Prose

The wedding ceremony actually ended before the rainstorm. I followed the passionate male voice of the master of ceremonies in a strange alley, and the vibration created by the microphone and stereo shouting at the sky touched the nerves of the air along the road, the cement wall of the building and the hard cement pavement. When the noise became louder and louder, when the vibration stimulated the eardrum more and more strongly, I turned into a short and narrow alley and saw the kitchen set up in the open air when Yaodian people held a wedding.

Yao Dian is no longer called Yao Dian, but I still like to call it Yao Dian. People in Yaodian used to hold a banquet in their new house according to the rules handed down by their ancestors, no matter which wedding they held. Although the small town has gradually entered the array of modern development, more and more families choose to pass by in the famous and magnificent local hotels (meaning "treat guests and hold banquets"), many families still adhere to the traditional customs. There is no doubt that red is the main color of Chinese wedding banquets, so the skeleton of a long greenhouse is built in front of the host's house with thin steel bars, and then covered with red tarpaulin. The guests who come to congratulate are watching "drama", eating and chatting ...

The red greenhouse is built in summer and in winter. In winter, in order to resist the cold wind, rain and snow, all the iron pillars in the shed will be wrapped from the outer layer, and then all the men, women and children who come to eat the banquet will be covered in this "warm cave". In summer, there is no such thing as saving for a rainy day. The red shed surface is like a hat brim, only wrapped in the part of the iron frame hanging in the air, and the wind and air are allowed to flow freely all around. In spring and autumn, the method is determined according to the temperature change.

The family's wedding was held before the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the residual heat was still burning. People who ate the banquet naturally sat under a ventilated shed on all sides. Before eleven o'clock noon that day, the sky was still clean and light blue, and the clouds were in the form of light feathers, sticking three pieces to the blue sky.

The shed was already full of the first people who ate the banquet. There are six or eight round tables, and each table is surrounded by different people, some know each other and some are strangers, but as long as you sit on that round table, the atmosphere between people seems to have known each other for a long time.

people outside the shed are scattered around. Middle-aged men and women who are familiar with each other gather warmly in one place, sitting on high red plastic stools. During this period, late friends drag red stools that are unoccupied everywhere to join a small talk circle, as if eager to integrate themselves into a group. The topics discussed are nothing more than buying a house, having children, getting married, making money, etc. There is nothing new. Young and strange boys and girls sat on the edge of the flower bed at a certain distance and with irregular rows, bowed their heads and stared at the screen of the mobile phone with concentration and indifference. Young and fashionable men and women dotted the crowd in groups of three or five, laughing and cursing, or whispering.

The kitchen relies on the background wall of the wedding stage, so I entered the whole wedding scene from behind the stage. In the strewn at random crowded a long line of people, I walked quickly without looking sideways. When I passed the stage, the bride and groom and the wedding emcee on the stage were in a certain part of the process. The spectators who passed me turned their eyes to the newcomers on the stage. Their faces were more or less smiling, and many people held their mobile phones or took photos or videos. I didn't want to stop and watch the stage at all. I just went straight through the crowd, ran for my cousin and went outside the shed.

Following my cousin, I met my grandmother's neighbor's elder sister who lived in the mountains and had not seen her for many years. This sister and cousin grew up together, and now they are married and have children. My sister asked me politely about my current situation. She simply answered "floating outside, single" and didn't say anything more. After that, I stood beside my two sisters and listened to them talk from marriage to children and from children to marriage. During the period, an elderly aunt also joined the topic of her sisters and talked about raising children at will.

"Oh, my sister's girl (that is, her daughter) is really annoyed. She has to give birth to a son to Yueyue, and her sister-in-law will help her with the child. She just won't let her sister-in-law touch it. Tell me, how can this be justified?"

"why is that?"

"That Yueyue is one of her cousins, saying that she took the exam specially and was a professional. She believes the one who passed the exam. "

"It's really fashionable for young people to ask for a new moon."

"Is the new moon all right? For example, if the child has eaten, aunt will take the child out for a walk, and Yueyue will say that a child that big will have to eat and sleep. As a result, the child has become fat! What else can't you bathe your child often ... It's a complete nonsense! We used to raise our children without a new moon, and the adults are experienced. Hum, how long can Yueyue help you take care of your children? It's only a period of time, but it can't help you bring them up from childhood. After that, you need adults to help you bring them. So what's the use of believing in the new moon? I don't know how good it is! "

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I listened silently, and my thoughts had drifted away for a long time. They were like being chased by the wind, and I could hardly catch them, so my mind was intermittently blank.

