Chapter 2576 Viewing the Ceremony
The Zhou family’s team to welcome the bride arrived at Ji’s house about an hour later than Mr. , a total of nineteen people in the team.
The Zhou family’s wedding car and some young people arrived in Qin Province two days ago. Mr. Zhou just set off from his hometown last night. He arrived in Qixian County, Qin Province in the middle of the night.
In order to keep the flowers on the wedding car bright, the Zhou family’s wedding car was decorated only in the morning. It took a lot of time to decorate the car, so they fell behind Mr. Xuan and his group.
The Zhou and Ji families are both families who inherit etiquette. The wedding process is based on the ancient etiquette process. Because there is a thousand rivers between the two families, they do not use a sedan chair and use a modern car instead. sedan chair.
When the Zhou family's wedding convoy arrived at the entrance of the village, it stopped first.
The Zhou family’s betrothal gifts have already been sent to the Ji family, and they only brought a few essential things on the wedding day.
The Ji family’s receptionist led Mr. Zhou and his party to the third courtyard of the main house. Mr. Ji took several brothers to greet them at the steps of the upper room, and then led Mr. Zhou and others Please go into the central hall to meet the elders of the Ji family.
Mr. Zhou led the people into the middle hall and saw Mr. Jiang Shaohua and others without saying hello. He first said hello to the parents-in-law and elders, and then presented the wedding gift.
Everyone in the Ji family became more and more satisfied after seeing the gift from the husband's family, and invited everyone in the Zhou family to sit down and have tea.
Only then did Master Zhou, Master Xuan and others greet each other and take their seats.
The young people of the Zhou family had to drive when they went back. Long-distance driving was the most tiring. The Ji family also arranged a room for them and let them rest first after drinking tea.
The young people of the Zhou family didn’t show any pretense and went to the guest room to catch up on their sleep.
Mr. Zhou sat with the elders of the Ji family for an hour and then took a nap. He returned to the main house of the Ji family more than half an hour before the luncheon and went to the place where the banquet was set to meet with the old and young of the Ji family.
Mr. Le Xiao really wanted to see the real process of how a man from an old aristocratic family goes about marrying a girl, but Miss Jijiu kept chatting with her and refused to let her go, thus missing another good opportunity.
Ji Jiufeng was so happy to have little Loli and Wu Shao playing with her. It was not until her Xiaoba came to pick up Little Loli and Wu Shao that she reluctantly let them go.
Before leaving, Mr. Le Xiao also gave the makeup gift he had prepared to Miss Jijiu. When he and Master Jiba returned to the main hall of the Ji family’s main house, the main hall of the Ji family’s house had been rearranged and decorated. the table.
This time she was lucky enough to avoid sitting on the banquet table with the master’s relatives and elders. She, Young Master Xuan, Young Master Jiang and the others sat in the VIP seats.
When the elders of the Ji family invited the little girl, Mr. Xuan and others to take their seats, he also went over to salute the little girl: "Thank you, little beauty, for the honor. Zhou is very grateful."
"You're welcome. You're welcome, I just came here with you to eat and drink and cause trouble to you two." Le Yun returned the gift with a smile.
"No, it's our honor for the little girl to come to this humble house." The head of the Ji family smiled brightly.
The Dongfang family sent out invitations, but the little beauty didn’t show any appreciation. The Jizhou family didn’t have anything to do, but the little beauty still found time to come despite her busy schedule. The difference is clear at a glance.
Both Mr. Zhou and the Ji family were happy that the little girl was willing to treat them as friends, and they accompanied her for a few words before leaving.
After a series of preparations, the luncheon started.
The luncheon at the Ji family was particularly grand, with pre-dinner pastries and appetizer soup first, then cold cuts, and then the formal dishes.
The little Loli was in an unprecedented mood, and her lunch was particularly delicious.
Only a small number of representatives of the bride's family will send the bride to the Zhou family in Shonan Province. Others will not go, and Young Master Zhou is not allowed to toast to thank all the relatives of the Ji family.
The Ji family’s luncheon had nine rounds of dishes. Mr. Zhou made a toast after the fifth round of dishes was served. After he finished the toast, the sixth round of dishes was served.
It took Mr. Zhou more than two hours to toast. After a period of digestion, even those who had eaten a little before were able to fight again.
