You are my golden finger

Chapter 188 Mass Wedding (2)

The stars are dotted like pearls stringing together the tranquility of the night.

The two men returned to Shiziwo Valley, released the big tiger and the wolves, let them roam freely on their own, and then they went home.

"Sister, Brother Xu, you're back!" When they returned to the yard, An An's ecstatic voice was heard.

"Shh, Sister Lanlan has fallen asleep, don't wake her up." Murong Xu pointed at Xinlan in Lin Xijin's arms and gestured.

An An made a gesture to keep quiet, indicating that he received it.

"An An, it's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Wait for sister."

"What if my sister doesn't come back tonight?"

"Sister, An An knows you will come back tonight." An An said firmly, "Sister and I are in perfect sync!"

"You little brat, you're so telepathic!" Murong Xu pretended to knock An An's head.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you're back!" The noise in the yard called everyone out. It seemed that everyone was waiting.

Lin Xijin asked Qiuyan to hold Xinlan to sleep, and then the two distributed New Year red envelopes to everyone.

"Sister, brother-in-law, there is food in the kitchen, please go and have some!" Xihui said.

"No, we've already eaten."

"Sister, but An An is hungry. Can sister and brother-in-law eat with An An?" An An said coquettishly.

The others also looked at her expectantly, and the two of them had no choice but to accompany her.

The weather was cold, so they prepared hot pot and various ingredients. An An, Xi Hui and the others ate with relish. It seemed that everyone had not eaten enough for dinner and were waiting for them.

"Sister, what day is today? How come we are back here after just a nap?" Xin Lan woke up early in the morning and found herself already in her bed in Shiziwo. She was a little bit unbelievable and hurried to find Lin Xijin and asked curiously.

"Oh, today is the second day of the Chinese New Year. I asked the immortal master to give us a ride." Lin Xijin lied without changing her expression, and the key point was that Xin Lan believed it without any question.

The clan leader, the village head, and others heard the news that Lin Xijin and Murong Xu had returned, and they all rushed to her home. But when they arrived, the door of her house was already crowded with aunts and children, and Lin Xijin was leading her family to distribute lucky bags to them and deal with their various questions.

The aunts didn't want lucky bags, but wanted to see Lin Xijin and the new son-in-law who had the highest status in the dynasty.

Murong Xu was feeling very upset. He never expected that one day he would be treated like a gorilla and be watched by everyone.

"Alright, alright, everyone go away. Jin'er and the Crown Prince just came back and are exhausted. Don't bother them here. There are important matters in the village that I need to discuss with Jin'er."

The villagers dispersed again.

"Keeping to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and meeting the Crown Princess!" As soon as they came up, they began to perform the great ceremony.

Murong Xu hurriedly stopped them: "Uncle, this is our home, there is no need to be so polite!"

Several people just gave up.

"Jin'er, let's discuss the wedding process today." said the village head.

"The village is planning to invite a troupe to perform for three days and hold a three-day banquet. No gifts will be accepted for the wedding banquet." The clan leader explained the arrangements. "We plan to let your six daughters live in the county. When the time comes, we will send a float and a dragon and lion dance team to the county to welcome them and bring them back together with the county magistrate's daughter."

"The other two families will invite two drum and music bands to welcome them. After they are brought back, they will hold a wedding ceremony in the school together. Master Liang and Master Chen will be the masters of ceremonies," added the head of the village.

"Uncle, you have thought it through very carefully. Let's do as you arrange." These old men put a lot of thought into their arrangements.

The old men left satisfied after receiving Lin Xijin's affirmation and the gifts she gave them.

"Mammy, how are the new rooms of the couples in our family being decorated?" Lin Xijin asked the mammy about the decoration of the new rooms.

"Miss, we have arranged for people to clean and tidy up since we came back before the New Year. Now everything has been prepared and basically arranged." The nanny seemed to take it very seriously.

"Even though they are just staying there for a few days, it is a wedding room after all, so we should do our best to decorate it well and let them check it themselves to see what needs to be added." Lin Xijin asked to do everything possible to make it perfect so that the newlyweds would have no regrets.

Lin Xijin called a few girls over, gave each of them a set of ruby ​​headpieces, and asked about the preparations for the wedding dresses. Knowing that everyone was ready, she sent a carriage to take them to the county house early in the morning on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Butler Qiu was the busiest, busy discussing with the clan leader and others about preparing various ingredients. The three-day buffet required a huge amount of ingredients, so Lin Xijin asked Butler Qiu to prepare as much as possible from his own family, without having to trouble the other four families. For this reason, the family's transport team was very busy, bringing back a large amount of ingredients every day and piling them up in the warehouse of the ancestral hall.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Shiziwo became lively. The dragon and lion dance team in the village began to beat gongs and drums, the opera troupe entered the village and began to perform on the stage of the school, the old and the children in the village gathered together, the adults began to slaughter pigs and sheep, and began to prepare various dishes.

Villagers and vendors from nearby towns and villages also began to flock to Shiziwo, and the village was bustling with people coming and going.

Xingwu went to the county and brought back Li Yunxi's dowry, which was both large in quantity and valuable. The other two families did the same. Most of the dowries that Banxia and her friends had bought were left in Kyoto, which saved them a lot of trouble.

Early in the morning on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, before daybreak, nine grooms in brand new clothes rode on tall horses and set off with a row of carriages decorated with red and colorful ribbons to meet their brides at their destination, accompanied by the music of a drum band.

"Hey, what's going on today? Why are there so many people wearing groom's attire? Whose wedding is it? Such a big scene!" People on the roadside stopped to watch and talk.

"Don't you know? It's Princess Lin from Shiziwo Village. She's organizing a group wedding for her family. I heard there are nine couples, and the banquet will last for three days."

The people who were talking about the wedding were soon attracted by the handfuls of candy cakes with wedding money in them, and they went to grab the wedding money and candy. The wedding spread like wildfire, and on the way back, more people were waiting to watch the excitement. Those who had cars simply followed all the way to Shiziwo and ate the buffet before returning.

The Shiziwo wedding procession paraded through the streets, causing a sensation throughout Qingyuan County. When the dragon and lion dance teams performed a dance battle at the gate of the county government office, and when Xihui and four other scholars dressed in official uniforms and served as best men stepped out of the wedding procession, Li Yuze finally stopped regretting that his daughter did not marry into a scholarly family as he had expected, and happily sent his daughter onto the flower car.

After picking up Li Yunxi, they also picked up the other six brides. The gongs and drums sounded more cheerfully, the music played even louder, and they returned to Shiziwo happily all the way.