Siheyuan: The road to counterattack for the little transparent

Getting married these days is very simple. After bringing the bride over, the two families have a lively meal together and the marriage is done.

Yan Jiecheng couldn't ride a bike yet, so even though he borrowed Lin Donglai's bicycle to pick up the bride, he had to push the bike.

When they arrived at Yu's house, Yu Li and her parents, brothers and sisters had been waiting at home since early morning. After all, this was a piece of her own flesh and blood, and Yu's mother was particularly reluctant to part with her eldest daughter today.

He hugged her and talked to her for a long time in the morning, his eyes reddened again and again. On this happy day, the whole family had red eyes.

Yu Li was full of anticipation. She changed into her cleanest clothes early and placed a bag on the table filled with some of her daily necessities.

As soon as Yan Jiecheng arrived at Yu's house, he started grinning. After saying a few polite words to her family, he helped Yu Li carry her bag and they left the house together.

Before leaving, Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad, Mom, Xiaoli and I are leaving first. You must bring your brothers and sisters to my house at noon. We will wait for you to eat together!"

Yu's father and mother quickly agreed, waved goodbye to the young couple, and told them to be careful on the way.

Only Yu Li's two younger brothers and sisters followed the couple out of the house. When they saw Yan Jiecheng unlocking a new bicycle, their eyes widened.

In fact, not only the two little ones, but even Yu Li was surprised. She thought that the Yan family and her family were similar in conditions, but she didn't expect that they had such a new bicycle?

After watching her brother-in-law carrying her sister away, Yu Haitang put away her reluctant look, turned around and went home with a pout.

Seeing this, Yu's mother asked, "Haitang, why are you unhappy?"

"Mom, my brother-in-law is so stingy. He had enough money to buy a new bicycle to pick up my sister, but he didn't even bring us some candy!"

"You mean, your brother-in-law came to pick up the relatives on a new bicycle?"

Yu's father was smoking a pipe nearby, and his eyes widened when he heard what his little daughter said.

No wonder he had that expression. In those days, ordinary people had difficulty even having enough food to eat, and very few people could afford to buy a bicycle.

Since the Yan family can afford to buy a bicycle, they only give such a small amount of dowry. This is too shabby and totally disrespectful.

After getting his little daughter's confirmation, Yu's father took a deep puff of his cigarette, turned to Yu's mother and said, "This in-laws are doing well, why are they so stingy? If I had known earlier, I would have let Xiaoli wait a little longer."

Yu's mother was speechless after hearing this. It was him who said that the family did not have enough food and was anxious to marry off his daughter, and now he is the one who regrets it. What should she do?

"Old Yu, today is our daughter's big day, please stop saying these discouraging words, especially at lunch. Who knows what the in-laws will think if they hear it."

"If you really want to be good to your daughter, we can just know what the Yan family does in our hearts, but we can't say it out loud, so that our Xiaoli won't be criticized by the Yan family, okay?"

Yu's father nodded helplessly. The matter had already been settled and he could only complain a few words. What else could he do?

At this time, Yu Li was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, and Yan Jiecheng, who didn't know how to ride a bicycle, had to push her back towards the courtyard.

Although Yu Li was a tall and slender girl, she was a living person after all. And it was the hot summer, so soon Yan Jiecheng burst into tears.

Listening to Yan Jiecheng's heavy breathing, Yu Li asked in confusion: "Jiecheng, you should ride the bike with me. It will be cooler this way. Pushing is too tiring."

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng looked embarrassed, paused and smiled awkwardly:

"Xiao Li, I want to ride a bike with you too... Never mind, I'll tell you the truth, this bike is not mine, I borrowed it from our courtyard, I, I don't know how to ride a bike."

Yu Li then realized that she had misunderstood. No wonder Yan Jiecheng had always walked back and forth when he came to see her before, and she had never heard him mention bicycles.

Immersed in the joy of getting married, Yu Li did not mind it. Instead, she comforted him, "Xie Cheng, it's okay. It's great that you can borrow a car to pick me up today."

"It's just a bicycle. After we get married, we can work hard and save money, and we can always afford it."

Seeing Yu Li comforting him so considerately, Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but feel relieved and breathed a sigh of relief: It was such a happy day, and he was worried that he would be ridiculed by her.

Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Yu Li took out a handkerchief from her bag and wiped his sweat. She pretended to be casual and asked, "Jie Cheng, was the person who lent you the car that Lin Donglai?"

"The handsome guy who was repairing things in the yard on the day we met?" Seeing Yan Jiecheng's face change, she quickly added, "This guy is quite generous."

In fact, what she was thinking was that if only the person Aunt Wang had introduced to her was this handsome guy, she would definitely not mind that he was several years younger than her.

Yan Jiecheng looked at Yu Li with a thoughtful expression, probably because they had already obtained the marriage certificate and the matter was settled, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

So he asked with a smile, "Xiao Li, you are not thinking about that boy Dong Lai, are you?"

"He has the best conditions in our hospital, but he is still a vegetarian. I heard that many people introduced him to girls, but he didn't agree to meet any of them."

"I guess he's still young and hasn't thought about it."

"Who knows, Xiaoli? I'm telling you this because I want to tell you that it's useless to worry about such a person. We should just live our own lives honestly."

Yu Li was struck in the heart, and punched him hard on the back with her little fist, angrily saying: "You can't stop talking nonsense! I will be yours if I marry you, who else can I think about?"

Yan Jiecheng was delighted to hear this and grinned. The bicycle he was pushing no longer felt heavy and he quickened his pace towards the courtyard.

On the other hand, Sha Zhu was very motivated, thinking that as long as he helped the Yan family prepare the dishes for the banquet, the third uncle would introduce him to a girl.

Yan Bugui and his wife were responsible for washing the vegetables. Actually, washing vegetables only meant washing some cabbages and peeling potatoes. Yan Bugui only bought two pounds of fat meat and a handful of green onions in the morning.

The rest were some melon seeds, candies and so on, but as it was not yet time for dinner, he locked all these snacks in the cupboard, planning to take them out when he received the gifts.

The bride hasn't been brought back yet, and Sha Zhu is now only doing some food preparation work, such as shredding potatoes, cutting cabbage into sections and so on.

Only Yan Bugui took out all the fish pieces that had been baked last night. He was worried that the fish pieces were too big and not enough for everyone at the table to take a piece, so he thought of cutting all of them into two pieces.

Sha Zhu looked at Yan Bugui's actions and frowned, "Uncle, this fish is not big to begin with. If you cut it like this, it will be deformed before I can fry it."

Yan Bugui stopped what he was doing and said with a wry smile, "Zhu Zi, Third Master has no other choice. The wild cats ate a lot of the fish in the kitchen last night. If I don't do this, I'm afraid it won't be enough."

At this moment, Yan Jiecheng carried Yu Li back to the gate of the courtyard...