Chapter 237 Miao Family Marriage Customs
When Zhang An was immersed in drinking rice soup, Su Ying knocked him with her hand.
"Zhang An, look, there is a monkey running into the house."
As soon as Su Ying raised her head, she found a monkey running towards the house unscrupulously.
She thought to herself, this monkey must be too courageous. There are so many big dogs in the yard, but it is not afraid at all.
Unexpectedly, the little tiger lying at the door just glanced at the monkey and continued to close his eyes to rest.
The other big dogs had no intention of controlling it and let it come and go freely.
Zhang An took a look and found that the great sage who had not returned home for several days was back.
“Hey, this old man still knows how to come back.”
I haven’t seen this violent monkey for a few days, Zhang An will not give it a good look.
The monkey had not appeared at home since the past few days, and Zhang An thought someone had caught it and brought it back.
But when asked later, it was Wang Baosheng and their children who said that they saw the Great Sage running into the mountains a few days ago.
Zhang An thought that this guy had been down the mountain for too long, so he was homesick.
Since he was not captured, Zhang An didn’t bother to care about it.
Anyway, the mountains are its home. Since it is going home, it will definitely not be hungry.
I didn’t expect this guy to come back just like he was visiting relatives for a few days.
"This monkey is called Dasheng. He followed me back shamelessly and lived at home for a long time, so he is familiar with these animals at home."
Meeting Su Ying Somewhat puzzled, Zhang An told Su Ying the origin of the monkey.
"It turns out that it was also raised at home. I was still wondering why the little tigers didn't care about the monkey."
Knowing that Zhang An likes to raise animals, Su Ying didn't Too much fuss.
After all, Zhang An's house now has the most animals of all kinds.
The monkey saw that Zhang An didn't want to talk to him, so he ran to the counter and picked up the cattail leaf fan.
He got close to Zhang An and began to flatter him, trying to please Zhang An by fanning him.
You know, usually when Zhang An lets him fan himself, he has to give him a peach as a reward.
It was rare to see this guy show courtesy, so Zhang An took it as forgiving.
Then let him wash his hands and bring his own bowl over to eat.
Then the Great Sage washed his hands and came over with his own wooden bowl.
The rice soup was finished, but there were two scallion pancakes left, so Wang Fang gave them all.
This guy probably hasn’t eaten enough in the past few days, so he grabbed the scallion pancake and started eating it.
At this time, Su Ying actually thought this monkey was quite cute.
It's not that she has never seen monkeys before. After all, she went to provincial university for four years.
Qianling Mountain in the provincial capital can be said to be another Flower and Fruit Mountain, because there are many monkeys and grandchildren in it.
In such a long time, she had been with Wang Min's roommates several times.
It’s just that the monkeys there are really unlikable.
Because they are very nasty and like to snatch things from people's hands, everyone hates them.
Compared with those others, this one from Zhang An’s family seems to be a good baby.
Actually, Su Ying didn't know that if Zhang An hadn't tamed it, this rebellious monkey would be no worse than those wild monkeys.
As soon as the dishes and chopsticks were put away at Zhang An's house, Sister-in-law Zhou came to see her.
It turns out that their family will be getting engaged to Zhou Yang in a few days, and they will start looking for someone to help with things in these two days.
Sister-in-law Zhou came here today to ask Wang Fang to go shopping on the street with them.
Because when Zhang An went to get engaged not long ago, Wang Fang had just handled these matters, so she must be more experienced than them.
Zhou Yang’s family had been preparing for three days, and finally the day came for the visit.
Except Su Ying, everyone in Zhang An’s family was invited to help.
As for Zhang An, like everyone else in the village, he will help pick out the wedding basket today.
Because the villages of Maomaoqing and Changqing are not very far apart, there is no need to take a car there.
After everyone gathered at Zhou Yang's house in the morning, they started carrying the wedding baskets and set off.
Zhang An is lucky, and Xi Luo is not part of him.
Because the people who are invited to choose the wedding basket are usually married people, and those who are not married do not need to choose.
If it had been more than a month later, Zhang An would be indispensable for Zhou Yang's family's wedding basket.
Whether he is a good friend who grew up together or is Zhou Yang's cousin, he cannot escape.
But even so, Zhang An was called by Zhou Yang to come together.
Although he had met everyone in Chen Wenwen's family, he still felt very nervous at this time.
