At dawn, every household in Jiashanfang received a special gift, ten eggs, three catties of cakes and two pieces of money, packed in a bamboo basket tied with red silk, at the same time, the sound of firecrackers began to explode continuously, and everyone in the workshop knew that Zhang Xuan, who lived in the same square, was going to marry his wife today.

This is a very important custom, to welcome relatives and marry to tell the neighbors, send the etiquette, on the one hand, it is to celebrate together, on the other hand, it is also a subtle reminder to the neighbors, do not choose this day to do taboo things.

Zhang Xuan's mansion is very lively, more than 20 pro-soldiers are busy, the entire mansion has been cleaned, the courtyard of the lobby has set up a green house, put down the wax, the lanterns are colorful, it is said that there will be more than 300 guests to come to celebrate, just sit on the couch on more than 150 sheets, in addition to the back house, the entire outer house and the atrium are full.

There were also many people who came to help, Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers were responsible for greeting the guests' carriages, and Zhang Xuan invited 30 Le Ji from Tian Lai Le Fang to serve as maids to serve tea and water for the guests, serve food and pour wine, and so on.

In addition, the wedding banquet is all outsourced, and all the wine and food are contracted by the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant, and for this reason, the east building of the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant is specially closed for one day today.

Lu Chu's wife was in charge of greeting the female dependents, and when no one could be found to greet the guests, Lu Qingyuan and his friends Li Qingming and Cui Yuanhan temporarily served as the greeting lang.

And the important guests had to be greeted by Lu Zhuo and Lu Chu, which is generally the etiquette of the son-in-law, and the woman's family is respected, but Zhang Xuan has no clansmen, and there is no way, so he can't let outsiders greet the guests, which will make people laugh.

According to the etiquette system, a hundred felts were built in the new house, and the woman's aunt or uncle came to make the bed one day in advance, which was also a custom left by Xianbei, and the newlyweds were spent in tents.

Greeting relatives is also an important etiquette, which is generally performed at night. But it is not absolute, for example, in summer, when it gets dark late, you can go out to greet your relatives at dusk, and the guests will drink and feast at the man's house, talk and laugh, and wait for the bride to come to the door.

Wear a gauze hat on your head. Zhang Xuan, who was wearing a red wedding robe, accompanied by Su Dingfang, the prime minister, rode to Lufu to greet his relatives, and in front of him was a team of drummers, blowing and beating, and the drum music shook the sky.

More than a dozen pro-soldiers wearing crimson costumes also followed, and the first two pro-soldiers carried a happy goose, tied it with a red rope, and tied the mouth of the goose, which was a very important sacrifice, and it was essential to welcome relatives. Poor families can also use geese instead.

Behind them were eight soldiers carrying four large baskets, filled with fine copper coins, and throwing them all the way to the crowd on both sides, attracting groups of children to laugh and scramble, and people could hear applause and congratulations everywhere.

Like Zhang Xuan's mansion, Lu Mansion is also full of lights, although Lu Zhuo and Lu Qingyuan went to Zhang Mansion to welcome guests first, but there are still many people in Lu Mansion waiting for the groom to arrive.

in the room. Lu Qing had already put on the phoenix crown, and she was wearing a light green bridal dress. Wearing a red pleated skirt, her skin is like snow and jade, her eyebrows are picturesque, and her beautiful appearance and careful dressing make her even more beautiful.

I got up before dawn, and it took half a day just to put on makeup. The mother opened the meeting for her, and everything was ready, waiting for the groom to come and greet her.

Lu Qing was both happy and shy in her heart, although she had been looking forward to this day for a long time, she thought of what would happen on the wedding night. She still couldn't help but feel a burst of shame on her face.

At this time, the little maid Lixiang came over with a bowl of osmanthus ball porridge, "Girl, Madame asked you to eat something." ”

Ah Yuan next to him also persuaded: "I haven't eaten for a day since I got up early now, and my body can't stand it, so let's eat some, girl!" ”

Lu Qing shook his head, "I don't want to eat, Ah Yuan, you can eat it!" ”

"Or, wait for it to get cold, and eat it later!"

