Thirteen flowers, flowing water seats

Tomorrow is Laba, which was originally dedicated to the gods such as door gods, household gods, house gods, kitchen gods and well gods. Because of the busy year, the crops have been crushed and returned to the warehouse, so people can free up their hands to treat and take care of these gods who have been busy for the same year. As can be seen from the word "meat", many things are related to meat as soon as we enter this month. When we sacrifice to the gods, we can also bring some meat and let them share the fruits of the harvest. As soon as we entered the twelfth lunar month, chickens, rabbits and sheep all gained weight, pigs also gained weight, and people were busier than usual, especially in the twelfth lunar month.

Happy events in rural areas are not like those in cities, where dozens of tables are booked in hotels and guests flock to them, and it only takes two or three hours to complete them. In rural areas, a happy event usually takes three days. On the first day, it was called "add a box" at home. The girl got dressed and sat on the kang with her mother. There are two red painted wooden boxes made by her family on the balcony of the west wing. People who came to congratulate her one after another put their gifts in those two boxes, sheets, quilt covers, clothes, shoes and socks. Before long, two big boxes will be full. Blankets, quilts, gift boxes and other large pieces are hung on the wire pulled up in the yard, which is red and looks particularly festive. In the evening, the kang was full of people, discussing the "distinguished guests" who accompanied the bride to her husband's house the next day. Guests are the closest and most respected people in the bride's family, usually men, such as uncles, adoptive fathers, uncles, brothers, uncles, brothers-in-law, cousins, boys who bet on horses, chiefs of various surnames, village elders and so on. It must be an even number, such as six people, eight people, twelve people and sixteen people. Sometimes, the mother's family will consider the difficulties in the reception of her husband's family. Most of the distinguished guests were sent by eight or twelve people, and of course there were twenty-four people. I think there may be a demonstration in this lineup, telling my husband's family that the bride's family is big and it is better for my girl!

The happy event was mainly spent at her husband's house, only for two days. On the night of adding boxes to her parents' house, all relatives of her husband's family will come here to listen to the housekeeper's assignment. Many people are needed to carry boxes to greet the bride, look at the table to make a toast, serve dishes with plates, see her off, make wine and tea, and cook. Of course, the main labor force before and after running is their children and son-in-law's nephew. After the arrangement, clear the table, serve the fragrant horse tray and invite the ancestors. Getting married is a great event in our family. If we want to add more people, we must invite our ancestors to witness this great moment. I remember when my cousin got married, I also held lanterns with a large group of people in the dark night to invite my ancestors. Cousin ordered paper money, poured a cup of libation and said, Grandpa, is your hometown busy? I burned money for you, too You can get it even if you hit the passbook.

Generally, the ancestors asked three generations to write the word "Sacrifice" on the memorial tablet with red paper folded into the shape of an arrow, and the top of the middle line was written with eleven characters, "X Gate Three Generations' Position". Liang Ji, memorial tablet, Mingjing and so on in rural areas all pay attention to the number of words. They count down from the words "sickness and death" and generally count to the word "health". The ancients used these five words to summarize a person's life. Maybe they also think that people who are unhappy in life are often nine times out of ten. After the memorial tablet is placed on the table, incense sticks, yellow watches, gold squares, paper money, libation, tea, white buns, fruit sparse, rice offerings and so on. Put them on the left and right respectively, and the old people in the village sit in the chairs next to them to look after the incense and let the people who come to have sex burn incense to congratulate them.

The wedding team set out before dawn and arrived before dawn. The bride's family also prepared simple dining tables to entertain the guests, and the bride had already cried like a crybaby. The general situation is to walk in tears. There is absolutely no need to stay and stir up trouble, but you can also encounter more complicated situations. Many years ago, a young man in the village went to get married, but the bride cried and said that she would never get off the kang again. Probably the young man spent a lot of gift money, was angry in his heart, or was anxious to get married and angry. He stepped onto the kang, picked up his daughter-in-law, turned his head and left, cursing "crying fucking eggs"! The daughter-in-law tore at her back desperately, but the donkey smiled through tears, and the old donkey who married her followed. Along the way, all the guests attending the wedding will be sprinkled with red road stickers, some of which say "Jiang Taigong is here to ward off evil spirits", others say "White tiger is in power to ward off evil spirits" and scattered all the way. If you pass a mill, a well or a pit, you should cover them with red paper.

