Fantasy world

Wine was originally packed in jars and served in vats. Wine bottles are all a later product.

It was only after I was decentralized that I realized that the"wine jar" that people here keep talking about actually has a more special meaning.

In the Jianghan Plain area, the country people collectively refer to girls as"wine jars". At first, I thought it was strange when I heard this name. Girls, as beautiful as flowers and jade, are connected with wine. Together? How unpleasant is it to be called by such a name?

I was too embarrassed to ask anyone else, so I took Michelle and asked quietly. Not to mention, considering her young age, she really knows a lot. So, she tilted her head and told me the origin of this"wine jar" in detail.

Of course, everyone knows that this is a very popular marriage system in the old society. When we were young, we only remembered the bitterness and sweetness, and criticized this feudal poison with words and writings.

But from Xue'er's mouth, I learned that at that time, in their countryside,"baby kisses" were still popular."

"So, aren't you and Xiaoqiang already looking for someone to get engaged to?"

yes!"

"Hi!"Looking at Michelle being so serious, I couldn't help but laugh:"You two have a partner? How funny!

Michelle pouted and stared at me coldly:"What's so funny about this?"". However, she also told me later that her baby daughter-in-law just suffered from a serious illness last year. Although she was rescued, she also suffered from mental problems, so her parents took this opportunity to call off the marriage. Xiaoqiang's baby daughter-in-law was It’s because I’m still too young now and I haven’t moved around for the time being. Once I move around, I have to give away at least three solar terms every year until I get married. The so-called giving out solar terms in rural areas means cutting some meat and getting some wine to honor the future father-in-law and mother-in-law. At least three solar terms are celebrated every year until the wedding. This is really not a trivial matter according to the economic conditions of the countryside at that time.

Therefore, in the local area, when a boy is born in the family, he is called a"student". The so-called"student" means that according to the The view that"excellence in learning leads to officialdom" is to hope that everyone will be successful in the future. When a girl is born in the family, she is called"Jiu Jar". Here,"Jiu Jar" and baby kiss are closely linked.. When a girl is born, she is married to a baby from a young age. From then on, people come to visit her all year round, carrying wine and twisting meat to show her respect. Then isn’t this girl just a"wine jar"?

With this explanation, this"wine jar""Jar" ​​is really both vivid and vivid, with accurate expression and profound connotation.

"According to this, if the family has more girls, they can really make a fortune!"

"Get rich? Do you know what we still call girls here?"

"what is it call?"

"It’s called a time-losing ghost, a money-losing product!"

"How to explain this?"

"You don’t understand this anymore? Daughters from rural families all have to be married off. If the family marries a few more daughters, won’t they all lose the money?"

"Do you have to give a dowry to marry your daughter?"

"So, you educated youths who have been sent to the city and don’t know the rules in the countryside, don’t think so. Just say that you are a baby, don’t think that the man will keep track of the solar terms, meat and wine given every year! Once the engagement is arranged, if the woman proposes to cancel the engagement, it will be clear how many years of sacrifice and how much food and wine have been given. The man will bring his accounting book to the woman to settle accounts. If he wants to cancel the engagement, he must pay back the money first."

"What? What's this? What if the man proposes to cancel the engagement on his own?"

"Then it's time for him to carry it on his own and consider himself unlucky!"

"Isn't this just a disguised marriage for sale? This baby kiss is actually just using the usual solar terms to control the woman."

"Therefore, when country people get engaged, they rarely cancel the engagement, especially girls. When I was young, I had no control over myself, adults had the final say. When I grow up, I despise the man and want to break off the engagement. How many people can afford to pay? Even if the marriage is consummated, when it comes time to get married, the woman's dowry will actually be determined based on the time of the engagement and how much the man spent as a gift. If the man has given away more than ten years of solar terms and the woman has too little dowry, she will not be able to hold her head up in her husband’s family after they get married."

"This custom simply doesn’t treat girls as human beings. It’s so cruel! no! Cher! You - you are never allowed to kiss a baby again!"

"elder brother! You really know how to talk! Is it up to the doll to decide which one to kiss? Isn’t it the adults in the family who decide on the baby’s marriage? Can I agree to this or not?"

"Well! Then I'll go tell my parents and don't order a baby to kiss you again. These are still children, who knows what they will be like when they grow up? If you just get engaged so casually, then you will be engaged for the rest of your life?"

"It's useless for you to tell your parents. This is the custom here. If you don't get engaged for no reason, you are a monster."

"Monsters are monsters! You, a girl, would rather be a monster than marry a baby!"

"elder brother! My parents are old, my brother is gone, Xiaoqiang is still ignorant, and I am the eldest in the family. I can't let my parents worry about me all the time. My parents had already spent a lot of money and suffered a lot in order to cancel my engagement. I can't mess with them anymore!"

"Cher! I know that your brother's passing will be a big blow to your parents, and it will also be a big blow to you and Xiaoqiang. However, haven’t I settled down now and recognized my parents! I have become a member of the family. From now on, I will be the boss of the family. I will take good care of you and Xiaoqiang."

"elder brother! But you are an educated youth and a city dweller. The transfer may be temporary, and sooner or later you will have to go back to the city. We are all country people, and we all have to live like country people."

"Cher! I swear to you today that if I can still go back to the city, I will definitely take you back to the city. If I can't go back, I will let you go to the city. Brother, I can't just watch you, like these girls, live like this for the rest of your life, living without hope or hope!"

"elder brother! Don't swear, and don't coax me. How can this be? I am just a wine drinker from the countryside, how could I be so lucky?"

"No! You have! You definitely have!"

"Why?"

"Because I am your brother now, and you are my biological sister!"

"So what? I am just an educated youth, not a big cadre. You can’t control yourself now!"

"Then you look down on me so much?"

"elder brother! Do you really feel sorry for me so much?"

"Of course I really feel sorry for you? Brother Guoqiang is a martyr, now I have to take on this responsibility for him!"

"elder brother! You are really my brother alive again and back! Our family is reunited and there is hope!"

Michelle said, finally unable to help crying, she slowly lowered her head and twitched close to my arms. At this time, I couldn't help but burst into tears.