayed in the new house.

"Second sister-in-law, do you want to eat?" It was quiet in the new house, and Ling Sanniang was not used to finding a topic.

Yan Niang replied in a low voice: "Thank you, sister-in-law, I'm not hungry now." ”

Her voice was very soft, Ling Sanniang felt that it was quite pleasant, and the two talked for a while, of course, it was basically Ling Sanniang who asked Yan Niang to answer, and Ling Sanniang stayed in the new house until Ling Jiming returned to the room before leaving.

Ling Jiming returned to the new house drunk, and when he saw the sturdy figure sitting on the marriage bed, a trace of disgust flashed on his face. Suddenly, as if stimulated, he walked to the bed in three steps and two steps, ripped off Yan Niang's hijab, and a white and fat face appeared in front of him.

"What's on your face?" He looked at her without saying a word for a long time, and finally said, "It's really unlucky." ”

Yan Niang was stunned at first, then lonely and sad, she didn't know at this time that there were more embarrassing things waiting for her later. When the two drank the wine, Yan Niang hid behind the screen to wash, Ling Jiming planned to blow out the candle, Yan Niang hurriedly said: "Husband, the candle can't be extinguished." ”

After speaking, he stared at Ling Jiming nervously.

Ling Jiming frowned and asked, "Then do you have a veil?" ”

Yan Niang hurriedly took a clean handkerchief and handed it to him, and Ling Jiming ordered: "Go and lie down on the bed yourself." ”

Yan Niang blushed and did as he said, and after a while, Ling Jiming also got into bed, he glanced at Yan Niang condescendingly, and then put the handkerchief that Yan Niang took over her face.

"Husband." Yan Niang couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "This is doing... Do what? ”

But I heard his emotionless voice coming, "You don't care so much. While speaking, Yan Niang felt the neckline open, and noticed his movements, no matter how stupid Yan Niang was, she understood that he was disgusting her face, and when a chill came, she couldn't help but tremble.

Why is this so? She couldn't understand, wasn't he a scholar, why did he treat himself so humiliatingly? Yan Niang didn't ask these questions, she knew the answers, and she also knew that the beautiful visions before the marriage had all come to naught at this moment.

She didn't resist, she let Ling Jiming toss, and when she was done, Ling Jiming wiped it casually and turned over and lay aside, and after a while, there was a slight snoring sound. Yan Niang lifted the veil and struggled to sit up, under the faint light of the wedding candle, she saw his sleeping face frowning, and his heart seemed to have been soaked in cold water.

Tears couldn't help but flow out, she went to scrub behind the screen with tears on her face, her body was full of bruises and purple marks, those marks and the handkerchief were all evidence that her husband didn't like her.

Yan Niang experienced the transformation from a girl to a woman, her husband had no contact with her, and at that moment, Yan Niang felt that her heart was about to die.

Yan Niang didn't sleep well this night, she had a dream, in the dream she ran in embarrassment, followed by a big worm with a bloody mouth, she was very scared, she could only run with all her strength, she woke up while running, her body was sweaty, and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

After getting married, Ling Jiming only stayed at home for one day before returning to the county to study, and he didn't say a word to Yan Niang before leaving, and the attitude of the rest of the Ling family was also very clear, Ling Dad only said a few words of warning on the day of the tea ceremony, and basically ignored Yan Niang; Wen's dislike of Yan Niang is even worse than Ling Jiming's dislike of her, all the work at home is entrusted to her, and it is stipulated that she can't eat until she finishes it, only Ling Sanniang will occasionally help.

Because of this weak kindness, Yan Niang felt that this cold home would not make her feel at a loss.

On the day of returning to the door, Yan Niang walked to Niejia Village alone with the return ceremony, she looked fat but very weak, and she couldn't walk halfway, so she found a stone on the side of the road to rest, and continued to walk forward when she was rested.

"Isn't this the daughter of the Nie family in the east of the village, why did she come back alone?" When she walked to the entrance of the village, Yan Niang met Aunt Yu in the village. Yan Niang hurriedly greeted her.

Aunt Yu asked, "Is today the day you go back?" ”

Yan Niang nodded. Aunt Yu frowned, "You shouldn't be mistaken, right?" ”

Hearing her ask like this, Yan Niang couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and Aunt Yu sighed twice: "I just came from the east of the village, it seems that no one in your family is at home, and the courtyard door is locked." ”

As he spoke, he muttered, "This is a girl who doesn't want to see herself." ”

Yan Niang's face turned a little pale when she heard this, she said a few words to Aunt Yu, and hurriedly walked towards her mother's house. I also met a few villagers on the way, and everyone seemed to have made an appointment, and the first thing she said was that no one was at home with her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law.

When she saw the familiar courtyard, she didn't feel the timidity of homesickness, because she saw the big lock on the courtyard door, Yan Niang only felt cold, she sat down slowly against the wall, and the return gift in her hand was scattered all over the ground.

Yan Niang sat at the door of her mother's house for two hours, during which Aunt Hu next door asked her to go to her house to rest for a while, but Yan Niang politely refused. In the end, she put the return gift to Aunt Hu's house next door, and Aunt Hu handed over these things to the Nie family, thanked her, and dragged her bulky body back to Xiaohe Village.