The bride can't touch the ground on the road and can't get off the kang when she gets home. As usual, the panes of the new house should be pasted with festive red window grilles, the kang should be covered with red carpets, and red curtains may be hung on the edge of the kang, plus a red bride. In this red world, you can only vaguely see the bride's fair face and delicate hands. Bridesmaids and wedding guests have their own horoscopes. It is said that it depends on the horoscopes of the new wife, as well as the theory of Yin and Yang. For example, the new person is a snake, and the dog's horoscopes must be tigers, horses, dogs and so on.

People wishing each other good wishes followed. When they gather enough tables, they will arrange a seat. After eating, they will give their seats, and then they will gather together for the next seat. It's called a mobile seat. After the guests are seated, eight cold dishes and a glass are set first. Those who look at the table and propose a toast are all filled with wine, offered with both hands and respectfully propose a toast to everyone. After you finish drinking the wine, you can put the wine back in the cup and take some cold dishes to greet each other. When the host brings the food for wine again, it means it's time to close the stall. Cold dishes and dining tables are instantly removed, and hot dishes are already at the door.

Hot dishes are all a big bowl for one person, called "bowl rice". If a person with a good family can make thirteen dishes in each big bowl, it is called "thirteen flowers". Generally, shredded radish dishes are placed at the bottom, including big balls, ribs with sauce, braised chicken legs, red meat pieces, white meat pieces, fried crispy meat, fried tofu, braised eggs, etc. 13. They filled a big bowl with thick broth, and the bowls were neatly arranged in a big steamer. When a guest drinks on the table, he will steam it with strong fire and serve it in a few minutes.

Thirteen flowers are really delicious, and the meat steamed is soft and delicious, not greasy, especially the shredded radish at the bottom of the bowl soaked in gravy, which is chewy and fragrant.

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The most terrible thing about a bowl of thirteen flowers is the two large pieces of red and white meat, which are thick and oily. Braised red meat, steamed white meat. In the era of food shortage, people may feel dissatisfied after swallowing a few mouthfuls, but now, almost no one can eat. Generally, an empty plate will be placed at dinner, and everyone will take out the fat in the bowl and mutter to pile it in. However, sometimes you will meet someone who can eat fat. Everyone will put all the fat in his bowl into his bowl and pile it high. He will eat a lot and his mouth is full of oil. It makes people stunned. This kind of person is called "meat quantity" in rural areas, which probably means the same as useless. My favorite food is egg-sized lean meat balls. Some things are not clear, for example, pigs raised by rural people are more delicious than pork sold in cities, and hand-chopped meat is more delicious than meatballs ground by machines. To make meatballs, the lean meat from pig's hind legs is usually chopped into stuffing, mixed with flour, salt, egg liquid, flour, onion, ginger and garlic sprouts, then made into meatballs and steamed in a large steamer. This kind of meatball is soft and chewy, and tastes salty and delicious. Once I praised meatballs at dinner, and several fellow villagers put their meatballs in my bowl. The villagers sit on the same kang to eat, and sometimes they have an indescribable sense of intimacy. One dish in thirteen flowers is to eat kung fu, that is, egg rolls. Spread a stack of egg cakes first, evenly spread a layer of minced meat on each cake, carefully roll it up, then put it neatly in a steamer, steam it over high fire, cool it and quickly cut it into small pieces. Sauced ribs and braised chicken legs are easier to cook, but because they are both local pigs and chickens, they are delicious no matter how they are cooked. The shredded radish at the bottom of the bowl is not a dish, but some people like it. Once, I saw a man push a bowl full of thirteen flowers in front of me and said, take them all away and come to a dry place for a bowl of shredded radish! When shredded turnip vegetables were served, he bit his cheek and made a thump when the donkey ate night grass. Everyone looked at him strangely, but he was so nice. What can he do? When everyone has finished eating, this seat will be over, and the housekeeper will start to arrange the next seat.

People who have finished eating don't have to leave immediately, because the temporary tents in the yard are full of fire, and they can smoke, make tea, punch cards and play cards. If you have nothing to do, you can have a cigarette, and several people sit together on the platform and listen to the loud Qin opera in the tweeter. At this time, you can see the new son-in-law with a red satin quilt on his chest, coming in and out, polite, welcoming and seeing off, and persuading tea to let cigarettes, but you will never see the bride and him at the same time, because the bride can't go to the fields until the "distinguished guest" who sent her away is sent away.

