The wedding procession arrived soon after.
The Ma family had prepared two large pots of celebratory noodles. Everyone—both the bride's and groom's sides—enjoyed a hearty bowl topped with two poached eggs before they began moving the dowry.
A bicycle, a sewing machine, a radio, two sets of new bedding, foot basins, washbasins, various bamboo furniture, a bamboo cupboard, bamboo chairs, bamboo trunks... For the past half-month, Ma Xiangdong had been so busy weaving this set of bamboo furniture for his younger sister that he hadn't even gone out to graze the cattle, leaving that chore to the children instead.
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