Chapter 15 Lovers Eventually Become Married
Su Hetai found a good day and held a simple and lively wedding for Erkui and Longmei according to the traditional customs of the Mongolian people.
In August, the grassland cattle are fat and strong, accompanied by the melodious and cheerful sound of the horse's head piano, on the vast grassland, the green waves are sparkling, the flowers are fragrant, the white clouds are floating in the deep blue sky, and the herds of cattle and sheep are gathering and playing beside the clear river water of the red lake ditch. The milky white yurt is full of red ribbons, the smoke rising from the cooking stove is welcoming guests from afar, accompanied by cheerful music and the sound of horses' hooves, relatives and friends happily come to the yurt to attend and witness the wedding of the newlyweds.
In the yurt of Longmei's family, people wear festive and beautiful Mongolian costumes and wear a variety of unique Mongolian jewelry.
Today's protagonist bride, Long Mei's relatives, are carefully dressing her, and her skillful daughter-in-law has braided many small braids for her, wearing phoenix hairpins on top of her black hair, and at the same time, she is also wearing beautiful jewelry and hats with bright flowers on her hands.
The bride takes the lead in drinking the first sip of milk tea, which indicates the beginning of a new life, and the fragrance of milk tea also indicates that the future life is thriving and fragrant.
Erkui also put on a Mongolian robe, and the poor boy became the son-in-law of the rich family. The full hall is also regarded as a great event to accumulate merit. Everyone's face is filled with a happy sweet smile, romantic happiness.
The mountain tiger can be regarded as having opened his eyes, the first time he saw a special wedding, the wedding scene is not divided into men and women, young and old, noble and lowly at this time are all singing and dancing unwillingly, a jubilant.
People hold fine wine in their hands, bite the meat in their hands, and the natural roughness and arrogance of the grassland people are not modified or hidden at this moment, and they are naturally revealed. People seem to have forgotten about a new couple, each of whom is happy, jubilant, and intoxicated in their own right......
Mantang and Grandpa Longmei met for the third time today, in order to thank Grandpa Longmei for healing Erkui, they recognized each other for the first time, and went to Su Hetai as the matchmaker to officially propose marriage to Erkui, and deepened their impression of each other.
Mantang and Grandpa Longmei appreciate each other and respect each other, all of which are enviable.
After marriage, Erkui still often comes to Mantang, because the two yurts are not far away, and the two families move around frequently.
Mantang also asked Erkui and Longmei to keep an eye on them when they were grazing, and let them choose a piece of wasteland by themselves, and wait for the next year to grow food and live a small life of self-sufficiency.
Mantang and Shanhu selected ten cows these days, ready to leave the day after tomorrow to return to Ren Xiaopu, I wanted Mantang to drive four or five cows back, when choosing cattle, more and more, and finally decided that Shanhu also went back, Erkui took care of the crops in the bag.
Erkui went home to discuss with Long Mei, Erkui's father's condition is not known now, he has not been back since they came, Erkui wants to go back with Mantang, Long Mei is not at ease, so he has to go back with him. The two of them discussed it with their grandparents, and the old man was also a reasonable person.
Grandpa Long Mei said to Mantang: "Just let Long Mei go back with you, the new daughter-in-law hasn't seen her in-laws yet." ”
Mantang readily agreed: "Grandpa can promise to let Erkui go home to see his father, we are so happy, knowing that the work in your family has fallen on your second elder, we are a little worried." Just let the mountain tiger stay with you, can you see it? ”
Grandpa Long Mei said: "No, there is one more person to take care of on the road."
Su Hetai also said: "Cousin Man, don't worry about going back, grandpa has me here, and you can rest assured that the land in Honghugou is also relieved, I will graze and take care of it nearby."
Mantang still decided to let Shanhu stay and take care of Honghugou with Su Hetai, and also take care of Longmei's family for Erkui.
Mantang took Erkui and his wife to drive ten cows and returned to Ren Xiaopu.
Erkui took his daughter-in-law to see his parents, and everyone was happy, and Steward Liu was also grateful to Mantang, and he was grateful.
Mantang came back to reunite with his family for a few days, and the people in the village heard that Mantang had come back to watch the Mongolian cattle, and more curious people from the neighboring villages also came to watch, and there were many people who were interested in buying, and everyone was waiting for the first person to open. People's herd mentality has existed since ancient times, and they often think that they are smart, but they don't know that they are smart but are mistaken by smart.
Ren Fushi saw that Mantang had been back for more than ten days, and he still hadn't sold a single cow, he was a little anxious, he knew that these cattle were all from Honghugou, and if he couldn't sell them, he would lose a lot. The full hall is not impatient or impatient, and it is so unhappy to walk around all day.
One day, four strangers came from the outer village, and they inquired about which Mongolian cattle were driven back from Inner Mongolia, and the villagers told him the location of the old house of the Ren family, and those people were not in a hurry to see the cows, but talked with the villagers, and the content of the chatter was nothing more than how the Inner Mongolia cattle were fat and strong, how powerful, and they produced more milk and more children, and most of them were double lambs, and the hearts of those people in the same village who listened were alive.
There was a person who gave the nickname Sai Zhuge Deng Boss sneaked away, came to the full cow pen and took the initiative to pick it up, the cow was selected, the price was negotiated, and the cow rope in his hand was not taken away, as if he was waiting. At this time, the four outsiders entered the courtyard, and the full hall greeted them, exchanged polite words, and the full hall led the guests to the cattle pen, and one of them took a fancy to the cow in Sai Zhuge at a glance.
The stranger asked, "What is the price of this cow?" ”
The price that Man Tang deliberately said was 50 yuan higher than the price given to Sai Zhuge , and the man looked at it carefully and carefully, and asked the other three to tell them, and the three of them all agreed at first sight, and muttered in private that it was a good cow that they had never seen, and it was also a top grade in Mongolian cattle, and it should not be one cub in the belly, but two cubs. The four of them whispered in private, and all of them were heard by Sai Zhuge .
Sai Zhuge called Man Tang aside and said, 'Pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. "
Mantang was very embarrassed and said: "Brother Deng, just now you wanted to take it away, but now it's different, you also saw it, you didn't settle down, and now someone is paying a high price, what do you let me do?" ”
Sai Zhuge said, "I'll add another 10 yuan to you." ”
Sai Zhuge was discussing with Mantang, and the foreigner walked up to Mantang and said: "Master Ren, it's normal to bargain for business, and you can't make a final deal with any deal, you just gave out 260 yuan, and I will give you an affordable price of 230 yuan." Okay, I'll take it away, and we want another cow, and that cow and tiger will talk to you. What do you think. ”
Sai Zhuge was in a hurry, and hurriedly stuffed 230 yuan into Mantang's hand and said, "Brother Mantang, the money is given to you, and I took the cow away." ”
After saying that, he took the ox and hurried away.
A few people from the neighboring village who wanted to buy cattle had been watching, and they were also flustered when they saw Sai Zhuge being the first to lead the cattle away. Everyone rushed up, and the whole cattle pen was full of people. In less than half a day's work, none of the ten cows were left, and the four strange strangers only grabbed one.
In the evening, Ren Fushi asked Mantang: "It's been ten days since the cattle came back, and none of them have been sold, why are they all sold all at once today?" ”
Mantang just smiled and urged her to go to sleep quickly, with a beautiful expression, and did not answer.