Chapter 180: Marriage
Mrs. Tai 'touched' Gu Zheng's head, and said with a loving face: "Silly child, grandmother can't bear you, but grandmother can't tie you to her side for a lifetime!" Grandmother will be satisfied to see you get married and live a happy life......"
At this moment, Gu Zheng really has a lot of reluctance in her heart, the old man in front of her who has always cared for her and doted on her is the relative she cares about the most in this time and space, but after today, she can't be by her side every day like before...... Thinking of this, Gu Zheng couldn't help but have a sour nose, and said with red eyes: "Grandmother, don't worry, even if I marry a 'wife', I will often come back to talk to you to relieve your boredom." β
Mrs. Tai scratched Gu Zheng's nose, and laughed and made fun of her with a metaphor: "Well, grandmother knows that you are a filial child, and you will not 'marry a daughter-in-law' and forget your mother!" β
Gu Zheng blushed and said coquettishly: "Grandmother ......"
This night, Gu Zheng and Mrs. Tai chatted until late at night, they talked about the joys, sorrows and sorrows they had spent together over the years, and also talked about Gu Liniang, who had passed away, and their words were full of sighs and reluctance.
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Because the Liang and Cen families are in different state capitals, although they are not far away, it takes half a day to walk. Therefore, in order not to delay the auspicious time of the church, before dawn the next day, Gu Zheng was pulled up from the quilt by Mrs. Tai, and the spoon had just finished serving Gu Zheng and washing up, and Mrs. Tai made a special trip to invite Quanfu and Mrs. Chen for Gu Zheng to arrive on time.
The so-called "Quanfu people", as the name suggests, refers to blessed people, generally refers to blessed people who have parents and children, love husband and wife, and brothers and sisters live in harmony. When the newlyweds get married, they invite the blessed people to come and do some trivial things, hoping to be able to touch the blessings of the blessed people, and the days after marriage can be as blessed as the blessed people.
After Mrs. Chen arrived as scheduled, Mrs. Tai asked someone to present brand-new tweezers, five-color silk threads, coins, white powder and other things, and asked Mrs. Chen to open her face for Gu Zheng and complete the most important ceremony before leaving the cabinet for Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng had already been informed of these necessary rituals before leaving the cabinet, so she was not unfamiliar with opening her face, knowing that opening her face was a beauty method in ancient timesβββ specifically referring to the ritual of removing sweat and hair on the face, cutting her forehead and sideburns, which was one of the symbols of the marriage of a woman in ancient times.
After Mrs. Chen carefully opened her face for Gu Zheng, Mrs. Tai anxiously asked the maid: "It's not too early, you have to comb your hair and change your wedding dress quickly...... Did the hair-dressing lady who said it was good in the morning come? β
Zi Su hurriedly replied: "Here, here, don't worry, Mrs., the tortoiseshell is taking her here!" β
Before Zisu's words fell, the tortoiseshell just lifted the curtain and led the combing lady in, the combing lady is also a well-known skillful hand in the city, and when she entered the house, she took the initiative to step forward and comb Gu Zheng's hair with her hands and feet, and said some auspicious words in her mouth according to the rules...... After the rules were done enough, the lady who combed her hair smeared hair oil on the wooden comb and combed Gu Zheng's hairstyle for a 'woman'.
After combing his hair, Gu Zheng first used a bowl of lotus seed and lily soup, and after eating, he changed into a red wedding dress under the service of spoon and Liu'er, and then was pressed to the dresser by the spoon, and began to draw eyebrows and dot 'lips', apply powder and grease, 'insert' hairpin beads, and toss until the time of the unitary before dressing properly.
After Gu Zheng dressed up, the Liang family's welcoming team had not yet arrived, so Mrs. Tai took the opportunity to tell Zi Su to go and put down a bowl of noodles for Gu Zheng, and did not forget to tell Gu Zheng to eat more later: "Before going out, eat a bowl of noodles at your own house to pad your stomach, and after the sedan chair is carried to Liang's house, you have to make a lot of noise for a while!" If you don't eat until you're done, you're going to starve! β
Although Gu Zheng has never been married, he knows that once the bride puts on the red hijab and puts on the 'flower' sedan chair, it is convenient to eat or drink as much as she wants, so in order not to let herself starve and suffer, Gu Zheng obediently accepted Mrs. Tai's arrangement, and did not forget to instruct the spoon: "Sister Spoon, you hurry up and prepare a few packs of snacks for me, I will stuff a bag into my sleeve for a while, if you are hungry on the road, you can steal a few pieces......" The spoon should go and prepare without mentioning.
