Jiang Chuhan and Mei'er's wedding did not invite many guests, except for the fact that Mei'er's father and sister-in-law Xia Xue'er were brought to Yangzhou in a hurry, and only Chen Qiyu and Liu Zeqing, Yan Yingyuan and other old acquaintances were invited.In order to be able to get on the sedan chair for herself, Mei'er specially purchased a yard in another place in Yangzhou, and at the same time took her father to that yard, Jiang Chuhan has no concept of money, anyway, since he came to this era, he seems to have never been short of money, so he happily agreed.
That day came in time.Because of the rush of time, the wedding was set on the sixth day after Jiang Chuhan returned to Yangzhou!
It seems that since Jiang Chuhan became an official, the time has not been very satisfactory, so Jiang Chuhan has no choice but to do his best, in case he doesn't know when he will be entangled in a bunch of miscellaneous things and miss the marriage date with Mei'er.Since the morning, the guests have arrived one after another, and it is still early before the time for dinner, and the guests cannot be waited, so they invited the famous opera team from Kunshan, and when there were a little more guests, they began to babble and sing to relieve the boredom of the guests who came first.It was about noon when it was almost noon, and several figures from Yangzhou City arrived one after another, Chen Qiyu, the governor of Yangzhou Prefecture, Liu Zeqing, the commander of Yangzhou Guard, etc., as well as those who are quite familiar with them on weekdays.After greeting each other, everyone took their seats in turn.Qiu Feng, who was dressed in a tufted robe, said loudly: "Open the banquet!"
”The guys who helped the kitchen carried long boxes and served plates of cold spells to the banquet.But these things are mainly made to look good.Although the weather this year is a little abnormal, today's weather is not too cold, but after all, there is still a little snow on the ground, and no one wants to eat a cold stomach.In fact, as soon as the "open table" was shouted, the cooks who had been waiting there for a long time, like soldiers who had received an order, immediately began to crackle and put the food in the pot, fry and fry, boil and stew, and serve it on the plate in a blink of an eye!
Hot dishes are served like flowing water.Because of the different grades of guests, the dishes are of course different, this time there are a total of 20 seats of high-quality shark fin; 50 Medium Shark Fin Banquets; 100 seats of inferior shark fin; Again, there is no shark fin directly, but the sea cucumber and abalone are still there; At the end of the day, there is only abalone.There must be differences in the ingredients used for each banquet.But it is the chef's skill that determines the grade of the banquet.Take the most noble shark fin as an example, the inferior is a table full of people with a "green cover shark fin", a fine porcelain ice tray, the top is neatly covered with a layer of shark fin four inches long, and the bottom is mostly shredded chicken, shredded meat, and cabbage, which is neither rotten nor tasteful.It's purely a cold dish that I don't like to eat, obviously the chef himself has never made shark fin, and he is learning cold dishes.The medium "big row wings" are much better, and the high-grade "small wings" can be called the best, obviously from the hands of the master of the big restaurant.As for the shark fin offered to the big people on the table, it is a different situation, although it is also called "Shark Fin with Cuigai", it is completely different from the materials to the workmanship!
Choose the best small rib wings, stew with hen soup, and then use a purple abalone, cloud legs, together with a well-bodied oily chicken, wrap them up with dried lotus leaves, and put them as ingredients to burn.It takes about an hour to burn, and then change the lotus leaf cover on it, steam it in the basket drawer for a quarter of an hour, and then change the lotus leaf to cover the dish and serve it, which is the real green cover shark fin.However, such dishes can only be enjoyed by the chefs, and only by the most distinguished guests.Jiang Chuhan, the Lang official, with a big red flower on the black gauze hat, started from the main table, and toasted from table to table, although there was no need to drink, but after so many tables, Jiang Chuhan was already weak and dizzy.Those masters can rest for a while, but Jiang Chuhan can't, because the winter days are short, and the sun will set in an hour, so he has to hurry up and go to welcome his mother!
Why is it welcoming at this time?
Because it's dusk!
Because the "marriage" in "wedding" is actually a separate word, the correct way to say it should be "faint ceremony".Because the twilight is the time when yin and yang intersect, and the union of men and women at this time conforms to the will of heaven and is auspicious, so it is called the evening ceremony.Jiang Chuhan, who was dizzy here, was still wearing a red court dress, with the best man Sunshine, leading the team to welcome relatives, and set off, and the Gu family over there was also a busy mess, only the embroidery building with Mei'er was quiet.Because just now, Mei'er worshiped her deceased mother, so she didn't have to whimper and cry, and those aunts and aunts who were specially picked up from her hometown on the side easily persuaded her and said, "Let's order, look at the auspicious time is near." ”Mei'er nodded, wiped away her tears, and said with red eyes: "I'm sorry for you." ”On this day, for the lady, she should cry, and if she doesn't cry, she is not filial, so she doesn't have to care about crying into swollen eyes or something.Mei'er and her aunt held the colorful yarn, rubbed left and right, and with the help of the yarn skein, repeatedly rolled back and forth on her face, stranded the face hair, and then the maids helped cut the forehead hair and sideburns, trim the eyebrows and lips to dress up, which is called open face plastic surgery.A woman only meets once in her life, and that is on the day she gets married.Just a few days ago, in the imperial court announcement, Jiang Chuhan's fiancée Mei'er had been appointed as the sixth order, and after Mei'er's appearance was picked up, the maids brought her pleasant crown clothes!
