The next morning, Chang Kun was woken up by his mother.

"Get up, let's go get haircuts together, and refresh ourselves!"

Today marks the wedding day, and the whole family needs to get ready.

The little girls had already been woken up, and they stood in the yard, all still sleepy-eyed.

"I don't want to cut my hair, I want to braid it!"

"We girls look better with long hair!!"

"Look at Xiuer, her hair is still just a few specks, it looks awful!"

The three sisters were making a fuss and refused to get their hair cut.

"Say it again! Your eldest brother is getting married tomorrow, don't force me to take action!" Liu Meifen rolled up her sleeves and gestured, scaring her three sisters into quickly promising to obey.

"That's more like it! Hurry up and eat, then go get your hair cut. We'll get you new clothes tomorrow, so don't be ungrateful."

The whole family looked refreshed after getting their hair cut.

Chang Kun, in particular, was already quite dashing, and now, in the blue Zhongshan suit he'll be wearing for his wedding tomorrow, he looks even more handsome.

Liu Meifen nodded in satisfaction: "He truly is my son; he's as handsome as I was when I was young!"

He turned to look at a few girls and said, "You little rascals, your hair looks so good after the haircut. Come get it cut every two months from now on."

Back home, Chang Kun's mother gave him a long list of things to keep in mind for the wedding procession the next day, which made Chang Kun's head spin.

Having never been married in my previous life, I now realize how complicated marriage can be.

"Just know that, it's okay if you can't remember. Your uncle will follow you around and remind you."

Chang Kun breathed a sigh of relief; that was more like it.

"Go and rest, get some rest, you'll be busy tomorrow."

Liu Meifen took the little girls next door and forbade them from disturbing her older brother.

With his head propped up on the pillow, Chang Kun listened silently to the laughter of the girls next door and the occasional scolding from his mother. He felt that this life was truly wonderful.

In a daze, he fell asleep and had a dream.

In his dream, he was still in his past life, his parents were gone, and small flowers were blooming on Xiu'er's grave mound.

The eldest sister, along with Xiaoqing and Xiaomu, stood behind her, paying respects to their parents together.

Their faces were blurry and indistinct, and they did not respond when spoken to.

What's going on?

In his dream, Chang Kun was terrified, beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his hands and feet flailing wildly.

Suddenly, he straightened up and sat up abruptly.

I glanced outside and saw that it was already dark; I had actually slept for most of the day.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on the bed in deep thought.

I had this dream once before, also about my past life, and nothing had changed.

Could this be some kind of omen?

If I have this dream again and again, will it happen a third time?

Chang Kun, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, was no longer so resistant to superstitious things after his rebirth.

I got up and went into the yard, where the laughter still came from next door.

Is it because they're afraid of disturbing them, since their whole family hasn't come back yet?

I washed my face in the pool a few times to get rid of the negative emotions from my dream, and then went to my neighbor's house.

"Hey! Our groom's awake!"

"Xiao Kun, you're really carefree. Other people are so nervous about their weddings that they can't sleep, but you've been sleeping for so long in broad daylight."

"This shows that Xiao Kun has a good attitude, and her life is even better after marriage!"

Parents, uncle and aunt, second aunt and uncle, and eldest sister and brother-in-law and the little girls squeezed into one room, eating melon seeds and drinking tea.

When they saw Chang Kun coming over, they all started making jokes.

Chang Kun greeted everyone, then turned to his mother: "Mom, do I have any plans for tonight?"

"You're not needed here anymore. Just get ready tomorrow morning and go with the bride... We've hired a puppet show, it'll be noisy all night, thank goodness you slept enough during the day."

The little girls' eyes widened when they heard there was a puppet show.

"Wow! Mom, is there really a puppet show?"

"When will the puppet show come? Why didn't you say so sooner?!"

Chang Qing held her mother's arm, somewhat incredulous.

"Hmph! Would you think I'd lie to you? I knew you'd keep asking when the puppet show was coming, that's why I didn't tell you in advance."

Performing a puppet show the night before the wedding is an old custom.

But these days every household is struggling, and very few families can afford to hire puppeteers. Those small troupes that rely on puppet shows for a living are almost going out of business.

The little girls cheered and ran back to their own homes, bringing out small stools to sit and wait for the puppet show.

This is a rare form of entertainment for children; putting on a puppet show at home is something they can brag about to their friends.

"I want to sit in the very front!"

"I'm the oldest, I should be in front!"

"I'm the youngest, you all have to give way to me!"

Before the puppet show even started, the girls put on a good show of fake sisterhood.

As dusk settles, the puppet show begins.

The little girls were munching on sunflower seeds, watching the show with their legs crossed, looking incredibly carefree.

The elders next door were discussing the wedding arrangements for tomorrow morning, and they were having a great time.

Chang Kun couldn't get a word in edgewise, and tomorrow he was prepared to be a puppet, doing whatever the elders told him to do.

As the younger generation, both the bride and groom go through this process.

Stepping out of the courtyard, I looked up at the full moon in the sky and realized that it was already the fifteenth of the month.

Tomorrow is the sixteenth, that's an even better day.

I wonder what Cheng Min is thinking right now, or if she's also looking at the same bright moon.

After smoking a cigarette in the alley, Chang Kun turned around and went back to his own courtyard.

The little girls had already stopped making noise and were watching the puppet show intently, not wanting to blink.

At this moment, the puppet show is performing "The Fairy Couple," a celebratory scene that is quite fitting for a wedding.

Without disturbing the girls, Chang Kun returned to his room and lay comfortably on his bed.

After tomorrow, this bed will no longer be a lonely place for me to lie in. With Cheng Min in the house, I imagine I'll be even happier.

Before the wedding, I felt neither the anxiety nor the excitement I had imagined; everything just seemed to fall into place naturally.

During my free time, I went through all the skills that the system rewarded me with and found that many of them would be very useful in my married life.

For example, the pain caused by a hard hand; or the eloquence of a silver tongue; and the recent surge in demand.

All of this will become Cheng Min's good fortune.

Looking sideways at the gradually darkening sky outside, Chang Kun suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a bit like the New Year. How could there be no fireworks at this time?

At this time of year, getting married usually involves setting off two strings of large red firecrackers and that's it.

But Chang Kun didn't think so. He believed that a wedding only happens once, so it should be a lively and festive occasion.

The wedding was completed during the day, and at night, the couple would play pranks in the bridal chamber while Hongxia and her maids set off fireworks outside.

I bet all the younger girls will be grinning from ear to ear.

Thinking of this, Chang Kun got up and walked out of the courtyard.

Now that we've thought of it, and we have the means, we'll definitely make sure the wedding is a big, lively affair.

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