The groom was kidnapped on the wedding day? Fine! I'll marry someone else.

Just after ten o'clock, news came from the village entrance that Jiang Yi and his men were about to enter the village.

The other members of the Xu family were even more excited than Xu Yu. They couldn't help but walk outside the yard, ready to see Jiang Yi and the others as soon as possible.

Xu Yu lagged behind by a step. As soon as he walked out the door, he was seen by several aunts and was pushed back.

"Xiaoyu, don't go and squeeze in with everyone else. Xiao Jiang won't be here for a while. Don't accidentally wipe the powder off your face."

"That's right, you look so beautiful today, you have to keep it up."

……

Xu Yu was at a loss for words and had no choice but to stand on the steps under the eaves with Zhang Hongmei.

Xu Yu subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhang Hongmei.

Zhang Hongmei was also wearing a floral dress without any patches today. She had a smile on her face the whole time, and the maternal glow emanating from her was even more dazzling in Xu Yu's eyes.

Xu Yu couldn't help but call her: "Mom."

Zhang Hongmei withdrew her gaze and looked at her.

Thinking that my daughter was nervous, I held her hand and said, "Don't worry, no one can say anything to you today."

Xu Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly and hummed.

Everyone waited for nearly twenty minutes before they saw a group of children running towards them. At the same time, the people standing in the yard also saw several people surrounded by countless villagers.

Even from a long distance, Jiang Yi's height could not be ignored, especially since he was wearing a white shirt and black pants today. In an era when everyone wore almost the same color, his strong aura gave people an indescribable visual shock.

In addition to him, Jiang Qingyun, Yang Wenhui, and Jiang Yi's four comrades-in-arms also came.

Among the four comrades, two carried loads on their shoulders and two carried backpacks.

Even the onlookers would subconsciously step back when Jiang Yi and his group passed by, and the discussions became louder.

"What kind of engagement gifts did the man's family send? This is the first time I've seen a man carry two baskets and two backpacks to the woman's house when getting engaged!"

"The man's family is indeed rich!"

"Have you forgotten what Jiang Wei's family gave to the Xu family when they came to get engaged? Maybe Jiang Yi's family deliberately filled the room with so many gifts just to make things look good."

"It seems Jiang Wei's family picked out a basket of wedding cakes, a few pounds of wine, a piece of cloth, and a pound of sugar. Someone went to the village head's house to see it."

"How about someone go and take another look? It's impossible for Jiang Yi and the others to be cheating on this, right?"

"I also think that with everyone watching today, if he were to falsify even this, it would be unacceptable."

"Who would dare to go? Jiang Yi looks so scary. What if he gets angry if he finds out that everyone deliberately went to see how much engagement gifts their family brought?"

……

Even though everyone was discussing it privately, no one dared to go to Xu Yu's house.

Soon Jiang Yi and his companions arrived at the edge of the Xu family compound.

A group of young people who had been waiting there lit firecrackers.

Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, Xu Kui and his friends came towards Jiang Qingyun and his friends, and everyone greeted them with a smile.

"Brother Jiang, Sister Yang, welcome, welcome!"

"Brother Xu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No no."

Then Jiang Qingyun took out two boxes of cigarettes from his pocket and smoked them one by one with Jiang Yi.

Those guarding the yard were all relatives of the Xu family. Although they were still a little afraid of Jiang Yi, as long as they had met him before, they were able to overcome it.

Even when he met his aunt and uncle for the first time, he didn't dare to say a word when he saw them in person.

When the men received the cigarettes, they were so happy that they smiled and immediately stretched out their hands to take them and said nice things.

"Hey! You guys are giving us cigarettes!"

"This is my first time smoking this kind of cigarette. I heard it costs several cents a box!"

"Xiao Jiang is really capable of buying such good cigarettes."

"Xiao Jiang is not only our great hero, but he is also very capable in other aspects. If our Xiaoyu marries you, she will surely enjoy endless blessings in the future."

"Hahaha...it's a blessing for our family that my son marries Xiaoyu!"

……

Listening to everyone praising each other, Xu Yu, who walked over to greet them with Zhang Hongmei, couldn't help but smile.

But she must be happy that her relatives have such a good awareness.

When Xu Yu came over, everyone subconsciously made way for him.

When Xu Yu looked over, he met Jiang Yi's deep eyes.

Looking at the man standing a few steps away, with an imposing and elegant demeanor, Xu Yu couldn't help but curl his eyes and called him with a smile: "Brother Yi."

Jiang Yi looked at Xu Yu standing there, his eyes deepened. At this moment, he had to admit that he was stunned by the girl in front of him.

He suddenly thought of a sentence he had accidentally come across in a book before: as bright as spring flowers, as bright as autumn moon.

He subconsciously walked towards Xu Yu.

He stopped when he was one meter away from her.

He greeted Zhang Hongmei first, then looked at Xu Yu and said, "It looks very nice."

When Xu Yu smiled, there seemed to be stars in his eyes. At this moment, they seemed to fill the entire starry sky, making it impossible to look away.

