On the morning of April 3, Uncle Xueyi, as a matchmaker, went to Bai Derong's house with the dowry and four-color ceremony prepared by Chen Guan's family, and proposed his relatives to the Bai family, begging the Bai family to marry the Bai eldest lady Bai Edelweiss, who had already died, to Chen Guan's grandfather, Chen Deda, who had long since died, and agreed to bury the two together.

This is in strict accordance with the customs and habits of Wulong Mountain.

Seeing Bai Derong, the second old man in his 90s, Li Xueyi explained his intention and took out the four-color ceremony, a pair of flesh and bones, two pairs of onions with roots growing together, two soft Chinese cigarettes, and two bottles of Moutai. The dowry is 20,000 yuan, a set of jewelry including silver rings, silver earrings, silver bracelets, and silver necklaces.

Bai Derong asked Li Xueyi tremblingly: "How much is the bride price for Wulongyu to marry a daughter-in-law now?" ”

Li Xueyi replied that it varied from how much, depending on how the woman asked for it, it was generally 3,000, 6,000, 8,000, and some women asked for 10,000 yuan.

Bai Derong asked what kind of objects did the daughters marry?

Li Xueyi said that there are no rules for marriage, depending on the situation of each family. If the conditions are poor, it is normal to have no dowry; If the conditions are good, the first is to have face, and the second is to expect the girl to live well. In the past, bicycles, sewing machines, and watches were popular, and now they are refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines. However, this is a secret marriage, basically there is no such thing as marriage, so there is no need to consider marriage!

Mr. Bai Derong said that his niece's life was hard, and in order to save Chen Deda, he put his life into it. Edelweiss and Chen Deda are the most suitable pair of young people in Wulong Mountain! It's a pity that the era was not good, and the parting of lovers in life and death became a tragedy! Now, the old Chen family has the heart to propose marriage and let Edelweiss and Chen De be buried together, he is very happy and satisfied. He was the master of his dearest niece Edelweiss, and gave his niece Edelweiss to Chen Deda, and according to the custom, the Chen family took out the bones of Edelweiss and buried them with Chen Deda!

This is the original thing that Chen Guan and Bai Derong said in the United States, so naturally there will be no twists and turns. That's it, Li Xueyi, who is a matchmaker, still breathes a sigh of relief!

After Bai Derong nodded in agreement, he then asked Li Xueyi what the Chen family was going to do?

Li Xueyi replied that April 5 is the Qingming Festival, and on April 6, the opening ceremony of the Falling Goose Guanyin will be held, and this matter can only be done tomorrow, that is, on April 4. Since Mr. Bai agreed, the Chen family plans to go to the martyrs' cemetery in Longwan Town this afternoon to raise the bones, burn paper and pay tribute in the evening, and carry out a joint burial tomorrow morning, that is, on the morning of April 4. When the time comes, hold a short memorial service at the cemetery and erect a monument to commemorate it!

Li Xueyi also said that the Chen family had prepared a coffin to hold the bones, and also prepared nine pieces of shrouds, all of which were ready.

Bai Derong asked an old custom question, that is, will the younger generations of the old Chen family wear linen and filial piety?

This is a question related to whether the old Chen family really recognizes the status of Edelweiss, that is, whether Chen Xuezhi and Chen Guan father and son really regard Edelweiss as Chen Deda's spouse!

Li Xueyi replied that the old Chen family came to bury the bones of the Edelweiss martyrs according to regular etiquette, and Chen Xuezhi and Chen Guan father and son naturally wanted to wear filial piety clothes, and they also booked a suona class and entertained guests! This matter is a two-headed mother's family, not only to welcome the Bai family, but also to welcome the Li family, the maiden family who entertained Chen Guan's grandmother Li. A qiē is all according to customs!

Bai Derong asked another question, will the suona class greet the Bai family or the Li family first tomorrow morning?

