Chapter 39: Eating the Wedding Feast
Holding a big white goose, it seems a little stupid to swagger through the market, if you put your hand on the ground, and worry that it will run away, fortunately it is not too far from home, so you have to hurry up.
"Hey, the puppy went to buy two geese? The puppy is really capable, and there are geese to eat! Do you want your aunt to kill the goose for you, and you can leave the goose feathers for your aunt? Aunt Zhang in the front yard asked enthusiastically.
"Aunt Zhang doesn't need it, I'm just waiting for it to lay eggs and hatch goose!"
Aunt Zhang said unwillingly: "Hatching a goose? When will one hatch, it is better to buy some geese and raise them back! ”
The dog hurriedly explained: "Aunt Zhang, these two geese can lay eggs!" Hatch faster! ”
I saw that Aunt Zhang was leaning forward and closing with a smile covering her mouth, and the dog was very depressed. "Aunt Zhang, what are you laughing at?"
The Aunt Zhang couldn't help but smile and waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine, go home and hatch the goose!" Hahaha..."
"What's wrong with hatching a goose! It's not like I'm incubating it myself, and! He pouted and hugged the goose and hurried home.
When they entered the yard, the two geese were still on the ground, and the two animals were running around the yard rattling, and those who didn't know thought they had won a battle, and they were showing off their might!
It's hateful, like that Aunt Zhang, I can clearly feel that she is laughing at herself, but she still doesn't admit it!
"Dog, do you look at me like a big fool?"
Gou Yu shook his head and said, "It's not like that!" ”
"What the hell is that Aunt Zhang laughing at?"
"I don't know..."
Forget it, if you don't understand it, you don't want to.
When a few people who were playing outside came back in the evening, the dog announced that he would take them to the wedding banquet tomorrow, and he gained countless military hearts for a while!
After another night of sunset, everyone got up early in the morning to freshen up, wrapped two copper coins in red paper, each took one, and tied it to the long neck of the white goose with a red cloth strip, and the two animals were not happy, and they stretched out their mouths to peck at the dogs, and only quieted down after giving a slap.
Everything was cleaned up, but the dog made a difficulty...
Go to the man's house or to the woman's house? It's familiar on both sides.
When he was in trouble, he saw Wang Yong's neighbor's Xiaolang running over from a distance, with a jelly bean in his mouth, and the envious people's saliva was about to flow out.
A bunch of guys who have never seen the world, the dog said with contempt, but it seems that he hasn't eaten sugar in a long time.
He greeted him from afar and asked, "Little Maverick, what are you doing here?" ”
The little cow looked like a seven-year-old man, with a round head, and said sullenly: "Brother Dog, my father asked me to come and tell you to go to Brother Wang Yong's house quickly, there are not enough people to let you follow to greet your relatives." ”
Needless to say, the warm-hearted dog is most willing to help others, this time let Dasha hold the goose, stride away, and a group of people rushed to Xicheng.
Before the Song Dynasty, whether it was up to the royal family or the common people, they generally followed the six rites formulated by Confucianism:
Nacai, ask for names, Najib, Nazheng, invitation, welcome.
The Song Dynasty experienced the war of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and after the ethnic integration of the five dynasties and ten countries, this marriage etiquette has undergone many changes. Because the wedding ceremony is too cumbersome, it is difficult to implement it in the Shishu except for the royal family. In view of this, on the basis of the six rites, combined with the customs and habits of the time, the imperial court simplified the wedding ceremony into four steps, namely:
Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, Qinying,
Later, under the influence of economic and cultural prosperity, several new customs were added to the marriage proposal: face and wealth.
Facing each other is equivalent to a blind date in later generations.
At that time, the big families paid attention to the right family, of course, the small people did not have to be so troublesome.
After all the green lights are over, you can carry a big red sedan chair to carry the bride into the house through the main entrance, which is called "Ming Media Marrying"!
In ancient times, although it was possible to marry several daughters-in-law, but there was only one wife, and people could prepare a case in the government, and the waist pole was very hard, not that you could take a break if you wanted to! As for the concubine, it's not of this grade.
If you provoke the housewife to be angry, pack up your concubine and sell it to the Qinglou in minutes!
It's not like the next generation, the little three and four little lovers blatantly tear up with the wife of the main house...
As the saying goes, "Ten miles of different sounds, a hundred miles of different customs!" ”
This palm-sized land in Yuchuan County is poor and swishing, there are not so many tricks, everything is simple, and it has slowly formed its own customs.
This sister-in-law Liu is a widow and has a daughter. Zhang Yong is the only one father, and there are not so many relatives and friends who moved in from outside, and Liu's sister-in-law's family originally had, but there was a war, and there were not a few dead left.
They are all kind and honest poor people, and the two families hit it off, and everything is simple and simple.
On the day of the wedding, this side carried a sedan chair to Liu's sister-in-law's house to pick up someone and went back, this mother's family originally needed to arrange someone to send off the family, but there were only a few people in the family and more than half of the family, there were not a few left, and it was not worth setting the table for a banquet again, and the two families were not far away, so they all went to the groom's house, and they were lively!
When I arrived at the door of Wang Yong's house, I saw that the inside and outside were renovated, two newly painted wooden doors were pasted with two big red happy characters, and the door was surrounded by red silk, and several pairs of red lanterns were hung in front of the house in the courtyard.
