Chapter 8 There is Feng Laiyi

There is Feng Laiyi 【Sifan】 The third sister-in-law called me Xiaoguan once, and I smiled, and she laughed too, saying, "What are you laughing at? Did I call you wrong?" up?It's always early before the sun rises, and it's always early before the wife gets married. Besides, Bao Wenzheng calls his sister-in-law a sister-in-law, and I'm not older than you ? "I was eighteen that year, and I was discussing my marriage. I went to Qiangang Lutian, fifty miles away from Hu Village, Tangxi. Ren's daughter, named Yufeng, and her father, Tang Jixian, are known as Mr. Three.

It was summer when I came back from the summer vacation of the Hangzhou Academy. After dinner, I sat on the eaves. There was a moon. My mother asked me what I meant .When I mentioned marriage two years ago, I said no, but this time I heard my mother continue, and I knew in my heart that I wanted it. I am obedient to everything in the world, and this obedience is somewhat similar to that of my daughter.but still slightly Surprised, there is a woman who will be my wife. I can't help but feel a kind of joy, which is comparable to flowers hitting the water. . But my mother also heard people say that now Zuo Xingwen is getting married, and she wants to be fancy, and my elder brother is nothing.

I was busy, so I went to Tangxi with me, only said to buy tea, and went to Mr. San's house.Mr. San is at the neighbor's house, so he sent someone to call, We were sitting in the living room, it was already noon, Yufeng came back from picking tea on the mountain, she was carrying a tea basket on her shoulder, and was about to go to the front door. When she came in, she saw a visitor, somehow she seemed to have sensed it, so she turned around and walked through the back door.I'm just like the third sister-in-law He was talking about a petty official, who was too late to be afraid of embarrassment, so he was so anxious that my elder brother winked at me, and then quietly

Quietly point out to me, I am not good at looking, and it is not good not to look, I saw a woman in a blue shirt and trousers, never The back door has been turned into the kitchen, but the face is still unclear. At one o'clock, when Mr. San came home, he chatted with my elder brother and entertained wine and dinner in the living room. Yufeng's younger brother At the age of twelve, he went out to carry vegetables, but his sister was nowhere to be seen. They all understood in their hearts, where did I go to see people?Minute Obviously, I sent it to the door for others to see, but I had no choice but to play up my face, as if I was risking my life.

After dinner, accompany him to Wang's house in Yueqiao shop.The owner of Yueqiao shop is Yufeng's uncle, who is well-known in the county, as well as in Hangzhou and Shanghai. There are big gentlemen who make friends, and their home is a bungalow with verdant corridor railings.Sitting in the living room of his house, I also I didn't pay attention to how my elder brother bought the joints. He took me to the field behind the house. I just took it for a walk. How could I know that? Facing the backyard, Yufeng and all the sisters were embroidering flowers in the cool breeze in the courtyard. My elder brother pointed me to see, this kind of panic

I have never been used to Zhang's appearance, and there are more than ten feet apart, and it is too late to see who is her among the four. But already aware of it, they all fled upstairs, only the sun was left, and the buildings of the people were very neat. After marriage, Yufeng said that she saw me clearly that time, that is, my elder brother and I went from the back of the house to the guest house. When she was in the hall, she saw me walking down the corridor from upstairs, wearing eggplant-colored silk trousers and a white foreign cloth blouse, and she just thought it was me. OKAmong thousands of people in thousands of years, only this young man is him, and only this woman is her.

There is no choice, so husband and wife are marriage. If I recruit in this way, the elders of the man's family and the woman's family are relieved, saying that they have already taken their fancy, so I can't tell. I don’t feel that I have been misunderstood or wronged. The most real thing in the world often has such a good ambiguity. painted. The man's matchmaker is Uncle Mi's Shan Kezhen, and the woman's is Cousin Lutian Shaopeng.It was set to be one hundred silver dollars, Satin at both ends, plus a box of poles and two jars of old wine.In the box are a pair of chickens, two fish, one side of meat, and several pairs of

