After the third day of Liangshan Daqing, Chao Gai began to Zhang Luo Chaoyong and Hu Sanniang's family affairs.

Although both families have fallen into the grass, after all, they are from large families, and the etiquette is also very exquisite. Although the two families had already agreed, they still went through it again in accordance with etiquette.

On the first day, the Chao family first wrote a post, and then found a matchmaker to propose marriage. After the Hu family agreed, the Chao family wrote a detailed post, indicating Chao Yong's birthday, the name of the three generations, and attached some gifts.

Hu Jia took the gift post, and also wrote a birthday of Hu Sanniang, three generations of famous posts, and then attached two bottles of fresh water, three live fish, a pair of chopsticks, called "back to fish chopsticks".

Then the two families each asked someone to divinate whether the two were married, and after both parties agreed, the Chao family sent the female dependents to go on a blind date, and when they fell in love, they took the gold hairpin prepared in advance and gave it to Hu Sanniang, and if they didn't match, they left two pieces of colored satin for the woman to suppress the shock.

Of course, Chao Yong and Hu Sanniang are already in love, and the blind date is just a procedure, that is, to send a golden hairpin.

In the end, the Chao family prepared a dowry and a fixed post, and asked the matchmaker to go to the Hu family to hire. The wedding gifts of the Chao family include gold chuan, gold skull, gold pendant, gold large-sleeved satin, yellow Luo pin gold skirt, satin red long skirt, pearl and emerald crown, and four o'clock bun flowers. In short, it is the bride's full line, plus a thousand taels of silver as a dowry.

The Hu family received the dowry and the post, and the marriage was settled.

Then the Chao family asked someone to calculate the good fortune and inform the Hu family.

The day before the wedding, the Chao family sent crowns, pollen and the like to Hu Sanniang, and the Hu family gave back the groom's clothes and hats, and at the same time sent the female dependents to the cave room to hang the tent and lay the bedroom, which is the so-called "shop room".

On the day of marriage, before dawn, Chao Yong was called to get up and let his mother's maid put on a green robe and a top hat for him. Then a two-foot-four-foot red yarn was draped down diagonally from the right shoulder and wrapped around the waist.

What makes Chao Yong feel awkward the most is that there are two golden flowers on the hat, and the flower arrangers in later generations are women, but in this era, it is the self-proclaimed man who loves to put a flower in the sideburns.

If it weren't for Chao's mother, He, who had been watching from the side, Chao Yong would definitely find an opportunity to drag those two flowers.

Finally, Chao Yong looked at the whole body and thought it was over. Unexpectedly, the maid picked up the powder box again and wanted to smear him with powder.

Chao Yong hurriedly said: "I don't need this, I'm a big man." ”

He said: "Silly boy, of course you have to dress up handsomely when you marry." ”

Chao Yong was about to find a way to excuse himself, but he saw Ruan Xiaoqi rushing in and shouted: "What about the groom, I'll see if the groom is handsome." ”

Chao Yong saw that the savior was coming, so he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile: "I still have to show mercy to my subordinates today." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi circled around Chao Yong, patted Chao Yong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my brother will not tease you today, but it is difficult for others to say." ”

While the two were talking and laughing, Ruan Xiaowu and Dong Ping also came before and after. The two were relatively young among the leaders of Liangshan, so Ping said that they were close to Chao Yong, so they both came to the backyard to say hello to Chao Yong.

Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and other leaders were covered with Chao in the front hall.

He saw that a guest came to say goodbye, so he had to dispel the idea of letting Chao Yong smear the powder.

Everyone chatted for a while, and then saw Lin Chong coming over and said, "The auspicious time has come, and the groom is in the sedan chair." ”

Lin Chong was Chao Yong's companion and instructed Chao Yong on the etiquette of marrying to avoid rudeness.

Chao Yong's mother, He Shi, saw that she was going to get married, and came up to see her son before and after, and her whole body was neat, so Chao Yong and the others went out.

Out of the yard, you will see two sedan chairs, one red and one blue, embroidered with peony flowers and birds, which are very exquisitely made.

Lin Chong said with a smile: "The one in red is a kun sedan chair, and the one in blue is an official sedan chair." When you go, you take the kun sedan chair, and I take the official sedan chair. When you come back, you sit in the official sedan chair, and the bride sits in the kun sedan chair. ”

Ruan Xiaoer's son Ruan Liang saw Chao Yong come out, and also stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations to Uncle Yong." ”

Chao Yong saw that he was carrying a chicken coop with a big red rooster with red flowers tied to his feet, and knew that he was also helping himself. stepped forward and touched his head, and said with a smile: "Thank you Xiaoliang for your help." ”

Lin Chong said with a smile: "Xiaoliang is a chicken hugger, I wish you good luck." ”

Chao Yong and Lin rushed into the sedan chair, and the drummers waiting outside the courtyard played music to open the way.

