Chapter 4 Marriage

When dawn was about to break the next day, Zhang Wu came to Zhang Hui's house in full dress, and a few maids followed him, holding basins, red clothes and other things in their hands.

In a daze, Zhang Hui was woken up by Zhang Wu. By the candlelight in the house, I saw Zhang Wu's red face, and his new clothes were shining under the candlelight, full of energy.

"It's not dawn yet. Zhang Hui complained, but still took the towel from the maid's hand and began to wash.

"It was Madame's order. Zhang Wu yawned. Although I was excited, I was still a little sleepy when I woke up so early.

"Got it. Zhang Hui replied weakly and began to wash.

Out of the house, through the courtyard gate.

I saw red lanterns hanging everywhere, and the candlelight through the word double happiness on the lantern illuminated this courtyard very festively.

The subordinates were wearing new clothes and running around, even if Zhang Hui came out, no one came up to flatter.

Soon, a team of people came up and surrounded Zhang Hui on a red horse. In a daze, Zhang Hui didn't know that he had heard a few words of congratulations, so he smiled and followed the convoy to Fang's house in the south of the city.

When I got out of Zhang's mansion, I saw that the entire Zhang County was full of lanterns, which Mrs. Zhang ordered to go down overnight last night.

"Let's go!" Zhang Wu walked at the forefront.

After his shouting, the entire Zhang County seemed to be "alive" all of a sudden, and suddenly the gongs and drums were noisy, the firecrackers rang out, and a team of dozens of people to welcome relatives set off in such a majestic way.

According to etiquette, Zhang Hui should have to ride a red horse through the streets and alleys of Zhang County before he could go to Fang's house. On the one hand, it means that it takes thousands of mountains and rivers to marry a lady, and on the other hand, it tells the neighbors: Zhang and Fang's families get married.

After arriving at the woman's house, according to the custom, he was busy eating three meals first, first with a light meal, then noodles, and finally a banquet. After the meal, the leader of the greeting family, that is, Zhang Wu, kowtowed to the female parents, and then the woman's housewife set up a case in the yard to set up a companion house, commonly known as the accompanying room - clothes, shoes and socks, cosmetics, blankets and other things, for the visitors to see.

However, due to Zhang Hui's "bad ideas", the elders of the Fang family were not there at this time, so these were naturally cheap actions.

Later, Zhang Wu paid the woman the money for folding the instrument and the needle, and asked Zhang Hui to count the accompanying room, put it in a box, lock it, and bring it to Zhang's house. At the same time, the female guests in the greeting family go to the bride's room to groom the bride, commonly known as "Shangtou".

When putting the hair on the head, first put the pre-cut pick-up with cardboard paper in the center of the hair, tie the hair up with a red head rope, comb it back and forth, left and right, and cover the red hijab.

After finishing the dressing, the red cloth of the companion girl was cut into small strips of about five points, and a strip was tied to the bride's clothes, and the rest was given to the wedding personnel to wear.

On the return trip, a female dependent of the Zhang family carried the Fang family lady on the sedan chair, at this time the bride had to cry loudly, and she had to cry until she left her mother's house for a long time, crying about the parenting grace of her parents and the parting feelings of her parents.

After the wedding team started, Chunyu walked beside the sedan chair with a whip, which is called helping the sedan chair, which means protecting the safety of the bride.

When leaving the woman's house, Zhang Hui still had to hold a pair of chopsticks and throw them outside the threshold, which means that he would not take away his mother's wealth and good fortune.

Zhang Hui didn't understand all these rituals, and they were all completed one by one under the guidance of the old servant. Although there are a lot of jokes, it doesn't hurt to make jokes on such a festive day.

When the bride enters the door, there are still a bunch of rituals, and the most important thing is to worship heaven and earth.

I saw that there was an incense case above the lobby, the two masters of the Zhang family were sitting on the left and right, Mrs. Zhang was sitting next to the old man Zhang, and there was an empty chair next to the second master. The rest are ranked according to their seniority.

Heaven and earth worship is not for the bride and groom to bow at the same time, but for the bride and groom to kneel and the bridegroom to perform the sacrifice. After the ceremony, Mrs. Zhang introduced the bride into the cave room, and Zhang Hui had to stand next to the wedding room and wait for Mrs. Zhang to come out before entering.

The whole process is very cumbersome, and it usually takes a day to go through the whole etiquette, and if the two families are far apart, the etiquette will be even more cumbersome.

Due to the imminent arrival of the enemy army, Mrs. Zhang cut out some inconsequential etiquette, but when everything was almost done, it was almost noon.

Zhang Hui walked into the house and saw that all the quilts, blankets and other fabrics had been replaced with the red color of Daxi, and the cloth was embroidered with gold threads with dragons and phoenixes.

At the same time, there are a lot of utensils around, but Zhang Hui doesn't know the usefulness and meaning of these things.

In fact, Zhang Hui has been in a daze all the way, half-asleep and half-awake throughout the whole process. Everything was so dreamy, it was like a dream, and as soon as the dream came, he had such a daughter-in-law.

It seems that yesterday, he was still a child running around the street with snot, but this dream is so real.

"Lady. Zhang Hui called tentatively, his voice was doubtful, nervous, and happy.

