Lin Shu and her relatives and friends were waiting in the main hall early in the morning. The hall was already full, and most of them were crowded in the yard, stretching their necks to look outside.
"I'm coming!"
"Oh my God! Six baskets! It's six baskets!"
People from both the house and the yard swarmed out and crowded around the fence, looking at the slowly approaching team.
Lin Shu sat there calmly as a rock, and leisurely poured herself a cup of tea. Listening to the exclamations and envy of the people around her, she was actually already very happy in her heart.
It turns out that Lin Shu is destined to be rich.
Lin Jiaojiao stood in front of the courtyard gate which was surrounded by people. She held her temper and asked them to make way so that they could all squeeze in. Lin Dadan put down the two pairs of chickens in his hands, and when he saw that Lin Shu was already standing at the door of the main room, he took out the list and started reading it.
Lin Shu listened to the gift list with a smug look on her face. When she heard that the betrothal gift was only thirty taels of silver, she was not very satisfied. She expected one hundred taels of silver. But seeing that people outside were looking at her with envy and jealousy, she had to hold back and did not lose her temper on the spot.
Her other sons were staying in Lin Shen's shabby and narrow room, leaning against the door to listen to the noises outside. Then they looked at Lin Shen, who was coughing and wearing a carved wooden hairpin, with a look of surprise and jealousy.
"Brother, I didn't expect that you could marry a pretty girl who is six or seven years younger than you at your age. I'm really envious."
"I envy my big brother too."
"My eldest brother is going to get married in a few days. I really don't want to let him go."
Lin Shen ignored their sarcasm and instead focused on carving the wooden hairpin in his hand.
"Knock knock."
The men near the door were all excited when they heard the knock on the door, and they all tidied their faces and clothes.
Lin Jiaojiao knocked on the door but received no response. She waited for a while and knocked again before the door was opened by Shanshan.
She was speechless as she watched the shy men walking out of the room one after another. Finally, when the last boy walked out, she entered Lin Shen's room in full view of everyone.
This was the last time they met before their marriage, and it was also the time for them to exchange tokens of love.
Lin Shen finally carved the shape of the wooden hairpin the moment she came in. He handed it to her directly without polishing or waxing it. However, when he saw the new hairpin on her head, he felt bitter in his mouth.
"for you."
Lin Jiaojiao was a little surprised, because the hairpin she was going to give as a gift was also made by her, and she didn't expect that they had the same idea.
She took it with a smile, "Thank you, I like it very much."
Then he took out an exquisite wooden box from his arms and handed it to him: "I hope you like it."
"... "
Lin Shen did not open it, but lingered over it in his hand. Suddenly the atmosphere became awkward again. She could not stay for long, so she told him to just stay home and wait for his marriage. She would arrange everything else. After saying goodbye to him, she opened the door and left.
But she didn't expect this would be the last time she saw him.
She came to Lin Shen's house with the wedding dress that she had rushed to make in three days and three nights. Fortunately, it was delivered before the wedding tomorrow.
But when I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I found that the atmosphere was not right. From time to time, shouting and crying could be heard from the house.
"Why must this evil creature die today? Tomorrow..."
"Wuwuwu...what should I do with my wife..."
"Xiao Yun, what should we do? How about marrying your second brother to her..."
Chen Chengniang came out of the house and was stunned when she saw Lin Jiaojiao holding the wedding dress outside the door. Then she sighed, put her hand on her shoulder and comforted her, "Jiao Jie'er, I am so sad."
She was a little unresponsive, "What's going on?"
Hearing the noise outside, Lin Shu hurried out of the house and took her hand, "Good daughter-in-law, I will marry my second son to you. My second son is younger and more handsome than my eldest son..."
She just felt her head was empty and her ears were ringing. Lin Shu kept begging in her ear. She shook off her hand and walked into the house.
But when I got to his door, I couldn't move. He looked fine that day, so why...
It was just a few steps, but it seemed like she had walked for a century, but she would eventually reach the destination.
She stood at the door and saw Lin Shen lying soundlessly on the bed with his eyes closed. Lin Yun was wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief.
She wanted to ask but found her throat was dry and sore and she couldn't make a sound.
Lin Yun wiped her tears with her back, stood up, picked up the exquisite box beside the pillow and walked in front of her, "This is what my brother asked me to return to you before he died."
She took it and rubbed the box as he had done before, "Is this a prank?"
But no one responded to her. She slowly walked to his bedside, and he looked like he was asleep.
"Lin Shen, don't sleep."
She tried hard to hold back her tears and put the wedding dress in his arms, but when she held his hand, it was so cold that she could no longer control her tears, which fell one by one on the wedding dress, and it was instantly covered with deep red spots.
It was all her fault. If she hadn't lost her boots, none of this would have happened. She was a healthy person, how could she just disappear like that?
"sorry."
She wiped her tears and opened the box. She took out the pearl hairpin she made and inserted it into his hair. She helped him put his clothes in order. She stood up and asked, "When will he be buried?"
"tonight."
"it is good…"
Lin Jiaojiao was definitely not allowed to attend, because unmarried men who died suddenly were just buried casually with a roll of straw mat. But fortunately, there was Lin Yun, who asked Lin Jiaojiao to go to the town to help her buy a coffin for her brother.
She didn't expect that she didn't choose the betrothal gifts herself, but she chose the coffin for him herself.
By the time she arrived with the ox cart pulling the coffin, it was already dark. By this time, the whole village had heard that Lin Shen had died suddenly before his marriage, and everyone was sighing.
She stood on the slope and watched the few people carrying the coffin towards the bamboo forest. She did not look away until the candlelight could no longer be seen, and then she walked back home.
The yard that was originally full of red wedding characters has all been taken down. The oil lamp in the main room is still on, and the family is sitting at the table. Even the Lianyun family who came today are filled with emotion, as everything happened too suddenly.
She forced herself to say hello to the people in the room, then went back to Lin Yizhizi's room and lay down.
After seeing Lin Jiaojiao coming back, Lin Dadan and the others also prepared to go home and rest. No one touched the room that was used as the bridal chamber, so Lin Dadan took Zhang Tong to her house to rest.
Lin Yizhi returned to the house with hot water, and Zhao Xiaotong was standing outside the door holding a washbasin.
He took off her shoes and coat, then wrung out the towel and wiped her face, "Wife, wash your feet first before we go to sleep."
She propped herself up and put her feet into the bucket. Lin Yizhi squatted and washed her feet. After washing them, he wiped them dry. When she was done, she lay down on the innermost side of the bed, wrapped in the quilt and lying on her side.
After a while, Lin Yizhi lay down on the bed next to her, burying his head in her back.
"My dear wife, it's all my fault..."
"Don't blame you, it's me..."
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