The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 204 The guest is here
Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shiling were not the distinguished guests that the Zhao family was waiting for, but today's distinguished guests were from the family of the baby's grandmother in Taocheng.

Taocheng City is a county-level city affiliated to Taishan City. Its population is similar to that of Luzhong City. It is famous for its rich peaches.Wang Shaodong chatted with Zhao Yubin for nearly two hours, and just at the gate came the news that Zhao Shihai's mother-in-law had come.And Zhao Shihai's relatives from his mother's house also came, waiting for the distinguished guests from Taocheng City.

When the distinguished guests came, we must pay attention to them, and then all the young and old of the Zhao family went out to welcome them, and the three sisters, Zhao Shiling, Zhao Shixiu and Zhao Shiai, also came out with the big guys.

Next, Ma Cuicui's natal family came, and they must go to the confinement room to chat with her daughter and sister, but the confinement room is not big, and it will be a bit chaotic if there are too many people.

Wang Shaodong's grandma didn't come out, so it would be impossible if there were no one to take care of her in the confinement room.

This time, Ma Cuicui's natal family came to Zhao Shihai's house to watch the confinement. There were only three cars.

Moonwatcher is not afraid of crowds, the more people come, the more lively it is, the happier the host will be.And things like moon-watching, usually there are more children, and if there are more children, it will naturally become lively.

The guests from Ma Cuicui's family this time, besides Ma Cuicui's own brother, an uncle and two sisters-in-law, people from his aunt's family, aunt's family, and grandma's family also came.

When the guests came, the Zhao family immediately came up to help them carry the gifts.Because there are many relatives, this congratulatory gift is also indispensable.Three carts, each with six large bamboo baskets.

On one side, Ma Cuicui's natal family is still busy carrying gifts, on the other side, his sister-in-law and cousins ​​from her natal family have already come to the confinement room to visit Ma Cuicui.

Generally, this confinement room is particular about entering, and there is a lot of dirt in the confinement room, so people who have festive things to do in the next step will not enter the confinement room.And married men, even if they are brothers, rarely go to the confinement room.

Some of the women who gave birth to children have lochia endlessly due to inflammation, and men feel a little embarrassed when they see it.

In addition, there is another saying that people who enter the confinement house will be unlucky, and those who do business will lose money or something.

In fact, Wang Shaodong felt that the real reason might be that the mats were often changed in the confinement room, which made it inconvenient for men to see it. As for other reasons, they were all excuses.

Because the distinguished guests came, Zhao Shiling and the others could only retreat to one side.

Ma Cuicui looked very happy to see her relatives, and after seeing the baby, those relatives also praised her, and none of them said anything else.

The maiden's family is a distinguished guest, and this distinguished guest must have the consciousness of being a distinguished guest. If you talk nonsense, it will make the host unhappy.

Like what Wang Shaodong and Zhao Shiling just said about the baby's yellow skin, Ma Cuicui's natal family would never talk about it if they were sensible.

Talking about this thing, if you talk too much, you will definitely say something wrong, so sometimes it is really reasonable to say that silence is golden.

Insights into the world are all knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is the article. This is not only summarized in the Dream of the Red Chamber, but also the truth summed up by human society for thousands of years.

Most people who go to Ma Cuicui's confinement house will stuff red envelopes. In 2003, the red envelopes ranged from hundreds to thousands to dozens.As for relationships like neighbors and fellow villagers, a gift of five yuan is not too much.

As soon as Ma Cuicui's natal family arrived, the men of the Zhao family were busy getting things, while the women of the Zhao family were busy making snacks in the kitchen.

The so-called dim sum in central Shandong is actually stewed noodles, and the stewed noodles are usually shredded pork and tomatoes, with a lot of coriander sprinkled on top.

Generally, for a happy event like this, there will be a person in charge of arranging seats for the banquet, scheduling personnel and supplies, and so on.And this person must be very close to the main family.

On this occasion, Zhao Shihai's eldest brother, Zhao Shitang, must be the most suitable person to handle this matter.

As soon as Ma Cuicui's natal family arrived, Zhao Shitang also got busy.Zhao Shitang is the chief supervisor, and Zhao Shitao must see where he needs to be busy before and after.Brothers fighting tigers, father and son soldiers in battle, in the countryside, whoever has more brothers can enjoy themselves in the village.Rural patriarchy does not mean pure feudal ignorance, it has a certain social foundation.Like in the past when the transportation was not developed, few young and old people in the village left the village all year round, so the village is the whole world for most people. If you can eat well in the village, you can eat well in the whole world.

If you have more sons, others will not dare to bully you.Bullying in rural areas was really uncommon in the past.

When Zhao Shitang saw the guests coming, he immediately came out to greet them. The first thing he had to do was to see how many men, women, and children were there this time, and then for the banquet, he had to sit next to Ma Cuicui's natal family. , After finishing, other relatives will be arranged, and finally it will be the turn of my family to sit.

If there are too many guests and there are no seats at the banquet, the family members have to wait outside until the guests have finished eating, and then they go to eat the leftover food. This phenomenon is commonly known locally as Break the gong.

The three brothers Zhao Shitang stepped forward to meet the guests who came out of the car. The two who took the lead in front were two people who seemed to be about the same age as Wang Shaodong's parents. Zhao Shihai hurriedly introduced them to Zhao Shitang and Zhao Shitao. elder brother.

Zhao Shitang looked older than the people who came here. When shaking hands, he said with a smile: "Cousin, I have to let you go all the way."

"A happy event, no matter how far you go, you have to run."

"Come on, let's go to the house and drink tea."

Zhao Shitang saw that they all got out of the car, two men came, and the others were women, and then he let the two men into the living room.

The Eight Immortals table in the living room has been wiped clean. There are two Eight Immortals chairs on the top, and long stools on the other three sides.

Zhao Shitang let the two people who came over to the upper hand, and then asked Zhao Shitao to accompany the two of them first, while he went out to call for accompanying guests.

Ma Cuicui's natal family came all the way, and the Zhao family must accompany her.

The accompanying guests are also very particular, because the other party has two people, so the host family needs to find six accompanying guests.Accompanying guests Under normal circumstances, two juniors are in charge of pouring tea and water, and four peers are in charge of persuading people to smoke and drink, and chatting with each other.

Zhao Shitang looked around the scene, first selected four people of his own generation who were persuading smoking and drinking, and then walked up to Wang Shaodong and Zhao Yubin, asking them to pour tea and water.

In this case, Wang Shaodong had to decline twice, saying that he was a person with a foreign surname and wanted to find a suitable Zhao family member.And Zhao Yutang definitely wants to say that a nephew is the same as a nephew, you are asked to go to pour tea and water, and then Wang Shaodong can only go.

(End of this chapter)