Chapter 16 Chapter Twelve Marriage Customs in Saibei

In the autumn of 1987, Li Zhen and Liang Zi had known each other for three years without knowing it. Under pressure from all sides, Li Zhen prepared to get engaged to Liang Zi before going to Beijing. The families of both parties also prepared the engagement ceremony for them.Although it was an engagement, everyone in the village knew that the girl from the Liang family had to hastily agree to this marriage after being "cooked from raw rice" by Li Zhen. Sure enough, in less than half a month, the Li family made preparations for his engagement.The families of the two parties found a middleman to write down the marriage contract with red paper, and held a northern folk custom-style engagement ceremony.

Although it has been liberated for more than 30 years, the moral concepts of weddings and funerals are still deeply rooted in the hearts of Chinese people, especially in the remote Zhangjiakou. It seems that this was the case thousands of years ago, thousands of years ago In the end, I still want this reason: if the daughter's family is pregnant by someone before she goes out, it would be a shame. Liang Zi's adoptive father, Mayor Liang, smoked a bag after bag of dry tobacco pots, and Liang Zi's adoptive mother, Aunt Liang, shed tears like a river. He knocked on the cigarette pot and said firmly, forget it, if the girl is not allowed to stay, let her go!Isn't the government doing free marriage now?What happened to Liang Zi can be regarded as a free marriage.Besides, this matter has become a big deal, isn't it the people from our old Liang family who lost it?The sooner Nier's affairs are done, the better.I will go to Li's house tomorrow.

As expected of the head of the family, Mayor Liang's words solved the problems of the Liang family, and the clamoring to teach Li Zhen a lesson was put on hold. Of course the most proud one at the moment is Li Zhen.As soon as Mayor Liang was sent away, he immediately hummed a popular song, beat three sticks in the yard, and shouted: Long live!Long live!Long live! Li Pu rolled his eyes and said: Don't be too happy.The old family said that if you give birth to a precious child early, you will be blessed early, but you are lucky, let me have a grandson before you get married.Although you are engaged in free love, you still have to discuss it with us.Mayor Liang used to work in the district security department. Your third uncle is the secretary of the party branch of the district committee, and he gets along well with him.Let the third uncle come forward to propose marriage.Remember, you are not allowed to mess around when you are married, you must work hard, and don't disappoint the expectations of your family.

Okay, Li Zhen agreed casually, but his heart had already flown to Liang Zi.Liang Zi's parents talked about Chairman Mao and the Communist Party's good fortune every day. Liang Zi has the demure and elegant air of a Chinese-style lady.When the suave and suave Li Zhen appeared in front of her, the twenty-year-old girl's heart felt as if she had crashed into a deer; how could a young girl have seen such a veteran who rolled out of the pomegranate skirt in a love scene like Li Zhen.Li Zhen's sweet talk made Liang Zi confused.When Li Zhen proudly "accomplished" that night, Liang Zi's life was helplessly connected with the person who would become the "No. 1 Secret of Hebei".

Li Zhen and Liang Zi have already "made raw rice into cooked rice". When Li Zhen's third uncle encouraged the young couple with a sentence "one red line, two hands, follow the party from generation to generation", the marriage was considered finalized up.Aunt Liang always felt that her daughter married a little too hastily, and felt a little wronged. Although it was true that they were the ones who made her daughter marry the Li family, she still kept nagging about the words of the neighbor Zhang Matchmaker: "The green rabbit and the yellow dog have been around since ancient times. Yes, the life of the red horse and the yellow sheep will be long.Dormouse and cattle are thriving, while green cattle and black pigs are happy.Why are white horses afraid of green cattle? Once sheep and mice rest.Snakes and tigers are like knives, and dragons and rabbits exchange tears.Chickens are afraid of jade dogs, and pigs and monkeys can't reach their heads.The zodiac sign said in this old life is definitely not wrong, but you have to read it carefully.

