Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 31: Serving tea and recognizing relatives 2
While Zhou Banxia was quietly observing the situation in the hall while Gu Silang and his wife were serving tea, quite a few people were also sizing her up.

Except for Gu Erzhu and Liu's couple, because Zhou Banxia only had a short time to return to the village and rarely went out because she was preparing to get married, there were very few opportunities to see her in person.

Even if they saw her last night, they were not as stunning as they were today. She only applied a little makeup and dabbed her red lips, making her appearance even more beautiful.

Although her face also had the shyness of a newlywed bride, her expression was calm and generous.Standing together with the energetic Rokuro, they look so well matched!

After Gu Silang and his wife finished serving tea, Zhou Banxia followed Gu Wenxuan. In front of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu, the man on the left and the woman on the right knelt down on the tuanfu. They took the tea cups that had been prepared with warm tea with both hands and raised them respectfully. He handed the top of his head to Mr. Gu, "Grandpa, please have some tea."

Mr. Gu took the tea cup, looked at his grandson and granddaughter-in-law kneeling in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip, then handed the red envelope that he had prepared to Zhou Banxia.

Zhou Banxia thanked him, took the red envelope and put it on a tray aside. He then took the tray. On the tray were the clothes and shoes sewn for Mr. Gu.

After paying homage to Mr. Gu, the second cup of tea was naturally to pay homage to Mrs. Gu.She was still polite and handed the cup over her head with both hands respectfully.

"Grandma, please have some tea."

Mrs. Gu took the tea cup and said, "Okay."He also took a sip, put down the tea cup, and handed it to Zhou Banxia, ​​who also had a red seal.

Zhou Banxia honored her with a complete set of clothes, shoes and socks, and served tea to her two elders. Next came her parents, who fell back to where they were.

Before they could kneel down in front of Gu Erzhu and Liu, Gu Erzhu was already laughing so happily that the laughter in the whole room was covered.

The laughter was so loud that Mr. Gu cast a sidelong glance at him. Mrs. Gu's hands were so itchy that she just wanted to stand up and pinch him. It made the whole hall go silent for a moment.

"Dad, please have some tea."

"Okay!" Gu Erzhu took the teacup, took a quick sip, handed Zhou Banxia a red envelope and said with a smile, "Sanya, if Liulang dares to bully you, tell dad.

On the day your sister-in-law served tea, your father also said that if my son dares to lay a finger on his daughter-in-law after drinking this cup of tea, your mother and I will definitely support you. "

"Thank you, Dad." This time Zhou Banxia also offered a complete set of clothes and shoes in honor of Gu Erzhu with both hands with absolute sincerity. "I'm just waiting for you and Mom to support me."

She found a backer quickly, and Gu Wenxuan glanced at her funny.

"Mother, please have some tea."

"Okay." Mrs. Liu also took the tea cup and took a quick sip before handing over a red envelope. "Get up quickly." As she said this, she winked at her old son.

Gu Wenxuan nodded knowingly and helped Zhou Banxia.

Fortunately, there is no need to kowtow when serving tea to others. You only need to bow to offer tea and then give gifts to each other. Otherwise, let alone his mother, he would also feel distressed.

Following the tea-serving etiquette of Gu Silang and his wife, Zhou Banxia, ​​accompanied by Gu Wenxuan, bowed and served tea to the elders of the third room in order.

As for gifts, like Gu Silang's wife, although the family has not been separated, the uncles, aunts and uncles in the next room don't have any complete sets of clothes, shoes and socks.

After serving tea to the elders, it was time to greet each other among the peers.Gu Wenxuan is the sixth child, with an elder brother and sister-in-law, and an unmarried younger brother and sister.

Including Gu Wulang, they first saluted their brothers and sister-in-law, and then Gu Qilang and Gu Da Niu also brought their younger brothers and sisters to greet them.

