Chapter 7 Da Zhuang Marrying
In June, after the first season was busy, the Li family began to get married, and at this time there were already 18 chickens in the family, and the situation of the Li family was much better. And they came together and took counsel, that they should not build a new house, but that they should first live in the Westinghouse, where the boys of the family lived. Then he cleaned up the small shed in the backyard with miscellaneous items and gave it to the boys. Anyway, it's hot in summer, and it's okay to live with people. After the autumn harvest, three more rooms will be raised. At that time, there will be one big husband and wife, one for the boys, and one for the girls. Later, when the girl got married, she was vacated just to marry the remaining grandchildren.
Finally, it was the day of Dazhuang's marriage, and the family began to work early in the morning. The eldest sister and the second sister also brought their children to help. It is also simple to marry in the countryside, the groom and the official wear auspicious clothes, have breakfast, and wait for the Xi Po and the drummer to arrive. Riding a donkey to Zhangjia Village, blowing and playing along the way is not lively.
When he arrived at the door of Zhang's house, Da Zhuang sprinkled a handful of joy candy, the children ran away to pick up the joy candy, the brother-in-law lit a firecracker, crackling, Da Zhuang took the bride and said goodbye to the elders together.
The bride got on the sedan chair, and everyone happily followed the sedan chair back. When he arrived at Lijia Village, the groom took a sedan chair and walked around Lijia Village to express his importance to the bride.
Back at Li's house, the bride and groom worshiped heaven and earth and were sent to the cave room. Da Zhuang lifted his hijab and looked at the bride and smiled silly. There was a bustle in the new house, and the bridegroom and the bride came out to entertain the crowd. There were so many people coming from the courtyard that the tables were set out of the courtyard. Everyone was also very happy eating.
Twenty tables of people came to Lijia Village, Zhangjia Village, and killed 10 chickens, and the scene was not small. The crowd ate from the afternoon until dark. The old lady asked the eldest aunt and Sanniang to pack more meat and vegetables for their in-laws. This is the first time that their old Li family has married a daughter-in-law, and they are all very nervous, for fear that they will not do something good. As a result, at the end of the day, everyone left with a smile, saying good things about the Li family. And some people vaguely mentioned the marriage of three and four people, and everyone wants to be in-laws with such a family.
Early the next morning, the younger brother got up at dawn, and the new daughter-in-law had to make rules on the first day, which was specially instructed by the younger brother before getting married.
She was afraid of oversleeping, and she was so nervous that she woke up in the middle of the night. And then I couldn't sleep at all. Lying like this, and then thinking about the advice of the mother before getting married. The strangest thing is that in addition to her mother, there is also her eldest brother. Three days before she got married, her eldest brother quietly found her and told her to offend anyone, and not to offend her youngest sister-in-law. Judging from yesterday's wedding, her youngest sister-in-law is not bad, and a few of her troubles have made her back. But such a little person, those half-grown children are still quite afraid of her. I don't know why when I think about it, but I'm sure she's a good person to get along with. The eldest son of the Zhang family didn't know that his sister had already made Li Xiaoru easy to get along with, and what she told was in vain.
In a daze, he heard movement outside, and a spirit got up, and then quickly pushed Da Zhuang and asked Da Zhuang if he heard any sound.
Da Zhuang was so confused: "You don't care, it's the fifth sister," and then fell asleep again. After thinking about it, the younger brother decided to get up and see if the sister-in-law needed help. When the younger brother got dressed and went out, there was no one in the courtyard, and he couldn't see his fingers when it was dark. I thought, maybe I'm going back to sleep. I went to the kitchen, and then began to organize the food of the first day, and put it in the pot to warm, because it was still early, and there was no big fire, but a few sticks of wood were burned to warm it. Then I went to feed the chickens again. Looking at the remaining hens, Brother Lai felt distressed for a while, and heard that their family killed 10 chickens in one go yesterday. But this shows the importance of her, and I am secretly happy in my heart.
The younger brother was busy for a while, sprinkling water and sweeping the yard. Just as the sky was bright, all the rooms began to move. The younger brother fetched the washing water for Da Zhuang and tidied up the room. And everybody packed up. Seeing that my brother had done all the work at home, he was very happy and thought that he had married the right daughter-in-law.
