Not to mention that the guests gathered here in Shanyin Dongzhang, the house of the Huiji Shang family is also a festive atmosphere, Shang Zhouzuo and Shang Zhoude prepared the dowry for the little sister one by one in the wall door, dozens of domestic servants and porters are using red silk to wrap up these dowries, and then wear them with bamboo poles, ready to carry them to Shanyin, the dowry should be more than the bride first, otherwise it will be too late to place, especially Shang Ran's dowry is very rich, so it will be carried away one after another before noon - the Huiji Shang family is a big family, although not as rich as Xizhang, But in Huiji is also one of the few crown families, Shang Zhouzuo pity the little sister for the loss of care, wrote a letter to discuss with the second brother Shang Zhoude, the dowry should be doubled, Shang Zhoude did it, from October last year after the date of the wedding, began to prepare for the dowry - in addition to the bed (Shaoxing people can not have a bed in the dowry), all kinds of furniture are available, the table has a beech long table, a yellow pear square table, and a half table of quincilla; There are a few wenge swallows, jujube roots, and galls; The chairs include drunkard chairs, official hat chairs, square chairs, and red bamboo chairs; The screen has a large screen of gold color painting, a small screen of gold color painting, a screen surrounded by mud gold, pine, bamboo and plum, and a Lingbi stone screen; The rest of the umbrellas, umbrellas, umbrellas, bath barrels, net buckets, foot buckets, tea racks, boot racks, candlesticks, copper ladles, all the things that are said to be in the home are all complete - the above are large utensils, in the inner courtyard, there are dozens of servants and fallen women from Sandai Street are helping to make some fine and soft makeup, the lamps and lanterns are a color of Yunnan gold tooth guard silk lamp, flower arrangement with Ge kiln bow ear pot, Longquan vase, Ding kiln flower Zun, four rooms of the study, piano sword bronze, red lacquerware, lacquer lacquerware, and blankets, red felt, hard mattresses, soft mattresses, along the side mats, red silk brocade quilts, Tent hooks, embroidered pillows, pillows, as well as Miss Tanran's four-season clothes and the clothes of the maid who was married to her, were all packed in the cage, and the cage had twenty quintals - in the boudoir, two fallen old women were combing Shang Tanran's bun, twisting the face, trimming the eyebrows, and piercing the ears, in Shaoxing, this kind of thing is generally done by the elderly fallen women, and only they do it well, the bride should comb the kind of five-inch bun and cover the forehead with beads, which is called Yingluo; The twisted noodles are also called open faces, that is, the thin cold hairs on the face and neck are twisted with red double lines, so that the girl's youth is swept away, and she is a radiant bride - the fallen old woman sang while opening her face to Shang Tanran:

"The left bullet is a line to give birth to a noble son, the right bullet is a line to give birth to a delicate man, and the third line is stable on one side, and the young lady gives birth to a unicorn. The eyebrows are torn like a crescent, and the top of the list looks at Hualang——"

A few maidservants covered their mouths and snickered on the side, Shang Tangran was silent, at the mercy of others, sitting on the embroidery pier without squinting, but all the subtle sounds near and far were imprinted in her heart, she heard the sound of preaching in the front yard, the porter was singing "Makeup Song", the dowry in the front yard was about to start, Shang Tangran lowered her eyes, looked at the sun before the afternoon spread at her feet, she was wearing high-soled bow shoes on her feet, this style of bow shoes can appear small feet, Shang Tangran did not wrap her feet, this kind of bow shoes will be very uncomfortable to wear, she is reluctant to wear them, but the second sister-in-law Qi persuaded her, said that there were a lot of guests and female dependents, and there would be people staring at her feet when getting on and off the sedan chair, so it was better to be patient, lest others chew their tongues and gossip, Shang Tanran had no choice but to put it on-the old lady looked at Shang Tanran and said: "Miss has slender eyebrows, you don't need to modify it, just apply Qingdai a little." ”

Yun Jin, the little maid on the side, said: "That is, my young lady's eyebrows are very beautiful, and any crescent eyebrows and split eyebrows are not as good as my young lady's eyebrows." ”

Shang Ran smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Yunjin, you have to talk less when you get there." ”

"Yes, the servant knows." Yun Jin agreed, stuck out his tongue, went out to see the servants and women packing up their makeup, remembered something, and walked in again and asked, "Miss, do you want to bring the ball of Keju, it seems that there is no new ball prepared." ”

Shang Ran said: "You just take it with you, and put it in your box." ”

Yunjin said "oh" and hurriedly went out.