The more Aunt Liang thinks about this fate and zodiac, the more she feels her eyelids are twitching: Liang Zi's zodiac sign is sheep, as the saying goes, "The eyes are white and the five husbands keep the house", which means that Liang Zi is destined to be Kefu. I heard that Lafayette Cixi died of Emperor Xianfeng because of the sheep.The Li family knew that this matter might not be good.Although she is angry and hates that son-in-law, she can't let her daughter become a widow in the future.It was Mayor Liang who was so sophisticated, and asked fortune teller Liu Banxian to change the year, month, day, and hour of Liang Zi's birthday.

The two families decided to exchange "Dragon and Phoenix Posts" on "Qiqiao Day".In Zhangjiakou, this is a more important ceremony than receiving a marriage certificate.For a young couple, whether they have a marriage certificate is often not very important, but they attach great importance to "dragon and phoenix posts".Because according to local customs, it is illegal to live together without changing the dragon and phoenix stickers, which is extremely immoral.How can I say that the Li and Liang families are also well-known in the local area. Although the Liang family is still a little reluctant to marry Liang Zi to Li Zhen, neither of the two families wants to do this marriage too hastily.Especially the Li family, Li Pu and his wife gave birth to Li Zhen in their later years, and they always cared for him, and the son was 100% in love with the daughter of the Liang family, so they decided to make this marriage a big one.

Just when the parents of the male and female were busy with their marriage, Li Zhen took Liang Zi to the place where they had a tryst to enjoy the small world of the two of them. It is an unnamed small col in the mountains in the north of Zhangjiakou.Zhangjiakou is also known as the mountain city outside the Great Wall. Although it is close to the North China Plain, the heart of the farming area of ​​the Han nationality, it still has more of the vast scene of the Mobei grassland. Looking around, you can see thousands of mountains stretching without end, and occasionally dotted with dams in the mountains. A few gray and white spots, that is a village.At the foot of the mountain, on the edge of the ridge, there are a series of narrow trails that are vaguely visible, which are the only roads leading to other places in the Zhangbei mountain area.The narrow path seems to extend from the far, far past to the present, and from the present to the even more distant future.

Li Zhen and Liang Zi held hands, shoulder to shoulder, looking at the distant mountains and small roads, immersed in their happy reverie. "Huhu" two gunshots, a wild goose in the sky fluttered a few times like a kite with a broken string, and fell headfirst. Someone is hunting.Liang Zi said softly, that wild goose was so pitiful, it was beaten to death without offending anyone. What a fool, the geese live to be shot down one day, just like you will marry me one day. Pooh!Smug!Liang Zibai gave Li Zhen a look. Li Zhen said, but the hunter's marksmanship is indeed very accurate.Of course, Liang Zi asked casually, can you shoot?Li Zhen laughed and said, what kind of skill is shooting a gun, I can still shoot a gun!

Don't brag about you, you have never been a soldier, maybe you don't even know how to hold a gun, and you still shoot cannons.Liang Zi said disapprovingly. Hmph, tell me, I, Li Zhen, can hit every shot with accuracy.blow!blow!You can brag whatever you want, anyway, bragging doesn’t pay taxes.Hey, I have to prove it to you before you believe it? Well, there is no evidence for empty talk, seeing is believing.OK, then I'll find you a witness.Liang Zi giggled and said, hurry up, hurry up you. Li Zhen said, don’t you? I?Liang Zi said, just kidding, when have I seen you have a cannon?Pooh!Hooligan, do not speak serious words.

