5 Chapter 005 - Night before the Wedding
Sofia came to talk to Emma seriously about the two topics that she thinks it's very important to her daughter. But seeing her reaction annoys a little bit.
"Why do you sisters have the same reaction when I want to have this talk with you?"
Emma thought to herself, that's because the things you want to talk about will scare most of the people in this world. Unlike, the modern world that Emma came from, this is a very embarrassing subject for a parent and child to discuss since this world is still not that open.
"Mother, I think it's okay for us to talk about money and finance. But….um...birth control is kinda embarrassing to talk about."
"What? It's not embarrassing at all since we are both females. If your father comes to talk to you about it, then it will be embarrassing!" Sofia doesn't understand why Emma would feel embarrassed talking to her about these things. She has seen more of her embarrassing moments, so this is nothing. Suddenly her voice sounds a little down and said: "Mama wishes someone would give me this kind of talk too when I married your fathers."
Hearing her mother said that, Emma remembers that her mother married her fathers against her parents' wishes. And since mother came from another country far away, no one from her side of the family shown up for the wedding. Since my mother has no other family in this country, she has to live with my fathers' parents. So this house that I'm living in belongs to my grandparent, but they have passed away when I was very young.
Emma also remembered that no one had talked to her about sex or birth control back in the other world too since she doesn't have any parents. But she did take a sex ed class back in high school and whenever she overhears the other girls talking about how their mom talks to them about sex. She's felt uncomfortable about it but also envious of them.
"Ma..ther...um...well....I'm sorry for saying that I'm embarrassed about the talk. I also want to thank you for the care you have given me all this time." Emma's a little shy when saying this to her mother, but she really wanted to thank her for the care and love she has given her since she has been transmigrated here. This short period of time that she has been here, she has been very happy and has received lots of family love that she has never experienced when she was in the other world.
"Sweetie, you are my daughter. There's no need to apologize to me for anything, you just have to remember that we are family. Even after you got married, you are still my daughter and a member of this family, understand?" Sofia said it very gently as she held and pats her hand.
"I understand, mama." Emma's so touched by her mother's words.
"Now, let's get back to our talk. First, we are going to talk about money. Since I have cut off ties with my parents, I don't have any real properties or wealth. Everything that I have now belongs to your fathers and their hard work. I don't have anything to give you as other mothers' do, but your fathers have prepared a huge dowry for you so you don't have to worry."
"Mother, I'm not worried about dowry and even if there's no dowry. I can…."
"Emma, don't think about other nonsense. You will have the dowry and your sister have also gotten theirs when they got married. With the dowry, you don't have to worry about your husbands not supporting you or if the marriage doesn't work out, etc. When a woman has her own money, she won't be afraid to stand up her herself at home."
"Mother, did you have those worries too when you married fathers?" She wonders how her mother feels back then when she's all along and had nothing on her.
"I did have those worries, but your fathers are all wonderful men that have taken very good care of me. But since I have nothing to contribute and is also living with your grandparents, they keep telling me to have babies early. Your fathers all told me to ignore your grandparents, but how can't I ignore them, especially when I live with them here. I conceived your older sister the same year that I got married to your fathers. A year after having your older sister, I got pregnant again with your older sister then soon after, I also have you."
"Mother, you have it tough."
"That 's why I don't want you to live with us, I want you to have your own freedom. Ding Jie-Jun has his own properties and lives away from his parents. Instead of having him move in with us, I rather you and your husbands have a more carefree life together without us old people around."
"Mother, you are not old. You are still very young and beautiful."
"Thanks, Emma, you are so sweet. Now, let's move on to the next topic and that is birth control." Sofia said that as she hands over the stuff in her hands to Emma.
Emma looked at the stuff in her hands and it's 3 different color bottles of pills.
"What are these pills?" Emma asked.
"The white bottle is birth control pills for the men, they only need to take one pill every 4 months to protect against pregnancy. The red bottle is the morning after pills for emergency use for you. If you had unprotected sex and your men is not on birth control pills, then you will need to take this to prevent pregnancy. You have to remember that it is very important to take it as soon as possible and it has to be within 3 days." Sofia said it seriously to Emma, she wants to make sure she knows how important this is.