Xu Yu greeted Jiang Qingyun and others again.

I immediately received praise from several people.

Xu Kui finally spoke: "Everyone, stop gathering here. Let's go home and sit down."

As soon as Xu Kui spoke, the others also spoke up: "Yes, yes, you are tired from walking, come in and sit down, come in and sit down."

The group continued walking towards Xu's house.

Xu Yu turned to look at Jiang Yi as he walked.

As they got closer, she felt that the man next to her was cooler and more handsome.

Then she noticed that every time she looked at him, he turned his head to look at her.

Xu Yu couldn't help but smile at him.

Every time Jiang Yi saw the smile on her face, the hands hanging by her side became restless.

At this moment, he suddenly wanted to hold her hand.

Only when everyone arrived at Xu Yu's yard did Jiang Yi's four comrades put down the baskets and backpacks.

There is a custom here of covering the engagement ceremony with red paper. When you arrive at the girl's house, the people from the girl's side will peel off the red paper.

In particular, the person who lifts the red paper must be an elderly person with many children and grandchildren.

It just so happens that Xu Yu’s grandparents are suitable.

The two old men also dressed up well today, looking energetic and kind.

After putting the things away, they walked to the side and lifted up the red paper frame by frame.

When everyone saw the gifts sent by Jiang Yi's family, they all exclaimed in amazement and envy.

"Wow! How much cloth did my cousin's husband prepare for me? That bright red cloth is so beautiful, it even has patterns on it!"

"Not only are there several bottles of good wine, but there are also good cigarettes, good tea and good candy!"

"There are actually four rabbits and four pheasants! That's too many!"

"You made so many wedding cakes, it must have cost a lot of rice!"

The customs here include wedding cakes and four other gifts. However, people in the countryside are poor, so they usually give as many as they can afford.

When my grandparents looked at these things, they couldn't stop smiling.

The two of them kept saying auspicious words.

Xu Kui and the others also hurriedly invited Jiang Yi and others into the main hall.

Soon the male elders followed to the main hall to talk with the Jiang family.

Zhang Hongmei instructed the young people to carry the engagement ring inside. She then took a group of women to lock up several rabbits and pheasants that were still alive and kicking with their legs tied, into cages at home, and then went to the kitchen.

……

The time for checking the wedding date and discussing the betrothal gifts must wait until after lunch.

While the elders were chatting, Xu Yu took Jiang Yi to sit in the yard of his uncle's house next door.

No one else followed. After Jiang Yi sat down, he took out the house design drawing he had drawn and showed it to Xu Yu.

Xu Yu took it and looked at it carefully.

Every stroke was drawn very carefully, especially with the dimensions marked on it. After Xu Yu bought a house in modern times, she communicated with the designer many times and did some research on the drawings. She felt that although the current house design was simpler than that of later generations, Jiang Yi's design drawing was a bit beyond the level of this era.

She looked at Jiang Yi and praised him, "Brother Yi, the design you drew is really good."

Jiang Yi pursed his lips and said, "There's an architectural designer in our village. I went to ask him."

"Ah?" Xu Yu was a little surprised: "There are such powerful people in your village!"

"Ah."

"Where does he live?"

"The bullpen."

Xu Yu was silent, but thinking about the upcoming reform and opening up, he felt happy for that person, thinking that as long as they persevered until then, their spring would soon come. "I hope people like this can live well. They are really amazing. No matter who loses them, it will be a loss for everyone."

"Ah."

Xu Yu looked at the drawings again and continued to discuss with him while reading.

Jiang Yi also had a pen in his pocket, and when Xu Yu raised doubts or different opinions, he would draw or write them down.

The two men were very close, almost head to head, and were seriously discussing how to build the house, making the girls who were peeking at them envious.

"My cousin's husband really respects my cousin. He even discussed with her how to renovate their house."

"I wish I could find someone like this in the future."

"Are you ashamed?"

"What's there to be ashamed of? You men should learn a little bit so that you can find a wife when the time comes."

……

Hearing these words, Xu Yu suddenly couldn't help laughing. She tilted her head and was about to say something to Jiang Yi.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yi was writing seriously on the drawing and still kept close to her.

So she tilted her head and her lips brushed against his cheek.

They were both stunned at the same time.

Several people who were peeking also saw it.

Their reaction was bigger than the two of them.

"Wow! My cousin kissed me!"

"How embarrassing~"

Xu Yu felt a little embarrassed, so he turned around and rudely shouted at them, "Are you annoying? I've never seen anyone like you peeping at other people dating. Get out of here, or I'll call someone to deal with you if you don't leave."

Immediately, their discontented voices were heard: "How could we be peeping? We were just standing in the yard playing, and it was you who wanted to talk about dating in front of us."

"That's right, you two should find a quiet place to talk."

……

Xu Yucai didn't argue with them, and directly poured his energy into his Dantian: "Big..."

"Hey hey hey hey! Stop yelling, stop yelling, we won't look at you anymore."

"That's right, let's go a little further away, okay?"

"Let's go, let's go. As if no one wants to see you two dating."

