Chapter 49 Wanling gets married (Part 2)
February 10, 2001, the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Yi An went to bed.
Early in the morning, someone from the furniture company delivered a large bed, which Kang Qirui ordered a few days ago. After the big bed was delivered to the Kang family, the second sister-in-law, a lucky woman, directed Guangzong Yaozu to move into Kang Qirui's room, which was the wedding room, at 9:30.
After the big bed was installed, the second sister-in-law spread the dragon and phoenix quilt and sprinkled red and mung beans and lotus seeds, red dates, longans, walnuts and other happy fruits. After everything was done, it was time for Tianxiu to appear. He had to jump on the bed a few times, and then eat two of each happy fruit, which meant that he would have a son early and flourish.
The day before the bed was set up, the Zhu family arranged for someone to carry the dowry to the Kang family. In addition to expensive jewelry and gold ornaments, the dowry also contained many things that symbolized good omens. Use phlegm as a bucket for descendants, hoping that your daughter will bloom and her children and grandchildren will be full. Using a red ruler as a ruler for descendants means vast hectares of fertile land. The vase represents flowers blooming and wealth. The copper plate and shoes symbolize growing old together. A wallet and a belt symbolize a wealth of money. Scissors means flying together. A pair of dragon and phoenix quilts, sheets and pillows to wish the newlyweds a loving and loving relationship. The dragon and phoenix quilt used by the second sister-in-law when setting up her bed came from the dowry brought over by the Zhu family.
After the bed-laying ceremony, no one, including Kang Qirui, can enter this room anymore. They have to wait until the bride is picked up on the wedding day before they can enter this room. So Kang Qirui has been sleeping in the attic these days.
On February 13th, everyone in the Kang family was ready. Those who worked and went to school had all applied for leave early and devoted themselves to family matters. It was dawn every day, and everyone in the Kang family got up. Kang Qirui went to refresh, and everyone else had their own arrangements.
Chongxin refers to taking a shower and taking a bath in your own home. There are certain things to pay attention to when making a new bath. You need to take a bath with hot water boiled from sleeve leaves and lemongrass, and then put on brand new underwear, underwear and new clothes.
After Kang Qirui finished brewing, the rest of the Kang family also prepared the things above. They saw a large square table placed on the patio. In addition to the incense burner and other worship tools on the table, There are also three bowls of glutinous rice balls (nine in each bowl), a mirror, a red head rope, a pointed comb, a descendant ruler, and dragon and phoenix scissors.
Kang Qirui came to the table and sat down, and Lao Dou stepped forward to comb Kang Qirui's hair, muttering something in his mouth, "One comb to the end, two combs to the white hair to the eyebrows, three combs to cover all the children and grandchildren." , comb four combs until the four silver bamboo shoots are evenly aligned." Finally, Lao Dou tied the cypress on Kang Qirui's head with a red rope, and the groom's head was completed.
Then the boss Guang removed the stool, and Kang Qirui began to pay homage and burn incense. After offering incense, they shared glutinous rice balls with their four brothers, Lao Dou and Guangzong Yaozu, to share the joy of marriage.
"It's finally done, let's go and have tea." After Kang Qirui finished eating the glutinous rice balls, he let out a big breath and invited everyone to have morning tea.
"Okay, okay." The old lady agreed, and at the same time she urged everyone, "Don't do anything. We will do it when we come back later. Let's go drink tea first, don't miss the time."
The Kang family didn't go too far. There were two teahouses on Changsheng Street. It was agreed before that the Kang family and the Zhu family would go to one to avoid the bride and groom meeting before the wedding. They said they were out for morning tea, but no one had much thought. They just came to go through the process, had something to eat, paid the bill, and went back to decorating the float and making final preparations.
The wedding car set off from Kang's house at 9:18. It took the same route as the wedding ceremony that day. It went around Changsheng Street before arriving in front of Zhu's house. The custom here in Guangfu is that there is no queue to welcome the bride. Entering the house, so the red shoe-finding aspect that Kang Qirui is more impressed with in other weddings does not exist in Cantonese tradition. And because I wish my wife was so eager to get married, I simply gave her a red envelope for opening the door and that was all.
After Kang Qirui received Zhu Wanling, under the guidance of her eighth aunt, she went to Zhu's living room to serve tea to Master Zhu and kneel down, "Mom, just leave Wanling to me, I will be good to her." Master Zhu After drinking the son-in-law's tea, Nai handed over the red envelope with red eyes, "Arui Wanling, you must be good and give birth to a grandson for your mother as soon as possible."
After a few simple chats, Ba Gu The elder sister then signaled that she was going out at an auspicious time. Kang Qirui squatted down and carried Zhu Wanling on her back to go out. The bridesmaid, Zhu Wanling's distant cousin, opened the red umbrella when Kang Qirui stepped through the door. The eighth aunt said at the same time: "Open, thousands of flowers are coming, the girl is lucky, uncle. Make a fortune."
The people next to him began to throw rice, "Feed the golden rooster, the bride will marry a good husband." The eighth aunt has been following Kang Qirui and said: "The branches and leaves will bloom forever. We are of the same heart, we have been together for hundreds of years, we are a match made in heaven, we love each other, our love is sweet, we are made for each other, we have been together for a hundred years, we have a happy marriage, we respect each other as guests, we are in perfect harmony with each other, our hearts are inseparable." Until Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling entered the wedding car.
The wedding car's route back takes a longer detour, going all the way to Yuexiu District, passing through Jixiang Road, taking Huanshi Middle Road and entering Hengfu Road, then back to Xiguan, taking Changshou Road and entering Changsheng Street, and finally returns to Kang family. Starting from No. 167 Changsheng Street, we had to walk for more than two hours before returning to No. 168 Changsheng Street. This is evident from the Cantonese people’s intentions.