This is Mei'er's wedding dress!
It's not the "phoenix crown and xia veil" that other people wore back then, but the clothes that can only be worn by the dignified Mrs.
Liupin!
A dry warbler, Yanyan's and Mei'er's aunt and aunt and others obsessively looked at the crown decorated with heavy pearls, pearl peonies, green clouds, green peony leaves, and gold and silver treasure flowers, there are dozens of ornaments, just looking at it feels dizzy.The large-sleeved dress is made of real red silk silk, and the xia curtain is embroidered with Yunxia mandarin ducks, which is gorgeous.When they easily looked away from their eyes, and then looked at their eyebrows, they were a little jealous on top of envy.It's not hard to see why.After all, for women, a decree is a symbol of status and status, and it is the highest pursuit!
Aware of their own inappropriateness, everyone hurriedly wiped their saliva and buried their jealousy in their hearts.put it on Mei'er, but they all secretly vowed to let their sons and grandsons work hard, take the Jinshi exam and become an official in the future, and earn a life for the old lady to come back, even if it is a life.As soon as Mei'er finished dressing, he heard the sound of "crackling" firecrackers in the front yard, and the women said in unison: "The sedan chair is coming!"
”It is indeed the man's sedan chair to welcome the family, but after the woman's family set off the cannon to welcome the sedan chair, she immediately covered the door and "blocked the sedan chair door", which is the woman's young man to benefit the city, although the hard break will definitely be able to crash open, but no one has done such a bad thing since ancient times!
After the man paid a considerable price and satisfied the people inside, the door was reopened, and the eight-lift sedan chair finally hit the ground.The woman came out with an uncle or something, holding a red candle in one hand and a bronze mirror in the other, and shone it into the sedan chair, which made Jiang Chuhan feel depressed, are you still afraid that there is not even a Mazha inside?
This is the so-called interlaced such as across the mountain, the day is great, but it does not mean that the knowledge is also great, I don't know that this is called "search sedan chair", in order to expel the ghosts hidden in the sedan chair.The reason why the entrance of the sedan car faces outward is to avoid bringing ghosts into the house.Then the man's mother went into the woman's house to urge the sedan chair, because the woman would pretend that she didn't want to get married, and she had to urge three times, so this kung fu, Jiang Chuhan went in to toast the old father-in-law and a "foreign relative", because he had to make a big salute at dusk, he couldn't salute them one by one, Jiang Chuhan only kowtowed to the old father-in-law, toasted alone, and the rest of the people saluted together.Daddy Gu's mood today is called a mixed taste, not only happy that his daughter has found a good son-in-law, but also reluctant to give his heart and liver baby to others, and sad to think of his wife.In the end, all kinds of emotions turned into a wave, patted his son-in-law's shoulder hard, and threatened in a low voice: "If you don't treat my daughter well, see if I don't" It's not good to say anything about "fighting and killing" on this kind of day, but that's what it means.Of course, Daddy Gu's heart is also more comfortable, he was originally just a grass farmer, and he actually recruited such a son-in-law who took the dragon, what else can Daddy Gu, an old man who has been in the mall for a long time and almost died, have nothing to say?
At this time, the backyard shouted: "The lady is out!"
”Jiang Chuhan hurriedly avoided it, rubbed his shoulders and waited outside.In fact, he shouldn't come in to toast, but when he thought of the old father-in-law's lonely and pitiful father-in-law, if he didn't even say hello, he took his daughter away, which was really not a son of man.So he went in, but fortunately, no one dared to say anything about him.Mei'er was covered with a red hijab and was helped out of the backyard by Ai'er and Xue'er, Ai'er was Mei'er's maid, and Xue'er was Mei'er's bridesmaid.At this time, it is time for the mother to feed the sedan chair, which means not to forget the grace of nursing.But now she can only be held by her father and let her aunt feed her, but this makes her more and more sad, and she can't stop crying.Wait until you finish eating the sedan chair meal, Mei'er kowtows to her father, Gu Lao, who has always been relatively strong, finally burst into tears, don't look over and say: "Get on the sedan chair and live a good life." ”The father and daughter cried, and the aunt and aunt held the eyebrows of the crying man, walked to the gate, and when they arrived in front of the sedan chair, the aunt cried: "Oh, ah, you can lift it, it makes a sound!"
Nong is going alone, leading the tide!
”My aunt also cried: "Nong respects her in-laws, respects her blessings, and respects her husband to have food" This made Jiang Chuhan, who was a decoration on the side, very unhappy, and said in his heart: "That's my daughter-in-law, can I abuse it?"
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