"Ouch, it's cold."

"Mom, get your hand in." Hexin hurriedly lifted the quilt, Cuiying stuffed her hands in, and the warmth immediately surrounded her two hands, and she immediately felt less cold. She looked at the three of them and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Didn't talk about anything." Hexin smiled, "Just say some homely words." ”

Cuiying snorted, sat down beside Hedi, looked at her stunned for a long time, and sighed, "My second daughter is going to go too." ”

"Mom, what are you talking about?" He Tu smiled shyly, "I'll be back, just like my sister." ”

"Well, that's good, that's good." Emerald Shadow kept nodding her head, her eyes filled with something inexplicable. They hurried to enjoy the last few days of family reunion, and soon arrived on the auspicious day of the zodiac. The weather was surprisingly good, the sun was shining warmly on everyone's bodies, and even when the wind blew, they didn't feel cold. He Xin put on makeup, combed her hair, helped her put on a red wedding dress, and sat on the kang with her hijab covered and waited for someone to come to pick her up. He Tu felt extremely nervous, her palms were sweaty, and she trembled slightly. Hexin sat next to her with her stomach up, and comforted her softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be nervous." ”

"Sister, what was it like on the first day of marriage?" He took a deep breath and asked. He Xin squinted her eyes and thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "That's it, I can't say it, you will know when you go over." ”

"I feel scared." He reached out and grabbed her sister's hand, still unable to control her trembling.

"What are you afraid of?"

"I don't know, I'm just scared." He bit her lip and looked at her sister's hazy face through the meager red hijab. Was she afraid of something, of the people she would encounter, or of being separated from her family? She didn't know it herself. It's just that in addition to being scared, she is also nervous and curious, but she herself doesn't realize it.

"When are they arriving?" He asked again. Hexin looked out the window and said, "It should be soon." You sit, I'll go out and see. He Tu nodded, and Hexin stood up and walked out. The room was quiet, and only the faint sound of people chatting outside could be heard. He Tu sighed, and suddenly saw a hazy figure standing in front of him, the figure bent down slightly, looked at her with a pair of indifferent and mocking eyes, and said coldly: "It's good that you're finally leaving." ”

He was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say for a while. He Rui turned around twice in front of her, and said: "I don't bother to talk about you, you'd better not come back, I think it's good to be at home without you, as soon as you are there, I feel that the air is polluted." ”

He Tu opened his mouth and was about to say something, when He Yi came in. She was holding a string of firecrackers in her hand, and when she saw Herui dangling in front of Hedi, she hurriedly stretched out the firecrackers in her hand and waved them in front of Herui, saying, "What are you doing here?" Get out and get out! ”

"I'm in my own house, I can't come in yet?" He Rui looked at her in surprise and sneered, "Look at it, you will marry one day." ”

"It's your business." He Yi pushed He Rui out of the door, slammed the door shut, and said hatefully, "It's really, it's really bad to say." ”

"Forget it." He Tu smiled reluctantly, "Don't worry about her." ”

"Sister, are you nervous?" He Yi sat down next to Hetu and put his hand on her arm. He Tu shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous. ”

"Are you scared?" He Yi asked again. Hedi shook her head again, she smiled slightly, even if her sister couldn't see her face, she didn't want her sister to worry about herself, "Don't be afraid, what's there to be afraid of?" ”

"You're going to have to take a long ride there." He Yi pouted, "If only everyone were in the same village." ”

"Don't talk about that, you go and help me see if the car is coming." He Tu reached out and pushed Heyi. He Yi agreed, got up and went out. He Tu breathed a sigh of relief, she would rather not have someone to comfort her, the more others comforted her, the more nervous she felt, and she had to force a smile to say that she was not afraid, this was what she was most tired of doing. It's good to just be alone now, at least you don't have to disguise yourself.

I don't know how long I waited, but the yard suddenly became noisy. He Tu felt a pang in his heart, and looked up at the window. The boiling voice was getting closer and closer to herself, the door was pushed open with a bang, and a person in front of her was hugged by others, and there were female relatives in the back shouting "I haven't given a red envelope yet!" Ouch hey! Voice. He Tu's eyes widened, trying to see clearly who the person standing in front of him was, but he couldn't see clearly. Immediately afterward, she felt a hand on her wrist and pulled herself to her feet, and a calm male voice sounded above her head: "Let go, let go." ”

He Tu peeked to his side, only to see a neat tunic, but he couldn't see his face. Presumably that was Cheng Jiahua, her face was slightly red, and her hands and feet were unconsciously at a loss.

