Chapter 6 Marriage
Marriage is a major event in life. There are also strict regulations in the Book of Rites, including "Six Lectures" (one nakai, two nakai, three nakai, four nakai, five appointments, six greetings).
The first step in these six rituals is to "adopt", that is, the man's family asks a matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house. If the woman's family agrees to discuss marriage, the man's family formally proposes to the woman's family. When formally proposes, he must bring a living geese as a ritual to make the person accept the intention of choosing. "The ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual of the ritual."
If the previous step is recognized by both parents, the next step is "asking for the name", and the man asks a matchmaker to ask the woman's name and horoscope to prepare for marriage. "The Literature of the Etiquette of the Shihun" records: "The guest holds a geese, ask for the name." The words for asking for the name are mostly: "After someone is ordered, he will be given to the divination, and who dares to ask the woman to be." If the woman agrees, the man will give the ceremony; the man will determine the good or bad luck through divination. If the eight characters of the man and the woman are in harmony, the next step is taken.
Of course, at this point, if the man wants to repent, he can say that divination is unlucky and his horoscope is inconsistent. Of course, this is a distraction.
Next is the third step of "Naji". The man and the woman's parents said that I had asked someone to divine, and I had a perfect birth date and horoscope, so I gave the wild goose again. If the woman accepted it, it would be equivalent to deciding this marriage.
The subsequent "recruitment" process, commonly known as the hiring, requires a zodiac day to take a betrothal gift to the woman's house.
After these processes are completed, the double convenience is considered to be a formal engagement, and the man only waits for the man to "please" the date of marriage, that is, after the man chooses a wedding date, he prepares a gift to go to the woman's house and requests to agree to the date of marriage.
Finally, there is the "bride wedding" stage that everyone is familiar with.
The matchmaker is responsible for "adopting" and "asking names". When it comes to the third step, the man takes action.
April 18th, it's cold.
Zuo Houde and Zuo Jizu came to the Huang family, followed by the matchmaker, and the two servants held a wild goose in their hands.
Mr. Huang and his wife welcomed him warmly, and there were two men standing beside him. Zuo Houde had already inquired about it. They were both Ms. Huang's brothers. Mr. Huang was tall and thin, with a graceful look. Xiao Shuxuan raised his head, and looked like a god. He was wearing a blue robe and a square scarf of the same color, and looked like a scholar. His wife was also dignified and beautiful, and she looked like a lady from a wealthy family.
Miss Huang was left in the boudoir, and the man's family had not been hired, so the two were not allowed to meet.
"The younger generation comes to marry the daughter of the mansion, and I hope to marry him." Zuo Houde bowed his hand and gave a gift.
"Oh! Nephew, can you ask if the horoscopes are in line?" Mr. Huang smiled all over his face.
It was Zuo Jizu's turn to appear, "I was about to tell Brother Shi that Jia and Ji are combined, Yi and Geng are combined, Bing and Xin are combined, Ding and Ren are combined, Wu and Gui are combined. Zi and Chou are combined, Wu and Wei are combined, Yin and Hai are combined, Mao and Xu fire, Chen and You metal, Si and Shen water are combined, so that the eight characters of the child are exactly, and they are very consistent."
Mr. Huang said happily, "Brother Shi, thank you for your hard work! So, accept the gift!"
Miss Huang's brother went over and accepted the wild goose.
The matchmaker shouted "Quiet!"
After this process ended, the elders of both parties also met. Then they only waited for the men's family to hire, and the marriage between both parties was completed.
The third day of the fifth month of Gengzi year, Renwu month, Dingyou day
It is advisable to marry on a lucky day.
"It's a little tight." Zuo Houde reached out and grabbed the hand that helped him tie his clothes, frowned and twisted his neck. This wedding dress was not only complicated, but also a little uncomfortable to wear.
"It looks better." Zuo's mother smiled while helping Zuo Houde tidy up her clothes.
"What? I'm not good-looking enough?" Zuo Houde glanced at Zuo's mother and asked.
"My son is naturally beautiful." Zuo's mother chuckled. Zuo Houde was eighteen years old. If he counted the 10 months of his mother's womb, he would be nineteen. He was the age of 8 feet tall. Because of his martial arts practice for many years, although he was gentle and elegant, his body was not as thin as an ordinary doctor. When approaching, he would give people an inexplicable calmness. His eyebrows, starry eyes, his nose was like a gallbladder, his skin was not white and wheat-colored, but he added a bit of masculinity.
"But this marriage is a major event in life. It is better, so it is naturally the best." Zuo's mother smiled.
"Hurry! Hurry! What's the matter with the kid?" Zuo Jizu shouted in the yard again. He was holding a tall horse for weddings in his hand.
"Wait, I'll loosen my belt!" Zuo Houde was also in a hurry.