The main landlord's house is Wang Darong's residence, and the king uses the two of them to live in the west house, and when he enters the west house, he sees:
The bright red two-fan cabinet, plus a set of red and bright dressers, and the round bronze mirror on the table, must have cost a lot of money.
Then turn your head and look at the kang, stacked with a big red quilt! Two pairs of bright red pillows are adorned with auspicious patterns.
At first glance, this stitch is not the technique of Wang Darong's father and son, and there is no need to think that it is definitely the craftsmanship of Sister-in-law Liu.
The word Zhang Xi was also pasted on the window frame on the side of the kang, and a table was placed on the floor of the room, on which were placed several plates of cold dishes and a pair of big red candles.
Ordinary people's homes, marriage cave houses, just dress up like this, one word, red! It's not red, it's not lively.
Red represents auspiciousness, represents festivity, and looks forward to a prosperous life in the future.
Looking at this big spending, I think that Wang Darong must have paid a lot of money, but his old son is finally getting married, and no matter how much money he spends, he will be happy!!
Afraid that Dasha and a few people would make trouble for others, they were strictly forbidden to play in the house, so he took a few people to find the father of the calf, the old cow!
"Uncle Niu, are you looking for a boy?"
This old cow is the person in charge of the marriage today, and he is all running around in Zhangluo, and several neighbors around him have also arranged for people to come over to help.
The old cow was busy and saw the dog come over with a group of people and joked: "Xiaolang, you are a Chinese person who is worry-free, you have only come here until now, we have been busy with our people since yesterday, and you will be punished for taking good care of the bride today." ”
The dog hurriedly replied: "No problem, Uncle Niu, if there is a problem, ask me hahaha!" ”
The two sides laughed at each other for a few words, and then the old cow saw the pair of white geese and said, "Hey, didn't the geese have been sent to the bride yesterday?" Why are you still here? ”
The dog hurriedly explained: "But I misunderstood Uncle Niu, this is what I just brought over!" ”
Lao Niu hurriedly said: "Xiaolang, you are still young and don't understand, you can't send geese today!" ”
The dog was stunned for a moment and quickly asked why?
"This white goose is for marriage!" Uncle Niu explained
"That's not right!" The dog said suspiciously: "Aren't geese used for marriage?" ”
"Wild geese! Hahaha..."Seeing Uncle Niu laughing and coughing for a while before he said: "The wild goose is good, but there are many people who are married in this world, and there are only a few geese, where is it enough!" ”
Well, this is a beautiful misunderstanding, and it's no wonder that the dog, after all, when my father and mother got married, they couldn't play themselves, right?
"Uncle Niu, what about this pair of geese?"
The old cow lowered his head and thought about it and said with a smile: "Since you brought it, just wear a happy word around your neck, and you will take it with you when you greet you!" It is also a good thing for us to let this "wild goose" lead the way! ”
The dog stretched out his thumb and praised Uncle Niu for his wit.
Looking at the sky, it seems to be the end of the hour, and I heard that the time to get off the sedan chair is the end of the hour. There seemed to be plenty of time, and everyone gathered together to drink tea in a big bowl, talk and laugh with each other for a while, and the departure point was reached.
The hired sedan chair driver hurriedly lifted a double red sedan chair, and the four drummers opened the way, followed by Wang Yong, who was riding a white horse, and saw him riding on it with high spirits, and he was no longer the honest and wooden appearance before.
Behind the sedan chair were eight men and four women, carrying or holding various objects with smiles on their faces.
Among the twelve people were dogs and dogs, and they each held a big white goose in their arms and walked in front with a smile.
Whenever pedestrians on the road see this festive procession, they will give way, and some will say "congratulations"!
Blowing and blowing along the way, I arrived at Liu's sister-in-law's house in two quarters of an hour.
The furnishings here are simple, with only two big red happy characters pasted on the wooden door, and an old man in his fifties came out to greet him, followed by four or five young offspring.
The two parties met, exchanged a few words of greetings, and after completing the procedure, a bunch of people surrounded Wang Yong and the matchmaker into the house, and the dogs were led to the table by the young offspring to drink tea and eat snacks.
Holding a big white goose along the way has attracted a lot of attention, but his wrist was pecked several times by the "Hong Goose" who gave good wishes, and his wrist was red, so he quickly threw it to a teenager who was snorting snot, watching him being chased by the big white goose all over the garden, and the people at the table couldn't close their mouths!
There was jubilation outside, and there was laughter and laughter inside! Not long after, I saw a sturdy woman carrying a woman wearing a red wedding dress and a mandarin duck red hijab on her back hurriedly sent into the sedan chair.
Surrounded by a bunch of people, Wang Yong also walked out with a small hand holding a smile. This scene must have been the completion of the ritual and ready to return.
Seeing this, the gong and drummer resting at the door didn't care about drinking tea, so he hurriedly played it.
Seeing Xiaoxiao, she originally planned to go over to say hello, but it can be seen that she also entered the sedan chair and had to give up.
There were fewer people when I went, and there were more people when I came back. The pair of big white geese were hugged back again, this time by the runny Xiao Lang, watching him being pecked several times by the big white goose, but he just endured the pain and hugged tightly and didn't dare to let go.
Maybe it was explained by the family that it was not allowed to cry, but the tears came to the eyes, but they stopped and didn't dare to flow out.
Such an honest child, always liked, pedaled over, and the happiest white goose that had not yet stretched out his hand to peck quickly loosened his mouth and became honest.
Sure enough, people are good and are bitten by geese, and people eat goose meat for evil!