Prank wedding pranks? Little fortune teller remarries military officer in a sweet romance.

Ling Chun noticed an aunt from her husband's family in the crowd and casually asked her a question.

"Aunt Wang, what are you doing?"

Aunt Wang was a talkative girl. As soon as she heard someone ask, she rushed over to gossip with Ling Chun.

"You know Qin Shixiao from our village, right?"

Ling Chun nodded: "I know, I heard he's an officer in the army!"

The Qin family, in fact, were related to her husband's family through some roundabout means, and she had heard quite a bit about how capable this young man was.

"He's getting married today? And it's already this late..."

There are rules for weddings here. Auspicious times are usually before noon. Ling Chun felt that the He family was deliberately making things difficult for her sister by having her leave before dawn.

Her family is already ridiculously early, but the Qin family is almost at one o'clock, and the bride still hasn't left. Is that...?

"That's exactly right!" Aunt Wang clapped her hands and whispered:

"We arrived at the Cai family's house a little after eight o'clock, but the Cai family, on the other hand, suddenly raised the price, demanding that Xiao Qin pay another two thousand yuan before they would let their daughter leave. You know, this marriage was something the Cai family was eager to arrange in the first place, and now..."

Ling Jiuyue also knew about this.

Qin Shixiao joined the army early and performed well, achieving outstanding military exploits. At a young age, he was promoted to battalion commander, showing great promise for the future.

Cai Lanfang, the daughter of the Cai family, had her eye on Qin Shixiao from a young age. Unfortunately, Qin Shixiao either didn't like her or was focused on his career, and he turned down countless matchmakers.

Cai Lanfang is cunning. Three years ago, when Qin Shixiao came home to visit his family, she deliberately fell into the water and was rescued by Qin Shixiao. Since then, she has been clinging to Qin Shixiao.

The Qin family has been delaying the process until now, citing her being under the legal age for marriage and the military's refusal to approve her marriage application.

Unexpectedly, now that Qin Shixiao is going to marry her, the Cai family is in trouble again.

Ling Chun was busy going home to call people over to help her younger sister get her dowry, so she didn't have time to chat with Aunt Wang.

"Aunt Wang, we have something to do, we need to go first..."

"Aunt Wang, why is the Cai family making things difficult for the groom now?" Ling Jiuyue interrupted her older sister and asked Aunt Wang, not in a hurry.

Aunt Wang was getting into her story when she glanced over and said, "What else could it be? It's just that Xiao Qin made a mistake in the army. I heard that when he was training the soldiers, he forced one of them to run until he died."

He's carrying a murder charge now. Some say his superiors protected him, while others say he's already been sentenced and is being brought back to give him a chance to say goodbye to his family; otherwise, he'd be shot.

His grandmother was very anxious, so she busied herself finding him a wife; if that didn't work, at least he could have an heir!

Ling Jiuyue looked up and immediately spotted Qin Shixiao in the crowd.

This person was so tall, I'd estimate he was about 1.85 meters, that he stood out like a crane among chickens in a crowd.

Faced with the most vicious insults possible from Cai's mother, he remained unmoved and composed. With his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his features were sharp and distinct, and his expression was resolute, which added a touch of calm and composure to his already outstanding appearance.

Ling Jiuyue secretly admired him; no wonder Cai Lanfang was willing to jump into the river to get close to him.

Putting aside his dazzling future, his looks and physique alone are enough to captivate a whole host of girls.

Her gaze fell on his forehead, where faint red lines and dark clouds seemed to be encroaching, an omen of the Vermilion Bird plunging into the river. It was feared that he was destined to suffer three punishments, framed by villains, and harmed by his closest relatives and friends.

Looking at the nose, the bridge of the nose is remarkably steep and unbroken, indicating that this person's foundation is intact, their will is strong, they will receive help from benefactors, and with the Tai Sui shifting, their fortunes will turn around!

Ling Jiuyue quickly calculated and realized that this benefactor was none other than herself.

However, Qin Shixiao's fate was special. Even without her today, he would only have to lie low for a few more years and eventually rise to prominence. But he would have lost all his relatives and suffered endless cold stares. By the time he was on his deathbed, he had seen all the vicissitudes of life and his heart was as still as water.

"Qin Shixiao, I've raised my daughter with great care for twenty years, providing her with food, drink, and education. Now she's about to become part of your family. Is it too much for me to ask for this small dowry?!"

Qin Shixiao's voice was cold, tinged with anger:

"Auntie, I agreed to everything you asked for: 48 legs, three beds, six blankets, five sets of clothes, and small items like kettles and enamel mugs."

When we got engaged, you wanted three watches and one radio, plus two hundred yuan, which I did.

"Everyone's about to head out, and you suddenly raise the price to two thousand yuan? Auntie, my family doesn't own a gold mine, nor a bank. Do you think I can just come up with that money as soon as you ask?"

"Why can't you produce it?" Mother Cai shouted, hands on her hips, with an air of righteous indignation.

"I've heard that you earn more than a hundred yuan a month in the army. After serving for so many years, you can't even come up with two thousand yuan?"

"I can tell you're just being stingy and unwilling to spend money, afraid my daughter will spend your money. I've raised her all these years, it wasn't easy for me, Ding Lin. Asking you for two thousand yuan isn't twenty thousand. Who are you trying to fool with that 'I'm driving someone crazy' attitude?"

Qin Shixiao's aunt was so angry she wanted to hit someone: "Lanfang's mother, can you be reasonable? My nephew's salary is good, but my sister-in-law is in poor health, my eldest brother passed away early, and my second son has younger siblings who need to go to school. Money is needed everywhere. He can't just get married and then abandon the family!"

Mother Cai twitched the corner of her mouth and glanced sideways at Aunt Qin with her slanted eyes:

"His mother is half-dead, his younger siblings need to go to school, what does that have to do with me? It's not like I caused his mother's illness. Anyway, I'm just saying one thing: if you want to get married today, you have to give me another two thousand yuan. If you don't have the money, you can borrow it or take out a loan. Not a penny less!"

Aunt Wang explained to Ling Jiuyue, "Do you know why she's clinging to that two thousand yuan?"

Ling Jiuyue wasn't in a hurry to go home anymore. She crossed her arms and asked, "Why?"

Aunt Wang curled her lips: "Her second son, who is Cai Lanfang's second brother, found a little vixen in the city. I heard that the vixen's father is the director of a department store, and she asked for 1,500 yuan right off the bat."

"1,500, not 150. Where are ordinary folks like us supposed to find 1,500? So we'll just have to set our sights on Xiao Qin!"

Ling Chun exclaimed, "Wait a minute, I remember... his second son was already engaged, and they were supposed to get married in the spring."

"That's absolutely right!" Aunt Wang added, "The older brother should get married before his younger sister. It's just that he wants to marry into a higher social class, so he's been dragging his feet and refusing to marry her. Now he's forcing Xiao Qin to give him money. As soon as he gets the money, he'll go find the woman to break off the engagement and go to the city to marry the daughter of an official!"

An elderly woman watching the commotion chimed in, "That's all ancient history! Even if Xiao Qin could come up with two thousand or three thousand yuan for this wedding, it still wouldn't happen!"

"Why?" the others asked in unison.