Chapter 68 Ritual
Mother Song came to the kitchen and saw that the meal was almost ready, so she said, "Sister-in-law Chen, sister-in-law Guiyun, it's about to start, you go home and call the children, let's be lively together." ”
Li Guiyun hurriedly said: "No, no! I said this morning that let them come together, but the eldest of my family said that she was in charge of a few younger brothers and sisters at home, so she would not come."
When I think about it, they are all thirteen or fourteen big girls, so I don't have to go anywhere, just let them be at home. ”
Chen's mother also said on the side: "Those in my family went to my grandparents' house today." ”
Mother Song knew Guiyun's sister-in-law, she was embarrassed to lead the child to dinner. After all, no one has enough food now.
And Sister-in-law Chen may have known that Guiyun's sister-in-law would not bring the child, so she didn't take it either.
In that case, it's the same to wait for a while to finish eating, and bring some for each of them before going back. Thinking of this, Song Mu didn't force it.
When it was almost 12 o'clock at noon, Chen Changshan beckoned: "Okay, the time is almost up, hurry up, get everything ready, and call the children back." ”
The crowd was very fast, and in about ten minutes, everything was cleaned up. Leaning against the wall where portraits of great men are usually pasted, two chairs were placed, and Song's father and mother sat on them. Song Xiaoling's sister and brother stood on the side, and the rest of the people gathered around.
At this time, Gu Qingsong and Wang Wanru led Gu Jinyan and stood in front of Song's father and Song's mother with the eight gifts for recognizing relatives, (the normal recognizing pro-relatives should be four kinds of ceremonies).
Gu Qingsong and Wang Wanru handed the eight gifts in their hands to their uncle Li Jian, who was standing next to them, and everyone looked at it, good guys, it's really a lot!
A packet of brown sugar and a packet of white sugar weigh almost five pounds.
A large bag of tea, almost a pound in weight.
A pack of boxy should be cigarettes at first glance, and there should be ten boxes.
Two bottles of Moutai, (this wine was bought in the county after a long walk)
Two pieces of cloth, I can't see how many feet, anyway, it's quite big.
A large ham should be about 20 pounds.
Two pairs of water boots, looking like they should be one pair for Song's father and one pair for Song's mother.
Then, Gu Qingsong said: "Okay, Xiao Yan kneels down and kowtows to your godfather and godmother." ”
After Gu Jinyan heard this, he knelt on the small mat prepared in advance, kowtowed to Song's father and Song's mother, and called out after kowtowing: "Godfather, godmother." ”
At this time, Li Guiyun brought a tray from the kitchen and came to Gu Jinyan, with two teacups on the tray.
Wang Wanru handed the teacup to Gu Jinyan, and after Gu Jinyan took it, she handed it to Father Song with both hands and said, "Godfather, please drink tea!"
After Father Song took it, he put it to his lips and took a sip, put the teacup on the square table, took out a red envelope from his arms, handed it to Gu Jinyan and said, "Godson, give it." ”
Gu Jinyan obediently took the red envelope and said, "Thank you, godfather!"
Father Song touched Gu Jinyan's little head fondly, and said with a smile: "What a good child!"
Gu Jinyan took another cup of tea and handed it to Song's mother, saying, "Godmother, please drink tea."
Mother Song took the teacup with a smile and said, "Good boy, get up quickly!" After taking a sip of the teacup, she pulled Gu Jinyan to her side, and took out a red envelope and handed it to Gu Jinyan like Song's father.
"Godson, this is given by the godmother"
Gu Jinyan took the red envelope, hugged Song's mother's arm and said, "Thank you, godmother." ”
Father Song said, "Okay! Now that the ceremony is over, let's go to the table to eat!"
The Song family has two tables today, one for the man and one for the woman leading the child.
After the group sat down, Li Guiyun and Chen's mother brought the meal.
After Father Song spoke as the master, everyone ate enthusiastically.
No one asked if White Lotus hadn't come and why she hadn't come out to eat.
Even Song Xiaozhu and Song Xiaolin didn't raise their heads or open their eyes when they ate.
Song Zhiguo asked, and when he heard Song's mother say that it was a little uncomfortable, he went home first. And he opened his belly and ate it.
But the White Lotus stayed at home and became more and more troubled, thinking: This Li Guizhi made me so ugly today, I can't just forget it.
Thinking of this, the White Lotus went out.
On the Song family's side, the men's table was still drinking hotly, and the women's table had already been eaten and almost cleaned up.
Song's mother used a food box to Chen's mother and Li Guiyun, and they both packed some meat and vegetables for them to take back to the children to eat.
Li Guiyun was prevaricating and said, "Oh, Guizhi doesn't need it! At this time, they are all full." And you still have guests tonight!"
Over there, I saw that Song Xiaoling had already lifted the food box and limped outside, not to mention the small ones, it was quite fast.
Seeing this, Li Guiyun hurriedly stopped: "Hey Lingzi, you are really in a hurry, I'll send it back, can't you?" I thought: I'll come back and decorate something else later.
When Chen's mother saw it, she no longer shirked. picked up the food box and said to Song Mu: "Guizhi, then I'm welcome! When I come back and clean up with you in a while, you can rest for a while!"
Mother Song said: "It's okay, they will have to eat for a while, don't worry." ”
At this time, Wang Wanru also said: "Sister-in-law Chen is fine, they will finish eating in a while, I will help my sister-in-law clean up, don't worry!"
Chen's mother said, "That's okay, I'll go and come back quickly, and we'll clean up together when the time comes." ”
At this time, Song Xiaoling said to Chen's mother: "Aunt Chen, you wait for us, and we will follow you to play with my country's good brothers." ”
Mother Chen said: "Okay, I'll wait for you, it's okay, don't worry, you slow down!"
So Chen's mother's trip home to deliver the food box became Chen's mother carrying the food box, followed by a bunch of radish heads.
The group talked and laughed all the way and walked towards the Chen family.
When I was about to walk to the door of the widow's house, I saw the white lotus talking to the widow there.
Song Xiaoling hurriedly asked everyone to silence, then hid, and secretly approached the two of them, wanting to hear what they were talking about.
Song Xiaoling got closer and closer, and heard Widow Wang say: "I said Song Zhiguo's daughter-in-law, is what you said true or false?"
Last time, you told me that the child Song Zhiyuan brought back was his illegitimate son.
As a result, within half a month, my parents came to find me. Do you know how the people in the village have scolded me for the past half month?"
Before Widow Wang could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the White Lotus, "Of course it's true, it's true. Let me tell you, this Gu Jinyan's so-called parents are actually what my brother-in-law found. ”
After speaking, he whispered again, leaned close to the widow Wang's ear and continued: "You also know that my little brother-in-law has just been elected as the captain of the production team, if people know that he has a son born to his mother-in-law, can the people in this commune still let him do it?"