Chapter 045: The Night of the Candles 2
Legend has it that there is a wedding custom where a flower mat is spread on the bed in the cave room, and the bride needs to turn it over. At this time www.biquge.info the bride asked the people in the haunted room on the side while flipping over the table: "Have you turned it over?"
The bride was naturally ashamed to answer, but the troublemakers would chase after her until the bride blushed and said, "It's over." ”
Since most of the parents married in ancient times, the bride and groom generally did not see each other in front of the cave house, so it was a bit embarrassing to strip naked when they met for the first time. The woman's parents use open crotch pants as a dowry, so that the daughter can reduce psychological obstacles during the first sexual intercourse. This also makes the man not feel too shy to play normally because the woman is stripped naked for the first time.
Makeup powder is a necessity for women in ancient times, and women can't leave it when they are brides. Women in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have begun to use lead powder to puff faces and black thrushes to turn themselves into concubines.
"Pink and white, Shi Fangze only. The long coat is brushed, and the guests are good at staying. Therefore, the beauty of Xi Shi, the beauty of Xi Shi, is not beneficial to my face, and the use of fat powder is twice the beginning. The soldier dies for the confidant, and the woman pleases herself. ”
In ancient times, the main cosmetic product that went with makeup powder was rouge, which is a red pigment and the main product of makeup, similar to the blush used by girls today. Ancient brides can not only rejuvenate themselves with rouge makeup, but also cover up the shame of a new wife.
Taishou and his wife helped their son Jiao Zhongqing marry a wife, and the two old couples were very happy, because Zhongqing's eyes were above the top, and he finally married Liu Lanzhi, the wife of this beautiful and beautiful fairy.
Today is a good day for Zhong Qing, and the cave room is a candle night. But Zhong Qing has never married a wife, he is also the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair, his heart is uneasy, he doesn't know how to spend this candle night in the cave room with his wife, he is also embarrassed to ask people, after drinking the wedding wine that everyone came to salute, with eight or nine points of drunkenness, he entered the cave room hard.
Taishou and his stepmother were very worried about what would happen to Zhong Qing's cave room, because this matter was related to whether they could hold their grandson, so they eavesdropped outside the cave room, which was called listening to the foot of the wall, but after listening to it all night, there was no sound, so they had to go back to the room and ask Zhong Qing again the next day.
The next morning, Zhong Qing went to the study to greet his parents, and Tai Shou asked: "Zhong Qing, how was the candle night in the cave room yesterday?"
Zhong Qing's face flushed, he didn't know what to say, picked up his pen, frowned and wrote a northern character, and left.
The stepmother asked Taishou in confusion: "What do you mean?
Taishou frowned and sighed, "Alas! ”
The stepmother was anxious and asked, "What the hell is going on?"
Taishou took a piece of paper and wrote down the origin of the word north, and Taishou said: "Madam, look at it, the word north is from the oracle bone inscription, it is two people back to back, indicating that last night, they slept back to back." ”
The stepmother said angrily, "Didn't you waste last night?"
Taishou: "Don't worry, madam, they only met on the first day, it is inevitable that they will be unfamiliar, just get along a little more, I believe there will be progress." ”
"That's all there is to it. The stepmother asked curiously: "This northern character is very interesting, but the two of them are back to back, why is it the north of the north?"
Taishou smiled and picked up the pen and wrote a few words, he smiled and said: "This makes sense, I wrote the back with a small seal, you see, the top is a north character, and the word moon is added below, the ancient moon is the meaning of meat, and it has become a back word." We all have meat on our backs, so we use this back word. ”
"You haven't told me why the north is two people back to back?"
"The emperor is the biggest, he can decide the direction, and the emperor sits in the north and faces south, so the back of the emperor is the north, you remove the word back and the word meat moon is the direction, understand?"
Mother-in-law: "I see, the text is really interesting, but I still want to hold my grandson." ”
Taishou: "Let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
On the third day, Zhong Qing went to the study again to say goodbye. Taishou asked again: "Zhongqing, how was last night?"
Zhong Qing didn't frown, but he didn't smile either, picked up the pen and wrote down the next word, and left.
The stepmother asked anxiously, "What does this mean?"
Taishou smiled: "There is progress, not bad, not bad." ”
Mother-in-law: "It's good there, tell me quickly!"
Taishou picked up the pen and wrote down a few words: "Madam, please look at the oracle bone inscription, the two people are facing the same direction, indicating that one person has turned over." ”
The stepmother said happily: "That must be Zhong Qing who took the initiative to turn over first, which is a good start." ”
Bi is also a hexagram in the I Ching, which means to follow. You see one person walking forward, and the other person walking, very happy, as if the husband sings with the wife. ”
The stepmother was surprised and asked, "There is also a hexagram like this in the Book of Changes?"
Of course, the I Ching talks about the relationship between people and people, and the husband and wife will definitely talk about it, and it can also be extended to mean that the virtuous minister assists the monarch. ”
"I talk a lot, but I'm still more concerned about whether my grandson is missing?"
"Let's see tomorrow. ”
On the fourth day, Zhong Qing came to greet him with a smile on his face.
Taishou asked, "Zhongqing, how was it last night?"
Zhong Qing picked up the pen and wrote a mortar and left.
The stepmother asked anxiously: "Seeing that he is happy, is it a good thing?"
Taishou smiled and wrote down two words, and Taishou said happily: "We have hope for our grandson." ”
"What do you say?"
"Madam, look, isn't this mortar the opposite of the north character, and there is another person who has turned around than the word?"
The lady looked at it and shouted: "I can see it, even the horizontal line below is connected together, yin and yang are harmonized, a good thing has been done, we are waiting to hold our grandson." ”
It turned out that the secret of the candle night in the cave room that day was all in the words written by Zhong Qing. After the night in the cave house, the brothers came to visit and asked him how he felt.
He got up and shook his fan and sang: "One word is shallow, then I will use one word idiom to describe it." ”
Zhong Qing got up and said: "At the moment of the Spring Festival last night, the younger brother took the lead with a skill and a pillar of optimism, hit it off, became a hit, became a hit, made a bang, completed it in one go, made a blockbuster, and poured thousands of miles. ”
Everyone asked the sister-in-law how she felt? I saw her singing sadly: "Listen to his nonsense, it is just a spring dream, he is at a loss, wait for me to help him, the process is twists and turns, not overnight, but only to see him achieve nothing, the little lady I will grasp with one hand, a bite to determine, who knows that he is imminent, fleeting, plummeting, defeated, dying all of a sudden, simply useless, so many such moves, it is better to cut in two, a hundred, alas, it is really difficult to say." ”