Chapter 5 Section five

"May 1st" get married! The whole family consciously threw themselves into the preparations for the fourth sister's marriage.The second aunt brought the clothes bought by the Lu family to the sewing team of the Yang family's oblique brigade, measured the figure of the fourth sister, and handed over the clothes for the four seasons of winter, summer, spring and autumn to the sewing team. The second aunt repeatedly told the accountant of the sewing team , must be delivered before April 30th.The second aunt went to the carpentry workshop of the brigade to order a pair of boxes. The size should be large, the color should be painted red, and the yellow copper-plated locks must be painted and delivered before April 30.The price was fifty yuan, and the second aunt told the accountant to deduct it from the distribution at the end of the year.The cripple uncle didn't complain, and said again and again that it should be done.The three dowry gifts from the Lu family were two hundred and forty yuan, none of which was moved, and the second aunt instructed my uncle to go to the post office in the town to send it back to my hometown in northern Shaanxi. After all, life here is better than there.Every time I finish a task, the second aunt has to pinch her fingers to count the time left until "May Day".Like ordinary peasant men and women, she is used to timekeeping by the lunar calendar. The difference between the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar confuses her, saying that this ghost solar calendar has confused her upside down.She personally went to the town supply and marketing cooperative to pull the quilt, choose foreign cloth sheets, and did not spend her own inventory.The sister-in-law is far away from her brother, so she can't take care of her. She is the aunt of the fourth sister, so she should be the father and mother, and she must be dismissed according to the norms of ordinary girls in the village, trying to be as decent as possible.

The fourth sister didn't know what to do.The second aunt told her that she would make a pair of pillows for the old man of the Lu family, a pair of single shoes for each of the two elder brothers and two sister-in-laws, and a pair of single shoes for Lu Jianfeng as a gift for entering the Lu family. For guests to appreciate, one can see the filial piety of the newcomers, and the second is the needlework skills of the newcomers.The fourth sister tied the uppers of the shoes and tied the soles of the shoes. The hemp rope was strangling her palms so that her palms felt tingly and painful.She told the second aunt that it was going to be "May 1st" and she was too nervous, so she might as well buy plastic soles.The second aunt told her seriously that this meeting gift must be made by hand, and cannot be replaced by machine products, otherwise people will say that you are not sincere, and that you do not know how to sew!People in Guanzhong pay attention to bigness, and they have to do as the Romans do, and they can't be careless.Seeing the embarrassment of the fourth sister, the second aunt saw the lame uncle again, and gave the lame uncle a pair of splints with the soles of his shoes, telling him to hurry up when he was free after feeding the cows.The crippled uncle readily obeyed, and said with a smile, I don't pay well, and I'm afraid I'll ruin Simeizi's reputation in the Lu family in the future!The aunt consciously took on the housework of cooking, sweeping the floor and taking care of the dolls. She said that she had never raised a daughter in her life, and had never enjoyed the blessing of sending a girl off to marry, but this time she had tasted it.The fourth sister now has more experience, what a wonderful family the second aunt married, the lame aunt is kind, and the aunt treats people well, and she no longer thinks that there is anything wrong with her uncle's legs and feet.She tied the uppers of her shoes and prayed secretly in her heart, if only the young and old in the Lu family were like the crippled uncle's family, even if the fourth sister had burned incense and recited Buddha's name!

Old Man Time's footsteps were steady. "May 1st" International Labor Day, a festive holiday for the working class all over the world, is coming. The fourth sister was woken up by the second aunt, got up and put on her clothes, just grabbed the shirt, but saw a pile of new clothes neatly placed beside the pillow.This is what my second aunt told me last night. Today, I have to change into new clothes that I haven't been on from the inside to the outside.She put down the yellow mock-military top she was holding. She took off the vest that she kept on day and night, and when she saw her bare chest, her heart skipped a beat.It seems that he never noticed that when the chest is so high, when did those two things grow so big!She picked up a new vest and hurriedly put it on.