Litchi, longan, lotus seeds, white sugar buns and gengtie are all served on large red lacquer plates.My father was still alive then. After tidying up the burden overnight, my father polished the silver coins with dry powder, and wrote a Chinese character "Happy" on each piece with a silver vermilion pen. I also helped my colleagues write, and I saw silver coins spread all over the table of the Eight Immortals, and there was joy under the red candlelight.And on the pilasters hung two tails Fat-headed fish, scallions with golden shreds and yellow sprouts on the kitchen board, and a large bundle of bamboo shoots leaning against the door, all of which smell fishy

With the fragrance and aroma, the stems and leaves of Zizania rhizome are even more verdant and green in the candlelight.At this time, the meat cakes under the kitchen have been chopped, and the sea cucumbers have also been chopped. After soaking, the fish maw is ready, the meat is ready, the cook resigns, and when the Ming Dynasty comes back, the mother also puts away the gifts in the box. I just sat there and waited for my father and I to write all the Chinese characters “囍” on the silver coins. When the matchmaker arrives the next day, please gather with your relatives and uncles, pray to the ancestors of heaven and earth and the Bodhisattva in the family hall, and burn red candles in front of the hall

, wrote my Nian Geng post, put it on a plate, and offered it to the ancestors of heaven and earth and the Bodhisattva at home, and then together with my father All the dear red greeting cards are put into the box.So the matchmaker was invited to the seat, and after dinner and wine, the matchmaker escorted the dowry to the bride. Home.The bride's family accepts the dowry gift, returns the box and unwraps it. In one box are the bride's birthday invitations, and in the other box are the bride's invitations. The father-in-law's greeting card, the other boxes are the shoes the bride made for her in-laws, the steamed buns ordered by Rouge, and the folded lotus leaves.

