Chapter 16
Everything was ready, waiting for the arrival of July 13th. In the meantime, a presidential proclamation was issued, officially declaring war on Germany and Austria. However, President Li resigned a few days later. President Li could not deal with Prime Minister Duan, so he had to
I resigned. But I didn’t leave BJ City even after I resigned.
After finishing talking about the big shots, Wang Wenwu finally waited until July 13th, and Liu Quanju helped prepare a wedding room.
After the wedding ceremony began, the bride-to-be first went to the wedding room to offer incense to Lord Heaven and Earth. At this moment, Wang Wenwu's robes and coats were neatly dressed, and he sat on the edge of the Kang with his head bowed. After the wife called him, he went to kowtow to Lord Heaven and Earth three times. At this time,
The waiter will shout loudly: "The married lady is offering incense!" After hearing the order, there will be a violent blast of gongs and drums in the courtyard.
Then, the waiter will bring a copper tea tray with an almanac inside, a red lantern, a small mirror, an apple, and a stick of Zhiba incense. The wife to be married will be asked to "take care of the sedan chair" and "smoke the sedan chair" outside the door.
It means to drive away evil spirits. Then sprinkle some "happy fruits" such as lychees, dates, chestnuts, longans, and peanuts into the sedan chair.
Finally, the married lady sat cross-legged in the sedan chair without putting up the curtain, which is called "pressing the sedan chair". Wang Wenwu, other wedding officials, and children carrying hijabs or "gold and silver kettles" got into the sedan or carriage together.
, after the groom got off the sedan, drums, music and ceremonial guards sounded everywhere, and he set off to marry the bride.
When Wang Wenwu's wedding procession arrives at the intersection of the bride's house, the gong will be sounded first. After hearing the sound of the gong, the Shu family will close the street door tightly to avoid evil spirits. At this time, the wedding officials will accompany you and start to call the door:
"Open the door, open the door, don't miss the right moment!"
At this time, the guests of the Shu family usually shout out through the street door and ask the drummer to play some festive music. After the bride has finished dressing up, someone will shout: "Open the hinges!"
When opening the door, someone in charge of the Shu family would "sprinkle stars all over the place", that is, sprinkle copper coins, tea, sugar, etc. Afterwards, the married lady and the married men accompanied Wang Wenwu to the living room of the bride's house and said "great joy". Acceptance
The congratulator replied, "Congratulations!" At this time, you have to kowtow to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, which is called "thank you." When the old man of the Shu family is gone, you kowtow to his eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law.
Then, Wang Wenwu wanted to "steal" the bowls and chopsticks used by the Shu family for the newlyweds to eat dumplings and longevity noodles. Worrying about Wang Wenwu's carelessness, the Shu family's waiter would deliver the bowls and chopsticks to Wang Wenwu's guest in advance.
After the wedding wife and the bride-to-be wife meet and greet each other for a while, the Shu family will serve a banquet. Wang Wenwu will sit down, and someone from the Shu family will accompany him. However, this is just a formality. The bowls and chopsticks are tied with red strings, and you cannot actually eat or drink. After sitting for a while,
, the Shu family's waiter will shout: "It's time to say goodbye, the wedding lady is leaving!" The wedding guests will get up from the table, and as usual, the wedding guests at each table will take out the "Tang Feng'er" (reward money) wrapped in red paper and give it to the waiter.
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At this time, the bride should wear a phoenix crown, a red hijab, and a red thin cotton coat to get into the sedan chair. The bride will help her get into the sedan chair. At this time, the bride will be crying and getting into the sedan chair. It is auspicious. The bride will cry more and more.
The more the sound is heard, the richer the husband's family will be. After the wedding sedan left, Brother Qiu immediately sent three tables of banquets, two tables were given to relatives of the Shu family, and the other table was given to the matchmaker as a token of his gratitude.
When returning home from a wedding, you have to take another route, which is called "no turning back." After getting up from the sedan chair, the bride's brother holds the pole of the sedan chair.
