Although the time was rushed and the wedding was simple, there were definitely many guests. Officials from Fuyang County, scholars from Hangzhou City, relatives from Wangjia Village, and some of Wang Xingye's colleagues in the government office, there were a total of three hundred people who came to attend the wedding.
There were many people, and a banquet was held for thirty tables. The Wang family did not have enough space, so they had to borrow a neighbor's house to hold the banquet.
What is surprising is that Zhou Zhengtai and Xu Tixue also took the time to come, which really added a lot of glory to the wedding. However, the two senior officials also knew that they were affecting the atmosphere. They watched the newlyweds bow to heaven and earth, had a toast, and then left, so that the guests could enjoy themselves.
joyous.
When it got dark and they were full of wine and food, the older guests also said goodbye and left, but the younger ones, whether they were scholars, subordinates or warriors like Zhou Yong, all stayed and happily carried out the next task - making a wedding ceremony.
It is an indispensable part of the wedding and can even be regarded as the climax of the wedding.
Guests who are making trouble at the wedding gather in the new house to play tricks on the newlyweds. The play is unusual and there are no taboos. The saying goes, "make fun and make fun. The more trouble you make, the happier you are. No matter what you do, the host must not be angry. The more the trouble becomes, the more joy you will get. Of course,
It's not just messing around, but under the leadership of several Wufu women, it is carried out in a way of spreading the wedding bed.
I saw the bride and groom sitting on the wedding bed, and the Wufu women held a large plate in their hands. The plate was covered with red paper. On the red paper were placed dates, chestnuts, peanuts, longan and other colorful gifts, while grabbing Yu Guo and scattering it on the bed.
He was singing and singing at the same time...
Wang Xian and his second wife sprinkled a handful of longans and sang with a smile: "If you scatter a handful of longans on the bed, the couple will love each other and have many children."
Zhaoxian Cheng and his wife scattered a handful of dates and sang with a smile: "If you scatter a handful of dates on the bed, the couple will be harmonious for a hundred years."
Wang Xian and his sixth aunt scattered a few pears and sang with a smile: "A few pears are scattered on the bed, and the husband and wife respect each other."
Then all the women scattered some candies around the room and sang together: "Scatter a handful of candies to the sky, and the Nine-Heaven Fairy will come down to earth. I asked the fairy where to go? To celebrate the marriage in your house. A handful of candies are scattered on the ground, and the land is smiling. I asked
Why are you laughing when you ask the land? Qilin sends a son to the house." Therefore, not just anyone can be the wife who makes love, she must be smart, able to remember long words, and even have the ability to adapt to changes.
The bridal chamber had the patience to hear this, and finally couldn't help but start making noises: "Change it, change it to something more exciting."
Amidst the cheers, the sisters-in-law smiled and changed the words: "Throw a handful of fruits into the bridal chamber. The bridal chamber is decorated in a grand manner. The boxes are in pairs and the cabinets are in pairs. The two of them come to sleep in the dark. One pillow, two handfuls of fruits, are spread on the gums. Red
The silk brocade quilt is spread on the bed, and the velvet pillows are in pairs, and the mandarin ducks lie down every night. The flowers are beautiful, the moon is full, and the wedding is beautiful, and hundreds of birds come to woo the phoenix."
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Knowing that the show is about to come, all the guests, whether they are scholars or police officers, are eager to hurry up.
"Okay, okay..." The sisters-in-law's laughter changed and they sang: "Three handfuls of fruits were sprinkled on the head, and the bride's head was smeared with osmanthus oil. Do you believe this?"
"Believe it or not?" Everyone shook their heads.
"If you don't believe what I say, just ask the groom to come and smell it," the sisters-in-law sang with a smile.
"Smell it, smell it." Everyone shouted to the groom: "If you don't want to smell it, come let us smell it."
