Chapter 125: Welcoming the bride at dusk
Xiao Liu went home for dinner, and cleaned up the chicken intestines with her eldest sister, etc., and finally the three of them made preparations, put them away and covered them, and then went back to their respective rooms to sleep. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Early in the morning, Xiaoliu asked her eldest sister to shout, not to go to the uncle's house to help, but to make fresh noodles today. Xiaoliu woke up, but the yawns were one after another, and her eldest sister wanted her to go back and sleep for a while.
Xiaoliu's grandfather carried the water early, and then went to her uncle's house, only Xiaoliu and her eldest sister were busy making fresh noodles at home, and her grandmother and her father came back around the time of Chen.
Halfway through the morning when the gate opened, they went out of the city, and before they went out of the city, they hired a carriage, because they hired two more carriages, and the carriage stopped at the ridge of the pond in Xiaxi Village. Xiaoliu's grandmother walked into the village with a family carrying large bags and small bags from Datanggong, and when she met someone along the way, she had to leave to say hello.
When Xiao Qi and Qiu Xue appeared in front of Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu was surprised and delighted, although she knew that her family was coming back today, but seeing them standing in front of her, Xiao Liu was still very excited.
"Xiao Qi, Qiu Xue, you are back so soon. Grandma what about them? Xiao Liu was going to pull grass with a straw basket, but when he came out of the kitchen door, he saw Xiao Qi and Qiu Xue walking into the courtyard.
Xiao Qiben was still walking with Qiu Xue, but after seeing Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi rushed to Xiao Liu from the gate. "Grandma, they're behind, sixth sister, what are you doing with your eldest sister? So fragrant! ”
"Make fresh powder, Xiaoliu go and pull the grass." Sister Xiao Liu also walked to the door of the kitchen when she heard Xiao Qi's voice, and when she saw that Xiao Liu didn't move, she urged loudly.
"I'll go right away." Xiao Liu took the straw basket in his hand and was about to go out.
"Little Sixth Sister, I'll go too." Qiu Xue said, following Xiao Liu's side.
"Okay, let's do it together." Xiaoliu took Qiu Lu out of the courtyard gate when she saw her and a large group of people coming over, this big bag and small bag, I don't know if I am going to come back to live permanently in the future.
"Grandma, father, mother, second sister, third sister, fourth sister, fifth sister, Qiu Lu, second brother Wang, Brother Zhang Zheng, everyone is back, now there is a helper." Xiao Liu looked at this group of people and was very happy, as if the fresh powder could be made today.
"Little Liu, are you going to pull the grass? Come back quickly, my mother brought you something delicious. The fourth sister of Xiaoliu looked at Xiaoliu and was still carrying a straw basket, and guessed that she was going to pull grass.
Xiaoliu knew that her eldest sister was waiting for the grass to be used, and said to her grandmother that I would come back immediately, and ran to the haystack with the straw basket on her back.
Xiaoliu moved quickly, put down the basket and pulled the grass. Qiu Xue was a few steps slower than her, and when she reached Xiao Liu's side, Xiao Liu pulled a small half of the wheat straw. It didn't take a few minutes for the two of them to fill the straw basket, and Xiao Liu carried it into a straw basket and went home.
Xiao Liu entered the courtyard and saw that her second sister, third sister, fourth sister, Qiu Lu, as well as Wang Er and Zhang Zheng were all at the door of the kitchen, and her grandmother and her mother also came to the kitchen to put things away.
Xiao Liu carried the wheat straw on his back and went into the kitchen. "Grandma, mother, don't you go to your uncle's house? Grandpa has already gone, what about Dad and Hachi? ”
"As soon as your father put down his things, he took Hachi to your uncle's house, and we'll go in a while. It turns out that making fresh noodles is so troublesome, Xiaoliu, if you and her eldest sister can't make so much, let your grandfather collect less next time. ”
"Grandma, my eldest sister and I are not tired, but we harvested a little too many chickens yesterday, so you are all back, and you should be able to make it today."