"I see. I know these two types of pills are common and is sold in all pharmacy. But what about the green bottle?" Emma looks curious at the green bottle in her hand.
"The green bottle is pills for women to take. They only need to take one pill and it's good for a whole year. But I don't recommend unless you don't want any more children. It should only be taken after you have enough kids and don't want anymore. Taking this pill for a long period of time might cause permanent infertility. I took this pill after I had you since I don't want any more children. But it is best to discuss the birth control option with your husbands first"
"I see, mother. Thank you for giving me these pills." Emma is glad that her mother gave her these pills. Even though she is okay with getting married but she's still not prepared to have children of her own yet.
"Emma, you don't need to rush to have children. We won't rush you and your husband cannot rush you either. Just take your time to enjoy your honeymoon, don't be like me."
"I understand. But mother, after I got married, the house will only have you and the three fathers left. Will you be lonely?" Emma is a little worried her mother will be lonely without all her children in the house anymore.''
"Ha ha ha, what are you talking about? I'm finally free! It took so long for all of you to grow up and have you all move out of the house, I can finally have my own free time with my husbands! I have been waiting for this for a long time." Sofia laughs happily, she can't wait for Emma to get married and move out. That's why she set the official date so early.
Emma is dumbfounded by her mother's reply. Just when she was having a nice serious talk with her mother, she suddenly changed back to her old self.
"Anyway, it's late Emma. Rest well, we'll have tons of things to do since there isn't much time left till the wedding. We still need to get your measurement for the wedding dress, and also buy all the necessary stuff, etc. So I'll see you in the morning." Like the wind, her mother left Emma's room while her daughter is still dumbfounded by what just happened here.
Outside of Emma's room, Sofia's happy face is gone. It's true that she is happy that Emma is getting married and will move out of here. It's also true that she will be free again and have the whole house alone with her husband. But she is also going to be lonely without her children here to be with her.
The next morning, Sofia took Emma to go shopping and to also get her measurement for her wedding dress. The wedding dress is going to be the traditional Chinese style red long dress. Emma personally prefers the western style white wedding dress from her world. They do have something similar in foreign countries, but they don't have it here in this country. Her husbands are from a traditional Chinese family, so it's only proper for her to have a traditional style wedding dress. They have brought everything and has gotten everything done very smoothly. Due to so many things that need to be done, times passes by very quickly.
Today is the 27th, the day before the wedding date. Sofia is inside of Emma's room helping her prepare for tomorrow's big day. And also to perform the hair combing ceremony. Emma is getting very nervous and is having cold feet as the wedding is getting closer.
"Mother, I'm very nervous. Am I making the right decision?"
"Sweetie, I understand how you feel. Your sisters and I felt the same way too when we were getting married. It's very normal, you don't have to worry about anything. Before you know it, it will be over after tomorrow." Sofia said it as she touches her daughter's hair.
One of the Chinese traditional customs is the hair combing for the bride. It needs to perform the night before the wedding. The bride's hair will need to be comb by a happily married female family member. Emma's mother is here and happily married to her husbands, so she's the one that's going to comb Emma's hair now.
As Sofia combs Emma's hair, she needs to say aloud blessing words as they sit in front of the mirror. Sofia grabs the special brush on the dresser and starting the traditional hair combing. With each combing, she will say a blessing:
"With the first combing, may you be blessed to be together to the end,
with the second combing, may you be blessed with a hundred years of harmony in marriage,
With the third combing, may you be blessed with a houseful of children and grandchildren,
With the fourth combing, may you be blessed with longevity and enjoy a long life together until old age."
Sofia then gives a bowl of sweet glutinous-rice dumplings to Emma to eat to complete the hair combing ceremony, this sweet dumpling is to wish them for a sweet happy life.
"Thank You, mother." Emma received the bowl of sweet dumpling soup from her mother and starts eating it.
As Emma eats the dumpling, Sofia also took out a box to give it to Emma.
"Emma, this is not much but it's a gift to you from my heart."
Emma puts down the bowl of sweet dumpling soup and received the box from her mother. The box is a medium size jewelry box. Inside the box were a few smaller size boxes, she took one out and opens it. It's a very beautiful pair of dragon and phoenix bracelet. She then one by one opens the rest of the smaller boxes. It has all different kinds of jewelry in there and some money.