Twisting the face, dressing the face, dyeing the nails red, applying rouge...... From the morning after bathing in the orchid soup until noon, the Shang daughters led by the second sister-in-law Qi came and went, said blessings to her, and sent money and goods, Shang Ran's heart was floating, not peaceful, always felt that she was not ready, she had to think about something and couldn't calm down, was she going to marry Dongzhang? Are you going to stay with Zhang Jiezi day and night in the future? Why is there always a feeling of disbelief? Well, she hasn't seen Zhang Jiezi for a year, but she keeps hearing rumors about Zhang Jiezi, Zhang Jiezi Huating is Dong, Zhang Jiezi Guozi is the supervisor of the Dou Jian Cheng, Zhang Jiezi is the main league of the Han Society, and then the entanglement between Zhang Jiezi and his sister Wang Yingzi, Zhang Jiezi and the rhyme of Wang Wei, the name of Jinling, so many things overlap to form another image of Zhang Jiezi, and the Zhang Jiezi she is familiar with on the White Horse Mountain with her, reading, and eating watermelon is quite estranged, which makes her feel a little uneasy - Yun Jin ran in and said: "Miss, The Zhang family's welcoming team arrived, and the sedan chair carried by six people, as well as a large theater, was also carried and sung, so it was not lively. ”

As soon as the greeting team arrived, the banquet on the Shang family's side was opened, the Shang clansmen, and the guests who congratulated the family together with the team that came to greet the relatives, four people had a seat, and 60 seats were set up, the wine and coriander were fragrant, lively and festive.

At the beginning of the Shen time, the Lisheng sent by Shanyin Dongzhang to urge makeup came every half an hour, and when the third group of makeup urgers arrived, it was said that it was already thin Xishan, and the bride should set off, Shang Zhoude as Shang Zhouran's closest person to escort his sister to Shanyin, and Shang Zhoude had to be hugged on the sedan chair, and three Shang clansmen followed--Shang Ran with beads, forehead, bright wedding clothes, and a radiant complexion After paying a farewell to the clan, Shang Zhoude put on a red hijab, and was hugged by the second brother Shang Zhoude with one hand on his knees and the other hand on his back. Shang Ran's tears suddenly fell, and he whimpered: "Brother-sister-in-law-"

Qi hurriedly stepped forward to wipe away Shang Ran's tears with a silk handkerchief, and comforted: "Don't cry, don't cry, little sister, don't cry, it will stain the fat powder." ”

Shang Ran couldn't stop his tears - Shang Zhoude thought about his parents who died early, he was sixteen years old at the time, and his little sister was only five years old, and now his little sister is nineteen years old and is going to get married, but it's a pity that his parents can't see it, otherwise how happy he is!

Shang Zhoude walked out of the hall with his little sister in his arms, two old women who were married to the left and one on the right, one holding Shang Ran's high bun and hijab, for fear that the bun would be crooked and the hijab would slip off, and the other would hold Shang Ran's skirt to cover Shang Ran's feet, and the four maids led by Yun Jin followed behind, and the two twelve-year-old maids who were married were already waiting in the courtyard - in the sound of drums, Shang Ran went up to the sedan chair, and got up in the sedan chair under the sunset, Shang Zhoude followed the sedan chair, and the front was the first theater. The Legend of the West Chamber", and then there are twenty box cages, all carried by the Shang slaves who wear red and hang colors, walking on the road in a long line, along the way the people will be amazed - the sedan chair passed in front of the Xinghua Temple, Shang Yanran couldn't help but think of Wang Yingzi in the high wall over there, it is said that this Wang Yingzi is well-read and talented, Zhang Jiezi often argues with Wang Yingzi on history, if Zhang Jiezi was called back by the Shanyin Hou County Order on the way to the meeting, then now sitting in the sedan chair to Dongzhang should be Wang Yingzi - "But, So where am I? ”

