Huiji County,

Moling County,

A small city in the south of the dry realm,

At the beginning of the day, the morning sun breaks through the clouds and sprinkles on the low city walls, giving a faint layer of gold to the mossy city bricks, and the long streets in the small city are planted with fine willows on both sides, and the tender green branches and leaves hang down at this moment to add a little color to the old wooden buildings.

The fine dew drops hang on the narrow willow leaves, and the crystal clear dew drops with the green color are very gratifying, and there is no depression and depression in the border city, but it gives people a kind of quiet and good beauty.

There are only more than 1,000 households in Moling City, and there are only more than 100 soldiers, and more than half of the people in the city are gathered in a high gate outdoors, and the door number is hung with red cloth flowers, and the inside is also a jubilant appearance.

Dozens of tables of flowing water mats spread out on the long street,

It's so bustling and not lively,

Seongnam

Outside the scholarly door,

"Ahh

"Nong is going alone, leading the tide!"

There was a slang in the dialect of the southern land crying,

The woman covered her head with a red scarf, wore a phoenix crown, and wore a xia veil,

Flower hairpin red dress, red leather with shoe,

Outside the sedan chair, a woman wearing a long skirt and a gentle temperament hid her face to see off, and the woman in the sedan chair wearing a red wedding dress secretly opened the sedan curtain to reveal a gap listening to the slang of her mother's crying, looking at the haggard look, and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

At the same time, at the end of the long street, the groom in a red robe riding a tall horse came slowly with a procession to welcome relatives, and watched from a distance to see if the gongs and drums were beating.

The gentle woman still stood outside the door and hid her face and sobbed quietly.

"My daughter is married!"

"It's a good thing, what's the point of crying?"

A middle-aged man in a robe silently patted his wife's back and quietly watched the sedan chair go away.

"This wind and sand is a little bigger. ”

For some reason, he laughed and cried, a cloudy tear dripped from the corner of his eye, and the man looked up at the sky and whispered something.

"Ancestor!"

"Fish, I want to eat wine too!"

On the second floor facing the street, a little girl in a white dress was lying on the table, holding her cheeks with one hand and looking at the lively long street, her eyes were bent into a crescent shape, and her slender white fingers stretched out, curling gently around her black hair.

"Eat wine?"

"What, my little ancestor wants to get married?"

Wang Qinian, an old Taoist priest with fairy wind bones, raised his hand and drank a sip of tea in the cup, looking at the appearance of Yu Taoyao on the side at this time, where could he not guess the girl's thoughts, and joked casually.

"Where?"

Yu Taoyao pouted.

"Then why have you been here for so long?"

"Could it be that you are waiting for your sweetheart?"

The old Taoist priest said with a smile.

"The fish is obviously a rock sugar gourd in the greedy city!"

Yu Taoyao's cheeks bulged, and by the way, he picked up the sugar gourd on the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes narrowed, it was delicious, but he ate too much these days, and it was really sweet.

"Little ancestor, we have been waiting in Moling County for almost half a month, and you said that you like to eat rock sugar gourds in the city. ”

"It's said it's sweeter than other places, but after eating it for so long, you should be tired of eating it, right?"

The old Taoist priest looked at the little ancestor in front of him with a smile, the southern expedition had ended half a month ago, and the first sons of Longhu Mountain had also returned to Shangjing, and the camp of Huiji County had been evacuated after the start of the Shangdang Campaign, and had already been withdrawn.

I originally planned to go back to Beijing and wait, but this little ancestor was not happy, and he was tired of taking it in the military camp for a long time, so he ran to live in Moling County.

"Where will you get tired, the fish will never get tired of eating crookedly in this life!"

Yu Taoyao tilted her head and said very seriously.

"Just don't get tired of eating crookedly. ”

"Wait, yesterday His Highness arrived in Zhulu County, it is estimated that at most this afternoon will arrive in our Huiji County, the ancestor I will be in Moling County, and I will accompany His Highness back to Beijing when the time comes. ”

"Little Ancestor, you stay here slowly!"

