Chapter 63: Strange Half Wedding (Part 2)

Su Shi knew about this habit, but Zhao Xing didn't know about it. However, both of them didn't care about the bad habits of the world, so the wedding party played music, and the drums and drums were roaring around Chengjiaao and stopped at the door of Cheng Laoqi's house.

The family members who had already been waiting there were welcomed into the team. The musicians, singers and others who were welcomed by wine and tea, and also received gifts such as colorful silk and small ornaments. After eating and drinking, the musicians began to play music, which urged the bride to get on the sedan chair as soon as possible.

The music sounded, and Cheng Azhu began to say goodbye. Her aunt, aunt, sister-in-law and sister sent her to the door of the inner court, tidied up her skirt again, and repeated the teachings that emphasized her parents: "Listen to your parents' words. You can't do it all in the night."

These aunts led Cheng Azhu to the door, stood up, and sang songs to ask the groom for reward: "It is better to take the bride out, and it is better to have many gifts. This is not as good as the usual business. One hundred thousand is enough to tie it together."

Zhao Xing sang back in form: "Since ancient times, gentlemen have not brought gold."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pan Dalin beside him threw a few red envelopes in front of the horses according to the rules, and each red envelope was filled with a few small money. However, the children did not come forward to snatch them like usual weddings. They looked at the teacher timidly. Zhao Xing waved the whip, so the program returned to normal...

This Song Dynasty wedding was no simpler than a modern wedding, and it was even better than the noisy and tedious one. Zhao Xing finally became dizzy and had to let Pan Dalin do it. After completing all the rituals, he was already dizzy under the toast of the villagers, and only the feeling of vomiting was left in his heart.

Su Shi was originally going to preside over the next ceremony, but this great poet was so famous that the mountain people in the countryside were proud of inviting him into the house. The first honor was of course the patriarch Cheng Tong. He brought his son toast frequently, and then the villagers took turns to fight. After a while, Su Shi couldn't hold him back and he fainted. Cheng Tong was quick and immediately instructed his son-in-law to carry Su Shi slightly drunk to his home. The slow-moving villagers had to snatch Pan Dalin. Before Su Shi was drunk, he wanted to say something. He thought that the wedding seemed to have only been in the first half, but why did the villagers remember to drink him...

Under the night, in the new house, the bride covered her red veil and sat quietly on the bed. Zhao Xing reached out his hand in the air and hesitated for a long time before he fell down. He gently uncovered Cheng Azhu's veil.

The newly married woman is the most beautiful moment in her life. At this moment, all the colors in her life bloomed in an instant, which was so beautiful that it was thrilling... However, Cheng Azhu was still a child, only 14 years old.

Su Dongpo's concubine Chaoyun is only fourteen years old now. This year she gave birth to Su Dun. Su Dun would fall ill if she was less than one year old. The main reason was that Chaoyun was too young, which led to her child being too weak.

Su Shi's mother, Mrs. Cheng, was not old when she got married. She gave birth to six sons. The adults were Su Shi and his brother Su Che. The survival rate of the children was only one-third, and if the daughter who died prematurely was added, the survival rate was not even one-quarter.

Zhao Xing is not a tough person. He felt that if he could witness the death of his child and experience a separation of life and death, he would probably not be able to bear this pain. Therefore, although he did not object to marrying Azhu at such a young age according to the customs of this era, he was unwilling to cross that dangerous line, which would also face possible emotional torture.

He had already made plans before he got married, but he could not tell the people of Chengjiaao because these principles transcend the traditional concepts they perceived.

Zhao Xing's hesitation just now was about how to explain to Cheng Azhu, but he thought again: Who would like to spread the things in the couple's room? Cheng Azhu was young, so he pretended to be vague. Could this little girl notice that something was abnormal?

You will find that the peak of education for fools was not in the Song Dynasty. Although doctoral students do not understand the affairs between husband and wife in modern times, in the Song Dynasty, teaching brides to understand "the rituals of Zhou Gong" happened to be a wedding program.

Zhao Xing didn't know this. He hugged Cheng Azhu, and fell asleep purely as if he was hugging his own sister. However, Cheng Azhu twisted and twisted in his arms, excited and uneasy.

On the second day of the wedding, the bride will hold a "unboxing ceremony" (also known as a "meeting ceremony"). That is, to show the people who attended the wedding that she had cut and embroidered paper-cutting and dressing flowers, embroidered and other female red gifts before the wedding. Relatives should use this to appreciate the bride's skillfulness, hoping to let the groom know: what a skillful wife he married.

The custom of paper-cutting started to flourish in the Song Dynasty. The northern folk proverb: "You should be clever when you give birth to a woman, pomegranates and peonies are erected", "A pair of scissors on the kang and a shovel off the kang" are the standards for evaluating a skillful woman. During the wedding ceremony, the makeup box must be pasted with paper-cutting fireworks in the bridal chamber, which has become an opportunity for men and women to communicate, compete and exhibition.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the relatives of Cheng Jiaao visited according to customs. The women entered the backyard to appreciate Cheng Azhu's paper-cutting skills, while the male relatives stayed in the front hall to chat with the groom.

Su Shi did not come, and he could not come forward on such occasions, so when it dawn, he simply took Cheng Xia, leaned on the knives given to him by Zhao Xing, put on a straw raincoat, and went into the mountains with several hunters to see the scenery.

The leader of the clan Cheng Tong was not suitable for coming forward at this time. The leader of the Cheng clan was Cheng Laoer, who had just returned from Hangzhou. Now the Cheng clan recognizes his ancestors and their generation has a seniority ranking. Cheng Laoer should be called Cheng Buyi, and Cheng Tong's official name is Cheng Du.

It was indeed different. The change in name gave Cheng Lao Er a little extramarital temperament. He sat upright on the head seat, pretending to be the noble of an elder, and looking at the smiling face of the child below.

The children dared not make too much noise in front of Zhao Xing. At most, they would ask the teacher for some gifts and then sit down obediently, which made the scene in the room a little deserted.

Zhao Xing didn't care about this kind of desolation. He had something to do. He took this opportunity to handle some family affairs, so he looked up and ordered Cheng Zhuo: "Go and call grandpa."

Cheng Tong is not the corner who comes immediately after being summoned, but Zhao Xing's call he had to come. He sat on the head of Cheng Buyi's handover. He asked, "Son-in-law, I heard from my second son that the manor you built in Hangzhou is very large and you have bought 6,000 acres of land by the river. After getting married, are you planning to move to Hangzhou?"

It seems that he has long had doubts, but he just hasn't had the chance to say it.

Zhao Xing skipped his question and asked directly: "Grandpa, how is the wine sales this year?"

Cheng Laoer rushed to answer: "It's not bad. The wine brewed this year was empty in two months, and it only took a month for the mountain goods. The people in the clan thought that they would burn the kilns in winter. Now the goods in the kilns are almost out, and they have been ordered before they are transported.

I heard that you bought the brewing method of Pansheng wine again. Are you planning to do it next year? Then we need more people to collect more mountain fruits next year... Ah, you need to prepare early!"
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