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新郎进不了门

Chinese wedding traditions: the door games

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结婚jiéhūn那天nàtiān早上zǎoshang七qī点diǎn,大伟dàwěi穿chuān着zhe新xīn衣服yīfu,带dài着zhe四sì个gè好hǎo朋友péngyǒu,来到láidào了le丽丽lìlì家门口jiāménkǒu。门mén关guān着zhe,里边lǐbian有yǒu很hěn多duō女孩子nǚháizi在zài笑xiào。

“丽丽lìlì,我wǒ来lái接jiē你nǐ了le!”大伟dàwěi在zài门外ménwài大声dàshēng喊hǎn。

门mén里有人yǒurén说shuō:“想xiǎng进来jìnlái?先xiān给gěi红包hóngbāo!”

这些zhèxiē女孩子nǚháizi是shì丽丽lìlì的de伴娘bànniáng。大伟dàwěi早就zǎojiù准备zhǔnbèi好hǎo了le,从cóng门mén下边xiàbian放fàng进去jìnqu十shí个gè红包hóngbāo。

“不够búgòu!再zài来lái十shí个gè!”

大伟dàwěi又yòu放fàng进去jìnqu十shí个gè。门mén还是háishi没méi开kāi。

“红包hóngbāo收到shōudào了le。现在xiànzài,回答huídá问题wèntí!第一dìyī个gè问题wèntí:你们nǐmen第一次dìyīcì见面jiànmiàn是shì在zài哪儿nǎr?”

“在zài大学dàxué的de图书馆túshūguǎn。”

“第二dì’èr个gè问题wèntí:丽丽lìlì穿chuān多大duōdà的de鞋xié?”

大伟dàwěi想不起来xiǎngbùqǐlai了le。他tā小声xiǎoshēng说shuō:“三十七sānshíqī?”

门mén里没有méiyǒu声音shēngyīn了le。过guò了le一会儿yíhuìr,门mén开kāi了le:“答对dáduì了le!进来jìnlái吧ba!”

大伟dàwěi高兴gāoxìng地de走zǒu进去jìnqu,可是kěshì伴娘bànniáng们men又yòu站zhàn到dào了le他tā前面qiánmiàn:“最后zuìhòu一个yígè游戏yóuxì:丽丽lìlì的de鞋xié不见bújiàn了le。找到zhǎodào鞋xié,你nǐ才能cáinéng带dài她tā走zǒu。”

大伟dàwěi和hé朋友péngyǒu们men马上mǎshàng开始kāishǐ找zhǎo。床chuáng下边xiàbian,没有méiyǒu;桌子zhuōzi下边xiàbian,没有méiyǒu;门mén后边hòubian,也yě没有méiyǒu。十shí分钟fēnzhōng过去guòqu了le,二十èrshí分钟fēnzhōng过去guòqu了le,鞋xié还是háishi没méi找到zhǎodào。

丽丽lìlì穿chuān着zhe红hóng衣服yīfu,坐zuò在zài床chuáng上shàng,看kàn着zhe大伟dàwěi着急zháojí的de样子yàngzi。她tā看kàn了le看kàn手机shǒujī上shàng的de时间shíjiān,最后zuìhòu小声xiǎoshēng说shuō了le三sān个gè字zì:“冰箱bīngxiāng里。”

大伟dàwěi打开dǎkāi冰箱bīngxiāng。鞋xié就jiù在zài里边lǐbian,旁边pángbiān还有háiyǒu两liǎng瓶píng可乐kělè。

伴娘bànniáng们men都dōu叫jiào了le起来qǐlai:“丽丽lìlì!你nǐ怎么zěnme能néng告诉gàosù他tā?”

丽丽lìlì穿chuān上shàng鞋xié,站zhàn起来qǐlai说shuō:“十shí点diǎn就要jiùyào到dào饭店fàndiàn了le。再zài找zhǎo下去xiàqu,我wǒ的de婚礼hūnlǐ就要jiùyào晚wǎn了le。”

一个yígè伴娘bànniáng笑xiào着zhe说shuō:“还hái没méi结婚jiéhūn呢ne,就jiù已经yǐjīng帮bāng着zhe他tā了le!”大伟dàwěi拿ná着zhe可乐kělè,笑xiào得de像xiàng个gè孩子háizi。

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
门méndoor; gate
笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
进来jìnláito come in; to enter
准备zhǔnbèito prepare; to get ready; preparation
一会儿yíhuìra moment; a while
走zǒuto go; to leave
站zhànstation; stop
前面qiánmiànin front; ahead
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning
床chuángbed
过去guòqu(in the) past; former; to go over; to pass by
打开dǎkāito open

English (for the teacher)

At seven in the morning on the wedding day, Dawei, in new clothes, arrived at Lili’s door with four good friends. The door was shut, and inside lots of girls were laughing.

“Lili, I’ve come to get you!” Dawei shouted outside the door.

Someone behind the door said: “Want to come in? Red envelopes first!”

These girls were Lili’s bridesmaids. Dawei had come prepared, and he slid ten red envelopes under the door.

“Not enough! Ten more!”

Dawei slid in ten more. The door still didn’t open.

“Envelopes received. Now, answer some questions! Question one: where did you two first meet?”

“In the university library.”

“Question two: what size shoes does Lili wear?”

Dawei couldn’t remember. He said quietly: “Thirty-seven?”

Behind the door, silence. After a moment the door opened: “Right answer! Come in!”

Dawei walked in happily, but the bridesmaids stepped in front of him again: “One last game: Lili’s shoes have disappeared. Find the shoes, and only then can you take her away.”

Dawei and his friends started searching at once. Under the bed: no; under the desk: no; behind the door: no again. Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, and the shoes still hadn’t turned up.

Lili, in her red dress, sat on the bed watching Dawei panic. She glanced at the time on her phone, and finally whispered two words: “The fridge.”

Dawei opened the fridge. There were the shoes, with two bottles of cola beside them.

The bridesmaids all cried out: “Lili! How could you tell him?”

Lili put on her shoes, stood up and said: “We have to be at the hotel by ten. If we keep looking, I’ll be late for my own wedding.”

One bridesmaid laughed: “Not even married yet, and she’s already on his side!” Dawei stood there holding a cola, grinning like a kid.