So he thought of calling Zhang An over to embolden him together.
Another reason is that all the uncles and brothers in Chen Wenwen's family are all drunkards.
Zhou Yang went to her house before and suffered several losses at their hands. Each time, he was tricked into not knowing what was going on.
On a day like today, the other party will definitely not let it go easily.
So this time Zhou Yang learned his lesson and brought out Zhang An, a big killer.
Originally Zhang An didn’t think about going there together. After all, many people had already gone to the village.
But seeing Zhou Yang's pitiful words, he readily agreed immediately.
Although today is not the day for the new wife to marry, it is equally important to Zhou Yang.
So as a child who grew up together, and Zhou Yang has been called brother-in-law for so many years.
Today's face, no matter what, he had to earn it back for Zhou Yang.
Su Ying was originally very curious about local customs. When she saw Zhang An was going, she went with her to have a look.
In this way, a long team set out from the village carrying their things and headed towards Maomao Qing.
After walking for more than forty minutes, we arrived at the entrance of Maomaoqing Village.
Hearing the noise outside, everyone in Chen Wenwen’s family came out to greet him.
But from now on, Zhang An knows that the main event is coming.
Looking at this posture, it is different from the situation on the day Zhang An went to Su Ying's house.
There were several benches at the door of their house, and three well-dressed maids stopped them at the door.
Looking at their outfits, Zhang An realized that Chen Wenwen’s family was from the Miao ethnic group.
No wonder Sister-in-law Zhou also invited her aunt, who is a good singer in the village, to come over. Her lover is waiting here.
As a string of firecrackers went off, the relatives of Chen Wenwen's family who blocked the door opened their voices.
The team in Changqing Village was not weak at all. The maids who had been prepared for a long time walked forward with a smile.
After taking the rice wine handed over by the other party and drinking it, they started to talk to each other.
Most of these lyrics are in Miao language. Zhang An didn’t quite understand them after listening to them for a long time, but he just thought the melody was quite pleasant.
But even if she didn’t understand, Su Ying next to her listened with interest.
After a folk song, the host removed the bench blocking the door and welcomed them in.
When we arrived at the house, there were five square tables placed in the main hall of Chen Wenwen's family.
This table was actually specially used to place the betrothal gifts picked by Zhou Yang's family.
But at this moment, there are several large bowls of rice wine on each table. This means that at Zhou Yang's house, a table of things can be placed only after a table of wine has been drunk.
Zhang An originally thought it was time for him to take action. When he was about to step forward, Zhou Yang held him back.
"Don't go yet, this is just rice wine, the main course is not yet served."
While Zhou Yang was talking, he saw several uncles and aunts from the village coming forward.
One bowl per person, just put the wine on these tables.
It seems that it is really their home-brewed rice wine, and it does not have any alcohol content.
Then Chen Wenwen’s relatives came over and started laying out the betrothal gifts.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yang's grandfather began to step forward to perform the ceremony and sang the opening and closing words for a long time.
Afterwards, Mr. Esli, whom Chen Wenwen’s family had found, came out to return the gifts and then started to order the gifts.
After finishing the last call, Zhou Yang stepped forward and kowtowed three times to the tablet in Chen Wenwen’s main hall.
Then he took what Mr. Esri handed over, which meant that their two families were engaged.
If it were somewhere else, the engagement would be complete.
But here, it is actually only half done.
After a series of procedures, it was already eleven o'clock.
At this time, Chen Wenwen's family began to set up a banquet to entertain these relatives of the man.
Later, when sorting the seats, I saw that Zhang An was young, so relatives of Chen Wenwen's family arranged Zhang to the young man's table.
After Zhou Yang saw it, he quickly went to tell his future father-in-law about Zhang An’s seniority.
Zhang An was originally the big killer he found to deal with those Jiu Mengzi. If he didn't serve as the head table, it wouldn't mean that he came in vain.
When Chen Wenwen's father heard this, he came over and apologized to Zhang An, and then invited Zhang An to the main table.
There is no way, Zhang An looks young, but his seniority is the same as him, so logically he should sit at the head table.
After the banquet started, the show started. Before the food was served, the wine was about to start drinking.
Under Zhang An’s table, there was a 50-pound white glue pot filled with white wine.
In fact, it is impossible to drink all these wines, but they are just used to express the generosity of the host.
Because in the past, it was said that a family went to get engaged.
