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Chapter 281 Mr. Li and Master Zhike
Chapter 280 Mr. Li and Master Zhike

Shaoping's mother said: "It's not easy to be a bamboo craftsman, and finally I have a good daughter-in-law."

Dali's mother said with a smile: "I have watched the bamboo craftsman grow up for more than 30 years, but I didn't realize that he is still a character, and he is still a good girl and a poisonous eye."

Grandma also laughed and said: "It's really a good marriage. Liangzi and his family are also bamboo craftsmen, so it's really a good family."

Dali's mother covered her mouth and said with a smile: "It's just that the new girl is a bit far to go home, and she has to take a boat, a car, or a plane!"

A few old ladies kept talking about their family's quarrels, so Li Junge went to see the arrangement of the bride-seeking team.

Came to the reception team to take a look: "Hey! Uncle Achong, Tongwa! Why are you also mixed in the team?"

A Tong laughed and said: "Your Lijiagou can be compared to us, there is no one who can play suona, hahaha, let us be suona players!"

Li Junge thought about it for a second, and it really was true, playing musical instruments, the people in the Miao village are more than a few blocks away from the people down the mountain.

He crossed his hands and was about to thank Uncle A Chong, Wan Dali pulled him over and said, "Pi Wa, don't run away! Your strength is wasted if you don't become a bearer! Tomorrow morning you will take the lead!"

Li Junge laughed loudly: "My nephew carried my aunt through the door, I didn't say that! Tomorrow I will carry the betrothal gift!"

Liu Sangao's oil kitchen team was the busiest. There were three or four big pots for all the soup, and four or five stoves for steaming vegetables.A group of people in the team were busy spinning around like a spinning top.

Everyone was in high spirits, without rest, and without caring for the children, the children in the village were all let go, where there was excitement, there was room for them to adjust the atmosphere, it was a lively scene.

According to their seniority, they have to call Uncle Bamboo Carpenter Grandpa, and the good son should be called Grandma. Grandpa married Grandma, and the children couldn't help laughing when they mentioned it. This is the first time in Lijiagou!
The nursery rhymes come one at a time, just to tease Uncle Bamboo Carpenter.

"Tintin the cat, Hai Pazi, the mother-in-law brought a child!
The father-in-law is so happy, and the mother-in-law stays to drink ducks!
Ducks go down to the fields to play haha, roosters go down to the soil to peck loquats!
The loquat leaves are emerald green, just like a good son!
Liangzi was born white, marry Huang Jiake!
200 taels of silver, parents are reluctant!
The sedan chair turns around, and the second time comes to pick it up!
After receiving the bird's nest, he killed chickens and geese, dressed up to meet his in-laws!
The parents-in-law don't eat fried rice with oil, but beat eggs and duck eggs until the top of the pot turns around!

One bowl for the father, one bowl for the mother-in-law, and half a bowl for two aunts!
Only my brother didn't live up to it and smashed the Karong Honghua Bowl! "

or:

"When the moon goes, I go too, to the door of my mother's house!

My mother pours a cup of oil,
The eldest sister combs her hair separately, and the second sister combs her younger sister's hair!
Only the third sister can't comb her yellow braids!
The eldest sister married to Shunhechang, and the second sister married to Taohuagang!
Only the third sister can't marry, marry an old bamboo craftsman!
The eldest sister came back to sleep on the golden bed, and the second sister came back to sleep on the silver bed!
Only the third sister is the most unlucky, dragging a pole to build a cool bed!

Long ones, short short ones, mop the couch coir raincoat with a foot pole! "

Li Junge laughed loudly, dragged the children over, and slapped each of them on the buttocks: "Can you sing something better! Everyone is going to grab two pieces of wedding candy, everyone is sweet!"

Busy until early in the morning, the welcoming team should set off.

Ermao crackled and set off firecrackers, the suona blew the gong, and the stripper craftsman was dressed in Zhou Wu Zhengwang's clothes, followed by flag gongs, umbrella sedan chairs, dowry gifts on the back, carrying boxes for receiving relatives, Mr. Li, matchmaker and matchmaker , and here we go.

Coming to Uncle Bamboo Carpenter's old house, there are mainly female relatives staying there. Alice and Shirly are the brides-off girls. When they saw it, they clapped and laughed and ran back: "Here we come! The wedding party is here!"

Today is "serious wine", according to the old customs, the woman's party will do it in the morning, and the man's party will do it at noon.

Then the woman mainly invites her relatives and friends, the man does not participate, and then the gift money received is added to the dowry, and it is sent to the man's family when sending off the relatives.

Because the relatives and friends of both men and women in this wedding are basically from the same village, so the woman does not need to hold a thank-you gift, and simply makes a meal of fermented glutinous rice and egg powder.

There is a funny thing about meeting the bride. If the distance between the married couple is far away, it is needless to say that the welcoming team will take a short cut; For the sake of announcement.

There was also a story in Lijiagou where the two parents’ homes were only separated by a wall, but the welcoming team carried the dowry around for several miles.

The wedding reception team stopped a few tens of feet away from the old house of the Bamboo Carpenter Uncle. At this time, it was time for Mr. Li to step out and stand in front of the team, waiting for the woman to "get the way".

Mr. Yali was taken by Li Junge's eldest son-in-law. The elder son-in-law Ma Yushu, a retired Chinese teacher, is eloquent, good-looking, and gentle. There is no one more suitable than him.

Ermao's father Li Sixin acts as the teacher of the woman's guest guide, and Qiu Yatou acts as the welcoming girl.

I saw Miss Qiu came to the front of the team with a smile, spread out the red carpet, and the elder uncle and uncle Sixin stood at each end. This is the beginning of the "Cambodia dialogue".