"I'll go back when I'm tired of eating crooked. ”

The old Taoist priest quipped as he looked in the direction of the south.

"No!"

"Ancestor, Yu'er wants to go back to Beijing with you!"

When Yu Taoyao heard the sound, the rock sugar gourd in his hand was not fragrant,

Said with a sad face.

"What about the rock sugar gourd?"

"Carry a roll back!"

Yu Taoyao said stiffly.

"Well, the little ancestor has the final say. ”

"By the way, don't blame the ancestor for not reminding him that he ate too much rock sugar gourd. ”

The old Taoist priest paused,

"Lost teeth. ”

"When the time comes, I will be missing my front teeth, but there will be no place to regret going. ”

Finally laughed out loud and went downstairs,

"Ancestor, where are you going?"

Yu Taoyao hurriedly spit out the final sugar gourd, and ate all the rock sugar gourds in this life in the past half a month, touched his cute lower tiger teeth, and after not loosening in the slightest, he looked at the old Taoist priest at the staircase and asked.

"Eat and drink!"

"Ancestor, wait for the fish!"

The little girl hurriedly chased after her skirt.

The red lanterns on the long street to welcome the relatives opened the way, blowing and blowing along the way, the fiery red firecrackers blew all the way, the red debris was paved with bluestone, eight sedan chairs, gongs and drums, so beautiful!

"This Wang family, eight sedan chairs, what a big battle!"

Someone muttered,

"The girl of this Qu family is also a good blessing, one Nacai, two ask for names, three Najib, four Nazheng, five invitations, six greetings, the Wen family's "six rites" have not fallen, and dozens of tables have been set up on the flowing water table, half of the people in the city, and the county lord have come, and they may have more confidence to speak in the house in the future!"

The woman with the basket looked at the scene and whispered,

The envy in the words is undisguised.

The unmarried girls on both sides of the street listened to the discussions of others, looked at the distant wedding procession and were a little distracted, and they turned red at some point.

"Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor!"

"Don't panic, wait for the fish!"

The old Taoist priest walked downstairs,

Raising his feet and stepping forward has reached the end of the long street,

Yu Taoyao chased behind,

finally arrived at the high gate in the north of the city.

"Wang Qinian, make ten thousand dollars!"

Looking at the guests in the field on tiptoe, Ruyun couldn't see the figure of the old Taoist priest clearly for a while, and just saw someone next to him handing over gift money, so he raised his head and shouted, and then smiled slyly.

"Ten thousand dollars?"

"We still have such rich and noble families in the city?"

"Wang's surname?"

"Why haven't you heard of it in the past? ”

Ten thousand dollars, the official gathering of the Qianjing is eight hundred dollars and one tael, although there are fluctuations up and down in the bright room, but it is not big, it is calculated to be twelve taels of silver and surplus, Yu Taoyao's words fell, and there were chaotic sounds in the backfield, all of which were discussed, and twelve taels of silver were enough for a small city to live a few rich lives for more than a year.

"Dare to ask, where is this guest surnamed Wang?"

The old man who registered put down the brush and got up and swept his eyes in the crowd, only twelve taels of silver is not so, after all, it is also a big family, but ordinary people have never heard of this name, but it happens to be the same surname as the main family, maybe there is something wrong with the relationship, so it is solemn.

"Old way, called Wang Qinian. ”

On the side of the banquet, an old Taoist priest wearing a pale cyan Taoist robe got up and performed a Taoist etiquette, and the crowd was also very discerning to get out of the way, only to see that the old Taoist fairy wind Dao bone is very extraordinary, just that dusty temperament is not like the characters that can come out of this small city, and I secretly thought about the big row of the main family.

"It's a gift money. ”

The old Taoist priest waved his sleeves,

A loaf of silver fell to the wooden table, and two taels of silver fell on the wooden table.

