Chapter 192 - 147 Wedding_3
Yang Youfu entered the small room. With a fairer and leaner appearance than the typical robust peasants who work in the fields year-round, he stood out. Amidst laughter and teasing, he took the tearful Qian Manxia to the main hall to kowtow to Old Man Qian and his wife, as well as to the couple of Qian Dagui.
Qian Manchuan carried his sister on his back to the bridal sedan chair. A procession of ten dowry cabinets were lined up, and along with a large escort of people, they formed an imposing long queue that awed many onlookers. Qian Yixiu and Qian Yiduo ran out, following the procession all the way to Hong Bridge, watching the line become smaller and smaller, until it disappeared from sight.
The Qian family, not to be outdone, had made sure the dowry was arranged with great respectability and had organized a procession consisting of sixteen people specially. Besides the two handsome young boys, Qian Yishan and Qian Yijin, the others were all young and strong. The Qian brothers, Qian Xiang’s three sons, Wan Dazhong, Huang Tie, and several of the Wang family’s cousins, all looked tall and handsome. They donned their best clothes, and as they stepped out, they attracted countless gazes, making it seem as though all the desirable young men within a hundred miles had gathered here.
Lady Wang wept uncontrollably, snot and tears mingling. Her reluctance to part with her most beloved daughter was partly the cause, but perhaps her biggest concern was the fear that her daughter wouldn’t have an easy life in the future. She didn’t want to share this with others, so she just cried.
In another room, Old Woman Qian said to Qian Xiang and Lady Wu, "The elder daughter-in-law is very strong-willed, insisting on finding someone from the town. If that family is so good, why didn’t they find a bride in town? Why pick a country bumpkin from our parts?"
Qian Xiang retorted, "Mother, I don’t like what you just said. Are you implying that my in-laws settled for me because they couldn’t find anyone better, and they had to pick a peasant girl like me?"
Her words brought smiles and laughter from Old Woman Qian and Lady Wu.
Qian Xiang then said, "I think that young man is sincere. If Auntie Die can hold on to her husband’s heart, and in the future have a son, with so much dowry to back her up, she’ll be able to live well..."