Chapter 5: The Ceremony of Love
It was lunch time, and Du Manlin felt empty in her stomach. There happened to be a Shaxian snack bar next to it. So she pulled Kang Jiawei in.
Kang Jiawei twitched his feet and walked back: "There are used napkins all over the floor. The condition is too bad. Change them to high-end ones. I'll treat you today."
"Why, after being sent to a detention center once, you become a rich man?"
"It's not that we became a big money, but that we won a big money, which dampened Li Shijing's spirit and strengthened our ambition."
At this time, the landlady came out shaking her body fat and greeted her with a smile: "Look at these two happy couples, a talented man and a beautiful woman, what a perfect match! You two, please go upstairs. Welcome guests in the elegant room, noble people will appreciate you, please!"
The hospitality was so great that they had no choice but to follow the proprietress up to the private room on the second floor. Du Manlin ordered two bowls of clear soup, two bowls of noodles, two chicken legs, two duck wings, and two eggs. Soon, a small
The round table was filled to the brim.
Kang Jiawei was puzzled and asked: "Can you eat so much? If you can't eat it, wouldn't it be a waste?"
Du Manlin said: "If you can waste it, you should also do it for good luck and good luck. This is the custom of Tucheng."
"What good luck can you get by eating these?"
"Have you ever heard that people who have been released from detention centers are full of bad luck? Let me tell you, eating clear soup can wash away bad luck from the whole body from top to bottom. Eating noodles can ensure that you will have no troubles and troubles in your life. Eat smoothly.
Walking on chicken legs is smooth and sure-footed, eating duck wings..."
"Fly far away."
"Eat eggs..."
"Reunion and reunion."
"Okay, Kang Jiawei, it turns out you are hiding it and deliberately teasing me."
"Who doesn't know the customs of Tucheng? Since I was eight years old, my mother has given me these foods every first month of the year, and I have been eating them for eighteen years."
"No wonder you were able to go to college and become an interior decoration design expert."
"That's not all. What I'm most fortunate about is that I got you. You are the most satisfying harvest in my life."
Du Manlin's face was full of joy, she gave him a flattering look, and served the clear soup: "Then let's start eating. After we finish eating, we pray to God to bless us..."
Kang Jiawei responded: "Marriage goes smoothly, love lasts forever, family is harmonious, and career is prosperous!"
Du Manlin stared at him with wide eyes: "You are not the roundworm in my belly, are you? Why did you say everything I wanted to say first?"
Kang Jiawei smiled naively and said, "This is called being in sync with each other and speaking in the same way."
The two of them quickly finished the soup, noodles, and eggs. Looking at the remaining two chicken legs and two duck wings, Du Manlin moved the chicken legs to Kang Jiawei's side and the duck wings to her side, teasing: "You eat the legs."
Come and let me eat my wings, you kick your legs and come and I spread my wings. The husband and wife work together and live happily together."
"Yes!" Kang Jiawei imitated the tune of Huangmei opera and hummed softly, "I eat my legs and you eat my wings. I kick my legs and you spread your wings. You and I love each other as mandarin ducks and fly together in the world."
After the meal, the two walked out of the snack bar happily. Kang Jiawei proposed to go home and change clothes first, and then go to report to Father Du and Mother Du that he was safe. So the two rented a motorcycle and went straight to Kang's house. As soon as they entered the house, they saw Kang.
Mother and Kang Jiaying were having lunch. The lunch was quite sumptuous, including a plate of fried shredded pork, a bowl of steamed eggs, a bowl of green vegetables, and a stack of peanuts. When Kang Jiaying saw Du Manlin, she shyly called her sister-in-law, and Kang's mother greeted her politely.
: "Man Lin is here, come on, hurry up and eat."
Du Manlin responded: "Mom, Jiawei and I just ate, you and Jiaying eat slowly."
Kang Jiawei's eyes wandered around the dining table: "Mom, why did you come back so soon when you went back to your hometown? You must have had something happy today, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to cook so many good dishes."
