On the fifth day of August, both the Wang family and the He family became busy. Just hearing the sound of firecrackers in the Wang Family Courtyard, dozens of people walked out of the gate of the Wang Family Courtyard, forming a mighty procession on Zhiyang Street. The person walking at the front was holding a palace lantern, and the quick-talking matchmaker was walking in the second place with a smile. The four bearers were carrying the sedan chair and walked leisurely and rhythmically forward. The handsome Wang Changling followed closely behind. Then came a band playing gongs, drums, and suonas, followed by more than a dozen porters carrying dresses, jewelry, cosmetics, wine, pork, chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry, candies, pastries, etc. given to the woman by the man’s family.
All the residents on Zhiyang Street walked out and stood on both sides of the street to watch the excitement. Everyone cast their envious eyes on the handsome young man who was following behind the sedan chair, the famous Bashang talent Wang Changling.
Now the wedding team has arrived at the door of the He family's courtyard. According to local custom, the He family keeps the door closed. The person carrying the basket who was walking at the end of the wedding procession quickly walked to the front and lit firecrackers. The He family heard the sound of cannons and opened the door. Immediately many people walked out. After some counting, they found that the gifts they brought were basically consistent with the list of gifts sent by the He family. So the He family took the burden and carried them into the He family. The wedding team was brought to the central hall of the main courtyard by the "guest editor" of the He family to receive the reception. The sedan chair was sent to the He family ancestral hall for the night.
Furong was also very busy on this day. Several aunts and aunts were busy giving Furong makeup, combing her hair, wearing flowers, wearing new clothes and new shoes, instructing the bridesmaids on what rules they should pay attention to when they arrive at the Wang family tomorrow, and introducing some experience to the bridesmaids in dealing with various situations. . Since the bridesmaid was Furong's fifteen-year-old cousin Xing'er, she had no experience in this area and was shy, so several aunts and aunts gave repeated instructions to the bridesmaid Xing'er.
Time passed quickly amidst the hustle and bustle, and it was afternoon in the blink of an eye. The "guest editor" shouted loudly to open the banquet. The guests walked out of the rooms, corridors, aisles and corners of various places, choosing what they thought was suitable. Invite your suitable drinking companions to sit down and wait for the waiter to arrive. Since the He family is a well-known large family in Zhiyang Village, there are naturally many guests. In addition to the uncle's relatives and aunt's relatives from Luoyang, there are also relatives, friends and old friends from Taiyuan, Xiagui, Zhouzhi, Lantian and Bashang. The family and close neighbors in Shangzhiyang Village served the table to no less than three to four hundred people. At this time, the entire He family compound was really boiling.
It was getting dark, but fortunately there was moonlight on the fifth day of the lunar month. Most of the relatives and friends from the Bashang area and the neighbors in Zhiyang Village had already left the He family drunk and full, except for a few who were known as "drunkards" People were still lighting candles and persisting in the competition of drinking capacity. There were bursts of shouts mixed with shouts such as "Quan Fu Shou Gaosheng and two families are good". The drunkards were intoxicated with the battle of wits between the five fingers. Zhi Dou was called "boxing" or "guessing" throughout the Tang Dynasty without exception.
The next morning, people need to get up early because there are many things to do. The first thing is that Furong wants to "come out of the boudoir". The time of "coming out of the boudoir" has been selected by the fortune teller. Generally, it is chosen at Yin Shi and Mao Shi. a period of time.
The next step is to hold a "memorial dinner" for Furong. The so-called "memorial meal" is to set up a banquet specifically for Furong and invite Furong's close relatives and friends to accompany her. It is also called the "farewell wine". During the dinner, relatives and friends gave farewell words, and the parents told their daughter some ways to live in the world. It was just about how to be filial to your parents-in-law and how to be polite to your husband, which made Furong hold back her laughter. But what makes Furong even more happy is that those who participated in the "memorial meal" took out yellow gold and white silver and put them into Furong's pockets. Now, Furong walked in with pockets full of gold and silver. Wang's bridal chamber, and then hid the gold and silver as his own private money in a place that even Brother Changling didn't know.
After the banquet was over, Furong was called into the room to "cry for marriage". But Furong was not interested in crying to get married. Furong thought, I am so happy in my heart, why do I cry? Can tears be shed? However, my aunt and aunt both gave an example. It turned out that there was no need to shed tears. They just sang according to a certain rhythm. In fact, they sang a "crying wedding song". Furong reluctantly sang a few lines along with her aunt and aunt, and the crying wedding song was over.
The firecrackers of the Wang family went off, and Furong's two brothers were called to the door of her sister's boudoir. According to the rules, the bride cannot step on the ground from leaving the boudoir to getting into the sedan chair, and must be carried by her biological brothers. Now it was up to one of the two younger brothers to carry the older sister. The two brothers declined each other, but it was the mother who made the decision that Shui Hua should carry her sister. Although the two brothers were twins, Shui Hua fell to the ground first, so Shui Hua was the older brother and it was his brother who should carry his sister. Shui Hua had nothing to say.
As the firecrackers of the He family went off, Fu Rong had already put on "dew clothes" (clothes to prevent dew on the body) and was carried by her younger brother Shui Hua. In an instant, Fu Rong's chest was firmly attached to Shui Hua's back. , an unspeakable sister-brother love welled up in Furong's heart, and a sour taste suddenly surged in Furong's heart, because Furong understood that from now on, the two younger brothers who lived together day and night could only communicate as relatives. . But at this moment, Furong couldn't help but think too much. The bridesmaid and Kuaizui matchmaker were supporting Furong beside her, her aunt was holding an umbrella for Furong, and the matchmaker from the Wang family was leading the way with a pair of live chickens. Furong was followed closely by the officiant who was carrying the box and pole, as well as the young laborers and sedan bearers who were carrying poles and wooden poles to carry the baskets and cabinets.
