"That..." Cai Wenjuan pondered for a moment and finally remembered, "Could it be... how is that possible?"
Yuan Mengzhu didn’t say anything more; she knew her sister-in-law understood. Nevertheless, she also sighed internally, feeling somewhat disapproving of Yang Ruxin’s actions. Not yet married and already letting people carelessly call out, did she no longer care for her reputation?
No, she needed to find an opportunity to talk to Xinxin about it.
It must be said, even before Yuan Mengzhu had started to be called ’mother,’ she was already worrying, which also indicated that she had begun to see Yang Ruxin as one of her own.
Cai Wenjuan immediately gave up on the thought, feeling it was a pity, but also believed that matters of marriage were still up to fate.
As they were speaking, someone from outside came in to inform them that Miss Yang and her party had arrived.
However, before they could ask them in, they heard Fang Tianze’s voice, "Mother, we’re here..." The boy had only returned after wandering the streets with everyone and having dinner yesterday, and he had gone out early this morning, conveniently bringing the people over.
Yang Ruxin had also deliberately dressed up today, with the help of someone Yuan Mengzhu arranged to assist her.
She wore a set of goose-yellow embroidered plum-patterned aoqun and styled her hair into twin buns wrapped with pink Pearl Flowers.
Originally quite young, she looked even more charming and lovely with such attire.
Yang Ruxin remarked that this was an attempt to look younger, and she was quite unaccustomed to it, but she endured it.
"Ah, this dress really suits Xinxin so well..." Cai Wenjuan was the first to rush over and grabbed Yang Ruxin’s hand, "This color suits you so much..."
Yang Ruxin smiled. In her previous life, she had never worn yellow clothes. Why? Because they easily attract bugs. But she hadn’t expected that in ancient times it would turn out to be the most flattering color on her. Nevertheless, she felt she still preferred black.
After the pleasantries, everyone took their seats.
The Fang Family placed great importance on this ceremonial kinship, but the number of people they invited was not very large, only those with good relations with the Fang Family.
What if someone with just an ordinary relationship came and caused trouble?
It was like the last birthday banquet, where the son nearly had an accident, and both Fang Dehua and his wife still seemed to have lingering fears.
As Yuan Mengzhu had chosen not only the date but also the hour for this occasion—a time towards the end of Chen hour and the beginning of Si hour, believing that holding the ceremony at this moment would bring lifelong auspiciousness.
The end of Chen hour and the beginning of Si hour was at 9:00 AM.
Therefore, it was soon time after they had just greeted each other.
The ceremony was not complicated: bowing, changing how they addressed each other, giving meeting gifts, and then the ceremony was over.
But because the Fang Family valued Yang Ruxin, they specially opened the ancestral hall and entered her into the family genealogy, using yellow, and marked her as a ceremonial kin.
Then Yang Ruxin kowtowed to Yuan Mengzhu and her husband, changed her address to call them godfather and godmother, and they also acknowledged each other’s relatives.
Only Yuan Mengqing looked at Yang Ruxin with a somewhat strange expression.
"Big uncle, the way you are looking at me is very strange." Yang Ruxin had noticed it early in the morning, so, during the acknowledgment and receiving of gifts, she asked directly, "Is there something improper with Xinxin?"
"Not at all, it is I who has been rude," Yuan Mengqing quickly responded with a smile and a shake of his head, "It’s just that Xinxin reminds me very much of someone I knew before. However, you differ greatly in age..."
Yang Ruxin smiled; Dong Wenming seemed to have said something similar before.
"Do you know where your mother hailed from?"
"My mother is from the Xun family village in Wangjiang County," Yang Ruxin answered with a smile.