The next morning, Yang Ming and Xiaoxiao told everyone about Wang Xiangxiang’s marriage to the Han Family.
"That’s great, that young master Han is indeed a talented man, well-suited for her, well-suited indeed." Yang Patriarch happily said, "Old woman, you all hurry and prepare the dowry for the girl. Even though she’s not our own flesh and blood, she still calls us ’father’ and ’mother’."
"Yes, I know." Yang Ming’s mother agreed, but then she expressed her concern, "But there are only three days left, I’m afraid we won’t be able to prepare everything."
"Prepare as much as we can, we shouldn’t shortchange the child." Yang Patriarch said with a smile on his face; he was truly happy. Although the child was adopted, it was still the Yang Family’s first time arranging a marriage for a daughter, and this feeling was different from arranging a marriage for a son.
At this moment, Boss Yang Chun spoke, "Dad, how about we also have a big feast this time? We’re not so poor anymore, and we can afford it."
"Yes, Dad, I agree with big brother," Yang Gang, the second brother, followed, "Sister Xiangxiang choosing to get married from our home shows she doesn’t see us as outsiders, and we shouldn’t make it too shabby, right?"
"The fifty taels that Third Sister-in-law just handed out, I don’t want it, let’s use it for the banquet," Yang Dong, the fourth brother, added.
"There’s no need for you to spend your own money on the banquet, our family has enough," Yang Ming said.
Listening to his sons discuss the banquet, Yang Patriarch felt very heartened and nodded repeatedly, "Alright, let’s do as you guys said and have a big celebration. Boss, you take charge of this, get a lead pig, and invite the whole village to enjoy the meat without contributing money."
Having a banquet for a non-biological child and still asking for money might invite idle gossip. After all, this event is supposed to be a joyful one, and it should not be a source of unhappiness for the child.
While they were discussing the banquet on one side, the daughters-in-law were discussing the dowry preparations on the other side.
"Boss’s wife, Second Brother’s wife, Xiaoqiu, the matter of the wedding dress, I entrust it to you three, and it must be rushed out within three days," instructed Yang Ming’s mother.
Third Brother’s wife doesn’t know how to do these things; she could only be assigned other tasks, "Third Brother’s wife, you are in charge of the dowry, go buy fabric, combs, embroidered shoes, mirrors, Ruyi scales, measuring cups, abacuses, scissors..."
"Mom, wait a moment, I can’t remember it all," Xiaoxiao was somewhat speechless, was the dowry supposed to include so many things? Why didn’t her mother prepare these when she came, and only gave twenty taels of silver, instead? "Mom, I’ll go back and write it down."
"Well, never mind, I will go and buy them with you," seeing as Third Brother’s wife didn’t even know this bit about dowries, she could only accompany her, planning as they went, "Boss’s wife, you take care of Liufu, Second Brother’s wife, you come with us to the county to buy stuff, Xiaoqiu goes to the workshop area, and Third drives the carriage."
"Got it, mother." Everyone acted according to Yang Ming’s mother’s instructions.
"Wait a moment, we need to buy the fabric for the wedding dress first, then Second Brother’s wife, you must hurry back with it, and you others hasten to make it..." Yang Ming’s mother rambled on as Yang Ming, driving the horse cart, took them to the county for a major shopping trip.
Boss and the others went to catch the pig as well, and notified the villagers that on the fifth day of May, the day before the wedding, the whole village was invited to their house for the celebration.
During these days, the Yang Family busied themselves with Wang Xiangxiang’s wedding preparations.
This made Xiaoxiao feel that the marriage was a settled matter.