ICMMWLD :: Volume #2

#138: The worry of leaf honor

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The lunar calendar 16, were became engaged in October 2015 and auspicious day of marriage, the day of leaf honor engagement is also today. 农历2015年十月十六,是订婚和结婚的好日子,叶荣誉订婚的日子也是今天。 Got out of bed the electric tricycle to feed with leaf as if made by Heaven from the morning 5 o'clock leaf glory, has bustled about in the top that the leaf day getting married backyard that went to the town/subdues to buy needed builds temporarily. 从早上五点钟叶荣耀起床开着电动三轮车跟叶天成去镇里买了所需要的所有食料,就一直在叶天成家后院临时搭起来的灶台忙碌起来。 Naturally is not a leaf glory person bustles about, leaf as if made by Heaven also asked the two women's in village glory to the leaf to overcome the hand. 当然也不是叶荣耀一个人忙碌,叶天成也请了村里的两个妇女给叶荣耀打下手。 Ten o'clock time, the relative of groom's family, was the relative of leaf as if made by Heaven, honor several being better friends and schoolmates have arrived. 十点钟的时候,男方的亲戚,也就是叶天成的亲戚,还有叶荣誉几个要好的朋友和同学都已经到了。 Before the rural engagement was troublesome, a courtesy big pile, must buy this, must buy that but must invite the matchmaker, but must decide caret-shaped anything, in any case tedious. 以前农村订婚非常麻烦,礼数一大堆,要买这个,要买那个,还要请媒人,还要定八字什么的,反正繁琐的很。 However with these years, the country dweller the person who goes to the city to work are getting more and more, many concepts in rural area also started to change, without was so tedious. 不过随着这些年,农村人去城里打工的人越来越多,农村里的很多观念也开始改了,也没有那么繁琐了。 Roughly chooses the lucky day engagement, buys a pair of betrothal ring for the bride's side( country dweller basically is buys gold ring), to color tip that the bride's side in the family/home reaches an agreement beforehand, other manages the engagement liquor, beforehand were simply more. 大致就是选个黄道吉日订婚,给女方买一对订婚戒指(农村人基本上是买金戒指),给女方家里事先商量好的彩礼钱,其它的就是办订婚酒了,比以前简单很多了。 „Glorious elder brother, you how here?” A 20 over young fellow somewhat looks that surprisedly the leaf glory asked. “荣耀哥,你怎么在这里啊？”一个二十出头的小伙子有些惊讶地看着叶荣耀问道。 „Is glory health/life, the honor becomes engaged you also to come.” “是荣生啊,荣誉订婚你也来啊。” leaf Rongyao smiles said in the front young fellow. This young fellow is leaf Rongsheng, glory small is five years old, but he continuously in the village now, in the morning eight years ago, the whole family moved to the town/subdues to live, his parents opened a breakfast shop in the town/subdues, heard that the income was good. 叶荣耀笑笑地对在自己前面的小伙子说道。这个小伙子叫叶荣生,比叶荣耀小五岁,不过他现在不住在村子里了,早上八年前,一家子都搬到镇里住了,他父母在镇里开了个早餐店,听说收入不错。 „I with the friend who the honor most is friendly, right honor elder brother, you how here, won't you be a master chef?” leaf glory lives some doubts to look that the leaf glory asked. “我跟荣誉可是最要好的朋友,对了荣誉哥,你怎么在这里啊,你不会是大厨吧？”叶荣生有些疑惑地看着叶荣耀问道。 „Right, how no?” leaf Rongyao smiles said. “对啊,怎么不行吗？”叶荣耀笑笑地说道。 „, The glorious elder brother aren't you really a master chef?” “不会吧,荣耀哥你真的是大厨？” leaf Rongsheng is surprised extremely. After all what person with the anterior lobe glory is, in the village who does not know that will be the famous anything not big lazy person, how to possibly cook what vegetable/dish, how honor will ask him to be the master chef, this rhythm that the engagement feast will screw up. 叶荣生惊讶万分。毕竟以前叶荣耀是什么样的人,村里谁不知道啊,是出名的什么都不会的大懒人,怎么可能会烧什么菜啊,荣誉家怎么请他当大厨啊,这不是要把订婚宴搞砸的节奏啊。 „Hehe, right.” “呵呵,对啊。” leaf Rongyao smiles looks that surprised leaf Rongsheng said with a smile. 叶荣耀笑笑地看着一脸惊讶的叶荣生笑道。 „That glorious elder brother, in front of me also has the matter, first walked.” “那个荣耀哥,我前面还有事,先走了。” leaf Rongsheng said. leaf Rongsheng felt oneself should tell the honor this matter, so as to avoid makes this leaf glory screw up this engagement feast, if he makes vegetable/dish of one table of being hard lower pharynges, how this engagement feast also does. 叶荣生说道。叶荣生觉得自己应该把这个事情告诉荣誉,免得让这个叶荣耀把这个订婚宴搞砸,要是他做出一桌难以下咽的菜,这订婚宴还怎么搞下去啊。 „This kid is really, looks at you with the old way of looking at things unexpectedly.” The glory makes middle-aged woman some that starts to the leaf is the leaf glory defends against injustice said. “这个娃真是的,竟然用老眼光看你。”一个给叶荣耀做下手的中年妇女有些为叶荣耀打抱不平地说道。 „Aunt Liu, no, I was used to it, before who let me, gave everyone's impression is so bad.” leaf Rongyao smiles said. “刘婶,没什么,我都习惯了,谁让我以前给大家的印象那么差呢。”叶荣耀笑笑地说道。 ...... …… 11 o'clock, the person of bride's side came, the glory overcame the both women of hand to the leaf the girlfriend who went to look at the leaf honor, the leaf glory to the girlfriend who having no interest looked at the leaf honor, looked like in the leaf glory, the girlfriend of leaf honor was attractive, oneself wife will not be pretty. 十一点钟,女方的人来了,给叶荣耀打下手的两个妇女都出去看叶荣誉的女朋友了,叶荣耀到没有兴趣去看叶荣誉的女朋友,在叶荣耀看来,叶荣誉的女朋友再漂亮,也不会比自己的老婆漂亮。 Own present is the married man, wants the limelight image, cannot look like the young man who these have not married, hears to have the beautiful woman, joins in the fun excitedly. 自己现在已经是有妇之夫了,要注意点形象,不能像那些没有结婚的年轻小伙子,一听说有美女,就兴奋地去凑热闹。 „Glory, can start, today is laborious you.” Probably after a half hour, said to the leaf glory leaf as if made by Heaven to the backyard. “荣耀,可以开始了,今天辛苦你了。”大概半个小时后,叶天成到后院对叶荣耀说道。 „Uncle Cheng, should not be polite with me, you accompany your parents of son or daughter-in-law well, the matter of latter kitchen, you felt relieved, gave me, definitely will not have the issue.” leaf Rongyao guarantees to say. “成叔,你不要跟我客气了,你好好陪你的亲家,后厨的事情,你放心好了,交给我,绝对不会有问题的。”叶荣耀保证说道。 Altogether prepares five banquets, each table of six cold dishes, cold dish before the guest comes has suspended to the table on, enclosed clear plastic wrap. 一共准备五桌酒席,每桌六道凉菜,凉菜在客人来之前就已经摆到桌上了,附上保鲜膜就可以。 Now the leaf glory needs to make eight heat to fry, six large bowls, this is the standard of traditional engagement feast does, this group of seed leaf glory now familiar, preparing food is very convenient. 现在叶荣耀需要做八个热炒,六个大碗,这是传统订婚宴的标准来做的,这路子叶荣耀现在熟悉的很,做起菜来很顺手。 Generally speaking the engagement feast is divided into two types according to the number of cool hot dish. Leaf day getting married is the high scale, a low gear, is four cold dishes, six hot dishes and four large bowls. 一般来说订婚宴按照凉热菜的数目分为两种。叶天成家的这种算是高档次的,还有一种低档的,是四个凉菜,六个热菜和四个大碗。 However each and every family life is now better than before, no one family/home marries time will lag behind the face only to make four cold dishes, that will make the relatives and friends laugh for a lifetime. 不过现在家家户户生活比以前好了很多,没有谁家结婚的时候会拉下脸面只弄四个凉菜,那会让亲朋好友笑话一辈子的。 And four large bowls are the same, one bowl of fish( the present multipurpose fish plates replaced large bowl), one bowl braised the meat, one bowl of chickens, one bowl of spareribs or meatballs. 其中四大碗都是一样的,有一碗鱼(现在多用鱼盘代替大碗了),一碗烩肉,一碗鸡,一碗排骨或者丸子。 Others who some attach great importance to face-saving wealthily will replace the chicken with the price expensive/noble beef, replaces to cook the meat with the elbow. Adds on two bowls to add up to six bowls, appeases the fickle fates, this situation had the popular trend in the rural area gradually 有一些富裕要面子的人家会用价格贵一些的牛肉代替鸡肉,用肘子代替炖肉。