On this day, there are always three groups of the most distinguished guests, namely, my uncle's house, my uncle's house and the VIP who sent the bride. They all took firecrackers and closed the door at a distance. Moreover, because the VIPs are followed by the bride, they will show unprecedented reserve and seriousness, and the people who receive them are very nervous, afraid that something will go wrong and they can't afford it. Therefore, there should be people who bow to lead the way, people who hand out cigarettes and light the fire along the road, people who shake hands and pat their backs, and even people who have to walk a long way, all of them should prepare washbasin towels at the door and hand them over at any time. Of course, they will not lose their manners because of their noble status. First, the old man who called the head led a group of people to kowtow respectfully to the three generations of memorial tablets of the host family to show their respect. After they sit down, the oldest person in the village or the oldest person in the family will accompany them to sit down, let the wine light and add tea. They can't just eat ordinary thirteen flowers, but eat solemn "four dishes". Four dishes are the specialty of this day, which directly determines the level of this wedding. Although it is called four dishes, the host family with better situation may put on six eight or twelve dishes to show the solemnity of the wedding.

When sending away the distinguished guests, there should be a console table in the yard. On the table, melon seeds, candy, walnuts, peanuts, fruit cigarettes, steamed stuffed buns, wine glasses and wine plates should be placed one after another. The most important thing is to put a tray of cash in the middle of the table, and congratulate people-whether eating, drinking tea, drinking, playing cards, chatting, watching a play, cooking, back and forth. At this time, the old gentleman and the manager in the distinguished guest will greet each other and go to the table to ask what's the wind today? Where is the Western God? These two great men are charming and polite. As usual, the VIPs will toast their relatives with wine glasses and say thank you for your hospitality. See you later. The innocent bride's family is still watching. At this time, the general manager will arrange for people to put the things placed on the table into the pockets of each VIP. As usual, they will be polite, but they must pretend, because this is the rule. And that pile of money, they took it to say goodbye to the bride, and some of it was left to the bride. The bride can't go down to the ground, but when she looks at her relatives who are about to leave, she thinks that she has entered another door since then. There is no one who doesn't cry or even cry loudly. Once I saw a bride kneeling on the edge of the kang, sobbing in a low voice and shouting: Da Die! Uncle! Uncle! Uncle! The soft-hearted guest had already burst into tears and turned away.

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When the distinguished guests finally go out humbly, basically all relatives and friends will come to see them off. Some are holding hands, some are smiling, some are handing cigarettes one after another, some are making polite remarks, and of course, some are standing by and watching the excitement. Most people also say some polite words about poor hospitality and hope to understand, as well as comforting words about a girl who is married here as her own child. Your guests naturally nod and smile and wave constantly. The scene is extremely festive, peaceful and lively.

Seeing off the distinguished guests, the hectic day is coming to an end, the sun has fallen into the nest, and the sky is getting dark. The highlight below is that people from village to village make trouble in the bridal chamber. In fact, people in the city also make trouble in the bridal chamber. Sometimes, although it goes too far, the program always looks single, similar and boring. Basically, it is to paint the groom as a ghost with messy things such as shoe polish and toothpaste. There are all kinds of vegetables and fruits hanging on him. The troublemaker knocked the groom's leg with a stick and made him and the bride do all kinds of difficult moves. If the action can't be done, he will fight to the death. One of my colleagues is very good after getting married. A common program is that the groom kneels in front of the bride with an iron washbasin on his head, and the bride knocks on the washbasin to ask questions, which is probably a cliche about who will wash clothes, cook, sweep the floor and pick up the children after marriage, because he is about to be disabled, and the groom can only have one answer if he wants to continue to live. Sometimes it is bloody, such as burying a needle in the bedding of a new house. Of course, there are people with good hearts. I got a phone call that night. He said there were fewer horses, and there were always 36. ...