Now Hibiscus has been carried by Shuihua to the sedan chair outside the gate. Since there is a carpet near the sedan, Hibiscus can stand on the carpet. Look at the sedan chair carefully.
This sedan, called the dragon and phoenix sedan, is two or three feet taller than Hibiscus, more than three feet wide, and about four feet deep. Big red hibiscus flowers were planted evenly on the top of the sedan. Hibiscus looked at the hibiscus flowers with a shy blush on her face. Eighteen dragons and eighteen phoenixes of different shapes are carved on both sides of the sedan, as well as lifelike unicorns delivering children, fairies paying birthdays and other auspicious patterns and figures. The fences, panels and columns of the sedan are also carved. It is covered with gold foil, making the whole sedan look golden and extraordinary.
Furong looked at the sedan chair and felt excited. From an innocent girl to a bride sitting in a sedan chair, this was a major change in her life. It was also a symbol of the beginning of a lifetime of glory and happiness. This was the greatest and happiest moment in a woman's life.
Furong had been helped into the sedan chair, and as the bearers shouted: "Get up the sedan chair!" the sound of firecrackers, trumpets, and gongs and drums rang out, and the crowd started on the road like a tide.
A long procession of wedding guests walked along Zhiyang Street. Wherever the sedan chair went, gongs and drums were blaring, and firecrackers were blasting. Spectators lined the streets to watch the excitement, vying to ask for wedding candies from the bride. The bride threw candies and peanuts for everyone to grab.
Now the sedan chair has arrived in front of the Wang Family Courtyard. With a salute, the sound of gongs and drums, and laughter, the groom Wang Changling personally helped the bride out of the sedan chair and stepped onto the green striped quilt spread on the ground, symbolizing the inheritance of the family line. The two strips alternated with each other. After entering the main room, the bridesmaid and the groom worship in front of the incense table. Then at the door of the bridal chamber, the bride was sent into the bridal chamber, and the children who were watching flocked in. Someone was responsible for distributing candies to the children, red dates, peanuts, and cypress seeds that symbolize the birth of a child early. While eating candies, the children threw cypress seeds in the bride's face, causing bursts of laughter.
The banquet started amidst the commotion. Yesterday's excitement in the He family was repeated in the Wang family today. The entire He family compound was boiling. The sound consisted of voices, laughter, clinking of cups and plates, and shouts. continued into the night.
The wedding ceremony is the best opportunity for young people to have fun, and all young people will never miss this opportunity. Wang Changling and Furong were fully mentally prepared. No matter what tricks everyone tried, the bride and groom could only obey. The wedding night must be a happy one for everyone.
Everyone who participated in the wedding ceremony knew that it was impossible to stump the bride and groom in terms of wits, such as guessing riddles, telling some short sentences or making up one or two funny stories. For this couple, It seems too easy for the bride and groom. However, there are many people among the people who are having a wedding party who have come up with some ways to deal with this pair of intelligent bride and groom.
The clever trick that can stump the bride and groom comes naturally. When the bride and groom have finished eating the "heart candy", a young woman takes out a string ball and asks another person to pull a piece of string from the string ball. , tie a circle of sugar on the end point of the line, and then use a pole more than ten feet long to lift the line, so that the circle of sugar hangs down from a high place to a place slightly higher than a person. At this time, let the bride and groom open their arms. Open your mouth and bite the circle candy. You must bite the candy to pass the level. This is good. In order to bite the circle candy hanging in the air, the bride and groom were teased around by the puller. The game entered an extremely passionate climax stage.
The bride and groom were already out of breath, but another program came again. Two young men carried a long wooden bar and put stools on both ends. They asked the bride and groom to support each other and walk across the wooden bar. This game is very meaningful and shows that the couple will support and care for each other in their future life. However, due to the rolling of the wooden bars, the bride and groom were thrown down several times, which made everyone burst into laughter. Of course, people would not let them fall. Then he asked the groom to pick up the bride while she was lying on her side. Wang Changling held Furong in his arms and walked tremblingly from the wooden bar several times and was thrown off. Of course, he was caught by people every time without falling to the ground. People's Their stomachs hurt from laughing, and they all hugged their stomachs and yelled "ouch"...
People finally returned to their houses exhausted, and the "drunkards" were also helped into their bedrooms. The Wang Family Courtyard finally calmed down after a day of commotion.
Wang Changling and Furong tidied up the new house a little and couldn't wait to bolt the door. What they are going to do now, readers and friends should know. Maybe readers and friends hope that I will write in more detail. I can tell readers and friends that I cannot describe in too detail the first night of a newlywed couple in their new house. Moreover, any description that is too detailed in this aspect will easily be scorned or even criticized by gentlemen, so it is up to the readers to boldly imagine this aspect. But I have to explain one thing. In the writings of novelists, there have been many stories about men and women testing each other's chastity on the wedding night. But I want to tell readers that these many stories are similar to Wang Changling and Furong. A newlywed couple has nothing to do with each other, so go to hell! What is the test of chastity? The most important thing is to satisfy the unbearable hunger and thirst!
In the early morning of the next day, Furong woke up from her hazy state. Through the light beams coming in from the window, she could clearly see that Brother Chang Ling's tall and strong body was completely exposed in front of Furong. Furong was dazed for a while, then pushed Brother Changling gently, and found that Brother Changling was still sleeping deeply, so Furong took this opportunity to take a closer look at Wang Changling's body.