The little lady of the Fang family trembled, obviously more nervous than Zhang Hui. Her body was very tight, her hands were tightly grasping the corners of her clothes, her head was lowered, and her breathing was very short.

Zhang Hui was also nervous, seeing that the little lady of the Fang family was so nervous, he was even more nervous, no matter where he grew up, no matter what he had experienced. He's just a person who doesn't have a weak crown, how can he not be nervous at such a time?

Outside the house, the Zhang family is putting on a flowing water banquet, no gift money, no counting the number of people, as long as it is a family in this county, they can serve wine and eat meat here, and talk happy nonsense.

At this time, part of the Zhang family's manpower had already escorted the gold to the old mansion of Jianyunguan, so the manpower was not very sufficient, and the second master also took two or three hundred soldiers to eat and drink there, and the speed of eating and drinking was much faster than the speed of serving.

Mrs. Zhang was clever enough to prepare most of the food early in the morning, and the twelve cows and thirty-six pigs had been roasted last night and placed directly on the long table. There are countless chickens, ducks, fish and fruits of all colors, and it is said that the delicacies of the mountains and seas are complete, but it is barely possible to say that the delicacies of the jade plate are still reluctant.

The fly in the ointment is that these foods are prepared in advance and have already cooled. However, the Zhang's own pure grain brewed high-quality wine is unlimited, a cup of belly, first the wine is warm and cold, and then the wine strength comes up, it is like a summer heat wave rushing up from the stomach, sweeping away the cold and warming the heart.

Due to business relations, the Zhang family has to support a lot of martial artists, some of whom have retired from the army, and some of whom have gone to the rivers and lakes. They are now drunk with the cavalry under the second master's seat, and they seem to be slightly drunk, and several of them have taken off their shirts and said that they are competing in martial arts, and those soldiers do not dare to make too "presumptuous" actions because of the presence of the second master.

Zhang Hui became more and more embarrassed when he heard the frolicking outside, and he didn't know what to say, the little lady of the Fang family was also reserved, so she and Zhang Hui were spending time there.

After thinking about it, I felt that I was a man, and I should break this embarrassment. I happened to see a piano at the head of the bed, so I sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the piano and said, "Lady, let me sing for you." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the bride to respond, she sang in a female voice:

"You want to learn from the virtuous and healthy, break the demons and evils, and level the world; I will wait for the king's name to spread to the Quartet, return to my hometown, and get drunk for a ......" The voice is smooth and perfect, and I want to come to this voice, and I can get a full house when I get it to Jincheng.

As soon as this voice came out, the people who heard it outside were stunned at first, stopped their movements and looked in the direction of the new house, and the next moment, they burst into laughter!

This is the lyrics sung on the stage, and it is a parting song, how can it be sung at this time?

"This stinky boy, I won't beat him to death. "Master Zhang is so angry!

"Big brother, forget it. The second master handed over a glass of wine.

Not only did the guests laugh, but the bride in the new room couldn't hold back her laughter either, but she probably felt out of shape, and after laughing, she closed her mouth again.

However, there was much less embarrassment in that room.

The bride took a deep breath and asked in a low voice, "Will you beg for a phoenix?"

"Phoenix, what's wrong?"

"Then let's play a song together. The voice of the little lady of the Fang family became smaller and smaller, and finally it was as light as a mosquito. She touched her hand beside her, and finally touched a handful at the end of the bed.

In this new bed, the piano is placed at the head of the bed and the end of the bed, and the two of them pluck it twice at will, which is called the piano and the song, which is a metaphor for the reconciliation of the couple. But I didn't expect Zhang Hui to be completely unaware of it, and he used this piano to sing lyrics.

Before Zhang Hui could figure it out, the little lady of the Fang family had already begun to fiddle with her.

Between the ups and downs of the hand, it is quiet and quiet, and it is as clear as the moon. Stroke a handful of urgency, sigh the mountains and flowing water, clear like a pair of ink, quiet but elegant; shake a soothing, drop a melancholy, or bright, or scattered, or hyper, or lingering.

Seeing that she began to play, Zhang Hui also began to fiddle, but compared with her, it was much worse.

Zhang Hui had a joke over there, and Zhang Wu didn't care.

He was taking Chunyu to walk around Zhang's mansion, going in and out of various courtyards and pavilions, Zhang Wu didn't pay much attention to it, and he took Chunyu's hand and shuttled in the public with a big grin.

According to etiquette, Chunyu should become the dowry girl of the Fang family, but Zhang Wu has a big face, and he fell in love with her at the beginning, and Mrs. Zhang became the master, so the Fang family didn't say anything.

Pulling Chunyu to eat all kinds of melons and fruits by the stove, Chunyu is also very grinning, without twisting posture.

While eating and laughing with the cooks, Zhang Wu's expression suddenly changed, and he quieted down, as if he was listening to something.

Sensing Zhang Wu's strange appearance, everyone in the kitchen slowly lowered their tones, stopped the movements in their hands, and looked at Zhang Wu. After a while, a cook carefully asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Wu made a booing motion, he closed his eyes with a serious expression.

Everyone held their breath when they saw this, for fear that it would affect Zhang Wu.

I saw that Zhang Wu frowned, put the rice in his hand on the stove, and then put his ear on the ground.