When approaching Liuquan Residence, gongs are sounded and the wedding sedan arrives. Then, the treasure sedan is slowly carried over the charcoal pot set up in the courtyard, which means that all the unlucky things have been burned away, and the couple's life will become more prosperous. The treasure sedan has to be carried to the entrance of the main hall.
, blocked the door and stopped.
Afterwards, the bride got off the sedan with a treasure vase in her hands. The so-called "acao vase" is a wooden and gold-lacquered bottle. Rice and millet are filled in the bottle, which is called "gold and silver rice". It is covered with red cloth and tied with flower red thread. Then
, the bridegroom officer symbolically shoots three arrows, which is called "the peach girl defeats the Duke of Zhou". Then, the bride steps over the wooden and gold-painted saddle and walks into the bridal chamber from the red felt.
After entering the wedding room, the marrying wife immediately "opens" the bride's face. This means applying rouge and powder, which means that the bride has changed from a girl to a young woman. Then, under the auspices of the marrying wife, the bride and groom offer incense to the God of Heaven and Earth, and kowtow three times together.
The ceremony is called worshiping the heaven and the earth. After worshiping and sending off the gods, the teahouse invites the incense roots down, along with the sacred paper, money and food to worship the gods, and burns them in the money and grain basin in the courtyard. The drummer plays a clear sound, and the ceremony is completed.
The newlyweds eat "children and grandchildren dumplings" and "longevity noodles" together. The children and grandchildren dumplings are made by the Shu family and brought to Liuquan home to cook; the husband's family makes longevity noodles. As usual, a boy asks loudly through the window: "Is the child alive or not?"
Give birth?” The married wife replied: “Have birth!” It means giving birth to offspring.
Then, the couple drinks a cup of wine. When drinking, tie the two wine glasses together with a red headband. The wedding wife hands one glass to the groom, and the bride-to-be wife hands the other glass to the bride. Each drinks half a glass, and then they exchange.
"Marriage of a thousand miles is tied by a thin thread". This is the gift of "Hexi".
The final process is to "worship the three generations" (three generations of clan members) to name them, set up clan tablets, and the newlyweds bow before them.
At this point, the day's wedding was over. By this time, Wang Wenwu was already exhausted and had no energy to do anything else.
I only know that the bride is very beautiful. I have read very few books and can only say beautiful words.
It would not be easy to get married according to modern civilization, but it would not be a problem that he would not have the energy to do anything else. When he went home to introduce Aiqin, Wang Wenwu learned that the name of the Miss Shu family was Shu Jinxi. The atmosphere between the two seemed pretty good, and Aiqin
Qin said to Wang Wenwu:
"Sir, I haven't been feeling well since I entered Japan. Sister Zhao said I might be pregnant."
"Yes! Have you seen the doctor?"
"I saw it today and the doctor said I have it."
Wang Wenwu thought that he had a child, and he was overjoyed. Shu Jinxi's face suddenly turned pale.
"I'm tired, sir, let's take a rest!"
"Ah, ah, rest, ah, rest," "Aegean, I will accompany you to buy some anti-fetal medicine tomorrow."
"Okay, Master." Aiqin looked at Shu Jinxi with a proud expression.
Shu Jinxi turned around and left without even looking. Wang Wenwu followed with a smile. The room was full of bright red, and the furniture was remade by Carpenter Lu.
"Don't be unhappy. Didn't I just marry you back? She is just a little bit ahead of you."
"Am I not happy about this? Our child has not been born yet, and one of her concubines came out first, and you see her like that."
"They are all from me. I know how to handle a bowl of water. Don't talk about me as a concubine. It's a new era. It's really hurtful."
"In this new era, the law states that one husband and one wife are monogamous. I am the one being married by a clear matchmaker. Does she have it?"
"You are all my good wives and capable ones. Look who is monogamous,"
"Oh, I understand. I am very capable. I am the one who was sold by my mother-in-law."
"I know you feel uncomfortable. The days to come belong to the two of us. I will live every day with you."
"And Aegean!"
"And Aegean."
"Well, Master, go to bed early!"
Chapter completed!