Chapter 3 third quarter

Qin Wa's face was glowing red, and she seemed restrained everywhere.Because of the strict restrictions on contact between unmarried men and women in the countryside, until today, married couples have never even had the chance to see each other.Qinwa, who is usually reticent and even looks rebellious, seems to have suddenly become easy-going on the third day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and even those eyes that always seem to hate someone are shy and soft. . The elders patted his clean-shaven head with their hands to express their affectionate congratulations; when the brothers of the same generation joked with him presumptuously and said sour and rude words, he all smiled shyly and didn't mind talking back.

His aunt asked him to put on a top hat and a black muslin robe. He graciously put the borrowed top hat on his head which was naked all year round but only covered with a kerchief in winter.No matter how ill-fitting the borrowed dress is, Qinwa has become a bridegroom's attire after all. According to the ancient wedding ceremony popular in the countryside, Qinwa's marriage went very smoothly. Qinwa was completely dizzy. He was led by his uncle's cousin, followed by the bridal sedan chair and the wow-wow drummer, into Wuzhuang, and went to Wu San's house to welcome the relatives.Wu San was fairly straightforward, and he didn't have the usual haggling when the sedan chair arrived at the door.When Qinwa got up and walked out of Wu San's house with her accompanying cousin, the sedan chair flickering amidst the sound of suona and trumpets had already reached the entrance of the village.In that sedan chair was his daughter-in-law who was going to spend time with him from now on.

Back in Kangjia Village, women and babies crowded him into the small hut together with his new daughter-in-law who covered his face. As soon as he took off the red cloth covering her face, he was pushed out of the door by the boys. , did not see clearly, only saw a pair of flushed round face, his heart suddenly jumped, and he was already dazzled. The daughter-in-law got married, and now she is sitting in the small building, where the laughter of young men and women can be heard from time to time.All relatives and friends sat at the lunch table, put on their boxes and cages and bid farewell to the road, and everything went smoothly.It's just that there was a little unpleasant disturbance when the bride was being played in the new house at night.

Qinwa and the bride were crowded in the yard by everyone, the boys surrounded them, the women crowded around the periphery, and the small courtyard was overcrowded.During the three days of the wedding, no matter how big or small, regardless of seniority, anyone who has any weird ideas or tricks can come up with it, and the bride and groom will be asked to perform in public.These constantly refurbished tricks are almost mischievous, uncivilized, and even barbaric, but they have been handed down in the village since ancient times, and every family and everyone are like this.The old people know that for two men and women who have never met, making a new house has an inconvenient meaning: to inspire and tease the lust between two strange men and women.

Qin Wa is not yet the age to understand this truth.They asked him to pour wine for the bride, and he did it, and they asked the bride to light cigarettes for him, and he accepted.People called him "paste the ceiling", but he hesitated. Qinwa knows that the so-called "paste the ceiling" is to stick a piece of paper on the tip of the tongue, and then stick it to the roof of the daughter-in-law's mouth.He had seen other people playing brides like this before, and when it happened to him, he panicked. Somebody beat him on the head in a top hat.Who took off his top hat and was beaten continuously on his bald scalp.The noisy roar made the small courtyard so noisy that it was about to be raised.Someone brought the paper, someone twisted his arm.He stuck the paper on the tip of his tongue, only touching his daughter-in-law's lips... Finally, it was all right.

A new trick was brought up again: "Pull out the sparrow".Ask Qinwa to stuff a handkerchief into the bride's right cuff and pull it out from the left sleeve.He felt that this was much easier than "pasting the roof".When he started, a look of resentment flashed in the bride's eyes.Qinwa thought in a daze, what does this have to do with it?Then someone grabbed the bride's two arms... When Qinwa's two hands were passing the handkerchief on the bride's chest, he touched the breast, his face became hot, and at the same time, he saw the bride shed tears of shame.Qinwa felt uncomfortable, and he realized that he was so stupid at this moment.

"Did you take out the sparrow?" "A big bird and a small bird?" Qin Wa lowered her head, too ashamed to raise her head, the noise seemed so far away that he couldn't hear it. He raised his head abruptly, took off his handkerchief, and squeezed his way out of the crowd... All of a sudden, people dispersed with a "wow", and rushed out of the door. The young men were cursing and whistling, and only the bride was left in the yard, standing there blankly. "Ah, Qinba! You are so stupid!" Aunt complained to him, "It's always like this when you make a new house and play with your daughter-in-law! Why are you so annoying to everyone?"

"This baby! I'm so stupefied!" The father was also panicked, "How dare we offend so many township party members in our small family? It's all a joke when they come to make trouble! You just take it seriously?" "Go! Go! Call the Xiangdang back and apologize!" said the aunt, "Bring up the wine!" "Forget it," said the uncle, "you can only boast for three days, and you can only laugh for three days. As long as you treat the township party well in the future, it's nothing! Tomorrow, Qinwa will bring the wine, go for a walk, drop by the door, and make up for it. "

Qinwa has entered her new house, her father has already rested on the kang in the small kitchen, and her uncle and aunt have also slept peacefully.The street gate and the back door of the small courtyard had already been closed tightly, and the small courtyard, which had been noisy all day, seemed unusually quiet at this moment. The daughter-in-law was sitting on the edge of the Kang, bowing her eyebrows and nodding her head, her cheeks were flushed red, her messy temple hair was hanging by her ears, and a green hairpin was inserted into her newly rolled bun, which was covered by her hair when she was a girl The neck is white and delicate.Qin Wa had already driven away the unhappiness caused by the trouble.Unlike his aunt and father, he is not worried about losing the friendship of the village party. He wants to protect his daughter-in-law from embarrassment. Can the friendship of the village party be more important than the daughter-in-law?fart!