"Mother, this is too much. I can't accept it."
"Nonsense, this is my gift to you to wish for your happiness."
"Thank You, Mother." Emma gave her mother a hug with tears forming around her eyes. Nothing can describe the strong emotionally feeling she have right now. She's getting married and her parents are by her side, which is something she never dares to dream of in her previous life. Not only that but she felt so loved by her current mother and fathers.
The mother and daughter talked all night until it was very late. The next morning the whole family is busy getting ready for the grooms' arrival to pick up the bride. They have decided that the wedding ceremony will take place at the grooms' mansion instead of the parents. The grooms came right on now time and have picked up the bride to bring her back to their mansion to perform the wedding ceremony. The bride's family also followed behind them to go to their place to attend their ceremony.
Since leaving her house, the bride has been wearing a red veil to cover her face. The grooms are not supposed to see the bride's face until after the wedding ceremony is over. Upon arriving at the mansion, Emma was brought inside by both of her husbands. They will do the ceremony altogether.
Unlike the old traditional way of the ceremony that Emma knew about, it's actually a little different. There's no such thing as the main husband and the second husband, etc. They are all considered as equals, so they can all do the ceremony together. As for wedding night, the bride can choose to either spend it with one husband or all at the same time.
The bride and her two grooms were brought to the reception hall. The parents of both the bride and the grooms sat on the top seats to be the witness of this ceremony. Steps are simple, first, the couple has to bow to the heaven and earth, then they bow to their parents and finally they do a bow with each other. Once that's done, the bride will be brought back to her new room. While the grooms are out entertaining the guests who will stay for a big feast.
The ceremony was finished very smoothly and Emma has been brought back to the new room. She sat on the bed inside the bedroom all alone, waiting for her husbands to come back. As she was waiting for them to come back, her heart can't stop racing very fast. This is it she thought, there's no going back now!
After an hour later, the door opened and her husbands came back. They were finally able to remove the bride's veil to reveal her face. When they saw her face, their eyes opened wide and froze there for a few seconds. They have only seen her without makeup before, but even without makeup, she's already very beautiful. Now seeing her in a wedding dress with makeup on for the first time, they think they have married the most beautiful woman they have ever seen.
"Stop looking at me like that!" Emma said as she looks away from their hot stares.
"Wife, you are so beautiful that I can't stop looking at you." Ding Jie-Jun said.
Ding Jie-Wai also nodded his head to agree and said: "Very beautiful!"
Emma's face is bright red and doesn't know what she should do next. Ding Jie-Jun goes to the table and pours three cups of wine. He brought the cups to his wife and his younger brother and he also took one.
"Let's drink the cross cup wine," Jie-Jun said as he reaches over to cross arm with Emma to drink it with her.
Jie-Wai saw his brothers action and he did the same thing. After drinking the wine, the bride is supposed to eat the raw meat dumpling according to the traditional custom. The meaning for that is for the bride to get pregnant and have babies soon. But since it's a little disgusting and they don't want Emma to have a stomachache later, so this step has been skipped.
"Wife, it's late now and it's been a long day. We should get some rest now, do you want one of us to stay with you or both of us?" Ding Jie-Jin asked as he looks at her with anticipation in his eyes.
Emma looks at him and then to Jie-Wai, they both have the anticipation look in their eyes. Of course, she only wants to pick one person for tonight since it's going to be her the first time. But if she were to only pick one, who should she pick? And the person that didn't get picked, he will have his feelings hurt. She has no idea what to do or who to pick.
"Um...actually, I'm not tired yet. I want to take a bath first before I go to rest." Emma wants to buy herself some time, so she can have more time to think and decide.
"We have a big bath house in this mansion, we can all go take a bath together." Said Jie-Jun, while Jie-Wai nodded his head to agree with him. Without letting her reply, the brothers took her to the big bath house.
The brothers know that she will most likely only pick one person for tonight. But they both want to be with her since it's their wedding night. So, there's only one thing to do and that is to not let her choose at all! Emma still has no idea what had happened and she was already brought into the bath house. When she came back to her sense, she was already in there! What's she going to do now?
