Chapter 419 - 429 What Songs Can You Sing?
And the woman across also boarded the bamboo raft; in the middle of the water, there was actually a small island more than three feet long. The bamboo rafts stopped on either side of the island, and that’s where they formed their unions.
Gu Youyou found it novel and amusing, and the mellow voice of Jin Zijin reached her from behind at that moment.
"This is the marriage ceremony of Nanzhao Country. As long as a man and a woman both ascend to the Song Stage of Fate in the middle of the water, they will become husband and wife. Look, that man is taking his wife home."
Could they really just take her home like that? And Jin Zijin referred to her as his wife?
After her initial shock, Gu Youyou commented, "Interesting, simple, low-cost, quick results."
This marriage ritual was indeed interesting: no need for matchmakers, hence simple; marrying only required paying the boatman’s fee, which means low-cost; a man could take a bride home just by singing a folk song, thus the results were quick.
Successively, several couples were formed, yet the number of men and women on both banks did not decrease. As one pair left upon union, new men and women ascended the stage.
Gu Youyou suddenly felt an urge to give it a try.