Happy Marriage

The Mid-Autumn Festival feast starts early.

Before the sun went down, everyone took their seats in order of elder and younger, with the old lady in the first place, the uncle and madam of the Xia family on the left, and the Xue family on the right. Then there are the brothers, young ladies, girls, and nephews in the house. In those side rooms there is another table.

A dazzling array of dishes lined up one after the other, and the whole flower hall was enveloped by the steaming aroma, mixed with sweet and sour, delicious, or slightly spicy taste, which made the index finger move.

The old lady has rules when eating, not saying a word when eating, not speaking when sleeping, everyone is silent, only bows their heads to eat.

There is wine in front of the man's house, and he doesn't persuade him. There is no harmony and excitement of the reunion feast at all, which makes people feel depressed. Even those young and naughty brothers in the house had to sit up honestly and dare not be picky and naughty.

After eating, removing the cup and gargling with tea, the highlight of the day began - worshiping the moon.

There is a folk saying that "men don't worship the moon, women don't make sacrifices to the stove", so a group of women's family members, wearing dang dongs around them, went to the garden mighty with flowers and willows.

The bright moon is in the sky, and the silver splendor is sprinkled everywhere, like water like silver, bright like the day.

The incense candlestick table has been set up in the garden for a long time, offering fresh melons and fruits, moon cakes and cakes, red dates and lotus roots, etc., indicating a bumper harvest in the new year.

The old lady invited the first incense, and then knelt down and worshipped according to her seniority.

The most devout are the women who have not left the cabinet. The fifteenth day of the eighth month is the birthday of Yue Lao Zun God, so worshiping the Moon God also means worshipping marriage.

There are four red ropes in a clear water enshrined on the case, with different rich and noble knots tied at both ends. It is said that they were obtained from the Yuelao Temple. Each red rope represents a kind of marriage.

There are four Yun Ying unmarried women in the Xia family.

The old lady asked each of the four to pick a red rope and put it on their wrists.

Xia Ziwu was the first to pick it up, so he was always picky and picked the most pleasing one.

Zixian, An Sheng and An Zheng gave each other a few words of humility, and then each took one according to their age.

They are all the same red rope, but the way of weaving the rich and noble knots is slightly different.

The old lady beckoned to the four of them, and the four of them stepped forward and stretched out their snow-white wrists to show the old lady.

The old lady narrowed her eyes, looked at the red rope on the wrists of the four at one end, and finally caught An Sheng's hand, giving her an inexplicable look.

The eldest lady in the big room glanced at An Zheng's wrist and was slightly disappointed, but she still smiled brightly: "Although An Zheng's in my family is not as good as Sister Sheng, she is also lucky."

The old lady nodded: "My sister Zheng is knowledgeable, smart and dignified, and her marriage is definitely not bad."

An Zheng blushed at the praise, and said shyly, "It's just a joke by the Taoist priests in Yuelao Temple. You should take it seriously and use it to make fun of me. If you say it, then just throw it away."

On the one hand, he wanted to summarize, but on the other hand, he was reluctant.

The eldest lady pressed it down: "But you must never pick it up. It is said that it is very effective."

An Zheng glanced at An Sheng's wrist, slightly envious.

The second room is kept in the dark. I don't understand what the mystery of the old lady and the eldest lady is?

Xue shi smiled and asked, "It turns out that there are still secrets hidden in the red rope. Now that several sisters have their own place, don't hide it and tell it all, so that we can also be happy."

The eldest lady wanted to speak, but was stopped by the old lady: "There is nothing to say, the old Taoist said that one of the two red ropes represents gold wealth, and the other is noble, if the two sisters get it, there will be Blessed."

"What about the remaining two?" Xue Shi immediately asked impatiently.

The old lady shook her head: "I didn't say it."

Xia Ziwu on the side laughed dryly: "Sister Anzheng must also know about this, no wonder she can pick a good one."

When the old lady heard this, her face sank: "You were the first to pick just now, why didn't you pick a good marriage?"

An Zheng was the youngest in the big house, but he was the most favored. Hearing Xia Ziwu say this, he immediately became unhappy: "If this kind of thing was made clear, it would be broken and it would no longer be effective. Although I do know that my grandmother begged for this. Four red ropes, but I don't know what they mean. Otherwise, I'm the second one to pick, why don't I take the 'precious' one from Sister An Sheng?"

