Our village is not as good as the city, as long as the rituals handed down by our ancestors are done, they are things that God has determined and cannot be surpassed.

The letter in my grandfather's hand was written with the contents of the old marriage book, with my name on it, and the most conspicuous one was Zhang Yao's name, which was written by Zhang Yao himself.

Only then did I realize that the reason why my grandfather asked Zhang Yao to write his name to him was that he deliberately covered the handwriting with a book, so that Zhang Yao's words fell on it, so that we became a couple worthy of the name and a marriage certificate.

Originally, Zhang Yao's father and mother were still arrogant, and when they saw that the handwriting in my grandfather's hand was indeed Zhang Yao's own handwriting, their faces suddenly turned pale, and they looked at my grandfather with disbelief, "Old thing, my daughter has always been innocent, how can people like you blaspheme at will!" It's just a piece of paper, and we don't admit that this marriage can be regretted! ”

When Grandpa heard this, he smiled happily, "You accepted my family's bride price, is this true?" ”

"Fart! What a bride price! You make it clear to Lao Tzu! Zhang Yao scolded angrily.

Grandpa stretched out his hand and pointed to the things we burned yesterday in front of their grave, and it was so dark that I couldn't see what it looked like before.

Grandpa looked at the pile of things meaningfully, and then looked at her father and said, "Look, this is the bride price given by our family, and the 'goose cage', 'wine sea', dragon and phoenix cakes, elbows, and happy fruits are all real, and the clothes and jewelry prepared for the girl are also burned for you. ”

In our village, the matter of marriage is particularly strict, if the two parties decide the marriage, the man must send the woman a gift, that is to say, the family affair is determined, when the 'bones' are built, the food is real, and the clothes and jewelry are all made of paper paste utensils, which can be sent to the bottom.

Zhang Yao's father and mother were shocked and hated when they heard this, her father was so angry that he trembled, gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "When you sent it down, you said an apology ceremony, when did you change the ceremony, you are talking nonsense!" ”

Grandpa put his hands behind his back and said with a fearless face, "The words of apology were said by Chen Tian, since ancient times, the words of the matchmaker of the parents' order for marriage events, Chen Tian's words are useless, his parents are not here, I will naturally replace the order of my parents, Lao Tzu said that this is a fixed ceremony, and it is naturally a fixed ceremony." ”

It dawned on me that my grandfather was really an old fox, so cunning that he deliberately asked me to apologize when I burned something, so that her family would not return it when they heard that it was an apology, and as long as they accepted it, it was equivalent to a marriage.

After Zhang Yao's mother heard her grandfather's words, she snorted coldly, "You are right, this marriage has always been the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, but without a matchmaker in the middle, this thing still can't be done." ”

Grandpa laughed again, "You know the old blind man from the next village, right?" He is the matchmaker, he stuffed your girl under Chen Tian's heels, and he had no fate, but he let the donkey ball match! ”

Zhang Yao's father and mother naturally didn't follow this matter, it was a bride price and a marriage certificate, even if he didn't admit it, but the fact was so, his father put down his cruel words in a hurry, "Don't even think about letting my Zhang Yao enter your house, we don't agree to this matter, just a letter of resignation!" ”

When I heard this, I was very anxious, although at first I felt that the living married corpse should be in my heart, but after all, Zhang Yao and I already have a marriage certificate, she is my daughter-in-law, how can there be a reason to take it away without covering the heat in her hand.

I hurriedly stretched out my hand and pulled the corner of my grandfather's clothes, grandpa knew what I was worried about, and touched my head to calm my emotions, grandpa continued, "It's okay to take a leave of absence, but there is a sentence I have to say first and then before, we gave a bride price, and your daughter followed us home yesterday, which is equivalent to my grandson marrying her from her mother's family to her husband's family, that is, 'passing the door'." Yesterday, the two worshiped each other and drank a glass of wine. Your daughter-in-law stays overnight and lives in the same room with Chen Tian, which is really a 'cave room', whether it is the status of husband and wife or the reality of husband and wife, the fact that your daughter is Chen Tian's daughter-in-law cannot be changed, today we take Zhang Yao back, and it will follow the custom of returning to her parents' house after marrying, the whole marriage is all done, you want to leave the book, our Chen family does not suffer. ”

After these words, her father's and mother's faces were originally anxious and angry, but gradually became gloomy and hesitant.