"Mom has finished the work. If I don't come back to tell you, don't you be in a hurry!" Kang's mother smiled so much that she showed two rows of incomplete teeth. "Mom has a good wife like Man Lin, and fortune will turn around. I will go back to my hometown this time.
As soon as you told your uncle that you were short of money for your wedding, your uncle ran to the village headquarters and called your cousin Kang Jiaqi. Guess what, Jiaqi promised to give you 160,000 yuan in one fell swoop.
Ten thousand is a free gift to you, and 150,000 is lent to you. He said you can pay it back when you have it, so there is no rush."
Kang Jiawei was excited and speechless.
Kang's mother continued: "Jiaqi is a hard-luck child. She became an orphan at the age of ten. Your father was still there at that time and often gave him some money and food. When he was sixteen, he went to the south to work with others. He has never been there.
I came back and heard that I am doing well and have saved a lot of money. But what is worrying me is that I have not yet married a wife at the age of thirty. Unexpectedly, this bastard is quite righteous and knows how to repay kindness. This time he will give it to us.
My help is a big help. Jiawei, you have to remember how good they are, and when they need your help, you have to do your best to help them."
Kang Jiawei nodded repeatedly: "Mom, don't worry, I know the principle of repaying kindness with kindness."
Kang's mother added: "I'm happy today, so I prepared some more dishes and celebrated with your sister first!"
"Mom, you and Jiaying celebrate slowly. I want to tell Manlin something." Kang Jiawei pulled Du Manlin to the window sill and whispered: "Everything is ready for us. All we need is the east wind!"
Du Manlin asked deliberately: "To which east wind do I owe?"
Kang Jiawei echoed: "Just wait until your mother finds a good day and sends us to the bridal chamber."
Du Mu chose the birthday of the Republic of China to hold a wedding for Kang Jiawei and Du Manlin. On that day, the sky was clear and the wind was sunny, and everyone celebrated the 50th birthday of the motherland. With the joy of National Day, at six o'clock in the afternoon, the Du family and the Kang family
All relatives, friends, and some leading cadres of Tucheng County gathered in the Longfeng Hall of Xianyuan International Hotel to attend the wedding ceremony of Kang and Du.
The ceremony was grand, grand and lively, attended by more than 500 guests and presided over by a professional emcee. It can be regarded as a high-end wedding ceremony in Tucheng.
At the end of the ceremony, Kang Jiawei and Du Manlin's unique love dialogue shocked the audience.
Du Manlin said: "If one day you become rich and rich, will you abandon me?"
Kang Jiawei said: "I know you are worried that men will become bad when they have money. Don't worry, from now on, you will be my cashier and accountant for the rest of my life, and you will take care of all the money. I don't want a penny, I only want you."
, for life."
Du Manlin said: "If something unexpected happens to me one day and the flowers fall and the leaves wither, will you still love me?"
Kang Jiawei said: "Loving you is a choice I have no regrets in my life. The stars in the sky are my eyes looking at you. I promise that no matter what situation you encounter, you will be my favorite in this life! I swear: no matter good times or bad times, rich or poor
, Health or illness, happiness or sadness, my love for you is as strong as a stone and will never change."
Du Manlin stared at him silently, then suddenly hooked her hands around his neck, leaving two bright red lip prints on his clear cheeks. There was a wave of cheers on the field, and calmness returned in an instant.
Kang Jiawei said: "My dear, if I can't become a rich man as you wish in this life, will you love me?"
Du Manlin said: "I am the water of this life, and you are the tea of the past life. Use the water of this life to make a cup of tea of the past life. In the transparent porcelain cup, what is precipitated is the love of the past life, and what is boiling is the love of this life. The taste is just like
It's called: fate. For the sake of fate, how can I care about your poverty or wealth."
Kang Jiawei said: "If one day I encounter misfortune and become paralyzed in bed, can you still stay with our love and spend the rest of my life with me?"
Du Manlin held his mouth: "My dear, on your happy day, I won't allow you to talk nonsense. If there really is such a day, no matter what, I will protect the love road we have built with all my heart, and continue to walk on it without hesitation.
Never give up, stick to love. I swear: No matter good times or bad times, rich or poor, healthy or sick, happy or sad, my love for you will be as strong as a stone and will never change."