"Why do you sisters have the same reaction when I want to have this talk with you?"
Emma thought to herself, that's because the things you want to talk about will scare most of the people in this world. Unlike, the modern world that Emma came from, this is a very embarrassing subject for a parent and child to discuss since this world is still not that open.
"Mother, I think it's okay for us to talk about money and finance. But….um...birth control is kinda embarrassing to talk about."
"What? It's not embarrassing at all since we are both females. If your father comes to talk to you about it, then it will be embarrassing!" Sofia doesn't understand why Emma would feel embarrassed talking to her about these things. She has seen more of her embarrassing moments, so this is nothing. Suddenly her voice sounds a little down and said: "Mama wishes someone would give me this kind of talk too when I married your fathers."
Hearing her mother said that, Emma remembers that her mother married her fathers against her parents' wishes. And since mother came from another country far away, no one from her side of the family shown up for the wedding. Since my mother has no other family in this country, she has to live with my fathers' parents. So this house that I'm living in belongs to my grandparent, but they have passed away when I was very young.
Emma also remembered that no one had talked to her about sex or birth control back in the other world too since she doesn't have any parents. But she did take a sex ed class back in high school and whenever she overhears the other girls talking about how their mom talks to them about sex. She's felt uncomfortable about it but also envious of them.
"Ma..ther...um...well....I'm sorry for saying that I'm embarrassed about the talk. I also want to thank you for the care you have given me all this time." Emma's a little shy when saying this to her mother, but she really wanted to thank her for the care and love she has given her since she has been transmigrated here. This short period of time that she has been here, she has been very happy and has received lots of family love that she has never experienced when she was in the other world.
"Sweetie, you are my daughter. There's no need to apologize to me for anything, you just have to remember that we are family. Even after you got married, you are still my daughter and a member of this family, understand?" Sofia said it very gently as she held and pats her hand.
"I understand, mama." Emma's so touched by her mother's words.
"Now, let's get back to our talk. First, we are going to talk about money. Since I have cut off ties with my parents, I don't have any real properties or wealth. Everything that I have now belongs to your fathers and their hard work. I don't have anything to give you as other mothers' do, but your fathers have prepared a huge dowry for you so you don't have to worry."
"Mother, I'm not worried about dowry and even if there's no dowry. I can…."
"Emma, don't think about other nonsense. You will have the dowry and your sister have also gotten theirs when they got married. With the dowry, you don't have to worry about your husbands not supporting you or if the marriage doesn't work out, etc. When a woman has her own money, she won't be afraid to stand up her herself at home."
"Mother, did you have those worries too when you married fathers?" She wonders how her mother feels back then when she's all along and had nothing on her.
"I did have those worries, but your fathers are all wonderful men that have taken very good care of me. But since I have nothing to contribute and is also living with your grandparents, they keep telling me to have babies early. Your fathers all told me to ignore your grandparents, but how can't I ignore them, especially when I live with them here. I conceived your older sister the same year that I got married to your fathers. A year after having your older sister, I got pregnant again with your older sister then soon after, I also have you."
"Mother, you have it tough."
"That 's why I don't want you to live with us, I want you to have your own freedom. Ding Jie-Jun has his own properties and lives away from his parents. Instead of having him move in with us, I rather you and your husbands have a more carefree life together without us old people around."
"Mother, you are not old. You are still very young and beautiful."
"Thanks, Emma, you are so sweet. Now, let's move on to the next topic and that is birth control." Sofia said that as she hands over the stuff in her hands to Emma.
Emma looked at the stuff in her hands and it's 3 different color bottles of pills.
"What are these pills?" Emma asked.
"The white bottle is birth control pills for the men, they only need to take one pill every 4 months to protect against pregnancy. The red bottle is the morning after pills for emergency use for you. If you had unprotected sex and your men is not on birth control pills, then you will need to take this to prevent pregnancy. You have to remember that it is very important to take it as soon as possible and it has to be within 3 days." Sofia said it seriously to Emma, she wants to make sure she knows how important this is.