The fourth sister didn't know what to do.She squatted under the stove to light the fire, but the second aunt pulled her up, saying that after a while, her head would be covered with ashes.She went to sweep the floor, but my aunt took the broom again, saying that she shouldn't touch these things at all today, she should go dress up, sit quietly, and wait for the Lu family's carriage to welcome the bride. She was sitting in the house, and through the window, she could see the vines in the yard so green that they could drip water.The sky is high and far away, with white clouds and blue sky, and the cool morning breeze blows in through the windows.She suddenly thought of growing up, and she also thought of her mother, together with her younger brother and younger sister.Maybe I'm chatting with my mother in the cave!They couldn't come to watch their daughter get married, and handed over their responsibilities to the second aunt with complete confidence, so how could they not worry about it?

The fourth sister thought of the scene where her mother took out shit for her... "I'm afraid it's time to come!" Second Aunt said, "Fourth Sister, wash your face again and comb your hair..." The fourth sister suddenly fell into the arms of the second aunt, wanting to cry, but tears flowed down her face: "Gu, I want to be big, and I want to be a mother!" The second aunt hugged her shoulder tightly and cried too: "Just cry a few times! My poor girl..." The fourth sister couldn't bear it anymore, she burst into tears and made a sound. The second aunt pressed her face and remained motionless, making her cry.When the daughter leaves her mother, it is inevitable to cry bitterly.She is now both a aunt and a mother!Seeing her niece crying and trembling, she advised her to restrain herself, as it would be unsightly for her eyes to turn red from crying.

"Gu..." Fourth Sister cried softly, "I can't live without...you..." "Stupid words!" Second Aunt said lovingly, "Every woman in the world is going to get married..." "Gu..." Fourth Sister said, "I always feel...just like in a dream..." "It's all like this." Second Aunt said calmly, "It's all like this." It's all like this, Fourth Sister stopped crying and was still sobbing, since it's all like this, she will be like this. Someone outside the door hurriedly said that the Lu family's carriage came.Fourth Sister was startled, her mind became blank.The second aunt pushed her away and said, "Hurry up! Go wash your face and comb your hair! Look happy. I'll go greet her..."

The fourth sister was sitting in the carriage, surrounded by girls from the second aunt's house.They were brought by the second aunt to accompany her to get married, and they also went to Lujiabao to have a banquet, a good meal. The carriage was traveling on the road in the Guanzhong Plain, and the horseshoes made a crisp and rhythmic sound on the black asphalt road.The tall aspen trees lined both sides of the road, with shiny leaves.The endless wheat on the side of the road, the ears of wheat are neatly arranged, showing a grayish-yellow color.The cuckoo passed overhead, leaving a series of moving calls.In the early summer, the Guanzhong Plain is as youthful as a girl to be married, with a natural and charming charm.

When he was about to enter Lujiabao, the carriage caught up with those young men who were carrying the bride price.They came to help the Lu family with great enthusiasm, and left with all her dowry on their heads.Oh, look, they put sheets around their waists, flowered pillow covers on their heads, pink door curtains around their skirts, and flowered shirts and jackets on their bodies. They dressed up like monsters, and walked towards the village laughing and laughing.A sister-in-law who accompanied her said: "This is the custom here, don't worry about it. It's like this." The second aunt invited a daughter-in-law from the next door to accompany her and escort her.

