The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 251 - 247 Great Joy

Chapter 251: Chapter 247 Great Joy

The era was one of peace, with no wars to speak of, and soldiers in the military camp only received minor injuries from daily training, the likelihood of which was also slim. As a result, the camp was not lacking in medicinal supplies for injuries. The supplies that Shopkeeper Gu had someone deliver were merely stashed inside an old wooden box, packaged in small oil-paper wrapped bundles of medicinal powder, without even the name of the medical hall on them.

Therefore, when the medicinal supplies arrived at the military camp, they were casually placed by the soldier in charge of the storeroom in a corner.

With the flow of materials in the storeroom, it did not take long for them to be buried under other items.

As time went by, with the sun rising and setting, the seasons changing from sunny to rainy, three months passed, and at last, the wedding day of Ruo He and Yichu arrived.

The Ruo Family had not held a joyous occasion in a long time, and initially planned to only invite people from the village and a few friendly households. But now that they had a Commandery Princess in the family, times had changed. Given the Ruo Family’s current status in Shaxi County, many well-known households came uninvited.

Among the guests were officials who came with the County Magistrate, as well as numerous wealthy families that joined along with the most affluent Xue.

The Ruo Family’s paper-making and rouge workshops, with a variety of rouge powders and skincare products, as well as their thousand-catty-per-acre grain yield and successfully cultivated mushrooms, were all seen as business opportunities and contributions to political achievements. Many guests were attracted by these prospects.

Luckily, the Ruo Family had long been performing acts of charity in the village. Over the past year, many villagers had bettered their lives by working for the Ruo Family. Thus, when the Ruo Family held the wedding celebration, most families in the village actively offered to help out, and this allowed the event to be handled smoothly amidst the busyness.

After Ruo He brought the bride back from the town to the village and they had completed the ceremonies and were sent into the bridal chamber,

Granny Lei said to Xuanbao, "Xuanbao, would you take your little friends to your third uncle’s bridal room to keep your new aunt company?"

Today, the Ruo Family had almost the whole village over, barring a few like Granny Tan and Daniu’s families.

But those families were thick-skinned, and were also intent on mending their ways and getting on good terms with the Ruo Family, so they all brought along their gifts and showed up at the door.

They saw and heard from those in the village who went to the Ruo Family to help with the feast that many dishes were prepared—chickens, geese, ducks, fish, shrimps, crabs; anything that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, or swam in the water, they had it all. One big fatty pig was not enough; they prepared two. How much bounty would there be?

How could they miss such a lavish feast?

After all, one does not strike at a smiling face held out in friendship, and moreover, since it was a day of great joy, and they arrived with either eggs or pieces of cloth, it was already a significant show of face on their part. Previously, when they attended feasts at other homes, they would either come empty-handed or with a basket of wilted greens.

Therefore, Granny Lei still invited them in.

One could trust that they would not dare to do or say anything outrageous again. Otherwise, they could forget about getting the rice seeds for the third season.

However, Granny Lei was afraid Granny Tan would recognize Zhen Yi, so she had Xuanbao go and accompany her.

"Alright!" Ruo Xuan sweetly agreed, and then she summoned Zhang Jie and the other girls to see the bride, taking on the task of keeping the bride company.

As the bride had just entered, relatives and friends, along with women and children from the village, were all curious to come and see what the bride looked like, which made the bridal room very lively at that moment.

Yichu felt a bit nervous; the proximity was too close, and she was afraid of being recognized by Granny Tan and the villagers.

Granny Tan arrived a bit late and was squeezed to the back of the crowd. At that moment, she was on her tiptoes, craning her neck to size up the bride.

She felt an inexplicable familiarity with the bride, thinking she resembled Zhen Yi, but upon closer inspection, the two looked entirely different. Zhen Yi, that mighty girl, always seemed shrunken and timid when seated, lacking the bride’s gracefulness and beauty.

Yet why was that feeling of familiarity so strong?

Ultimately, as a biological mother and daughter, while no one else could recognize Zhen Yi and didn’t have that feeling, Granny Tan felt something familiar.

