The walking koi started from winning the first prize in the lottery

Since Yang Xi and all her elders had passed away, the two families skipped many of the complicated engagement procedures, and everything was decided by the two young people.

The engagement was scheduled for January 18th. Yang Xihe invited a respected distant relative from the village to come over, while Wu Shuangshuang's parents came instead.

The wedding is scheduled for May 26th, when the weather will be neither too hot nor too cold. Choosing a sunny and breezy day will fulfill the couple's dream of having a lawn wedding.

The days after the engagement seemed to fly by.

To bring good luck, Wu Shuangshuang asked for a bride price of 188,000 yuan, and also prepared an additional 188,000 yuan in cash as part of her dowry.

Then, in February, March, and April, we were busy purchasing all sorts of wedding supplies.

When we took our wedding photos in February, it was still quite cold, so we canceled the outdoor photo shoots and opted for an indoor studio shoot instead.

"I don't know if we'll ever look at these wedding photos again. I reckon we'll only look at them when we receive them, and then they'll probably just gather dust!" Wu Shuangshuang said with a smile as she looked at Yang Xi standing behind her in the mirror while getting her makeup done.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Even if it’s just sitting there gathering ashes, we still have to take a picture. What do you call this? This is called the sense of ceremony in a wedding!” Yang Xihe raised his phone and snapped a picture of Wu Shuangshuang in the mirror, then posted it on his WeChat Moments. In no time, it received dozens of likes.

Because Yang Xi and his company were in a phase of rapid development, he spent most of March and April in Hangzhou arranging company affairs.

Of course, before he left, he bought a house in the neighborhood next to Wu Shuangshuang's parents' house. It was a 145-square-meter house with three bedrooms and one living room, and it was fully furnished.

When the contract was signed, only Wu Shuangshuang's name was written on it.

Seeing Wu Shuangshuang's surprised look, Yang Xihe explained, "What's mine is yours, just write your name!"

In order for the couple to have a wonderful honeymoon after the wedding, Yang Xi asked Dai Rongrong for help with some of the preparations, since she knew best what Wu Shuangshuang liked.

Of course, he paid a considerable price to get Wu Shuangshuang's best friend Dai Rongrong to help him.

Wu Shuangshuang and her mother bought a lot of quilts. Why? Because they have a lot of houses!

The bedding for the wedding room needs to be prepared. The bedding for the couple to sleep at their parents' house also needs to be prepared. Although Yang Xi's elders have all passed away, it's impossible for them not to go back to such a big house during holidays. Even if they only go back to the countryside occasionally to relax, they still need to go back to stay there. Therefore, bedding for the wedding room there also needs to be prepared.

In the end, Wu Shuangshuang bought 20 quilts.

Next comes the household items that need to be bought for the wedding.

In Xingyu County, there is an old shopping mall that is older than Wu Shuangshuang. Although it looks very old, it occupies a large area.

The items in this mall are of good quality and inexpensive, and there are many wedding supplies available on the second floor.

For example, red slippers, red washbasins, red towels, and red toilets.

Oh, don't misunderstand, nowadays dowries are no longer like the old-fashioned dowry, where a red spittoon was actually bought and brought along.

Just for good luck, they would prepare a small, red wooden toilet, and put peanuts, red dates, chopsticks, toilet paper, and so on inside.

The symbolism is that the bride will have a son soon. After the bride brings the item to the bridal chamber, it mainly serves a decorative purpose.

Wu Shuangshuang and her mother, along with Leng Wuyai and Leng Feixue, were carrying so many bags that they almost couldn't carry them all.

When I got to the store, I realized there were so many things I needed to buy. I had to get a pair of red kettles, red toothbrush cups, red teacups, a tray and teacups for the tea ceremony, all kinds of "double happiness" characters in different styles, colors and sizes, colorful peanuts, red eggs, a red dressing mirror, a red comb, and dragon and phoenix chopsticks and bowls.

Oh, and the red suitcase too.

The four of them, with all eight hands full of bags and packages, returned home with a bountiful harvest.

Thankfully, Shuangshuang's mother had the foresight to have Leng Wuyai bring the RV so that all the stuff could be transported home.

After being transported home, it needs to be washed and cleaned, and then wrapped with red silk floss.

Some items had to be moved to the bridal chamber before the wedding, while others were taken along with the wedding procession on the wedding day.

For example, the money tree in front of Wu Shuang's eyes.

"Surely we're not going to take this huge money tree to the wedding day?!" Wu Shuangshuang's eyes widened.

"How are we supposed to carry this? Who can move it?"

"Are you silly? Here, when a daughter gets married, her family always brings a money tree as part of her dowry." Wu's mother tapped Wu Shuangshuang's head, walked around the money tree, and nodded with great satisfaction.

This money tree has a very good shape and is very lush.

"Isn't this a money tree? Why is it called a cash cow?" Wu Shuangshuang still didn't understand.

"Wait a moment, I'll tell you why it's called the money tree!" With that, Mrs. Wu went into the room and soon came back with several dozen red Mao Zedong bills.

Also brought over were a gold metal strip and gold brooch clips.

Watching Wu's mother's nimble hands fly around, 10 Mao Zedong bills turned into a flower in her hands.

As she continued what she was doing, Wu's mother placed the pink flower, which had been transformed from Chairman Mao, onto the money tree in front of her.

"Look, 10 pictures make one flower. I want to make this money tree bloom with flowers!"

"My goodness! Mom, you're amazing! How many flowers must such a big money tree have?"

“I plan to get you 100 flowers, which will cost 80,000 yuan. On your wedding day, we'll have your two cousins ​​carry them in a basket for you in the wedding procession!”

With a smile in her eyes, Wu's mother said, "This money is from your father and me. We hope that you two will have a prosperous life after you get married."

"Oh, Mom, you're so sweet." Wu Shuangshuang smiled and snuggled up to her mother, rubbing against her arm and twisting back and forth.

At this moment, she would never say something like, "This 80,000 yuan is for my mother."

Now that their family's financial situation has improved, and Mr. Wu's factory business is booming, 80,000 yuan is really a small amount of money for them. So she won't be polite to them in this regard. She knows that this is her parents' love and blessing for her.

The weather was exceptionally good on May 26th.

The hotel that Wu Shuangshuang and her friends chose had a very large green lawn outside. Since they had booked their banquet at this hotel, they could use their lawn for free.

Skipping over the noisy and disruptive aspects of traditional wedding emcees, Wu Shuangshuang invited her best friend Dai Rongrong to be the emcee.

We had a relaxed, joyful, and heartwarming wedding witnessed by all our relatives and friends.

After the simple ceremony, all the guests went into the hotel lobby for their meal.

While changing into her toasting dress in the room, Wu Shuangshuang pulled Dai Rongrong aside and whispered, "When you get married in the future, you can do what I did. A lawn wedding is so simple, saving you the cost of setting up a stage for a traditional wedding. That money would be enough for Yang Xi and me to travel to Europe."

"Sister, you really know how to manage your money! You're so rich, yet you still think of this!" Dai Rongrong gave a thumbs up.

"Oh, it's not that we're trying to save money, we just want a relaxed wedding, not something too tiring. Of course, if we can save money along the way, that would be even better!"