The entrance to Lujiabao Village was surrounded by people.Fourth Sister lowered her head, unable to hear the laughter and discussions of those people.The carriage walked straight past the welcome men and women of Lujiabao who lined the street with two rows.The crackling sound of firecrackers suddenly exploded, the carriage stopped, and the fourth sister looked up, the carriage was parked at the entrance of Lujia Street. The fourth sister looked under the car, and the two sister-in-laws who had already met each other stretched out their hands with smiles on their faces, and helped her get out of the car.On the ground under the car, there was a layer of sacks. The two sisters-in-law supported her, and slowly stepped over a sack, and then another thick thread sack was spread towards the gate. Go ahead.Last night, the second aunt told her that according to customs in Guanzhong, the soles of new shoes should not be soiled on the way from her mother's house to her in-law's house when she gets married. Things like sacks went all the way into the bridal chamber.The old society paid attention to laying red felt and sitting in sedan chairs; now the carriage has replaced the sedan chair, and the red felt has also been replaced by sacks and bags for grain. , then let them not get off the car, invite them, or pull them, and go straight to the master's house to pave the way, otherwise they will lose their value.The fourth sister walked to the door along the path paved with sacks and sacks, and it was cut off. There were neither sacks nor sacks. The two men carried sacks and sacks under their armpits, squinting their eyes as if in demonstration, and raised their heads. Looking up at the sky.The sister-in-law who supported her whispered in her ear: "Take out the 'parts'. Come!" The fourth sister suddenly came to her senses, and took out two "parts" wrapped in red paper with five cents from her pocket. Give it to sister-in-law.The sister-in-law put one in each of the two men's hands, slapped them on the head and waist, and cursed: "Shop quickly! Greedy!" I bent down to pave the road, and when the fourth sister raised her foot and stepped into the gate, she felt a little bit in her heart, this is her home, it's like a dream!

Walking to the door of the wing room, the two black-painted door panels were closed, and several women shouted for "shares" inside the door.The second sister-in-law took two red paper bags from her and stuffed them in through the open door. At the same time, she carried them on her shoulders and hips. The door opened, and the fourth sister was dragged in. Suddenly, the door rushed in. A group of young men and women came, dozens of hands stretched out together, shouting "Give me a share!" Shouting their credit, they moved the dowry, hung the door curtain, poured wash water for the box... Fourth Sister Being squeezed into the corner of the wall, unable to move, several women had already started to take out her pockets. In the chaos, some worthless thing squeezed her buttocks...

