Chapter 37 Door-to-door proposal
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"Dad, it's okay, when I was practicing with my grandfather just now, I didn't expect my grandfather to be so violent, and he was accidentally hit. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
After Liu Xingguo and the three of them heard it, they were very strange in their hearts, the Miao family boxing is a type of boxing that is mainly attacked, could it be that the old man is still practicing palm techniques?
Liu Fei snorted, and after greeting the two cousins, he walked to the room and took out two packs of cigarettes and handed them to the two.
Not long after, the sister-in-law of Hua was wearing a Miao family dress, wearing two silver collars, carrying a flower back, and when she walked over, the silver jewelry on her body kept tinkling. When she came to the hall and saw Liu Fei, Sister-in-law Hua was very happy, and his big pig's head seemed to be decided.
"Sister-in-law, please leave the Miao family's affairs to my sister-in-law."
"Liu Daxia, look at what you said, the beauty of adults is the blessing of your sister-in-law, and we have already contacted over there, so let's rush over for breakfast."
Liu Fei knows that Sister-in-law Hua often helps others to be a matchmaker, and because of her good eloquence, she has almost become a professional matchmaker. However, after it is done, you will generally get a big pig's head and a red envelope of 260 yuan. Sister-in-law Hua is a widow, the man died early, and it is not easy to carry a child alone. The sister-in-law of Hua, who lacked financial resources, began to regard the matchmaker as her own money-making business.
Although Sister-in-law Hua is in her forties, she looks much younger than ordinary rural women because she was born with a beautiful embryo, and she can dress up, so she looks like a young woman in her 30s on the surface.
After some chilling, Liu Xinlin and Liu Xingang carried the basket, and the four of them were preparing to set off in the wind and snow.
Originally, Liu Fei said that he would pick a basket, but he was rejected by the two cousins, saying that Liu Fei had been working outside for a few years, and his physical strength had already deteriorated.
After seeing the slap marks on Liu Fei's face, Sister-in-law Hua was puzzled, and at the same time, she quickly took out the gouache from her bag and helped him foam some water, until it looked more natural, and then stopped. Otherwise, if you go to propose marriage with a slap print, it will give the woman a very bad impression.
Xiazhai is not far from Liujiagou, only about six miles of land, and the fields of the two villages are basically close together.
On a snowy day, several people didn't go fast, and at about nine o'clock, the four of them arrived at the gate of Miao Feng's house.
Liu Fei saw that Miao Feng's family still lived in an ordinary tiled house, surrounded by cement bricks, and a fence gate was installed.
After the sister-in-law took out some incense candles and paper money from the basket and burned them at the gate, she asked Liu Xinlin to take a small firecracker out and light the cannon, so as to tell the Miao family that the person who proposed the marriage was coming.
After the firecrackers rang out, the door of the Miao family opened, and Liu Fei saw a tall and burly man in Miao clothes, at least more than one meter nine tall, with a black handkerchief wrapped around his head, and a copper earring on his left ear, about forty-seven or eight years old. There was a middle-aged woman with a height of 1.6 meters next to him, and Miao Feng in Miao costume stood behind him.
Such a tall Miao person is really rare, although he had also seen Miao Guangnan in his previous life, but Liu Fei was still a little shocked after seeing Miao Guangnan's rather burly and tall body again.
Liu Fei saw Miao Feng wrapped in a high black silk scarf on her head, a bright silver collar around her neck, and a blue Miao dress with various patterns on Miao Feng's body, giving her a kind of Miao family style temperament. Seeing Miao Feng wearing Miao costumes, Liu Fei winked at her mischievously.
Seeing Liu Fei so funny, Miao Feng covered her mouth and laughed. Miao Feng thought that Liu Fei would come to propose marriage after the Chinese New Year, but he didn't expect that his father received a call from his sister-in-law last night, saying that Liu Fei was going to come over to propose marriage today, and Miao Feng didn't sleep well all night.
After Miao Guangnan heard her daughter's laughter, she was very puzzled, her daughter came back in a luxury car last night, and brought a lot of cigarettes and alcohol, and asked her where the car came from, but she kept silent.
