Baoyao

Chapter 115 Marriage Customs

After a few days of ordinary life, Qiaozhen's fourth uncle, Wang Changyou, came to visit, and his son was about to get married.Come and talk to Wang Changshun.

The Wang family was all happy for them. Originally, Wang Changyou's son, Wang Xi, was going to get married next year, but the person who looked forward to them said that the next year would not be suitable and would make a mistake. He would only get married in the first half of this year. Anyway, they were both old. The discussion settled the matter.

Mrs. Zhou rushed to the meeting in person to buy fabrics, and sent the quilt cover over.

On April [-]th, the day when Wang Changyou's family married a daughter-in-law, the Zhou family and Wang Changshun went to Wang Changyou's house to help out the day before, helping tear the red cloth, helping with cooking, and helping out.

It was dark, and the Wang family didn't cook, so they were called to eat at Wang Changyou's house. They were very concerned about weddings and funerals, and basically called their relatives over for dinner the day before.

In the evening, I made a large iron pot of vegetable soup. The vegetable soup usually contains meatballs, vermicelli, and tofu slices. Good people will put fried square meat in it, and bad ones will not put meat.

The staple food is steamed bread, but it will not be white flour, which is too expensive to afford.

Qiaozhen only ate a bowl of vegetable soup and didn't eat steamed buns, so she couldn't eat any more. Then she took the red cloth slip that Mrs. Liu gave her and Qiaohong brought some vegetable soup back. This is for Mrs. Chen. food.

As for the red cloth strips, only family members and very close family members can wear them, and when the time comes, they will be pinned to the buttonholes, and people will know the close relationship with the host family at a glance.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wang Changshun led the Zhou family there, Dazhong No. [-] Middle School took his daughter-in-law there early, and Qiaohong also went. Only Qiaozhen and Qiao'e were left at home, and Qiao'e didn't want to go. , Qiao really didn't want to go too early, she accompanied Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen rushed Qiaozhen to watch the excitement, saying that she could do it and no one would care about her, but Qiaozhen was no match for her, so she went out anyway.

The entrance of Wang Changyou's house is already very lively, the village is basically closed, and there are still many spectators at the entrance.

The sound of the suona came, and many Tao boys shouted loudly while running: "The new wife is here, the new wife is here. There is something delicious."

The new daughter-in-law came to make an ox cart.This is not bad, there are people who come here directly on foot.

The bullock cart is very simple, but it is also hung with red. This is a happy event, and it must be worn in red.

The ox cart stopped, and the new daughter-in-law did not wear a red hijab. The Zhuangzi's wedding ceremony is different from that of a rich family.

But the bride is dressed in red, her hair is coiled up, a silver stick is inserted on it, and many red flowers are inserted beside it.

Qiaozhen looked at her, she had thick eyebrows, her eyes were not too big, they were crooked when she smiled, her nose was small, her lips were a bit thick, and her skin was not white, she looked average, but she was young and still looked very fresh.

She was sitting on the bullock cart, her face was red, her head was lowered, and there were a few bundles beside her, which contained her things.

Hulala surrounded a group of people, most of them were half-children, and the rest were basically daughters-in-law. The middle-aged and the elderly were all behind, and Qiaozhen was watching not far away.

"Hurry up, grab her embroidered shoes. If the old prince doesn't give you some good ones today, you can't give the shoes to the new wife without paying the money, and you can't let her get off the cart." A boy shouted, and then jumped on the ox cart , and began to grab the new wife's embroidered shoes.

"Hurry up, hurry up and grab it."

"You all go. What are you doing in a daze." Many boys responded.

Qiaozhen was dumbfounded, this is?This is too fierce.Is there such a rule?
The new daughter-in-law's face was flushed, but she didn't get angry. Before marrying here, Mother had already told her about the customs, so although she was shy, she was not unhappy.

One of the new daughter-in-law's embroidered shoes was finally snatched by a boy. He held up the embroidered shoe and shouted: "Uncle Wang, give me the money quickly, or I won't give you the shoes. If the new daughter-in-law doesn't come down, let's see how my brother in your family gets married."

Wang Changyou approached and scolded with a smile: "You son of a bitch, why are you so good? When you get married, these boys will not clean you up." After finishing speaking, Wang Changyou took out two pennies and said, "Here, Give the shoes to your sister-in-law."

Gouwa took the money, but didn't return the shoes, yelling: "No hit, fourth uncle, this is no hit, the two coins are not enough, at least twenty coins."

"Yeah, take it again, what can you buy with these two pennies. We are still waiting for the meat." Many boys booed.

Wang Changyou kept taking out eight Wen coins before Gouwa was willing to return the shoes, and then stood by to watch the fun.

At this time, two more people came. The one in front was Dazhong, who was holding a plowshare in his hand. The plowshare was red and had been burned. The one behind was an aunt of the Wang family.Aunt followed behind Dazhong.

Dazhong held the plowshare in his hand, bent his waist, and pushed the plowshare on the ground. The woman held a water bowl and sprinkled water on the plowshare while chanting: "Three circles to the left, three circles to the right. The first three circles circle, and the last three circles, the daughter-in-law will leave the office without being a prime minister for three years after entering the house."

They chattered and walked around the ox cart several times, and the plowshares also turned into normal colors.

