Chapter 524 Entering the House Warming Room
Gu Erzhu grabbed Zhou Shun tightly. When his old son turned around, he immediately showed his in-laws. When he saw his mother-in-law Ma Liu hiding behind his old son, he couldn't help laughing.
Suddenly, roaring laughter echoed in the hall.
Happy times always fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, on the 12th day, Gu Erzhu started to take his family away two-quarters of an hour before the auspicious Mao hour.
It's still cold at four or five in the morning, but there's nothing you can do about it. According to the old god, it's not afternoon at this time, and the sun has to set for anyone who chooses to enter the house.
Generally speaking, we will choose before dawn, so that we will not be blocked by people on the way, and it will be just dawn after the entry ceremony, which is perfect.
Especially after winter, there is not much work in the fields. If they have to go out early in the morning to set up stalls to find work, many villagers almost do not get up until three o'clock in the morning.
Save rations.
The carriage drove slowly and smoothly all the way to the front of the manor. The place was already brightly lit, and Chang Qing and Zhou Molan were ready to welcome them.
Outside the gate of the manor.
A canopy was erected.
Red lanterns hang high.
Get off the carriage and move into the house.
Not much.
Like firewood (wealth), meaning a bundle.
When the auspicious time calculated by the old god arrived, Gu Erzhu wanted his old son to take the lead into the house with a lit incense in his hand, but unfortunately his old son did not cooperate.
The young couple had hid in the back early and had packed their belongings for entering the house. He could only hold the lit incense in his hand and lead the young family in through the open main door.
First, walk around the four corners of the manor, then go into the kitchen to pay homage to the Stove Lord, and then insert incense into the incense burner dedicated to the three gods of fortune, longevity and fortune.
When he brought his two sons to kowtow and pray for blessings for the whole family to be blessed with longevity, money, and peace, it was almost dawn when he stood up again.
Turn on the fire to cook sweet soup and set off firecrackers at the gate.
At this point, it can be considered a smooth transition into the house.
The manor is divided into an outer courtyard and an inner courtyard, along the central axis. In addition to the main courtyard, the inner courtyard also has east and west courtyards. Zhou Banxia chose the west courtyard for his wife.
Her mother-in-law agreed to her. When the firecrackers went off, she could lock herself up like the little milk baby and just go back to the yard to eat, sleep, eat, and have a good rest.
If any female family members came who had to ask her to come out to socialize, her mother-in-law would send someone to inform her. Otherwise, she could hide in peace because she was pregnant.
So happy.
At Chen time, it was already bright.
Although Gu Erzhu didn't want to inform his relatives and friends that it would cost them money to warm up the house today, but with the arrival of Zhou Shushun and Ma Dazhuang's families, the guests still came one after another.
There are the Liu family of Gu Erzhu's Yue family, the Li family of Zhou Daya's husband's family, several in-law Wang families in Wangbei Village, Aunt Gu in the town, and the Fang family's family, etc.
There were also shopkeeper Wang, Zhao family, Yun family, Bai family who came from Qingyang County early in the morning, as well as several families from Zhaojia Village who met the Zhao family on the way.
During this period, there were also the heads of the Gu and Zhou families, elders including Zhou Xiucai, and other people in the village...
Fortunately, there is a custom of entertaining house builders and helpers during a "wine at the house". Gu Erzhu paid some attention to this, and a shed had already been erected outside the gate of the manor. There was originally a custom that if someone in the village entertained guests for a meal, the women who came would consciously help wash the vegetables, wash the dishes, and light the fire.
But his family has a lot of servants. From the chef to the helpers in the workshop and canteen, there are not many people to worry about even if he has not made preparations to invite the whole village in advance.
Most of the people in the countryside bring a few coins wrapped in a piece of red paper to express their congratulations as a gift, and some also bring a few eggs or a few handfuls of green onions...
Gu Erzhu didn't mind it either. He was a guest when he came. He also asked Gu Laosi, who had been at the door early to help write the gift list, not to sing out some "thin gifts".
Whether he wanted to take advantage of the situation or he was really short of money and lived in the same village, he knew very well that today was a happy event.
On a happy day, the latter is better than anything else, and the former cannot be taken seriously.
It’s easy to take advantage of his family’s advantages. Even if his Sanya’s workshop no longer recruits people, they will hire countless people to work in a year, and this kind of people will be excluded.
Likewise, these people did not need to be accompanied by Gu Erzhu personally. Gu Dachang, Yu Cai and others led them to sit on the canopy table set up outside.
It was said to be a ceiling, except for the leeward side, which was surrounded by straw curtains on three sides. It was still quite warm inside, and before the banquet started, rows of tables were already covered with tea and melon seeds.
In the outer courtyard, including the front hall, the patriarchs of the Gu and Zhou surnames, Bai Juren, Mr. Zhao, shopkeeper Wang, and the in-laws of the Gu family were also gathered together.
In the inner courtyard, most of the female guests who come here know very well that Zhou Banxia is pregnant and it will be hard to worry about it. Except for the head mother and housewife, there are not many female relatives who come with their juniors.
But their programs are much richer than those outside, including people drinking tea and chatting, playing horse games, and even amusing children until they laugh themselves crazy.
After all, Zhou Banxia still didn't get a good night's sleep as she wished, so she was catching up on some sleep. Just when she felt she fell asleep, someone seemed to be looking for her again.
After hearing that Mai Huang, who was guarding outside, did not come in to see if she was asleep, she closed her eyes again, turned over and continued to sleep, and then she heard Zhou Daya's voice again in a daze.
She didn't know how long she had been sleeping in a daze, but what Zhou Daya whispered at her throat outside woke her up, and she suddenly became energetic.
Her eldest sister said that Ma Shan had asked her five times whether she was still sleeping or awake, and even her mother-in-law was so busy entertaining the female guests that she hit the back of her head with her heels.
Now, stop being lazy, Zhou Banxia quickly called Zhou Daya to come in, and then asked Maidong to come in to dress her up, just as Gu Dahua's family arrived.
Her mother-in-law asked someone from the Dahua family to come and see if she was awake. If she was, she would go to the main courtyard to meet the female relatives, so as not to make them disappointed without seeing her.
Most of the female relatives who can come today are either thinking about how their old daughter-in-law is doing now, or they want to make more money by associating with her old daughter-in-law.
Ms. Liu knew very well how many people wanted to have a good relationship with her old daughter-in-law. She didn't want to hand over her daughter to Dajiang, but also wanted to have a good relationship with her old daughter-in-law. If anything happened, she could ask her old daughter-in-law for help.
Logically speaking, the visitors were guests, and most of them had not yet brought their daughter-in-law. She should have asked her maid to take the female guests to sit in the yard of her old son and his wife.
However, whoever goes and who doesn't, not to mention there is a young daughter-in-law, a large group of people did not want her old daughter-in-law to socialize in the past, so they might as well let the old daughter-in-law come to the main courtyard.
Seeing Zhou Banxia come in with a smile faster than she expected, Mrs. Liu knew that she had made the right decision. Her old daughter-in-law still didn't like outsiders entering the West Road Courtyard.
The Gu family's greenhouse banquet was a feast for both the guest and the host.
This was a very rare occasion, even Mr. Gu was talking and laughing throughout the whole process, helping his second son with the scene, and repeatedly letting his in-laws, Grandpa Liu, stay with him for two days before returning to the village.
After the banquet was over, until almost all the guests had left, he returned to the front hall and enthusiastically took his in-laws to sit down. He said, "Have a great time today, and I'll have two more drinks in the evening."
Grandpa Liu laughed in surprise.
(End of chapter)