The group of people was still asking for red envelopes around them, and He Tu looked down and squinted at Cheng Jiahua taking out a few red envelopes from his pocket and distributing them to the crowd one by one. They quickly squeezed out of the cramped room and headed out for the courtyard gate. Because the road was too narrow, the car could not drive, so they had to stop at the intersection of the highway and wait for them, and an ox cart was hired in the village to pull them towards the junction. As he walked in small steps, he was helped into the ox cart by the people around him, and sat down on the hay on which the mattress was laid, and the coachman shouted and walked away. There was still a large group of people around him, most of them watching the excitement, laughing and hugging each other and walking forward. He Tu saw Hexin's big belly and her parents following her on the edge of her hijab, and she felt a little relieved.

The road seemed to have been walked for a long, long time before the car stopped. She was helped out of the car again, and she stood blankly, not knowing which way to go. Soon, the big big hand was on her wrist again, pulling her in one direction. As soon as she stepped into the roaring cart, she felt her seat and sat down, and her hand was grasped. It was Hexin's hand, and for various reasons she couldn't go to her sister's wedding with the car, so she had to be separated here.

"Okay." It took a long time for her to say these three words, and then she let go of Hetu's hand. Hedi's throat was so choked that he couldn't say a word. She heard the door slam shut, followed by the front door, and the car slowly moved forward.

He Tu felt panicked at this time, there was no familiar person around her, who was driving the car, and who was sitting next to her, she didn't know or know. She took several deep breaths before she shouted softly in a trembling voice, "Dad? Mother? ”

It took two seconds for her to get an answer. It was a strange young male voice, and he replied to her in an indifferent tone, "Your parents are sitting in the car in the back." ”

He Tu breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly let go of his clenched fists. As long as her parents are there, she won't have that panic feeling of losing everything. As soon as she relaxed, she began to notice the voice that had just answered her. "It should be him, right?" He thought to himself, but he felt a little suspicious, because the voice was so cold that it made people feel as if it wasn't him.

The car drove forward in an eerie silence, and after an unknown amount of time, it finally stopped. Hedi's body leaned forward according to the inertia, and the heart, which had already run away, was immediately pulled back.

The buzzing voices rang out again, the doors opened, and she was helped out of the car and walked forward. He Tu looked down at the road, and her heart became more and more alarmed, because she saw countless feet around her, walking around constantly, and many people's bodies and hands touching her body, as if she was a novelty for someone else's exhibition. There are so many people, she covers her head again, and she can't see the shadow of her parents at all. She was pushed to her in-laws almost in a daze, toasted tea, kowtowed, and then was carried into a room. The sound of the voice in my ears was gone, except for the sound of soft footsteps, but after a few minutes, even the footsteps were gone.

He Tu sat in a daze, the room filled with a strange and sweet fragrance, and the brick floor under her feet was hard and clean, making her feel like she was in a dream. The room was silent, save for the sound of her breathing and the burning of charcoal in the stove. He Tu reached out and quietly lifted the corner of the hijab, and when he saw that there was no one in the room, he lifted the hijab.

It was a small bedroom, simple and rustic, and although the furniture had been deliberately decorated, it was still evident that it had been untouched the night before. He saw a few cigarette butts in the ashtray on the coffee table, many bottles and cans on the table, all of which were some skin care products, and there were shiny stickers on the table that children liked. On the walls of the house are several posters of female celebrities, on which the women are smiling and looking at her affectionately or mischievously. There were several women's coats draped on the sofa and on the bedside, as if someone had come into the room a second ago, took off their coats and sat on a chair and made up in the mirror. He Tu silently looked at the room, she intuitively thought that this was a girl's bedroom before, and then decided to make it a wedding room. She thought about it for a while, remembering that her father said that Cheng Jiahua had a younger sister, so she nodded and silently ticked her accurate guess.

She was sitting in a daze when there was a sudden screech of footsteps at the door. She hurriedly put down the hijab on her head, posed upright, and waited for people to come in. As far as the eye could see, she saw a pair of leather shoes stop in front of her, and a hand slowly reached in front of her eyes, lifting her red hijab. She was so ashamed that she barely dared to look up, just stared at the ground silently. There was a commotion around, Cheng Jiahua threw his hijab on the bed and said, "Let's go, let's go out for a drink!" ”

"That won't do! Gotta make a hole! A man in the crowd shouted, and there was immediately another commotion around him.

