On the sixth day of the first lunar month, it is a rare day of red sun in the winter moon, although the morning air is still clear, but the sunlight sprinkled on the body makes people warm and warm, and also illuminates people's hearts. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the fourth watch, every once in a while, someone will come running to report the news, such as: "The bride is dressed-" "The wedding is to be congratulated to the ancestral hall-"

Finally, a man with a desk came and said, "The bride is on the sedan chair, oh no, it's on the ox cart!"

The female relatives who were waiting to greet her here sighed and praised: "Ox cart, I heard that it was sent by the grain chief, and this family will have cattle to plough the land in the future......

"I think when we got married, weren't we all pulled by donkeys," one woman laughed, "It was still a borrowed donkey, which turned me all the way upside down, and my back hurt all night, and I almost didn't get up the next day!"

"If you don't get up the next day, it's not that the donkey is on the ground—" I don't know who said it, and suddenly everyone laughed.

In the past, when the village got married, they went to other villages to borrow donkeys, but later the villagers worked together to make a sedan chair out, and whoever had a happy event took it and used it, anyway, the villagers shared it. Zhang Chang married a woman this time, originally wanted to use the sedan chair in the village to carry the bride, but he didn't expect the grain chief to send a big courtesy, and pulled a cow back directly from Chen Ji, and put it on the cart is the ox cart.

Hearing that the bride had already left, the people on Zhangchang's side also began to get busy, this one shouted that the paper candles were ready, and brought them to the main house; the one who shouted for the drummer to play the music first to listen, and also drove the children who ran into the wedding room, Zhang Zhaohua prepared two big bags of candy, which had all been divided.

How long can you walk fifteen miles, here is still welcoming guests, there has been to the Ding family set of the chief and the main marriage Zhang Geng, after a while came the woman holding two red candles to lead the way, the person who gave the wedding over there also came, Zhang Chang wore the groom's red clothes, got off the horse, stood outside the gate and waited, the ox cart came behind the "wheel" land, and there was a crisp bell sound, because the cow's shin bone was tied with a huge bell. When the bride was helped out of the car, everyone cheered.

Zhang Zhaohua can see clearly, the men are looking at the cows pulling the cart, and the women are looking at the embroidered Baizi cover on the bride's head. When I heard that it was embroidered by the bride with a needle and a thread, her eyes were different, and she said that she was skillful, and secretly said that such embroidery skills were difficult to find in the entire state and county.

Outside the door of Zhang's house, the bride got off the bus and stood north. The bridegroom stood south and came in with his bride. When he was doing this, a little doll of four or five years old ran over and sat on the threshold, and tilted his head high to see the bride's face, but was pulled back by his mother, and did not dare to reprimand him loudly, but glared at him with her eyes. However, Zhang Qi and Wang were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, saying that it was a good omen for their children and grandchildren, and they were stunned to stuff a bunch of blessing cakes into this doll.

After the music stopped, Zhang Geng, who was the officiating marriage, invited the bride and groom to enter the main house, he read out the marriage book, said a few words of praise, what "good fate is forever married, match the same name" and the like, and then asked Zhang Qi and Wang to sit on the chair, and laid a mat for the bride and groom below, facing each other, Zhang Geng sang: "Worship-"

Zhang Geng and Zheng bowed down, and Zhang Qi and Wang were relieved.

Zhang Geng sang: "Xing-"

The bride and groom stood up, and after three bows, Zhang Geng said happily: "The worship ceremony is completed, the same prison music is played, and the same prison ceremony is performed-"

At this time, someone stepped forward and arranged the bride's mat on the east side of the house, and the bridegroom's mat on the west side. The bridegroom bows to his bride and sits down. The matchmaker Fan and the bride woman put the food table in front of the groom and the bride. Fan poured a glass of wine for the bride to drink, and the same jug poured another glass of wine for the groom, and the bridegroom drank the wine, and after drinking it brought the food, which was the meat of the pork hind leg that had been cut up.

