Chapter 18: The Peasant Wedding
It may be that with ten taels of silver and a few dowries of great value, the dishes of the wedding banquet are very rich, and there are several kinds of meat dishes alone: white-cut chicken, sweet roasted white, salty braised white, braised rabbit, fried small fish and river prawns, roasted fat sausages, cold belly, and fried chicken offal. The rabbit was caught by Guan Zhuzi in the mountains, and the small fish and river shrimp were caught by the two brothers of the Zhao family in the river. Because of Yao Hong's professor, most of the people in the village know that animal offal is cheap and delicious, so the fat intestines and stomachs, which were previously disdained by everyone, are also on the table - fortunately, only the villagers of Qingshui Village know this, otherwise the price of pigs in the water will rise sharply, unlike now being regarded as garbage by butchers who sell meat, and two copper plates buy a lot.
Sweet roasted white and salty roasted white were taught by Yao Huang to Yao Hong and Cuihua's sister-in-law, and these two dishes were originally not available in this world. Yao Huang doesn't like to eat these two dishes and thinks it's too greasy, but Yao Huang's father likes to eat them, so Yao Huang is very good at making these two dishes. Sweet roasted white and salty roasted white are specialties in Sichuan cuisine, and they are both made with pork belly with skin. Sweet roasted white is the pork belly and glutinous rice, brown sugar, bean paste, etc. are steamed together, salted roasted white and plum cabbage button meat, the meat skin of the pork belly is burned in the pot, cut into slices and put on the dried vegetables, and then put in, Sichuan pepper, Kaempfera star anise, soy sauce, brown sugar sugar, vinegar, ginger, salt and other seasonings on the pot to steam. The salty and sweet taste made people want to eat it, and it soon became the favorite of the people in Qingshui Village, and when the villagers wanted to make a tooth sacrifice, they chose these two dishes.
Yao Huang squatted outside the kitchen to wash vegetables, and the two women who came to help the village woman walked to the well with two pots of bowls and plates, and the two of them whispered, because Yao Huang Xiuzhen's ears and eyes were sensitive, and it was very clear into Yao Huang's ears.
"This kid Zhuzi is really lucky, not only did he marry a beautiful wife, but he also got ten taels of silver for nothing. Buy a few acres of land in the future, and your small life will be prosperous. The tone was full of envy.
"Good P. Do you think that such a good thing really fell on the pillar in vain? Let me tell you, the bride is actually not innocent, I heard that she seduced the master of the Jin family, and was discovered by Mrs. Jin, so she found a country man to marry her out of the house. The ten taels of silver were actually for the pillar of compensation, and who told him to marry an unchaste woman? ”
Yao Huang glanced up at the two of them and recognized them as Liu Jinzhi and Fang Yueniang, the most broken mouths in the village. Although Liu Jinzhi likes to talk about other people's small words behind his back, and he is a little mean, his heart is not bad; Fang Yueniang's husband is a merchant who walks the streets with containers, and sometimes goes in and out of large households, so he is very well-informed. Fang Yueniang often shared the gossip she heard with Liu Jinzhi.
"Drink, that's it. I also think that when will my eldest son have such luck to marry a maid as a daughter-in-law, fortunately not, otherwise I don't know if Lu Dao is my own seed to have a grandson. Liu Jinzhi said.
Fang Yueniang lowered her voice, leaned into Liu Jinzhi's ear and said, "Maybe the pillar really wants to be someone's cheap father!" ”
"You mean?" Liu Jinzhi gasped.
Fang Yueniang nodded, "I saw the woman retching yesterday, it seems that there is." ”
"Poor pillar ......"
Yao Huang poured out the water for washing vegetables and walked back to the kitchen silently with a dustpan. Zhu Zi and the Zhao family must have already known the situation of the bride's stomach, so they are in such a hurry to marry the bride. Zhu Zi and the Zhao family are both kind-hearted people, and the wedding was held with such fanfare to give the bride and the child in her womb an upright identity. I don't know what the character of the bride is, if she can be a pillar wife, it's okay, if she still thinks about Jin Dahu and wants to "get ahead"...... Hmph, with an old fox like the village chief and an elder like Aunt Hua, there shouldn't be any big trouble.
"The wedding team has set off, everyone will pick up the bride together!" Zhao Erniu yelled in the courtyard, and the other young people echoed him.
"Pick up the bride, pick up the bride!" The children also laughed and shouted, and ran over with the greeting procession to pick up the bride together. Zhou Ming had the fastest legs and feet, and ran to Zhang San's sister-in-law's house to report the news, Li Yunxi and Li Yunzhong walked at the front of the team with suona, and the other young men surrounded the pillar in red clothes, and arrived at Zhang San's sister-in-law's house after a while.
"Third sister-in-law, tell the bride to come out!" Zhao Erniu opened his loud voice before he could walk to the door.
Zhang San's sister-in-law went out to take a look, laughed, and hurriedly entered the house to help the bride out. The bride was covered with a red hijab on her head, and everyone could not see her face, but they could see that she was slim and swaying, and all the young people swallowed their saliva and secretly envied the good fortune of the pillar.