"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law. Zhongla, after finishing talking, you can let the new wife get out of the car." The woman who sprinkled water and read the story said to Wang Changyou and his wife.

Mrs. Liu smiled, and then looked at a nephew and daughter-in-law of the same family. The niece and daughter-in-law hurried forward, grabbed the new daughter-in-law, and said, "Sister and sister, are you tired from the journey? This is home, get out of the car and go in." Take a break."

As she said that, she stuffed the new daughter-in-law six pennies in her hand, which is the fare for getting off the car, which is indispensable.

The new daughter-in-law looked at the six coins in her hand and did not move them. Before she came, she had told her that she must charge ten coins for getting off the bus, and at least eight coins.

The person who brought the new daughter-in-law saw that she was not moving, and knew what was going on in his heart, so he smiled and stuffed two more texts.

The new daughter-in-law didn't take Joe anymore. If she asks for it too hard, it's not a good thing that her in-laws don't want to see her.

The new daughter-in-law got out of the car and began to enter the yard with the support of the matchmaker.

At the gate of Wang Changyou's house, cypress branches were tied with red cloth strips, and a handful of hay poles were also hung. Qiao really didn't understand the meaning.

"The new daughter-in-law has passed the shuttle." The matchmaker shouted.The new daughter-in-law followed the matchmaker and walked over.Qiaozhen looked at it, the shuttle was in the loom, what does this mean?She didn't understand it, and found it interesting.

After finishing the shuttle, the matchmaker shouted again: "The new daughter-in-law has passed the hay."

Her shout fell to the ground, and the hay hanging in front of the door was set ablaze, and the matchmaker led the new daughter-in-law and walked past from below.

Qiaozhen somewhat understands this, this should be like jumping into a brazier, to remove bad luck.

The new daughter-in-law entered the yard, and the yard was also full of people.

In the middle of the yard hangs a piece of red cloth, in front of the cloth is a table, on the table is a round bucket filled with wheat, a jujube branch is inserted on the wheat, and a weight is hung on the jujube branch.I really don't know what it means, but I guess it means auspiciousness.

Wang Changyou's son was dressed in red silk and stood with his new wife.Wang Changyou and Liu Shiduan sat in the middle, and the rites began to shout.

One worships heaven and earth, two worships parents, husband and wife worship each other, and finally is sent to the bridal chamber.

The new daughter-in-law went to the house, and the man went outside to accompany the guests.There are people inside and out, each gossiping and busy.

Qiaozhen didn't enter the new house, her identity was a taboo, she was afraid that people would have opinions, so she only watched at the door.

A sister-in-law of the same family came in with a comb, and then she began to comb the new daughter-in-law's hair.

"Comb your sideburns, give birth to an official within three years, comb your temple pot, attract a calf within three years, comb..." The sister-in-law used the comb to gently move her hair while muttering, the new daughter-in-law Sitting motionless, listening, blushing.

After a while, someone came over with a bowl of flat food, fed the bride one, and asked, "Is it alive?"

The new daughter-in-law blushed and remained silent. Someone asked again, but she still remained silent.

When she asked for the third time, she whispered a new word, and someone started booing: "Birth, she said birth, two children in three years, the Wang family is going to have a grandson."

The new daughter-in-law lowered her head, feeling her face was hot, and dared not raise her head.

The flat food was brought down, and another four or five-year-old boy brought a basin of clear water.

"Let Rang, let Danzi pass by, he's bringing washing water for the new wife." A daughter-in-law came in protecting the boy.

The new daughter-in-law put her hand in and stirred it a few times, then said thank you with a blushing face, and threw two pennies into the basin.

The little boy was very happy, the two pennies belonged to him, and he could make money, so he happily went down with the water basin.

Qiaozhen is smiling all the time, the customs here are quite fun, and I don't know what I will look like when I want to get married, is it like this?Are you shy?Qiao Zhen thought to herself.

Then many half-children and daughter-in-laws began to turn the new daughter-in-law over the bed.

The new daughter-in-law stood up and spread a mat on the new bed. She turned the mat over and found peanuts, walnuts and red dates under the mat.As soon as they saw the items below, the middle-aged and daughters-in-law snatched them up. This item is quite rare and has a good meaning. If you rush to eat it, you will be blessed.

Seeing the excitement of everyone robbing, Qiaozhen smiled, and then went home first, took care of Mrs. Chen for dinner, and then came out.

There was a banquet in the yard, and the family greeted everyone and went to the table. Among them, there was no one on the table in the main room. Qiaozhen heard that the table was for the new wife's family, and outsiders were not allowed to sit except for accompanying guests.

At noon, people from her natal family came, six of them were young people, one of them was the brother of the bride, and the rest were from her own family. Except for the brothers of the bride, the other five were all good drinkers. , ready to drink, you have to drink with the guests to get down.

When it started, the chopsticks were flying all over the tables, picking up their favorite dishes.

There was also the sound of guessing matchmakers from the men's tables, what kind of fathers, the five chiefs, shouting non-stop, and the small wine cups were also drinking cups.

Qiaozhen's table is basically full of women, and some of them are holding a small wine cup to drink a couple of glasses, but Qiaozhen didn't touch the wine, just quietly eating the dishes and listening to everyone chatting.

　It's a new month, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)