Chapter 5: Marriage
The three days passed quickly.
On the day of marriage, the town was particularly lively, and the rumors about the Yan family marrying a bandit as a daughter-in-law were almost known to everyone, so everyone was curious to crowd to the door of Yan's house to watch the excitement.
It's just that marrying a wife is a festive thing, and it is time to invite relatives and friends from all walks of life, and everyone will witness and bless the two newlyweds for a long time in the future, but in addition to those who came to see the excitement at the door of the Yan house, there were a bunch of people who were invited to come to congratulate them.
People looked at the gloomy, stiff and smirking face of the old man Yan who was welcoming guests outside, and they couldn't help but feel a little sad.
This is not to say that Yan Yi has done something that is so angry and resentful that people are so jealous, but it is just the root of human inferiority, and there is a saying that says: "I am happy to see that you are not as good as me"?
However, even the Yanjia who has a lot of complaints about this family matter, forced by the 'obscenity' of the in-laws, except for this treat, the other etiquette is quite thorough - the red lantern is hung high, the happy words are pasted, and when you look inside from outside the gate, you can see the red gauze tents flying all over the courtyard, which is very festive.
Suddenly, a small servant came running from a distance and shouted, "The bride is here!" The bride is here! ”
"Hurry up, kiss, and set off the firecrackers!" Yan Yi hurriedly ordered someone to go and Zhang Luo to get up, and he was dressed to meet him.
In the sound of firecrackers, the suona gong was faintly heard blowing and blowing closer and closer, and people couldn't help but straighten their necks and look in that direction.
Well, this bride is finally here! I just don't know what it looks like!
The team of sending off relatives is naturally greeted by a band of playing, playing and singing, followed by a four-person wedding sedan chair, with a square dome and a rickety body.
People stared at the sedan curtain where the mandarin ducks played in the water and opened for a long time, making sure that the lotus flowers were not fragrant, the mandarin ducks were not alive, and it was unlikely that a sudden gust of wind would just roll up the sedan curtains to let them see the true face of the bride, and finally dispelled their interest and looked back in disappointment.
It should be followed by the bride's dowry.
Someone once laughed sarcastically, "What good things can a bandit leader marry his daughter?" That's all the people's fat and people's ointment being looted alive! If you make up such a bloody and bloody bustle, you are not afraid of retribution and bloody luck! ”
Therefore, people inevitably have some thoughts of repetition, looking at the dowry as if they were their own hard-earned money, their eyes are shining, and they are not relaxed at all, but as if they are going to pounce on them and rush home in the next moment.
However, the people who carried the dowry were all strong men, especially with a red silk elephant trunk knife tied around their waists, so that these people did not dare to make a mistake.
But when they saw those things clearly, people couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The people who live in the town for a long time are simple and unpretentious, and their cognition of valuable things is only in gold, silver, jewelry, jade and agate, which are shiny and obviously valuable at first glance, so what they think about the bride's dowry must be a picture of gold and silver mountains that can blind people's eyes.
The onlookers had already half-narrowed their eyes, just in case they really flashed into their eyes.
The result was really flashed.
They never imagined that the bride's dowry would turn out to be a new set of weapons and equipment!
What swords, halberds, axes, hooks, forks, whips, hammers, it is really eighteen kinds of weapons, and even a whole set of armor!
The blade that shone coldly in the sunlight really made everyone shudder.
Yanyi's face was finally no longer heavy, it was as black as the thick dark clouds that had accumulated in the sky when it was cloudy, thinking about what might happen later, his face turned pale at once, whiter than the face of the Zhu family who rushed to the side.
Zhu Shi watched in horror as the group of people came to him with those killing weapons, and put down the burden on his shoulders with a shout, only to hear the sound of tom, the dust was flying, the ground was cracked, and the fine lines like spider webs were scattered.
"Old, old, old, what can I do here?!"
Zhu Shi was so frightened that she tugged at Yanyi's sleeve hard, and her voice was a little crying, if she wasn't afraid of angering this group of bandits, she would have howled a few times if she wanted to think about it, otherwise she would be holding back a stuffy pain in her chest now.
In the end, the meaning of the family was the head of the family, and he fixed his mind and said: "Don't be afraid, after all, today is an auspicious day, and they won't do it, right?" ”
This sentence was obviously lacking in confidence, and he didn't know whether he was comforting Zhu or himself.
The sedan chair was soon carried to the door of Yanfu, and Yan Yi had the courage to force himself to step forward to greet the leader of the person, but he saw that the person was only in his twenties at most, although he had a calm temperament and a compelling momentum, but he was by no means like the appearance of the bandit leader in his memory.
"Master Yan is polite!" The man spoke first: "Under Wu Fei, I came to escort the young lady to marry on the order of the head of the family, and the other head of the family has important things to do today and can't come, so please bear with me!" ”
Hearing the words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
What does it mean for him to be more inclusive? The daughter is married, but the father is not there, is this the father?
"Where and where, understand below, understand below." Pumping and pumping, the meaning of the words still had to flatten his lips, and raised an arc stiffly, "Thank you for your hard work, he has something to do with his in-laws and he has to be busy, I can naturally understand!" ”
But when he thought about what this in-laws were doing, he couldn't help but wonder what this person was busy with, and then the scene he thought of made him shudder.
The words were embarrassed, or he was speechless, Wu Fei was also silent, and the atmosphere froze for a while.
Later, Xi Niang saw that these people were all here without moving, worried that she would miss the auspicious time, so she hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Yo, a few masters don't move, what if you miss the auspicious time?" ”
"Yes, yes, don't stop, the firecrackers will continue to sound, welcome the bride into the door!"
The firecrackers were lit again, and the crackling sound was very lively, and the naughty children were jumped around excitedly, and the dust was raised, and the smell of gunpowder smoke was not unpleasant.
According to the rules, the bride's feet are not allowed to touch the ground and be stained with dust.
The bride came to the sedan chair and squatted down, obviously carrying the bride into the house.
As the sedan chair was lowered, a little girl stepped forward and slowly lifted the sedan curtain, little by little, the people in the sedan finally revealed their figures little by little.
There was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers - oh oh oh! I can finally see the bride! How's that? What does it look like?