Zhou Banxia also learned from the Shiro family.The Gu family members, no matter how big or small, are all a piece of cloth.It's just that the other person can weave cloth, but she bought cotton cloth.At this moment, she couldn't help but think of the scene when her father wrinkled his face and shouted about loss, loss, loss, but still didn't change his mind and asked her mother to cut the cloth quickly.

The remaining sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law are also like those in the Shiro family. The sisters-in-law also each have a piece of cloth; the younger ones, including nephews and nieces, each have a purse.

Of course, as the only sister-in-law and eldest nephew, the gifts prepared for Gu Baoya and Xiao Changsuo were naturally completely different from others.

It actually shocked Xiao Baoya.

She looked.

The purses given by the second sister-in-law, Tianbao's purse contained copper coins, and hers contained two silver picks that looked like small fishes.There are so many people that it’s hard to take a closer look.

It's time to go to the Gu family ancestral hall to worship the ancestors. This is the so-called "temple meeting ceremony". The new daughter-in-law has to kneel down to worship her ancestors and write the family tree.

Zhou Banxia was surprised when she heard that there was a 'temple visit ceremony' on this day. This custom was different from the one in history.

The Gu family ancestral hall is the same as the Zhou family ancestral hall. The river tributary passes through half of the village. The surname Zhou in the west of the river and the surname Gu in the east of the river live together. The two surnames live together, and the ancestral halls are in the center.

Today, except for the bride Zhou Banxia and Gu Silang's wife Fang Wan, who can enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, all the women in the clan can only wait outside.

Zhou Banxia followed Gu Wenxuan, preceded by Mr. Gu, Gu Yangwen and Gu Yangwu (Gu Erzhu), Gu Dalang and Gu Erlang, and Gu Silang.

As soon as they entered the gate of the ancestral hall, the head of the Gu family and the elders of the clan were already there, as well as several uncles and uncles who had come to help early in the morning and took over the offerings.

In the hall where the ancestors' tablets were enshrined, she knelt down with Mr. Gu and others to worship their ancestors. After a set of procedures, she was recorded in the family tree, and she became the Gu Zhou family of Gu Wenxuan's wife.

Today it was Sanfang's turn to do housework. Sanfang had not married a daughter-in-law yet, but he had two daughters. The three of them prepared lunch, so they were very busy.

Zhou Banxia thought to himself that he had just held a banquet yesterday and there must be a lot of leftovers due to the cold weather.In addition, there are fewer men coming back at noon, so heating up some steamed buns will make the work easier and more enjoyable.

It was only when she ate steamed buns full of crumbs for the first time three days later that she realized that this was not the case at all. Multigrain steamed buns were already among the fine grains in the Gu family.

At this time, I thought that people who are not wealthy and pay attention to health care. They have three meals a day and snacks at night.Farmers only have two meals a day except when farming is busy.

Use "Chaoshi" for Chen time, and "Yan Shi" for Shen time.The Gu family's lunch was pretty good even if it was a makeshift meal. This shows that the old lady's housekeeper is not constrained by her appearance and not by her heart.

This lunch is also different from breakfast.Except for Mrs. Gu, the female family members of the family are still dining in the main room. As Gu Wenxuan said, they have returned to the kitchen.

The kitchen is huge.

Maybe it's because there are so many people in the family. In addition to the stove, chopping board, cupboard, cupboard, and two water tanks, which take up part of the space, there's also plenty of room for a large table.

It was kept very clean, even the large and small urns and jars placed in the corners of the wall had little dust accumulation and were arranged in an orderly manner.

Even though the weather is fine now, in the next [-] days, there will be a lot of space, and the stove and brazier will be used to keep warm. I'm afraid it won't be of much use, and it's not uncommon for the water tank to freeze.

After lunch, Zhou Banxia had no time to think about anything else. "I just want you and my sister-in-law to take me for a walk, but I don't know if my sister-in-law has come in or not."

(End of this chapter)