Chapter 17: Before the Wedding
Yao's family is not worried that Xiao Ke will go to Guan Zhuzi's house alone, Yao Hong wants to stay at home to take care of Wenren Qianye - although Wenren Qianye said that his body is fine, but Yao Hong does not believe it, after all, his tragic situation the day before frightened Yao Hong - so, Yao Huang accompanied Xiao Ke to Guan Zhuzi's house to take care of him.
Guan Zhuzi's house is not very far from Yao's house, three earthen houses, the door and windows are pasted with big red double happiness characters, and the bedroom is even more red. The furniture in the house is old, but the beds, sheets, pillows and quilts are new. The pillow is embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and the quilt is decorated with a dragon and phoenix double happiness pattern, which is very delicate, not like a rural person can make it - Yao Hong is an exception - it must be the dowry given to the bride by the "charitable" housemother.
Yao Huang placed Xiao Ke on the bed, she couldn't sleep on the newcomer's bed, and in order to take care of the little bun and couldn't leave the room, Yao Huang made a bunk under the bed. Fortunately, it was summer, and you could lie on it with a mat, but if it was winter, it would be miserable, and the pillars did not have extra mattresses and quilts.
"Auntie, the pillow and quilt are so beautiful." Xiao Ke touched the red quilt, and his eyes were full of like.
"Do you like these patterns?"
"Yes." Little Bun nodded.
"When you get home, let your mother embroider beautiful patterns on your clothes too, okay?" Of course, it's another pattern, mandarin ducks, dragons and phoenixes, butterflies and so on, so you don't need to embroider them.
"Good!" Xiao Baozi was very happy, "Auntie, tell a story." ”
"Listen to the story again? But the little uncle is not here, just to tell you, won't the little uncle not be able to hear it? Since coming to this world, Yao Huang will tell bedside stories to the two little ones every night, from "The Smurfs", "Gourd Baby" to "Xiyangyang and Big Big Wolf", and now he has talked about the part of the Monkey King making trouble in the sky in "Journey to the West", and the two little ones are tickling their hearts and lungs, urging Yao Huang to tell them the following stories every day.
"Then, will my aunt tell my uncle again?" Xiao Baozi asked cautiously with a thumbs up.
"It's very laborious to tell a story, and my aunt has a dry mouth, and I don't want to tell it a second time. What to do? ”
One of Xiao Baozi's bun faces wrinkled, what should I do? Continue to let my aunt tell the story, or wait until I get home and listen to the story with my uncle? The little uncle is so good to himself, he can't just take care of himself and ignore the little uncle.
"Well, then I won't listen. When I got home, my aunt told me and my uncle. ”
Yao Huang felt that his little bun was too sensible and cute, so he reached out and grabbed the little bun, kissed and kissed his white and tender little face, and said, "That's it, Auntie will tell Xiao Ke a story first." When Xiao Ke returns home, I'll tell this part of the story to my uncle, okay? ”
Xiao Baozi blinked, immediately happy, and responded crisply: "Okay! ”
Yao Huang adjusted his seat, sat cross-legged in the center of the mat, let Xiao Baozi sit in her arms, and spoke, "King Tota led all the heavenly soldiers to surround Huaguo Mountain and lay a net of heaven and earth, just to catch that daring monkey. What about the Monkey King at this time? But he is drinking immortal wine with his sworn brothers in the seventy-two caves, and the four warriors. Suddenly, a little monkey ran in and cried out in a panic, 'Woe to you, Great Sage!' Woe to you! There are nine fierce gods outside, who call themselves the gods from the upper realm, and accept the great sage. 'Sun Wukong was furious, and led a group of his men out of the cave to meet the heavenly soldiers and generals......"
"Sun Wukong's side has seventy-two cave demon kings, and the heavenly court side has Li Jing, the king of Tota, as the marshal, and the four heavenly kings and the twenty-eight stars as the vanguard. Sun Wukong has a wishful stick, turning over and over to fight the gods. Kill no bird in the air, and the tiger and wolf in the mountain run. The sand and rocks are black, and the earth is sown and the dust is scattered. I only listened to the soldiers pounce on the earth, and the ghosts and gods were vibrated with great power and might......"
“…… Sun Wukong and the wooden fork fought for fifty or sixty times, the wooden fork arm was sore, and he couldn't meet the enemy. Sun Wukong also collected the monkey soldiers and set up outside the cave gate. I saw that outside the gate of the Heavenly King's camp, the big and small heavenly soldiers caught the wooden fork, got out of the way, went straight into the gate, and said to the Four Heavenly Kings, Li Tuota, Nezha and others, "What a Monkey King, he is really powerful!" The child can't fight, and he will be defeated again! Seeing this, King Li Tianwang was frightened, and immediately ordered to write a table for help, and sent the Ghost King and the Prince of Mucha to the heavens. ”
"Alright, that's all for today. It's getting late, it's time for you to go to bed. Yao Huang got up and put the little bun on the bed.
Although Xiao Baozi was still unsatisfied, he still lay down obediently, said goodnight to Yao Huang, closed his eyes, and after a while, his little snoring sounded in the room. Yao Huang smiled, sat cross-legged back on the mat, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.
The next day, Aunt Hua and Sister-in-law Cuihua called Yao Huang and Xiao Baozi early in the morning. Yao Huang hugged the sleepy-eyed little bun, sat in the courtyard amid the constant thanks and apologies of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and ate the leek cakes brought by Cuihua's sister-in-law to satisfy hunger. Aunt Hua was busy dressing up the groom, and Sister-in-law Cuihua was preparing a banquet in the kitchen, no one greeted Yao Huang, and she was happy.
