The sun gradually rose, and the wedding team finally returned.
The groom, dressed in a red wedding dress, sat on a tall horse, followed by Shen Zheng and Zhao Sanniu, and behind them was a sedan chair, beating gongs and drums all the way.
The mother-in-law who came with Situ's family spread wedding candies beside the sedan chair. All the half-year-old children in the alley came out, and the whole street became lively.
When they arrived at the gate of Cheng's house, the sedan chair dropped down, and the groom kicked the door and led the bride out. The two of them took the big red flowers, stepped over the brazier, and walked slowly towards the yard.
The officiant was Quanfu, a woman invited by Situ's family. Under the auspices of Quanfu, the ceremony ended and they were sent to the bridal chamber, and the wedding banquet officially began.
At Cheng Wanwan's table, apart from her and Mrs. Lin, as well as Mrs. Cheng and Sister-in-law Cheng, there were also some old ladies in the alley. Mrs. Lin had no airs, and those old ladies were flattering, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was very warm.
When they were almost done eating, Mrs. Lin asked to see the bride.
After the bride enters the house at noon, she sits in the new house. During this time, people will go to the new house to see the bride. This is a custom in many places.
Cheng Wanwan also wanted to see her niece-in-law, so she got up together.
At this time, Cheng Zhao walked around the screen. Although he was a man, he was also the groom's official. It was not rude to come to the ladies' table to toast.
"Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend the wedding banquet. I would like to toast you all." Cheng Zhao drank the glass of wine in his hand and looked at Mrs. Lin and said, "I wonder if the food is to Mrs. Lin's taste?"
Mrs. Lin smiled and said: "I heard from your grandma that the chef was hired from Shilixiang Restaurant. Shilixiang's chef is very famous in the capital. How can it not suit the taste?"
Cheng Zhao said a few words to Mrs. Lin, then turned to Cheng Wanwan and said, "Second aunt, can you come over and say a few words?"
Cheng Wanwan was already full. She put down her chopsticks and stood up. She followed Cheng Zhao to a pavilion on the east side of the yard. As soon as she passed by, she saw Mr. Zhang with a gray beard sitting here waiting, obviously waiting for her.
"Second aunt, Mr. Zhang came to the wedding just to meet the second aunt." Cheng Zhao said, "Last time at the Wanshou Festival, Mr. Zhang was shocked by the foreign characters embroidered by the second aunt on the birthday gift. It turns out that I didn’t have a chance to meet my second aunt. Now that my second aunt has come to the capital, Mr. Zhang will naturally come to visit me. If my second aunt finds it inconvenient, I will refuse.”
Cheng Wanwan was a little curious. She copied those words from Mr. Zhang's book. Why did she shock Mr. Zhang?
She was not one to leave any questions to herself, so she walked towards the pavilion.
There are servants coming and going here all the time, and it's not a private meeting. Besides, when a woman in her thirties and an old man in his sixties meet alone, most people won't think much about it.
"I've met Mr. Zhang."
Cheng Wanwan stood at the foot of the steps and bowed.
"People from Sui'an!" Mr. Zhang jumped up and came over, "I have always wanted to meet people from Sui'an since the Wanshou Festival last year. Unfortunately, people from Sui'an are far away in a village in Huzhou. I am old and can't walk this far. , I have always had regrets. Now that I finally see it, I hope Sui'an will clear up the old man's doubts."
Cheng Wanwan sat down in the pavilion: "Disambiguation? Where did you start talking about this?"
Mr. Zhang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. There were a few lines written on the paper, which were exactly the words Cheng Wanwan had someone embroider on the quilt.
Cheng Wanwan has read some foreign books. In fact, the territory of Dayu Kingdom has some similarities with the dynasties in her original history. For example, there are some ethnic minority people in the south, north and west who have established their own countries and pay tribute to Dayu Dynasty every year. Some countries, such as Thurso, which is similar to Persia, Lachi, which is similar to Japan, Assab, which is similar to the West, and Banni, which is similar to Arabia... This is why she understands the languages of these countries.
It's just that the specific locations of these countries are slightly different from what she originally knew...
"Thorso Kingdom and Dayu Dynasty have the most exchanges, and there have always been trades in silk and porcelain. I basically understand the characters of their countries. The characters of Laji Kingdom are similar to those of Dayu Dynasty, and I understand a little bit. I won't talk about these two countries. ." Mr. Zhang said quickly, "Asab is far away from Dayu Dynasty, and there are relatively few correspondences. I don't know much, so I want to ask, how did the Sui'an people translate this sentence? Also The last line... I also went back and flipped through the book and found out that it was written in the Banni language. I dare to ask the Sui'an people, how did they know to write birthday words in the Banni language?"
Cheng Wanwan looked innocent: "Mr. Zhang, aren't these words from the "Official Chronicles" that you ordered to be published? I wrote them according to them."
Mr. Zhang immediately took out a book, because in the entire Dayu Dynasty, this was the only book with Banni characters on it. He copied it from the letter brought by the Banni envoy, but he did not Mark the translation next to the text. How do people in Sui'an know that this means birthday wishes?
Cheng Wanwan took the book and turned to a page in the middle: "Here is an article introducing the humanistic customs of Assab. Here are some words, sun, moon, mountains, collapse, etc... I just connected these words together, The words "longevity" are strung together, like the rising of the sun, the perseverance of the moon, and the longevity of Nanshan Mountain. As for the country of Banni..."
She couldn't explain it. She saw a long list of Arabic words in the book, and thought that the Dayu Dynasty and the Banni country had close contacts, so she wrote it directly. However, she never expected that the Banni language only existed On top of this book, and there is no translation yet, I would not have written it if I had known...
"Let's not talk about Benny country for now. There is only one exchange of letters every three to five years, which is not worth mentioning." Mr. Zhang's face was full of excitement, "Let's talk about Asab, I know these words, but stringing these words together How do the people of Sui'an know these words?"
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Asab's writing is in English. It can be said that every Chinese has been abused by English. She has studied English for more than 20 years, and later became the top leader of the company. The more foreign customers she came into contact with, the more English she felt. importance, she has taken many English training classes in private, and her English level is considered to be very good.
When she saw words such as moon and sun in the book, the prepositions and conjunctions in the middle would automatically pop up in her mind... She never thought that Daewoo Chao had only studied the nouns, adjectives and other easy-to-understand words of the Assab country, and had not yet touched upon it. When it comes to prepositions, conjunctions, transition words, and no tenses... And this longevity sentence has four conjunctions, two transition words, and the future continuous tense...
Being stared at by Master Zhang's shining eyes, Cheng Wanwan forced herself to explain: "I went to other places before and accidentally met a businessman from Assab. I chatted a few more words out of curiosity, so I have some knowledge of Assab's language. I have a little understanding...these string words are often used in their spoken language, so I wrote them down out of habit, Mr. Zhang, did I write them correctly?"
Master Zhang immediately took out a large pile of letters from his sleeve.
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
How many things were packed in these sleeves? It felt like she couldn't finish them all, and her scalp suddenly became numb.
