HLnovel Chapter 249 Bridal Chamber Flowers and Candles
Chapter 249 Bridal Chamber Flowers and Candles
"Worship to the high hall!"
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"It's done."
"Send to the bridal chamber!"
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With Master Xu's words "Send her to the bridal chamber", the wedding ceremony of the newlyweds came to an end.
The yard of Li Lanzhen's house was full of people. The children were standing at the innermost part, and the adults were standing outside.
Everyone's face was filled with a sincere smile.
Han Yinan, Su Chen, Han Yisong and Miaomiao, several children distributed malt sugar to everyone.
Each child received three pieces of maltose, and each adult also received a piece of maltose.
They kept saying, "Today is my uncle's big wedding day, let's have some good luck and happiness."
There was a cloud of red firecracker debris outside the door, and the boys inside were picking up the small firecrackers that had not been set off.
I picked up a small unlit firecracker and held it high up. I jumped and danced with joy as if I had picked up a tael of silver and showed it off to my friends.
Han Mingxiang carried Han Shulan, who was wearing a veil, into their courtyard and helped her sit on the kang in the east room.
A group of women and children followed behind.
Everyone laughed and urged him to lift the veil quickly because they wanted to see the bride.
The children shouted, "Lift the veil! Look at the bride!"
Li Lanzhen gave him a silver metal rod and asked him to use it to lift the veil.
The moment the veil was lifted, Han Shulan's shy face was revealed.
The children clapped and cheered, "What a beautiful bride!"
The adults also laughed. Han Shulan tied her hair up and put a silver plum blossom hairpin on her head.
There is also a pair of plum blossom earrings on the ears.
The red wedding dress, although simple in style and made of cotton, gave off a festive look that set off her face like a peach blossom, delicate, beautiful and shy.
The two drank the wedding wine, and several young wives came up and peeled peanuts for Han Shulan to eat.
She brought me some dumplings again and asked Han Shulan to eat raw dumplings, and asked loudly in a funny way.
"Bride, are you going to give birth?"
Han Shulan's face flushed, her brows furrowed, and she said in a confused manner, "Raw!"
It made everyone burst into laughter!
After the commotion, Han Mingxiang took Han Shulan's hand and walked to the dining room surrounded by everyone.
The dining room is also decorated very festively.
There was a big red wedding character pasted on one wall, and three chairs were placed against the wall. Li Lanzhen was sitting on the middle chair, with Liu Zhaodi and Han Shunde on both sides of her.
In front of the chair were two large cushions made of cattail grass.
As soon as they entered the dining room, Master Xu called the newlyweds to come forward and offer tea to their parents.
Han Mingxiang took Han Shulan's hand and knelt on the mat.
Shanxing and Lihua, who were standing nearby, handed them some tea.
First, Han Shulan picked up a bowl of tea and handed it to Li Lanzhen with both hands.
Blushing, she said shyly, "Mom, please have some tea."
Li Lanzhen responded loudly, took the tea and took a sip.
Haha! He said with a smile, how sweet.
Her words made everyone in the dining room burst into laughter.
Li Lanzhen took out a twisted silver bracelet from her bosom.
He took Han Shulan's hand and put it on her wrist.
Patting the back of her hand, she said, "From today on, you are our daughter-in-law. Live a good life with Mingxiang. If he wants to bully you, come and tell me, and I will seek justice for you."
Liu Zhaodi, who was sitting next to her, heard what Li Lanzhen said and saw the shining silver bracelet on her daughter's wrist.
I thought to myself that this silver bracelet must be solid, as it looked big and heavy. I once again lamented that my daughter had met a good family.
When she looked at Li Lianzhen, her tears came out
Knowing that it was unlucky to shed tears today, he quickly raised his hand to wipe them away, grinning and laughing.
Then Han Mingxiang brought a cup of tea to Han Shunde, and then brought another cup of tea to Liu Zhaodi.
He said loudly, "Dad, Mom, please have some tea!"
The two men took the tea and agreed.
"Oh! Oh, well, you guys live a good life from now on."
Han Shunde took a small package from Han Zhaoxiong who was standing next to him and handed it to him.
"Mingxiang, this is a long gown your mother-in-law made for you. Study hard and live your life well."
The two men accepted the blessings from their elders, kowtowed, and stood up.
