It's the end of the month in a blink of an eye, Zeng Ruixiang came back with Zifu, it turned out to be a marriage for Xia Yu, and Ziqing thought it was a normal vacation. No one has been here from the old house these days, and Ziqing has been busy forgetting that her second aunt is going to get married.

I haven't seen Zifu for more than ten days, Ziqing has been following him, asking questions from east to west, even Zeng Ruixiang was a little jealous, and said with a smile: "This kid, why don't I see her sticking to me so much when I come back?" is closer to her eldest brother than to her father. ”

Shen replied with a smile: "You only stay at home for a few days a year, and it's good that the children can get to know you." ”

Zeng Ruixiang secretly felt a little sad when he heard this, he had really suffered Shen over the years, he took Shen's hand and laughed, and secretly made a decision in his heart.

Ziqing knew that her father was not teaching in a private school in the county, but in the official school, which was funded by the government, and the students in the county could only enter after a certain foundation after the assessment.

If Zifu passes Xiucai, he can go to the official school run by the Anzhou government. However, Zifu said that there is a Bailu Academy in Anzhou Mansion that is also very famous, and the teachers there are not inferior to the official schools in the state capital, and many students from other places come here. Relatively, the bundle is not cheap. In short, if it weren't for Zeng Ruixiang teaching at the official school in the county, Zifu would have to pay another four taels of silver a year, no wonder the children of poor families couldn't afford to go to school.

After breakfast on the second day, the family went to the old house, and there were already a lot of guests at home, Chunyu's family came the day before, and the chef invited by the village had already been busy, saying that the evening was a banquet dinner, about twenty tables, and it turned out that the red wedding here was to eat two meals.

There are many sisters and brothers on Tian's side, the two sisters on the old man's side, although the sister is gone, but there is still a son, the Xiao family and the daughter who got married, the old man's aunt's family, etc., Ziqing's many relatives who have never heard of it have come. Ziqing knew that the old man had an aunt who married into the landlord's family, but the aunt was gone, and it was her son and daughter-in-law who came, and the dress was different from that of ordinary villagers, but it was only slightly stronger.

Because there are people in charge of the stove room in the village who are busy, in this way, the Zhou family and the Shen family do not need to enter the stove room, and accompany the Tian family to entertain guests, Zifu hugged Zixi, Ziqing went to find Xiao Xiushui, and eight tables were also set up in the hall of the back room.

Ziqing asked Xiushui to understand, it turned out that it was not the Xiao family who wanted to move away, but Xiushui's eldest brother set a marriage in early March, and had already bought a house in the city. No one knows exactly how many. Xiushui's second brother saw this situation, asked his mother for some silver, and ran out by himself.

"My aunt is gone, don't you have to keep filial piety?" Ziqing has always had this question.

"It's been two New Year's rounds, and they said they could borrow one, but I don't understand, anyway, he's not too young, he's nineteen." I see.

Ziqing saw Xiushui's expression wilted, and talked a lot of words with her until the banquet began.

The main banquet said that it was three o'clock in the Shen hour, and the women in the village came in with their own bowls again, and the two halls still couldn't be placed, and a few tables were set up in the wooden room in the back room.

Ziqing secretly asked the Shen family, why didn't he follow the etiquette when he was a person from Shangliang Wine Village? It turns out that the local customs, marrying Shangliang does not follow the ceremony, white affairs, marrying a daughter with the ceremony, but the villagers' etiquette is very thin, nothing more than two hand towels, or a wooden basin, close people will give a piece of cloth, most of them are hand towels, Ziqing estimates that there are one hundred and eighty, enough for Xia Yu to use for many years.

Shen Shi laughed when he heard this, and said: "This handkerchief will not be taken away by your second aunt, your grandmother will still use it as a gift, who will marry her daughter and give it back, it is likely that this handkerchief will still return to her own hands after a circle." ”

Ziqing thought of the moon cakes, liquor, drinks, etc. for modern gifts, and then returned to her home, daring to love the past and the present.

Ziqing went to Xia Yu's room to look at the dowry, and I don't know when Tian made the furniture, two red boxes, a wardrobe, and a few cabbages carved on the wardrobe, painted green, Ziqing knew that this meant having a lot of money. There are also two wooden basins, two small toilets, and a makeup dowry, all of which are red, four bed covers, the quilt is red satin, the quilt is fine white cotton, and four mattress quilts.

Xia Yu put on a new big red cotton jacket and came out to meet the female guests, who were all in the back room. Qiu Yu took a futon and followed, and when she saw her older relatives, she would bow down, as did her cousin-in-law and female elders, except for the villagers. Chunyu took a tray and followed, and the person who was kneeling down put a red envelope, which seemed to have a name on it, and it seemed that he had been prepared. Ziqing found that the second aunt's red cotton jacket was printed with many copper plates and swastikas, and a real copper plate was sewn on the front and back of the cotton jacket, and a pair of embroidered shoes were also red satin on the box, embroidered with lotus flowers.

After the meal, the relatives of the family and the female relatives of the people of the near tribe all stayed, saying that they wanted to cry and marry, and invited the third mother-in-law to cry for the lord, Ziqing wondered, shouldn't she cry in front of the sedan chair when crying? Why do you have to advance a day earlier?

At this time, all the unmarried women and the peace generation were in the room with Xia Yu, and the elders accompanied Tian to sit in Tian's room, and after a while, I heard a whimper, which was Tian's, and then immediately heard the third mother-in-law singing: "The daughter is going to get married, and the mother comes to tell a few words: first, to be filial to the in-laws; second, you should respect your husband; Third, we should be more harmonious and harmonious; Fourth, we must be careful and virtuous, the tea and rice should be even, and the candle should be careful; Fifth, get up early, sweep the floor in front of the hall, and the distinguished guests come to the house and come to hand the tea diligently; Sixth, we must learn to tailor, so as not to ask for inconvenience, do not be greedy to play more, and rely on which one to rely on when you are poor in the future. The lyrics are the mother's bits and pieces of advice and instructions before her daughter leaves.

The third mother-in-law sang a sentence, and Xia Yu said, "Got it." After the third mother-in-law sang this, she continued to count the nurturing grace over the years, counting one sentence, Xia Yu followed one sentence, what "one foot and five inches to raise a child", what "hard work into a trance, in vain from her father and mother", Ziqing doesn't know how long she has been singing, I don't know if the third mother-in-law has drunk water? Just thinking about it, who knew that someone here sang on behalf of him, and it was Chunyu who spoke on behalf of Xia Yu: "My father, my mother, a twelve-petal orange, my father's daughter will be scattered; A bamboo has 12 sections, and it is necessary to pick it up during the New Year's Festival; An egg is not yellow, and the daughter will live a long life in the future; One water tank and three hoops, brothers and sisters are not unfamiliar. Then it was also a detailed count of her father's nurturing grace, Ziqing saw her aunt crying while snot and tears thrown out, and the whimpering sound came from the room, she was really infected and couldn't laugh.

I don't know what time it is, it's finally over, and the family hurried home to sleep, saying that they would get up before dawn every day. This crying marriage Ziqing doesn't want to hear it anymore, it's too depressing.