"The float arrived in front of the door. My uncle bought a house and a field." The wedding car stopped in front of Kang's house. The eighth aunt in the car behind got out of the car first and said auspicious words before opening the door of the wedding car and supporting Zhu Wanling. After getting off the bus, Kang Qirui got off on the other side. Zhu Wanling carefully stepped across the brazier at the door of Kang's house with the support of her eighth aunt, who said: "When a newlywed enters the house, the house is full of gold and silver, and the husband and wife are prosperous, and the lintel of the door is prosperous."
After Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling entered the Kang family, Erlao, the witness, took them to the ancestor's tablet and knelt down to worship the ancestor. "Bow down to heaven and earth." After bowing to heaven and earth, the two came to Old Dou's mother, who had already taken her seat at the head of the table. The two knelt down and saluted, "Second bow to the high hall." The eighth aunt brought tea next to her. Zhu Wanling took it and handed it to Mrs. Dou, "Grandpa and grandma, drink tea."
"The new master has drank the tea from Xin Bao. Xin Bao listens to the words of his parents-in-law and is rich and prosperous." Under the auspiciousness of the eighth aunt, Mrs. Dou drank the tea poured by Zhu Wanling and gave Zhu Wanling a big red envelope. This is a change of heart.
“The bride and groom bring more tea, and the addition of children and grandchildren brings happiness to the family.” Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling poured tea for Lao Dou’s mother together. Just now, the bride changed her tune, and now the bride and groom serve tea to their parents together. After Mrs. Dou had tea, she presented him with a gold bracelet and a gold ring.
After Kang Qirui took it, he helped Zhu Wanling put it on, "Wearing a gold bracelet makes you rich and famous." "Wearing a gold ring, you give birth to a golden boy."
After paying homage to their parents, it was the turn of the three pairs of brothers and sisters-in-law, the elder sister-in-law, the second elder sister-in-law, and Ayao Sachiko to receive tea from the newlyweds. "Congratulations to the bridegroom. The groom is successful today. He will marry a wife and have many children. If he has a good boy or girl, he will have a lot of windfall." The tea-pouring ceremony ended with the auspicious words of the eighth aunt.
The last step is the last step of the wedding, "sent into the bridal chamber." Of course, it's not just that now, but after Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling entered the wedding room, Zhu Wanling sat on the bed, and Kang Qirui held up the sky Tuu was placed on the bed, while Tiantu turned somersaults on the bed and peed again. (Of course, not directly on the bed, but caught on a plate.) This means there is gold and silver.
After Tianxiu completed his mission, Kang Qirui also sat on the bed and leaned against Zhu Wanling. Guangzong Yaozu and his elder sister-in-law Yukiko pushed them to roll around on the bed until they crushed all the peanuts and lotus seeds on the bed, which meant that a child would be born early. At this moment, the wedding is considered to have ended successfully.
Everyone rested for a while, changed into clean clothes and went to the hotel for dinner. Kang Qirui chose a five-star hotel with a banquet of eighteen seats. There were more than when A Yao got married, mainly because Kang Qirui taught in school and Zhu Wanling worked in the hospital, so they had many colleagues. These days are different from a few decades later. A few decades later, colleagues would get married because they had no choice but to do so. Now, if you don’t invite your colleagues when you get married, it’s because you’re rude and you don’t want to get involved with your colleagues.
After the wedding banquet, many relatives and colleagues returned to the Kang family to continue celebrating the happy event. It was not until eight or nine o'clock in the evening that all the guests dispersed, and the Kang family returned to its former peace. At this time, both Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling were exhausted. Kang Qirui lay on the bed to rest and gain energy.
Zhu Wanling, on the other hand, was opening the red envelope and counting the members. "One thousand and one, one thousand and two... one thousand, two hundred and thirty-five yuan!"
Kang Qirui was a little confused. He sat up and said, "Only more than a thousand?" Although He didn't care much about the size of the red envelope, and he never thought about making money from the wedding, but with so many talents and more than a thousand people, Kang Qirui felt that it was a bit too much.
"Oh, no. They are scattered. The real ones are here." Zhu Wanling handed over a stack of one hundred yuan, "There are 48,500 yuan here, um, uncle The second uncle gave me five thousand, and the master and third uncle gave me three thousand each. The rest was given by other relatives and friends. "What are you giving it to me for?" Kang Qirui. I didn’t pick it up. Just kidding. Can I pick it up? Kang Qirui has never seen a Guangfu woman who doesn't want to take care of money after getting married. It’s not that they are greedy for money, it’s just that they feel it is their obligation. It’s just that they feel that men don’t know how to save money, and men only know how to spend money, so most Guangfu women will ask to take control of the family’s financial power after marriage.
Seeing that Kang Qirui did not answer, the smile on Zhu Wanling's face became even brighter, "By the way, my mother gave me all the gifts you gave me before. The total amount is more than 100,000. You will accompany me tomorrow. Let me go to the bank and deposit it together.”
"Okay." Kang Qirui agreed. Dishonestly, she stretched out her hand to Zhu Wanling: "Look at me, I'm so good. Do we have to complete the last step of the wedding?"
"Wait until I put the money aside, why are you so anxious?" Zhu Wanling swatted it away. With his paws, he opened the secret compartment in the closet and put in all the more than 60,000 yuan in gift Zhu Shimai gave her today and the more than 40,000 yuan in red envelopes she received, and then said, "Why don't you take a shower first? "
Kang Qirui rolled his eyes, why are you so shy? Kang Qirui pulled Zhu Wanling over and held her down, "Honey, we promised mom today that we would give her a grandson, so don't waste time hahahaha."
(End of this chapter)