Chapter 2505 Kick the sedan door
When they heard that Zhou Man from the Imperial Hospital was getting married, many people followed the wedding procession forward, saying, "He's a miracle doctor, let's get some of his good fortune along."
"Whose family are you marrying into?"
"Who else could it be? Of course it's the Bai family who filed the complaint with her. I heard that they are also a very capable young man who passed the imperial examination very early and is now an official."
Those who heard it exclaimed in amazement, saying, "It's a match made in heaven..."
"We're childhood sweethearts."
Everyone followed the wedding procession forward. The further they walked, the more people joined in. Many children joined the procession and ran back and forth around the people carrying loads and riding horses, laughing and joking. The maids accompanying the Bai and Zhou families grabbed candies from the basket and distributed them to them, wanting them to leave, but they were unwilling to do so. They ran along with the wedding procession, singing nursery rhymes loudly and joyfully, and followed them around the inner city.
Bai Shan couldn't help but glance back even while riding his horse. Then he smiled and said to Bai Erlang, "Send someone back to inform them to prepare more sweet wine and put it outside the alley to distribute to the people who come to celebrate."
He added, "Prepare some more candies."
Bai Erlang passed the message on, and then a servant left the slow-moving wedding procession and ran back by taking a shortcut.
Bai Shan sat on his horse, clenched his fist and expressed his gratitude in response to the overwhelming congratulations. The breeze brushed his face, and he looked very proud.
Lord Tang, who was riding on his horse, saw this and secretly laughed and cursed him, "Stinky boy!" Then he turned around and ordered Mingli, "Go back to the county government office and dispatch some people to Changqing Lane in advance to prepare. Don't let too many people go, so there won't be any trouble."
Mingli agreed and ran away secretly.
Someone saw Bai Shan's smile from the restaurants along the road and couldn't help but say, "The wedding night is one of the three joys in life. The ancients were right."
A stranger who didn't know Bai Shan asked after seeing him, "Whose noble family is this young man from? He's handsome and has a good appearance as well as a good temperament."
Bai Shan led the wedding procession around the inner city before returning to Changqing Lane. They were gone for over an hour. From a distance, the Bai clan members waiting at the lane entrance saw them and couldn't help but feel sad. "Bai Shan is such a lucky kid. Today is enough for him to be proud of."
The people standing at the entrance of the alley who were in charge were all of the same generation as Bai Shan, about the same age, and they had studied in the same clan school as Bai Shan.
They came to her door voluntarily. Old Madam Liu believed that if they were not used, they would be wasted, and she also wanted to give Bai Shan some face, so she used all of them.
Seeing the wedding procession getting closer, one of them pushed his brothers and said, "Hurry up and light the firecrackers."
The brothers then went up to light the firecrackers. Amid the crackling sounds, the wedding procession was getting closer and closer. When the people in the Bai family's yard heard the sound of firecrackers, they knew that the wedding procession had returned. They immediately started to prepare happily, and some people ran to inform Old Lady Liu and Zheng.
Madam Liu immediately asked, "How long until the auspicious time?"
"There's still three quarters of an hour." Seeing Old Madam Liu's worry, Mrs. Bai, who was supporting her, smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. The matchmaker we hired is the best official matchmaker in Chang'an County. She will definitely know the time and will neither come in early nor late."
Indeed, after the wedding procession slowly arrived at the gate of the Bai family, the matchmaker began to embarrass Bai Shanlai, holding his hand and admonishing him, "Kicking the sedan door is very particular. Sitting inside is not only the emperor's imperial physician, but also the little genius doctor in the capital, and even your senior sister. So, groom, how are you going to kick the sedan door?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately started to make a fuss. Some shouted "Kick her hard", while others asked Bai Shan not to kick the door and to just welcome the bride out.
This time, the matchmaker didn't stop everyone from having fun. After everyone had chatted and given Bai Shan some advice, she raised her hand slightly. When everyone quieted down, she pulled over Bai Erlang, who was laughing so hard that his eyes were almost blind, and asked with a smile, "Why don't we let Master Bai Er give us some advice? This one is your senior brother, and the other is your senior sister. How do you think we should kick the door?"
Bai Shan looked over and forced him with his eyes.
Bai Erlang was stunned. What did this have to do with him? Wasn't he just here to watch the fun?
but……
Bai Erlang's eyes rolled, and he remembered the past when Zhou Man had been targeting and oppressing him. So he became bolder and raised his hand to half cover his mouth. He moved between the matchmaker and Bai Shan and whispered, "Kick him hard, don't be a coward!"
He said, "You only get one chance in your life."
Everyone pricked up their ears to listen. Most people didn't hear it, but Yin Huo and Zhao Liulang, who had come up out of curiosity, did hear it. Zhao Liulang immediately shouted, "Bai Erlang said to kick me hard. You only get this once in a lifetime!"
The person who made this suggestion immediately started clamoring loudly, urging Bai Shan to do it.
Bai Erlang was unhappy and shouted, "I didn't say that, don't accuse me!"
Zhao Liulang: "I heard everything!"
"Your words or mine?"
"Yin Huo's words are trustworthy. If you don't believe them, ask Yin Huo."
Everyone looked at Yin Huo together.
Yin Huo nodded slightly, "Yes."
"Oh oh oh, Bai Erlang, you're done. Wait for your senior sister to come out. Hahahaha..."
"Don't worry about the future, let's focus on the present. Bai Hanlin, your junior brother said he kicked it, which shows that he is on your side. So go ahead and kick it."
Bai Shan raised his foot, turned around and kicked Bai Erlang's butt without saying a word, but silence was better than words, and everyone became even more noisy.
"It turns out Bai Hanlin is really henpecked."
"Oh my, it looks like the next jealous lady will be Master Zhou."
Manbao was sitting in the sedan chair waiting. He was not in a hurry after hearing these words. Seeing that the person outside did not seem to intend to get out of the sedan chair immediately, he looked at the time in the system. Then he realized that he had arrived a little early.
So she took out the purse from her sleeve, took out a small snack and ate it in small bites. After filling her hungry stomach, she patted the left crumbs of the snack and sat down to wait.
It was finally quiet outside, and then she heard a soft sound coming from the sedan door, followed by a uniform "whoosh" outside, and then the curtain was pulled open. The matchmaker poked her head in with a smile on her face and said, "Oh, you young people are so jealous. The groom knows how to care for you. The bride is so lucky. The groom only touched the sedan door lightly. From now on, the groom and the wife will follow his wishes, and they will live in harmony and happiness..."
The matchmaker's words were pleasant to the ears, and Manbao smiled.
Bai Shanye came in with a smile on his face and reached out to help her. Everyone sighed again, but with smiles stretching from ear to ear, they surrounded the newlyweds and walked towards the door.
The matchmaker stood aside and gave them instructions, letting Manbao step over the brazier before entering the gate...
The servants inside the gate saw it and rushed to the main courtyard to tell the news, shouting: "The bride has come in, the bride has come in - the auspicious time has arrived -"
When Zhou Man and Bai Shan walked into the main hall, it was exactly the auspicious time. The matchmaker got there neither too early nor too late. She was indeed a top-notch official matchmaker in Chang'an County.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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