Chapter 266: Half-awake and half-drunk gifts
The hired team blew and beat and followed Shen Mo forward, but seeing that he didn't take the main road and chose the path, it seemed that he was still taking everyone farther and farther.
Shen An and Tie Zhu, who were following behind, were in a hurry, and said in their hearts that if they continued to rub it off, it would be over. was about to have the courage to remind him, but Shen Mo suddenly stopped and said, "Should I go left or right?" At this time, everyone was walking in a long alley, and as far as the eye could see, there was no fork in the road on either side.
Hearing such a strange question, Tie Zhu and Shen An, who were following closely behind, looked at each other and whispered, "My lord, there is only one road ahead." ”
"Nonsense," Shen Mo tilted his head and said, "I obviously look at two." As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to the alley in front of him: "There is one on the left," and then pointed to the same place: "There is another one on the right." ”
The two of them understood a little, Shen An leaned over to take a look, and sure enough, he saw that the young master's eyes were straight, and he had been smacking his lips unconsciously, so he turned back and said with certainty: "I'm drunk." Before the words fell, I saw that the young master's knees were weak, if it weren't for the quick eyes of the iron pillar and the quick hand, Xie Yuanlang would have fallen to the ground.
The sound of the horn stopped abruptly, the hiring team was in chaos, and the sisters-in-law were anxious and screamed: "What can I do about this?" How can you go to your father-in-law's house when you're drunk like this?! ”
Tie Zhu glared and said in a deep voice: "Don't make noise!" Everyone was frightened by this fierce black man and didn't dare to speak again. I heard Shen An say anxiously: "Who has a way to cure hangover?" ”
Tie Zhu shook his head and said: "The amount of alcohol that adults drink is very poor, and they just drink too much, even if they use many times the sobering pill, they can't relieve the hangover without an hour." Saying that, seeing that it was almost noon, he frowned and said, "It's been too long, it's too late now." He summed it up nonsense: "You have to find a way to fool the past." ”
After meditating for a while, Shen An still had a brain, and first came up with a way, and then explained to Tie Zhu like this, Tie Zhu gritted his teeth and nodded: "It can only be like this." ”
He ordered his subordinates to hurry up and prepare, and called the blowers and the relatives to follow, and they all ordered to speak, not to leak the rumors, who dared not to obey? Of course, I didn't forget to give it to the adults and take a few legendary decanting pills.
For example, here in Jiangnan, the son-in-law is not hired in person, and it is generally the man's elders who are Wending, according to the meaning of the Yin family, it is also an example to save the trouble of silence.
But Shen He didn't agree, he insisted on letting his son go, of course, not to show off his Xie Yuan'er, but because of the time with the Lu family a year ago, when Lu County's order selected Chenglong's fast son-in-law, he boasted everywhere, and he had to let Shen Mo personally come to the door to hire. Although it was self-defeating in the end, it fulfilled the Shen family and the Yin family, but Father Shen still felt that he owed the Yin family.
In the honest Shen He's opinion, since he agreed to the Lu family's request, even if the Yin family didn't bring it up, he had to give him the same treatment, otherwise he would not pay too much attention to others, so he sent a message to ask his son to hire him personally.
For his in-laws to treat him so kindly, although Master Yin said 'too polite', he was actually happy in his heart, preparing for a feast, inviting relatives and neighbors from near and far to eat and drink, and showing off his ability...... Find a Xie Yuanlang as a son-in-law, how many people in the world can do it?
On the day of the marriage, the family tree is famous, there are relatives in the three generations, there are business contacts, and the neighbors within a radius of two miles come to watch the ceremony. The crowd is crowded, shoulder to shoulder, as lively as watching a temple fair.
From morning to noon, the team that came to the next job was delayed, but everyone's interest did not diminish at all...... Because the deeds of 'Xie Yuanlang fighting wine and breaking a hundred lians' have been passed on, after the exaggerated rendering of the speaker, the abundance of silent holding wine and waving a little bit can now be compared with Li Bai Cao Mengde, people are talking about Xie Yuanlang's literary brilliance, calligraphy and even constellations, and can't help but look forward to the arrival of this Wenkui star more enthusiastically.
Finally, in the middle of noon, there was the sound of gongs, drums, silk and bamboo at the entrance of the street, and the half-grown boy shouted: "Here, Xie Yuanlang is here." The crowd poured into the street like a tide, all wanting to get a sneak peek of Xie Yuanlang's honor.
I saw a group of people banging and beating, playing flutes and drums, carrying eighteen loads of various dowry gifts to the door of the Yin family. But people's attention was all gathered in the middle of the team, on the green silk sedan chair with four lifts and four stilts. Through the thin silk veil, people saw a handsome young man with a leisurely demeanor and a ruddy complexion, wearing a crown and a broad belt, sitting in a sedan chair like a fairy.
