Chapter 168: The Big Wedding
Loczen's convoy departed from Chickaso, with new crowds joining along the way, and the further west they went, the larger the procession grew.
Although everyone is like an arrow, once the number of people increases, the speed is not fast.
It took a full month to arrive at Greenstone Village.
At this time, the team, which originally consisted of only about 1,000 people, had expanded to more than 5,000 people.
The caravans along the way were happy to join in such a procession, and their demand for goods was a bottomless pit, and some of the clever merchants even made several rounds of buying and selling.
Those who had lost their homes in the war were glad to have such a contingent to allow them to follow, and although the forests of Madre were not the destination they longed for, such a lively and rich contingent could at least bring a brief solace to their gloomy lives.
When the procession passed through Texas, there were a lot of whites and blacks who joined the team, either this flag or that flag, and no one could tell the difference anyway. The turtledove never thought of using the Eight Banners for a long time, so he didn't bother to make any genealogies or dossiers, and now it finally caused a bad result, that is, the entire western part of the Mississippi River is full of flag people, and even on the other side of the Atlantic, occasionally a few flag people with yellow or blue flags can pop out of the cracks in the stones.
Either way, a large number of people is a good thing.
Lotzen wore a long dress every day, sat on the top of the carriage, and the long wind blew her skirt in the air several meters away, and from a distance it looked like a goddess.
A crown of flowers was offered to it, and she wore it on her head with joy.
Butterflies chase the fragrance of flowers and flutter around her dress.
She had never been so happy.
……
By this time, Greenstone Village had become the largest town within a radius of 100 miles.
At that time, that small village was suddenly developed because the Rio Grande Transport Company used this place as its headquarters.
Although Chairman Scott is bad, he is still good for his lair, at least the slaves in the village can really only work 10 hours a day now.
In the middle of the village stands a five-meter-tall statue of Scott, representing the infinite love of the villagers of Greenstone Village for the chairman.
There are about 1,000 residents in Greenstone Village, 80% of whom depend on the Rio Grande Transport.
When Loczen's convoy arrived at Greenstone Village, the whole village was boiling. People poured forward, and the village was crowded inside and out.
At this time, Lotzen did not dare to sit on the roof of the carriage, and pulled Hai into the carriage and inquired about all kinds of strange customs.
"Hai, do you know how to get married?"
"Huh? I don't know? Hai said in a panic.
"Why don't you know anything?" Loczen complained.
"I think you should ask Sekoya, he's an old man, and he used to be our wise priest, he must know!"
Luo Cen felt that it made sense, and immediately wrote a letter and handed it to the smoke man, telling him to set off immediately and send it to White Rock City no matter what.
She thought about it, as long as she walked slowly, and when she returned to the tribe, Sekoya should be almost there.
"There's a group of Indians on the other side of the Pacific, and I know how they got married!" Hai said.
"Really? Tell me about it! ”
Hai thought for a while and said, "I also heard what others said, don't take it seriously!" ”
"It's not true, it's not true, you say it quickly!" Lotzen urged.
So Hai thought about it, and said intermittently: "First of all, the man should send a respectable person out and send a big fat goose to the woman, if the woman agrees, she will accept the big fat goose, and if she doesn't agree, she will return the big fat goose......
"Phew, how could you not agree!" Lotzen asked.
Hai ignored her and continued, "...... Then, the man will send a large number of flower buns, gold hijabs, flower fans, etc., of course, the woman can't just accept gifts and not return gifts, but also give some beautiful clothes, bed sheets, hats, shoes and other things......"
"Oh, I haven't prepared anything!"
"Listen to me first," Hai said, snapping his fingers, "...... In the days before the wedding, the woman has to open her dowry, what cabinets, bedding, jewelry, clothes, silk, pen and ink, gold and silver utensils, all these things, let people pick up, and put them in the man's house first, and the pomp and circumstance must be as luxurious as it is, and if it is extravagant, it must be extravagant, and it is blowing and knocking, and the ping pong is a festive ......."
"I don't have any dowry!" Luo Czen's face was a little sad, and he said: "My brother gave some at that time, and I have already spent it!" ”
“…… Then you'll have to send someone to the man's house! You have to send someone who is old, has a good family, and preferably has given birth to a dozen sons, to help you decorate the wedding room, and put the word "happy" on the door, on the wall, the bed sheets must be red, and the quilt must be red...... I'll take care of everything for you, just waiting for you to live......"
"Hee-hee-hee......"
“…… On the day you get married, the man will come to greet you! You have to wear the best clothes and bring all the gold and silver jewelry...... By the way, it seems that you have to put a red cloth on your head, and you can't take it off after the red cloth is covered, only your husband can take it off......"
"After taking it down, are we husband and wife?" Lotzen asked.
"Of course not, you still have to get on the sedan chair, you have to worship the church, you have to drink together, and you have to make a hole in the room...... And so much! ”
"How do you know so much?"
"This ...... Isn't that what everybody knows? ”
Inside the carriage, Luo Cén and Hai said one sentence at a time, and the noise that was about to boil outside the carriage did not affect them in the slightest.
Until the sea accidentally lifted the curtain of the car, glanced out, and hurriedly retracted his head.
"Oh no, Rotzen!"
"What's wrong?" A gun popped out of Rotzen's hand.
"That...... There's a fat guy coming up to us with a big fat goose in his hand......"
……
Every day after Sept. 20, Loczen was busy.
She simply didn't have time to pay attention to the local newspaper.
It wasn't until September 22 that she remembered this stubble and found an expired newspaper to read.
A lot of messages are written on it.
For example, William Sherman, who committed the most heinous crimes, was tried by the law of justice under the auspices of Denver Mayor Arvada Yankulovski......
For example, the Indian League reached an exchange agreement with the British to exchange a Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean for a new Scottish Island in the Atlantic, and renamed the new Scottish Island 'Loczen Island', and the Shulotel Regiment entered the city, becoming the first Indian army to enter the Atlantic Ocean in 300 years.
For example, the fiasco of the American Federation in Mexico set off a storm of public opinion in Washington, where the Democrats and Whigs fought in Congress, and Zachary Taylor started his campaign early.
…… Such news, if Luo Czen saw it in the past, he would definitely be overjoyed.
But now, she found that the 'good news' she had longed for was not so pleasing to her.
William Sherman is dead and dead, it doesn't matter if the island in the Atlantic Ocean is called 'New Scottish Island' or 'Loczen Island', it doesn't matter who is president of the United States......
She now felt that the most important thing was that no matter how much the sea and the watermill helped her delay, in 10 days at most, she would return to the tribe and become the wife of the turtledove!
She still has the clothes inlaid with gold thread embroidered with green duck and the popular happy characters are not done, and the shoes with thousands of layers of needles and threads have not been sewn well, and the red hijab has not been cut well, and the pots and pans, bedding, sheets, chairs, tables and furniture that are to be spread all over the tribe are not ready, and the corn, beans, dates, peanuts, and chocolates on the bed have not had time to be loaded, and the mother's family who went to the turtledove's house for her in advance to guard the wedding room for her did not choose well, and there are sedan chairs to be made, and there is wine to be sifted...... One by one, she has to do it herself.
What could be more important than that?
(End of volume)