After returning to Imperial City, Xu Xiuxiu once again began her leisurely life of taking care of the children all day long. Mrs. Song, as always, would call from time to time to check in, until half a month later, when Mrs. Song excitedly called to announce that Brother Song, Song Yuantao, had finally found a woman. The woman in question was the young widow with a daughter she had been living with before, named Wei Dafang, 24 years old, a girl from Wei Family Village, who had previously married into Zhaojia Village but had become a widow.
Both parties being remarried, and with the woman being a young widow, while there was no longer a compulsory three-year mourning requirement nowadays, there were still inevitably some taboos to consider. And since Song Yuantao was also remarrying, the family decided not to make a big affair out of it. They simply planned a small banquet to inform the relatives, and with that, the matter was settled.
