SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 14 out, this is Chapter 15 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Tao Ren/Fem!OC
Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.
Chapter 15: Wedding Day, Part One
Three days before the wedding...
After making the new married couple's bed with new red covers, Yang Huan, Hui Ling's grandmother, then prepared for the items needed to 'set the bed'. In a red tray, two red packets were placed in the tray. A plastic pack of wrapped candies were next. A pair of oranges acted as a stand for the red packets. A handful of dried longan, red dates, lotus seeds dried melon slices, lily bulbs walnuts, peanuts, dried tangerine, and the two boxes of five element seeds were then scattered in the tray as well.
With the bed 'set', Yang Huan then removed the fate coins from the red pouch and placed them at each corner of the bedroom, the cupboards, drawers. With the remaining coins left, Yang Huan then inserted two coins into the red packets. Four more coins were inserted at each corner of the mattress with the last two coins under the pair of pillows.
Now that the coins were put in the right places, the elderly Yang woman switched on the twin wedding lamps and thus completing the 'bed setting' ceremony.
On the night before the wedding...
"Grandmama." Hui Ling turned to her grandmother.
"Ling-er." Yang Huan approached her granddaughter with a sewing kit and a round comb. "First stroke: May your marriage last a lifetime." she recited after the first comb. "Second stroke: May you be blessed with a happy and harmonious marriage until old age. Third stroke: May you be blessed with an abundance of children and grandchildren. Fourth stroke: May you be blessed with longevity."
"Thank you, grandmama." Hui Ling hugged her grandmother.
"Don't cry." Yang Huan chided gently, bringing out a bowl of glutinous rice balls. "Young Ren is a good man."
"I know, grandmama." Hui Ling whispered.
The next morning...
Seated on the edge of her newly made bed and dressed in her red wedding gown, Hui Ling bit her inner cheek as she tried not to giggle upon hearing the furious haggling her bridesmaids were having against Ren and his entourage of best men.
"Your sisters are brutal." Ren admitted, after placing the bridal bouquet into Hui Ling's hands and kissing her after lifting her veil.
"So, I heard." Hui Ling let loose a small giggle.
"Up we go." Ren heaved Hui Ling into his arms and the couple exited the bedroom.
At the Yang Family gates, Yang Huang was ready at the doors with a red umbrella opened. Placing the umbrella above his daughter's head, he escorted her into the bridal car, as Hui Ling's bridesmaids threw red beans and rice grains throughout the procession.
Once Hui Ling was situated inside the bridal car, the window on Hui Ling's side rolled down and a red folding fan was tossed out of the window.
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