"Alright, let's go. The auspicious time is coming, hurry back to the church. Zhang San's sister-in-law saw the hunger of the young men in her eyes, and frowned, Zhuzi married such a daughter-in-law, and I don't know if it is a blessing or a good. The young man didn't see it, but she saw the bride's face, which was so beautiful, and no girl in ten miles and eight villages could compare. But it's not a good thing that this person is too beautiful, I hope the pillar daughter-in-law is a comfortable person.
The pillar smiled innocently, walked to the bride with a shy face in the commotion of everyone, and reached out to hold the bride's hand. The bride shrank for a moment, regained her composure, and Ren Zhuzi took her hand and returned to the Guan family.
Seeing the group coming back, Aunt Hua commanded the firecrackers to be set off vigorously, crackling and the laughter of everyone shook the sky. Aunt Hua lit the handle made of grain grass, circled the bride and groom three times, and said, "There is smoke on the valley, and you will not have to worry about food and clothing from now on." ”
Aunt Li poured rice vinegar on the red-hot plow, and hot smoke suddenly came out, and the air was filled with sour gas. This is the "less vinegar pill", which can ward off evil spirits. The other ladies and aunts were also busy, spreading the floor with reed mats and placing braziers at the door, demanding that the bride must step over the braziers. Each of the children took a small dustpan and took out five grains (rice, sorghum, wheat, red beans and hay) and sprinkled them on the bride, singing happily as they could, "One sprinkle of gold, two sprinkles of silver, and three sprinkles of wealth fill the house."
The village chief uncle was by the incense case, and when the two newlyweds walked in front of him, they straightened their faces and sang loudly, "The auspicious time has come, and the bride and groom will worship heaven and earth." Worship heaven and earth, worship, worship, worship again, worship ...... three times"
The bride hesitated and bowed. Yao Huang heard the conversation between the two chairmen and vice-chairmen of the Qingshui Village Gossip Association.
"No, she doesn't want to. It must still be thinking about Jin Dahu. Fang Yueniang whispered.
"Yes, yes." Liu Jinzhi nodded violently, "Poor pillar, how did you marry a woman who is watery and flowers." With his conditions, although he has no parents, but with the support of the village chief, plus a few acres of land at home, it is not easy to marry a virtuous daughter-in-law? ”
"Let me tell you, the pillar and the bride have met before, and the pillar has taken a fancy to the bride at that time. Now that he can marry the person he wants, it's too late for him to be happy! ”
"Ouch, I'm scared to death, why did you suddenly come out?"
Fang Yueniang's sister-in-law, Zhao Xiang, said with a smile, "I came over to greet you just now, and I heard you talking about Zhu Zi and her bride. ”
"Oh, you said the pillar and the bride are old acquaintances?"
"yes. I'll tell you. Just two months ago, didn't I go to the city, and the pillar also went to the city to sell vegetables. The bride carries a basket to the market to buy something. Ouch, don't mention the coquettishness, the pillar was dumbfounded all of a sudden, and then he was stunned, and he confiscated the bride's vegetable money. At that time, some people still laughed at him for wanting to eat swan meat, but who knows how long it toad, this toad really swallowed swan meat. Zhao Xiang said.
"Swan meat is delicious and not digestible." Liu Jinzhi said something quite profound.
While the three were talking, the bridegroom and bride had finished worshipping heaven and earth and were sent into the house. A group of young people blocked the door of the new house, clamoring to see the bride. The village is not so exquisite, and the pillar smiles and lifts the bride's head. Everyone gasped in unison, oh my God, the bride is so beautiful. The face, the eyebrows, the little mouth...... Prickly, saliva!
"After reading it, I'll go out, and I'm about to start the table." Aunt Hua and Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly rushed away, the two glanced at each other, saw the worry in each other's eyes, and sighed at the same time.
Yao Huang had already been interested in the bride after listening to the discussion of Liu Jinzhi and the three of them, and stood behind the young man with several girls who had been friends with the original body, and slipped into the cave room after they left.
"How many of you girls came to see my sister-in-law?" Zhang San's sister-in-law saw her daughter Zhang Qiaojie and scolded with a smile, "It must be you who are the girl." ”
Sister Zhang Qiao stuck out her tongue, "I didn't pout it, it was the second girl who heard that the bride was beautiful and wanted to come and see." ”
"And you said it wasn't you?" Sister-in-law Zhang glanced at her daughter and said to a few little girls, "Don't you want to see the bride?" Come and see, then, this is your pillar brother's daughter-in-law, Qingfei's sister-in-law. ”
After speaking, he introduced to the bride, "Qingfei, these girls are my daughter Sister Qiao, Yao Huang, the second girl of the Yao family, and the girl Chrysanthemum of the Sixiangzi family......"
A few little girls smiled and shouted at the bride, "Sister-in-law." ”
Qing Fei ordered some meat and showed a faint smile, "Hello sisters." ”
"Sister-in-law, you're so beautiful!" Chrysanthemum's eyes are full of envy, this girl is super beautiful.
"Xie Lu, thank you for your sister's compliment." Qing Fei thanked her softly, but she was not too enthusiastic, several people in the room thought she was tired and didn't care much, only Yao Huang saw that Qing Fei was perfunctory to everyone and despised the country girls. Sure enough, this woman was particularly unwilling. Yao Huang felt that he had seen the live-action version of Pan Jinlian, who was born with a charming and charming body, exuding from her bones, even if they wanted to be women of a good family, in the eyes of others, their appearance made them have a bad position. Although it's prejudice, who made them look like this, there's no way!