Seeing this, Ruo Xuan took Yichu’s hand and asked Zhang Jie, "Isn’t my third aunt very beautiful?"

Zhang Jie nodded, "Very beautiful. Your third aunt is the prettiest bride I’ve ever seen."

"My third aunt is also very formidable. Her mother used to be a fragrance-blending female officer in the palace’s Bureau of Tailoring. The rose-scented hair wash I sent you before was made from the rose essential oil she extracted. And the very fragrant mosquito-repelling sachet you mentioned too."

Zhang Jie exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, really? Xuanbao, your third aunt is amazing!"

Yichu knew that Ruo Xuan intentionally mentioned these things in front of the villagers so that even if they felt she resembled Zhen Yi, they would not think in that direction.

She laughed and said, "It’s not as exaggerated as Xuanbao says. It was Xuanbao who thought of the method for extracting the essential oils. As for blending scents, it’s a talent, just like my mother, a gift from the heavens to earn a living."

When everyone heard this, they took it to mean that her talent for fragrances was inherited from her own mother.

Since ancient times, daughters of officials had a certain weight to them.

The women in the village were already dazzled by the bride’s appearance, and learning that the bride’s mother was once a female officer, they praised her one after another, saying, "My oh my, Ruo He’s wife is too beautiful! No wonder she has a mother who served as a female officer in the palace. Just look at the third daughter-in-law’s sitting posture, it’s different from ours! Even more cultured than those educated ladies."

"It must be the nurturing of the palace waters; her skin so delicate and tender, her little hands so soft they seem like they could drip water."

"Of course, she’s tender. She’s a lady from the Capital City, raised without ever having to do rough work, interacting with flowers every day, growing up as lovely as a flower herself. How could her hands not be soft? You can tell she’s smart and skilled, unlike those of us who grew up in the village; our hands are thick as branches from all the farm work!"

"Ruo He is absolutely blessed to have married such a beautiful wife."

"All of the Ruo brothers are lucky, each of their wives is prettier than the last."

"And each is more capable! Yichu can make rouge and powder."

The products that came out of the Ruo Family’s rouge and powder workshop had been tried by the villagers, thanks to Ruo Xuan, and their effects were nothing short of miraculous.

"So beautiful, Ruo He is also handsome. The new bride and Ruo He are such a perfect match, at first glance, they’re the very definition of a match made in heaven! Zhao’s family simply cannot compare!"

"On such a good day, why bring up the Zhao family? No need to belittle others! The third daughter-in-law can blend scents and make rouge and powder, unlike that lazy and gambling-addicted fatso Zhao, who can’t even compare to the bride’s fingertips! ..."

After hearing Zhen Yi speak, Granny Tan no longer found her familiar; her voice wasn’t Zhen Yi’s.

It must be because of the slight resemblance in features that she had felt a sense of familiarity!

But Zhen Yi was nowhere near as beautiful as the bride.

Not even close!

She felt a twinge of regret. Ruo He’s bride bore a slight resemblance to Zhen Yi; surely, it meant that Ruo He still harbored feelings for Zhen Yi. Had she known earlier, she would not have sold Zhen Yi, and even without a dowry, might have given her in marriage to Ruo He, which today would have paid off handsomely.

But now it was too late for regrets!

The night before Ruo He’s big wedding day, Ruo Hai returned from the military camp, and Ruo Shan also took leave from the medical center to come back.

Ruo He had the weakest alcohol tolerance among the brothers, so during the wedding celebrations, the brothers joined the villagers in drinking on his behalf, fending off toasts for Ruo He to prevent him from getting completely inebriated and unable to consummate the marriage.

Ruo Hai, as the eldest, drank the most, nearly reaching his limit, already slightly drunk.

Partly because he had just moved to a new house, Ruo Hai reported back to the military camp, and moreover, tonight the drink was peach blossom brew made by Ruo Xuan. It tasted sweet, but lacked a strong punch.

Forgetting he now had a new house, he staggered back to his old home, to the room that was his, and pushed the door open.

"Ah!" A woman’s scream pierced the sky.

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