"Ancestor!"

The delicate little girl beside her patted the old Taoist priest on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Little Ancestor!"

The old Taoist priest didn't care about Yu Taoyao's movements, and replied with a laugh.

"Dare to ask where does it come from?"

"With the same surname as the main family, could it be a relative who was lost back then?"

The old man looked at the extraordinary old Taoist priest and bowed,

He asked.

"Old Taoist, an idle wandering Taoist. ”

"It's not a relative, just stay with my granddaughter to have a good time. ”

The old Taoist priest smiled.

"Those who come are guests, and the Taoist chief is invited to sit down. ”

The old man smiled when he heard this, and he didn't delve into it,

I politely arranged the seat in the precincts.

The rest of the people saw the generosity of the old Taoist priest and secretly smacked their tongues, but they did not delay the registration and gift-giving, after all, the welcoming team was about to return, and the banquet was about to start.

"Here comes the bride!"

"Here comes the bride!"

The little dolls on the street are bustling around the sedan chair,

When the woman gets off the sedan chair,

"Ancestor, look at the bride is coming!"

Outside the door, Yu Taoyao stood on tiptoe and looked at the sedan chair and said happily.

The car curtain is opened,

There is a woman wearing a red wedding dress sitting in the thin inside, wearing a phoenix crown, a red square scarf covering her face, a red juan shirt lined inside, an embroidered flower curtain on her coat, and embroidered gold shoes on her feet.

After a woman holding a bronze mirror to "search the sedan chair" and "check the filth",

A five- or six-year-old girl doll dressed in makeup walked to the sedan chair

Slightly pull the bride's sleeve with your hand three times to welcome the bride out of the sedan chair,

There is also a small copper basin prepared in advance in front of the car,

There is a carbon fire in the pot, which is a red fire, and it is also a "defilement"

After the bride stepped over,

Step on the paved red felt,

At this time, the sound of firecrackers sounded again,

Big red debris covered half the long street.

"Ancestor, is this the end?"

Yu Taoyao looked at the woman who disappeared at the courtyard gate with her little head lowered, and said with some loss.

"I still want to worship the church, and get married. ”

"How can it be such a child's play?"

The old Taoist priest smiled when he heard this, his disciple is good at everything, but he is too simple, and he doesn't understand the customs of staying in the mountain for a long time on weekdays.

"Chapel?"

"Is it the kind of book that worships heaven and earth and worships the high hall twice?"

Yu Taoyao patted her head and suddenly remembered the travelogues she had read in the past, and seemed to have talked about these things, revealing a sudden realization.

"No, no!"

"Three kneels, nine prostrations, six prostrations. ”

"It's so simple in the book. ”

The old Taoist priest got up and walked into the courtyard.

"Let's go, the old ancestor will take the little ancestor and take a look. ”

The old Taoist priest turned around and shouted.

In the hall,

The old voice of the Celebrant sounded,

"Go to the temple and see the ceremony, and get happy!"

"The Lord wishes the person who kneels in front of the incense case, and they all kneel!"

The white-bearded old man muttered loudly, without the slightest intention of stopping, and the guests on the side also waited silently without the slightest impatience.

"Incense, two incense, three incense!"

"Prostrate, prostrate, prostrate!"

"Rise, flatten, reset!"

......

"Ancestor, it's so troublesome to get married!"

Yu Taoyao yawned and looked at the chattering old man in the field, feeling very boring, not as interesting as recorded in those bizarre travelogues.

"It's the rule. ”

"Rules passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. ”

"What's the trouble?"

The old Taoist priest rubbed Yu Taoyao's little head and smiled.

"In the future, when my little ancestor marries, it is also such a rule, it is not much more cumbersome, not so much a rule, but more like a ritual, just like the ancestor before I worship my ancestors, bathing and changing clothes, burning incense for three days, this is a kind of inheritance and attention!"

