On the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Xue Huaimin took advantage of the Lantern Festival to ask Niu Xiaomei to go with him to the fair. It just so happened that the Niu family was planning to go together.
Niu Da and Shen Shi led Xiao Fu Bao and Niu Bao Lan on a stroll ahead, Niu Er led Niu Bao Zhu, and Niu Cui Hua and Mei Hua led Niu Ke Er and Niu Qiao Er.
After wandering around until midnight, Xue Huaimin accompanied Niu Xiaomei home. Chen Yu said, "Huaimin, your older brother and I have something to discuss with you privately!"
Shen Yu and Niu Da led Xue Huaimin into the living room and said very seriously, "Huaimin, as the saying goes, even the most loving couples have their disagreements. Although your elder brother and I are very loving, we have also had our arguments. Everyone has flaws."
"My younger sister has been married and had children. Although her illness is almost cured, as a doctor, you cannot say definitively that she will definitely be able to have children in the future." "The women of our family would never share a husband with another."
"If there are any intimate moments between you and your husband in the future, our family will not hide them from you. First, you must not bring up her second marriage; second, you must not bring up the possibility that she may not be able to have children!"
Xue Huaimin understood Shen Yu and Niu Da's thoughts. Many couples only have a moment of intense affection; this is what is meant by the saying "the closest of kin can become the most distant of lovers."
"Huaimin will not do such a thing! If it does in the future, then I will make sure that Huaimin can never stand in this world again!" Xue Huaimin solemnly swore.
“There’s no need for such a heavy oath. You’re willing to risk being ridiculed by the world to still marry my sister. I believe you have the courage to do so. I’m just worried about what might happen,” Chen Yu said, taking a sip of tea.
On the fifth day of the third lunar month, the sun shone brightly and the sky was clear. The Niu family had received guests from all directions at the beginning of the year, including Xiao Zhuoming.
The Xue family's wedding was a grand affair, with firecrackers and suona horns echoing throughout Niushan County. Zhao Yaomei, the old beggar woman from the Huang family who had begged her way here from Qinglong County, pulled someone aside and asked:
"Young lady, whose wedding is this?"
The woman she called "Big Sister" said, "Oh, this is the most famous doctor in our Niushan County. It's the Xue family's wedding. I heard that the whole family used to be in the Imperial Medical Academy! This time, the betrothal gifts included two pharmacies, five hundred taels of silver, several chests of silks, satins, gold and silver jewelry! Her family's dowry was also quite substantial; I heard they added two hundred taels of silver to the dowry!"
"Whose daughter did you marry?" asked the old beggar woman from the Huang family.
"She married Niu Huahua, the younger sister of the Niu family from Niushan Village, Niushan County," the woman said. "Speaking of which, Niu Huahua is very lucky; her second marriage is even better than her first! It's said that her first husband and mother-in-law were very ruthless, and they abused her in every way because she didn't have a son."
"They treat their daughter-in-law like she's nothing! She's really gotten what she deserves now!" In the village, even the slightest thing can spread like wildfire.
Although Niushan Village has a custom of celebrating weddings, it is mostly done in a proper and orderly manner and does not go too far. They only stopped Xue Huaimin slightly before letting him carry Niu Xiaomei away!
Huang Zhao watched as the boxes were carried from Niushan Village to the courtyard behind the clinic. Although the courtyard was not as large as Jia Dafu's seven-courtyard house, it still had three courtyards.
It looks like there are about a dozen rooms in one courtyard, and twenty or thirty rooms in total. This is considered one of the best houses in Niushan County, and even Qingzhou.
Huang Zhaoshi still felt a bit disdainful and jealous. She was just a divorced woman who couldn't have a son, yet she was worthy of being married off in such a grand manner.
But now, she's just an old beggar woman, and there's nothing she can do but mooch a meal.
Not many relatives from the Niu family came to see the bride off. Originally, it was the eldest brother-in-law who was supposed to accompany her, but Niu Da and Shen Yu were busy cleaning the house, so only the younger brother-in-law, Niu Yong, accompanied her.
Accompanying them were Xiao Heng and the Xiao Fu Bao sisters, Zhuo Ming, and Huang Shi, the eldest granddaughter-in-law of the old clan chief who served as the bride's escort.
On her wedding night, although Niu Xiaomei was not an inexperienced young girl, she was still a little shy in front of Xue Huaimin.
People flocked to the Xue family's wedding banquet, including many old friends, relatives, classmates, and students. Before drinking, Xue Huaimin deliberately spilled a lot of wine on himself.
"We absolutely have to get the groom drunk today! Huaimin, we need to see what the bride looks like that made our Divine Doctor Xue fall in love at first sight! Haha!"
"Okay, drink..."
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"Huaimin, you're drunk!" Several of Xue's cousins escorted Xue Huaimin back to his new house.
"Cousin, brother, I'm not drunk! Sister-in-law, you can't tell my brother what to do, I...I'm not drunk! I can still drink!"
Until the door to the new house was closed.
Xue Huaimin stopped pretending to be drunk; he had actually only drunk four or five cups of wine. The wedding candles in the bridal chamber burned and flickered joyfully.
Xue Huaimin used a ruyi scepter to lift Niu Xiaomei's veil. The girl in front of him was the one he had fallen in love with at first sight and whom he had always wanted to marry.
He didn't care what others thought; what he cared about was whether she was willing to marry him.
The wedding candles gradually went out.
The bride and groom lay in their wedding quilt, wearing their wedding attire, along with their undergarments and panties. Suddenly, one of them was kicked to the ground, and then some embarrassing sounds gradually came from inside until dawn.
The indoor space is bathed in the enchanting spring light.
Since Niu Jinhua and Niu Yinhua were struck by lightning two years ago, Niu Jinhua's eyes have become increasingly blind, to the point that she hasn't left the house for two years.
Zhao Yiming of Zhao Family Village had long since grown tired of her. If it weren't for the fact that she had given birth to two sons for the Zhao family, she probably would have lost her place long ago.
Last night, Zhao Yiming returned from town and heard the sound of gongs and drums at the Niu family's house. When he went inside, he found that not only had the Niu family built a new house, but they were also planning a grand wedding for his sister.
He also heard the head of the Niu family, who was officiating the wedding, read out the betrothal gifts and dowry in public, which made Zhao Yiming feel a little uncomfortable. They were all sisters, so why was Niu Da treating them differently?
The third sister is the younger sister, but she ignores the eldest sister.
After he got back, he told Niu Jinhua about it that very night: "Tomorrow, I'll take you and the two kids out for a drink!"
Niu Jinhua said in a shrill voice, "You surnamed Zhao, aren't you ashamed enough? You have the nerve to go, but I don't! In the more than ten years since we got married, how much stuff have I openly and secretly taken from your family by going to my parents' house! You can do the math!"
Zhao Yiming kicked Niu Jinhua hard and said:
"You wretched woman, how dare you talk back to me? Do you think things are still the same as before? Even if others don't earn money, they can still work. What, you expect me to support you? You useless idiot, your sister received a dowry of two hundred taels of silver. If you could get even a single hair out of it, would I still treat you like this?"
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