The only regret is that it looks a little blurry through the sarong, but after thinking about it, how can the stars in the sky be forced by ordinary people? Everyone couldn't help but sigh deeply: "Sure enough, Wen Kuixing went down to the mortal world, and at first glance, he is not an ordinary man." ”
Some women had seen Miss Yin, so they said: "Such a couple, what a talented woman!" The Yin family has done so many good deeds, and now they finally got a good reward and picked up such a good son-in-law. ”
Not to mention the audience, and said that in the Yin family's platform, there was already a large banquet, and relatives and friends were full, waiting for the guests to come to the door. I only heard the sound of music, and the man at the door reported: "Xie Yuanlang's sedan chair has arrived!" ”
Everyone got up to watch, but saw that the sedan chair didn't stop, and went straight into the inner hall, discussing inexplicably. Here, Master Yin had already received the message from the iron pillar and knew that his good son-in-law was already drunk. Then let the housekeeper say to everyone: "Xie Yuanlang according to the ancient rites, first go to the ancestral hall, meet the ancestors of the family, and after obtaining the consent of the ancestors, the family dares to accept the letter of appointment, and then come out to meet everyone." ”
The big guys have never heard of this ancient ceremony, but they feel that it is still very reasonable, of course, more importantly, this is what Wen Kuixing and Xie Yuanlang said, it must be accurate and correct, so they all praised: "The world is said to be that people's hearts are not ancient, so there must be people like Xie Yuanlang to teach us ordinary people, otherwise those things of the ancestors will be completely lost." ”
Those who have children and are a little older will look at them carefully with wide eyes, for fear of missing a link...... I was thinking in my heart that when I was doing a happy event at home, I would definitely be able to improve my grade by drawing a scoop based on the gourd.
In that room, the woman's uncle took the gift list handed over by the man's uncle and began to count the dowry.
I only heard the man's uncle sing loudly: "Two boxes of dowry money are eighty taels each, and a load of marshal cake is a total of one hundred catties; Eight Styles of Seafood...... Hair cabbage, abalone, oysters, scallops, shiitake mushrooms, squid, sea cucumbers. To thank you for the grace of nurturing. "The man reads the same, and the woman ticks the same on the gift list. Everyone saw that there were five pairs of chickens and geese, half of each male and female, to show that they were flying with wings; Fifty catties of pork and mutton to show fruitful and sincere respect. There are five pairs of large carp to show that there is a head and a tail, and there is more than one year after another.
There are also five pairs of coconuts with a father and a son, and ten spirits from Moutai Town to show that the love is strong. There are also dried longan, dried lychee, dried walnut and shelled peanut four Beijing fruits, in order to wish the descendants prosperity, success and blessings, and endless life. In addition, there are four-color sugars such as rock sugar, orange cake, winter melon candy and golden cocoon, which symbolize sweetness and growing old together.
As for the metaphor that once a woman signs a marriage contract, she must be trustworthy and have no regrets. There are a lot of gimmicks such as lotus seeds, lilies, cypresses, betel nuts, etc., which symbolize a hundred years of good harmony and respect for each other, and the two uncles counted very slowly.
Although the stars were shining in their eyes, the guests secretly praised: "It is worthy of an ancient ceremony, it is really thoughtful." Then he drank water and listened to it, and the two uncles were also grassy, peeking at the housekeeper standing at the door of the hall with a smile from time to time, until he nodded slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said together: "After the count, one hundred and twenty dowry gifts, the same is a lot, just right." ”
The housekeeper said in a loud voice: "The guest is holding the uncle to see the guests." Everyone saw Xie Yuanlang, who lowered his eyebrows and looked obediently, helped the trembling Master Yin, came out of the hall and stood in the middle of the field. With the help of the two uncles delaying time, it was acupuncture, vinegar, and massage, and Shen Mo finally came to his senses, but his legs were very weak, and his brain was buzzing, and he felt like he was going to split in half.
Everyone saw that Master Yin was so troublesome to walk on the trail, but after he had a stroke, his body was not well. But I don't know that on the contrary, the old man seems to be being helped, but in fact he is using silence as a crutch. If it weren't for his good health, he would have been crushed by his hairy son-in-law with weak legs...... I saw that Master Yin struggled to hold up the letter of appointment with red on the outside and green on the inside, and said in a trembling voice: "Everyone, the old man has just accepted the letter of appointment handed over by the eldest son of the old man Shen in front of the ancestors and ancestors, and has already replied to the post for approval. ”
Shen Mo also raised his hand, and the reply in his hand signaled that the two sides had completed the text. Although he was dizzy, he was still excited in his heart, and he knew that from this moment on, Ruohan was finally his person.
There are four sisters-in-law who accompanied him, carrying a jewelry box, went to the back hall to put on the bride, even if the transfer of ownership was officially completed, just wait for the next month to take people back to the church to get married.
(To be continued)