Ah Yuan put the porridge on the small table, and when she saw Rika winking at her, she walked out with her.

"Is it settled?" Ah Yuan asked anxiously.

According to the rules of marrying a daughter in a family, a concubine brings a dowry maid when she marries, and a concubine marries at least two dowry maids.

Lu Qing is a concubine, she has to bring at least two maids to dowry, one must be Ah Yuan, but the other has not been decided.

Lu Qing may not care, but Ah Yuan cares very much, and she doesn't understand the meaning of marrying a maid, but she hopes that it can be her good friend Lixiang, and she can usually talk.

Rika nodded embarrassedly, "Madame has settled down, or let me go." ”

Ah Yuan hugged her happily, "I just said it! You have followed the girl for many years, and no one else is suitable except you. ”

Lixiang is timid and quiet by nature, she once sent a letter to Zhang Xuan, and she has a good impression of Zhang Xuan, and she is secretly happy to be his maid, at least she doesn't have to look at the faces of Mrs. and Ma Youpo in the future.

At this time, suddenly there was a faint sound of drum music in the distance, and the two were startled, only to see the bridesmaid Lu Yun rushing over, shouting downstairs: "Hurry up and prepare to go downstairs, my uncle is here to greet you." ”

In the room, Lu Qing stood up suddenly, his heart was like a drum, he was extremely nervous and flustered, he finally came.

There are many customs to pick up relatives at the woman's house, such as poetry, such as archery to open the door, such as setting up barriers to ask for money, etc., but these customs are just to be lively and auspicious, but they can be done or not.

But there is one thing that must be done, that is, sacrificing geese, which represents the meaning of Hongxin and thousands of miles of marriage.

After the sacrifice of the geese, the woman can get in the car and go out, and finally the woman's family will splash out a basin of water, which means that the marriage is already covered with water at this point, of course, the later meaning becomes the daughter who marries out, splashes out the water.

Zhang Xuan was not too embarrassed, after Su Dingfang stuffed out more than thirty small gold ingots wrapped in red paper, the Lu family happily hugged Zhang Xuan to the middle hall, because night had fallen, and the guests were still drinking and waiting at the man's house, they didn't have time to stay longer, so they had to pick up the bride and leave.

The goose sacrifice ceremony has been arranged in the middle hall, and a red curtain is pulled in the middle, and a saddle full of gold threads is placed in it, Ah Yuan and Li Xiang helped the bride to carefully straddle the saddle, Lu Yun smiled on the side: "Uncle, okay!" ”

On the other side, Prime Minister Su Dingfang took the bandaged goose, handed it to Zhang Xuan, and quietly pointed to the red cloth. Through the red cloth, Lu Qing's figure can be faintly seen.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "I threw it!" ”

He gently threw the red goose over the curtain, and Lu Qing was ready on that side, and immediately caught the red goose that was thrown, and suddenly a cheer sounded, and the sacrifice of the goose was a complete success, which was a good sign.

Of course. In the end, this red goose had to be redeemed and released by Zhang Xuan, which completed the goose sacrifice ceremony.

At this time, Lu Qing's eldest brother Lu Qingan shouted: "The auspicious time is here, the bride gets in the car!" ”

Lu Qing's tears suddenly flowed, and she knelt down and saluted her mother, "Mother, my daughter is gone!" ”

Mrs. Lu was also a little sad, picked up her daughter and smiled reluctantly: "Go!" Don't miss the hour, your mother will pass soon. ”

Lu Qing nodded. was helped by Ah Yuan and Lixiang in a wide carriage, and the carriage slowly went out, and more than a dozen women of the Lu family chased the carriage and splashed the water in the copper basin in their hands.