The fourth sister was led to the courtyard by the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law. There was a mat shed in the air, and he was already standing there in front of the temporary rostrum. Invited relatives and friends, ready to have dinner.Weddings are a blunt amalgamation of new customs and old ceremonies.She and he first bowed three times to the leader's portrait; then a cadre-like person presiding over the wedding read out the marriage certificate, which was even more of a flat-faced official tone; The quotations on the side are "Don't forget class struggle" and "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture" on one side, and on the other side is the section where the leader praised "Youth is the sun at eight or nine o'clock".The fourth sister has long listened to these three quotations, but when she wanted to read them aloud, she stuttered.She didn't dare not read it, so she gasped and got away with it, but fortunately, no one took it seriously.The wedding went on one by one, and there was nothing too embarrassing. She did it reluctantly. It didn't make much sense. She was dizzy and still like a dream. In the dream, she remembered the scene of her mother digging shit for her... Under the mat shed in the yard, all the diners on the ten square tables picked up the bamboo chopsticks, nervously copied the dishes on the plates, and politely pushed aside the porcelain pot of shochu, making a chaotic sound of chewing food and talking .The elder sister-in-law led her, and the second sister-in-law led her to toast the guests.Liu Hongyan sat at the first table in front of the rostrum, proudly took a glass of wine poured by the fourth sister, tilted her neck, blinked her red eyes a few times, and hurriedly sat down to eat.He brokered this marriage, and he should be respected by the guests and friends. Now is the most glorious moment.The fourth sister held the wine pot in her hand, and Lu Jianfeng held the wine bottle. They made a respect from table to table. The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law introduced to her all the important relatives at the table, uncle, Dalingzi, second uncle, Erlingzi , Aunt, Aunt, Aunt, Uncle, introduce them one by one.The fourth sister couldn't remember so many relatives at once, so she just poured wine into the small wine cup, and then walked to another table... The fourth sister was led by two sisters-in-law, and sent relatives out one by one, on the road, to the entrance of the village, handed the bamboo basket or bag with the cake to the uncle or aunt, and watched them walk slowly on the dirt road outside the village. Into the twilight of the setting sun, turn back home, and send another... It was just getting dark, and men and women of Lujiabao kept walking into the street gate.Lv Jianfeng and his two elder brothers went to the east end, west end and south alley of the village to invite those folks who had performed the "member gift".Now Youyou walked into the courtyard, and sat down gracefully amidst the warm and respectful greeting from her husband, talking funny words.After a while, the banquet was full, and the dishes and wine were served.As soon as the banquet started, there was loud laughter in the yard. Those old peasants hugged the old man and overwhelmed him. He blushed and looked like a Guan Gong. The smoke and ink on the old woman's face was smeared like Bao Gong, and the sound of laughter in the yard almost lifted the mat shed... Lv Jianfeng led her to the banquet to toast again, and the old peasants extended their hands in a friendly way , hit Lu Jianfeng on the head, and said some jokes, he would always smile, shrinking his head to avoid those friendly attacks from left and right.When he led her to flee back to the new house, my God!The narrow hut was already full of young people. There were people lying and sitting on the kang, and the floor under the kang was so crowded that there was no place for her to stand.She was standing outside the door, hesitating, when she was pulled violently by a hand, and she was dragged into the door, attacking her in unison: "Come on! Light a cigarette for me." "Sing and sing!" "Ha! Tighten my belt, bride..." Surrounded by her, she stood with him in the middle of the den.She was very nervous and at a loss as to what to do, many faces were smiling at her, some with cigarettes in the corners of their mouths, pouted, stretched out in front of her face, asking her to light them.She didn't know whether to light it or not. He immediately struck a match and wanted to light it, but someone knocked it out.He had no choice but to stuff the match into her hand and let her meet the troublemaker's request.She lit a match, just enough to get a cigarette, but was blown out by a mischievous ghost with a cigarette in her mouth. After finally lighting a cigarette, someone squeezed in from behind... "Catch the worm!" Someone shouted. "Pick out the sparrow!" Someone called again. Fourth sister lowered her head, embarrassed to look at anyone, her heart was beating tremblingly.Last night, my aunt told her that the custom of getting married in Guanzhong is that there is no distinction between old and young for three days, and you can talk and joke, especially making trouble, which is the most difficult test for a bride.The most difficult things are the tricks of "picking out long worms" and "picking out sparrows". "Pull out the long worm" is to ask the bride to put a handkerchief into the groom's one leg and pull it out from under the other leg. Go in and pull out the other cuff.The place where the two hands join the handkerchief is the most secret shame area of ​​the human body.My aunt said, this is a ghost trick passed down from the old life, and now it is not happy to make such a fuss, and some villages are still playing it, so we have to be on guard so as not to panic on the spot, and never follow orders unless it is absolutely necessary.My aunt told me again, no matter what, don't change your face and don't get angry. Offending a servant is to hurt the face of the master's family. The person who twisted his arms twisted his arms vigorously, and the person who pressed his legs crushed his legs to death.Someone stuffed a handkerchief into her hand, pushed and shoved her, and yelled at her to "pick out worms".The fourth sister blushed, lowered her head, and threw away the handkerchief, what a