My grandfather was born in a small village about 100 kilometers away from Changchun City, and the name of the village was Ren Xiaopu. This small village named after my family name was something that my father was proud of.

Ren Xiaopu has undergone countless updates and iterations, and has also been reborn in natural and man-made disasters large and small, and the name has been preserved to this day, and it is also the root that has not been erased in my memory - Ren Xiaopu.

In the morning on the plains, the smoke curls and the dew is crystal clear. The cries of chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, pigs, horses, cows and sheep combined with the shouts of men, the whole village began to stir, and it was destined to be a lively day.

The front gatehouse of the three-gatehouse quadrangle compound where the grandfather of the Ren family (grandfather's father Ren Debao) lives.

Today, the courtyard is full of red lanterns, and people come and go, happily busy.

My grandfather is of medium and thick stature, today he is wearing a red and black flower robe, with a black background red flower Xi Zi Maza, a brown background red round flower Xi Zi pattern, a brown silk hexagonal hat with a hem edge, a green face and white cloud boots, and the insoles are the big red double happiness characters embroidered by the grandmother (grandfather's mother).

The tall and burly figure of the old man sits upright on a bronze venge chair with a high-back carved leopard pattern. The high-purity sand gold smoke pot, the long sandalwood cigarette stick, the mouth of the red agate of the Warring States period, and the brown cigarette pouch are decorated with brown tobacco pouches, which are connected to the jasper ring and hang down in the center of the cigarette stick, and a small jade square card is tied to the coffee-colored string, which is solemnly lying on the table of the eight immortals of the cliff cypress. The four corners of the Eight Immortals Table are carved with auspicious clouds, and although the Ren family is not a rich prince, it can be regarded as a rich one.

Man Tang (my grandfather) stood respectfully in front of his father and humbly listened to the elder master's words: "Yesterday you worshiped the ancestors of heaven and earth, today's rules, your third uncle told you last night, today you just have to be obedient, don't come up with any new ideas."

The full hall promised repeatedly, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe. The eldest man was very satisfied when he saw that his son was dressed neatly today, and he waved his hand to Mantang, signaling that he could go.

The procession of twelve carriages to welcome relatives came out of the west exit of Ren Xiaopu (the mother-in-law's house went in and out in the east) and went west.

The season is the season of hanging hoes in the countryside, the corn seedlings on the roadside have grown into more than one person tall, upright and straight, green and green, and the soft corn whiskers on the corn ears in the sun flutter with the wind and shine with reddish light.

In the whole potato field, a white flower has already emerged yellow stamens, blooming into a rich appearance.

The wedding carriage was drawn by four horses, running on the heads of the three horses in front, each tied with a large red flower in canvas fabric. On the head of the horse, there is also a big red flower, and the horse's back is also draped with red shoulders, and a pair of magpies are embroidered with gold wire on both sides of the shoulders, and two magpies jump up and down on the horseback, vividly. There is a complete bamboo tied to the handle of the frame, with roots and leaves, and radishes tied to the bamboo roots, and there are gossip bamboo ornaments painted in vermilion ink in the wedding carriage, showing that it is not rich or expensive.

There are two rows of drummers sitting on the car of the Greeting Band, blowing and beating, and occasionally there are firecrackers, which is not lively.

Passing by the village, people cast envious eyes, thinking that this is whose girl is so blessed, there is such a big pomp to marry, and the girl goes to her in-law's house to enjoy a lifetime of blessings.

The people who married were also complacent, and everyone's faces were filled with happy and contented smiles. Everyone was talking in the car, arguing about what kind of handsome young lady the bride should be.

Mantang rode his favorite high-headed jujube red horse, walking in the middle of the band car and the wedding car, with a straight waist and a spring breeze. Today his official title is full of happiness and exudes joy - the groom officer!

The rich family village is also very lively at the moment, and the whole village of men, women and children are crowded outside the courtyard of the rich family.

The second generation of the rich owner has a son and a daughter in his generation, the son came back from studying in Russia, married a Russian daughter-in-law, and now the young couple opened a Jin Shiyuan jewelry store in Changchun; Miss Fu was born as gentle as jade, intelligent, tall, well-proportioned, knowledgeable, proficient in needlework, and good cooking.

Unfortunately, when she was seven years old, she accidentally pierced an awl used for needlework into her right eye while helping her mother with the sole of her shoe, leaving her disabled. Fortunately, the rich owner regards Miss as the pearl of his palm, and does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to install fake eyeballs for Miss, if you don't know the details, you can't see that Miss has flaws in her eyes at all.

Miss Fu is kind-hearted, smart and virtuous, not coquettish and domineering in front of her parents, and never cares about gains and losses with her brother and sister-in-law at home, and treats her subordinates kindly, with a square size.

When the bridegroom's official convoy was about to arrive at the west exit of Fuzhuang (the mother's house went from west to east), there was already a horse galloping back to the owner of Fuzhuang. People inside and outside the rich family began to boil, and some anxious men had already run out, stretching their necks to look at the entrance of the village. There are even some naughty children who push me and run to the front, and the women stand on both sides of the door shyly, smiling and waiting for the procession to greet them.

