Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 249
Stealing the Groom
At this time, there were sounds of joy getting closer and closer, and the doormen hurriedly pulled Mo Yan aside, “Get out of the way, the bridal sedan is coming.”
People came out of the mansion one after another, and when the bridal sedan landed, two strong servants carried Chi Jie out to greet the bride.
There were many people standing outside the door, so Chi Jie didn’t see Mo Yan. He was brought to the bridal sedan, and the bridesmaid reached out to lift the curtain. If the bride entered the family door, wouldn’t the marriage be a foregone conclusion? Then Chi Jie would definitely be trapped in the mansion to give birth to a son, and he would never have a chance to escape.
Seeing that the curtain of the sedan was about to be lifted, Mo Yan shouted in a hurry, “Wait, I’m stealing the groom!”
This sentence shocked everyone present. When they saw that it was a little girl who came out, everyone present whispered, “Since ancient times, only men have stolen brides. This is the first time that a woman has come to steal a groom.”
Chi Jie recognized Mo Yan’s voice and wanted to turn back, but was held down by the two servants and wasn’t allowed to move.
At this time, a woman’s voice came from the sedan chair, “Who is so bold as to snatch my husband?”
Chi Jie frantically strangled, “Why do you keep talking about me like an object to be taken? I want to make my own choice, and I choose Miss Mo.”
The person in the sedan chair spoke again, “Let him go.”
The two servants let go. Chi Jie loosened his shoulders and turned around happily to ask, “Yan’er, why are you here?”
Mo Yan said angrily, “Stop speaking nonsense. If I didn’t come, you would’ve entered the bridal chamber with her. I am here to take you away!”
Chi Jie’s face was as bright as a flower, “No need to take me, Yan’er, I’ll go with you.”
Hearing his words, Mo Yan blushed. She walked out of the crowd, went over and took Chi Jie’s hand. “Let’s go!”
The curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, and the bride in her wedding dress got off the sedan chair and pulled down the veil on her head by herself. The bridesmaid on the side kept shouting, “No, no, the feet of the newlyweds cannot touch the ground.”
Looking at the bride’s face, dignified and beautiful, Mo Yan said, “Chi Jie, no matter what, you should give her an explanation.”
Chi Jie bowed deeply to the bride and said, “Yunniang, it’s all my fault. I don’t love you, so I can’t marry you.”
After that, he got on Fubao with Mo Yan and they galloped away. After leaving the Upper Valley, they slowed down and Chi Jie slowly told her about Yun Niang.
Their two families were old friends. He and Yunniang were the same age and had been engaged since childhood. According to the people in the mansion, they were very good friends when they were young, and Chi Jie used to look forward to growing up quickly so that he could marry Yunniang.
Ever since he ‘lost his memories’ from falling off of a horse, everyone in the mansion said that he had become stupid because he forgot about Yunniang completely. He became angry with anyone who mentioned that he should marry Yunniang. In the eyes of ordinary people, weren’t those the actions of a fool?
Mo Yan, “Yunniang is so beautiful, why don’t you want to marry her?”
Chi Jie sneered, “If you want to marry someone just because she is beautiful, then what’s the difference between you and an animal? You know I’m not the real Chi Jie, I don’t love her.”
“It’s getting dark, let’s find a place to stay!”
“There’s a village ahead.”
Mo Yan knocked her feet on the stirrups, and Fubao started galloping again.
There was only one inn in the town ahead. As soon as Chi Jie entered the door, he asked for two VIP rooms. The shopkeeper saw that he was still wearing wedding clothes, so decided to perform a good deed.
“I’m sorry, sir. The inn is full today, but there was a room that was originally reserved by someone left empty as the guest didn’t come. We can give it to you.”
Chi Jie repeatedly agreed. Mo Yan looked at the empty inn and took out some money, putting it on the counter, “I’ll have that room.”
An employee led them to the guest room. Mo Yan entered first and turned around to close the door. Chi Jie knocked on the door outside. “Yan’er, open the door! I haven’t entered yet!”
He heard Mo Yan say inside, “This is my room, what are you doing here?”
“There are no other rooms in the inn, so where should I stay!”
“I don’t care!”
“You kidnapped me from my relatives, you must take care of me!”
The employee thought that the two were just having a lover’s spat and it was inconvenient for others to intervene, so he turned around and left.
The door opened, and Mo Yan stood inside, “If you regret it, I’ll lend Fubao to you, hurry back, and you can still go to your wedding night.”
“No, you know I don’t mean that.”
“That’s my fault, I shouldn’t have lied and disrupted your marriage!”
The door closed again, and Chi Jie asked the employee to get him another room, but when he reached his hand to his waist, he didn’t even have his wallet.
He ran away from his marriage penniless, and Ze Wu was not around, so he had to knock on the door again. “Yan’r, you have to take care of me now, I don’t have any money.”
The door opened again, and Mo Yan said to the employee, “Open a room next door for this young man, and send some wine and food up. We’ll settle the bill when we leave tomorrow.”
The employee went downstairs to bring up the wine and food, and after looking around, still brought the wine and food into Mu Yan’s room. These employees are always good at assessing the situation and changing their attitudes accordingly. He just heard Chi Jie say that he had no money, so defaulted to Mo Yan.
There was no high table in the room, only a low table in the middle of it, and mats and cushions on the wooden floor.
After the wine and food were served, the employee left, and Mo Yan sat cross-legged on the cushion. “Come in and eat, are you waiting to be fed?”
As soon as her voice fell, Chi Jie rushed in and closed the door.
While eating, the two talked about the workshop. Chi Jie had already arranged the cloth to be imported, but the cotton hadn’t been handled yet.
Mo Yan asked, “It’s still midsummer, and we have to start preparing winter clothes? It seems that the court cares more about the soldiers at the border than the rumours say.”
Chi Jie said, “If the emperor is suddenly valuing ??military generals, he must have a plan.”
“Is he going to expand the country?”
Mo Yan suddenly remembered a sentence she said to Lu Junming. “If there is no war, then create a war and use it to ask the emperor for something!”
“Where are these winter clothes going to be sent?”
Chi Jie shook his head, “This is a secret, but there is one very strange thing. The order clearly states that each winter coat only needs four taels of cotton, but it must be sewn tightly.”
The two of them had finished most of their meal when they heard Ze Wu’s voice outside, “Excuse me, is there a young man in wedding clothes coming to stay here?”
Chi Jie went to open the door and shouted to the outside, “Ze Wu, I’m here, why aren’t you coming up already?”
Ze Wu came up the stairs with a canvas travel bag in his hand. Seeing that Chi Jie was still wearing his wedding clothes, he handed over the canvas bag, “Sir, I brought your clothes.”
Chi Jie felt uncomfortable wearing his wedding clothes. He took the bag and immediately went back to his room to change clothes, throwing his wedding clothes on the ground.
He returned to Mo Yan’s room and saw Ze Wu holding a plate and eating while muttering, “It’s a shame about that high-quality banquet in the mansion. When I left, the lady ordered the servants in the mansion to pour out the food, and no one was allowed to eat!”
Chi Jie didn’t like Yunniang, and didn’t like the mansion, but he felt guilty about his mother. When he ran away from his marriage, his mother would have to go to Yunniang’s house to apologise, all thanks to her son who’s changed souls.
P.S. The school day has become significantly longer than before, and I normally get back an hour or two later than I used to now, but I still have some time to translate. Thanks for reading!