Chapter 4: Marriage (I)
When she arrived at the door, Aunt Yang handed Xiao Yue something wrapped in red cloth and whispered, "This is what Changfa entrusted me to you." ”
Uncle Yang looked at Xiao Yue with a smile in her eyes, Xiao Yue's face turned red all of a sudden, and she quickly put away the things, and Uncle Yang left with a smile.
Back in the house, Xiao Yue opened the red cloth and saw that it was a golden step shake, with a butterfly shape and a gold tassel, which was very good-looking.
Xiao Yue involuntarily walked to the mirror and put the step shake on her head, the woman in the mirror had red lips and white teeth, her face was full of spring light, her cheeks were slightly red, and the step shake on her head shook lightly and slowly.
Xiao Yue's gaze looked at the sky along the window, it should be good to marry him.
After the hiring, the family began to prepare a dowry for Xiao Yue, in the past, Father Xiao and the Zheng family only prepared wood, cloth or something, but now they have to make furniture, clothes, quilts and other dowries.
The people in Linshui Village live on kang, so there is no need to make beds, and Xiao's father and Xiao Chun are making furniture such as wardrobes, backrest chairs, and grandfather buckets for Xiao Yue.
Zheng took Xiao Xing to make quilts, and Xiao Yue was driven by Zheng to make his wedding dress, of course, he also had to make clothes for Yang Changfa, as well as gifts for the Yang family, and the whole family was busy with Xiao Yue's dowry.
When the dowry was ready, the day of marriage also came, and the wardrobe, back chair, basin, and wooden barrel in Xiao Yue's dowry were also sent to the Yang family the day before the marriage, and a big red quilt and red pillow towel were also brought with them.
The blessed person must be a woman with both parents, living in-laws, harmonious husband and wife, and children, so that good luck can be passed on to the new couple. In addition to sweeping the bed, making a happy quilt, and spreading a mandarin duck pillow, this bed is also a tent, that is, to sprinkle peanuts, longan, dates and other things that mean early birth of noble sons on the bed.
On the day of marriage, before dawn early in the morning, Zheng called Xiao Yue up, and then boiled a large pot of water to drive Xiao Yue to take a bath.
The day before, Xiao Xing went to the mountain to pick a lot of petals for his sister, Xiao Yue soaked in the bathtub, her nose was full of floral fragrance, and her whole body was comfortable.
After taking a bath, I heard that there were already a lot of people outside, they should have come to add makeup, most of the makeup in the village was to send a piece of fabric or a pillow towel made by themselves, insoles, etc., Xiao Yue didn't care about these, Zheng greeted the people who came to add makeup outside.
The women who came to add makeup came in twos and threes, Zheng Shi hurriedly took out the candy and sent it to everyone, these people who came to add makeup have already gone to see Xiao Yue's dowry at this time, although the large ones have been moved, but everyone is still enthusiastically discussing how many beds Xiao Yue's dowry quilt has, whether the patterns on it are good or not, etc.
After a while, Quanfu also arrived, and she came to open Xiao Yue's face and comb her hair. When she opened her face, she took the red thread and twisted the hair off Xiao Yue's face, and sang the face song while opening her face: "The left plays the first line to give birth to a noble son, the right plays the first line to give birth to a delicate man, and the third line plays steadily, and the young lady gives birth to a unicorn ......"
After opening the face, she put on makeup, rubbed a layer of powder, and painted her lips red, Xiao Yue was basically acceptable, and she didn't fall down as soon as she talked like she imagined.
Then it is to comb the hair, Quanfu people took the new comb and combed it while saying: "One comb to the hair, wealth and no-worry, two combs to the head, no disease and worry-free, three combs to the head, many sons and longevity ......" and then gave Xiao Yue a bun, inserted a hairpin, and changed into a wedding dress, so that Xiao Yue has been dressed up.
The women in the village also came in to see the bride, Xiao Yue didn't need to speak at this time, she had a Quanfu person to greet her, and the people in the village smiled and discussed when they saw the bride, "Yo, the girl of the Xiao family is really handsome." ”
"That's right, that's right, the Changfa kid has a vision."
There were also a few naughty children clapping their hands and jumping up and shouting, "Bride, bride......"
When everyone was talking and laughing, the sound of firecrackers sounded, this is the groom is coming, the people in the house have gone out to see the excitement, Xiao Yue sat quietly by the kang, of course, Quanfu people will stay with her.
According to the custom here, the bride's family should prepare wedding noodles, which are made of cornmeal mixed with white flour, and then cut into thin noodles after rolling. The noodles were prepared yesterday, and today you just need to boil the water and cook the noodles.
The cabbage and radish tofu are fried, the noodles are cooked, the soup is poured on the vegetables, and then some meat is scooped up, and the people and neighbors who come to welcome their relatives are greeted with joy and joy.
Put on the table, there are two plates of fried vegetables in the middle, everyone is holding a bowl of happy noodles in their hands, and the courtyard is full of the sound of "sucking noodles", and everyone is eating and laughing.
After eating the happy noodles, Mrs. Ma helped Xiao Yue out, Father Xiao and Zheng sat in the hall, and the newlyweds kowtowed goodbye to their parents.
Although they didn't get along with the Xiao family for a long time, they gave Xiao Yue a lot of love and warmth, and they were very reluctant to leave Xiao Yue's heart at this time.
Zheng was in tears, Daddy Xiao's eyes were also red, and his daughter was about to get married, and she would be someone else's family after she got married.
After saying goodbye to his parents, he put the remaining part of the dowry on the ox cart, in addition to the dowry that had been sent to the Yang family, the rest was some small things, a box containing 2 quilts and a few clothes, as well as a dowry, a bronze mirror, a comb, etc., a needlework basket for female red, and the four pieces of cloth in the dowry, which were bought by the Bu Zheng family who made clothes for Xiao Yue, and she let her daughter take these cloths away.
Originally, Xiao Yue wanted to make clothes for her younger brothers and sisters, but she was also stopped by the Zheng family, the Yang family did not divide the family, everything was in the public school, Yang Changfa was not loved by his parents, there must not be many things, and now this thing is a dowry brought by the daughter, and the people of the in-laws cannot move.
These things are placed in the back of the ox cart, and the front position is to be reserved for Xiao Yue, the bride, who has eaten the wedding noodles and put the dowry, it is almost noon, and the bride will be picked up at this time.
Originally, the brother should have gone out on his back, but Xiao Yue's younger brother could only go out on the matchmaker's back when he was young, Xiao Yue's hijab blocked the view, and she went out on the back of the matchmaker. After she went out, Daddy Xiao silently wiped his face and lit a firecracker at the door to give off, his father and mother did not go over, and his brother was going to get married.
The Xiao family is in the middle of the village, and the Yang family is at the end of the village, and the ox cart will arrive at the Yang family in a short time. A pair of rough big hands stretched out, Xiao Yue slightly shook her head and then handed her hand over, the sound of crackling firecrackers continued, the lively suona sound and the sound of children giggling made this small mountain village feel happy.