Beating drums and passing flowers is the most common drinking game played during festivals in the Jia family.
It is also one of the drinking orders that can best mobilize the atmosphere.
Because when the drums started to sound, everyone started to pass the flowers one by one. They were all afraid that the flowers would be left in their hands when the drums stopped, so they often passed the flowers around very quickly.
Drummers can make use of their skills, tight or slow, intermittent, moving and stopping, making it elusive and creating an extraordinarily tense atmosphere for those playing the game.
The lively Qingwen took the initiative to play the role of drummer.
This little girl was born with beauty, but now she has been carefully raised by Jia Lian for two years, and she has become more and more beautiful.
She was wearing bright red exquisitely embroidered shoes, a brand-new pleated water-patterned skirt, and a goose-yellow light-patterned vest. She walked confidently and briskly to the big drum that the women had brought out, and shouted at
Looking back at her masters and grandmothers, they smiled sweetly, looking both clever and generous.
Even Jia's mother couldn't help but sigh when she saw him: "It shows that I was the right one for this person at the beginning. You two really did not waste this child in vain. He has been raised like this."
Wang Xifeng, who was at the end of the table, laughed when she heard this and said: "My ancestors don't know that she is more of a master than a master in our courtyard. Even I dare not take care of her.
There is no girl or woman in this courtyard who has not been scolded by her..."
Everyone else's eyes were also bright, and they were all amazed by Qingwen's appearance, who had been carefully dressed today.
The most obvious one is Jia Baoyu, whose eyes are almost printed in that direction.
Especially when she saw Qingwen smiling shyly because of Wang Xifeng's words, she was even more stunned, her mouth slightly open, dull and dull.
Daiyu was right next to him, and she couldn't help but sneer when she saw this...
Jia Baoyu came back to his senses and quickly wiped his chin. Fortunately, the time was short and the saliva had not yet flowed down the corners of his mouth.
Jia Mu and others knew that Wang Xifeng was joking and didn't take it too seriously.
For a while, the maids covered Qingwen's eyes with ribbons, and Wang Xifeng personally broke off a spring plum from the flowerpot on the side and presented it to Jia Mu, "It's rare that our ancestors are willing to appreciate it, so I also wish you the best."
Our ancestors are happy with spring!"
While speaking, he deliberately raised the plum blossoms over Jia Mu's eyes.
Everyone also laughed, and the spring joy of brows is the elegant name of drinking wine and beating drums to spread plum blossoms. This is because the literati and elegant guests used plum blossoms to open their eyebrows, which was a joke.
Jia Mu happily took the plum blossoms and pretended to give it to Wang Xifeng. She was so frightened that she quickly ran back to the seat, made a begging look, and then sat down.
When the drum sounds, starting from Jia Mu, the plum blossoms are passed to Aunt Xue, then down in turn, and finally to Jia Lian, and the cycle repeats.
Qingwen is a bold and narrow-minded person. When she heard the sound of the host and grandmothers at the table hurriedly passing flowers, she beat the drum more and more, sometimes slowly and sometimes urgently, as if she might stop at any time, but she didn't stop for a long time.
Xiaohong and other maids also gathered around her, watching the fun happily.
Wang Xifeng saw Jia's mother in high spirits, and when she got the plum blossoms, she hurriedly sent them to Aunt Xue, so she wanted to promote narrowness and winked at Xiaohong and others.
Xiaohong understood and hurriedly whispered a few words into Qingwen's ear. Seeing Qingwen nodding, when the plum blossoms were passed to Jia's mother again, she yanked Qingwen's sleeve and the drum sound stopped suddenly.
Jia Mu also wanted to force the plum blossoms to Aunt Xue, but Aunt Xue refused to accept them and pushed her hand: "Old lady, this is yours."
Jia Mu turned back to Jia Lian, but Jia Lian smiled and said nothing.
Knowing that she couldn't rely on him, Jia Mu laughed and said, "This wine is delicious, but this joke and story are hard to tell."