Rural people don't want the groom to attend the bridal chamber. With the distinguished guests gone, the young people in the village can immediately surround their new houses. In order to prevent the bedclothes from being damaged in the noisy room, everyone shouted to tear off the bedclothes and remove them, leaving only a shallow kang. The timid bride was shivering when she saw the battle. Of course, there are also stubborn brides staring at threats, which means that if you dare to come over, I will dare to fight you hard! There are also brides coming to the meeting and chatting and joking with everyone politely. The meaning is also very clear, so that everyone is embarrassed to start. But all this is in vain. Wedding is the rule. As long as you are willing to get married, it means that you agree with these rules. But all programs have to be paid, and they are clearly priced. In the village, this is the official price, and no one can go any lower. One of the most civilized programs here is "Crossing the Bridge Smoke", where the bride lights a cigarette and puts her lips in the middle, and the troublemakers will come over with a cigarette in their mouth and take a few sips. After a few cigarettes, the bride was sobbing. I clearly remember that the price of cross-bridge cigarettes is 10 cents per cigarette. At that time, in the countryside 10 cents can buy two eggs. Another more civilized program is to kiss the bride on the cheek after paying 20 cents. This is a short and pithy program. The bridesmaids collect money next to them, and the boys pass by one by one, and soon they can collect a lot of change. I don't remember who got married, except that the bride was not very beautiful. A young man paid twenty cents first, hesitated, suddenly kissed the maid of honor who was counting money, and quickly turned and went out. This unprecedented change suddenly appeared, and the bridesmaid was stunned. When she came to her senses and rushed out of the door, the young man had slipped away and disappeared. After the completion of these charging items, it is basically after midnight, and noisy programs have to be refurbished. The most terrible thing is that everyone caught the bride's uncle and even her father-in-law, put them on the kang, put their saddles on their backs, let them kneel in a circle on the kang, and let the bride whip them repeatedly. At night in a noisy room, we can't pay attention to generation and size. Many elders' men had anticipated the story that would happen in the evening, so after seeing off the distinguished guest, they immediately restrained their smiles and turned to hide. Some of them hid in firewood kilns, some in donkeys, some in potato pits, and some even went down the river ditch and went to Baozi Mountain. But no matter where they fled or hid, they were finally escorted back to be at the mercy of others, not only to pretend to be donkeys, but also to pay. I think this is the most embarrassing thing in the world, but it is said that the more violent the bridal chamber is, the happier the couple will be and the luckier the family will be. With such a blatant excuse, the young people in the village will let go on this night. Once, because there were too many people and the scene was hot, the kang surface collapsed instantly. When the bride was pulled out of the kang cave, it was already smoky and covered in grass ash. Instead, everyone was ashamed and rushed to pat the dust on the bride. The bride has a good temper and always says nothing, nothing. However, I can also meet a bride with a hot temper. I heard that a large family in a foreign village married a beautiful bride, and more people had sex with each other, and the program became more and more popular. But where did they know that people came from a martial arts family and were good at it? The over-hyped program touched the limit of her patience, so she got up and showed off and beat those people out of the water in an instant. But when everyone dispersed in a hubbub, it was very unlucky to find that the venue was very cold.

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The bridal chamber can't be noisy until dawn, and the couple always have to sleep. At this time, although the people who broke up in discord were still wanting more, they could only let the bride take off from the kang and retreat to the ground to watch the bed-loading ceremony hosted by Xi Niang. And those shameful elders who lost their donkeys and were spanked by their new wives finally got through this, breathed a sigh of relief, tightened their faces, restored their former dignity, put on their clothes and went back to the building to make tea and chat, waiting for the bride to sleep. Xi Niang must be a married woman with a harmonious family and children. Her zodiac sign must also be a face. The zodiac has only three faces every year. Because of these restrictions, it is actually quite troublesome to find a happy mother with a good bed every time. Since it is a bed, the groom is indispensable. At this point, he can finally see his wife. I remember once, a new daughter-in-law was exhausted by troublemakers. When she saw the groom finally let in, she hid her face and burst into tears. With everyone's encouragement, she gradually stopped crying, looked at the groom sadly and smiled through tears. In full view, a couple were drinking wine and eating long noodles. Xi Niang arranged for them to sit down and took out a few pockets, which contained peanuts, jujubes, walnuts, buckwheat, millet, millet and other grains, and sprinkled them on the kang one by one, saying one word at a time. The writing is simple, popular, rhyming and interesting. Probably the filial piety to the elderly and the desire to have many children early. I saw this when I was playing house when I was a child, but now I can't remember a word. I only remember that after the noise of the noisy room, the atmosphere of the bridal chamber suddenly seemed peaceful and affectionate. Under the flickering light, the bride smiled at the groom, and everyone realized that it was time to retreat.