或者多加上两碗凑成六碗,讨个吉利,这种情况在农村渐渐有了流行的趋势 Six cold dishes respectively are the cold jellyfish, crispy chicken, blue crab, shrimp, the spicy spiral and cured meat, is the meat vegetable/dish and seafood, the in addition two fruits respectively are the cherry and dragon eye, the country dweller tasteful is solid. 六道凉菜分别是凉拌海蜇、香酥鸡、梭子蟹、对虾、辣螺、腊肉,全是肉菜和海鲜,外加两盘水果分别是樱桃和龙眼,农村人讲究的就是一个实在。 Hot dish eight, are the tea aroma shrimp, the mandarin fish, the Xihu thick soup, the shiitake mushroom rape, the fans steams the sea scallop respectively, the gongbao chicken, the pineapple sweet and sour pork, is the main dish scallion burns the trepang together. 热菜八道,分别是茶香虾,桂花鱼,西湖羹,香菇油菜,粉丝蒸扇贝,宫保鸡丁,菠萝咕噜肉,还有一道是大菜葱烧海参。 Finally six large bowls are one bowl cook the carp respectively, one bowl of tomato cook the sirloin, one bowl cooks the elbow, one bowl cooks the spareribs, one bowl braises the meat and one bowl fries the meatball. 最后六大碗分别是一碗炖鲤鱼,一碗西红柿炖牛腩,一碗炖肘子,一碗炖排骨,一碗烩肉和一碗汆丸子。 The initial work has completed, so long as now cooked food were OK, therefore the speed of leaf glory was fast, before leaf as if made by Heaven just returned the room, the leaf glory sauted the first vegetable/dish on below. 前期的工作都已经做好了,现在只要烧菜就可以了,所以叶荣耀的速度非常快,叶天成刚回到前屋,叶荣耀就下锅烧第一个菜了。 „Father, I listened to glory health/life saying that you did ask the leaf glory to be the master chef?” Before leaf as if made by Heaven just returned the room, the leaf honor hurries to hold on the father to say low voice. “爸,我听荣生说,你请叶荣耀做大厨？”叶天成刚回前屋,叶荣誉赶紧拉住自己父亲小声地说道。 „Right, your father welcome be the master chef to him with great difficulty.” leaf as if made by Heaven nods to say. “对啊,你老爸可是好不容易请到他来做大厨。”叶天成点点头说道。 „Father, were you muddled, how to ask him to be the master chef, he was our village most famous sluggard, he can what cook.” A leaf honor face said depressed. “爸,你是不是糊涂了,怎么找他当大厨啊,他是咱们村最出名的懒汉,他会什么厨艺啊。”叶荣誉一脸郁闷地说道。 „I said the kid, you cannot look at the person with the old way of looking at things, person who others glory currently has the skill, his cook in the nearby nearby areas, that is no one can, we with him with village, but also please he is the master chef.” leaf as if made by Heaven said. “我说娃啊,你可不能用老眼光看人啊,人家荣耀现在可是有本事的人,他的厨艺在附近十里八乡的,那是无人能及啊,要不是咱们跟他同村,还请不到他当大厨呢。”叶天成说道。 „Father, you are not crack a joke, leaf glory such person cook also nearby areas first?” A leaf honor face believe did not say. “爸,你不是开玩笑吧,叶荣耀那样的人厨艺还十里八乡的第一？”叶荣誉一脸不信地说道。 „Your this kid, how many year of books read, started not to believe your father's words, today is the red-letter day that you became engaged, your father also wanted the face compared with you, won't know the weight? You felt relieved, well family member who entertained your object.” leaf as if made by Heaven said. “你这娃,读了几年书,开始不信你老子的话了,今天是你订婚的大喜日子,你老爸比你还要脸面呢,会那么不知轻重吗？你就放心好了,好好地招待你对象的家人。”叶天成说道。 „Father......” “爸……” Leaf honor some did not feel relieved. 叶荣誉还是有些不放心。 „You do not believe your father, hasn't believed your mother? If leaf glory that skill, your mother won't have agreed? You felt relieved that these matter your father mothers will do well, wraps you to have the face that side your future wife.” “你不信你爸,还不信你妈吗？要是叶荣耀没那个本事,你妈会同意吗？你就放宽心吧,这些事情你爸妈会弄好的,包你在你未来媳妇那边有面子。” The leaf as if made by Heaven racket the son shoulder said. Is the parents, laborious for a lifetime, not for child, matter how can not take seriously the child. 叶天成拍拍自己儿子肩膀说道。做父母的,辛苦一辈子,还不是为了孩子啊,怎么会不重视孩子的事情呢。
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