Bai Derong has learned all over China and the West, so profound knowledge, how many great worlds he has seen, he should have already seen through it, but he mentioned the key issues in the customs of Wulong Mountain. Because it is a two-headed mother's house, it is particular which one to welcome first, which represents the question of whose daughter is the main house.

Li Xueyi replied that he had already discussed it with the Li family, and when the time came, the Li family and the Bai family were waiting at the entrance of the village, and the suona class greeted them together, in no particular order.

This means that Chen Guan treats Edelweiss as the same as his grandmother Li, and they are all grandmothers of his relatives!

Bai Derong was satisfied, called Bai Wencai, and asked him to cut off half of the flesh and bones in the four-color ceremony with a knife according to the customs of Wulongyu, and gave the Chen family a return gift, which means that the two families are married. Other cigarettes, alcohol, and onions do not need to be returned, and all silver jewelry is returned to accompany the funeral!

After explaining to Bai Wencai, Bai Derong said to Li Xueyi that this is a secret marriage after all, and it is not suitable to marry things such as color TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines. The old Bai family feels sorry for their daughter, so they will give their daughter 10,000 US dollars to marry!

Perhaps due to the customs restrictions on the amount of cash carried, Bai Derong also asked Bai Wencai to write a check for 10,000 US dollars and handed it to Li Xueyi to take back to Lao Chen's family!

10,000 US dollars is much more than the 20,000 yuan dowry given by the Chen family!

That's it!

After Li Xueyi returned from Lao Bai's house, Chen Guan's small courtyard was busy opening, setting up a table, building a mountain stove, and pasting a couplet written on white paper at the door, posing as if he had done something in vain.

In the afternoon, Chen Guan wore filial piety clothes and hats, led Li Fulai and other more than a dozen strong guys in the village, drove to the martyrs' cemetery in Longwan Town, incense and kowtow in front of the white edelweiss tombstone, and after completing the ceremony, Chen Guan said "Grandma Bai, I came to invite you home", then waved the pickaxe, broke the ground and opened the tomb of the white edelweiss, took out the bones, wrapped them in red cloth, filled the dug tomb, and returned to Wulongyu.

Bai Wencai, the boss of the Bai family, and others also went to the martyrs' cemetery with the car and witnessed the process of picking up the bones.

After the bones of Edelweiss were transported back to Wulongyu, they were directly sent to the ancestral grave of Chen Guanjia, and the coffin was also transported to the cemetery, and under the witness of Bai Wencai and others, they were directly buried.

Chen Guan really worked hard, using pine needles to spread a layer of the bottom of the coffin, and then put in the mattress, blanket, and bed sheets, tied a human shape with grain grass, put the bones of the white edelweiss together according to the human shape, put it into silver jewelry, and then put on the longevity clothes that had been prepared for a long time.

That night, the descendants of the old Chen family and the old Bai family all wore filial piety to the cemetery to cry and invite the lord, and invited the gods of Chen Deda, Li, and Edelweiss back to the Chen family, and offered tablets on the square table in the living room on the first floor.

The suona songs are all crying scenes, and the songs are also crying scenes. In the suona song, in the shouts of the master of ceremonies, Chen Guan wore filial piety clothes, held a tray in his hand, walked to the stove of the small kitchen dedicated to cooking, knelt down, held the tray above his head, and waited for the chef to serve the food.

This is one of the most solemn procedures in rural white affairs, which is to make offerings, that is, to make offerings.

The amount of offerings varies depending on the economic situation of each family. The more offerings, the more sincere the filial son's heart will be!

The offerings to the Chen family are six plates of fruits, six plates of dried fruits, and twenty-four dishes, which is a very rich offering in the countryside. Moreover, when the offerings are made, there can only be filial sons to make offerings, and only one plate can be served at a time, and there are one or two emcees standing next to the offering table in the room, directing the filial sons to offer incense, crying, and distributing vegetables to the offering table.

