Since there's no time like the present, Liu Hechou began preparing for my wedding the very next day. He went to the paper-craft shop in town and bought red paper, bamboo strips, cut red silk gauze, candles, and a whole bunch of other things. He cleared out the storage room and tidied it up to make my room. "Xie Lan, this is a major life event. Shouldn't you tell your parents?" Liu Hechou asked me while cutting paper, wearing his reading glasses. "What? Do you want me to tell them I'm marrying the Yellow River Goddess and might never be able to have children?" "It's up to you. As long as you accept this marriage, that's fine. But let me make this clear first: you're marrying the Yellow River Goddess as his principal wife. No matter what you do, you can only have one wife." "So, does t