Child white sugar bag. After the appointment, before the personal welcome, if you go to the husband's house, you will be laughed at as a son-in-law, but after the appointment, this There is already one person in this world who is my wife, and she is still a daughter. I don’t know what she thinks when she thinks about it. Law, probably the same as me, but this feeling is very good.So two years. 【wedding】 I love old marriages.When I was young, I saw a happy event for my uncle's cousin, and I brought my relatives here two or three days ago. All the members of the clan came to help, carrying sedan chairs to the market, accountants and cooks, women helped cook and deliver tea, and took care of guests. Heyue, all the children are of one mind, sisters and sisters-in-law are all on call, although the bridal sedan chairs have not yet been issued, they have already It's hot and dignified, it's a happy event.At this time, the in-laws are not only the head of the family, but also the key to a major event in the world. The master, as mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures, is the World Honored One.Although it may be difficult to arrange expenses for a son to marry a bride, and in Thinking about the future of the family, but also feel that the hard work and generosity of the world have been returned to the world, and I seem to have the enlightenment of a Taoist. Joy is Dharma joy.The bridegroom takes care of everything with the crowd, but does not carry the sedan chair to welcome the dowry. Everyone thinks he is the bridegroom. , everyone feels that he has become a very obedient boy today, and the sisters have a new kind of affection for him. Those who often call him by name now call him brother brother. The day before the wedding, pigs and sheep are slaughtered in the hall, chickens and fish are slaughtered in the backyard, and twenty or thirty people set off to carry the dowry.half down When the dowry arrived in the daytime, it was brought in from the main road to the front of the hall one by one, and it was a tin-beating incense burner candle for sacrifices. table, fully paid bowls, chopsticks, pots, groom's crown and shoes, bride's red and green quilt pillow tent, four or eight suitcases, Then there are wooden utensils, acacia beds, several tables, cabinets, buckets, basins, and mirror stands, all of which are brand new, with a strand of bright red tied on each piece. Silk cotton, sprinkle some grains.The sacrificial vessels were first offered in front of the ancestors, and all the dowry was placed in the front of the hall, so that the neighbors People came to look at it, and then moved into the bridal chamber, where Lao Man helped to decorate it.Lao Man is the wife, or daughter, of Le Hu. Go to the wedding ceremony, serve the bride and groom, and help take care of the guests, just like the bride is the lady in the treasure scroll, she is the A close-fitting and pretty maid for dowry. On the right day, the bridegroom greets him in person, and the sedan chair is sent out after drinking early wine. The matchmaker is in front. One person holds guns, one group carries oil and firewood pockets, and the other group carries lanterns, with three large characters on one side of the lanterns, "Andinghu" , with three big characters on one side, "Wufengtang", and the whole class of Lehu, a total of 50 to 60 people, walked through the fields and Mountains, meandering to the woman's house. The daughter's family got up early, and the daughter wore it as a bride, with a phoenix crown and Xiapei, tassels hanging down, and a python robe with a jade belt. Flower pleated skirt, red embroidered shoes, thanks to ancestors in heaven and earth, family Bodhisattva, biological parents, close relatives elders and brothers sisters.There is a banquet in front of the noon hall, she takes the seat, and all the sisters accompany Yan.At this moment, her identity is between her daughter and Among the brides, there is both joy and desolation. When the parents and uncles and elders are worshipped, they say some auspicious words of instruction while I can't help but feel sour in my heart. When the brothers and sisters say goodbye, their eyes will get wet.Jiyan went upstairs, took off her make-up, and only wore Red cotton-padded jacket and trousers, no makeup applied, the sisters accompany in the room, and talk about themselves, everyone knows her like this Heart confidant.It seems that countless major events have happened in the world on this day, and it has passed in a hurry, even in the morning and at noon. Everything seems to be unrealistic. Unconsciously, the sun was already on the mountain, and the people who went to the village to wait said that the sedan chair had arrived. On the Ling Road, they heard faintly. As the sound of the gong approached and the guns were fired continuously, I felt thrilling, and suddenly my daughter's life became clear.The sedan chair enters the village, A group of fine music leads the way, there are gongs and guns. At this time, the gate of the stage is wide open, and the firecrackers of the hundred sons are all over the ground, and the sedan chair enters. Pass through the gate and rest in front of the hall.Everyone was entertained in front of the hall and in the two corridors, having wine and snacks.the groom is led to the guest In the hall, offering sugar tea, eating glutinous rice balls, snacks and old wine eight dishes, accompanied by the bride's brother, the female relatives stealing from the window and door. Look at the bridegroom, and secretly stuff pepper in a bowl of glutinous rice balls for the groom, to make him hot, so that he knows the bride's family It's so powerful, it's not good to bully the bride. After eating snacks, Lehu played in the porch. The groom went out to the hall, first to pay homage to the ancestors of the bride’s family, and then to the father-in-law’s mother-in-law And the elders of the Fang family, bowed to the uncles, and returned to the living room after paying homage, enjoying