Weddings in small villages are not as elaborate as in the city, and sedan chairs are not available, but greeting relatives is necessary. The bride was actually kicked out of the Jin Mansion, and it was impossible to go out in the Jin Mansion, and she had no relatives in the Anping area, so Aunt Hua placed her in Zhang Fei's house in the village, and Zhang San's sister-in-law made up her face. The so-called opening of the face is to ask a woman with both children to twist two red threads to pluck the hair on the face of the woman to be married. In the original memory, when his eldest sister got married, it was his mother's face that helped her open, and she sang "Open Face Song" while opening her face, "The left plays the first line to give birth to a noble son, the right to play the first line to give birth to a delicate man, and the third line plays steadily, and the daughter gives birth to a unicorn." The eyebrows are pulled like a crescent, and the champion looks at the flowers. At that time, Yao Hong's shy and happy expression made the original owner envious, thinking that when he got married, he also asked his mother to help him open his face, but unfortunately it didn't take long for his mother and father to go. This has also become the regret of the original owner.
About an hour later, the village chief arrived at Guan's house with his two sons. As the elder of the pillar, the village chief stayed at the Guan family to greet the guests who came to the wedding, and Zhao Dali and Zhao Erniu, as the brothers of the groom, accompanied the groom to greet the relatives.
"Erya, my aunt can't be busy, can you help my aunt?" Aunt Hua walked out and asked.
"Auntie, just give me orders." Yao Huang took Xiao Ke's hand and walked to Aunt Hua's side.
Aunt Hua handed the plate in her hand to Yao Huang, "Help Auntie sprinkle these dates on the bed of the newlyweds, don't do it, spread it evenly." ”
"Okay." Yao Huang took the plate and walked into the new house with Xiao Ke.
Xiao Ke grabbed the big dates that looked delicious, and was very confused, "Auntie, why do you want to sprinkle dates on the bed?" Aren't you afraid of attracting rats to bite Uncle Pillar's toes? ”
Yao Huang frightens the two children by not letting them eat in bed, leaving the scraps of food on the bed to attract rats, which will nibble on their toes as food.
"Hehe, today is an exception. Today is Uncle Pillar's cave room, and the rats dare not come to disturb Uncle Pillar and his bride. Yao Huang said while sprinkling dates.
"What kind of cave house do you want, so that the rats won't come out?" Xiao Ke tilted his head, and his little face was full of puzzlement.
"Because Uncle Zhu is going to have little dolls with his bride, the rats don't dare to disturb them." Yao Huang coaxed the child.
"Huh?" Xiao Ke opened his small mouth, "Uncle Zhuzi wants to give birth to a little doll?" ”
Yao Huang smiled and nodded Xiao Ke's little nose, fooling the child without guilt, "It's not Uncle Zhu who gave birth to the doll, it was Uncle Zhu who helped his bride give birth to the doll." These dates are a tool to help them give birth to dolls. ”
"What can I do to help Uncle Zhuzi and the bride give birth to dolls?" Xiao Ke Baozi continued to ask.
"Jujube, jujube, give birth to a son early."
"Oh-" The little bun nodded, it turned out that the little doll came here like this, and told the little uncle when he got home.
The two of them finished scattering dates and returned to the courtyard. At this time, an incense case has been placed in the center of the courtyard, two dragon and phoenix candles have been placed on the shore, and a bucket basket is placed in the middle of the dragon and phoenix candles, which is filled with miscellaneous grains, and the surface is sealed with red paper, and five small flags of different colors are inserted on it according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. There is a mirror and a rod on both sides of the bucket basket, and according to Aunt Hua, these two represent the light and satisfaction.
At this time, villagers have come one after another, most of them are here to help, especially a few young men, laughing and laughing about the groom, they are all going to accompany the groom to welcome the bride, and the relationship with the pillar is quite good.
Yao Hongji hung up on his son, and arrived at Guan's house early with Wenren Qianye and Yao Qing. Wenren Chiba's status as a scholar made him quite respected by the villagers, and the village chief specially arranged him with several respected elders. Hearing that Qianye smiled gently, with long sleeves and good dancing, he coaxed several old people into laughter, making the other villagers admire him even more.
Yao Hong was relieved when she saw her son, explained a few words to Yao Huang and Yao Qing, and went to the kitchen to help Cuihua's sister-in-law. In this regard, Cuihua's sister-in-law applauded and welcomed. Yao Huang thought about it, then handed Xiao Ke to Yao Qing, asked him to take the little bun to find other children to play, and followed him into the kitchen.
"Erya, why don't you go talk to the little sister and run into the kitchen for what?" Cuihua's sister-in-law knows that Yao Huang has good skills, but it is enough to have their daughters-in-law and aunts in the kitchen, and a little girl like Yao Huang can play outside.
"Hehe, Qiu Ju and they went to Zhang San's sister-in-law's house to see the bride, I was bored, and I wanted to come in and help." Yao Huang said with a smile.
"Since Erya wants to help, let her help." Aunt Li handed the dustpan with the greens to Yao Huang, "Erya, help my aunt wash the greens." ”
"Okay." Yao Huang walked out of the kitchen door with a dustpan, fetched a bucket of water from the well and poured it into a large basin, and carefully washed the vegetables.