The neighbor of the Nan family, the uncle from the Chen family who once saw Jewel at the entrance of Dongying Village during her previous visit, stood among the crowd of curious middle-aged men and praised without holding back:
"You know what, Xavi really looks good all dressed up like this…"
The man next to him, just as excited while watching the scene, nodded and replied, "Yeah, he does."
The long line of Jewel's dowry procession stretched all the way from the Nan family to the village entrance, with no end in sight.
When they reached the big red wedding sedan chair, Jewel directly lifted her husband into her arms.
People watching outside started cheering loudly.
But little Xavi stayed calm. He had expected this move from his wife and obediently snuggled into her arms, letting her carry him into the sedan.
The sedan was very spacious. Jewel didn't feel cramped at all. She gently helped him sit down and opened a small wooden box placed beside them like she was showing off a treasure.
"Xavi, did you eat anything this morning?"
She had packed lots of his favorite snacks in that box—cakes he liked, steaming meat buns, and freshly made dumplings from the restaurant...
Yes, she had gone to the restaurant first to grab Xavi's favorite foods before coming to the Nan family.
Xavi shook his head and seriously said, "Wife, a newlywed husband shouldn't eat on the wedding day."
He didn't know exactly why, but that was the rule, and every man followed it...
But just as he finished talking, he smelled a familiar delicious scent, and his stomach growled, "grrr~"
Jewel chuckled softly, then gently pulled up the red veil over his head so his nose and eyes were exposed to the light.
She touched his soft, fair cheeks and said with a smile, "I knew you'd get hungry, so I brought you something to eat. You'd be starving if you didn't eat all day!
Maybe others can't eat on their wedding day, but my Xavi can.
There's still a bit of a walk left to home. Eat slowly first. I'm going up front to ride a horse. Be good~"
"Okay," Xavi blushed and nodded, his heart full of sweetness.
Whenever he was with his wife, she always knew exactly what he needed. It was like they were soulmates who had just met again. They were always so in sync!
She knew when he was upset, when he was hungry, and even what he liked to eat.
He didn't even know when she memorized all his preferences.
And those dumplings the restaurant had just introduced—he only had them once and never got the chance to eat them again, but she remembered...
Jewel looked radiant, like a victorious general who just won a big battle. She didn't hide her joy at all.
She wore a bright red silk outfit just like her husband, looking full of life and energy.
The dowry team heading to Dongying Village included exactly 110 carts. Each cart carried a big wooden box filled with the dowry Jewel prepared for her husband.
Even though the Nan family wasn't wealthy, Xavia had earned quite a bit working at the restaurant for a few months. The family pitched in and managed to prepare fifteen full boxes of dowry for Xavi.
When Jewel gave the Nan family 88 chests as part of the betrothal gifts, they kept 15 of the best items to return to Jewel's home with Xavi.
So in the end, Xavi's dowry totaled exactly 110 chests!
Jewel had more than a thousand silver taels when she tallied up her property. Most of that money went into the betrothal gifts and dowry for Xavi.
When the 110 carts left Dongying Village again, Jewel simply ordered them to turn around so the back of the line became the front, and the procession of people in red clothes headed grandly toward their new home in Chong'an Town.
The bracelet on Xavi's wrist was the same silver one his wife had bought him in town on the third day after she woke up from his recovery.
Although the Xie family had since moved to town and become wealthier, and Xavi now had more and better clothes and jewelry, his favorite remained that pair of "bamboo-style silver bracelets."
He had received many rare and beautiful items that most village boys could only dream of, but the one he chose to wear in the wedding sedan was still that bracelet!
Xavi sat in the sedan happily, holding the food box filled with his favorite snacks. After a few bites and a short rest, he suddenly sensed something was strange.
He heard many surprised voices outside:
"Whose wedding is this? It's so extravagant!"
"Yeah, not even royal weddings are this grand!"
Then someone asked the speaker, "Have you seen a royal wedding?"
"Nope, but it feels like it would be like this…"
"…."
Why were people outside reacting so strongly?
He lifted the red veil over his eyes and took a better look at the sedan he was in. It was much bigger than usual—big enough for two or three people to lie down inside!
Xavi put his dumplings back in the box, carefully set the box aside, and peeked out through the front curtain.
One... three… seven, eight—
Eight people!
That's right!
There were eight people carrying the sedan!
That must mean there were also eight in the back, right?
Earlier he'd been covered by the heavy veil and didn't notice the size of the sedan.
No wonder his wife could carry him in and still sit and talk with him!
She actually used a huge, eight-person lift wedding sedan to pick him up!
Xavi lost all interest in eating. He opened the side curtain a little more.
What did he see?!
There were way more than just 110 carts in the dowry team!
The red wooden chests loaded onto the horse-drawn carts twisted and turned down the road so many times he couldn't even count them.
From what he could see, there were already more than eighty carts!
Suddenly, Xavi remembered something he once said to his wife while they were chatting at the restaurant about weddings. He had mentioned that he liked big red sedans and long lines of carts…
He was totally shocked!
Oh my god!
A big red sedan carried by eight people—big enough for over ten people to sit inside…
A long cart procession stretching beyond the eye could see…
Xavi never imagined his casual words would be taken so seriously by his wife.
No wonder she kept brushing off his questions about the wedding details!
Turns out, even before the restaurant had officially opened, she had already started planning everything…
Maybe even earlier than that…