"Houde, I don't have time, so I'll get on the horse quickly. It's not good to miss the auspicious time!" Zuo Jizu was not very strong and simply pushed Zuo Houde directly and rode on the horse. It was a blessing that he was a man from the border area. Zuo Houde was not very skilled in riding, but he was also careless. Otherwise, he might not have gotten married today.
"Ride!" Zuo Jizu chuckled softly, "The groom is on the horse!"
The matchmaker brought two servants to lead the reins for Zuo Houde. As soon as he went out, the wedding party lined up in two rows, walked in front of him with gongs and drums, and Zuo Houde followed behind him, followed by an eight-story sedan chair.
Although the Zuo family is not a great family, the Zuo family has been passed down from generation to generation in Youzhou, and has been rooted for a hundred years. It has hundreds of people in the tribe and has connections with Zuo family in all walks of life. The Zuo family in the south of the city is also quite famous. Of course, the Zuo family can only be regarded as a branch of the Zuo family. However, for the marriage, Zuo Jizu also invited elders from the clan.
Therefore, the wedding reception team is inevitably lively to avoid making people laugh.
After going to Huang Mansion, there was another red tape, which was inevitable that relatives and friends would be a bit lively and annoying.
It was not until the Huang Mansion came out that Zuo Houde welcomed the bride into the wedding sedan chair and breathed a sigh of relief. However, thinking that he would have to come back like this, Zuo Houde felt like he wanted to continue this path.
The Huang Mansion is not far from Zuo’s house, but according to custom, he did not go back directly, but circled around the city and then returned home.
Here we have to worship our parents in heaven and earth, and our parents and elders in the clan receive Zuo Houde's worship.
Then he worshiped his ancestors and thanked his relatives and friends. The bride was sent back to the bridal chamber. Zuo Houde had to drink with the guests. From the morning to now, he had basically never eaten anything, and was filled with wine. Finally, he had to stay until the night fell and was about to enter the bridal chamber. Even if Zuo Houde was in check, he was drunk 70% drunk, but he had not yet had to rest and had to make a bridal chamber.
Zuo Houde didn't want to suffer, so he said seriously: "Do you know why this bridal chamber started?"
"Why?" someone else said curiously.
"According to legend, a long time ago, the immortal Ziweixing came down to earth and encountered a group of wedding reception teams on the way, and a woman wearing mourning clothes followed closely behind. Ziweixing saw that it was an evil ghost who wanted to do evil, so Ziweixing followed the wedding reception team all the way to the groom's house, but found that the evil ghost had already arrived at the groom's house and hid in the bridal chamber.
When the newlyweds held the wedding ceremony and were about to enter the bridal chamber, Zi Weixing told the newlyweds that there were evil ghosts hidden in the bridal chamber. Everyone was at a loss and asked Zi Weixing to give advice. Zi Weixing told everyone that this evil ghost was the most popular and the people were crowded, so the evil ghosts dared not commit crimes. So all the guests at the wedding followed the newlyweds into the bridal chamber and laughed and played, and indeed drove away the evil ghosts with laughter."
Everyone suddenly felt a little chilling in this originally festive house.
"Okay, now that I have been making trouble for so long, even if there are evil ghosts, they have been scared away. It's not too early, so everyone should go and rest." Zuo Houde smiled and waved his hand.
Everyone left with some suspicion when they heard this.
Only then did Zuo Houde untied his belt and walked into the wedding room with a little tired look.
The beauty was beside him, and even Zuo Houde couldn't help but feel distracted. He gently lifted the red veil. The bright red stunning look when the veil was lifted up, like a lotus that was shy of the cool breeze.
"I've seen my husband!" Although he was shy, he bowed generously.
"That's my husband, I have seen my wife." Zuo Houde couldn't help but chuckled.
"I still don't know the name of my wife?"
"The only name of my family is Rong, and my parents usually call me Rong'er," Huang Rong said softly.
"Huang Rong?" Zuo Houde was a little surprised and thought it was "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Then he thought it was probably a coincidence.
"Is there anything wrong, husband?" I guess he heard Zuo Houde's surprise, and Huang Rong was also a little curious.
"Nothing is wrong, nothing is wrong. I heard a story before, and there is a little Ronger in it, haha." Zuo Houde smiled freely.
"That's not known to me."
"I still don't know the name of Lord Taishan?"
"My father's name is Chengyan."
Zuo Houde breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not called Huang Yaoshi, but Huang Chengyan sounded a little familiar. Zuo Houde didn't think much about it.
"But my husband asked what to do?"
Zuo Houde laughed and said, "Nothing is wrong, nothing is wrong. I won't mention these things on this wedding night, I should do something else."
"What else?" Huang Rong looked at Zuo Houde curiously, and suddenly seemed to have thought of something, with a blushing and shy face.
"This is hard to explain. Why don't I teach my wife how?" Zuo Houde smiled when he looked at her face up close.
"Well, I'll listen to my husband!" Rong'er lowered her head, her voice without the need to be loud.
"Haha, let's leave it to your husband."
Chapter completed!