Chapter 17: The Guest

Master Yang said: "I thought at home, this happy event of the Zhou family is either Big Brother Jiang or Uncle Wang as the manager, and Brother Jiang is in charge, and the arrangements are thoughtful and meticulous, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Brother Jiang said: "Uncle Wednesday believes in my nephew and asks me to do things, I will do my best, and if I am not thoughtful, please ask Master Yang for more advice." ”

Master Yang said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

He also said, "You are in charge, and everyone in the upper and lower villages admires you, and you have arranged it thoughtfully and appropriately." ”

Brother Jiang said: "To help others is to do your best, and sometimes there are places that offend people. ”

Master Yang said: "If you are not afraid of offending people, you are afraid of not helping people." In the world, where can you not offend a little person, your teeth and mouth skin are so good, and sometimes you will bite the skin of your mouth. ”

Brother Jiang said: "Master Yang said it well, and he is right. ”

Then, Master Yang said: "Uncle Wednesday, you can tell me first, how many tables of dishes do you plan to make, and how many plates are there in total?" ”

Zhou Qixue said: "I plan to set up thirty tables, and each table is still the old recipe of our Gelao people: eight big bowls, eight big plates, Uncle Yang, you know it!" ”

Master Yang said, "Okay! Let's do the math first, eight bowls; A bowl of stewed red and white radish with meat, a bowl of buckle meat, a bowl of millet fresh, a bowl of glutinous rice, a bowl of vermicelli pork slices and bean sprout soup, a bowl of braised pork, a bowl of tofu fruit, and a bowl of stewed chicken. Eight large plates of appetizers: a plate of peanuts, a plate of ears, a plate of lean meat, a plate of fried carrot shreds with lean meat, a plate of dried tofu, a plate of vermicelli, a plate of potato chips, and a plate of fried mountain mushrooms with lean meat. ”

Brother Jiang said: "These sixteen dishes are enough for wine and rice. ”

The third uncle said: "Please Master Yang to make a big bowl and a big inventory, the pig killed is two hundred and seventy or eighty catties, you can use it." ”

Master Yang said: "Please rest assured, Uncle Yang will make it to your satisfaction, and the three relatives and six relatives are satisfied." There are also a few more tables to prepare. Please call a few people to help in the kitchen, don't be in a hurry when the time comes! ”

Brother Jiang ordered four young men to help cook.

One kills chickens, one washes meat, one scrapes, and one does miscellaneous.

Master Yang took two apprentices and four helping brothers to be busy for a long time, and when dinner was about to be eaten, four people from the Guo family came to give the bride price.

Two carry a hea.

The two people in front of them carried "climbing wine", two large pots, each pot held twenty catties of wine, and red paper was tied under the spout.

The two of them carried thirty catties of pork, and the pork was also tied with red paper.

When the four of them reached the door, one of the brothers who helped saw it and shouted, "The guest who gave the gift is here!" The gift-giver is here! ”

Brother Jiang heard the shouting and hurriedly said, "Pick up the guest!" ”

The four helping brothers scrambled to take the four bride price givers and carried them to the shrine in the hall.

Brother Jiang said to the four guests, "Please take a seat!" Have a seat! ”

Four guests sit on either side of the hall.

The third uncle lit the candle, brought the food, poured the wine, and finished offering to the shrine of the Zhou sect.

Zhou Qixue, Master Yang and Brother Jiang accompanied the four guests to dinner at the same table, and the three tables helped the brothers to eat, and some of them made fists.

After drinking enough wine, eating enough, and finishing the fist, Brother Jiang said: "Everyone, everyone is tired for a day, except for Wang Ximing and Zhou Xingfa's vigil, everyone goes home to sleep well, come early tomorrow morning, and do your own work according to the arrangement." ”

More than 20 helping brothers said in unison: "Good! ”

The two brothers who helped the brothers drank too much wine and walked crookedly, and Brother Jiang asked the two young men to help them go home.

On the day of the main wine, relatives and friends of the Zhou family came to Zhou's house one after another to eat wine.