themselves.Immediately there was a banquet in the hall, with a table above, two There are eight tables next to each other, five or six tables under the eaves porch, and the female wine is upstairs.Dynamic music, the groom takes his seat.Downstairs in front of the hall is new The Lang is on the seat, and the upstairs room is the bride on the seat.There are candles in the hall and oil firewood torches in the court.For a while, the music is loud, and the wine is coming There is an endless stream of dishes on the table.After swallowing, the bridegroom returns to the living room and offers tea, and the musicians in the corridor sing operas and essays, and everyone rests . It's almost midnight, the auspicious time is approaching, the drum music downstairs is urging makeup, the groom is about to get up, the bride's family asks the groom to wait.Overdue and Drum music reminds makeup.Every three reminders, the bridegroom goes out to the front of the hall to pay homage to his father-in-law, mother-in-law and all the elders in the house, and bows to his uncles before he sees the bride. When she came down, it was her elder brother who carried her into the bridal sedan chair. When passing through the crowd, she heard her weeping, and all the sisters followed her to the bridal sedan chair. In front of the sedan chair, put down the sedan chair curtain.At this time, drums and music were playing, gongs and blunderbusses were blown, and firecrackers were fired like rain, and everyone lit oil and firewood. Turning on the lanterns and making a lot of noise, the front of the hall and upstairs suddenly became clear and desolate.Only the mother-in-law was left crying.here The sedan chair left the entrance of the village, the bride's weeping gradually stopped, and the crowds along the way walked along the mountains and streams, illuminated by lanterns and torches, Only intermittent gongs.Two pairs of gongs, Bai Sheng──Bai Yang── Passing by in the middle of the night, the daughters and young brides in the village on the side of the road all woke up and heard it, thinking that they were female, so it was hard to desolate. On that day, after the man's family sent a bridal sedan chair to greet them before noon, the manpower left behind was just to clean up the food and drink, and to prepare a few things. Tables, bowls and cups, three stars pictures of fortune, wealth, longevity and happy couplets are hung on the hall, everything is ready at night, and it is gradually getting to the end of the night, waiting for the sedan chair It is true that there are times when employing people go to make up their clothes and pretend to sleep, but Yu's in-laws and uncle discuss tomorrow's people in the east hall. Scheduling.When I was young, I also stubbornly refused to go to sleep. I had to wait for the sedan chair, and gradually fell asleep, but I saw no one in front of the hall. The candle flame shines on the three-star map and makes me more sleepy. The night under the eaves is green and the sky is full of stars. I go to the ground to pick up the leftovers Firecrackers, snapped in the middle, then ignited, watched the sparks fly, and then I fell asleep on my mother's lap at some point I was carried away and gently placed on the bed.When I woke up, I could only hear the drumming, the sedan chair had already arrived, could I come? Before I could think about why I was upstairs, I ran down to have a look. At this time, the genius turned pale in the east, the sedan chair entered the gate, and the hundreds of sons of firecrackers were fired back and forth after getting on and off the sedan chair. The gong blows the trumpet, and a person in front of the sedan chair sprinkles grains on the ground to drive away bad luck.When the sedan chair arrives in front of the hall, take a rest and wait for it to be handed in. When the auspicious time came, the curtain of the sedan chair was opened, and the bride was helped out, and the bride and groom visited the hall.I saw a lot of flowers in front of the hall People, light up a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, moving and joyful.The music during worship is very gorgeous, such as gongs, gongs, gongs, and plum blossoms. .Gong is also a kind of gong, which is only five inches in diameter and quite thick. The side edge of the gui-shaped bamboo stick is struck, making a sound of end to end.The swinging gong is relatively thin, with a diameter of eight inches and no button. Only the index finger of the left hand Hold it against the top and hit it with a bamboo stick, the sound is clear and shallow.The diameter of the dongong is one foot and two inches, and it is thicker than the gong. The mallet protrudes a circle as big as the mouth of the cup, and the sound of the mallet is deep and loud.The plum blossom is like a mixed shape of a short trumpet and a flute. These are all brass musical instruments, and the syllable composed of gong and gong gong is Duanduanduanduandong── Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan Duan-Duan "Crazy" is the sound of a gong being struck and stopped casually.And the music tune is in plum blossoms, when the plum blossoms blow, it is like Like the water flowing in the mountains and streams on a sunny day, flowers bloom.This music welcomes the gods and worships the church. In the hall of worship, the bride and groom worship heaven and earth side by side, and then the bride and groom pay homage to each other. Lehu is the master of ceremonies, singing, Bowing, worship──. Make a bow, make a bow, worship──.Xing──. The bride is supported by the old man to salute.The bride is dressed in the sedan chair, wearing a grandma's dress and a paper crown on her head. Cover the head with a red handkerchief, which is said to have been made by the Peach Blossom Girl and her father-in-law. The paper crown is a mourning dress, to deceive evil spirits. Sha, in front of such a major event in a woman's life, she really sees her life directly, as decisive as life and death.she doesn't