The old Chen family was originally prosperous, and later only Chen Deda was left, and the two generations of Chen Xuezhi and Chen Guan father and son were all single seedlings, and they were passed down from one generation to another. Moreover, it may really be like Mr. Feng Shui said, there is a problem with the ancestral grave of the old Chen family, the man is not the woman, and the old people have no daughters and no relatives for several generations. There are relatives who are also Chen Guan's grandmother and mother's mother's mother's family, and when this kind of thing happens, everyone is reasonable, and it is impossible to wear linen and wear filial piety and kneel down and bow six times to make offerings.

Chen Guan felt sorry for his father, he didn't let his father confess, he didn't even have someone to replace him!

Chen Guan originally thought that this kind of joint burial could be simple, as long as the bones of Grandma Bai were transported back and buried directly after the burial, and the red tape of crying and crying could be avoided. Unexpectedly, when they discussed, Li Xueyi and they disagreed, saying that since they had to do something, they had to follow the rules of doing things, and they couldn't make jokes. Besides, the old Bai family turned out to be an old family in Wulong Mountain, and Bai Deli died early after doing a lot of evil, but Mr. Bai Derong must have understood these customs and habits, otherwise he would not have asked Chen Guan to bury Bai Xuewei and Chen Deda together. The old Bai family earns a breath and a name, and they will definitely not want to do things very hastily.

There was no way, Chen Guan had to do it according to the old customs!

The Chen family only has two sons of Chen Xuezhi and three people, Chen Guan, and there are few filial sons, and it is impossible to cry. Chen Guan would not let his parents cry anymore, he was afraid that his parents would be old and cry badly. Chen Guan himself, to be honest, couldn't cry. Because this is not a real funeral after all, it is a happy event to be serious! Therefore, I can only be as thoughtful as possible in other etiquette!

Plates of offerings are served upwards, you have to kneel when you enter the house, and you have to kneel when you go to the small kitchen to serve food, Chen Guanchang has never knelt so many times when he is so old, and his knees are a little numb!

Zheng Yulian felt sorry for her son, and tears flowed straight out, not crying for her father-in-law and mother-in-law, but crying for her son's miserable life, not even having a brother or sister, so she could only suffer alone!

The villagers in the village gathered in the courtyard of the Chen family, listening to the drama and suona, and watching the excitement.

Most of the villagers in the village couldn't imagine that Chen Guan would really do this in accordance with the rules of Wulong Mountain, and he would really wear linen and filial piety, kneel and bow and follow the rules. Some old people taught their children and grandchildren a lesson, saying that they should learn more from Guanzi, how much they should be cadres outside, how much merit they would make, and they would have to follow the rules of the mountains when they returned to Wulongyu. This is the style of the men of Wulong Mountain!

Avril also followed her husband Bai Shouyong to participate in the evening offering ceremony, but they were their mother's family, and they only needed to go in and kowtow to incense and paper at the end of the offering, and there were no other tasks.

Seeing Chen Guan holding the tray above his head and really kneeling, Avril Lavigne opened her blue eyes and asked Bai Shouyong in English: "Why do you want to kneel?" ”

Bai Shouyong replied that it was to show respect for his ancestors.

Avril said: "Respect for ancestors is in the heart, and it is false to say it or deliberately express it in front of others." Why is Chen Guan so fake? ”

Bai Shouyong said that it is not false, it is a custom, and every household in Wulongshan does this when they encounter white things!

Avril said that the Chinese are really strange, and the people of Wulongshan are even more strange, how to sacrifice in this strange way. If Chen Guan's grandparents really have gods, they will definitely not let their grandsons kneel down so pitifully, they will love Chen Guan!

Bai Shouyong said that Avril didn't understand, don't talk nonsense, I heard grandpa say that Wulong Mountain is this custom, and my ancestors have been like this for generations!

Avril muttered a word of "ignorance" and stopped talking!