Shang Yanran shook his head, the Yingluo on his forehead swayed, the beads struck each other, making a small sound, and immediately sat upright, smiled silently, and felt that he was really stupid, he was still thinking about this at this time, what is there to assume about this, do you really want Zhuang Zhou Mengdie?

I don't know what I remembered, Shang Tanran's face flushed red, who could guess the thoughts of this bride?

…… Crossing the Wang Bridge, twelve combed buns, red clothes and green pants tied with red rope are already waiting in the east of the bridge, these twelve children are six to eight years old, one by one eyebrows and beautiful eyes, the face is painted red like the Fuwa in the New Year's painting, standing on the side to let the studio and pick up the burden of makeup in the past, to see the sedan chair, immediately greeted with joy, shouted: "Newlyweds, many sons and many blessings——"

Six happy children are on the left of the sedan chair, and the other six are on the right, each stretching out a small hand to support the sedan chair, as if helping to hail the sedan chair, and shouting:

"Bride, my name is Zhang Dechang."

"Bride, my name is Fang Boyu."

"Bride, my name is Huang Zongxi."

“……”

A sharp boy shouted: "Uncle and bride, I am Lu Luchun, Zhang Jiezi is my uncle, my own uncle." ”

"Uncle and bride, I am Lu Lujie, and Zhang Jiezi is also my own uncle."

“……”

Shang Zhoude laughed, the sedan chair drivers and the accompanying servants were laughing non-stop, these happy children were so cute.

Yun Jin hung the ninety-nine copper coins prepared in advance with a red rope, one string for each happy child, on their necks, and hung them on Lu Lujie, Lu Lujie said to Yun Jin: "Sister, I am Lu Lujie, am I also a string of copper coins?" ”

Yun Jin knew that Aunt Zhang's two nephews whispered: "Tomorrow morning, you go to the new house to ask your aunt and bride for money." ”

Six-year-old Lu Lujie nodded happily, holding the sedan bar, and her little feet walked quickly.

When arriving at the Fuxue Palace, the sky has been dark, the firecrackers "crackling" sounded, the fireworks were brilliant, the smell of gunpowder smoke spread, the smell of gunpowder smoke smelled a festive taste at this time - ten large pergolas were set up in the large open space between Dongzhang and Fuxue Palace, each pergola can be placed eight seats, the guests of the congratulations have filled the sixty seats at this time, and they are waiting for the arrival of the bride, among the guests who came to congratulate are the prefect of Shaoxing Xu Shijin and Shanyin Liu Zhixian and the subordinate officials, as well as local squires and celebrities, It can be said that the head of Shanyin County has arrived, and there are more than 150 people who participated in the wedding, which can be described as an unprecedented grand occasion - the groom Zhang Yuan was around among the guests, and when he heard the sound of firecrackers, he knew that the sedan chair to welcome the relatives was back, and he was slightly excited, standing in front of the door and waiting, the lanterns in the hands of dozens of people in the Han Society were lit for a while, which were all lampshades taken by Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao from Xizhang, which were left by the lanterns in Longshan the year before last, colorful, and gathered together to be extremely gorgeous.