Facial powder, this is how heaven, earth and people meet each other without their faces, a man and a woman meet each other without faces. After paying homage to the hall, Le Hu blows the trumpet, there are loud gongs and drums in the hallway, the groom carries the bride upstairs, and all the people follow into the bridal chamber .The bride and groom sit together on the edge of the Acacia bed, and Weng and Lao, who are blessed with good fortune and longevity, come out from the crowd and feed the groom with glutinous rice balls. Mouth, the bride took a sip, and held the whole plant of red sugar cane to wish the bride and groom three times, good luck, long life and many men.so new Lang took off the bride's hijab, and his wife came to help the bride change her clothes and make up. It was only at this moment that she put on the phoenix coronet and Xiapei. Applying powder and rouge is like peony after rain, peach blossom at sunrise, phoenix crown and xiapei are the clothes of concubines, worshiping heaven and earth is the emperor's The gift of the suburban sky, the life of a Chinese folk woman is also the king. Downstairs is moving again, it's Pingdan time, the bride and groom come down to the front of the hall again, to pay respects to the three stars and the family hall Buddha.Then worship the ancestors, parents-in-law and the elders of the house family. The bride and groom must play drums with every action. It can be as good as step by step golden lotus. So Kai Yan.Morning wine Yan wine night wine.House full of family and guests.There are always 20 tables at a time, and the last table in front of the hall is the bride In the upper seat, the bridegroom sits in the lower seat, accompanied by the female relatives on the left and right, enjoying the wine shop, and the bride just sits down and does not raise a glass Muscles are really like the Nine Heavens Xuannv Empress.Some of the relatives come up to present the title, the bride stands up, and the old man drinks for her, and the groom Also stood up to drink.For a while the music turned into slow music, the bride and groom went to each table to toast, and all the relatives and guests stood up , the old man will hold the pot and the cup, and everyone will drink. After the toast, the bride and groom return to their seats. After drinking for three rounds, each table guesses and plays games, only to see the mixed cups of fire, lights and clothes, the music is big gongs and drums, Blowing the trumpet reminds people of the drunken and golden armor dance in Tang poetry, beating drums to move mountains and rivers. Box in the middle of the day.The female relatives often come to the new house, and the uncle or mother-in-law asks the bride for the key to open the dowry Box, send out the dresses one by one for everyone to see, use chopsticks as chips to count, and take the meaning of happiness .When the bottom layer of distribution is filial piety, it stops, and the clothes and skirts sent out are arranged and put away again.Filial piety is for in-laws For those who are in mourning after the new year, the dowry ranges from the sacrificial vessel to the filial piety clothes, together with the belts of (系+peng) tassels, all colors are available, and the woman's life It's really desolate, but also solemn and stable. In the evening, there will be festive candles in the bridal chamber, relatives and friends will quarrel, and all the quarrels will be male guests, trying to make the couple laugh, while the female guests will protect them with the bride.The bride sat upright on the edge of the bed, neither speaking nor smiling, not even raising her eyes, without any expression on her face, But just sitting upright like this is an existence with infinite meaning.At this time, thanks to the old man's mouth, he was very clever, He rescued the bride everywhere, and teased the guests with nice words, so that they would be teased and not abused.Until the time is deep, no one can get down When the bride got the stage, the bride was taken aback, so she said that the bride had been laughed at, so they went downstairs one after another, and the wife moved out the bride's house. Xiguo, please have wine and snacks in front of the hall, while the bride and groom drink joint wine in the bridal chamber. Whenever there is a marriage in my village, even the road is full of joy.The road outside the happy event's house is cloudy, I don't know if it's the dew or the drizzle at night, and I don't know if it's mid-morning or mid-afternoon, but the sun is blooming. up.Bright red firecrackers and confetti were scattered on the ground, so clean that no one had trampled on it.Sunflowers shine into the new house, only I feel that the dressing table is like Mizuki Tsinghua.The guests downstairs, and the sisters and sisters-in-law in the new room upstairs accompany the bride, as if the bride only It's theirs, with such caring and caring feelings.Sometimes the bridegroom comes in to take a look around, and the bride still sits upright without raising her eyes, Knowing that he came in and went out again. There are three days of holding wedding banquets, the first day is the official day, Yan all the guests, the next day thanks to the matchmaker, the bride visits the ancestral hall, the three dynasties The house wine is served, the bride enters the kitchen to make soup, and the family sacrifices.The lively ending, and then everything at home went back to normal, but it was too much I have married someone, and I saw her making tea and cooking, and I saw her washing clothes and fetching water, but I still felt that she was a newcomer, just like three spring flowers. After the incident, the weather in April and May was still Hsinchu and Xinhe, and I felt that the world is far away and mountains are long. This kind of wedding has been practiced by the Chinese people for thousands of years, but everyone thinks it is a good day in his life. And set, can not imitate or a second time.Yufeng and I are also such an anthurium couple.