The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 990 - 984: Getting onto the Sedan Chair

Xiang Chun exclaimed in surprise, "Cousin Miss, your makeup looks truly beautiful, quite different from your usual appearance, much more vibrant."

Gu Youyou usually wore light makeup, and if conditions didn’t allow, she couldn’t be bothered to apply any. The fragile body she acquired grew up in such an environment that it always seemed to convey the air of a delicate and graceful young lady, timid in appearance. However, Gu Youyou had managed to transform herself with a vivid charm, leaving Xiang Chun utterly astonished.

Gu Youyou put down the lip paper and clapped her hands, "Makeup can change a person’s aura, and for a day like today, I think this is just right."

Xiang Chun nodded vigorously and said, "Cousin Miss, you should always wear your makeup like this, it’s so spirited."

Well, that’s still a no, slathering these things on one’s face all the time is not good.

"Come, Cousin Miss, let me put the red bridal veil on you," Xiang Chun said joyfully as she held the veil in her hands.

Gu Youyou smiled and turned around, letting her adjust the red bridal veil perfectly on her head.

Beneath the bright red veil, Gu Youyou suddenly remembered the first time she put on a bridal veil.

What she looked forward to at that time was not the hunter who, according to legend, could not find a wife and took her to satisfy his physical needs, but the opportunity to leave that room through marriage.

Thus, any expectations for the bridegroom could be disregarded.

Now, as she sat beneath the red fabric again, her mindset had undergone a tremendous change.

What she longed for was a person, just one person.

It didn’t matter who he was or where he would take her, just having him was enough.

She guessed that in this era, most brides probably harbored such thoughts, hiding beneath the red veil, entrusting themselves to the person upon whom they could rely for life, letting him take her by the hand and lead her into another life, whether with unease or anticipation.

At this moment, Gu Youyou felt that mix of unease and anticipation, her heartbeat quickening without her realizing it.

The sound of gongs and drums approached from afar; she sat quietly in her bridal chamber, knowing he was coming.

The local custom prohibited the groom from entering the bride’s boudoir; the bride had to be carried out by the matchmaker.

The Lin Family’s courtyard was large; it took three matchmakers taking turns to carry her to the entrance of the Lin Residence.

Gu Youyou couldn’t help but laugh. She had put on quite a bit of weight over the years. If it had been when she first arrived, the matchmaker would have complained of how heavy she was.

Outside the doors of the Lin Residence, her aunt took on the role of her mother and fed her a spoonful of ’set-off rice,’ and in keeping with local tradition, she repeatedly reminded her not to forget the favor of being raised, to serve her in-laws and husband wholeheartedly after marriage, then had her uncle personally hand over her hand to the bridegroom who came to fetch her.

These hands, once calloused from shucking, were now much smoother than when she first saw them; back then, he would hunt and work himself, his hands covered in thick calluses.

He was someone who could secure the country in officialdom and just as competently hunt or plant rice in the fields.

Light as a feather, he picked her up with ease.

He placed her carefully into the bridal sedan and whispered in her ear,

"Don’t fidget, okay?"

Concealed under the bright red veil, Gu Youyou smiled. He must have carefully learned about wedding customs; he remembered even these little things.

The local tradition held that once the bride sat down in the bridal sedan, she should not shift her buttocks to symbolize a smooth and stable life.

He must have been afraid she didn’t know, thus took the opportunity to remind her.

The drums and flutes played uproariously, and the bridal sedan lifted.

Ten miles of bridal makeup painted half the sky red over Beijing.