Let's not talk about Gu Zheng, but say that Liang Jingxian of the Liang family also got up early in the morning, and after solemnly worshipping his ancestors, Liang Jingxian rode a jujube red horse with a red hydrangea tied to his horse's head, and led the welcoming team carrying a big red 'flower' sedan chair, all the way to the Cen family to welcome the bride through the 'door'.
Liang Jingxian and his entourage were beating gongs and playing music along the way, and they were not busy with guns, and only after entering the 'gate' of Tongzhou City attracted many people to come out to see the excitement......
Liang Jingxian and the 'flower' sedan chair carrying the bride had just arrived outside the big 'gate' of the Cen family, and they were unceremoniously stopped by Gu Feng with a group of people, and Luo Jinming, who accompanied Liang Jingxian to greet his relatives, stepped forward and hugged Gu Feng's neck, said a lot of good things for Liang Jingxian, helped Liang Jingxian solve the problem set by Gu Feng, and finally stuffed a lot of money for Gu Feng's group...... After tossing like this, Gu Feng reluctantly let go of Liang Jingxian, who snatched his sister, and let Liang Jingxian and his party smoothly pass through the big 'gate' and go to the hanging 'flower' and 'door' to welcome the bride.
There was also a group of 'women' waiting at the hanging 'flower' and 'door' early, and the group of 'women' relatives stopped Liang Jingxian, the groom official, and the Liang family accompanied Liang Jingxian to invite relatives and hurriedly divided some colored satin and money with them.
And as soon as there was a "crackling" cannon sound and jubilant music outside, the lively spoon jumped up excitedly: "It must be the new aunt who is coming to greet her, and the slave maid will go out for the girl to take a look!" β
After finishing speaking, Spoon ran out without waiting for Gu Zheng to speak, and after a while, he turned back, holding a handful of begging money, and said happily: "That's right, it's the new aunt who came to greet you!" β
Mrs. Chen smiled when she heard this, and went out instead of Gu Zheng, and after a while, she walked in with a big red embroidered gold 'color' dragon and phoenix dance baggage, opened the baggage, took out the red hijab sent by Liang Jingxian, and carefully covered Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng saw that he was covered with a red hijab, and thought that it should be almost time to go out and get on the 'flower' sedan chair, so he subconsciously helped Mrs. Chen's hand and walked out, but he never thought that Mrs. Chen would sit her back on the 'bed' again, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, the bride can't go out too early, you have to set up enough shelves for the bride, dry the groom's official, and let him be in a hurry to look noble!" β
Gu Zheng could only sit quietly on the 'bed' when he heard this, until there was a louder sound of cannons outside, and the drummer played harder, Mrs. Chen smiled and said "Almost", carefully helped Gu Zheng up, and led her all the way to kowtow to Mrs. Tai, Master Cen, Mrs. Luo and other elders.
After kowtowing, Mrs. Chen helped Gu Zheng to walk out, just stepped out of the 'door' threshold, and the noisy laughter came to his face, Gu Zheng only vaguely heard someone shouting excitedly "The bride is out", and after walking a few steps, he heard a deafening and continuous sound of cannonballs...... Until he was helped by Mrs. Chen to get on the 'flower' sedan chair, Gu Zheng's ears were still buzzing with the cannonball.
And after Gu Zheng got on the 'flower' sedan chair, the sedan chair men who carried the 'flower' sedan chair still remained motionless and refused to lift the sedan chair to start, only standing in place with a smile and squeezing their eyebrows at Liang Jingxian, the groom official, and making very obvious hints, and even the bold sedan chair man bluntly said that the money in the market was too little, so that they had no strength to carry the 'flower' sedan chair and send the bride......
