Transmigrated Farmgirl's Scheme to Get Rich - Chapter 212
Mo Feng’s Wedding (1)
The wedding was held in such a hurry that everyone in the village could roughly guess what had happened.
Mo Zenian wanted to take this opportunity to repair his relationship with Ms. Liang. He discussed with her, “When children get married, they need to worship their parents. I’m still here, but it wouldn’t look good if the seat was empty.”
Mo Feng also said, “That’s right! It’d sound bad if the news was spread!”
Ms. Liang thought for a moment and said, “You can sit up there and be worshipped if you want, but you can’t be called my daughter-in-law’s father in vain.”
Mo Zenian nodded and said, “Naturally. This is all the money I’ve earned recently, I’ll give it to you.”
??Mrs. Liang looked at the wallet he handed over, took it and saw that there were over ten taels of silver in it, “Okay, I agree.”
The auspicious time they chose was early in the morning in broad daylight. The escort came with them to send the bride over.
Since the journey was short, Ms. Liang hired a sedan chair to welcome the bride. Mo Feng didn’t ride a horse there, but walked. A joyous orchestra came to their in-laws’ house playing music, but their door was closed. They wanted celebratory money for the wedding, which Ms. Liang had already prepared for Mo Feng.
After slipping the red envelopes under the door one by one, the door still showed no intention of opening. He said to Mrs. Liu, who had come to welcome the bride, “The auspicious time is about to pass. What do they want?”
They heard the voices of Xiucheng and Xiulian inside, “Brother, tease that fool and take this opportunity to ask for more money.” [1]
Xiucheng said, “That’s right, we won’t have this chance ever again.”
??Mr. Liu wasn’t one to suffer a disadvantage. Although she didn’t get along with Ms. Liang usually, her attitude towards her had improved a lot since Dagan started working in the workshop. Besides, it was her job to pick up the bride today. If she failed, she wouldn’t be able to hold her head high in the village in the future.
Mrs. Liu put her hands on her hips and shouted, “Mrs. Li, if you don’t let Xiuying go out, the auspicious time will pass and there will be misfortune on your family’s ancestral grave.”
She heard Xiucheng say inside, “Is this an actual superstition?”
Xiulian said, “How would I know?”
Xiucheng also raised his voice and said, “Alright, I’ll spare you today. I’ll open the door if you give five more silver taels.”
Mo Feng held back his anger and said, “I don’t have five taels, just the one, do you want it or not?”
“Boy, if you dare to talk to your cousin-in-law like that, do you want to be beaten up? Go back home and fetch it! Go borrow the money! Do you want to marry my sister or not?”
??The bride price is only six taels and six hundred dollars, and the red envelope just given was one tael, but now he wants another five taels. This was obviously extortion.
Mo Feng simply sat down on the steps of the house, “I don’t have any money, and Xiuying will be my wife sooner or later. If I can’t pick her up today, then I will pick her and my son up another day. Please help me take care of both the mother and my son!”
As soon as he said this, everyone knew that Xiuying was pregnant. Mrs. Liu even gave Mo Feng a thumbs up, “Feng’er, well done!”
No sound came from inside, and after a while, the door opened, and the escort helped Xiuying out.
She had a bright red shroud on his head, and wore a bright red outer robe with gold thread embroidered with cloud patterns, looking extravagant and joyous. But among the people sending her off, there was also Mo Feng’s paternal aunt, as she was also Xiuying’s aunt. This made people feel uncomfortable about the situation. [1]
As soon as Mo Feng raised his hand, joyous music began to play and the wedding sedan was lowered. Mrs. Liu lifted up the sedan curtain and Xiuying got on the sedan.
The sedan chair was lifted up and went towards the Mo family’s house. Xiucheng followed behind to send off the bride.
??A wedding tent was set up in the courtyard of the Mo family to entertain guests. There was no time to build the courtyard wall of the new house, so the wall of the old courtyard was not demolished, but a door was installed.
Mo Zenian was happily busying himself both inside and out of the house, acting entirely like the head of the household.
?When the bride is married, she’s placed in the bridal room. The men and women who came to escort her were separated and settled down to drink tea.
As the hostess, Ms. Liang naturally came over to entertain the guests. When she saw Mo Feng’s paternal aunt, she stopped pouring tea from the teapot in her hand.
