Chapter 318, Marriage (3)
Before dawn, the Dong family was already busy, and before dawn, a group of women began to help Dong You make up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe first thing you do before your wedding is to "open your face". The so-called "opening the face" is actually to use cotton yarn to pluck the hair on the face. This process means that the woman will be dressed as a woman from now on.
It is said that with such a woman to help the bride open her face, the bride will be able to get their good fortune, and she will be able to live in this room in the future. The two women first put the powder on Dong You's face, and then took out a double-strand of multicolored cotton thread from the dresser, and wrapped it around their hands to form a three-headed thread knot. Then the woman bit one end of the thread in her mouth, held one end in one hand with both hands, and then pasted the cotton thread on Dong You's face, tore it open, closed it three times, and twisted off the hair and powder on her face. The woman next to her sang a face-opening song, saying: "The left plays the first line to give birth to a noble son, and the right plays the first line to give birth to a delicate man...... What else did he sing, Dong You was flustered, but he didn't hear it too clearly.
The two women helped Dong You open her face, untied her braids, and coiled her hair up into a bun. While dishing, the woman praised at the same time: "Miss's hair is really beautiful!" "It's part of a woman's dress. Then there are all kinds of headdresses and all kinds of clothes, and I slowly put them on. And almost every time you change into a woman's dress, there is a ritual and a prayer. It takes a lot of time for women to dress up, and the dress when they get married is getting more and more like this, Dong You got up from the hour and was busy until seven o'clock in the morning, and then he was dressed up.
At this time, Dong You's father, Dong Yangxian, and his wife Chen were already waiting in the hall. After a while, I heard someone report that Zheng Sen's convoy had set off and was coming this way. Dong Yang got up first, accompanied by the officiant's marriage, and went to his ancestral hall first to report to his ancestor about his daughter's marriage. Then he came out with Chen, opened the middle door and waited there. After a while, I heard the sound of drums coming from there, and then I saw a motorcade coming from a distance, and a large crowd of people were also running.
As the convoy approached, Chen hurriedly stared with wide eyes. Speaking of this son-in-law, Dong Yang has seen it first, but Chen has not seen it, although Dong Yang is very satisfied with this son-in-law, and whenever he is chatting, he praises him like a flower, but he can't see it with his own eyes, Chen is still a little uneasy.
By this time, the convoy was already approaching, and Chen could already see the groom dressed in a red robe and riding on a snow-white high-headed horse. The bridegroom dismounted at a shot from the front of the house, handed the reins to a man who was beside him, and came under the guidance of the minister, and a servant of the household followed with a wild goose.
When Zheng Sen got off the horse, Chen found that Zheng Sen was really tall, almost half a head taller than several people around him. Zheng Sen stepped forward and saluted his parents-in-law who were waiting there, and Chen followed her husband to return the salute, just to see that Zheng Sen raised his head, and sure enough, his temples were like a knife, his eyebrows were like ink paintings, his eyes were like morning stars, and his lips were like Zhu Dan. Looking forward to it, when he gave in, his spirit was flying. nodded secretly in his heart, but let go of his daughter's worries a little.
Dong Yang finished the salute before Zheng Sen, and then took Zheng Sen into the courtyard from the middle gate and arrived in front of the main hall. The officiant went up the steps to the east, Zheng Sen went up to the steps to the west, and he placed the geese under the steps to his entourage. Dong Yangxian and his wife stood on the middle steps of the north facing south. Zheng Sen said to Dong Yangxian and his wife: "The boy Zheng Sen is ordered by his father, and he obeys his orders with Zijiali. Seeing Dong Yang nodding first, the main marriage said, "A certain person is willing to obey his fate." Then Kong Zhang, who was a puppet, shouted, "Bow." Zheng Sen bowed. Kong Zhang said again: "Goodbye." Zheng Sen bowed twice to his parents-in-law. Kong Zhang said again: "Flat." Zheng Sen stood up straight. Kong Zhang came over and led Zheng Sen out of the courtyard. Then someone from the Dong family came to lead Zheng Sen to eat first and wait.
Dong Yangxian and Chen sat down in the main hall, while Dong Yangxian's side room stood to the side. At this time, a maid and a woman brought Dong You, who had just been dressed, over. She stood still in the hall. It is also an important ceremony in the wedding, where the bride's parents bid farewell to the bride and give her a final education and teach her how to be a woman.
Dong You stood up, and then listened to the marriage of the officiant: "Bye! She knelt down and bowed to her father and mother four times. Thinking that since then, although there is still Guining, there are many fewer days to see his parents, coupled with the nervousness of suddenly going to a strange place and living with a strange person, Dong You couldn't help but sobbed and burst into tears.