When the banquet was served at the woman’s house, a small bottle of two to three kilograms of wine was placed.
So after the incident, the groom’s family didn’t say anything.
On the contrary, the villagers from the woman’s home said that their family did not treat guests well.
So from then on, it doesn’t matter whether the food at the banquet is good or not, but the wine must be given enough to be justified.
As a plate of peanuts was served, an uncle from Chen Wenwen’s family held a wine bowl.
Starting from Mr. Zhou’s side, they toasted one by one.
Everyone has to drink the first bowl of wine. This is a rule, otherwise the main table would not be so easy to sit at.
From the second tour, the uncles from Chen Wenwen’s family began to get up and take turns toasting.
This time, I didn’t say who the wine was for, as long as someone stood up to take over.
Of course, if the man takes one bowl, the woman’s family will accompany her with one bowl.
If you don’t drink well enough, this is an approach that will injure the enemy by one thousand and damage yourself by eight hundred.
At this time Zhou Yang glanced at Zhang An, meaning it was his turn to take action.
Zhang An signaled, stood up with a bowl in hand, and said a few auspicious words to several elders of Chen Wenwen's family.
Pass the wine bowl forward with both hands. This is to show everyone that our bowl is full.
Then he brought it back and drank it all in one gulp.
Such a bowl of wine is not half a catty, but it is at least three ounces.
They all thought that Zhang An would have to rest for at least half a day before he could continue.
After all, the person who was accompanying them just now was having a hard time drinking, and was currently eating food on the table.
Unexpectedly, after another person stood up, Zhang An came to accompany the drink.
During this period, Zhang An was not the only one to come forward, otherwise he would not be able to continue talking.
But most of the time, as long as it was a toast, Zhang An would accept everyone who came.
I drank several bowls in a row, but Chen Wenwen and the elders were drunk.
So after a few rounds of drinking, the main table had become quiet, and they just kept persuading the dishes.
They didn’t expect that young Zhang An would be so evil when it came to drinking.
After several bowls of wine, weighing less than a pound, Zhang An looked like a perfectly fine person.
Just when they thought the matter was over, Zhang An stood up with a bowl in hand and began to toast them.
Zhang An is a man who values coming and going. If you respect me, then I must respect you back, otherwise I would be so ignorant.
So Zhang An forced them to continue for another round, and it was not over until they gave in.
This is not Zhang An bullying, because Zhou Yang is just engaged this time, and will come to welcome the bride next time.
If they don’t get scared this time, they will have to continue when they come to welcome the bride next time.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang An was actually almost done. If he continued to come, he would have to use more space.
However, the relatives of Chen Wenwen's family were all suppressed by him, and no one mentioned a word about drinking at this moment.
This is how it is in the mountains. If you convince them directly, they will all admire you from then on.
If your pushing and shoving doesn’t make you happy at all, then people will really look down on you in the future.
So after Zhang An drank them all to the floor, they all admired them.
Especially Chen Wenwen's uncles have begun to chat with the eldest and younger brothers Zhang An.
Although they are easy to talk to now, if Zhang An doesn't come today, it may be a different story.
Although it would not be a loss of face, at least the Zhou Yang family must have been crushed by others today.
And Su Ying at the other table saw Zhang An eating bowl after bowl. He drank like water, feeling a little worried about Zhang An.
She originally thought it was just normal eating and drinking.
But when she came down from the bar, she was frightened. It was so scary for people from the mountains to drink.
Because Zhang An sat at the main table, she sat behind her with Zhang An's second aunt.
There were several women toasting her with wine just now, but fortunately, the second aunt stopped them all.
Because Su Ying doesn’t know how to drink, she starts to drink alcohol after just a little bit.
On the way back from Chen Wenwen's house in the afternoon, even though Zhang An said that he was not drunk, Su Ying still supported him step by step.
It was as if he was afraid that he would fall on the road while walking.
I returned home in the afternoon because the sun was relatively strong and because I had just drank a lot.
At this moment, Zhang An was already a little drunk and felt very uncomfortable.
After returning home and taking a cold shower, Zhang An lay on the bed and fell asleep.
Su Ying was worried that he would be overheated, so she brought a fan to blow on him and wiped his sweat with a towel from time to time.
Zhang An slept soundly, and Su Ying woke him up at four or five o'clock in the afternoon.
(End of this chapter)