Da Zhuang's younger brother came into the house and kowtowed to the elders, recognized the little brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and found that the youngest sister-in-law was not there, and saw that the elders did not mention it, so they also acquiesced. Then the meal was set up. When the food was set and everyone was ready to eat, they heard a voice outside the door. Then I saw that the youngest sister-in-law came back in a hurry, and said, "Why is it so early today, I came back early." I almost didn't make it to dinner. Then he put down the basket and sat down next to his grandmother. Their seats are arranged on the left and right of men and women according to age. Because Li Xiao was favored, he was next to his grandmother, and then his aunt was lined up, and their house was a big round table, which was placed in the yard in summer. In winter, the men eat on the kang and the girls eat in the kitchen.
When grandma saw it, she nodded her head and said, "Which meal has left you, your sister-in-law left you a meal." You wild girl, today your sister-in-law entered the door on the first day, and you can't stay at home for a day. Wait a minute, don't you compensate your sister-in-law. As soon as Grandma's words fell, she saw that her sister-in-law had already put the meal in front of Li Xiao.
Li Xiaohehe laughed twice: "Say, thank you, sister-in-law." I've got something good to come. I'll show you when I'm done. ”
Everyone got used to seeing it, so they began to eat, but the younger brother blushed and said politely, and went back to the place to eat.
After everyone finished eating, a few girls cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks together. The eldest aunt and mother accompanied the grandmother into the house. Li Xiao took her brother's hand and asked her eldest brother and sister-in-law to come over to see her back basket.
The younger brother first glanced at the basket and saw that there was a rabbit and a pheasant in it. Just asked: "Did the fifth sister catch it in the morning?" It's amazing." Da Zhuang saw that although they were still alive, they looked injured a lot. Then I heard Li Xiao's gloating voice and said: "Big brother, you have to find a way to keep them alive, this is a gift for you and your sister-in-law to bring back to the door tomorrow, the dead are not as easy as the living to please your father-in-law." ”
The old man saw that they were lively here, and he knew what good things the five girls had made, and after listening to what the five girls said, it was not a good thing to return the gift.
In fact, on the first day before marriage, everyone held a family meeting behind Li Xiao's back, the main content was to let everyone be optimistic about the five girls, the new daughter-in-law is good, and the five girls are also good, but the temperament is there, don't let the new daughter-in-law misunderstand the five girls and bully her.
Because everyone got up earlier than usual today, and everyone was not in a hurry to go to the field for dinner.
When the old man saw the five girls making a big joke, he followed up and praised: "You have a lot of eyes." That's a good gift." He also glanced at Da Zhuang and said, "You wait and give them some herbs, don't kill them." Tomorrow take the living past".
Da Zhuang saw those two half-dead, what did he know? I pulled my daughter-in-law, which means: daughter-in-law, you and the fifth sister said, let her take care of it, you just entered the door, she will definitely give you face.
The younger brother blushed, and it was not good not to do what her husband said, so she could only bite the bullet and Li Xin: "Can the fifth sister help raise it for a day?" “
Li Xiao looked at her sister-in-law who was so blushing that she couldn't do it, sighed and said, "I know, I knew that I was talking to my eldest brother as soon as I entered the door." And then it went in. When the younger brother heard the words, even his neck turned red.
Seeing this, Da Zhuang smiled and pulled his brother to the side and said, "Let's go back to the house, you don't have to go to the field with us, just bring us food at noon." This was explained by my grandmother early in the morning. “
The original words are like this, the new daughter-in-law has just entered the door, and everyone in our family can do it now, and the five boys will catch insects and feed the chickens. is not bad for a strong daughter-in-law, let her be at home, just cook, and send it to the field when it is ready at noon. Strive to get her pregnant as soon as possible.
The younger brother is the boss at home, and he has never done a lot of work outside the house, marrying into his mother-in-law's family, his mother-in-law's family is good, he loves her, and he doesn't even let the land go, and he can't be moved. I secretly said in my heart that I must help more.
The next day, Da Zhuang took his younger brother to carry chickens and rabbits, plus 2 catties of pork, and went to Yue's house. Generally, the return gift is to bring a 2 catties of meat and a basket of vegetables. For example, the Li family takes all the meat, which means that they are very satisfied with their girl, so they will prepare such a heavy return gift.
After Village Chief Zhang saw the return gift, he valued his eldest aunt a little more. After they left, when the younger brother said that the rabbit and chicken were still alive, she paid more attention to Da Zhuang.