Mrs. Liu knew that they had always been at odds with each other, so gently tugged at Mrs. Liang’s lapel, “These are all distinguished guests who are here to see off the bride, we can’t neglect them.”
Of course, Mrs. Liang wouldn’t call her sister anymore, but she still poured tea for her. Mo Zenian also came over to say hello, and of course he greeted his sister.
She raised her head and said, “Zenian, your son’s gotten married, why didn’t you invite me, his aunt, to the wedding banquet?”
Mo Zenian bowed and said, “Sister, aren’t you here? You’ve come as part of the escort and can receive celebratory money. If I invited you to your nephew’s wedding, you’d still have to pay! We’re all family anyways, it’s good that you’ve come.”
Mo Zenian would naturally be able to say these diplomatic words. After all, he’s lived in the city for so long.
The crowd agreed, “Yes! You’ve gotten lucky!”
Mo Feng’s uncle’s family also came, but the only one of their children they brought was Liang Lan. When they entered, they immediately spoke congratulations, and Mo Zenian happily greeted them.
Uncle Liang Qiushi rolled his eyes at him, “What are you doing here?”
Mo Zenian said with a bitter face, “Brother-in-law, it’s your nephew’s big day today, so please don’t embarrass me.”
Mo Feng’s aunt pulled her husband inside, and Ms. Liang and her two daughters also came out to greet them. She also called Mo Feng, “Feng’er, your uncle and aunt are here. Come and greet them quickly.”
Mo Feng came over to salute his uncle and aunt, and his uncle said emotionally, “In a blink of an eye, I have grown up and got married. Look at you, you look exactly the same as I did when I was younger.”
His aunt was joking to herself on the sidelines, “But his bride was definitely prettier than me.”
She had never been ashamed about her ugliness, which left no room for others to point fingers.
Mrs. Liang let them inside and told Mo Yan to entertain them. Liang Lan said, “Auntie, we are all members of the family, no need to be too courteous. If you need any help, just ask.”
“Lan’er’s also grown up, has there been talk of marriage yet?”
Liang Lan stopped her and said, “Today is Brother Feng’s wedding banquet, I’m just here to enjoy it. Please don’t spoil the fun.”
Mo Yan’s aunt said, “She is the youngest in the family, and she is so spoiled that we don’t dare to marry off casually. Let’s talk about it again in two years!”
?There was a lot of joy in the air, but one person was holding anger in her heart, and that was Mo Feng’s paternal aunt. In the past, their whole family would have been treated as honoured guests, but now, they could only come in the name of the escort.
At noon, the couple bowed to heaven and earth before sending the bride back into the bridal room.
When the banquet started, Mo Feng’s aunt, as the guest of honour, was seated at the same table with the members of the escort, coincidentally just across Mo Feng and his aunt.
Ms. Liang was too busy to sit down, so Mrs. Liu entertained the guests at the table.
??Originally, there was no problem in serving the wine and serving the dishes, but disaster struck when the four treasure meatballs that were brought to the table.
?The person serving the dishes was Dagan’s younger brother Ergan, a boy of fifteen or sixteen who didn’t know much about the banquet etiquette. When the meatballs were served, he put them down wherever there was room. Unfortunately, that was right in front of Mo Feng’s paternal aunt. [2]
She hadn’t even been greeted, and was feeling angry inside. The woman finally found an outlet to vent her anger. She slapped the table and shouted loudly, “Are you doing this deliberately?! Although the girl has entered your family, she hasn’t entered the bridal chamber yet! The ceremony hasn’t been completed yet! Is this how you treat guests?”
Mrs. Liu and Mo Yan’s aunt reacted at the same time. Mo Yan’s aunt quickly went to pick up the meatballs, not wanting her aunt to knock a pot over. The meatballs, sauce, and hot water in the pot immediately spilled everywhere. No one was spared.
P.S. That’s the second chapter! Thanks for reading!
[1] I’m distinguishing Mo Feng’s paternal aunt as Mo Zenian’s sister Mrs. Mo, and Mo Feng’s aunt (no clarification) as Ms. Liang’s sister-in-law.
[2] I assume that’s a massive faux pas.