The atmosphere at lunch was quite lively.
Jijiu Xiaofeng had lunch with her accompanying staff and rested for an hour before starting to put on makeup.
The banquet at the main house of the Ji family lasted until after four o'clock in the afternoon. After the banquet, fruits and nuts were served.
The young people of the Ji family quickly cleaned up the main hall, took the dining table out, cleaned the floor, arranged it as it would have been when entertaining guests, and laid a carpet in the center of the hall.
Moreover, the red carpet was laid all the way from the central hall to the first entrance of the main house, and then outside, and the red carpet was laid from the main entrance to the entrance of the village.
It was approaching five o'clock, and Xiniang of the Zhou family was urging her to make up for the first time. The best man who came with the groom to welcome the bride quickly recited the poem to urge her to make up, wrote it out, and handed it to Xiniang of the Ji family.
Xiniang of the Ji family sent a poem urging makeup to the woman’s boudoir.
The bride’s female elders are also in the boudoir, showing favor to the bride and accompanying her to talk about herself.
The bride’s wife went to the bride’s boudoir to have a look. After a while, she went out and said to the groom, “The bride is dressing up.”
The groom’s family waited for a while, and Xiniang urged her to put on makeup for the second time.
The bride’s wife, Xi Niang, went to the boudoir again and received the reply that “the makeup is almost finished.”
The groom’s family waited for a while, and Xiniang urged her to make up for the third time.
Xiniang of the bride’s family and a dozen female members of the bride’s family went to the bride’s boudoir. They sat for a while first, and then put a phoenix crown on the bride, a Xiapei, and a hijab.
Xi Niang helps the bride out of the boudoir, and the bride’s elders and sisters of the same race go to the main house together.
The head of the Ji family, the elders of the clan, and the Zhou family’s wedding reception staff were all in the middle hall. When the bride was helped into the hall, the bride of the Zhou family came up to greet her and handed the red silk to the bride.
The bride and groom stood together and were led to the front of the hall by Xi Niang.
The head of the Ji family and the bride’s parents were sitting in the high hall.
The newlyweds knelt down and thanked Gaotang.
Mrs. Ji, the head of the Ji family, gave a lecture, and the bride’s parents also gave some earnest instructions.
The newlyweds bowed to the high hall, were helped up by Xiniang, bowed to the elders from all directions, and after the ceremony was completed, they left the boudoir.
The groom helped the bride turn around and walked out. The female elders of the Ji family cried and gave away their daughter.
The head of the Ji family, Patriarch Ji, and the bride’s parents were only sent to the entrance of the central hall. They did not leave the threshold of the main hall, and other elders helped them get married.
When they first entered the house, Jiba Shao carried his sister on his back inside the door and sent her out.
The young and old of the Ji family were sent all the way out of the village and onto the road outside.
Major General Jiba sent his cousin into the wedding car. He and a dozen brothers from the same clan who were getting married and several clan elders went to the car behind.
According to ancient rituals, the Ji family’s dowry was also sent to the Zhou family in advance. On the day of the wedding, there was no large dowry accompanying her, only a few boxes and cages, which were the most valuable gifts given by the bride’s parents and grandmother. part of the dowry.
The Zhou family sent twelve wedding cars to pick up the bride, and eighteen people from the Ji family sent the bride.
Mr. Zhou and some part of the wedding team were left behind on foot, and everyone in the Ji family saw them off again. When the convoy slowed down for about a hundred meters, the Zhou family invited the Ji family to stay, set a table and wine, and killed one Chicken.
Everyone in the Ji family stayed here.
Mr. Zhou and others packed up their belongings, boarded the car one by one, and the convoy set off.
Watching the motorcade drifting away, until it disappeared from sight, everyone in the Ji family turned around and returned to the village.
Mr. Xuan and others also delivered the wedding to the village entrance with the Zhou family, and then went back to Ji's house. They sat there for a few minutes, drank tea, and then said goodbye.
The Ji family sent a car to take the little girl and the young man to the station in Qixian County.
Little Lolita and Qiao Shao waited in the station hall for less than half an hour to check in and enter the station. They waited in the station for another ten minutes before the high-speed train they took entered the station.
