Chapter 451 Sitting in the Singing Hall 8

Sitting in the singing hall is a form of singing art held the night before a girl gets married. The girl's good sisters, aunts, and neighbors come to sing "crying songs" with her.

Outside the mountains, this kind of crying wedding ceremony is basically not held. Good sisters just sit and chat, and the conversation passes by.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the "Zuogetang" singing ceremony of Dani's wedding officially began. There were several tables in the main room, on which were placed roasted snacks such as peanuts, broad beans, corn and melon seeds. On the top square table, there was a washbasin with a big red "囍" character printed on it, and a mirror on the washbasin, which was prepared for "asking for the dowry" in the singing hall.

The square table was at the front, with sisters Si Ni, Wu Ni and Jinguo sitting on its left and right sides. The tables below were filled with benches, and girls from the village and the company, big and small, all came.

The main room was filled with girls, and some women were also sitting in the next room chatting. Whether we knew each other or not, we all got to know each other tonight.

Even those young boys, big and small, were all peeking outside, wanting to join in the fun, but unfortunately they were not allowed to sit in the singing hall, so Daddy Dani asked his nephews to take these young boys, big and small, to sit in another room. Fortunately, they had vacated a few rooms to accommodate the people who would come to pick up the bride tomorrow, otherwise they would have been unable to entertain them tonight.

Tea is picked and roasted from hundreds of years old tea trees in the forest in autumn. Once brewed with boiling water, the whole house is filled with fragrance. Yike knew that there were not many entertainment programs in that era, and some women would probably come to join in the fun in the evening, so he specially sent some tea over.

She had never expected that the men would also join in the fun, and Daddy Dani was particularly grateful at this moment. If it weren't for the tea, he would have been able to only entertain them with boiled water. The most important thing was that the tea was fragrant, and these people liked it. Didn't you see that they all made tea themselves and drank it, so the youngest son didn't have to make tea to entertain them.

The main room and the stairs were filled with girls. There were not enough stools, so they went to the school classroom and brought in a lot of stools.

Aunt Dong went to the bride's room and said to Yike, "It's almost time, you can let the bride out."

The bride Dani is wearing a red floral cotton coat tonight, a bright red knitted wool scarf around her neck, and even her hairband is red.

To be honest, Yike didn’t think Dani was that pretty tonight. On the contrary, the all-red color obscured her usual beauty.

Jinguo and Erni followed Yike and the others into the bridal chamber. Under the direction of Aunt Dong, the bride Dani was accompanied by her younger sisters Erni and Jinguo on her left and right. Yike and Xiangxiang followed them into the main hall, and everyone sang "New Song" as they walked.

Jinguo leads the singing: Handheld Silver Lantern (Wind Blowing Raindrops)

Everyone sings: All sisters follow

Jinguo leads the singing: New House is Coming

Everyone sings together: The crabapple blossoms are falling, please come out of the new room (yo)

The bride and her sisters took their seats one by one, with the bride sitting at the top of the square table in the main hall.

After the bride sat down, she sang the "Opening Song" first: The scissors are newly made and the child is cutting, but he feels guilty when he opens his mouth. The sound of opening is unclear...

The bride sang the opening song, and Hao Jinguo was the first to lead the singing, which is also known as "Qi Ge Tang."

"When the big river is flooded, the small river becomes muddy. Plant orchids by the small river. Orchids are delicious but hard to grow. It is good to sit in the singing hall but hard to get a seat."

As soon as Jinguo's golden voice came out, the whole house fell silent, only the oriole-like singing voice echoed in the room, and then came out of the crack in the door.

The men and women working in other rooms all stopped what they were doing and looked towards the main room.

The women who were originally chatting in the side rooms also stopped talking. One of them stood up first and walked into the main room quietly.

The other women followed suit, quietly entered the main room, and sat down wherever they found. If there are no stools, just squeeze in with other people.

The young men and women who were drinking tea and chatting in another room were also holding their teacups and listening quietly. The only sound in the room was the gurgling sound of the boiling water on the stove...

Yike was very satisfied. It was the right decision to ask the three sisters Xiangxiang, Jinguo and Xueli to come.

As soon as Jinguo finished singing, Xiangxiang started singing "The Leading Song": All the sisters in our family are talented and knowledgeable, let Erni sing a song.

Erni sang along: "Tangerine tree, oh tangerines are yellow, it's nice to rest under the tangerine tree, I reach for the tangerine tree with my left hand, pick an tangerine with my right hand and taste it, tangerines are delicious so we have to share them, sisters have fun so we have to separate"

(This song uses objects to express emotions, using the tangerine tree to express the reluctance between sisters to part.)

Erni’s singing voice was surprisingly quite nice. It wasn’t the sweet and crisp voice of Jinguo, but rather soft and gentle, like a warm breeze blowing on your face.

After Erni sang, Sanni sang, and after Sanni sang, Hu Lili and Hu Fangfang sang. The two sisters sang nursery rhymes they learned in school. The other sisters present sang their own best songs, and those who really couldn't sing sang the red song "The East is Red".

In the main room, the sisters were all excited about singing, and they all competed with each other in singing. If Xiangxiang hadn't been the one to lead the singing, the bride would have had no chance to cry and sing the song to ask for the dowry.

The bride starts by crying and singing to her parents: "There is a table in the middle of the hall, and a flower pot is placed on the table (oh), the sweet-scented osmanthus in the flower pot smells good (oh), I am asking for money for sewing tonight (oh), I am asking for money for sewing tonight (oh), I am asking for money for sewing tonight (oh), I will push the table and drag it (oh), let's see how much your parents will take (oh), I will push the table and wipe it (ya), let's see if your parents will take it (yo)."

After the bride finished singing, everyone started to make a fuss, asking the bride's parents to quickly give the money.

Dani's mother took a handful of money and put it into the basin with a big red wedding character on it.

The bride Dani sang a song of thanks again: "The golden basin is round and round, thank you parents for the dowry." After hearing the bride's song of thanks, the bride's mother sang a song to teach her daughter to respect her parents-in-law and be diligent after marriage: "The rapeseed is in bloom, the ground is yellow, my daughter should be obedient when she goes out, sweep the room clean, and cook the rice to make the room fragrant. When the parents-in-law eat, they will praise you, and when the sisters eat, they will follow my example."

After the bride's mother finished singing, the bride continued to sing a song to ask for dowry.

After inviting her parents, the bride invited her uncles and aunts. The lyrics were the same, except that parents were changed to uncles and aunts. Then she invited cousins-in-law. Han Guihua also put a handful of one-yuan bills into the big red basin with the word "happiness" on it.

Yi Ke also wanted the bride to sing her song, so the bride could only sing: "Gardenia flowers are blooming, please come, sister Yi Ke, when sister comes, drop the money down."

Yike also giggled and put in a lot of money, but her money included one yuan, five yuan, and ten yuan.

The bride sang a song of thanksgiving with gratitude...