"I'll smell it myself," Wang Xian hurriedly replied, and then he got close to the bride's head and took a deep sniff. He said to everyone: "It's true when you smell it. The sweet-scented osmanthus oil is fragrant. The velvet flowers on the head trembled slightly, like bees.
Come and collect pollen too.”
This has just begun. The sisters-in-law sprinkled dates on the bride's hijab and sang: "Spread four handfuls of fruits on the face, and the bride's face is like a white jade plate. The cherry mouth is small and the willow leaves are eyebrows. Do you believe this?"
"Believe it or not?" Everyone laughed and shook their heads.
"If you don't believe what I say, please raise your bride's face and show it to everyone," the sisters-in-law sang with a smile.
"Take a look, take a look," the crowd yelled at the bride, "If you don't show me, we can look at it ourselves."
Lin Qing'er, who was dressed in a haori and a phoenix crown, had no choice but to lift her hijab shyly, revealing her picturesque face to everyone, which naturally aroused excited cheers.
"Five handfuls of fruit are scattered in the hands of the bride. Her fingers are like tender lotus roots. She can draw flowers and embroider them without asking for help. She is a first-class scholar and martial artist." The sisters-in-law continued to sing: "Some people say she is a slut, and some people say she has six fingers. In the end.
What does it look like? Ask the groom to pick up the bride’s hand and take a look.”
"Pick it up and take a look," the crowd shouted with increasing excitement, "otherwise we pick it up and take a look ourselves."
"I'll take it, I'll take a look. No one can touch my wife." Wang Xian hurriedly picked up Sister Lin's slender hand, pretended to look at it, and then changed it to another one amidst the cheers of the crowd, and then reported
Said: "If your ten fingers are as slender as jade green onions, you will definitely have a good red hand."
"Six handfuls of fruit were scattered around the waist, and there was a big civet cat hidden in the bride's waist. Everyone said she was pregnant. I said it was the waistband of cotton trousers. Do you believe it?"
The words "Believe it or not" are becoming more and more exaggerated, and the mood for having a wedding is getting higher and higher.
"No one believed this and even asked the groom to reach out and touch it."
"Quickly reach out and touch it, or we will touch it ourselves." The shouting voice could knock down the roof of the house. The faces of some young girls and young girls who were making trouble turned red, wondering if they would be treated like this when they got married.
Are you joking? I feel nervous and expectant at the same time, and I can’t help but feel crazy.
Wang Xian had no choice but to put his arms around Sister Lin's slender waist in public, and said to everyone: "Sister-in-law's eyes are really clumsy, and the bride's slender waist is like a bunch of silk. The red lotus reflects the frost forest surface, and the willows dance in the wind. Her waist curls up." He was so ashamed.
Lin Qing'er wished she could crawl into the cracks in the ground, but she felt as happy as anything.
As the crowd roared with applause, the sisters-in-law continued to sing: "Seven handfuls of fruit were scattered to the feet, and the bride walked crookedly. I think it was because of the uneven road, and everyone insisted that it was a half-leg. Whether it was true or not, how many times did the bride get up and walk?
step."
Amidst the cheers, Lin Qing'er had no choice but to get down to the ground and take a few steps on the walnuts and longans on the floor. However, from the moment she was sent to the bridal chamber to this moment, her legs had become numb from sitting, and she almost fell down when she stood up. Wang Xian hurriedly
He supported me and made everyone laugh.
After the bride sat down again, the sisters-in-law continued to sing: "Eight handfuls of fruit were scattered on the bride's feet. The bride's feet are more than three feet tall. Everyone praises her for having the best feet. She has bigger feet than anyone else in the world. If you don't believe me, don't believe me. Go and make an appointment with the groom.
"
"Make an appointment, make an appointment, otherwise we will make an appointment ourselves"
Wang Xian is so sweaty, the wedding ceremony in the Ming Dynasty is no less than hundreds of years later. When he tormented the bridegroom and the official, all the retribution came back. He had to bend down and pick up Lin Qing'er's red dress.
