Full of food and color

Chapter 28
On the day of October 25th, the Chen family got up before dawn, prepared ten tables for the wedding banquet, and held the wedding in the countryside.

The Chen family had only two big tables, and they had to borrow the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks. In the countryside, when a family had a wedding or a wedding, the neighbors would help each other out.Borrowing a table and chair and borrowing a scooter is nothing more than a trivial matter. After being a favor, you can get some thank you from the owner afterwards, so everyone is willing to help.

The vegetables were also picked from the field the day before, washed, washed and cut. This time, Mrs. Chen did not dare to neglect the wedding banquet. She cut the pork belly and elbows, bought fish, peanuts, melon seeds, wedding candy, and tea for the guests. I also went to the town early to buy it and prepared it.

The family is in good spirits on happy occasions, and Baozhu opened her eyes before dawn, followed her parents to get up early, and put on a brand new blue-bottomed flower cloth shirt that her mother made before autumn, and her mother hastily fed it. She went into the kitchen to prepare cold dishes. Her father was going to go to the bride's house with his little uncle to meet the bride. He went to the yard to load the cart as soon as he washed up. My sister and my aunt followed her mother to prepare food in the kitchen. Chen Erniu The brothers and sisters-in-law came early and accompanied Chen Liushi to make preparations in the yard to welcome the guests.

The whole family was busy, so I was the only one who sat halfway against the wall in front of the window, looking curiously into the yard with his little head.Even the elder brother Runze has his own division of labor. According to the custom, a child should be put on the convoy to pick up the bride. Second, it also has the function of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.

After a while, the little uncle came out of the main room wearing a brand-new blue shirt, with a big red flower on his chest, and led the cow cart that her father had packed to the yard for a stop, and immediately attracted several people. The cousins ​​came forward to joke.

The convoy for welcoming the bride is also a few borrowed carts, which are used to pick up the bride's family.

Baozhu remembered that she also attended the wedding of her classmates and colleagues in her previous life.The wedding team was all Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and they quickly picked up the bride and her family and went straight to the hotel. The master of ceremonies was the same, arriving at [-]:[-], and the table opened on time.People at the same table, who don’t know each other, have no communication during the whole process, and just eat their own food; there are those who are in a hurry to go to work, and leave after eating two bites after the banquet; Patting his belly, walking in figure eight steps, picking his teeth, wondering if he had eaten back.

All in all, the whole wedding process was arranged step-by-step, and there was nothing new about it. After so many visits, Baozhu also felt that it was boring.

Compared with the fast food of modern wedding banquets, ancient weddings are more lively and festive. People who come, no matter how close they are, have to sit until the end of the banquet, drink the wine offered by the groom, say some festive words, and congratulate the bride and groom. , Between relatives and friends, regardless of whether they know each other or not, everyone gathers together to chat politely and busily at a table. In comparison, there is a lot more human touch.

As soon as noon arrived, there was a burst of firecrackers outside, and the bride came in!
The courtyard suddenly boiled, Baozhu raised her neck and looked out, Chen Liu followed a large group of relatives and rushed to the door, calling loudly: "My father-in-law, my mother-in-law, I look forward to it!"

Not long after, the matchmaker helped the bride with a red hijab on her head into the courtyard, and Zhang's parents also entered the courtyard after the matchmaker.Baozhu's old aunts greeted her mother's family to sit down, Chen Liu affectionately took Zhang's mother to the main room, Chen Erniu also cheerfully greeted Zhang's father, "My father-in-law, come in and sit down! "

A large group of people surrounded the bride and groom and entered the main room, and outside guests also flocked to the door to see the worship hall. Aunt Hu’s voice was so loud that Baozhu could hear it from far away. Then Aunt Hu presided over the last procedure - worshiping the hall.The courtyard was still noisy, with worshipers inside and firecrackers set off outside.

Baozhu pursed her mouth, her mother and his father were both busy, and Brother Runsheng ran out to join in the fun when he heard the firecrackers. She only hated that she was still a baby, unable to talk or walk, and such a lively scene could only be Looking eagerly.

Just as he was sighing, the curtain of the door was lifted, and Runze ran in with a red face huffing and puffing, climbed onto the kang in twos and twos, and took out a dozen coins from his arms, "Little sister, look! Brother Escorted the car to my aunt's house in the morning, and got twenty happy coins!"

The eldest brother showed two white rabbit teeth when he smiled, and Baozhu couldn't help but also waved his little hand and laughed. It was the first time for Runze to see his younger sister laughing with him, and his heart was filled with joy. He didn't care whether Baozhu understood or not. Said: "This money must be saved, and when my sister grows up, I will buy candy for my sister!"

After speaking, he patted his head again, and said to himself, "Why does this money exist?"

Baozhu Yiyi stretched out her hand to gesture towards the corner of the kang, Runze patted her head, "Yes, I'm still smart!" Without any explanation, she stuffed twenty coins into the mattress, turned around and patted Baozhu's little head, Said: "Mother said that she will send me to school in the next year. After entering school, I can recognize a lot of characters. When my sister grows up, I can teach my sister to write!"

"I want to teach my younger sister how to write. My younger sister listens to me!" Runsheng trotted all the way into the house, climbed onto the kang, stretched out his little hand to hold the precious pearl, and said to Runze provocatively, "My younger sister is good to me!"

Mrs. Wang laughed heartily when she heard it in the main room, and raised the curtain on purpose to put on a serious face, "Runsheng, you have to listen to brother."

He went to the kang again, picked up Baozhu, and told the two brothers: "There are a lot of relatives here today. When you go out later, you have to call someone. When you see the bride, you have to call me auntie, you know?" Jide from your third aunt's family is also here today, you two play alone, don't get mixed up with him, do you hear me?"

Baozhu followed her mother to the banquet, when Chen Erniu stood up and cleared his throat and said: "Today Tieshan is very happy, everyone can come to drink Tieshan's wedding wine, just to give Erniu face, today must Eat and drink well!" After finishing speaking, the banquet was officially opened.

Baozhu looked at the fried fish with croquettes on the table and swallowed her mouth. Seeing her greedy look, Wang took a piece of fish with chopsticks, separated a small piece, picked the thorns carefully, and fed it to Baozhu. Seeing that Baozhu was eating happily, he picked up some digestible vegetables and fed them to Baozhu.

The second aunt took Liang Dong to sit in front of her mother, and now she took the time to sigh: "When I first entered the door, Tieshan was the size of Runze, and it took eight years in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, Tieshan also got married."

Her mother put down her chopsticks and sighed, "That's right, the little ones at home will grow up in a blink of an eye."

(Merry Christmas to everyone!)
(End of this chapter)