"Quite noble, noble, naturally it should be only the power but not the wealth, presumably it is just a lost household, I would not choose it." Xia Ziwu blurted out without hesitation.

"Absurd! This noble family means noble and noble, and it is definitely not an ordinary powerful family. If you want to climb high, you must have that blessing!"

No matter how the old lady looked at Xia Ziwu, she felt that she was infected with Xue's market spirit, not as elegant as An Zheng Ansheng.

Xue Shi glared at Xia Ziwu fiercely, and smiled shyly: "It's a joke, this kid actually took it seriously."

Xia Ziwu was reprimanded by the old lady. He was angry, but he didn't dare to contradict him. He secretly pulled the red rope from his wrist and threw it into the flower pond beside him. He whispered, "Who cares?"

The eldest lady looked at her secretly every move in her eyes with a cold eye, sneered slightly, and then looked at the daughter she had brought up, she was even more proud.

The old lady beckoned to An Sheng: "Come here, sit in front of grandma and admire the moon together."

An Sheng was a little flattered that the old lady looked at him differently because of a red rope. She tried to recall An Zheng's destination in her past life, but she felt that her past life was like a bizarre dream.

When she was first, she was not afraid of the sky and the earth, and never believed in these predestined words. But since she was reborn, she was convinced that there might be such a fateful trajectory in the dark. According to good and evil, the cycle of cause and effect defines everyone's destiny after birth, and everyone is born, old, sick and dying according to this trajectory. .

And his own rebirth broke through the trajectory, thus disrupting the entire picture.

She touched the red rope on her wrist, her mind was mixed, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The servants in the house have withdrawn the offering table in an orderly manner, and placed Yiying melon and fruit snacks in front of the crowd.

Everyone sat around, and the eldest lady immediately ordered the servants to quickly bring the old lady's wool felt. Everyone knows that the old lady has cold legs and can't blow the cool wind.

The servants extinguished the lanterns in the yard, and the bright moonlight water spread down like silver, flowing into every corner of the garden. The urchins were playing and scurrying around, while the adults surrounded the old lady and sat and admired the moon.

The main play is about to start with the gong. In previous years, this time of year was a good time for women to make their debut. An Sheng would hold his ears and listen with great interest.

In the big room, there are many people, and there is no need to say more about the open and secret battles between the aunts. Now that they have a family and a business, these young ladies sit together, and it is inevitable to fight openly and secretly and show off.

The fire of war was often burning, and it spread to the Xue family's side. It seemed that all the people in the big room were on the same page as the enemy.

The old lady just stood by, and only after everyone taunted her for a while, she became a peacemaker and reprimanded those who were mean-spirited.

Every year when he returned to the mansion during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Xue family would be furious, scolding Xia Yuan with a low voice and a high voice, and disliked his lack of improvement in his career. Even the children couldn't keep their heads up.

An Sheng remembered that when his mother was alive, he had never been so angry. After all, it was Xue Shi himself who was despised.

Today, before everyone had a chance to speak, the old lady dragged An Sheng and An Zheng to sit down, then her face sank, and she looked directly at the Xue family.

"The second one, how is Zhuangzi's field harvest this year?"

This second child belongs to the Xue family. She hurriedly straightened up and smiled with her: "Thanks to my mother, this year's weather is good and the harvest is not bad."

The old lady nodded: "Although the salary for the second year is not high, the errands of this household are still a little oily. In addition to the rent and the shop, it should be more than enough to support the family."

Mrs. Xue didn't understand what the old lady meant, so she smiled embarrassingly: "It's barely enough."

An Zheng took the cashmere blanket from the maid's hand and spread it on the old lady's lap, carried a small tug and sat low, and gently beat the old lady's leg.

The old lady squinted her eyes comfortably: "If that's the case, why do you treat the long-term workers in the house so lightly?"

Xue Shi couldn't help but be startled, and raised his face: "No? Who is talking nonsense?"

The old lady snorted coldly: "This rumor has reached my old lady's ears, saying that you are going to cut wages, and you gave people a few rotten fruits during the August festival? The poor shopkeepers in those shops on the street are all Generous than you!"

There was laughter all around, one after another.