Liang Zi recalled their first night, and couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion, both sweet and sad in his heart. Li Zhen said with a hippie smile: "It's all old couples', so it's not a serious thing, is it a serious thing?"How about I try again?As he spoke, he touched Liang Zi's waist... you are so annoying!Hate!Liang Zi's face was flushed red, and he hurriedly retreated to hide.But behind is the concave wall of the cliff, and after only dodging twice, he could no longer dodge.Seeing that Li Zhen was about to grab her trouser belt, Liang Zi was helpless, and suddenly burst into tears with a "wow". Li Zhen panicked now, he hugged Liang Zi in his arms, and comforted him, don't cry, don't cry, if you don't want to hit, don't hit. Liang Zi said perseveringly that those who shoot or not shoot are obviously looking down on others, thinking how to bully them all day long. Me, I didn't, Li Zhen argued.There is nothing, there is, there is.Well, well, that was my fault.I will never dare again!Never dare again!Little aunt, Li Zhen said humbly. While covering his face with his hands, Liang Zi peeped at Li Zhen's frightened appearance through his fingers. Seeing him scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, he couldn't help laughing out loud.But she immediately straightened her face again and said: You are not allowed to bully me after you get married. dare not!dare not!Absolutely not!From now on, only my wife and lord will obey, and only my wife and lord will obey!I only let you bully me, you can't fight back when you beat me, and you can't fight back when you scold me.A man has gold under his knees, so it is best to kneel to a woman every day. Bah, no more serious words!Liang Zi's complexion slowly eased, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance, she suddenly sighed faintly, stretched out her little finger, and said to Li Zhen, let's pull the hook. What hook? What I say is what I say, you are not allowed to go back on your word, and you are not allowed to refuse. Hehe, my wife is about to implement a dictatorship!Li Zhen smiled wryly.As he said that, he stretched out his finger and hooked it with Liang Zi's. Liangzi pulled and said: You promise me, you will always be good to me, and you will never change your mind. What if one day you betrayed me and found another woman? Li Zhenxin thought to himself, but I have already found other women, so what can I do.But that was a long time ago.Immediately, the voices and smiles of the women he had been lingering with in the past appeared in his mind. He thought of the dignified and elegant English teacher Zi Ning, and his childish first love, Xiu Ling, who once Ye Ying, who was in love with him on the university campus, and Xue Ning, who had made an oath of eternal love with him on the bank of the Sanggan River.Thinking, thinking, he couldn't help but smile slightly. What are you laughing at? It's mysterious.Seeing that Li Zhen was just smirking to himself, Liang Zi was a little angry, and flicked Li Zhen's forehead lightly. Only then did Li Zhen come back to his senses, and his eyes were on Liang Zi's soft and beautiful face again. As the sun sets, the sky is full of red clouds, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflects the holy light on Liang Zi's face.Because she was waiting for Li Zhen to swear, her tall and straight chest tensed up and down, and her small lips opened and closed bursts of orchid-like fragrance.Li Zhen couldn't help being stunned, and said, if I, Li Zhen, find other women behind Liang Zi's back in the future, let me be shot to death. Liang Zi immediately blocked his mouth, not to say such unlucky words, I want to grow old with you, and change to someone else.Well, then I got stuck with a needle.Are you kidding me, needles can kill people? The needle is poisonous. I don't want you to die, I want you to live well.I just want you to say, love me forever. I love you all my life, I love you all my life.We will be husband and wife in the next life.This is just like the words.Liang Zi pulled the raised fingers of the two people, and said, if the hook is hanged, it will not be changed for a hundred years. Li Zhen grabbed her hand and sang, "Little girl, I had a dream. I dreamed that my mother-in-law came to make an order, real gold bars, wrapped in gold ingots, peach red skirts tied with gold phoenixes, embroidered shoes, and butterflies dreamed."Hate it, dead head.Liang Zi said angrily, and stretched out his hand to grab Li Zhen's ribs, trying to scratch his itch. Li Zhen dodged to dodge, and hugged Liang Zi in his arms. The two struggled and fell to the ground together, and their happy laughter spread far and far. Far, far away under the sky in the west, the sun shed its last ray of light, and accompanied by the strange groans of the two, it quickly sank below the mountains.The wife after the unrestrained passion should be very comfortable. Things changed suddenly. One day, Liu Banxian suddenly said that it was suitable for Li Zhen and Liang Zi to get married early, but it was not suitable for them to book early.Otherwise, fate is wrong, premature union is doomed