Xiao Fang Chu Jia (Xiao Fang’s Wedding) begins filming with Xin Yun Lai and Wang Ying Lu as leads as full cast named

Chinese drama Xiao Fang Chu Jia (aka 小芳出嫁 or Xiao Fang’s Wedding) has officially kicked off filming today, with Tencent Video announcing the news along with a slew of photographs from the C-drama’s booting ceremony.

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The full Xiao Fang Chu Jia cast was also announced, with a few cool surprises, including the two main leads now confirmed — Xin Yun Lai, who was superb in The Glory, and Wang Ying Lu, who just gave a solid performance in Created in China.

A long Weibo message featuring most of the C-drama’s cast also included the director, screenwriter, production designer and costume designer being named:

#Xiao Fang’s Wedding Starts Filming#

Breaking free from tradition, defying expectations.

There’s no societal clock dictating “what must be done by when”—only the bold choice to marry when and how one desires.

#Xiao Fang’s Wedding# begins production with great fortune!

Starring: @王影璐_ (Wang Ying Lu), @辛云来 (Xin Yun Lai) (listed alphabetically by surname)
Co-Starring: @颖儿Yinger (Ying Er), @范明 (Fan Ming), @王姬 (Wang Ji)
Special Guest Stars: @林永健 (Lin Yong Jian), @王勉__ (Wang Mian)
Special Appearances: @吴彦姝 (Wu Yan Shu), @李川Leon (Li Chuan)
Featuring: @夏力薪_妙果 (Xia Li Xin), @元清儿yuan (Yuan Qing’er), @非著名演员林鹏 (Lin Peng), @高子沣 (Gao Zi Feng)

Presented by: @腾讯视频 (Tencent Video), @西嘻影业 (XiXi Pictures)
Produced by: @西嘻影业 (XiXi Pictures)
Producers: Sun Zhong Huai, Yang Xia Opei @Flu-fish-感冒的鱼
Chief Supervisor: Wang Juan
Chief Planner: Ma Yan Kun
Art Director/Executive Producer: Yang Xiao Pei @Flu-fish-感冒的鱼
Director: @韩琰HanyAn (Han Yan)
Screenwriter: 裴文 (Pei Wen)
Based on the Original Work by: @伊北 (Yi Bei)
Executive Producers: Huang Jie, Li Liming
Producers: Yang Yan Ling, Jin Wei Lan
Director of Photography: Feng Simu
Production Designer: Liu Dong Yang
Costume Designer: Li Hua
Broadcast Platform: @腾讯视频 (Tencent Video)

As for the Xiao Fang’s Wedding plot, Baidu explains it like this (and, boy, is this one far away from the norm when it comes to the usual C-drama’s we all watch):

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Yang Fan Yyan, who was far away in Shenzhen, receives a call from her brother Fan Hhu, urging her to return to their hometown early to help resolve a thorny issue: Fan Hu’s daughter, Yang Xiao Fang, has fallen in love with a young man from the same village, Qi Xiao Wei, and become pregnant before marriage.

Negotiations between the two families before the wedding have now fallen apart, and Xiao Fang’s marriage now seems unlikely. Yet, the child in her belly is already far along and about to be born, leaving Xiao Fang at a loss for what to do.

Upon returning to the mountain village, Fan Yan attempts to negotiate with the Qi family but fails.

News that Xiaofang has been “dumped” quickly spreas. Soon, matchmakers flocks to the Yang household, along with bachelors from miles around who didn’t mind Xiao Fang’s pregnancy — after all, they are eager to “take over,” proving that the Yang family’s daughter is still in high demand. Pregnant or not.

With Xiao Fang nearing childbirth, the choices loom large.

Should she reconcile with Xiao Wei? Marry someone else? Or remain single? Should the child be given to the father, raised by the Yang family, or sent away to another place?

Fan Yan runs herself ragged trying to handle Xiao Fang’s predicament. Gradually, however, she begins to realize that the people around her all seem to harbor their own unspeakable secrets—each somehow connected, directly or indirectly, to the unborn child in Xiao Fang’s womb.

Yep. Like I said. Markedly different from the run-of-the-mill Chinese drama.