Mr. Zhongjun took the high-speed train to the provincial capital of Qin Province, then transferred to the high-speed train to Han City in the north of E, and then transferred to the high-speed train to Yuezhou City in southern Hunan.
After going round and round all the way, we arrived in Yuezhou City at around four o'clock in the morning on May 1st.
Yueshi is not the terminal station of the high-speed rail, but just a stop on the way.
The few who finally arrived in Yuezhou stayed at the station until dawn, went to have breakfast, and then calmly took a taxi to Zhou’s home in Shili Changqiao Wuchi Lane on the south bank of East Dongting Lake. .
The taxi took the person to a place not far from the destination and convenient for parking. After collecting the fare, he went to the sports car and walked more or less slowly to Wuchichi Alley.
As soon as they appeared at the end of Wuchichi Alley, the head of the Zhou family had already brought people to greet them.
The Zhou family and the young people who were going to welcome the bride called the family in advance and informed the head of the family that several young men from the Gu Xiu family were with the little girl at Ji's house and would drive to Yuezhou at night. May arrive at Zhou's house in the morning.
The Zhou family had already arranged for people to keep an eye on them at all times. When they noticed the whereabouts of Young Master Jiang and others from a distance, they immediately notified the family owner.
The head of the Zhou family went out to welcome them, and received a group of young distant visitors at the entrance of the alley. Their smiles were as bright as spring, and without paying any courtesy, they went to the Zhou family to invite them.
“The young lady and the handsome young man are traveling under the stars and the moon, so many people praise Ying Hao so much, how can the Zhou family be so virtuous and capable.”
“The head of the Zhou family is too alienated. The young master is an old friend. When he gets married, we will naturally come to have a wedding drink. Maybe we will be happy because of this, and we older young people can also be single next year."
Xuan Sanshaohe Young Master Jiang took on the communication task and had a lively conversation with the head of the Zhou family.
The head of the Zhou family was in a happy mood, and he accompanied a group of young people to walk along the five-and-a-half-foot alley for a while. When they arrived at the Zhoujiazhaizi area, they went around again, and after a few twists and turns, they arrived at the head of the Zhou family. House.
The Zhou family only held a family banquet, and the Zhou clan members gathered together to celebrate the young master’s wedding.
Some elders of the Zhou family were in the main hall where guests had always been entertained. When they saw the head of the family coming in accompanied by young heroes from the ancient cultivating family, they all stood up to greet them.
Third Young Master Xuan and the other guests entered the Zhou family hall as the host wished, greeted the elders of the Zhou family, and then sat down among the guests of honor.
The young people of the Zhou family served tea and presented colorful snacks and fruits.
The young masters had a conversation with the elders of the Zhou family, and then went out for a walk.
Mr. Xuan, Mr. Zhou and other young men rested at Zhou’s house for nearly three days.At this time, Master Zhou and his party finally returned to Shili Changqiao Village.
The motorcade stopped outside the village. The Zhou family carried the red sedan to the entrance of the village. The bride transferred from the sedan to the sedan.
The young men of the Zhou family were carrying the sedan chair, with Young Master Zhou walking beside the sedan chair. The Zhou family's wedding team and the bride-offering team were behind, and the mighty team entered the village.
The sedan chair did not enter the Zhou family directly. Instead, it circled the village first, and then entered the residence of the Zhou family. It was carried all the way to the main house of the Zhou family, and stopped outside the Yimen gate.
Xiniang took the brazier from the Zhou family and placed it inside the threshold, then put the tiles on it.
Then he went to the door and directed the young man to place a saddle in front of the sedan, then stood next to the sedan and waited for the bride to get out of the sedan.
The bearer removed the door of the sedan chair, and a six-year-old girl from the Zhou family who was dressed in makeup, known as the "little girl who came out of the sedan chair" went to pull the bride's sleeves three times, and the bride Then he took his hand out of the sedan girl's hand and got out of the sedan.
The bride got out of the sedan chair, and the groom went up to support the bride.
The Xi Niang supported the bride on the other side, helped the bride cross the sedan bars, then stepped on the saddle, crossed the saddle, walked on the red carpet to the ceremony gate, crossed the threshold and entered the Zhou Dynasty. The second entrance to the home.
Entered the Yimen, stepped over the brazier, walked a few more steps, stepped on the tiles, and went straight to the third courtyard.
