Chapter 301 The Day of Joy 2

1.

Half an hour later, the wedding car slowly drove to Lao Xu's house in Hushan Town.

From Shimengouzi Village to Hushan Town, this journey is only ten minutes by motorcycle, because today I have to cooperate with the work of the cameraman, so the car drives much slower, so that the cameraman can record the scenery along the way into the lens.

Sitting in the newly decorated wedding car in the spring, I can't say what it feels like in my heart, there is no joy, no joy, and I don't feel the sweetness and happiness of the big day. Spring feels like a puppet, commanded by his family, helplessly at their mercy.

2.

At the door of the old Xu family, Xu Dan's cousin and sister-in-law were already waiting at the intersection around the corner to welcome the arrival of the wedding car.

The door of Xu Dan's house was also pasted with the big red word "Xi" and "Xilian", the adults were busy running inside and out, and several children were laughing and playing in the crowd. There was a light truck parked at the door, and the car was already full of the dowry of the old Xu family to accompany their daughter. The 25-inch Changhong color TV, Haier's "Double Prince" combination refrigerator, and the "Little Duck" drum washing machine; as well as the "six shops and six covers" of bedding, mirrors, basins, hangers, and suitcases prepared in accordance with the local customs of Hushan, and the suitcases are red envelopes given by the mother's family to the "pressure box" of the pavilion girl, which generally range from a few hundred yuan to several thousand yuan; there are also several large cardboard boxes with the word "red happiness" pasted on them, which contain pastries, "happy flowers," peanuts, candy, and other items used by the bride to divide the "small rice."

Xu Dan's sister-in-law guided Spring and the best man and bridesmaid to the hall, and after offering tea to Xu Dan's parents who were waiting in the hall, Spring came to Xu Dan's boudoir under the guidance of her sister-in-law.

At this time, Xu Dan was sitting on the bed in a pink wedding dress, and was receiving Xu Dan's aunt to "open her face" with red silk thread. "Open face", also known as open face, twisted face, twisted face, is also one of the wedding customs that have been passed down for thousands of years, referring to the grooming of the bride before the wedding. A woman only opens her face once in her life, and after opening her face, it means that the woman is married. The opening of the face is mostly operated by the so-called Quanfu women who have in-laws, husbands, and children. New tweezers, five-colored silk threads or coins are used to open the face, and red silk threads are mostly used in the Toyama area. When opening the face, the woman in charge of opening the face also reciting a word of congratulations while opening the face. "The left bullet is a line to give birth to a noble son, the right bullet is a line to give birth to a delicate man, and the third line is stable on one side, and the young lady gives birth to a unicorn. The eyebrows are pulled like a crescent, and the champion is looking at the flowers". The "open face" of the woman who left the cabinet is actually the blessing of the family to the daughter of the cabinet and the bride's pursuit of beauty, as well as the longing and yearning for a new life.

Xu Dan was grinning in pain because the hair on his face was ripped off because of "opening his face", so he didn't bother to greet spring. Spring stood aside for a while, feeling very bored, so he had to retreat back to the hall again.

Xu Dan's hall is busy setting up a banquet, which is also a major event for the woman to marry her daughter, and she must entertain the man's best man and bridesmaid who came to greet her. In the old Toyama area, the dowry given by the bride at the time of marriage was carried to the man's house by hand, so this morning banquet at the woman's house was particularly important, and these dowry bearers must be well fed. Although no one has to carry the dowry anymore, the custom of having a morning banquet at the woman's house on the big day has been handed down.

Taking advantage of the man's guests to eat the banquet, the mother's family also has to feed the girl who is about to leave the cabinet to eat the "sedan chair meal". The sedan chair meal refers to the last meal that the daughter eats at her mother's house before she gets married, and this meal is generally fed by a woman who is recognized as a more blessed woman in the family. There should be fish, meat, eggs, and a bowl of rice mixed with peanuts and red dates. When eating the sedan chair rice, it is generally to eat a mouthful of rice, sandwich a chopstick fish, which means "more than every year"; then a mouthful of rice, a piece of meat, and finally eat eggs; most of the sedan chair rice is eaten in three bites, when the last bite is eaten, the bride eats the rice into her mouth, chews a few times and then spits it out, which means that the bride does not forget the grace of her parents.

In the spring, when accompanying her father-in-law Xu Lie, Xu Dan's two brothers-in-law, cousin and best man Wu Xiao, bridesmaid Wang Li and others were drinking in the hall, Xu Dan also ate her own "sedan chair meal" in the boudoir, and her sedan chair meal was fed by her aunt and mother together.

3.

After a full meal, the next step is for the groom to "propose" to the bride. The marriage proposal process in spring was very simple, that is, he put a gold ring on the ring finger of Xu Dan's left hand, and then handed the plastic bouquet in Wang Li's hand to Xu Dan. Xu Dan was very tolerant and did not make things difficult for spring, saving the photographer from asking for spring to kneel down and courting, instigating Xu Dan to ask for red envelopes, and so on. The whole process of the "proposal" ceremony was tense in the spring, with a serious expression, and Xu Dan never smiled.

After the marriage proposal, Xu Dan's aunt covered her with a wedding dress "hood red", so, under the command of the photographer, Spring took Xu Dan's hand and slowly walked out of the boudoir, out of the hall, and towards the wedding car.

Spring and Xu Dan sat in the back of the wedding car, the bridesmaid Wang Li sat in the co-pilot's seat, and the driver started the car quickly. At the moment when the wedding car was about to start, Xu Dan's aunt poured a bowl of water under the wedding car. After the girl gets on the sedan chair, the mother's family splashes water in front of the sedan chair, which is also one of the wedding customs in the Hushan area, which is the blessing of the mother's family to the daughter out of the pavilion, which means "the daughter who marries out of the water", and hopes that the daughter will never go back.

When the wedding car slowly drove away from the door of Xu's house, Spring saw the sparkle and wetness in the corner of Xu Dan's eyes through the transparent red headscarf. Spring couldn't help but sigh in her heart, facing such a woman who abandoned her parents and came to her side without hesitation, but Spring didn't know how to face it in the days to come.