Later, my grandfather told me, I knew that the girl's name was more important than anything else, grandpa had completed the marriage process, and Zhang Yao also slept with me.

Her father glared at Zhang Yao with angry eyes, waved his hand and slapped Zhang Yao's face hard, "Lao Tzu doesn't have you as a girl, lose face and throw it outside, what do you do when you come back!" You actually slept with that kid, I'm so angry, see if I don't kill you! ”

Zhang Yao was frightened by this sudden beating and scolding, she stood next to her tremblingly, and her aggrieved tears fell down.

I looked very distressed, and I felt that it was nothing good for her to meet me, either she was bitten by a dog or beaten by her grandfather.

It's okay now, even her father beat her.

Seeing the situation, her mother hurriedly protected Zhang Yao behind her, and begged her father to stop fighting.

The ugliness of the family should not be publicized, her father and mother did not pay attention to me and my grandfather, but pulled Zhang Yao away, but it was obvious that in front of me, there was no shadow of the smoke.

I was terrified when I saw this scene, this family looked no different from the living, but they were always dead.

My grandfather and I went back to the village, and as soon as we got to the house, I couldn't help but ask my grandfather, "Am I divorced?" ”

In the village, when husband and wife are separated, they like to use the word divorce, and I naturally know this word, so I don't know the specific meaning.

When grandpa heard these two words coming out of my mouth, he felt awkward and funny, so he directly "poofed" out, and laughed again, "Stinky boy, don't worry, your little daughter-in-law will come back." ”

Grandpa's words have always been accurate, and I am relieved to hear this.

The past two days have also been strange, rumors have spread in the village, all saying that because my grandfather beat the old blind man last time, the old blind man suddenly packed up his things and left, and he did not see the old blind man for several days.

The people in the village speculated that my grandfather had a special identity and scared away the old blind man.

Some people also said that there were rules for the business, maybe it was the grandfather who ordered the old blind man to drive away, and some good people ran to the old blind man's house to ask his daughter-in-law and wanted to know the reason, but the blind woman always shook her head and said that she did not know.

I asked my grandfather why the old blind man ran away, but he just frowned and didn't say anything, and then told me about the endorsement.

During dinner, my grandfather told me about Taoism, but I was not interested in these at all, and my grandfather was serious, but I listened to it confusedly, and then I really didn't want to listen to it, so I ran out for a stroll on the pretext of going to eat.

The village is poor and remote, and there are no lights at night, but whenever everyone walks at night, everyone brings their own flashlight.

I took a flashlight, kicked my calves and ran quickly to play in the field, when I was a child, there was a lack of materials, there was nothing to play with, just sit on the field and knead the mud can play all day.

I was having fun when a slightly short and fat middle-aged man walked in front of me, and I couldn't see it clearly at night, but I felt a little strange.

He asked me in a foreign accent, "Little friend, you are here alone, what about your family?" ”

I was stunned, although I couldn't see his face clearly, but my flashlight was turned on and rested next to it, and it shone right on his shoes, and a pair of toad shoes came into view.

I was terrified, my grandfather used to tell me that toad shoes are for the dead, and if the living can be Jedi if they wear toad shoes, they will be dead sooner or later.

It just so happened that there was no shadow when the flashlight shone on him, and Grandpa said that ghosts have no shadows, which means that he is not a living person.

When the man saw that I ignored him, he smiled and continued, "Little friend, whose robe is you?" ”

Thinking that grandpa said before that this robe is powerful, since he is not a living person, he may be able to scare and scare him.

Grandpa once said that people are afraid of evil spirits, and ghosts are afraid of evil people.

I simply stood up, picked up a flashlight and shone it on my face from the bottom up, thinking that this must be uglier than a ghost at night, and learned the way my grandfather spoke, "What kind of robe does Lao Tzu wear, don't care about your hammer!" Don't provoke Lao Tzu to shoot and beat your turtle son's ass shit and urine turbulence! ”