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The whole family sat down to eat together, you and I talked very lively, Le Zhengli listened to it for a long time before he understood what was going on.

The porter that Le Zhengli and the others saw was indeed a dowry, but this marriage was not so pleasant, for no other reason, it was a shady marriage.

Le Zhengli probably knows something about yin marriages, as early as in the "Zhou Rituals", there are relevant records: "Forbidden to relocate those who are buried, and those who marry the deceased", it is to find a spouse for the unmarried young men and women who have died, The main reason is that the older generation thinks that the child died at a young age and has not yet enjoyed the bliss in the world. If they do not get married for them, their souls will resent their family members and refuse to leave, making the house uneasy. After all, it is superstition. In the past, in order to earn more money, some Feng Shui masters tried their best to encourage the host family to hold a yin marriage for the children who died early, so as to avoid the appearance of lonely graves in the family cemetery and affect the prosperity of the family's descendants.

In the early years, Qing'an Town also had yin relatives, but it was not for the prosperity of the family, but because the two old people believed that they had not been able to choose a spouse for their children during their lifetime, and they wanted to hold a wedding after their death to fulfill their responsibilities as parents. .

At that time, Lezhengli had just entered elementary school, and because Lezhengli's family was considered a wealthy family in Qing'an Town, the parents of the two families invited his grandfather to sit in the town to officiate the wedding. The old man Lezheng agreed, and the little boy Lezhengli met his grandfather. In the evening, I went out without even eating dinner. I felt very strange, so I quietly followed behind my grandfather, wanting to see if my grandfather went to eat something delicious alone.

At that time, Qing'an Town was quiet and quiet, it seemed that every family was busy with dinner, and there were few people walking around in the town; Lezheng Li thought it was very strange at the time to play the music band wearing bright red clothes. These gong and drummer uncles used to play very lively tunes, but it was as if they were being deducted from their wages that day. The tunes they played were always bleak. the taste of.

He huddled in a small body and hid all the way, but he was not noticed. He followed his grandfather and the welcoming team all the way to the married man's house. He stood on tiptoe by the door and looked inside. The bride with a red hijab in her clothes is being helped to go to the church by someone!

Children are more curious about this kind of marriage than teenagers, Le Zhengli was delighted when he saw it, and tomorrow he will have to show off to his friends, and he will see a bride again !

He scratched the door frame and looked around, and saw a bridegroom officer in a bright red wedding dress being helped to the front of the hall, his grandfather and two parents were sitting together, watching the two newcomers being helped to worship the world and become husband and wife .

Seeing that the two of them were about to be sent to the bridal chamber, Le Zhengli rubbed his sore and numb legs and prepared to go home, but he didn't expect that he had just stood up half of his body when he saw the new couple being killed by someone. Helped to walk through the corridor, a gust of wind blew up the red hijab on the bride's head, and Le Zhengli glanced at the bride's face with a smile similar to that of the groom's official, but this smile had a bit of a smile on it. Can't tell the weird taste.

Are these two people sick?Le Zhengli bit his finger and thought, when he went to a wedding banquet in the past, didn't the groom always want to drink with the guests?This bridegroom officer is really strange.As he thought about it, he didn't take his eyes off the couple, but he saw two young men with stiff bodies being helped away, but their feet had to be tiptoed on the ground, and they were completely dragged away.

It's just that Le Zhengli was young at the time, and although he could see clearly that the two were being dragged forward, he couldn't figure out the mystery of it. He only felt that his stomach was growling with hunger, and that going back to eat earlier was the most important thing.Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, he was pulled up by the collar of his back. He shrank his neck and smiled flatteringly: "Hey, grandpa, are you going home for dinner too?"

Old Man Lezheng was so angry with him, he said: "You won't go home after school, why are you here?"

Le Zhengli hurriedly begged for mercy, blinking her big watery eyes and acting coquettishly: "I saw grandpa walking here, I'm afraid grandpa is hungry, so I asked grandpa to go home for dinner."