A saddle is placed outside the wall door, the sedan chair stops in front of the saddle, Zhang Yuan stepped forward to make three consecutive waves, when he looked up, his brother Shang Zhoude had already pulled Ran out of the sedan chair, let Ran cross from the saddle, this is called "peace" - Shang Zhoude put Ran's right hand on Zhang Yuan's hand, and said: "Zhang Jiezi, I handed over my little sister to you, you have to love her for the rest of your life." ”

There was no such thing in the Shaoxing wedding blessings, but Shang Zhoude said it calmly - Zhang Yuan nodded solemnly: "Second brother, don't worry, I will love and care for Lan Ran for the rest of my life, and we will grow old together." ”

Shang Ran's head was covered in a red hijab, dim and unable to see, and he felt that his right hand was handed over to another person's hand by the second brother, and that hand gently held her, and then heard Zhang Yuan's voice, which she hadn't heard for a year, and was still so familiar-" Zhang Lang's voice has not changed, calm and calm, and it is reassuring to listen to. ”

Shang Tanran's earlier confusion and anxiety were settled at this moment, she had married to the Zhang family, Zhang Yuan held hands with her, she was Zhang Yuan's wife - the guests who came to congratulate were lined up outside the wall door to watch Zhang Yuan lead the bride to come, under the guidance of the singing ceremony, Zhang Yuan and Shang Tanran drank the wine, and then entered the hall hand in hand, in the hall there is a three-star statue of "Fu Lu Shou", in the sound of drums, Zhang Yuan and Shang Tan Ran worship heaven and earth, worship Fu, Lu, and Shou three stars inward, and then worship husband and wife - at this time, Zhang Ruiyang and Lu walked out hand in hand, Sitting under the three-star statue of Fu Lu Shou, Zhang Yuan led Shang Ran to meet Gao Tang, Zhang's mother Lu was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, holding Shang Ran's hand and stroking it, smiling and saying something, Shang Ran wearing a red hijab nodded from time to time and said "yes", Zhang's mother Lu put a pair of gold and jade folded silk bracelets on Shang Ran's wrist - Lisheng sang "Flower Candle Poem", and then held the "Jin Fu Staff" ceremony, Zhang Rulin played the Antarctic fairy, and the sugar cane wrapped in red rope tapped five times on the bride Shang Ran's high bun, and said "A ball of harmony, filial piety and respect for the elders, Five sons Dengke "these blessings - the wedding banquet began, Zhang Yuan and Shang Ran toasted to the guests, ten large canopies and eighty seats saluted, although it was a diluted rice wine not to be intoxicating, but this small half an hour was circling down, Zhang Yuan was nothing, Shang Ran felt that her feet hurt, her high-soled bow shoes were uncomfortable to wear, fortunately Shang Ran did not bind her feet, otherwise she would never be able to support it, of course, there are very few wedding banquets like this to toast eighty banquets - twelve happy children have already been instructed, see, immediately hugged over, the groom Zhang Yuan, The bride and the bride pushed and shoved into the backyard, and this was about to enter the cave room—"The bride and groom entered the cave room—"

The happy children shouted happily and pushed hard, Zhang Yuan led Shang Ran and stumbled a little, and hurriedly said: "Don't push too quickly, go slowly-"

Shang Ran couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The cave room is located on the second floor of the west building, at this time, the whole building is lit up, shining brightly, the happy children push the bride and groom upstairs, then rush into the cave room, when Zhang Yuan led Shang Ran into the cave room, these twelve happy children climbed onto the pile of lacquer and painted gold bed and rolled, frolicking and squeezing into a pile - Zhang Yuan saw that the six-year-old Huang Zongxi was also very crazy, and couldn't help but say, this Huang Zongxi usually looks very quiet - there was a lot of trouble in the cave room, and the twelve happy children were dragged out by the four girls of Yunjin, The two bridegrooms invited the groom Zhang Yuan and the bride Shang Ran to sit on the edge of the bed, and fed each of them 7 small dumplings, which is called "feeding the descendants of the dumplings", also known as "seven sons to ensure reunion" - a wedding elder gave a pair of sugarcane of the same length and red rope to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan picked up Shang Ranran's red Luo hijab and flower crown and threw it to the top of the bed, and the two bride ladies immediately put down the tent door, exited the cave room, and locked the door from the outside

(To be continued)