Enter the third courtyard and then go to the middle hall.
A big red carpet was laid out in the nave, and red candles were lit on the altar table.
The head of the Zhou family, the mother-in-law of the Zhou family, met with the elders of the Zhou family and the Ji family's natal family, and invited people from the Ji family to the central hall to watch the ceremony.
The old head of the Zhou family, the head of the Zhou family, and his wife were sitting in the high hall.
Xiniang led the newlyweds to the front of the hall. As the master of ceremonies sang, the newlyweds knelt down and bowed first to heaven and earth, and secondly to the high hall.
After the husband and wife bowed, the bride and the groom helped the bride up and took her to the bridal chamber.
The newlyweds paid their respects, and the head of the Zhou family entertained the wedding guests from the Ji family in the middle hall.
Classmate Le Xiao, Mr. Jiang and others followed the Zhou family to send the newlyweds to the bridal chamber. The newlyweds sat on the bed, picked up their headscarves, and drank Heyi wine.
After drinking the Heyi wine, the groom left first to accompany the guests to eat "makeup-changing soup and fruit". The bride changed her make-up in the bridal chamber, took off her phoenix crown, combed her hair, and wore a step-back dress.
The groom waited for a while, then went to the new house to pick up the bride, and together they went to the main hall to pay homage and meet the elders.
The elders who are greeted by the newlyweds all give a greeting gift.
After the greeting ceremony, it’s time to “wait for the banquet”.
The banquet is just a wedding etiquette. There is a banquet in the middle hall, the bride sits at the head of the table, and there are fourA woman is accompanying the banquet, and the bride only eats a little.
After the banquet, the bride accompanies the bride to the kitchen for "circumcision", which means cooking. Afterwards, after the ceremony, the bride returns to her bridal chamber to rest.
Afterwards, the Zhou family held a luncheon.
At noon, the bride does not sit at the table, but the groom does. The Zhou family drinks with the bridegrooms from the Ji family and takes turns toasting.
A group of people from the Ji family who were giving the wedding party were all drunk.
The Zhou family also has a formal banquet in the evening for "He Lang Wine". The bride also sits at the banquet and has to pour wine for the elders table by table.
After the dinner, the guests invited by the Zhou family went to the new house and accompanied the newlyweds in the "three drinks and easy drinking" ceremony. Every time they drank wine, the newlyweds took a sip and exchanged glasses, and the two congratulators Congratulations to the groom while drinking wine.
After the three drinks and the ceremony, the guests went to their new house.
Wu Shao, Ren Shao, Jiang Shao and others were obviously single, and they were not afraid of being retaliated by Zhou Shao when they got married in the future. They watched the entire ceremony and even made trouble with the groom.
They just joined in the fun themselves, and even dragged the little girl to join in the fun.
Mr. Le Xiaoxiao was originally very happy to watch the ancient ceremony. When he was forced to have a wedding ceremony, he could only risk his life to accompany the gentleman. He thought he was just joining in the fun, but who knows that those guys are often betrayed by the bride and groom? When an army was about to stop, she was pushed out to the rescue again.
The little Lolita who was forced to take up the post sang four or five songs to celebrate the bridegroom and composed three poems. She was frightened and escaped through the window while the guys were not paying attention.
The little Lolita who escaped by jumping out of the window hurried back to the Zhou family hall. Seeing the elders of the Zhou family talking and laughing with the four elders of the Ji family, they sat down aside and drank tea.
Ancestor Zhou looked at the little girl with rosy cheeks and asked with a smile: "Why did the little girl come back so soon? Isn't it fun to have a wedding?"
"Young Master Jiang Shaohua and those handsome guys are so unkind. When they make trouble with the new couple, they always push me to take the blame when they encounter problems. I don't dare to stay any longer. Otherwise, in the future, Young Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou will think that it is me who is making trouble, and wait for my brother and I to get married." Shi Ye went to the bridal chamber, wouldn’t I be wronged?"
Le Yun poured another cup of tea and complained about the ruthlessness of Young Master Jiang and others.
The head of the Zhou family and others laughed heartily.
The little Loli ran away, so Wu Shao and others stopped and just watched the excitement.
People who are making trouble at a new house are also restrained and stop making trouble until midnight.