As she spoke, she glanced at her grandchildren and saw that they were all waiting for her with great interest, so she took a sip of wine and said:
"Then just say anything...
A family raised ten sons and married ten daughters-in-law. Only the tenth daughter-in-law was the smartest, clever and well-spoken, and the favorite of her parents-in-law. The family often said those nine were unfilial.
The nine daughters-in-law felt aggrieved in their hearts, and they discussed: 'We are really filial, but we are not as clever as that little hooves. My parents-in-law only say good things to her when they are old. To whom should I report this grievance?'"
Jia's mother has been rich and honorable all her life, and her ability to tell jokes is quite good, with a sense of rhythm.
Although it was just the beginning, it had already attracted everyone's attention, and everyone was curious about what the nine wives would do.
"The eldest daughter-in-law had an idea and said: 'Let's go to the Temple of the King of Hell tomorrow to burn incense, talk to the Lord of the King of Hell, and ask him why he only gave us a good mouth as a trustee. We are all stupid. .'Everyone liked it and said it was a good idea.
The next day they all went to the Temple of the King of Hell to burn incense, and all nine of them fell asleep under the altar table..."
Everyone cheered up, knowing that the foreshadowing was almost complete and the fun was probably about to come.
"Nine souls were waiting for the King of Hell to arrive, but they didn't come when they were waiting on the left or right. Just when they were anxious, they saw Sun Xingzhe coming on a somersault cloud. When he saw the nine souls, he wanted to beat them with a golden cudgel, frightening nine of them. Hun hurriedly knelt down and begged.
Sun Xingzhe asked the reason, and the nine souls hurriedly told him in detail.
After hearing this, Sun Xingzhe stamped his foot and sighed: "It's a good thing you met me. If the King of Hell comes, he won't know."
After the nine people heard this, they begged, "May the Great Sage show mercy and give us some guidance!"
Sun Xingzhe said with a smile: "This is not difficult. That day when your sisters-in-law were raising ten children, I happened to go to the King of Hell because I peed on the ground and your sister-in-law ate it. Now you must be smart and talkative." Be good, some of it is urine, just soak it in and eat it.'"
After Jia Mu finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard laughed.
At that time, people rarely listened to jokes and their laugh points were low. Although Jia Mu's joke was a bit vulgar, it was really funny when told by her.
Moreover, the meaning of this joke is a bit unusual...
Everyone looked at Wang Xifeng.
It couldn't be more obvious for those of you here who have the status of "little daughter-in-law", are "kind-hearted and sweet-tongued", and are loved by Mother Jia.
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Wang Xifeng didn't seem to hear it at all, and laughed loudly and said: "Fortunately, we are all clumsy-mouthed, otherwise, we would all have eaten monkey urine."
The story of Tang Monk and his disciples traveling to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures has been widely circulated among the people since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is also told in many classic operas, so even Wang Xifeng knew that Sun Xingzhe was a monkey.
Everyone laughed when they saw that Wang Xifeng was still quibbling "on the verge of death."
You and Wang Xifeng are both daughters-in-law of the Jia family, and they are not far apart in age. They often interact with each other and often make fun of each other.
How could You be so polite at this time? He took Wang Xifeng's words with a smile and said, "Who among us has eaten that monkey urine? Don't pretend to be okay."
Wang Xifeng couldn't hold herself any longer, so she reached out and hit Youshi.
Such inability to argue made Daiyu and others cover their mouths and laugh. They all remembered that every time Sister-in-law Lian joked to please Jia's mother, Jia's mother often called her "Monkey".
But it’s not exactly right, it’s exactly the same!
Even Aunt Xue couldn't help but come out and praise her: "A joke is not good or bad, as long as it fits the occasion, it will make people laugh."
"Aunt~~"
Wang Xifeng twisted on the spot and acted coquettishly from afar.
Jia Baoyu was a little stunned again. He had never seen Sister-in-law Lian acting coquettishly like a fairy concubine!
Glancing at Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu's eyes were full of envy.