Siheyuan works as a nanny for Shazhu

At dawn the next day, He Yuzhu came knocking on the door. Jiang Feng answered and went out to wash up. Yan Jiecheng was also called out. After they packed up, they had breakfast at He's house and left pushing their bicycles. The bicycles had been washed clean yesterday, with three big red flowers tied to the front of the bicycles. Several energetic young men rode the bicycles, followed by the hired groom pulling a cart with the betrothal gifts, two chickens, a piece of fat meat, two packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine. He Yuzhu had some loose cash in his pocket, so he took a bag of hard candies with him to give to the children in the yard later.

He Daqing and He Yushui were preparing at home. They had to cook in the morning. The meat, fish, potatoes, cabbage and radishes were all put in basins, waiting for the aunties in the yard to wash them. After a while, several families who had agreed to cook yesterday came out with their own tables and benches. There were three tables in the front yard, five tables in the middle yard, three tables in the back yard, two tables in He Yuzhu's house, and two tables in Jiang Feng's house. The tables and benches were neatly arranged.

The aunties also came over after breakfast. They washed the vegetables and looked at the meat, fish and other things with shining eyes.

He Yuzhu was leading the way, but he didn't walk fast. It took him about forty to fifty minutes to reach Li Xiaoyan's house. Everyone at home had gotten up early and were lighting the stove in the yard. The second senior brother was directing the group with his men, and several aunts were helping to wash the vegetables. When He Yuzhu arrived, he greeted his senior brothers first. The children in the yard all gathered around him. Jiang Feng and Yan Jiecheng were responsible for taking things, and He Yuzhu was responsible for distributing candies. At the end, He Yuzhu grabbed a handful and threw them into the air. While picking up the candies, He Yuzhu ran inside. As soon as he entered the house, Xiaoyan's younger brothers and sisters surrounded him.

He Yuzhu stuffed the remaining candy in his hand over and took out four red envelopes from his pocket, one for each of them. Today, his aunt and her children were here, and his uncle was also sitting inside. After passing the test of his younger brothers and sisters, He Yuzhu walked up to Li Fu and Wang Li.

"Dad, Mom, I'm here to pick up Yan Zi." After saying that, he bowed to the two elders.

The two looked at the energetic He Yuzhu, but had no interest in the things brought over. Li Fu said to He Yuzhu: "Zhuzi, I will hand Yan Zi over to you. You must treat him well."

"Dad, Mom, don't worry. I will never let Yan Zi suffer any injustice even if it means I suffer myself."

"Well, go ahead, Swallow is in the house."

He Yuzhu entered Li Xiaoyan's room and saw Li Xiaoyan sitting at the head of the bed. She was still wearing the same dark red plaid coat as yesterday, with some cream and blush on her face. He Yuzhu walked up to Li Xiaoyan and said, "Yanzi, let's go home."

Li Xiaoyan looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Brother Zhuzi, will you be nice to me?"

"Yes, I will treat you better than I treat myself."

Li Xiaoyan smiled sweetly, took He Yuzhu's hand, and the two of them walked out. Li Xiaoyan's parents, aunt and uncle were waiting outside. When they saw the two of them come out, several children shouted, "The bride is out."

He Yuzhu took Li Xiaoyan to Li Fu and Wang Li and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm taking Xiaoyan away."

Wang Li stood up and whispered to Xiaoyan. Her aunt also came over and held Xiaoyan's hand. When Li Fu spoke, "Okay, it's so close. Come back and visit when you have time."

Li Xiaoyan was led by He Yuzhu's hand and walked out. When she reached the door, she looked back at her parents who had caught up with her. Tears could not help but flow down her cheeks. Her aunt hurried forward and wiped her tears away: "Today is your big day, so don't cry. Let's go."

When they walked out of the door, people in the yard came up to offer their blessings. Looking at the meat and chicken brought by the He family, who wouldn't envy Yan Zi for marrying into a good family?

Several people from the Li family also came out, carrying some quilts, quilt covers, Li Xiaoyan's clothes and some daily necessities. Most importantly, they carried out a sewing machine. People in the yard had known about it for a long time and some were jealous, but today no one said anything strange. They all said that Xiaoyan was lucky to have such a good dowry.

Jiang Feng and Yan Jiecheng hurried forward to catch them, tied them up on the cart, and took out cigarettes from their pockets, passing them out one by one. Since they didn't know them anyway, they should be relatives of the Li family.

When He Yuzhu and Li Xiaoyan got in the car, Jiang Feng also said something to Wobo and handed him a cigarette: "Master, there will be a lot of stuff when you go back. Thank you for your hard work."

The rickshaw driver thanked him repeatedly, picked up the rickshaw and followed He Yuzhu. Jiang Feng and Yan Jiecheng followed on their bicycles.

Seeing that they were almost there, Jiang Feng greeted He Yuzhu and rushed to the front. Someone had to go and report the news first. As soon as He Yuzhu entered the alley, a long whip hanging at the gate of the courtyard sounded. He got off the car at the gate and entered the courtyard. All the children in the courtyard gathered around him. There were more children in this courtyard than in the other one, and there were more people living there. He Yuzhu took the candies handed over by Jiang Feng and started distributing them one by one, including the sticks. Qin Huairu was also helping today and was killing fish.