The old Taoist priest followed the good path.

"The old ancestor is right!"

The fish peach and the chick pecked the rice and nodded again and again, as good as a stream.

I don't know how long it took,

"After the ceremony, quit the class, and send it to the cave room!"

As the old man shouted, the crowd instantly became lively,

Embracing the bride and groom, they walked to the inner courtyard.

Coincidentally, a strong wind blew,

The hijab is gently raised,

The fish and peach are looking forward,

I saw that the bride gave birth to a melon seed face,

Look at it, the collar is like a grub, and the teeth are like a rhinoceros,

At this moment, with a shy smile on the corner of her mouth, she lowered her head and covered her head, and a bright red wedding dress set off the woman's appearance more and more.

"Wow, bride, born so beautiful!"

Yu Taoyao screamed in surprise.

"Pretty, isn't it?"

"Hmm!"

"Then marry early, and the ancestors can still hug the doll in their lifetime. ”

The old Taoist priest quipped, speaking of which, since the last time she secretly ran to the south, she already knew that this little ancestor already had a longing for the man, and when she said it, she also had a broken mouth, and often talked about that person, which made this little ancestor worry about it in the long run.

When His Royal Highness went out to deliver pills in Huiji County, he knew that this little ancestor, a heart was messed up by the young man, but speaking of which, the old Taoist priest himself was still a little worried.

But in the end, the young man's status is too high, the future road is too far, many times I have thought that my little ancestor can promise a good family, marry a sweetheart, but that family is too rich, that sweetheart is too amazing to be gorgeous, for himself there is an inexplicable worry, after all, if you are wronged in the future, the ancestor is afraid that he will not be able to protect you even if he fights for this life.

"Old Ancestor, Old Ancestor, what are you thinking?"

"The worship hall is over, the feast is open, and the fish are hungry!"

Yu Taoyao secretly tugged at the old Taoist's cuffs and whispered.

"Nothing. ”

The old Taoist priest smiled and threw these thoughts out of his mind, people are old, and sometimes they think a little more inexplicably.

Yu Taoyao looked at the girl sitting on the bed covered with a red scarf and a phoenix crown through the heavy window paper, and couldn't help but think of a handsome face in her mind, and her cheeks were dyed with a touch of red.

"Ancestor, in fact, Yu'er really wants to get married. ”

Yu Taoyao abruptly raised her toes and leaned into the ear of the old Taoist priest and whispered, as thin as a mosquito and a fly, but the old Taoist priest still heard it clearly, and his face became solemn.

"Little Ancestor, you must remember it in the future. ”

"The big family of the high family pays a lot of money to marry a wife, marries a perfect body, eight sedan chairs carry everyone's ladies, Ming Media is marrying virtuous and virtuous people, and three books and six hires are knowledgeable and reasonable. ”

"This is especially true of the Saga Gate Valve. ”

"As for the family that day, the marriage rules are extremely cumbersome. ”

"It can be said that this is also a reason, if you want ten miles of red makeup, you have to be perfect, if you want to marry the media, you have to be virtuous and virtuous, and if you want to be hired with three books and six appointments, you will know that Shu Dali. ”

"I want the world to be ...... mother"

The old Taoist priest sighed abruptly, he has lived for a hundred and twenty years, he is a person who pays great attention to the rules, and when he thinks about it, these things set by the ancestors can be passed on now, and it makes sense to be inside, and the last sentence is a pause and I don't know where to start.

"Hmm!"

"Fish, what the ancestors said can be done!"

"The fish in the back will also work hard!"

Yu Taoyao counted the old Taoist priest with his fingers carefully, and finally waved his fist heavily, nodded very seriously, and suddenly remembered his appearance as a married man in a red wedding dress, and remembered that "Xu Persimmon" lifted his hijab and looked stunned, and his eyes were bent into a crescent moon and smiled slyly.