"What's the fuss in broad daylight?" Cheng Jiahua frowned, "Let's go, there are so many delicious foods outside that can't stop your mouths, let's go!" He spread his hands and drove the crowd out like a duck. He watched blankly as the door was closed again, not knowing what it meant.

"What should I do now?" She thought blankly, but the door was pushed open again, and several women walked in in a huddle. He Tu looked up and saw that there was a middle-aged woman walking in the front, she was very kind, although the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of style, there was a depressed and pretentious emotion in her eyes. It can be seen that she was very beautiful when she was young, but for some reason, this beauty doesn't seem to be recognized by herself, and even deliberately makes an ugly appearance to hide this good look. She walked up to Hedi, looked down at her with a smile, and said to the women around her, "Look, look, look good." ”

The people around him immediately followed suit. Hedi's face turned red again, and she stood up helplessly, looking at the group of people in front of her, not knowing what to say.

"Look, I'm still shy." One of the women laughed, she pointed at the middle-aged woman, and winked mischievously at Hedi, "This is your mother-in-law, don't call mom yet!" ”

He hurriedly called "Mom". When the word came out, she almost felt as if it wasn't coming out of her own mouth, the voice was strange and awkward, as if it came from someone else's mouth. When the woman heard Hetu call her, her smiling eyes narrowed, and she reached out and took out a few bills from her pocket and stuffed them into Hetu's arms, and said, "Take it, take it." ”

He Tu was at a loss and pushed twice, but he couldn't match his mother-in-law's strength, so he had to accept it. The women took her hand and looked left and right, and said some compliments that they knew were not the truth. He Tu was confused by their battle, and just looked at them blankly, opening his mouth to answer every time he asked himself a question, and the rest of the time he was in a daze. Finally, when they were leaving, the door closed, and the smile on the mother-in-law's face faded as the room quieted down.

"Your name is Hedi?" She asked, tilting her head, as she sat down next to Hedi. He Tu nodded, not daring to look at her. The kindness in the woman's eyes disappeared, and sternness and authority emerged, she cleared her throat and said, "Our family Jiahua is sometimes ignorant, you have to take care of it." Also, you can't be like you're in your own home, your mother should have told you about this, right? ”

He nodded, but he didn't understand what she meant.

"It's good to say that, the rules that should be followed still have to be followed, the work that should be done still has to be done, and if there is any problem with the husband, you have to take care of his thoughts as soon as possible, you can't let your own temperament come, you know?"

"Hmm." He nodded blankly, frightened by the woman's sudden seriousness. They sat facing each other for a long time, and the woman's gaze kept drifting on Hetu's face, and Hetu was uncomfortable to see. I don't know how long it took, she finally stood up, patted her clothes, and said, "I'm out, and it's not too early to see that it's getting dark, so you can go to bed early when Jiahua comes back." ”

He nodded again. Today, she didn't know how many times she nodded her head, and she felt that her neck was almost sore. The door was closed by the woman, and he breathed a sigh of relief, as if the dull air around him had been carried out, and he felt a sense of relief.

Soon it darkened outside the window, and the street lamps in the courtyard came on, and the dim light shone through the window, creating a small yellow halo on the bed. He Tu sat motionless, she didn't know where the light switch was, and she didn't dare to move things casually, and there were faint voices in the courtyard, as if this night banquet would last for a long time. He Tu's buttocks were numb, his stomach was rumbling with hunger, and he finally heard the sound of footsteps in the yard, and the voices gradually became quieter. He Tu got up slightly and looked out the window, the door was opened, and the sound of stumbling footsteps came in.

"Why don't you turn on the lights?" A male voice exploded in the air, with a heavy smell of alcohol and drunkenness. He Tu was taken aback and stammered, "I, I don't know where the switch is......"

"If you don't know, won't you look for it?" Cheng Jiahua frowned and said, he unbuttoned his clothes, took them off three times and threw them on the sofa, and reached out to touch the switch on the wall. The room lit up suddenly, and He Tu raised his hand to cover his eyes, observing Cheng Jiahua between his fingers.