After bidding farewell to their families, Rulan and Minglan each boarded their own eight-carriage sedan.
Riding in a sedan chair may not be a pleasant experience, especially in a ceremony as demanding as a wedding.
First of all, after the bride is seated in the sedan chair, she can no longer move her hips, which means that the marriage will be "safe and stable".
Then, there were two women with full blessings, each holding a bronze foot stove burning charcoal fire and spices, and placed it under the bride's seat.
Fortunately, it is late spring now. If we do this in the dog days of summer, we will have to cover up Ru Lan and Minglan's buttocks with prickly heat.
Then firecrackers are lit, and tea leaves, glutinous rice and other objects are scattered on the top of the sedan to drive away evil spirits and dispel darkness. After this ceremony, the sedan can be officially lifted off.
The sound of crackling firecrackers was heard endlessly. Wei Chen rode a jade lion in front, and two eight-carriage sedans followed. The group of people played and played out of Sheng's house, onto the street, and headed towards Wei's house.
Women on the street covered their children's ears, while men scrambled to get the money distributed by the wedding team along the street, saluting and congratulating the groom with a smile on their face.
The groom's official, Wei Chen, was riding on a tall horse, looking high-spirited from head to toe, and kept clasping fists in return to the common people along the way.
Along the way that the Wei family's wedding team walked, there was a festive and joyful atmosphere everywhere.
Rulan and Minglan were sitting in the sedan chair, with the deafening sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers ringing in their ears, and the streets were full of people laughing and talking.
The large sedan chair carried by eight people has a very spacious interior. The interior of the sedan chair is decorated with pearls and jade, painted with gold and painted with colors, making it very exquisite and gorgeous.
The sedan chair moved quite smoothly without any shaking, but Rulan and Minglan's moods were ups and downs with no definite result.
Just a moment ago, he was crying because of separation from his relatives, but in the blink of an eye, he suddenly burst into tears and smiled, wiping his tears, showing a happy and shy expression.
After being happy for a while, he seemed to remember something sad, and he frowned and sobbed softly.
This was repeated over and over again, and I don’t know how long I sat in the sedan chair. I heard someone shouting from a distance: "The bride is here, the bride is here!"
Only then did Rulan and Minglan break free from the complex and tangled psychological activities along the way.
No matter how happy and anxious I felt in my heart, I finally left my parents' home and arrived at my husband's home.
Once you enter the Wei family, you will be a member of the Wei family from now on, and there will be no way out.
The time when the sedan chair entered the gate of the guard house was very precise, it happened to be the time when the sun was setting and the sky was filled with red clouds.
The central gate of Wei's house was opened wide, music was played and cannons were played to welcome the sedan chair.
The two sedan chairs fell steadily, and the surrounding music stopped abruptly. Only the salute officer could be heard singing loudly: "The drum music is loud and loud in Bianzhou. Today, the Weaver Girl is paired with a petunia. My relatives come to pick up the treasure. I will add makeup and food to stay in the past!" "
Then I saw Wei Ruyi coming out with a bowl of rice. She walked to the first sedan chair, opened the sedan curtain, and said with a smile: "Bride, please accept the meal."
The bride must go through this process when entering the house, which means that she eats from her husband's family and becomes her husband's family.
Ru Lan removed the round fan that covered her face and looked at the ordinary bowl of glutinous rice in front of her.
I heard that when many brides arrive at their husband's house, their mother-in-law feeds them cold rice for the first time in order to show off their daughter-in-law.
Although Wei Ruyi is not much of a mother-in-law, she is still regarded as a relative by Wei Chen, and Wei Ruyi is also Minglan's aunt...
Recalling what her mother said to her before she got married, Ru Lan couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but she still took a mouthful of rice and put it into her mouth resolutely.
However, to Rulan's expectation, the rice was very soft and warm in the mouth, as it had just been steamed.
Rulan raised her head in surprise, facing Shangwei Ruyi's warm and kind smile, she couldn't help but feel ashamed, and at the same time she felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart.
It seems that Minglan's aunts are also excellent people like Minglan. What my mother said when she asked me to guard against them is really judging a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart.
Rulan immediately put Wang Ruofu's advice behind her, and her affection for Wei Ruyi greatly increased. She bowed her head respectfully and said, "Thank you very much, aunt."
Wei Ruyi smiled and nodded to Rulan, then walked to the other sedan, opened the sedan curtain and said, "Bride, please open your mouth to receive the meal."
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Minglan in the sedan removed her fan, looked at her aunt and aunt with a smile, and then like Ru Lan, took a bite of rice and ate it.
At this time, the salute officer sang loudly: "Please get off the bride's sedan chair!"
As soon as the voice fell, the drums and drums played loudly, and the female servant in the guard house picked up the flower bucket containing grains, beans, money, and colorful fruits, and threw them towards the door.
This is to suppress the "three evil spirits" of green sheep, black-bone chicken and green ox. The three evil spirits are at the door, and newcomers cannot enter, otherwise they will harm the elders and lead to childlessness.
Only after the grain and beans have been sown and the three evil spirits have avoided themselves, can the newcomers enter.
Amidst the bursts of firecrackers, the two brides covered their faces with round fans. The little magpie held Rulan's hand, and the little peach held Minglan's hand, and each got off the sedan chair.
From the sedan chair to the house, there are bright red felt mats, and there is a person walking backwards in front holding a bronze mirror.
Rulan and Minglan walked on felt mats to the gate of Wei's house, first stepped on the scale and then on the saddle.
The praising officer said from the side: "The scale is flat, the saddle is safe, the scale and the saddle are in harmony, everything is safe!"
Wei Chen waited behind the saddle, clad in red and green, holding a wooden tube made of locust wood and holding a concentric knot made of colorful threads.
Little Magpie and Xiao Tao handed the two ends of the concentric knot to Rulan and Minglan respectively, and then quietly stepped aside.
Wei Chen led the two brides into the courtyard gate. The couple first went to the altar table in the courtyard to worship heaven and earth, then went into the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and then came to the central hall.
In the hall, Wei Xicun, the elder of the Wei family, sat at the head on behalf of the Wei family elders. Zhuang Jun, Zhang Ming, and Wei Ruyi sat on the left and right respectively.
In addition to these four people, Han Zhang, the bachelor of Longtuge, Lu Zongdai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Tingxi, the Hanlin scholar and Zhanshifu Zhanshifu, Wang Wenqing, the minister of Dali Temple, Qi Guogong, Ying Gong, Ningyuanhou, Zhongqin Bo...
Almost all the ministers and lords were present, and those who were not present also sent congratulatory gifts, which showed that the wedding was of high standard.
After lighting candles, burning incense, blowing firecrackers and playing music, the salute officer sang: "The smoke is misty, the candles are brilliant, the bride and groom are in the flower hall together!"
Wei Chen and Rulan Minglan took their seats in response and worshiped in the high hall with the chanting officer. Wei Xicun smiled and stuffed a gold bracelet for Rulan, then turned around and stuffed another gold chain for Minglan.
These two items were heirlooms of Wei Chen's family. They were forced to sell them for pawns when they were in embarrassment in the past. Zhang Ming and Wei Ruyi spent a lot of time in Youyang to find the items again.
After paying homage to the high hall, the couple paid homage to their aunt, uncle and teacher Zhuang Jun in turn.
The celebrant chanted loudly: "The newlyweds move across the high hall, the goddess and the fairy man enter the bridal chamber. Lots of flowers and bonuses will be rewarded, and the tents in the five directions are filled with yin and yang. The bride and groom are sent into the bridal chamber!"