"Xiaoyu, be more reserved and don't scare your brother-in-law!"

Xu Yu: “…”

The group of people quickly walked out of their sight.

Xu Yu then withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Jiang Yi with a smile.

Then she saw a faint smile in Jiang Yi's eyes.

The originally cold man became warmer because of the smile in his eyes, especially his well-defined face, which seemed to become more three-dimensional and profound in the sunlight.

Even the scars on his face seemed to have softened.

Xu Yu's mind moved, and he couldn't help but reach out to touch the scar on his face.

But just as she reached out her hand, before it touched the scar on his face, it was grabbed by a big hand and taken away.

Jiang Yi looked into her eyes and asked, "Is there anything else you want to change?"

Xu Yu lowered her eyes to look at the hand he was holding, then looked at his face.

She didn't say anything, but just smiled and continued to talk to him about her thoughts.

After the two decided on how to build the house, they also discussed when to get their marriage certificate.

Xu Yu said, "Let's see when the wedding date is set, and then take a day to pick up the house after it's built."

Jiang Yi had no objection.

Xu Yu talked about going to the mountains to collect herbs.

Jiang Yi thought for a moment and said, "The walls of the five houses should be built in three days. After the walls are built, they will be left for a few days before the beams and tiles are added. We can go to the mountains during these few days."

Xu Yu nodded happily.

The two discussed many things.

I didn't go back until I had dinner.

After dinner, Xu Kui took out the almanac, and then several people who were knowledgeable in this area began to calculate the appropriate month for marriage based on Xu Yu's birth date and time.

The result of the calculation is that only next month is suitable this year, otherwise we have to wait until next year.

In that case, it must be next month.

They then calculated which date next month would be suitable.

The best time is the 15th day of the 10th lunar month.

It is now the 23rd day of the ninth lunar month, and there are only 22 days left until the 15th day of the tenth lunar month.

Someone worried: "With such a tight time schedule, can Xiao Jiang's house be built?"

In addition to building a house, one also has to prepare the betrothal gifts and the wedding banquet, and most people would feel that time is too tight.

Jiang Yi replied: "The house can be built in ten days."

Everyone was shocked: "So fast?"

But thinking about the fact that he has so many comrades coming to help, and there will be people from their village to help, ten days is not impossible.

"Do you have time to buy the betrothal gifts and prepare the banquet?"

"Yes." Jiang Yi looked at Xu Yu.

Xu Yu told everyone: "Brother Yi and I have discussed that after the house is built, we will go to the county town to get a marriage certificate and then buy the betrothal gifts."

This town is too backward and there is no place to apply for marriage certificates, so villagers generally do not apply for marriage certificates.

Since the two young men had already discussed it, no one said anything else.

Then everyone discussed the time for delivering the betrothal gifts and the arrangements for the wedding banquet.

The man needs to provide the meat for the wedding banquet.

Jiang Yi's family just happened to have a big fat pig, and when they killed it, half of it would be enough for the family to use for the banquet.

Of course, this pig head is for the matchmaker.

So when the time comes, they will give the pig head to Dr. Huang.

Doctor Huang didn't give anyone the cold shoulder or say anything unpleasant today. He just listened to what everyone said without interrupting.

After deciding on these things, he said, "If there's anything you need my cooperation with, just let me know in advance."

The Xu and Jiang families would definitely agree.

After discussing all the details, the Jiang family will go back.

The Xu family originally wanted to keep them for dinner, but someone in Jiang Yi's family was helping to clean the house, so they had to hurry back to cook for the rest of the people, so no one stayed.

A group of people escorted the Jiang family members out.

At this time, the villagers were standing not far away watching their fun.

Seeing the Xu family's enthusiastic farewell to the Jiang family, everyone couldn't help but talk about it:

"It seems that the Jiang family gave the Xu family a good betrothal gift, otherwise the smiles on the Xu family's faces would not be so bright."

"Let's go and ask the Xu family how much betrothal gifts the Jiang family gave them. Do you remember that they said they would give more than Jiang Wei's family?"

"They get retirement pay and injury allowances, so they're definitely not giving less than what Jiang Wei's family gives."

"How much money can you earn as a soldier? Besides, Jiang Yi often goes out to buy medicine, so there shouldn't be much left."

……

Soon everyone knew the wedding date of Xu Yu and Jiang Yi.

"This is too rushed!"

"They still have to build five houses in such a short time. If the houses are not completed by then, where will the bride live?"

"Also, Jiang Wei's family bought three big items. Jiang Yi's family must also buy some. They have to go to the county town to buy these. Do they have the time?"

……

When everyone knew about the betrothal money given by Jiang Yi's family.

Everyone: "!!!"

"!!!"

"!!!"

"Jiang Yi's family is so generous, they actually gave a betrothal gift of 1,000 yuan plus three rings!"

"With one thousand yuan, how much rice and meat can I buy, and how much cloth can I make clothes with?"

"Jiang Yi is indeed much more promising than Jiang Wei!"

"I wonder if the He family's daughter regrets it?"