Under the steps at the gate of the rich owner, a boy with a tea tray was waiting for the groom. The bridegroom dismounted and took the tea tray, and then handed the boy a thick red envelope as a gift, and then he followed behind his third uncle Desheng and the thirteenth aunt, the most popular matchmaker in Shili Eight Village, they walked through the long courtyard and came to the door of the main hall.

Miss Fu was eating the traditional Manchu ritual at the sisters' table, and she said goodbye to her cousins with shallow tears and tears, and the cousins also sobbed in a low voice, and the mother and daughter had red and swollen eyes, and they didn't know what ......to do.

The groom entered the lady's boudoir, greeted the people at the door gently, he saw the bride at first sight when he came in, only to see her wearing a red dress embroidered with gold silk peony flowers, graceful and luxurious, phoenix crown and xiaxia, the most is the pearl tassel that hangs down, can not cover the delicate and gentle face, the red hijab hides shyness, with seven points of panic, three points of ignorance, trembling and towering on the red futon, the head of the gold velvet red hijab, low eyebrows and silence have a charm.

A few unrhymed little cousins were chattering for red envelopes, several cousins-in-law were smiling evilly, shouting to prevent the groom from approaching the bride, and the Russian sister-in-law was even more out of tune in Chinese.

After being lively for a while, the matchmaker's thirteenth aunt smiled and said: "On an auspicious day, the groom will present flowers to the bride, unveil his head, and go to meet his ancestors and father."

Everyone flashed on both sides, the groom took the bride to the main hall to worship the ancestors, Miss Fu bowed to her parents to say goodbye, and said: "Amma, Eniang, take care of your two elders" The voice did not fall, and she was already in tears, crying silently.

The groom's official hurriedly bowed and said, "Father, mother, take care of your health, we will often come to see your second elder."

"A good life to stay in the clouds, a good life to live." The rich owner's deep and thick voice has love for his daughter, and more advice for his son-in-law.

"Second elder, don't worry, I will, I will." The bridegroom hurriedly agreed. With joy on his face, he couldn't bear to show too much.

The children of all sizes blocked the three layers inside and three layers outside the courtyard of the rich family, and the rich family took some candy and scattered it outside the courtyard, and the children struggled happily and shouted: "The bride is happy, and the groom is crowned." “

The louder the shouts of the children outside, the more sugar cubes the candy makers scattered. The child shouted more and more joyfully, and the candy cubes scattered like snowflakes. It was the busiest day ever in Fujia.

The rich owner married two four-horse carriages, the big and heavy men had already moved to the wedding car, and the Russian sister-in-law in the house assigned the little sisters to carry the big and small packages of the dowry.

Grandpa doesn't know what love tastes like, but he likes grandma in his heart, this handsome woman who is half a head taller than him.

Grandma's family is Manchu, in addition to the wedding customs of the Manchu people mentioned above, there is also the grandmother who was awakened by the family early, and the elders of the clan dressed her up. I saw that she used dexterous and fair-skinned hands to comb the bride's lower right side of the ponytail and divide the ponytail into several strands, each strand was smeared with osmanthus oil, and each strand was rolled up from bottom to top, fixed invisibly with two black clips, and then adjusted the hair bun to take care of the shape, and at the same time inserted the phoenix Chaoyang silver hairpin, the rich peony eight-claw hairpin, then put on the exquisite and chic phoenix crown, the bride has long been ashamed of herself. Finally, the sixth cousin did not forget to take off the auspicious lock from the bride's neck and return it to the bride's mother, which was hung by the mother when the daughter was born, bless the daughter to grow up healthy and happy, and today the daughter left it behind, let it accompany the mother, a solution to the mother's heart, and second, to thank the parents for their nurturing grace.

After saying goodbye to her parents, her grandmother was carried by her own brother, and the sixth cousin followed closely with a bamboo sieve and came to the wedding car. Before the bride gets on the bus, a boy with an auspicious birthday holds a fan and places it on the tea tray to give the bride a red envelope gift.

From time to time, there were sobs from the bride bowing her head, and the thirteenth aunt beckoned the elders of the woman's family to bring a bowl of water, grains, yellow rice, and white rice to the bride, wishing the married daughter abundant food and clothing, happiness and auspiciousness.

The Russian sister-in-law has been holding a very delicate mahogany box in her arms, and the dazzling gold lock shows that the treasure inside is precious, she first got into the first wedding car, and the two carriages accompanied by the rich owner were full of dowry, and the people in the village were not envious.

The bride gets into the car and sits down tightly, throws the fan out of the window, and discards all the bad temperament; After throwing the umbrella, the bride cried even more. After that, the bride is not allowed to look back, let alone say goodbye to her loved ones!

The wedding convoy is headed by a bamboo sieve, which means prosperity, and the green bamboo is still with roots and leaves, and the end of the bamboo is tied with a piece of fat and thin pork, in case of the evil god white tiger.

Suona played all the way, the drum music was noisy, blowing and beating, more lively and lively than when it came, jubilant, and glorious like a triumphant return.