He sat on the chair, what did he say?He couldn't find a word to strike up a conversation with her, but he wanted to talk to her in his heart.After a long time, he asked, "Are you... cold?" She didn't look up, just shook her head. "are you hungry?" She still shook her head. He was out of words again.He wanted to sit with her and put his arms around her shoulders, but he didn't have the courage. "Why...you were so irritable just now?" She still didn't look up. "I... I see them, they are too shameful!" He said, "I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable."

"You... stupid!" She raised her head and gave him a caressing look, "You should... grind with them. You are stupid!" He seemed to wake up all of a sudden.He had also seen other people's house construction in the village, and many of them were dragged on softly, not according to other people's blind ideas, and slipped past.He doesn't have the ability to stand up to the crowd's clamor... Straightforward! "You stupid!" The bride said this to him, but he felt very comfortable in his heart.How are men and women?He suddenly pulled his wife into his arms. "Ah yo!" The daughter-in-law cried out in a low voice, suppressing the pain. He let go of his hand, and his wife's left arm was hanging, motionless.Did he break her arm?God, was she made of mud, or did he develop his extraordinary arm strength from adobe?He was terrified. "Pull and send." The daughter-in-law handed him her arm, "I have a problem with this arm, it doesn't matter, just put it on. Pull——" The arm is back on.He stood aside, not daring to move. But she poked her finger between his eyebrows: "You... idiot..." The sun in the first month of the lunar calendar seems to have more heat than all the first months in the past thousands of years. It shines on every courtyard in the small Kangjia Village in Nanyuan Pogen at the foot of the Qinling Mountains. The small courtyard of Qinwa’s family - Kang The coldest and most desolate corner in Jia Village is now bathed in the warm sunshine of early spring just like the large and small crop yards in Kangjia Village. The wedding night passed, and in the twilight, Qinwa didn't long for the warm and comfortable bed. She got up and started to clean the toilet and pigsty.All the mystery that had surrounded the sexes vanished, vanished.Thinking about my restraint and confusion during the tedious wedding ceremony yesterday, I even find it funny.He cleaned up the latrine, put dry soil on it, jumped into the pigsty, drove the screaming Hei Kelang aside, dug up the excrement, piled it to the corner, and then covered it with dry loess, thus making the excrement nest complete. The high-quality fertilizer will not let the smell of feces diffuse into the small courtyard. Doing all this, his heart is extremely at ease.Standing in the front yard, he suddenly realized: In the past, his father dominated this small courtyard, but what about today?He is the natural pillar of this crop yard.You can't let your father take care of everything, but let your father eat a bowl of worry-free food!His daughter-in-law and aunt gave him a new name of Yuxian, a diligent husband and wife, forming a harmonious and happy farm family.He wants to pick up all the heavy labor outside and inside the house, and let Yuxian do the housework between sewing, washing, and pots and pans.He wants to live a good life in this small courtyard, let his Yuxian live comfortably, let his old father spend his old age peacefully, for the old man and his wife, he is not afraid to work hard and endure hardships, why should farmers live the sun and the moon?One word: diligent! Leaning on a shovel, he stood by the pigsty, admiring the strong and shaggy black crocodile. He was thinking in his heart that if he went back to his father-in-law's house today, it would be time to apply soil and manure to the wheat tomorrow. After sending it to the field, it should be thawed, and it is also the best time for him to carry stones and ram adobe. When he returned to the yard, Yuxian was sweeping the yard with a rice broom, wearing a flowered jacket, green trousers, and a blue printed kerchief on his head.He felt so comfortable, staring blankly at the graceful sweeping movements of this woman he was no stranger to.Very strange!As soon as she entered the small courtyard, the small courtyard became so warm and full of vitality. "Qin baby!" Hearing his father calling him, Qinwa walked into the house where his father lived. His uncle and aunt were sitting in front of him. After he greeted him, he waited for their advice. "Qinba." The father held the cigarette pouch in his hand and said, "You tell the other children, in the morning... don't come and... empty the urinal..." Qinwa laughed. "That's what it should be," said the aunt, "your father..." "We don't pay attention to it. Our poor family has a small courtyard, so what do we pay attention to!" Father said, "I fell down by myself, and I was happy. I'm not paralyzed..." Qinwa still smiled, what can I say, Dad is so kind. The sun was red, and he and Yuxian followed each other, carrying gifts, to the father-in-law Wu San's house to return. Walking out of Kangjia Village, the wheat seedlings in the fields are gradually changing color, the warm sunlight is shining on the slopes and rivers, and the snow in the shady slopes leaves only a few remnants, and the leaf buds on the wicker are getting fatter and fatter. "Yuxian—" "Hey--" "Here... let me tell you..." "Say it!" "My dad said..." "What are you talking about?" She was a little anxious, did my husband have any bad impression of her on the first day of her arrival? "My dad said..." "What are you talking about? You are so embarrassing!" "My dad said, in the future... don't give him... the urinal!" "Oh!" Yuxian heaved a sigh of relief and smiled, "What's wrong?" "Not really." Qinwa said, "He said he would fall on his own." "My mother has repeatedly told me to serve the elderly, pour the basin in the morning, serve the three meals to the elderly, pass them with both hands, clean the yard and house, and..." Yuxian said, "My mother's family law is very strict. Mile!" "My father has suffered all his life and has never been served by anyone." Qin Wa said, "He is not used to others serving him." "Hi dad." Yuxian said. As the two walked forward, they could see the bare branches of the tall trees in Wuzhuang Village.