The sedan chair driver also exerted his strength together, carrying the two on the road.

Chao Yong sat in a sedan chair for the first time in his life, and he didn't feel it anymore.

At the beginning, many farmers in Hujiazhuang went up the mountain together, so Chao Gai resettled them all in the back mountain, built a new Hujiazhuang, and let them reclaim the land for farming, and Hu Taigong lived with the original villagers. Hu Cheng and Hu Sanniang have a leader's courtyard in Dazhai, but they still live with Hu Taigong most of the time.

In front of the gate of Hu Taigong, Hu Cheng and Li Ying were already there to greet him.

Lin Chong and Chao Yong got off the sedan chair, and the four of them met, and Chao Yong also followed Lin Chong and fell to the ground. That is, holding fists with both hands, up to the top of the head and down to the knees, not kowtowing.

After seeing the ceremony, Hu Cheng welcomed Chao Yong and Lin Chong to the living room and offered tea and wine.

Hu Cheng saw that the two of them had used tea, so he showed that the drummer played unexpectedly.

Chao Yong looked at a maid holding a red wooden plate with two golden flowers on it, and couldn't help crying, wouldn't it be for himself again.

Sure enough, Hu Cheng picked up two golden flowers, inserted them on Chao Yong's head again, and then took a red yarn, put it down from his left shoulder, and became a cross with the previous red yarn.

Chao Yong glanced up, and he could see the four golden flowers on his head.

Lin Chong guided Chao Yong to thank the bonus, and then asked people to send the makeup clothes and head-covering red to the wedding house.

Chao Yong and Lin Chong waited for the bride to come out in the living room, and after a while, they saw Hu Sanniang wearing a make-up coat, with a three-foot red on her head, sitting on a chair, being carried out by the two, and directly getting into the red-clothed Kun sedan chair.

Lin Chong saw Hu Sanniang get into the sedan chair, so he led Chao Yong to the upper room to salute and thank his relatives, and Hu Sanniang's mother was courteous inside.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the wedding procession began to return.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Dazhai, I saw Ruan Xiaoqi and others blocking the door, and shouted: "The groom official came out quickly, and he was allowed to enter the door only after giving the happy money." ”

Chao Yong saw that the door was blocked, so he could only get off the sedan chair first, walk to the door, and distribute the silver that had been prepared to the people who blocked the road one by one.

After a circle, Chao Yong smiled: "Now you can let me in the door, right?" ”

Everyone who blocked the door got the happy money, but they still looked at Ruan Xiaoqi at the front.

Chao Yong saw that it was Ruan Xiaoqi who hit the head, so he had to hug his fists and smile and said, "Brother Xiaoqi said in the morning that he wouldn't tease me." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled: "It's not difficult for me to be for you, but it's too boring to let you in so easily." ”

Dong Ping also smiled: "That's right, everyone else has to write a poem when they marry, Brother Yong, you can also have a poem." ”

Chao Yong listened to a poem and was about to recall.

Ruan Xiaoqi said again: "No, we are all reckless men, and we can't understand poetry." So, when we first met, I saw that you were very good at singing, so if you say a few more words now, we will let you in the door. ”

Dong Ping is also a person who likes to be romantic, and Ping Yue has also listened to a lot of tunes, but he is curious about what tunes Chao Yong will sing, and he smiled when he heard this: "Okay, let's follow what Xiao Qi said." ”

Chao Yong's later generations often listened to some songs, couldn't avoid this level, thought about it, and sang: "The Tao is not full of red dust and luxury, can't tell the grievances of the world, all generations are fate, with the same blood, drinking the same water, this road is long and long, of course safflower with green leaves, who will accompany in this life, slim back and forth, to the scene resurfaced, although the lotus root is broken, it is still connected, sighing that the world has changed a lot, love the country, love the beauty more, which hero would rather be lonely, a good son, full of courage, ambition and pride are famous all over the world, Life is just a few autumns, don't get drunk and don't stop, my beauty in the east, the Yellow River in the west, come and have a drink, don't stop if you don't get drunk, don't worry about your worries. ”

After a song, Dong Ping, who was consciously romantic, was also willing to bow down and praised: "A good sentence loves the country and loves the beauty more, Brother Yong is the merry person." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi only remembered the last sentence and shouted: "Everyone get out of the way, Brother Yong has said that he won't stop if he is not drunk, let him in to eat and drink." ”

(Thanks to the book friends "Lonely Night Rain", "Huangquan Patrol Envoy", "Lao Ping Guangguang" and "Toad Eating Fish" for rewarding.) This chapter mainly wants to write about the marriage customs of the Northern Song Dynasty, and like Fan Lou, I checked a lot of information to write, and I also learned about the ancient customs in my spare time. Won't be a bit thankless, huh)