Chapter 33: Marriage (3)
The two people who were sleeping soundly were called by Wu's mother for a long time before they woke up, wrapped in the quilt and shivered and asked Wu's mother what was the matter.
Wu's mother didn't reply, and helped Qingmei get dressed without waiting for Qingmei to get up from the bed, and drove Qingmei out of the room.
Taking advantage of the time when Wu's mother put the barrel, Helan saw that the moon was still hanging outside, and couldn't help yawning, it was not appropriate to stay on the bed alone wrapped in the quilt, so she didn't hesitate, and quickly got up to help Wu's mother fiddle with things.
First, he carried a few buckets of hot water into the house, and when the hot water was poured into the basin, Helan was urged by Wu's mother to take off her clothes and go into the bathtub.
"Little girl, what is there to be shy about, hurry up and take a bath, the hour can't be delayed, and there are still a lot of things to be busy later."
Helan didn't know what she was going to be busy with, on such a cold day, she didn't want Mother Wu to follow her to rub it out and get cold again, so she didn't hesitate any longer, alas, they are all women anyway, and the public bath in her previous life is not that she hasn't washed it, so take it off.
Helan didn't expect that this was just the beginning, and when she came out of the basin, she was pressed on the bed by Wu's mother, holding a red rope and starting to make a face, which is what others say.
Helan gritted her teeth and endured it, she used to watch TV and read novels, and people were quite curious when they said that they were open to face or something, but it was hard to explain when it came to their own experience.
"The grandmothers in the village are very busy today, your second grandmother will come over later, wait for her to come over and put some rouge on you, put a woman's head, and cover your head, it's fine."
Mother Wu said while helping Helan comb her hair: "Today's wedding is a bit simple, too hasty, don't mess with Brother Zhu." The men go out and work hard, what we women have to do is to take care of the house and wait for them to come back. ”
"Hmmm......"
"We've been together for so long, and the temperament and personality should be familiar, my mother is very satisfied with you, I just hope you will live a good life with Brother Zhu in the future, if you have grievances and tell your mother, don't hold it alone." Our family members have excellent tempers, and they won't be bullied like other families. If you don't have a mother's family, it doesn't matter, it's good if you have us, we are your best support. ”
Helan was very moved when she heard Wu's mother's words, to be honest, after coming here for half a year, the Wu family really gave her a home-like feeling, otherwise she would not have agreed to marry Wu Qingzhu in order to stay.
I still remember a sentence, some people, after you get along for a few days, you feel that this is the person you have to take seriously for the rest of your life, although it is not suitable for this area, it is only similar in meaning, and the Wu family is the same for people like Helan who are eager for family affection.
Packing up almost Helan was led home by the second grandmother who came in the dark, Helan looked at the moon hanging high in the sky with a lot of mixed tastes.
She was sure that it wasn't yet twelve o'clock at night, so she slept for about three hours, and she got married! Not so early! Beauty sleep is very important for a woman!
"It is said that the newlyweds can't meet on the first day of marriage, and we will save these because we are in a hurry, but we can't come out of my mother-in-law's house on the wedding day, you go to the room with lotus flowers and leaves to sleep crookedly."
The second grandmother sent Helan to the door and spoke again: "This wedding dress belongs to Sister Mei, you should wear it first." Today, our family is a little busy, if there are any etiquette that is wrong, or neglect you, don't take it to heart. When all these things in front of you have passed, how can you make trouble with Brother Zhu'er, it is a matter for the two of you. ”
Helan really wanted to tell the second grandmother that it was best to save these procedures, but now she is so tossed, and she doesn't know how many things she has to do during the day.
In my previous life, I fantasized that I would not have a wedding when I got married, and it was better to go out and travel around.
The banquet is like doing it for someone else, tired and tired, and I can't experience any happiness myself, so it's really troublesome.
Helan took the clothes and the quilt and a box that Wu's mother had brought for herself, and entered the room of lotus and lotus leaves.
The two girls were also woken up early by their grandmothers to accompany Sister Helan, and when they saw someone coming in, they wrapped themselves in quilts and let them go to the side, leaving a place for Helan to sit.
"I'll just sit here for a while, and you guys should go to sleep."
"Let's talk to you, you take this quilt and wrap it in some first." The lotus flower is slightly larger and the lotus leaf is one year old, and seeing the thin edge of Helan wearing, he took out the quilt next to him and handed it over.
"Sister Lan, why are you still holding the quilt?" Lotus Ye's personality is more lively, and he is a little curious when he sees Helan holding so many things.
"This quilt is the dowry prepared for me by my mother, and the box is the private money that my mother gave me, and it is also my dowry."
"What's a couple? My sister brought two pairs to get married at the time, and my mother said that it was less, and it was not in accordance with the rules? Lotus Ye felt that Helan was really pitiful for not having a mother's family to rely on, and she couldn't even make up the wedding quilt.
Helan smiled and didn't take it to heart: "It doesn't matter, how much you bring is just a foil, and it's up to you how you live your life." ”
At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the second grandmother walked over from the door with a pair of quilts.