This sedan chair man shouting for money is not deliberately making things difficult for newcomers, but acting in accordance with the rules and customs of Dafeng, which is called "burden" in Dafeng, which means that the sedan chair man is willing to lift the sedan chair to start only when he gives enough money, and only when he gives enough money can the sedan chair be regarded as auspicious.
Liang Jingxian has never been a stingy person, as soon as he saw that the sedan chair man hated the money, he clapped his hands and let the little guy move a few baskets of small baskets pasted with the word "Xi" red paper-cuts, grabbed the copper plate in it and sprinkled it around the eaves of the 'flower', and several sedan chair men immediately picked up the happy money when they saw this......
Several sedan chair drivers were happy enough to lift the "flower" sedan chair with a smile, and the accompanying matchmaker immediately shouted "βββ the sedan chair" with a very eye-catching "color", and the matchmaker's voice fell, and the "flower" sedan chair swayed up in the endless sound of cannonballs, all the way to Liang's house.
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The sedan chair man's feet were very fast, Gu Zheng just took a nap in the 'flower' sedan chair, and before he could fully wake up, he heard Mrs. Chen whisper outside: "It's almost time to arrive at the Liang family, the bride has to cheer up' spirits, and when you enter the 'door' later, you must listen to my instructions, and you must not make mistakes, otherwise it will be unlucky!" β
Gu Zheng said softly "um" that he knew, and then sure enough, he only did about one more tea, and the 'flower' sedan chair stopped and fell to the ground again, Gu Zheng only heard someone shouting excitedly in the sedan chair, "The bride has arrived", and then the sedan curtain was opened, and Mrs. Chen and the Quanfu Jiang family invited by the Liang family helped Gu Zheng down together.
While guiding Gu Zheng to get off her feet, Mrs. Chen carefully told Gu Zheng in her ear: "The bride's feet must step on the green cloth strip and not on the ground, otherwise it will be unlucky." β
Gu Zheng didn't dare to be sloppy in the slightest, and immediately did it obediently, and then someone held the mirror and walked backwards, leading Gu Zheng across the saddle, straw mat, gold scales and other things, and finally introduced her to the big 'door' of the Liang family.
The two Quanfu people helped Gu Zheng to the hall of worship before 'handing' her to Liang Jingxian, who was also wearing an auspicious dress, and Liang Jingxian led the other end of the red silk cloth to complete the worship ceremony in the voice of the matchmaker, and finally was sent to the new house in the noise and laughter.
As soon as he entered the new house, the bustling noise and laughter were isolated from the 'door', and the sudden quiet around made Gu Zheng a little uncomfortable for a while, and he felt that he had arrived in another world...... It wasn't until he was helped to sit down on the new 'bed' that an unfamiliar but smiling voice came from his ears, and Gu Zheng slowly came back to his senses.
"Please ask the bridegroom to pick up the hijab."
As soon as the voice fell, Gu Zheng felt that her eyes lit up, so that she subconsciously raised her headβββ as soon as she raised her eyes, she looked into a pair of eyes as bright as stars, the owner of the eyes had a gentle look on his face that she had never seen before, and the red auspicious clothes lined him with a little more handsome than before, so that Gu Zheng's eyes fell on him as if he was enchanted and forgot to move away, only looked at the handsome man in front of him who was in the wind with the 'jade' tree in front of him.
He looked at her with such concentration and seriousness, as if he were gazing at a peerless treasure......
And Gu Zheng was surprised by Liang Jingxian's demeanor at the same time, Liang Jingxian was also "fascinated" by Gu Zheng under the red hijabβββ her apricot eyes seemed to have a pool of autumn water, tightly ingesting his mind, so that his eyes involuntarily stared at her without blinking, and subconsciously described her eyebrows, her eyes, her nose, and her red rhombus-like "seductive" cherry "lips".
Such a delicate and touching beauty/delicate/mother makes him feel that he can't see enough no matter how he looks at it......
His bend was really beautiful in the red wedding dress, so beautiful that he forgot to breathe, and just wanted to hug her into his arms fiercely, and use a hot and lingering 'kiss' to prove that all this was not a dream......
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