However, there is also a mysterious ceremony, and that is listening to the bed. I still don't know what the meaning is. What's more strange is that the elders who first crept under the window and at the door to listen to the sound of bed were actually aunts, aunts and scorpions. However, they only listened symbolically, and then went back to the house to reply. It was the dull boys in the village who really fought the protracted war. They can crouch silently under the door and never stop until they hear a little noise, leaving some evidence for making fun of the bride and groom when they meet in the future. But the groom already knows these tricks, because he may have heard a lot about having sex with others. Once, in order to get rid of the audience outside the door early, a groom quietly opened the windshield and poured a pot of cold water. On March 9, the weather was dripping into ice, and all the small fires outside were caught. After a burst of crying, everyone was scolded outside, and the groom smiled inside and was relieved. He knew that if these guys didn't leave, they would freeze into ice bumps. But everything always miscalculates. These guys didn't want to leave because they ambushed the office in the new house, so they continued to squat quietly and let their clothes freeze. The groom thought that everyone had left before he dared to speak loudly to the bride and get ready for bed. It turned out that the bride wore four layers of trousers and tied four trousers ropes to prevent everyone from being embarrassed when they were making trouble in the room, and they all tied fast knots-this is the biggest gain of this listening room. But when I heard the groom proudly show off that I had prepared a pot of water to freeze these rotten pine trees to death, everyone gnashed their teeth and thought, don't be too proud, boy, the fun is yet to come. It turned out that they had already ambushed a gun stick under the edge of the kang and tied a burning incense head to the twist of the gun stick. This is basically a simple time bomb. Only heard a loud noise in the room, the groom exclaimed and bounced off the kang, and shouted angrily, which dog did this, huh? Then someone opened the wind window and said, it was Lao Tzu who did it, to see who had a good life! Everyone got up and shook off the ice stubble and went out with a smile.

This is even more difficult to understand, but only in this way can this wedding be even more memorable. In the years to come, people will tell this joke and make fun of the groom. For example, once a grain bag tied a knot and couldn't untie it, everyone called the groom to untie it, saying that he was an expert in solving ropes, so we shouldn't try to be brave.

Go to bed as usual when it is time to go to bed, but sometimes it is too late. At that time, people in rural areas basically didn't talk much when dealing with objects. Before they got married, the two families regarded each other as relatives and often walked around each other on holidays, but the two young people had little chance to communicate. When they met, they just looked at each other and didn't speak. I can clearly remember that my cousin smiled at his fiancee when they met. His fiancee bit her lip and blushed. When my cousin was leaving, she stood at a distance to see him off. When she got home, she found his bag stuffed with a pair of shoe pads embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks with colorful lines. If a girl sees her son-in-law in high spirits, maybe her parents also think that the child is not reserved or even solemn enough, which makes her look bad. If two young people sit together in the field for a while, or walk together for a while, they are sure to be discovered by their aunt, thus becoming the big news in the village. This is the general environment at that time, but this kind of marriage is not necessarily an arranged marriage, because adults will certainly seek the opinions of their children, and only two children agree can two families become relatives. This kind of marriage proved to be quite stable. My mother once said that she and her father never said a word before marriage, and they never became popular once after marriage. My father also taught her the phoenix piano.

However, there is also a problem. Without communication before marriage, it may take longer for two people to run in. Some people will have unpleasant or even fierce conflicts with their wives on their wedding night. Now, there are a few things that make people laugh, and some of them have been circulated as jokes in the village for many years.

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I don't remember whose poem it was, except one sentence: "As soon as I woke up, she slept next to me."