Xu Nizi shouted loudly.
"Everyone line up and come over to get a wedding egg.
May all our children grow up to be as round and plump as eggs, and may our lives be perfect and happy! "
The children clapped their hands and gave her thumbs up out of respect.
Two baskets of boiled eggs were placed on the table, but this time no one distributed them to everyone.
Just line up and get the wedding eggs.
First, the children went over to get the wedding eggs.
What Li Lanzhen and the adults in the village didn't expect was.
All the children took the smallest egg.
What remained in the basket were green-skinned duck eggs and plump white goose eggs.
Han Dazhong was sitting next to the table and saw this scene, so he came over to ask the children.
"Why do you only pick the smaller eggs? The big boiled goose eggs are big and white, why don't you take them? The children only take the big eggs for celebration."
A group of little ones stood up. Han Yibai held his head high, holding a warm egg in one hand, and told Han Dazhong righteously.
"Grandpa, you are wrong! Our teacher said that we should respect the old and love the young."
Linglong also said, "You should respect your parents and be courteous to your brothers and sisters."
Douhua smiled stiffly, "We are the youngest, so we took the smallest egg.
His grandson also glared at Han Dazhong and said, "Keep the biggest one for the elders, and the medium-sized ones for the brothers and sisters."
The children's words left the adults stunned for a moment.
Li Lanzhen was the first to applaud, and instantly, the applause was thunderous.
Applause is a reward and approval for children.
Han Shunde walked up to Master Xu and Lu Boyan and spoke.
"Thank you, teachers. You have taught me so well!"
The banquet began.
The children sat together, and the older ones took care of the younger ones while they ate and drank.
The adults sat together talking and laughing.
Looking at such a festive scene, Li Lanzhen felt very sorry that there was no wine.
She had not thought about this problem earlier. She should have bought some liquor in Youzhou Prefecture.
Next time I go to Youzhou City, I will buy more wine and put it in the space.
Let’s wait until next year and see if we can make some fruit wine. I guess no one would be willing to use grain to make wine.
Although there was no wine, a bowl of red, sour and sweet candied haws was served on the table at the end.
Ever since Li Lanzhen made candied haws once, Xue Nizi and the others learned the production process.
Then all the women learned it too.
Some people make a few candied haws for their children at home, lick their lips and coax their children.
What was served on the table this time was what Xue Nizi and her friends had prepared in the big kitchen for Han Mingxiang's wedding.
Regardless of whether they are adults or children, everyone gets a candied haws stick, and each candied haws stick has four red hawthorn fruits on it.
The red fruit is covered with a layer of crystal clear, glass-like icing.
Take a bite, it’s crunchy, sour and sweet.
Adults still can’t bear to eat it and give it to their children.
However, the children did not want the candied haws in the adults' hands and persuaded the adults to eat them.
The banquet lasted from noon to afternoon.
They talked and laughed, ate and drank, and in the evening each person had a bowl of pheasant and potato soup and wild vegetable cakes. After eating and laughing enough, they each went home with their children.
Han Mingxiang took Han Shulan's hand and returned to their own courtyard.
After closing the courtyard gate, Han Shulan went into their kitchen first, fetched some warm water and brought it into the east room.
"Brother Mingxiang, come and wash up."
Han Mingxiang took the basin of water from her hand and placed it on the basin rack.
He turned around and pulled Han Shulan into his arms.
He lowered his head and asked her, "Madam, what did you call me?"
Han Shulan looked up, looked at Han Mingxiang with her eyes wide open, and said, "Brother Mingxiang."
Han Mingxiang shook his head, staring at Han Shulan's rosy lips with burning eyes.
She said in a hoarse voice, "Call me husband."
Han Shulan met his burning gaze, her heart pounded, her face flushed and she no longer looked up at him.
"Hurry up and call me husband, or I will punish you."
Han Shulan hid in his arms and called out softly, as soft as a mosquito.
"Husband."
Before she finished her words, Han Mingxiang lifted her chin and pressed his lips tightly against her rosy lips.
The moonlit night tonight is bright and quiet.
In the east room, there are red quilts, a warm kang, and red wedding dresses scattered around...
A pair of red candles swaying, just like a couple of newlyweds, with fiery swaying hearts...
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