Kang Jiawei couldn't restrain his excitement and took her into his arms. The quiet banquet hall erupted into bursts of applause and cheers.
However, just as the banquet hall was bustling with excitement, Du's mother hurriedly followed a young junior out of the banquet hall from the back door. This scene happened to be seen by Du Manlin. Twenty minutes later, Du Manlin still did not find her mother coming back.
So she whispered in Kang Jiawei's ear for a while and then left the banquet hall alone. Kang Jiawei was being pestered by several classmates to drink and didn't pay much attention. It wasn't until a classmate asked him where the bride went? He suddenly remembered that Du Manlin had left.
After a while, he looked around and saw neither Du Manlin nor Du Mu. He couldn't help but feel alarmed. He pulled a tall and powerful classmate and left. However, he searched several places in the hotel and couldn't find any clues.
, Kang Jiawei was sure that something had happened to Du Manlin, and he began to feel nervous. His classmates asked him if he wanted to call the police, but he flatly refused because he was afraid that calling the police would make a big fuss and affect the normal progress of the wedding banquet. He ran to ask the hotel doorman, who told him
, I saw the bride being led out of the door by a young man with a nervous look on her face. She did not come back after leaving.
"Jiawei, has the bride been kidnapped?" When a classmate asked, Kang Jiawei became extremely nervous. According to seniors, Tucheng had a bad custom of kidnapping marriages before liberation. If the groom could not be found within 24 hours,
When the bride arrives, the bride-snatcher can have a trial marriage before the groom. Although this bad custom was explicitly prohibited after liberation, it occasionally revives. Kang Jiawei's biggest worry is that this will happen to Du Manlin, but he never thought it might happen.
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Who is the bride robber? Kang Jiawei naturally thought of Li Shijing. If Du Manlin really fell into the hands of Li Shijing, it would be very difficult to escape. Thinking of this, he pulled his classmates and rushed towards the hotel door.
Just as they arrived at the gate, a police car stopped suddenly, and then the door opened. Du Mu and Du Manlin got out of the car in a daze. Du Manlin fell into Kang Jiawei's arms and cried.
Kang Jiawei asked in surprise: "Man Lin, who, who bullied you?"
Du's mother kept a straight face and shouted: "Who else could it be? That bastard Li Shijing was so disgusting that he refused to change his mind and resorted to ruthless means like robbery. Fortunately, the police arrived in time, otherwise Manlin would have
I was... bullied by him."
Kang Jiawei gently held up Du Manlin's beautiful face: "Manlin, it's all my fault for not protecting you."
Du Manlin wiped away her tears, pursed her lips, and smiled faintly: "I am yours. No one can get me except you."
At this time, the fat policeman got out of the police car, first congratulated and then scolded: "Kang Jiawei, you don't care too much about the bride. Are you so confused by the beauty of the bride that you let Li Shijing pass by you?"
The bride was snatched away. You don't cherish such a beautiful bride, but I cherish it for you! Look, I have returned her to you intact."
"Thank you, thank you, fat police officer!" Kang Jiawei bowed deeply, showing embarrassment and helplessness on his face.
The fat policeman continued: "You should really thank Director Wang. He was the one who took precautions and concluded that Li Shijing would definitely come to disrupt your wedding, so he ordered me to secretly deploy police forces around the hotel to protect you and ensure that your wedding ends successfully.
He turned to Du Manlin and said, "Bride, today is Director Wang's second time rescuing you. How are you going to thank her?"
Du Manlin was about to speak, but Mother Du preempted her: "Jiawei, Manlin, you guys hurry back to the banquet hall and have a few drinks with Director Wang. Fat Officer, you must go too."
The fat policeman stopped and said with a smile: "I won't go. I have a mission, and Li Shijing is still in the interrogation room of the Public Security Bureau! You go quickly, the guests have dispersed."
Sure enough, there were already guests coming out of the hotel in twos and threes.
"Quick, quick, go see off the guests." Du Mu said anxiously.
Kang Jiawei took Du Manlin's hand and hurried toward the hotel entrance.
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Chapter completed!