NOVEL NEXT Chapter 60 Engagement
In the afternoon of the next day, Xia Haogang brought his fiancée Kuang Yurong out, and the three brothers met with their sister-in-law in a teahouse. Kuang Yurong's mother is a descendant of the Wuxing Shen family, and the Wuxing Shen family and the Kuaiji Xia family are both one of the sixteen prominent local families, and their ancestors also have various marriage relationships. Why people in Wenzhou cling to groups and are xenophobic actually has a deep relationship with their historical origins.
Kuang Yurong, who I haven't seen for many years, still looks the same as before. She has a short straight bob cut that reaches her face. She looks clean and neat, which goes well with her oval face. Although she doesn't have the fierceness she used to bully people when she was a child, she still gives people a good look. An image of a smart and wise professional woman. On the contrary, her eldest brother was more like a fool in front of her.
It seemed that Xia Haogang brought his fiancée to meet his brother, but Kuang Yurong was the one taking the lead in the whole process, and Kuang Yurong was the one driving the conversation. During the chat, I learned that the reason why the two parties were able to get together, even though there was a marriage, was decided by Kuang Yurong. She first took a fancy to her eldest brother for his honesty and no bad habits, and then he became her skirt. The subordinates.
For the Xia family, since the boss is destined to be in power, and the boss has a soft personality, a strong and proactive sister-in-law is perfect. After meeting Kuang Yurong a few times, Xia's parents were extremely satisfied with her.
The engagement of people in Wen City is different from other places. It is very complicated and traditional. Especially for the Xia family and the Shen family, which is a famous local family with a long history, they have their own traditional set of rituals. In ancient times, there were six wedding etiquettes: nacai, name asking, naji, nazheng, asking for a date, and personal greeting. Nowadays, society will naturally not be so troublesome, so the first five items represented by naji have been merged into the current engagement. , and the sixth item of welcome is marriage.
Since the first five items are incorporated into the engagement process, it also makes the engagement cumbersome.
Early in the morning on the day of the engagement, the Xia family all dressed up in ancient costumes, and his mother put on a cheongsam. Xia Haoyang couldn't tell the name of the costume, but it was similar to the landlord's uniform they commonly used in acting. It carries 12 traditional gifts. Among these 12 gifts, the most distinctive one is the wedding candy - candied golden apricots. A proverb in Wen City goes: "When a daughter gets married, she will share sugar and golden apricots." This is a unique folk custom in Wen City. Pomegranate is called "golden apricot" in Wenshi dialect. Sugar-gold apricot is made by dyeing white sugar red, frying it into a thick juice, and then pressing it into a pomegranate shape with a mold, and then cooling it. This is a unique feature of the Vancouver engagement ceremony and cannot be seen elsewhere in China.
It should be said that among the 12 gifts, duck tongue is also considered a specialty of Wenzhou. Traditional engagements in various parts of China have the habit of bringing gifts. According to the specifications, there are six, ten, or twelve items, but no matter how many you choose, they are generally a few. Meats, candies, gold ornaments, etc. In the past, it was traditional for Najib to carry geese, but due to various reasons, it was changed to geese or chickens. Regardless of whether they are chickens or geese, this can be seen all over China, but this time Duck tongue is definitely unique to Wen City. There is also a saying in Wen City that "no feast can be complete without tongue".
Arriving at the woman's door, they set off firecrackers for almost half an hour. Then the woman came out to welcome the man, gave each of the men a big red envelope, and then invited the men to enter the lobby. At this time, there are certain things to do when entering the woman's house. They must be accurate. The groom walks in the front and takes the first seat when entering the lobby.
After entering the hall and sitting down, the bride-to-be is led out of the hall by a blessed woman, holding sweet tea and serving tea to the male guests one by one.
After the bride-to-be comes out of the hall to collect the teacups, the groom-to-be asks the bride to sit down, puts his foot on the red chair, and puts on the ring for her.
