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Meng Liangdong was a lone man with no parents and no close paternal uncles or brothers to rely on, so he had no choice but to depend on his friends for his matrimonial matters.

Generally, the process of a man and woman getting married involves six steps: presenting betrothal gifts, asking about the name, presenting auspicious gifts, presenting the betrothal money, setting the wedding date, and welcoming the bride.

The exchange of birth charts and arranging the dowry were already taken care of by Old Mr. Cheng and Shopkeeper Liu.

And the furniture and other items for the new house were all custom-made from Lin Changqing’s store, with each item being the most fashionable style of the time.

To prepare for the wedding of Meng Liangdong and Mo Sanniang, Lin Yuan specially gave Rice Flower Fragrance a two-day leave.

However, Loudmouth and Sister-in-law Luo, one divorced and the other widowed, were not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the newlyweds according to custom.

After preparing some unimportant things for them, these two stayed away and were only waiting to bring their gifts on the wedding day to join the meal.

As Uncle Wang was getting on in years and his health was not the best, he was not asked to help and would come directly to the meal with Loudmouth.

Although Loudmouth herself couldn’t make an appearance, her two sons were busy helping out, one day lifting cabinets and the next day moving the new bed; it wouldn’t work out with two people less.

As for Xia Zheng, he naturally went to help Meng Liangdong, but those round eyes betraying his intentions showed that he wasn’t there to help but to learn.

Watching everyone busy with the preparations, he silently noted down the procedures and necessary items, saving them for when he would marry Lin Yuan!

Mo Sanniang had her parents and sisters to prepare on her side, so there was no need for Lin Yuan to run errands. Thus, Lin Yuan busied herself alongside Xia Zheng in helping Meng Liangdong, and even Lin Jiaxin came from the Lin family hollow to lend a hand.

The day for the wedding was also carefully selected, known as a "good day," calculated by a fortune teller based on the couple’s birth charts. Three days before the good day, the groom’s family needs to send "sedan chair front bearers" to the bride’s family, usually two geese, a side of pork, and two fishes.

Xia Zheng even went out of his way to inquire around, and since that was the common practice on the street, he didn’t give in to Lin Yuan’s suggestion to send extra gifts.

Besides delivering the sedan chair front bearers, the new house also needed preparations. A woman of complete good fortune had to be found to tie twenty-four pairs of chopsticks with a red string and place them under the groom’s bed.

Initially, Aunt Chen was the intended woman of complete good fortune, but in the end, Lady Liu took on the role. Not only did Lady Liu act as the woman of complete good fortune, but Xiao Yongyan also got an important role as the best man.

The role of the best man here was not what Lin Yuan had seen in her past life.

Three days before the marriage, a little boy with both parents alive had to sleep with the groom, even sleeping to his inside.

Beyond that, at night the boy had to be given buns, peanuts, and chicken eggs, signifying "wrapped up to give birth to sons. "

However, Xiao Yongyan was not yet a year old, and it was indeed impossible for him to stay away from Lady Liu all night. Luckily, this was just a custom, so every day at dusk, Lady Liu would place the sleepy Xiao Yongyan on the new bed for a while as if he had been there all night.

After several days of preparation, the wedding day finally arrived.

On that day, before the break of dawn, Lin Yuan called her two younger sisters to get up. Since they had to rise early, the three sisters spent the night at Mo Sanniang’s house.

Xiao Linshuang groggily put on her clothes, suddenly heard someone talking outside, and finally woke up completely. She quickly put on the pretty dress her elder sister had prepared for her and ran out, "Sister Mo, Sister Mo, wait for me, wait for me, I want to see the unveiling too!"

Seeing Xiao Linshuang’s hurried and flustered appearance, Lin Wei chuckled softly, lowered her eyes, and continued to fold the quilts.

Lin Yuan put on her shoes and socks, and took a deep look at Lin Wei.

Today, Lin Wei finally had some smiles on her face, the brightest Lin Yuan had seen her in these days.

She wondered when the carefree Lin Wei had disappeared, always looking so preoccupied, but no matter how Lin Yuan and Lady Liu asked, she wouldn’t say.

At first, they truly believed her claim that she was just tired, but later they realized something was off. It was clear that the young girl had something troubling her mind.

"Ouch, that hurts!" Xiao Linshuang’s scream from the outer room interrupted Lin Yuan’s thoughts. Putting aside her concerns, Lin Yuan, with a smile, pulled Lin Wei, who was already dressed, "Let’s go too, and have a look."