It's strange that two people who have never talked sleep together like this. How do they talk? How to communicate? But I think, as long as two of a kind, everything is very simple. But a few years ago, there were arranged marriages, especially young marriages. Two adults were good relatives for many years, but when the children grew up, they disagreed. How to do this? So the adults offered sacrifices and created a family law, which gave them dignity and caused many marriage tragedies. There is a young marriage on Nanshan, which has been arranged since childhood. When the boy grows up, he is admitted to the normal school, and the girl has her favorite object. However, both adults forced the wedding for their own face. As a result, that night was unhappy, and the groom refused to enter the bridal chamber anyway. The groom's father was so angry that he picked up the whip and whipped the groom face to face. The groom is as indifferent as an ox. Relatives are also around him, saying that it's okay, understand each other and live a good life. How about entering the bridal chamber first? When the groom saw that he couldn't get rid of everyone, he left malicious words and said that whoever felt good would go in! After that, I took a roll of bedding and slept in the donkey shed. Later I heard that they broke up peacefully and got married separately. In addition to arranged marriages, there are also some marriages under legal age, which are quite common in rural areas. There is an old lady in our village who is thirteen years older than her eldest daughter. When I was a child, I saw her daughter coming to see her mother on crutches. Both of them tied their feet like sisters. When two stubborn children suddenly get married and become lovers, sometimes there will be unexpected troubles, such as quarreling on their wedding night. At dawn the next day, the boy complained to his mother and cried, Mom! Look! Here, here and here. When his mother saw it, it was amazing. The boy was black and blue, and his face was scratched with a lot of blood. This is not a fight, this is simply abuse! But with the growth of age, the relationship between them is getting better and better, and they are inseparable. I met them both later. The boy rode a motorcycle with the girl, and the girl buried her head on the boy's back and crossed the road like the wind. There is also a couple whose wedding was smooth, but it caused waves at night. Seeing off the distinguished guests, the bridal chamber was noisy, the bed was installed smoothly, and everyone who listened to the room left. As a result, somehow, the bride flew out and kicked the groom to the ground. The kang where I slept was painted with polished stone, which was very smooth. It is said that the groom flew far before stopping. This incident has been told as a joke in the village for many years. Everyone was more concerned about what happened at that time, but both of them kept their mouths shut and never told everyone. The bride is beautiful and capable. It is said that she later became an urgent militia to organize women in the village to work, and she is a good hand at work. I don't know why, at that time, when our children quarreled and scolded each other, they all called her names.

In those years, rural people didn't seem to have vigorous love, and the only one who could sleep together was the couple. Hard work, poor life, trivial daily things have to be faced and undertaken by two people. With the long-term running-in, even two people with incompatible personalities have gradually become the closest relatives.

On the third day of the wedding, when all the other guests have left, all the relatives of the groom will stay to taste the exquisite handmade noodles made by the bride. Generally, they will wait until the afternoon, and the running mat will continue to be placed on the landlord's kang all morning, but at this time, the basic guests are relatives of their own family. Everyone is seated according to their seniority, and the bride and groom are accompanied by the best man and the bride standing under the kang to make a toast. Toast has two purposes, one is to change your mind, and the other is to ask for money. The groom said he was an uncle and the bride called him an uncle. At this time, the man called uncle had to reach into his pocket, take out a few dollars and put them on the plate beside the best man. If the bride is too short of money, she will call her uncle again until she has all the change ready. And some relatives who want to joke will change a lot of Mao Mao money in advance, and give a dime when they call. Of course, if the bride can't stand it, make a face and the best man will jump on the kang himself, hold the man down and search all his money. There are many relatives in the countryside. When the bride comes down in the morning, she will have a considerable income, especially after calling her parents. If the old couple pay less, they will be searched by relatives on the kang. In this way, relatives are laughing and laughing together, which is really festive.

It is a great challenge and test for the bride to eat fine noodles in the afternoon after drinking wine. It is difficult to grasp the process of pouring the grey water evenly first and then kneading the noodles into flocs. Too much water hurts water easily. If you mix dry noodles again, the rolled noodles will not be tender. Without water, the dough can't be kneaded together and is easy to crack. The dough should be kneaded repeatedly, and the hard dough must be kneaded down to become soft. Generally, the dough is lifted by the left hand and rubbed out by the right hand. When the dough grows, fold it in half and continue to knead it. Repeat it dozens of times to erase it. The most kung fu is not mixing noodles, but cutting noodles. Fold the rolled noodles, fold them in half twice to form a fan shape, then press the noodles with your left hand and push them down with your right hand to cut out long noodles. The noodles cut by the skilled bride are even and slender, put in a bowl with silk nests, and then pour hot meat into it. Although it is a bowl of ordinary noodles, it is also delicious. Of course, relatives are full of praise after eating it.