Xiaoliu's grandmother pulled Xiaoliu to her side, and took out a triangle made of yellow paper from her arms, and the triangle was still tied with a red rope. "Come, head down, grandma will bring it to you, this is the peace charm I asked for in the temple, it has been opened, it can keep you safe, don't usually take it down, remember, you can't forget."
Xiaoliu obediently lowered her head, and silently thought in her heart why she liked to hang it around her neck, the black stone given by that person said that it was close to her body, but let her put it in a small box, this time her grandmother gave her a peace charm, and she still had to hang something on it? Ay...... Xiao Liu sighed, this was with her neck.
"Grandma, go to your uncle's house quickly, it's not too early at this time, and relatives are coming over there!" Xiaoliu urged them, otherwise the person who picks on them will say that her grandmother doesn't pay attention to it.
"Okay, let's go. On the way back, Wang Er and Qiu Lu said they wouldn't go, so they would help you at home. Grandma Xiaoliu said, and took her second sister, her mother, her third sister, and fourth sister to her uncle's house.
"Xiao Qi, why don't you go, it's very lively over there."
"It's not too early, I'll see how you make fresh powder, and I'll go later."
Xiao Liu looked at Wang Er and Zhang Zheng, and said to Xiao Qi: "You go and borrow two stone mortars to come back, otherwise Second Brother Wang and Zhang Zheng will not be able to help for a while." ”
Xiao Qi made a European gesture to Xiao Liu, which he learned from Xiao Liu. "Qiuxue, let's go." Qiu Lu sat on the fire at the stove when her grandmother came out of the kitchen, while Wang Er and Zhang Zheng were still standing because they didn't know what to do.
The sixth sister scooped up the chicken cooked in the pot, and when she saw the chicken breast on the fence, she put it in another basin. Xiao Liu took Wang Er and Zhang Zheng to wash their hands vigorously, and then sat down at the table and began to sprinkle chicken.
In the morning, she and her eldest sister got up and first mashed the rock candy and made other condiments, now the main thing is to make this chicken, now there are Wang Er and Zhang Zheng, and they are doing it easier.
Xiao Qi borrowed the stone mortar and came back, so she wanted to take Qiu Xue to her uncle's house, but Qiu Xue had to accompany her sister and didn't want to go to someone else's house, so Xiao Qi had to go to her uncle's house alone.
Originally, it stands to reason that her uncle's family is doing things, and her whole family has to help, but Xiaoliu and her eldest sister really can't leave, and they can't all bring this Wang Er when they come back, otherwise her aunt's mouth is enough to read for a long time.
Wang Er and Zhang Zheng thought it was smashed at first, who would have thought that it would be so bad, the two of them didn't pound much in one morning, and their hands were sour, but seeing that Xiaoliu was more capable than them, the two of them had a deep sense of frustration. Xiao Liu's strength and endurance are too good, so he kept pounding there without saying a word.
At noon, the sixth sister made a big pot of braised chicken offal and a big pot of potato rice, and also made a cabbage tofu soup. Xiaoliu remembered that her grandfather seemed to tell her last night that the bride would come back according to the bride in the first three days, and after returning to the door in the past three days, her eldest brother would move out to live, and then he would really be someone else's family.
Xiaoliu hasn't seen the marriage here, this is not easy to meet, but she can't go, I feel a pity, but after thinking about it, ten days later, her eldest sister will also get married, and then she must go to see it that day, and she can't miss it like this.
Xiaoliu originally thought that in ancient times, it was to welcome the bride at dusk, but the custom of Zhaojia Village was that the bride was going to arrive at noon, and the surrounding villages had brought the bride to Zhaojia Village for more than a hundred years, and everyone didn't feel anything wrong. Later, I heard that the capital was like this, and Xiaoliu was not surprised.
(To be continued.) )