After the wedding banquet in the Capital City, the Zhou Family returned to the Small Fishing Village early the next morning.
Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei only returned a week later. One had to attend classes, while the other had to study at the library and consult a professor.
On the eighteenth day of the fifth lunar month, the family of five, together with Maternal Grandmother, Maternal Grandfather, Second Aunt-in-Law, and several younger cousins, returned to the Small Fishing Village.
They arrived home in the evening and rested for the night.
After Jiang Xia got up the next morning, she immediately began helping prepare for Zhou Chengsen's wedding.
Some people cleaned, some borrowed tables, some borrowed bowls, and others decorated the bridal chamber.
Mother Zhou also had to find people to go with them the next day to welcome the bride and help prepare the communal feast.
Carrying a stack of Red Envelopes, Mother Zhou happily went out to find people.
Zhou Chengsen led several children in decorating the bridal chamber, pasting Double Happiness Characters on the windows and front door.
Zhou Zhou and Zhou Ying happily held the Double Happiness Characters up against the window and gestured. "Little Aunt, is this straight?"
Jiang Xia was in the courtyard with Tian Caihua, Great-Grandmother, and the others, cleaning the tables, bowls, and chopsticks that Zhou Chenglei and Zhou Chengxin had borrowed.
They had to wash everything clean in advance and set it aside for use. There would be far too much to do the next day.
Hearing this, Jiang Xia looked up and glanced over. "That's straight. Your eyesight is really good."
The two girls beamed as they marked the positions, smeared a little paste onto the Double Happiness Characters, climbed onto stools, and pasted them up.
The curtains were hung,