The third aunt is here, the aunt is here, the eldest aunt, the eldest aunt, the second aunt, the second uncle, the third uncle, the fourth aunt, the fourth uncle, the second uncle, the third aunt, the fourth aunt, the fourth aunt, the aunt is here, the eldest aunt is here, the eldest aunt is here, the second aunt is the second aunt, the second aunt is the third aunt, the third aunt is here, the fourth aunt is here, the fourth aunt is here, the fourth aunt is here.

In the afternoon, the Guo family came to pick up the relatives, Mr. Al Li walked in front with a smile, a young man holding a big red rooster, a little boy carrying a small chicken coop containing a pair of chickens, two people carrying a he, there is rouge gouache on the he, three catties and six taels of "Liniang meat", one catty and six taels of combing meat, two sets of dresses, an oil-paper umbrella, two pairs of large and small candles, two firecrackers, and two pots of "climbing wine".

Two young women walked in the middle, and five women who were about to carry the wedding year walked behind.

Brother Jiang was already waiting at the door, and when he saw Mr. Al Li and his party, he shouted: "Pick up the guests!" ”

The four young men who had been prepared for a long time, one changed to hug the big red rooster, the other changed to carry the chicken coop, and two took the grass and put it in the hall.

Brother Jiang said to Mr. Chargeli: "Please sit in the ear room, and then set up the table." ”

At the beginning of the ceremony, the two brothers set up a large table in front of the shrine.

Mr. Abri went to the table, lit incense on the shrine, lit a large candle, and lit a small candle.

Brother Jiang shouted: "Fire!" ”

A helping brother lit the firecracker with a bright tree, and the firecracker "crackled" for more than a minute, and the three relatives and six relatives who came to eat and drink, the fathers and villagers on the village, adults and children all stood at the door to watch the excitement.

After the firecrackers went off, Brother Jiang said: "This is not a big firecracker, auspicious!" Lucky! ”

There were a few children who went around looking for firecrackers that didn't explode.

Mr. Al Li faced the shrine and said, "The Zhou family of the woman's family, the ancestors of the three generations are headed. ”

After reading, kneel down and kowtow three heads, "Please accept the head of the bride, please accept the head of the three relatives and six relatives, please accept the head of the uncle and aunt, please accept the head of the aunt and aunt." ”

Finish standing at the table.

The third uncle walked to the table, counted the gifts, and called two helpers to put the little brother in the room.

Began to set up tables, four tables in the hall, four tables in the courtyard at the door, eight tables in a round, and eight people sat at each table.

One helped the brother to eat in the hall wearing Gelao clothes and holding Donnie Yen, and the other helped the brother to add food in the courtyard in Gelao clothes.

One helped the brother to carry the plate to the hall, and the other helped the brother to take it down.

One carried the plate to the courtyard, and the other helped the brother to get off the plate.

First go up and down eight large plates of snacks, then eight large bowls of food.

There are people drinking at the table, and there are people punching at the table.

The two guests at the first table on the left sitting in the hall made a loud fist, and the one on the left rowed: "Liuliushun." ”

The one on the right is marked "Three Peach Gardens." ”

The one on the left is marked with the words "Quantang Spring." ”

The one on the right is marked "Five sons Dengke." ”

The one on the left is marked "Nine long-term." ”

The one on the left is marked "Four seasons red." ”

After a while, the one on the right lost ten punches in a row, and the one on the left said, "Change your luck, I'll row with Brother Zhang." ”

The one on the right said, "Good! I eat. ”

For a while, the sound of fists, rice, and dishes in the hall and in the courtyard rose one after another, so it was not lively.

Before the second round of guests had finished eating, the sky was getting dark.

Brother Jiang shouted: "Put on the candle."

Help the brothers to put two large bowls of white tofu on each large table, and put a large candle on each of the two bowls of white tofu, and also light large candles in the room, kitchen, and ear room, and the two large candles on the shrine burn white ashes and make a "chirping" sound, and eighteen large candles illuminate the inside and outside of the house as if it were daytime.