Jiang Feng took the candy and shouted, "Come over here to get the candy." The children immediately went to Jiang Feng's side. He Yuzhu took the opportunity to take Li Xiaoyan into the house. Jiang Feng saw that he had almost distributed all the candy, so he threw the candy in his hand into the air and ran out quickly. He took the three brothers of the Yan family and took the things off the cart. Jiang Feng stretched out his hands and moved the sewing machine down.

They moved into the main house of the He family without stopping. The people in the yard looked at the dowry, and many of them felt jealous. Looking at Zhuzi, he also married into a good family. Jiang Feng turned around, paid Wobo's wages, and took out a red envelope and said, "Master, you have worked hard, I want to share some good luck." The red envelope was not big, only ten cents, but for the master pulling the cart, it was also a windfall: "Thank you, master, I wish you a son soon and good luck."

"Thank you for your auspicious words." Jiang Feng heard the auspicious words and handed over a cigarette. After seeing the cart driver off, Jiang Feng turned around and went into the yard. Seeing that everyone in the yard was busy, he went into the main house and looked to see if there was anything he could help with.

He Daqing was outside watching Zhang Wei and his fellow apprentices prepare food. Zhang Wei said to He Daqing, "Uncle, look, my daughter-in-law has come in. Why don't you go and take a look?"

He Daqing was still pretending, but when he heard Zhang Wei talking, he straightened his clothes and walked into the house. He didn't see anyone when he entered. He Yuzhu had already taken Xiaoyan into the bridal chamber, leaving Jiang Feng alone outside. He Yushui also followed them in, and He Daqing sat down in the outer room.

Jiang Feng saw He Daqing coming in, and went to the inner room and knocked on the door. He Yushui came out and saw his father sitting there, and turned back to the house. After a while, He Yuzhu came out with the two of them. This was the first time Li Xiaoyan and He Daqing met. He Yuzhu first said to Li Xiaoyan: "This is my father. He has been working in Baocheng. He took leave to come back for our wedding."

Li Xiaoyan followed and shouted, "Dad."

The wrinkles on He Daqing's face were all smiling, and he finally stopped having that expressionless face: "You must be Xiaoyan, right? Zhuzi and Yushui have both mentioned you in their letters. You are a good girl."

At this time, Jiang Feng brought a cup of tea over, and Li Xiaoyan took it and handed it to him with both hands: "Dad, have some tea."

He Daqing took the teacup and took a sip, then took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Li Xiaoyan, who took it.

He Daqing said to Li Xiaoyan: "Xiaoyan, Zhuzi has a bad temper, you should be more tolerant. Zhuzi, you have become an adult today, you should change your temper and be nice to Xiaoyan in the future."

"Dad, Brother Zhuzi is very nice and has never lost his temper with me."

"That's good. I've been working in Baocheng. I've asked for leave this time. I'll be leaving tomorrow morning. From now on, I'll have to rely on you to take care of the family. You'll have to take care of Yu Shui at home."

"Dad, you are in such a hurry to leave. Why don't you stay a few more days? Yu Shui is always thinking about you. It would be better for you to stay a few more days to accompany Yu Shui."

"No, I just took two days off. I still have to work over there. I'll come back when I'm free." He Daqing took another sip of tea and said to He Yuzhu: "Zhuzi, take Xiaoyan in. I told your brother to bring something in to eat later. We have to come out to toast, so we don't have time to eat."

He Yuzhu turned to Li Xiaoyan and said, "Yanzi, you and Yushui go in. I'll go say hello to the brothers."

Li Xiaoyan pulled Yu Shui and the two of them went into the house. He Yuzhu watched Li Xiaoyan go in and said to Jiang Feng, "Xiaofeng, you have to help me block the wine later. I know how much you can drink."

"Drink as much as you want. Call me when you're almost done. I'll let you drink to your heart's content today."

After hearing what Jiang Feng said, He Yuzhu felt relieved. He took Jiang Feng out and went to the stove first. He thanked several brothers and gave each of them a pack of cigarettes. After the work was done, he gave them a red envelope and walked around the backyard. Finally, he stopped in the front yard and said, "Uncle, the people are almost here. We can get ready."

The third uncle was also happy today. He Yuzhu asked his family to help. The eldest brother went to pick up the bride, and he helped to keep accounts and collect gift money. In addition, the leftovers from the five tables in the front yard were collected by his family. If things went well, the family would have some meat in a week. But except for Yan Jiecheng, everyone else in the family didn't eat much last night, and they were just waiting for this meal at noon.

When the third uncle heard He Yuzhu calling him, he shouted into the room. Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang came out carrying a table. Yan Fugui came out with a pen, inkstone, and a notebook in his hand. The table was placed next to Jiang Fengmen. He Yuzhu walked over and handed him a cigarette, saying to the third uncle, "Third uncle, thank you for troubling me today."

"It's only natural for neighbors to help each other." Yan Fugui said with a smile. If someone didn't know him, they would think he was very enthusiastic. Jiang Feng just watched from the side without saying anything.

When he saw that it was almost time, he heard some noise outside the door. Guo Mingsheng and his master's wife walked in. He Yuzhu hurried over and called out, "Master and master's wife, you are here."