In the process of people chatting, the sky has already darkened unnoticed, and the sky is still blue, only covered with a layer of increasingly thick ash; Clouds are not as light as before, and people under the awning seem to be covered and pinned down by something falling slowly. However, people are immersed in the joyful atmosphere at the wedding scene, so even if someone said a sentence or two, "Heaven has changed", it did not dilute the joy at all.

In the red greenhouse, people have finished eating one after another. As soon as the finished person's ass leaves the hot seat, another cold ass sticks down. In fact, these "cold asses" have been standing behind the "hot asses" for a long time. At an appropriate time, they keenly aimed at the "hot asses" who were about to finish eating, then stood behind them quietly, put one hand on the back of the chair, and swore to occupy this position silently and vigorously. Some "cold asses" need to occupy seats for their family or friends in advance at the same time, so they will put their other hand on another seat, or even put their bags or something else on the seat, indicating that "these seats are taken." The "hot ass" who haven't finished eating will also gag with the "cold ass" while eating, deliberately sharpening their temper. The "cold ass" are not to be outdone, and the honey-like teasing words are also full of the meaning of "driving people away". Those who have a good relationship even blatantly pull the "hot ass" who deliberately refuses to walk to give up their seats. Everyone is tacitly aware of this way of occupying seats, and most people are rushing to leave after dinner to run their own businesses.

My cousin and I took a seat close to the edge of the greenhouse. The ground under my feet is uneven concrete. Although my cousin and I are very close to each other, her seat is on a thin layer of steps, and my seat is just under that thin layer of steps, and there is a depression formed by a slight depression in the ground between the steps and my seat.

The leftovers on the table were quickly taken away, and new disposable tablecloths were laid one after another, with new disposable bamboo chopsticks, disposable plastic bowls, disposable plastic cups, melon seeds in iron plates, peanuts, white wine, beer, drinks and gift packages for the guests. Melon seeds and peanuts were instantly swept away by a dozen hands, and all the people present were chatting warmly while eating melon seeds. In the process, people put the gift money for eating egg tea into the empty iron plate of melon seeds one by one, and recorded their gift money in the account book, and then continued to eat melon seeds and peanuts, skillfully throwing the shells of melon seeds and peanuts on the ground at their feet. At this time, it was past 12 o'clock, and I was a little hungry without breakfast. I began to guess that I would have to wait for some time, so I clicked on the game on my mobile phone in an attempt to hedge my hunger and unbearable waiting with exciting entertainment.

My attention is almost always on the game, so I'm not sure when the rainstorm outside the shed will pour down. I just feel that some cool water drops bounce off the ground and splash on my skirt, and the rain from the wind hits my shoulders and my purse layer by layer. When I felt the temperature drop obviously, the crash of heavy rain crashed into my ears as if it had come from afar. I looked up at the pouring rain outside the shed, like a waterfall, expressionless, and continued to bow my head and fight.

The momentum of the rain was rapid, but it didn't scare the spectators present at all. Everyone watches the wedding ceremony uniformly when there is a wedding ceremony, and watches the rainstorm uniformly when there is a downpour. No matter what they look at, their faces are similar, and they are just watching the excitement, as if the rainstorm and the wedding are the same thing-the thing that should happen. Of course, those who picked up their mobile phones and took photos of the wedding also took photos of the rainstorm in the same posture. People are laughing, knowing that the rain will not stop for a while, which also means that the meal will not be available for a while, so they just laugh and take pictures more. The roof of a shed couldn't bear the impact of rain and collapsed. The people under the shed laughed and dispersed in a hubbub near the water-tight place. When the guests in the distance heard the noise, they also stood up and looked at the "accident site" uniformly, whispering "Oh, it collapsed, it collapsed" and their eyes shone.

The rain continued to fall, and the rain soon accumulated a deep puddle in the depression of the ground, and the puddle line was even with my ankle unconsciously. At the end of the game, I realized that my feet had already soaked in the water. I looked up at the heavy rain outside the shed, and then looked down at the soaked shoes. My sister suggested that I put my feet on the beam in front of the seat, but the shoes were wet, so that's it, why bother to grieve my legs, so I simply put my feet flat and let the water soak.

Looking back, the outdoor stage was under the pressure of heavy rain, and the excitement and celebration were no longer there. The red felt carpet was dyed more crimson because of the rain. I have an unlucky thought in my mind: rainstorm is saying, shouldn't you get married? This is, of course, a rude brainwave and can only be used to secretly make yourself laugh. After all, marriage and rainstorm are the same in the eyes of many people, and they should all happen.