055 The Nightmare of the Ancient Blind Date
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival ancestor worship ceremony in Shangguan Mansion simplified the whole process, it also lasted for a whole morning. Please remember the URL of this site: . During the entire worship ceremony, Ouyang Xinyu was at the mercy of others like a piece of wood. Tell her to go to the ancestral tablet to offer incense and kowtow, and she goes up and puts the incense in the censer, and then falls on her knees on the ground. Someone told her to get up, she got up, no one called her, she just knelt hard. Ouyang Xin was very religious, and she felt that if she did so, she might be able to alleviate the guilt caused by counterfeiting!
Finally, when it was time to eat at noon, all the people who participated in the ancestor worship ceremony in Shangguan Mansion stayed in Shangguan Mansion to eat, this was not a simple light meal, it was naturally very grand. At the same time as the ancestor worship ceremony in the main hall was going on, the workers in the dining room and the house were not idle, and even Xiaocui went outside to help. Because this ancestor worship is a major event of the family, ordinary outsiders and subordinates do not participate. The ancestor worship ceremony here ended in a period of kneeling, and the banquet over there had been placed on the table, just waiting for the ancestor worship ceremony in the main hall to end, and the banquet was immediately opened.
There are several large tables in the courtyard of Shangguan Mansion, and the content of the banquet is relatively rich. In the middle of the table is a whole burned little suckling pig, the rest is the whole chicken, the whole duck, the whole goose, as well as the four happy balls, seasonal vegetables and other kinds of dishes, and finally each table has a variety of pastries, of course, there is a lot of "osmanthus cake" that everyone likes very much. Looking at the top dishes on the table, Ouyang Xinyu had no taste. She wanted to find a chance to go back to her room, but Mrs. Shangguan stared at her closely, so she had to sit on the seat.
Lord Shangguan, his wife, and the elders of the house, that is, the uncles, brothers, and brothers of Lord Shangguan, their seats are set up in the main hall. Ouyang Xinyu kept her head down, sitting there in a nervous mood, like sitting on pins and needles, she looked forward to the end of the meal soon.
There are rules for holding banquets on important days in ancient times. Although the table was full of sumptuous wine and food, before the host toasted everyone and announced the opening of the feast, he was so hungry that his limbs were weak and he couldn't move half of his chopsticks. After the host toasted everyone and gave a speech, he said that it was time to open the table, and now everyone could open their stomachs and eat a lot.
During the banquet, Master Shangguan kept toasting the fathers and brothers on the wine table, while Mrs. Shangguan kept putting vegetables into Ouyang Xinyu's bowl. During the banquet, many elders were asking Master Shangguan about the age of Shangguan Wan'er, and some took the opportunity to recommend the right descendants to Master Shangguan. Ou Maiga, hearing the seniors talking about this, Ouyang Xinyu couldn't wait to find a hole to drill into.
Finally, when everyone was full of wine and food and the banquet was dispersed, Ouyang Xin ran back to her room as if she was the only one who could find a little sense of solidity. Xiaocui was helping to clean up the mess of the banquet, and she couldn't come back for a while, and Ouyang Xinyu was the only one left in Shangguan Wan'er's huge room. Looking at all kinds of high-end furnishings in the room, and all kinds of high-grade solid wood furniture, although it has been so long in this place, Ouyang Xinyu still feels strange when he looks at them. No matter how luxurious a place is, it can't compare to the comfort and comfort of your own humble nest!
"Miss, miss, why are you lying here asleep? You're going to catch a cold, wake up quickly! When Xiao Cui returned to the room, she saw Ouyang Xinyu lying on the table and falling asleep, as if she was sleeping soundly.
Ouyang Xinyu was dreaming wildly at the moment, she dreamed that Master Shangguan arranged for her to go on a blind date, and the other party turned out to be an old man who looked like he was in his forties, with a long and dry yellow braid hanging behind his smooth round head and melon seeds. The lips are covered with a thick beard, and he looks like a red-faced Guan Gong. The man seemed to be very satisfied with Ouyang Xinyu, and when he showed a salivating stupid look in front of her, Ouyang Xinyu was so frightened that Ouyang Xinyu immediately hid behind Mrs. Shangguan and didn't dare to show her face.
Suddenly, Master Shangguan and his wife were gone, and only Ouyang Xinyu and the man with a strong face were left in the room. I saw that the man saw that there was no one else, and he looked lewd, approaching Ouyang Xinyu step by step. Ouyang Xinyu was so frightened that she hurriedly stepped back, seeing that there was no way back behind, and she didn't know when this room would become a jubilant new house again. Ouyang Xinyu stepped back, retreated, retreated to the edge of the bed, and she sat down on the bed. The man was getting closer and closer, and soon he was in front of her, and he was about to pounce on her.
"Help......!" Frightened, Ouyang Xin screamed, and woke up from her sleep in a cold sweat. When she saw Xiao Cui in front of her, she thought it was the dirty old man, and she immediately jumped up from the stool in fright.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" As if she heard Ouyang Xinyu talking in her dreams, Xiaocui was leaning over to hear what she was talking about, but she was suddenly startled by Ouyang Xinyu's scream.
"Xiaocui, you're finally here, where is the old and ugly man?" Ouyang Xinyu heard Xiao Cui's voice, immediately walked to her side, pulled her sleeve, hid behind her, and asked eagerly.
"Where did the man come from? Miss, have you had a spring dream? It turned out that the young lady was dreaming, and she dreamed of some man in her dream, Xiaocui couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
"I dreamed that Ama and E-Niang took me on a blind date, and the other party was an old and ugly old man with long braids. Later, Ama and E-Niang were gone, and only me and the man were left in the room. Suddenly, the room was new again, and the man was approaching me step by step, and he wanted to ...... He wanted to ......" Later, Ouyang Xinyu was embarrassed to continue, so she had to stop there.
"Oh, miss, have you been thinking too much lately to have such nightmares? I noticed that you have been in a lot of bad spirits lately, why did you fall asleep on the table? Did you not sleep well last night? ”
"Yes, since the day Amma mentioned the marriage to me, I can't seem to be happy, and I'm always worried that Amma will arrange a blind date for me."
"Miss, what do you mean by blind date? We didn't have such words in ancient times, and if someone here likes the daughter of a family, they will find a matchmaker to come to the door to propose marriage. If the daughter's parents agree to the marriage, then they will be married. The young lady who was proposed on the day of marriage could not meet her husband, and she did not necessarily know the appearance of the other party before. Unless, the two people who want to marry have met in private before, and will know each other's faces in advance. ”
"That's it! What if the other party is an old man? Or is it a cripple? Isn't that someone cheated and didn't even know? ”
"Generally, the daughters of poor families, because the family has no money, sometimes they will be married to the rich son Chongxi. In most of these examples, the rich sons are basically flawed, otherwise how could the daughters of rich families be valued? If it is the daughter of a rich family, the situation is not quite the same! ”
"Then if it is a rich daughter like your Miss Wan'er, what will her marriage be like?" She is not Shangguan Wan'er, but at this moment, her fate is closely linked to this ancient woman named Shangguan Wan'er. Before Shangguan Wan'er came back, Ouyang Xinyu had to care about all the qiē about Shangguan Wan'er, because this qiē was closely related to her for the time being.