The man's parents announced their engagement and placed the bride price wrapped in red paper on the table. There was no doubt that it was a very frivolous card. Xia Haoyang didn't know the amount in the card. At this time, the woman's mother will bring the red paper and the card into the hall, and then Xia Haoyang's job will come. Together with his second brother, he will put the wedding candies such as golden apricots, duck tongues, geese, and red candles, etc. At the table, the woman's mother collected the bride price, which means that the bride price has passed. The parents of both parties sat at the same table and negotiated the wedding date, so it was basically settled.
After that, the woman brings out fruits and snacks to entertain the groom, and prepares various gifts, clothing, and gold jewelry for the groom. In fact, the fruits and snacks prepared by the woman are also very particular:
Red dates, which means a prosperous life; lotus seeds, which means Ding is prosperous and prosperous, and "Ding" means children, who are prosperous; dragon fruit, which means that marriage can have good results and a harmonious life; Baizi cake, which means many children and grandchildren. , will be able to have children and grandchildren in the future; tangerines, which means taking root, business will be stable, and everything in the future will be stable, and this kind of citrus must be chosen with many seeds; peanuts, which means having children early and having many children and grandchildren. ; Sydney, homophonic to "profit", means everything will go well.
The most unique gift prepared by the woman here in Wen City is probably the porcelain bowl. Moreover, you have to choose a day to deliver bowls. People in Wenzhou have a saying of "stable", which is homophonic to "bowl" in Wenzhou dialect. Therefore, the importance of bowls is also very high at wedding banquets in Wenzhou. Generally, the woman will prepare carefully.
Then the guests from the groom's family are about to leave. When they reach the door, the father-in-law gives a face gift to the son-in-law, and the groom-to-be's mother also gives a face-changing gift to the new daughter-in-law. Generally speaking, for the sake of good luck here in Vancouver, regardless of whether the family is wealthy or extremely wealthy, the amount is roughly the same, so-called one in a million.
After that, everyone went out to have a meal at the designated hotel. The engagement was completed in a roughly simple description.
It is customary here in Wenzhou that the woman entertains the woman’s guests at the engagement banquet, but the cost of the banquet is borne by the man. But both parties are local wealthy families, and many of the human relations between men and women are roughly the same. So you will see parents from both sides greeting the bride at the door. There were not many guests invited, about 20 people per table. This is also the custom here in Wenzhou. The engagement banquet should not be too grand. But to his surprise, Xia Haoyang saw the six little girls of Tara at the engagement party.
"Why are you here?" Xia Haoyang walked up to Liu Xiaozhi and hit Qin Jiali on the head.
"I accepted the event. We will be singing at the engagement banquet later. Why is Senior Brother Xia here?" Zeng Jingyi was also surprised to see Xia Haoyang.
"You attended the wedding banquet and sang? Why didn't I know? And you didn't know who was engaged?" Xia Haoyang was even more surprised.
"I don't know, who is getting married? This event is not troublesome and the money is plenty. Sister Juzi took it for us. We all agreed." Zeng Jingyi answered.
"Damn Juzi, you didn't tell me, it's just the six of you? Where is Juzi?" Xia Haoyang asked again.
"Sister Juzi is not here. There are six of us, including assistant Xiao Wang, and security guard Zhang. Here we are." Zeng Jingyi pointed. Juzi hired a security guard from a security company.
Xia Haoyang sent a text message to Juzi and asked Tara why she came to this wedding banquet. As a result, Ju Zi replied immediately and said that they had deliberately arranged for them to monitor Xia Haoyang to prevent him from betraying Wang Qing by hooking up with some famous lady at the wedding banquet. You idiot, Tara didn't even know that she would see him at the wedding banquet. Xia Haoyang casually cursed her for being a lowly person.
"Your arrangement is to sing a song later. Do you have anything else? Have you arranged a place to stay?" Xia Haoyang asked.
"Just sing a song, and then we can have a wedding banquet. We have arranged a hotel, on the 22nd floor of this hotel. We will fly back to Yancheng tomorrow." Zeng Jingyi deserves to be the captain, and she understands everything clearly.
"Okay, call me if you need anything." Xia Haoyang said.
"Why is the fat boss here too?" Qin Jiali asked.
"Because this is my eldest brother's engagement." Xia Haoyang sighed.