“吃不了兜着走”

2023-05-30 06:37张天永
走向世界 2023年12期
关键词:上马哥俩陈家

张天永

“吃不了兜著走”这句在烟台民间流传了几百年的话语,出自于清朝时期烟台所城里一位年青秀才与烟台北岛大疃村一位女子结婚时所发生的一段故事。

传说在清朝时,烟台所城里一刘姓秀才与北岛大疃村一陈姓女子定下了百年之好。这年俩家商定,选个良辰吉日,给他们完婚。在当时,所城里刘姓人家,不仅在所城里一带,就是在整个烟台也是个赫赫有名的大户人家。有在朝里做官的,在省、府、州县里也都有他们刘家的不少官员大吏。此外,他们在所城里周围还有一定规模的商行作坊,各种大小买卖分布在所城及市区,是烟台当时响当当的富豪之家。

娶亲这天,他们组成一支浩浩荡荡的迎娶队伍,规模相当之大,热闹非凡。彩旗招展,锣鼓喧天,长号短笛,花簇锦绣。大疃陈家由新娘的两位哥哥骑着两头棕色高头大马,做为新娘主送贵宾,还有新娘的七姑八姨等亲朋好友一路陪送,声势浩大地将新娘送到所城。

婚礼规格高雅,档次上乘。整个婚宴高朋满座,座无虚席,规格盛大无比。在婚宴上,新娘送客的哥哥必然是被高规格接待的重要贵客,被安排坐在大桌上席,由所城刘家新郎的一位叔叔和一位哥哥做为主陪相待。在席间推杯换盏,说了不少吉庆祝福的话,在双方都喝得醉意朦胧时,刘家陪客的叔叔说了句使陈家非常不高兴的话:“你们陈家是个小门小户,你妹妹嫁到我们这有权有势的大户人家,是小树攀高枝。”陈家哥哥听后气愤地回道:“你们刘家也没什么了不起,我们陈家在大疃也是名声响当当的大户人家。”当场把刘家叔叔顶得无言以对,出于这种场面也不便当众恼火,就忍气吞声不了了之了。

酒过数巡,天色不早,陈家哥哥将要返回,刘家叔侄也不勉强挽留,允其备鞍上马,当二人骑马行至所城西关将要催马出关时,见关口横摆一长几,几桌上摆放着六个大碗,每个碗里都倒满了酒。刘家叔侄请陈家哥俩下马,要他们每人必须将三碗酒喝了,方可上马出关,说这是刘家的规矩,否则对新婚夫妇今后日子不吉利。陈家哥俩一看,就明知是因在酒席宴上顶撞了他们几句的报复。为避免纠缠,哥俩就咕噜咕噜将三碗酒喝下,当场醉倒在地,由他人搀扶上马驮回大疃陈家。

时隔一年左右,所城刘家一闺秀女子爱上了在京城读书毕业归来的大疃陈家学生。双方商定了吉庆喜日,陈家学生要将所城刘家如花似玉的媳妇娶到大疃。大疃陈家在周围的几个村子里,也是有名的大户人家。陈家当时有多艘出海打鱼的渔船,每年可捕捞大量海产品。常年经营鱼市批发零售,有相当丰厚的经济来源,陈家的日子红红火火蒸蒸日上。

结婚这天,八抬大轿将新娘从所城抬到大疃。所城刘家派出新娘的本家叔叔和一位叔辈哥哥做为新娘的主陪,巧的是这位本家叔叔就是去年陪伴陈家哥俩那人。叔侄二人身着长襟大袍,头戴礼帽,文质彬彬地骑着膘肥体壮的大马将新娘送到大疃陈家门庭。酒席宴上,陈家主陪客人的也正好是去年送其妹妹去刘家的那兄弟二人。所城刘家那送客的叔叔一看,宴席主陪是年前那哥俩,想到今天这哥俩可能要报去年被他灌醉之仇,于是暗想,今在宴席上一定要少说话,多吃饭菜少喝酒,以防陪客人也会用三碗大酒送他们离村。因而虽然身居大桌上席,陪客的哥俩怎么劝说就是不多喝一口,一心闷头吃饭。俩人饱饱地吃了一肚子饭菜,看太阳已偏西,时辰不早,要上马回返,陈家陪客人也不强留,说了几句客套话语,陪送俩人上马离村,走到村口,所城刘家叔侄见村口摆着一张八仙大桌,桌上也摆放着六个大碗,每个碗里不是白酒,而是满满的面条,陈家陪客人说:“按陈家规矩,你们每人必须将三碗面条吃下,方准上马离村。”可刘家叔侄在宴席上虽没喝酒,可饭菜吃得胃涨肚饱,哪能再吃。陈家哥俩百劝无效,提出:“吃不了兜着走吧!”于是掀起他们的长袍大襟,咣当,咣当将三碗面条倒在叔侄俩的长袍大襟里。

“吃不了兜着走”这句话就是这么段故事,真假不详,只是传说。

The saying “chi bu liao dou zhe zou”, meaning “getting more than you bargained for” has been popular among people in Yantai for hundreds of years. It originated from a story that took place during the Qing Dynasty when a young scholar from Yantai city married a woman from Datuan Village of Beidao Island.

According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, there was a love story between a young scholar from a Liu family in Yantai City and a woman from a Chen family in Datuan Village of Beidao Island. Soon after their engagement, the two families selected a date for their wedding ceremony. The Liu family was a prominent and affluent family in Yantai at that time, with numerous officials and dignitaries in the province, prefecture, and county. They also owned a sizable workshop located around the city, and various large and small businesses scattered throughout the urban area, which made them one of the most prominent families in Yantai at that time.

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