Chapter 31 Tea Ceremony 2
When Zhou Banxia took advantage of Gu Shilang's tea ceremony to quietly look at the situation in this hall, a considerable number of people looked at her.
Except for Gu Erzhu and Liu's husband and wife, because Zhou Banxia returned to the village for a short time, and because he rarely went out to get married, he rarely had the opportunity to see her in person.
Even if they saw each other last night, they didn't feel amazing today, only to see a little powder, light lips, and a more beautiful appearance.
Although he also has the shyness of a bride on his face, his expression is calm and generous. Standing with the radiant Rokuro, the two are a good match!
After Gu Shilang finished the tea ceremony, Zhou Banxia followed Gu Wenxuan in front of Old Man Gu and Old Lady Gu, the left and female left and right knelt down in Tuanpu, took the teacup that had already prepared warm tea with both hands, and respectfully raised it above his head and handed it to Old Man Gu, "Grandfather, please use tea." ”
Old Man Gu took the teacup, looked at the grandchildren and daughters-in-law kneeling in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip, and then handed the red envelope that had been prepared in his hand to Zhou Banxia.
Zhou Banxia thanked him, took the red envelope and put it on the tray aside, and then took the tray, and on the tray were the clothes, shoes and socks sewn for Old Man Gu.
Respect the old man Gu, the second cup of tea is naturally to respect the old lady Gu. She was still the most polite, respectfully raising her glass above her head with both hands.
"Grandmother, please have tea."
Mrs. Gu took the teacup and said, okay. also took a sip, and after putting down the teacup, it was also a red envelope handed to Zhou Banxia.
And Zhou Banxia also honored her with a complete set of clothes, shoes and socks, and gave tea to the second elder, followed by her parents, and the two fell back to the same place.
Before they could kneel down in front of Gu Erzhu and Liu, Gu Erzhu was already laughing happily, covering up the laughter of the room.
The laughter was loud, and the old man Gu glanced at him with a smile, and Mrs. Gu just wanted to stand up and pinch him, which made the hall quiet for a moment.
"Dad, please use tea."
"Good!" Gu Erzhu took the teacup, took a quick sip, handed Zhou Banxia a red envelope and said with a smile, "Sanya, Liulang dares to bully you, tell your father."
In this way, on the day your sister-in-law served tea, my father also said, after drinking this cup of tea, my son dares to move a finger of my daughter-in-law, and your mother and I will definitely support you. ”
"Thank you, Dad." This time, Zhou Banxia was also absolutely sincere and offered a set of clothes, shoes and socks to honor Gu Erzhu with both hands, "I'll wait for your father and mother to support me." ”
Looking for a backer is fast, Gu Wenxuan glanced at her funny.
"Mother, please use tea."
"Okay." Liu Shi also took the teacup and took a quick sip before handing over a red envelope, "Hurry up." As she spoke, she gave her old son a look.
Gu Wenxuan nodded knowingly and helped Zhou Banxia.
Fortunately, there is no need to bow to other people's tea in the future, just bow and give tea, and then give gifts to each other, otherwise don't talk about his mother, he is also distressed.
According to the gourd painting scoop according to Gu Shilang's tea etiquette before the two mouthfuls, Zhou Banxia, accompanied by Gu Wenxuan, bowed to the elders in the third room in order to serve tea.
As for gifts, like Gu Shilang's daughter-in-law, although the family has not been separated, the uncles, aunts and uncles in the next room do not have any complete sets of clothes, shoes and socks.
After giving tea to the elders, it was time to greet the elders. Gu Wenxuan is ranked sixth, with a brother and sister-in-law, and an unmarried brother and sister.
Including Gu Wulang, first gave these brothers and sisters-in-law salutes and greeted them, and then Gu Qilang and Gu Daniu also brought their younger brothers and sisters to greet their brothers and sisters-in-law.
Zhou Banxia also studied Shiro's family. There are several langs in the Gu family, no matter how big or small, they are all a piece of cloth. It's just that the other party can weave, and she buys cotton fabric.
At this moment, she couldn't help but think of her father's wrinkled face and shouted that it was a loss, a loss, a loss, a miserable loss, and still did not change his mind and asked her mother to quickly cut the cloth.
The remaining sister-in-law and sister-in-law are also like Shiro's family, and the sister-in-law also has a piece of cloth each; The youngest, including nephews and nieces, each have a purse.
Of course, as the only sister-in-law and eldest nephew, the gifts prepared for Gu Baoya and Xiao Changsuo were naturally completely different from others.
It shocked Xiao Baoya.
She looked.
The purse given by the second sister-in-law, Tianbao's purse is copper coins, and hers is two silver bills that look like small fish. There are a lot of people, and it's hard to look closely.
When you have used the morning food, it is time to go to the Gu family ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, which is the so-called 'temple ceremony', and the new daughter-in-law will kneel down to worship the ancestors and go to the family tree.
When I first heard that there was a 'temple ceremony' on this day, Zhou Banxia was surprised, this custom was different from the one in history.
The Gu family ancestral hall is the same as the Zhou family ancestral hall, the tributaries of the river pass through half of the village, the surname Zhou in Hexi, the surname Gu in Hedong, the two surnames live together, and the ancestral hall is in the center respectively.
Today, except for Zhou Banxia and Gu Shilang's wife Fang Wan, who are the bride, they can enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and all the women in the clan can only wait outside.
Zhou Banxia followed Gu Wenxuan, followed by Old Man Gu, Gu Yangwen and Gu Yangwu (Gu Erzhu), Gu Dalang and Gu Erlang, and Gu Shilang.
As soon as he entered the gate of the ancestral hall, the Gu family patriarch and the elders of the clan were already there, and several uncles and uncles who came to help early in the morning took over the offerings they brought.
In the hall dedicated to the ancestors' tablets, they knelt down with Old Man Gu to worship their ancestors, and a set of procedures were recorded in the family tree, and she became Gu Wenxuan's wife, Gu Zhou.
Today it is the turn of the third room to do housework, the third room has not married a daughter-in-law, but there are two daughters, and the lunch is prepared by their mother, and they are very busy.
Zhou Banxia thought to himself that he had just held a banquet yesterday, and there must be a lot of leftovers in the cold weather. In addition, there are fewer men coming back at noon, and if you heat up some steamed buns, the work will be easier and happier.
It was only three days later, when she ate some dregs for the first time, that she realized that this was not the case at all, and multigrain steamed buns were already ranked among the fine grains in the Gu family.
At this time, I thought that it was not a rich family that paid attention to self-cultivation, three meals a day, and had a snack supper. In addition to the busy farming time, the peasant family also has two meals a day.
"Morning food" is used in Chenshi, and "晡时" is used in Shenshi. The Gu family's lunch is already good, which shows that the old lady's housekeeper is not limited to form and does not serve her heart.
This lunch is also different from breakfast. The female dependents of the family, except for Mrs. Gu, still ate in the hall, and as Gu Wenxuan said, they returned to the stove room.
The stove room is huge.
Perhaps because of the large number of people in the family, in addition to the stove, chopping board, cupboard and two water tanks occupy a part of the space, the place where the large table is placed is also spacious.
The cleaning is very clean, even the large urns and small urns, altars and jars placed in the corners of the wall are rarely dusty and well placed.
It's just that the weather is good now, and when it comes to three or nine days, the space is large, and it depends on the stove and brazier for heating, but I'm afraid it won't play much role, and it is not uncommon for the water tank to freeze.
After lunch, Zhou Banxia didn't have the heart to think about it. "I want you and my sister-in-law to take me for a walk, but I don't know if my sister-in-law has gone to the door."