Sister-in-law Hua immediately began to introduce with a smile, and Liu Fei began to call people very politely.
With proper manners and good manners, Miao Guangnan and Shen Chenyan fell in love with this future daughter-in-law at a glance, and the only thing they were not satisfied with was the long hair on Liu Fei's head.
After entering the door, several people came to the hall, Miao Guangnan picked up the cigarettes, alcohol, tea, incense candles, paper money, and pork picked up by Liu Xinlin and put them on the big table of the incense in the hall, and began to make a gesture on the big table of the incense and the high hall, and he was still talking about something.
Then, Sister-in-law Hua picked up a set of silver ornaments, costumes and six silver collars from the basket and handed them to Shen Chenyan, as long as the other party accepted these, it meant that her parents had agreed to the marriage.
Miao women are very particular about wearing silver collars, unmarried girls can only wear one, after marriage can wear six, widows who die in the family can only wear two.
The average poor family simply can't afford to make a set of heyday silver jewelry, this set is worth tens of thousands, around 2014, a set of all-silver handmade jewelry needs more than 200,000. These ornaments of the Miao people are generally passed down from generation to generation to daughters-in-law, but Liu Fei brought this set of new ones.
After the ceremony, Miao Guangnan took Miao Feng's hand, and sister-in-law Hua held Liu Fei's hand, and the two put Miao Feng and Liu Fei's hands together. If the woman has no objection, it means that both parties are willing and satisfied with the other party.
Then, Miao Guangnan moved all the items in the basket to the room, and then took out some gifts from the house and put them back in the basket. This means that the woman's return gift cannot be allowed to the man to go back with an empty basket, which is also a custom.
Miao Feng also took out three packs of cigarettes from the room and handed them to Liu Fei and a few people, and took out a plate of peanuts and melon seeds and put them on the coffee table in the hall, and then began to help a few people make tea.
After Miao Guangnan got everything done, he sat down and began to drink tea, smoke, and chat with Liu Fei and the others.
"Liu Fei, I heard that you and Miao Feng are still classmates?" Miao Guangnan asked.
"Uncle Miao, Miao Feng and I have been classmates from the first grade to the first year of junior high school, and Miao Lan is one level lower than us."
Miao Guangnan nodded after hearing this, and then said again: "My Xiaolan has married far away to the provincial capital, so I hope you can join our Miao family, there should be no problem with your family, right?" Of course, future children will still follow your surname. ”
After Liu Fei heard it, this was the same as the wheel of history. At that time, Liu Fei first disliked Miao Feng for being too tall, and secondly, he opposed joining the family. But Liu Fei, who is a man of two lifetimes, will not care about these now, and will requisition land here in 2007, when the homesteads of several surrounding villages will all be planned together, and it will make no difference whether they are rich or not.
"Uncle Miao, I have no opinion."
"Your parents agree, too?"
"It should be no problem, we have separated, plus my brother, I think there is absolutely no problem on my parents' side."
"That's good, but you should know the customs of our Miao people, and when we have children, we will have a big wedding wine, and you should be the same, right?"
"It's the same." Of course, Liu Fei knows the customs of the Miao people in this area, there is nothing for men and women to get married or not to marry, and when the first child is full of moon wine, he will hold a big event, the woman will hold a banquet one day in advance, and the man will hold a banquet one day later, which is also equivalent to a marriage ceremony. A few days before the full moon, there is also a small ceremony to change the tone.
"That's okay, but my Xiaofeng's temper is not very good, and her personality is a bit like a boy, you can take care of it more in the future and be tolerant."
"Uncle Miao, auntie, don't worry, I will definitely be good to Miao Feng. However, the two of us may be based in Jinjiang City in the future, and we can't help you in terms of farm work. When harvesting rice and planting rice, Miao Feng and I will try to rush back to help. ”
Hahaha! "It's enough to have this heart, your aunt and I haven't grown old to that point, plus we haven't cultivated much land, and now we only plant a few acres of paddy fields in the seedling fields, and there is no farm work at all in a year. In addition, Xiaolan will take 2,000 yuan to us every month, and Xiaofeng usually takes it, so it's okay if she doesn't do farm work at all. ”