"I see. I know these two types of pills are common and is sold in all pharmacy. But what about the green bottle?" Emma looks curious at the green bottle in her hand.
"The green bottle is pills for women to take. They only need to take one pill and it's good for a whole year. But I don't recommend unless you don't want any more children. It should only be taken after you have enough kids and don't want anymore. Taking this pill for a long period of time might cause permanent infertility. I took this pill after I had you since I don't want any more children. But it is best to discuss the birth control option with your husbands first"
"I see, mother. Thank you for giving me these pills." Emma is glad that her mother gave her these pills. Even though she is okay with getting married but she's still not prepared to have children of her own yet.
"Emma, you don't need to rush to have children. We won't rush you and your husband cannot rush you either. Just take your time to enjoy your honeymoon, don't be like me."
"I understand. But mother, after I got married, the house will only have you and the three fathers left. Will you be lonely?" Emma is a little worried her mother will be lonely without all her children in the house anymore.''
"Ha ha ha, what are you talking about? I'm finally free! It took so long for all of you to grow up and have you all move out of the house, I can finally have my own free time with my husbands! I have been waiting for this for a long time." Sofia laughs happily, she can't wait for Emma to get married and move out. That's why she set the official date so early.
Emma is dumbfounded by her mother's reply. Just when she was having a nice serious talk with her mother, she suddenly changed back to her old self.
"Anyway, it's late Emma. Rest well, we'll have tons of things to do since there isn't much time left till the wedding. We still need to get your measurement for the wedding dress, and also buy all the necessary stuff, etc. So I'll see you in the morning." Like the wind, her mother left Emma's room while her daughter is still dumbfounded by what just happened here.
Outside of Emma's room, Sofia's happy face is gone. It's true that she is happy that Emma is getting married and will move out of here. It's also true that she will be free again and have the whole house alone with her husband. But she is also going to be lonely without her children here to be with her.
The next morning, Sofia took Emma to go shopping and to also get her measurement for her wedding dress. The wedding dress is going to be the traditional Chinese style red long dress. Emma personally prefers the western style white wedding dress from her world. They do have something similar in foreign countries, but they don't have it here in this country. Her husbands are from a traditional Chinese family, so it's only proper for her to have a traditional style wedding dress. They have brought everything and has gotten everything done very smoothly. Due to so many things that need to be done, times passes by very quickly.
Today is the 27th, the day before the wedding date. Sofia is inside of Emma's room helping her prepare for tomorrow's big day. And also to perform the hair combing ceremony. Emma is getting very nervous and is having cold feet as the wedding is getting closer.
"Mother, I'm very nervous. Am I making the right decision?"
"Sweetie, I understand how you feel. Your sisters and I felt the same way too when we were getting married. It's very normal, you don't have to worry about anything. Before you know it, it will be over after tomorrow." Sofia said it as she touches her daughter's hair.
One of the Chinese traditional customs is the hair combing for the bride. It needs to perform the night before the wedding. The bride's hair will need to be comb by a happily married female family member. Emma's mother is here and happily married to her husbands, so she's the one that's going to comb Emma's hair now.
As Sofia combs Emma's hair, she needs to say aloud blessing words as they sit in front of the mirror. Sofia grabs the special brush on the dresser and starting the traditional hair combing. With each combing, she will say a blessing:
"With the first combing, may you be blessed to be together to the end,
with the second combing, may you be blessed with a hundred years of harmony in marriage,
With the third combing, may you be blessed with a houseful of children and grandchildren,
With the fourth combing, may you be blessed with longevity and enjoy a long life together until old age."
Sofia then gives a bowl of sweet glutinous-rice dumplings to Emma to eat to complete the hair combing ceremony, this sweet dumpling is to wish them for a sweet happy life.
"Thank You, mother." Emma received the bowl of sweet dumpling soup from her mother and starts eating it.
As Emma eats the dumpling, Sofia also took out a box to give it to Emma.
"Emma, this is not much but it's a gift to you from my heart."
Emma puts down the bowl of sweet dumpling soup and received the box from her mother. The box is a medium size jewelry box. Inside the box were a few smaller size boxes, she took one out and opens it. It's a very beautiful pair of dragon and phoenix bracelet. She then one by one opens the rest of the smaller boxes. It has all different kinds of jewelry in there and some money.