After a closer look, old man Lezheng saw that there was no fear in his expression. He thought that children like to watch the fun and hid outside the door and didn't see anything, so he let go of his hand and led his grandson home.

When Lezheng Li was older, when he thought about it, he was covered in white sweat. Back then, he always felt that he saw the couple with smiles on their lips, but grandpa said they were dead. After more than three days, it was impossible to get married with a smile on his face, so he dared not bring up this matter again. Now he heard his mother say that there was another yin marriage in this town, so he recalled this old matter.

Le Zhengli has reservations about the yin marriage. Although this is a bad custom among the people, but after all, he is concerned about the feeling of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person.What's more, Qing'an Town still retains many old-fashioned styles. Although shady marriages are not common, they do happen.

But in this yin marriage, the man is dead and the woman is still alive.

Le Zhengli was surprised when he heard that, it stands to reason that both parties in a yin marriage should be young people who died young, how could one of them still be alive?Isn't this just looking for bad luck for your family?

Lezheng's mother curled her lips and said: "That's why you say this is a seller. The girl is seriously ill, and I heard that the hospital has issued a critical illness notice... But this person hasn't left yet, why are you rushing to find such a marriage? It's not because the man's family gave out a lot of dowries, and I heard that he waited for the girl to die before getting married..."

Speaking of which, this woman's family still knows Le Zhengli, a family living at the intersection of Ping'an Lane, surnamed Ji, their family sells breakfast, and Le Zhengli used to go to their house to buy buns to eat when he was in school. The girl wore a ponytail and looked very energetic.

Now that she suddenly heard that this happened to her, Le Zhengli felt a little bit emotional, and thought that although the little girl was not a golden branch and jade leaf in the past, her family loved her very much. How could she come up with such a thing just because she was seriously ill? How can I earn such a little money selling my daughter?

The second sister took the conversation and sighed: "If you have a stepmother, you can have a stepfather. Her stepmother didn't live a good life when she came in. This yin relative was found by her stepmother from the beginning. I heard that he Dad didn't agree, and I didn't know what the stepmother said later, so he just let it go, probably thinking that the stepmother gave birth to a son, and his family would have an endless succession, so it was clear that he agreed!"

I heard from the neighbors that the Ji family girl probably spent a lot of money to see a doctor, and the Ji family gradually became unwilling to take care of it. Seeing that the girl was about to die, the money was still like being thrown into a bottomless pit, so the Ji family agreed. After receiving the bride price, there is still a boy in the family anyway, so they will marry the two children immediately after the girl dies.

The folk customs of Qing'an Town are simple and honest. Although the tourism industry has brought in a lot of fresh blood, the people in the town still quietly maintain their original style, which means from another level that they are conservative. It can be seen from this matter alone. Although there are many reprimands for this matter, they just say a few words behind the back of Ji's family. They always think that this is someone else's family matter after all. Ordinary little people?

After lunch, Lezheng Li and Yin Ranyi sat in the backyard chatting with the elderly at home. Grandma Lezheng sat down on the rocking chair and fell asleep after talking for a while. Grandpa Lezheng took a dress for her and looked at it with a smile. Yin Ranyi asked: "Xiao Yin looks very quiet, little carp, you should also learn from others, don't make a fuss about digging out birds' eggs from trees all day long."

Lezheng carp's ears were red and he didn't feel embarrassed to speak. He said to his heart, Grandpa, you are not old-fashioned. How old am I when I dig out bird eggs? Is it interesting to hurt your grandson in front of others?

Yin Ranyi looked at the old man solemnly and said, "He's fine."

Le Zhengli was very happy. It seemed that feeding was not in vain. Now Yin Ranyi not only knew how to answer the old man's every question, but also knew to say something nice for himself!

Old Man Lezheng took a sip of tea, nodded his head and said, "Don't speak up for this kid, he can turn his tail up to the sky with a single compliment." Without giving Lezheng Li a chance to refute, he said to Yin Ranyi again : "Xiao Yin is a good name, your parents must have put in a lot of effort."