to premature separation, it is better to choose a good day and auspicious day.However, the parents of both parties, especially the Liang family, felt that the matter could no longer be delayed, so they ignored Liu Banxian's words. In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Xiao Ding was released, and the dignified elders of the Li family brought four pieces of gold and silver jewelry to Liang Zi: a pair of rings, a pair of bracelets, a pair of earrings, and a necklace.Don't underestimate these four pieces of jewelry, they contain a profound meaning, that is, the man restrains the girl with family law, making her depend on her husband and be disciplined by him. People from Li Zhen's family put various jewelry on Liang Zi, and Liang Zi kowtowed to the elders of Li's family, and this ceremony was considered complete.When he returned to his room at night, Liangzi opened the jewelry box of the collar and found a small note inside, which said: This ring must not be used to restrain my wife, but I ask my wife to discipline the foolish man in the future. - Li Zhen. Liang Zi cursed dumbfoundedly, dead head!A warm love welled up spontaneously, and she wished that the wedding could be held tomorrow, but the girl's reserve forced her to pretend to be dignified and demure, desperately suppressing her inner desire and expectation.Because her mother warned her more than once that when a big girl gets married, she must not be frizzy and flustered. Even if she wants to, she must pretend to be unhappy on the surface, otherwise she will be laughed at of. Just when they were immersed in the joy of their engagement, something happened... At this time, Liang Zi, Li Zhen's fiancée, faced a dilemma: her identity had just been confirmed, and she turned out to be the daughter of Chief Ye of a certain military region.During the Cultural Revolution, Liang Zi's biological parents were imprisoned in a cowshed for reformation. She was first taken in by an orphanage, and then sent to Mayor Liang and his wife to be raised.Due to the passing of events, her parents have not found her since she was released from prison, and they have not heard of her until now.Should he marry Li Zhen, or go back to the capital to join his parents and find someone else?Where do we go from here?She also had a hard time. Li Zhen believes that the two have deep feelings and should be combined.He thinks that finding a family like Liangzi is a good match, and he can't find it even with a lantern, so he must marry her.Liang Zi personally thinks that it is inappropriate for him to go back to Beijing to find his parents, because his work and boyfriend are both in Zhangjiakou, so he should live with Li Zhen in Zhangjiakou for the time being. But Liang Zi's parents have their own views. They think that Zhangjiakou is too backward and too poor to stay there, and you have no future there. Going back to Beijing is the best choice, besides, the adoptive parents are the mayor of the town. , I already have a few children, and the elderly in the family over there have no shortage of caregivers, as long as they send money, we are all retired and old, and we need someone to take care of them. Going to school and so on are all problems, so there will be more troubles.Go back to Beijing first, I have already introduced you to someone in Beijing, just wait for you to come and see, and strive to start a family in Beijing.Therefore, her parents firmly disagreed with her daughter's choice, so Liang Zi could only obey her parents' orders, so she was quickly transferred back to Beijing. Before leaving, she left a message to Li Zhen: I will reply to you within three months, if you don't reply, I'm already married, so don't wait for me anymore.As soon as he left, there was no news from Liang Zi... After waiting for three months, Li Zhen learned that Liang Zi had married in Beijing, and then the whole family traveled abroad to visit relatives.He is completely disappointed. In the dead of night, Li Zhen often thought of the oath he made with Liang Zi. He said to himself, Liang Zi, I will love you forever. I swear, there will be no other women in my life. However, can Li Zhen, who is romantic and passionate by nature, do it?This is just a warm dream in his life, and he will wake up from the dream. woman!For Li Zhen, it is a bed, which he cannot live without, but he will not sleep in the same bed forever.So some people say that the cruelest way to punish a person is to deprive him of his bed. Liang Zi, who loved him deeply and whom he loved deeply, really left him. It seems that, as Liu Banxian said, the premature engagement did not bring him good luck. Li Zhen, who was at the end of his official career and love, also got married in Zhangjiakou.At that time, he was introduced by someone, and quickly met and got engaged to Yang Fan from the municipal nursery.Yang Fan is beautiful, which is what Li Zhen is most satisfied with. At this time, Yang Fan is a temporary worker in the government nursery and has not yet become a regular worker. In Li Zhen's view, as long as he is beautiful, it doesn't matter if he is a regular worker or a temporary worker.