"You keep this quilt, it is considered a dowry given to you by your second grandfather's family, and it just makes a pair of happy quilts, which can be regarded as auspicious."
The second grandmother is a typical old woman in the countryside, her hair is half white, her body is shrunk, and the traces left by the wind and frost can't stop the kindness on her face, and the words she says warm Helan's heart.
It's one thing not to care, it's another thing to care about other people's minds, Helan was a little moved and wanted to shed tears, she could feel that this was not charity, and she sent it as if she cared about herself as a family member.
"Milk, it's not suitable, I took it away from your house, didn't you use it?"
"I'll keep it for you, this is a blessing we give to your little couple, I just hope that the two of you will be harmonious and beautiful in the future, and add a child to the family as soon as possible."
Forehead...... Helan, who was originally moved, couldn't react when she heard that she had a child, and sure enough, the old man's daily routine was either urging marriage or on the way to giving birth to a child.
"Well, okay, listen to the milk." What else can Helan say, she can only answer shyly, lower her head, and respond.
When the sky was bright, Helan was woken up by Aunt Hong entering the house, first letting her change into a wedding dress, and then sitting upright in front of the dresser.
First, the second grandmother combed her hair with a comb tied with a red rope, and recited some auspicious words when combing her hair.
After the hair was coiled, he picked up the legendary rouge and white powder next to him and smeared it on his face, Helan only saw a large piece of white powder directly on his face, and the red rouge had been circled on the two faces when he was smeared.
picked up the fine charcoal left over from the burning a few days ago, and Helan understood that this was to paint eyebrows. The eyebrows were painted several times, and Helan felt that her hands were a little heavy, and she didn't know what it had become.
Finally, I looked in the mirror and breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, the second grandmother knew that the eyebrows should be thin to look good, and it should be that the charcoal is not good just now.
The second grandmother picked up the red paper and dipped it in water for Helan to sip the color with her mouth, while telling Helan what else she had to do today.
"Later, Brother Zhu will walk around the village, and then come to my house to marry, only the carriage at home will be occupied by the two brothers of Qingjiang and Qinghe, so I can only wronged you and Brother Zhu, and let him carry you around the village on his back to go home."
"Why do you have to go around?"
"Welcoming relatives is the joy of the picture, and you can't just walk two steps just because your home is close, so there is nothing lively and not lively. Take two more steps to show off in the village, our children are about to get married, and someone will come to make a new wedding to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters for you. ”
"Uh-oh." Helan didn't bother with this matter, anyway, she was covered with a hijab, and it was someone else who carried herself, and she wouldn't be tired if she was tired, so she just waited.
When everything was in order, Helan sat upright at the head of the bed, and the second grandmother muttered a lot of auspicious words before she slowly hijab, and when everything was right, she let the two little girls accompany her out of the door.
And Wu Qingzhu also made a difficulty, the wedding dress to be worn for marriage was prepared by his mother in advance, and it fits well. The so-called check-in to the new house one night in advance also went back to sleep after stepping out of the house in Helan.
It's just that the team that should go to greet relatives in the morning can't be found, and there is only one family in the village who walks this line, but I don't know who is invited to go now. Everyone in his family got up early to greet the two brides of his brother's family, so could he just walk around the village in embarrassment?
Fortunately, Wu Qingzhu's fame was not for nothing, as soon as he heard that Wu Tongsheng in the village was going to marry his little daughter-in-law, the men who didn't go out to do errands in the villagers rushed over with things that made a noise.
In the end, Wu Qingzhu was followed by men, women and children from a village, and he was forced to walk around the village twice before giving up.
When I arrived at the second grandmother's house, I first went to the main hall to worship, and when I came to the room with red lanterns, I saw Helan in a wedding dress, and Wu Qingzhu's eyes were all reflected red.
Under the reminder of others, Wu Qingzhu raised his feet and walked into the door, walked to him, turned around, lifted his robe, bent over, squatted, and waited for Helan to come on his back, and the whole action was completed in one go.
"Bride, hurry up, we should leave for my mother-in-law's house!"
"Bride, our Brother Zhu can't wait, let's hurry home and end our Brother Zhu'er's lovesickness."
"Bride, 'get on board'! Your mother-in-law can wait at home! ”
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All kinds of joking voices made Helan, who was blushing under the hijab, even more translucent, and her fingers stirred and she didn't know whether she should put it on her back or not, and she didn't say it herself.
The two girls next to them gave a reminder, one left and one right in front: "Brother, give the money to coax the two of us before we can carry my sister away, you are a little too anxious!" ”
"That's it, hurry..."
Wu Qingzhu smiled slightly whiter than everyone in the village, took out a handful of silver coins from his body and threw them out, and when he saw everyone snatching them, he put some more in the hands of the two girls.
Taking advantage of the gap between the two girls counting the money, he pulled Helan, who was still waiting for the back to be entangled, and carried it on his back.
He got up, strode and grinned, walked around the village two more times, and then entered the house.