"Mother, this is too much. I can't accept it."
"Nonsense, this is my gift to you to wish for your happiness."
"Thank You, Mother." Emma gave her mother a hug with tears forming around her eyes. Nothing can describe the strong emotionally feeling she have right now. She's getting married and her parents are by her side, which is something she never dares to dream of in her previous life. Not only that but she felt so loved by her current mother and fathers.
The mother and daughter talked all night until it was very late. The next morning the whole family is busy getting ready for the grooms' arrival to pick up the bride. They have decided that the wedding ceremony will take place at the grooms' mansion instead of the parents. The grooms came right on now time and have picked up the bride to bring her back to their mansion to perform the wedding ceremony. The bride's family also followed behind them to go to their place to attend their ceremony.
Since leaving her house, the bride has been wearing a red veil to cover her face. The grooms are not supposed to see the bride's face until after the wedding ceremony is over. Upon arriving at the mansion, Emma was brought inside by both of her husbands. They will do the ceremony altogether.
Unlike the old traditional way of the ceremony that Emma knew about, it's actually a little different. There's no such thing as the main husband and the second husband, etc. They are all considered as equals, so they can all do the ceremony together. As for wedding night, the bride can choose to either spend it with one husband or all at the same time.
The bride and her two grooms were brought to the reception hall. The parents of both the bride and the grooms sat on the top seats to be the witness of this ceremony. Steps are simple, first, the couple has to bow to the heaven and earth, then they bow to their parents and finally they do a bow with each other. Once that's done, the bride will be brought back to her new room. While the grooms are out entertaining the guests who will stay for a big feast.
The ceremony was finished very smoothly and Emma has been brought back to the new room. She sat on the bed inside the bedroom all alone, waiting for her husbands to come back. As she was waiting for them to come back, her heart can't stop racing very fast. This is it she thought, there's no going back now!
After an hour later, the door opened and her husbands came back. They were finally able to remove the bride's veil to reveal her face. When they saw her face, their eyes opened wide and froze there for a few seconds. They have only seen her without makeup before, but even without makeup, she's already very beautiful. Now seeing her in a wedding dress with makeup on for the first time, they think they have married the most beautiful woman they have ever seen.
"Stop looking at me like that!" Emma said as she looks away from their hot stares.
"Wife, you are so beautiful that I can't stop looking at you." Ding Jie-Jun said.
Ding Jie-Wai also nodded his head to agree and said: "Very beautiful!"
Emma's face is bright red and doesn't know what she should do next. Ding Jie-Jun goes to the table and pours three cups of wine. He brought the cups to his wife and his younger brother and he also took one.
"Let's drink the cross cup wine," Jie-Jun said as he reaches over to cross arm with Emma to drink it with her.
Jie-Wai saw his brothers action and he did the same thing. After drinking the wine, the bride is supposed to eat the raw meat dumpling according to the traditional custom. The meaning for that is for the bride to get pregnant and have babies soon. But since it's a little disgusting and they don't want Emma to have a stomachache later, so this step has been skipped.
"Wife, it's late now and it's been a long day. We should get some rest now, do you want one of us to stay with you or both of us?" Ding Jie-Jin asked as he looks at her with anticipation in his eyes.
Emma looks at him and then to Jie-Wai, they both have the anticipation look in their eyes. Of course, she only wants to pick one person for tonight since it's going to be her the first time. But if she were to only pick one, who should she pick? And the person that didn't get picked, he will have his feelings hurt. She has no idea what to do or who to pick.
"Um...actually, I'm not tired yet. I want to take a bath first before I go to rest." Emma wants to buy herself some time, so she can have more time to think and decide.
"We have a big bath house in this mansion, we can all go take a bath together." Said Jie-Jun, while Jie-Wai nodded his head to agree with him. Without letting her reply, the brothers took her to the big bath house.
The brothers know that she will most likely only pick one person for tonight. But they both want to be with her since it's their wedding night. So, there's only one thing to do and that is to not let her choose at all! Emma still has no idea what had happened and she was already brought into the bath house. When she came back to her sense, she was already in there! What's she going to do now?
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