shame!At this moment, a young man with the appearance of a cadre squeezed into the door and said, "Let her sing! Don't play those old tricks. If it spreads to the commune, be careful of the boss! Now we are criticizing 'Resurgence'! Getting into trouble in the limelight..." There was no sound in the mansion, and the people who twisted and pressed his arms, legs and feet let go at the same time, and no one pushed her anymore.The boys looked at each other and made faces.Fourth Sister really felt at a loss at this moment, suddenly, someone yelled: "Tied!" Several people started their hands together, without any explanation, a hemp rope tied her and him face to face, and pushed them down on the kang.With a bang, the boys rushed out the door.The young man who looked like a cadre blushed immediately, turned around resentfully and walked away. She is tied to him.She was on top of him, unable to move.He blushed, panting heavily, and a breath of a strange man rushed to her face.She stepped over her face, embarrassed to look at him, her neck was sore and sore, and if she relaxed a little, she would touch his nose.The sister-in-law laughed and walked in and untied the rope.She caressed her tied and burning arm, embarrassed to speak.The sister-in-law said: "Our father asked you two to go..." On the square table in the main hall of the inner room, a pair of red lacquer wax shines brightly. On the wall is a picture of a roaring tiger. With a line of black characters.The old man sat on a chair beside the table and solemnly said: "Burn incense for your grandfather and your mother-in-law, so that your grandfather and your mother-in-law will know in the underworld that their third grandson is married." Lu Jianfeng took out three sticks of incense from the incense tube, lit them on the lacquer wax, and inserted them respectfully and awkwardly into the incense burner. Si Meizi also took out three sticks of incense, and when she was lighting them on the lacquer wax, her arms trembled, but when she inserted them into the incense burner, she broke one of them, and she was even more flustered. She stood side by side with him at the god's table, bowed, knelt down, kowtowed, and kowtowed three times. After all this was done, the old man waved his hand to signal her and him to abdicate without saying a word. Back in the mansion again, before sitting still, the second sister-in-law brought two bowls of rice, handed them to him and her, and said, "Acacia wonton, eat quickly. Eat and sleep." She was not hungry.Since waking up in the morning till now, she hasn't felt the slightest feeling of hunger. Seeing that he has picked up the small bowl decorated with gold rims to eat, she also moved the chopsticks, and just opened her mouth, with a thud, and bit out a penny coins come.The second sister-in-law exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! I'm so lucky, I took the first bite..." The eldest sister-in-law also jumped in, giggling, marveling that she is a blessed daughter-in-law.The fourth sister finally understood that the person who eats this coin is a symbol of good fortune, but it seems that he has not enjoyed any good fortune in the past. Eating bran pancakes is not a good fortune, right?What kind of blessing is it to let your mother dig out shit for yourself?Perhaps, starting from today, it indicates that she will enjoy a happy life, right? "Eat it! Eat it quickly!" the sister-in-law urged. "This is the rule. If you don't eat it, it will be unlucky in the future." The second sister-in-law said very seriously. Fourth sister saw that he was very embarrassed.The second sister-in-law stuffed the coin she bit out into his hand, asking him to eat it into his mouth, but he was embarrassed to put the coin with her saliva in his mouth.The elder sister-in-law urged him, but the second sister-in-law was impatient and beat him on the head lovingly, forcing him.She felt tense for a while, and stared at him secretly, would he eat or not?If he doesn't eat it, it's... Simeizi turned her head and saw him stuffing the coin into her mouth. For some reason, her heart skipped a beat and her body felt hot and dry.The two sisters-in-law laughed, cleaned up the dishes, and went out. She sat on the kang with her head down, feeling a little nervous, her chest felt stuffy and her breathing was difficult.The wedding ceremony is over, the dead father and mother-in-law have been burned and kowtowed, and the acacia wonton has been eaten. Now, what new or old customs and customs are there for her to do?The second sister-in-law said just now, "Go to bed after eating wontons", maybe there is nothing more to do?She sat on the edge of the kang and glanced at him who was sitting at the table. He was staring at the opposite wall in a daze and didn't speak. With a bang, the gate facing the street was closed, and there was a sound of steady footsteps in the yard, which went to the upper room, and there was a dignified cough, it was the old man. There were two more creaking sounds of the door leaf, probably the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law were closing the door. The small courtyard, which had been bustling all day, was completely quiet. The warm wind at night in May brought the fragrance of acacia flowers, and the small courtyard was extremely quiet. He stood up, turned and closed the door, bang!The small mansion was also isolated from the small courtyard. "Lay the kang." He said to her. She didn't look up, she hesitated for a moment, then turned and went to the kang.The quilts, quilts and sheets on the kang were messed up by the young man who was making trouble.She tore the mattress flat, spread the bed sheets flat, spread the quilt, straightened one embroidered pillow, and picked up another pillow. She was in trouble. Should the two pillows be placed at the same time?Or should it be placed at the other end of the kang? While she was hesitating, she felt more and more constricted in her chest and had difficulty breathing. Turning around for a while, she suddenly saw that he had already taken off all his clothes, and was turning around to touch the pull cord of the light switch. There was a click, and the light went out.Then he grabbed her arm and crushed her. He tore her clothes and her belt, and a rough hand stretched out to her chest. He hugged her so vigorously, and entered her so recklessly. body.She almost fainted...