Mrs. Lu looked at her daughter's carriage and the youngest daughter was also married, and she also had an indescribable loss in her heart, and couldn't help but sigh softly

Han people personally wanted to build Qinglu in ancient times, because the poor houses were not big. There is not much room for many guests, so it is common to set up a shed on the side of the road. It is convenient to entertain guests, and after forming a custom, it is called Qinglu, even if the rich and noble families also build Qinglu in the courtyard, which is used for weddings.

Since the wedding is held at night, when the newlyweds arrive, it is not long before the door closes. The guests also took one last look at the wedding before hurrying away.

Amid the continuous sound of firecrackers, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Zhang's house, and according to custom, the bride's feet should not touch the man's land before the wedding. So the rich and noble would use carpets, and the poor would exchange two pieces of felt for travel.

Zhang Xuan's house spread a borrowed long carpet, from the door to the courtyard of the green house, in the middle of the carpet placed braziers and plates full of red dates, pears and other items, the carpet on both sides of the crowd crowded with guests, but they could not see the bride for the time being, at that time there was no hijab, but seven or eight long-handled fans covered the bride tightly, and escorted into the green house, into the green house behind the curtain.

At this time, Lu Zhuo hurriedly walked over and whispered to the master of ceremonies: "It's not early, you can get married!" ”

The master of ceremonies nodded, he glanced at the sky, and shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, for the wedding!" ”

In the middle of the Qinglu placed a wide table, spread red silk, in the middle of the red curtain hung with the big 'Xi' word, the two sides of the big red candle will illuminate the Qinglu brightly, in the middle of the placed a red knot, the ribbon extends into the curtain on both sides.

On the table, there is a tablet of the prince of heaven and earth, generally speaking, only the tablet of heaven and earth is placed, but it can also be flexible under special circumstances, such as one of the parents has passed away, and there are no elders in the family, in this case, the tablet is used instead.

Zhang Xuan is in this special situation, there are no elders in the family, the Lu family can understand, and they will deal with it according to the special circumstances, but the witnesses must be the oldest in the family, both men and women, so Lu Zhuo urgently invited his father from Zhuo County.

At this time, the drum music sounded, and the master of ceremonies shouted: "The newcomer is here!" ”

The red curtain was pulled up, on the left is the groom Zhang Xuan, holding a red knot in his hand, on the right is the bride Lu Qing, holding the other end of the red knot, the two slowly approached, kneeling on the futon, the outside of the Qinglu was crowded with guests watching the ceremony, laughter, many people were secretly admiring the beauty of the bride.

"Salute!"

The two knelt down in front of the tablet and kowtowed three times.

"Salute!"

This is also the last and most critical part of the wedding, a boy stepped forward, he put a wine glass carved with a gourd in his hand, next to a small bottle of wine, this is the famous wine, drink wine, husband and wife become one, weal and woe together.

Lu Shen walked up to them, raised his glass and said to everyone: "Today is the big day of my granddaughter and General Zhang, and the old man wishes them to grow old together and spend their lives together." ”

Lu Shen said to the two again: "I hope that the two of you will respect each other and give way to each other, and love each other, and I also wish your husband and wife to sing and give birth to a noble son early, drink it with this cup of wine." ”

He handed the wine glass to Zhang Xuan first, Zhang Xuan drank half of it and handed it to Lu Qing, who gently took the wine glass slightly shyly, pursed his lips and drank the other half of the glass.

There was a burst of applause outside the Qinglu.

The master of ceremonies shouted: "The husband and wife have been formed, send them to the cave room!" ”

Surrounded by the bridal maid and the bride, the two walked into the cave room, and successively got into the felt tent of Baizi, and the relatives and friends walked around the felt tent, sprinkled the blessing of flower petals, and exited the cave room.

At this time, Ah Yuan and Rika finished inspecting the room, blew out the candle and exited the room, the room was pitch black, but the felt tent was full of spring, and there was another world. (To be continued.) )