Dialogue, also known as "Shuo Li", is basically in the form of four words and eight sentences.

Uncle Sixin made a bow to the eldest uncle, and said, "I will take the road now, and I am entrusted by the Lord. I have worked hard, sir. I will do it. It is a courtesy, let me go." After saying that, he bowed and sent the invitation card Handed it over to the eldest uncle.

The eldest son-in-law took the invitation and said: "I am making a ceremony today, but I have little knowledge. I am not polite, but I hope to match. The happy event is happy, and both parties are happy."

"Get rid of" means simple and convenient in Jiachuan dialect.It is said to be skimpy, but in fact this set is sometimes not skimpy. The above two dialogues are just opening remarks.

It seems to be polite, but in fact, Tang Bohu, played by Zhou Xingchi, meets the opponent, and the battle is about to begin.

If you meet the road in front of the building gate or at the courtyard dam, both parties say seven, eight or ten words before you can enter the house and sit down. end.

What's more, both parties will have to say a lot of polite words to each other in the following steps such as promotion, entering the house, receiving briefings, and sitting in the seat.

Just one piece of etiquette, there are god slips, person slips, report slips, ritual slips, kitchen slips, and comb slips. The etiquette is different. This is a huge test for both Mr. Li and Zhike Shi.

After the reception ceremony was over, Uncle Sixin led the reception team to the woman's house, and it was time for the reception ceremony.

In addition to the bride price of the sedan chair, Uncle Bamboo Carpenter also has several boxes, including candy boxes, tobacco and wine boxes, and bride's clothing boxes.And two pork halves.

The bride's attire includes clothes for all seasons, trousers, socks, headgear, belt and flower shoes for the sedan chair.

In short, on the morning when the bride goes out of the pavilion and gets on the sedan chair, she has to put on the new clothes carried by the man from head to toe, from the inside to the outside.

In the past, poor people had no money to prepare everything, so they often had to borrow from neighboring sisters and return the bride a few days later.Once the borrowed clothes are found by the bride, the bride will cry.For example, "When the sun comes out to shine on the four walls, feed the white rice to the golden rooster. The golden rooster will not eat the rice, and the child will not wear the clothes. The in-law's family has money to buy clothes, but the in-law's family has no money to borrow. One house comes in and another house goes out. Borrow the clothes to the house. The collar of the borrowed clothes is rotten, and I don’t know how many generations I have worn it..."

This makes people laugh and cry.

It is worth mentioning that there is also a candy box.

In the old days, except for a pair of steamed buns that were actually made of surface, the rest were blown from malt red yam candy.Three or four catties of sugar can fill a box as big as a large box.

Its sugar is colorful and various: there are pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, chickens, dogs, cats, and rabbits; there are bracts, pumpkins, eggplants, and radishes.To show that the five grains are plentiful and the six animals are prosperous.

Every candy looks so big that eating one seems to burst your stomach, but in fact it is empty inside, with only a thin layer on the outside. When you pinch it with your hands, it becomes powder and can be swallowed in a few mouthfuls.

This craft of blowing big candies has been lost at present. Uncle Carpenter is honest, and now he is not short of money. He directly uses all kinds of modern candies to fill the boxes full of candies.

There is also some etiquette in handing over gifts.When the eldest son-in-law handed over gifts to the woman, Uncle Si Sixin, the woman’s well-known guest, pretended to accuse: “Mr. For meager..."

Then it was the test scene to play, and it was necessary to talk about the gifts sent by the man.It means that the things you brought are not very good.Only in this way can I fulfill my duty as a teacher of knowing guests and benefit more for the woman.

Mr. Ya Li is not a good stubble either, and the poor ones will say: "Brother Yu's family is poor, and he can't afford to make dowry. There are a few pieces of hot and cold coarse cloth. They are all good relatives, so let's leave it alone. It's just that there is a brevity. Hope for his smile..."

Uncle Bamboo Carpenter doesn’t need to be like this, the eldest son-in-law praised the gift brought by the man in high spirits, and he did his duty: “The gift was not simple, the automatic watch and gold earrings. There are all kinds of clothes for the four seasons, and the refrigerator and color TV are complete... ..."

Seeing the two of them bickering with each other, the people around applauded loudly and were extremely happy.

In the end, when the fight was almost over, Uncle Sixin passed the test. He bowed again and said, "Mr. Returning, and later invited to give early. Those who go don't know etiquette, and still have to beg for instructions."

After handing over the gift, the elder uncle replied: "On an auspicious day, I came to the gate of the mansion. The master entrusted me to go through the process of the mansion. When I came to your place, the weather was completely new. Everyone is kind and polite. Men are honorable and women are precious, and longevity There is a thousand springs. In-laws and in-laws are like melons and vines."

The next step is to "be married", and the first etiquette for going out is to "sit in the karaoke hall".

Sitting in the karaoke hall is commonly known as "crying for marriage". This is the opening song for rural girls before they get married. Generally, they have to cry for three days and three nights, sometimes seven days or even seven or 49 days.

The married girl is called the bride, and she is brought out by her sisters or relatives and friends to sit in the center above the table, cover her face with a towel, and begin to cry and sing prayers.

The content of crying is quite extensive, mainly crying about leaving parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, aunts, cousins, and following the etiquette procedures of marriage, crying and scolding for killing pigs, entering the kitchen, and receiving guests , attendance, combing hair, getting on the sedan chair, etc.

The style of crying words is lyrical, some are auspicious, some are complaining, and some are scolding matchmakers.

In short, the bride pours out the bitterness, happiness and grievances buried in her heart as much as possible through crying to marry, which means that she is reluctant to part with this family and does not want to marry.

(End of this chapter)