Feng Aizhong, the cousin from her uncle's side, carried Feng Qingxue out of the room and helped her onto a mule cart covered with new blankets. After saying thanks to Feng Aizhong, Lu Jiang, who was holding Niu Yibao's crutch, helped Feng Qingxue change into new leather shoes with one hand.
The duty of carrying the bride out should have fallen to Feng Qingxue's two older brothers, but neither of them had made an appearance, so Feng Aizhong stepped in.
Feng Qingxue was wearing a pair of red socks that completely covered her skin from view.
The old shoes removed by Qingxue were held by her second aunt, and she only started to speak once the young men accompanying Lu Jiang had loaded the dowry – boxes, blankets, a bicycle, a sewing machine and other items – onto the mule cart in the back. Not a single item was missing. She then announced, "The ceremony is over, the ceremony is over!"
With the ceremony concluded, the procession began.