Prison sharing is when newlyweds eat the meat of the same animal. Because in ancient times, men and women sat at different tables before they got married, and they couldn't eat together, and it was only after they became married that they could sit at the same table and eat with the same utensils.

After that, the ceremony is to drink the wine. Originally, it was cut into two wine utensils, and the two handles were connected to each other to hold wine, and the bride's bride poured wine for the groom with a gourd scoop, and the best man around the groom poured wine for the bride with a gourd scoop and drank the wine. Husband and wife drink together, indicating that they have become one from now on, and it is called "合卺".

But today's gourd, that is, the gourd's gourd scoop, has been changed to a cup, and it is drunk in a cup, so it is commonly known as "handing over a cup of wine". Having performed the union ceremony means that the husband and wife are one, and they will share weal and woe.

In fact, the whole wedding ceremony is not as good as the rich and noble families in the city, because there are still many etiquettes that have been simplified, but the wedding is still simple is also the custom at this time, any dynasty is from thrift to luxury, and the late Ming Dynasty advocated prosperous and extravagant weddings.

After the worship ceremony, the same prison ceremony, the joint ceremony and many other standard ceremonies are sent to the cave room, at this time the guests in the courtyard drink together, the so-called "people take food as the sky, no banquet is not the New Year", both the New Year, and the happy event, naturally "eat" is the most important, this feast, Zhang Qi and Wang did not hesitate to slaughter fourteen or fifteen tender chickens, chickens, ducks and fish on the ground, everyone is the villagers, but also know the roots, do not play false, all eat happily.

After a while, the jugglers invited from Lijia Village also came, which were all juggled by the villagers themselves, such as splitting forks, jumping stools, and crossing the table, making a noise at the door, and everyone watched while eating, so it was not lively.

Zhang Zhaohua had eaten a full meal at the banquet, so he beckoned the female doll to her room to talk. There are just a few girls in the village, Lan Lan, Fang Fang, Zhao Di and Yin Di, and everyone often plays together.

Fang Fang saw the yellow paper on the table in the room, and said, "I heard that there is a "Great Message" at home, and the punishment can be reduced by one degree if you commit a crime, right?"

"That's right," Zhang Zhaohua replied, "If it is said that there is no "Great Message", the crime will be added to the first degree. ”

"I heard that when the summer tax is paid next year," Fang Fang said, "the grain chief will take people who can read the "Great Message" well to the capital to ask for rewards!

There is indeed such a policy to encourage the people to read through the "Great Message", the government allows people from all over the country to bring the "Great Message" to Beijing to give lectures, Emperor Zhu is not refused, saying that he is personally receiving him, in fact, he is on the city tower to wave to the people underground, and then give the coin back.

After going back, you can definitely boast that you have seen the face of the emperor, and this is also a matter of honoring the ancestors.

These girls originally wanted to hear what "The Great Message" was about, but when Zhang Zhaohua said the general content, they were not interested, but they saw the new-style yarn hanging on Zhang Zhaohua's bed tent, and they rushed to see it in their hands.

However, Zhang Zhaohua noticed that Zhang Yindi, who loves to make noise and is the youngest on weekdays, has a bad face and a cowardly expression;

Zhang Zhaohua said: "Zhao Di Yindi, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong at home?"

"No, no, no. The sisters shook their heads in unison.

"It's strange," Zhang Zhaohua said, "Third Uncle Zhang didn't come to the wedding banquet today!"

mentioned their father, these two girls couldn't hide their frightened expressions, and Zhang Zhaohua was sure that this matter was related to Uncle Zhang, so he said: "Is this matter only known to you, I don't think there is anything abnormal about Uncle Zhang, there is something in the village that does not help each other, if you have any difficulties, we can solve them together." ”

The two girls' faces turned from white to red, and they exhaled and said slowly.