The small feet of the embroidered shoes... It is said that the Ming Dynasty was less than forty years old, the Mongolian and Yuan traditions still existed, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not yet flourishing, and women from wealthy families did not have the habit of foot-binding. However, Lin Qing'er's feet were naturally slender and small.
, Wang Xian held it in his hand and pretended to measure it, which was just a little more than one prick. Then he quickly put it down, covered it with a skirt, and said to a group of wide-eyed guests:
"It's a good idea to make an appointment. My little feet are only a little over three inches. Walking is like a willow swinging in the wind, and carrying a load is like a big camel..." It made everyone laugh.
"Nine handfuls of fruit are sprinkled on the newlyweds. The two newlyweds are really gentle. The man is like Yang Zongbao, and the woman is like Mu Guiying. Since marrying Qin and Jin today, the two of them have gone to break the Tianmen Formation." The atmosphere was extremely lively, and the wedding ceremony finally came to an end.
, the sisters-in-law sang in unison: "After all the handfuls of fruits have been scattered, the guests still think they were too short. However, the spring night is short. The groom has already ordered his troops. The bride will quickly make the bed. Once it is done, we will give up the battlefield."
It turns out that there is a flower mat on the wedding bed. If the bride wants to make the bed, she must turn it over. If the bride does not turn over the mat, the troublemakers will not leave, forcing the bride to turn it over in front of them. When Lin Qing
When Er finally started to turn over the table, the troublemaker on the side took the opportunity to ask, "Have you turned over the table yet?"
The bride was naturally shy to answer, but the troublemaker pursued her until Lin Qing'er blushed and said, "Turn over."
"The bride has already turned over, what are the groom waiting for?" The troublemaker laughed and left in a hurry.
Amidst the roar of laughter, the guests left one by one, and only the newlyweds were left in the bridal chamber.
In the bridal chamber, the lights were lit for a long time. The two looked at each other. It took a while to recover from the excitement of the wedding. Wang Xian held Sister Lin's little hand. The two looked at each other and smiled. It was very sweet. There is no such thing as a blind marriage or a dumb marriage.
It's exciting and tense, but it has a bit more harmony with the piano and the harp, and the harmony of the luan and the phoenix. The warmth and love in it are naturally incomparable to those couples who meet by chance.
It's just that they are familiar with each other, but neither of them dare to speak. Why? Because there are eavesdroppers outside the house with their ears pressed against the wall, just waiting to hear the newcomer make a noise. If they get a word from it, they want to make a big announcement.
It is known to all the neighbors and lasts for a long time. However, there is no sound at all, which is also unlucky. If it is a night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and the listener is so frightened that he cannot move for the whole night, it will become a joke. However, there is another reason for the listener.
The rule is that you can't make any noise. If people outside are caused by people inside to make a big noise, they will naturally run away even if they fail to listen to the room.
After a while, the people under the wall heard the rustling sounds coming from the bridal chamber. They all looked at each other and smiled, thinking that the young couple finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to take off their clothes. The show was about to begin.
Sure enough, after a while, I heard the groom in the room repeatedly shouting "Happy, very happy," and repeatedly shouting "Shuangli, it has never been so good." Note that when he does it by himself, he feels much worse, and he also orders the bride from time to time.
Point it up, point it down, and hear everyone snickering. This young couple is so forgetful that they don't care if anyone is listening outside.
Just as he was feeling excited and excited, he suddenly heard the groom's officer sigh and say: "It's much more comfortable to scratch your back with human hands than to scratch it with an itch."
The people listening to the wall outside were suddenly petrified... They were scratching, scratching, scratching...
After finally picking up the messy heart in the wind, people listened for a long time. This time, people heard the bride whispering softly: "Please be gentle, it hurts, it hurts..."
The people listening to Qianggen became excited again, thinking that this time they would definitely be right, and the drama inside was finally about to begin.