Dong Yang sobbed when he saw his daughter bow four times, and he didn't realize that his eyes were a little moist, but he still said according to the rules: "Go to Zhier's house, don't forget to be respectful." Dong You responded in a low voice. Dong Yang first looked at Chen's again, Chen's was already in tears at this time, and when he saw his husband looking over, he hurriedly wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said, "I have been thinking all night, and I have not disobeyed my orders." Dong You bowed his head again. Dong Yangxian's side room also said: "There is no violation of the orders of your parents." Dong You also responded. Then two more women came up with this colorful red Baizi hijab (embroidered with a picture of a hundred children, meaning many sons and many blessings) and covered it with Dong You. Then someone helped her out of the door.
At this time, Zheng Sen also finished eating and waited outside the door again. After waiting for a while, I saw two maids each coming out of the door with a lit candle (this is also a remnant of the ancient custom of welcoming people at dusk), and two maids followed behind, helping a woman dressed in full clothes and covering her head to come out, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law also sent out. Zheng Sen hurriedly saluted again. The prime minister Kong Zhang had already arranged the carriage, and the servant had already opened the door of the four-wheeled carriage. The two maids helped Dong You into the carriage and sat down in the carriage, one of them went down, and the other followed Dong You's side.
Dong Yang and Chen also came out and walked to the carriage. Dong Yang talked to Zheng Sen first; Chen went to the side of the carriage, took Dong You's hand, and explained Dong You in a chattering manner. In fact, what she said now, I don't know how many times she has said it these days, but at this time, she held her daughter's hand, shed tears, and still spoke. Dong You also held Chen's hand tightly, and responded with a crying voice from time to time, although she covered her head and couldn't see her face, she could also see that she was crying from her shrugged shoulders.
Dong Yang first said something to Zheng Sen, then looked up at the sun, and said to his wife: "It's not too early, my daughter and son-in-law should also go home." ā
Chen explained Dong You again, and then wanted to let go of Dong You's hand, but he didn't want Dong You to turn his hand back, held her hand tightly, and choked up: "Mother, I won't let you go!" ā
"Silly boy, how can there be a reason in the world for a married girl to take her mother." Chen said pamperedly, "Don't say stupid things, let go, it's time to go." ā
Dong You shook his head, but he didn't let go.
Chen smiled again: "I'm not a child again, and I'm still playing with a child's temper." Hey, it's not like you can't come back to see us. Well, don't be delayed. As she spoke, she gently patted Dong You's hand that was holding her with her with her other hand.
"Then mother, you have to keep my room for me." Dong You knew that it was time to let go, so he replied with a crying voice.
"Okay, I'll keep it for you." Chan said.
Dong You gently let go of his hand, and Chen stepped back. Dong You felt that with the disappearance of her mother's hand, her heart was empty all of a sudden. Then another servant came up and closed the door of the carriage with jewels and carvings. Dong You listened to the sound of the car door closing, and couldn't help crying.
Zheng Sen also said goodbye to his father-in-law and got on the horse. He rode his horse, and according to custom, circled the carriage three times, then turned his horse's head and went in the direction of the wharf, and the carriage passed in the direction of the wharf.
The four-wheeled carriage ran over the bluestone streets, slowly moving forward to the sound of firecrackers and drums, and it was not long before they reached the dock. The carriage stopped at the dock, and at this time Zheng Sen also dismounted. A servant came over and opened the carriage door, and several servants stepped forward to help Dong You get out of the carriage, and Dong You's maid also got out of the carriage, and she couldn't help but be startled when she saw the huge battleship in front of her. Zheng Sen had already handed over the horses to the servants and led them away, and he led the way in front and boarded the boat from the gangplank. Dong You also got on the boat with the support of several servants.
When she got on the boat, the servants helped Dong You into her cabin, helped her sit down in front of the bed, and then bowed out. Only her maid lotus flower is still by her side.
"Miss, you didn't see it just now, my God, this boat we are on is really big, big. It's big, it's so big that it's like ......" Lotus couldn't find any words to describe it for a while.
Lotus Flower has followed Dong You since she was a child, she is a few years younger than Dong You, and now she is just in her cardamom years, and there are still a lot of childishness many times. But after all, she is the maid of the daughter of the Jinshi family, and she still read a little bit with the hostess, although she is not as good as Zheng Kangcheng's maid, but it is not clear to depict something like this. Dong You knew that this girl was just thinking about her parents and was sad, so she deliberately pulled out these things to divert her attention.
"What the hell does this ship look like? Tell me about it. Dong You said, the sadness just now has passed, and now on this ship, there are no other familiar people around except lotus flowers, Dong You feels that she needs someone to talk to her, so although she is not actually interested in ships or anything, she still asks.