Chapter 276 - 179: Touched_3
Amid the murmurs, Qian Yijin rolled first, from the foot of the bed to the head, then from the head back to the foot, followed by Qian Yixiu rolling too, and together they rolled back and forth three times.
After getting up, a relative from the Zhang family gave each of the siblings a red envelope. Amidst laughter and teasing, the bride and groom arrived in the bridal chamber. The bride sat on the wedding bed, and the groom lifted her red veil with the bridal scale. The beautiful bride, blushing and shy, lowered her head, her face brimming with a happy smile.
In the midst of gasps of amazement and showers of compliments, the plump woman scattered the wedding candies (jujubes, chestnuts, peanuts) into the bride’s bosom, onto the conjugal bed, and into every corner of the bridal chamber, continuously singing auspicious phrases.
Next, was the eating of raw dumplings, and someone asked the bride, "Does it feel raw?"
"Raw," the bride’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s.
Then, the couple drank crossed-cupped wine.
Qian Yixiu didn’t join in on the excitement at the front but instead stood alone in the back of the crowd, looking quite melancholic.
She remembered how her mother married her father.
Her lovely mother came to that home during her most beautiful years, even dressed in a roughly-made red cotton wedding dress, she was the most beautiful bride.