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Show • t h e r e , and had brought her a p r e s e n t of a bake of soap, aha turned around and thanked me very g r a c i o u s l y . d ^ h i l e we were s t i l l in the'.room,a bowl of meat-duxnr- lings ami brought in,and two p a i r s of ohog-stickSo^e a l l went out ixnC t h e groea ami invited, i n , and again the c u r t a i n f e l l . This food waa prepared at tha hone of the bride ahdaffce suppeeed, to be a - y [ . of what the young ;;QOI-I caaWdo in tha way of cooking.' A grooai may eat if he l i k e n , out i t is • ...,.dox] ha noes,and tha brtda acuta not t h i n k of t a s t i n g fond t h a t day; peop l e would think she i .a not soyyy to get m a r r i e d , fhlsrt&x the f i r s t t i .uyl'ris-- oauo has had a chance to look at h i s r i f e , out if her face*4s s t i l l i . t he c o r n e r he could h a r d l y be expeated to telX what she look«4Xike# I n a vary few m a n t e s k.e came out , to r e t u r n men the u t a a t e d dunplings had been repXaeeM by food of a n o t h e r kind, fhis ras repeated aeweral t i n e s * Moat of the food at aa t c Jcai or ] i t r y , and yjcx at i t -m- brou^ t to the bride*a pother • e»d she gut i t in her banket to Umo omk diomet •y.t t h i a took a long time* and. I wa^ g e t t i n g verjvaanejea. Even * sweet n - a : fraai the basket f a i l e d to make any impression on -x a p p e t i t e * There waa [ p l e n t y of t e a to d r i n k and I enjoyed .:y f i r s t cup,freal & p r e t t y bine and. , / h i t e t e n - b o w l , b u t a f t e r ny he a t e a s had drunk from the spout of the pot to t a a t the temperature of the t e a , and then had i n s i s t e d on pouring That renal'1 - ... 1 i t h e cups of t i l her g e a t s ^oh into the pot to be warned up, I had l o o t my a p p e t i t e for t a n k ly d e s i r e for food too had become more a f e e l i ng of i n t e r n a l discomfort than of real hunger. The old g r e a t - g r a n d - m o t h e r .uio sat neat me on tha n.uig waa very deafi ad n e a r l y b l i n d , b u t .die waa i n t e r e s t e d - In are i n u • / . She f Inge c 1 the "goads of ay a k i r t , e x a m i n e d the braid fanefrubfced her f l n g e r a over the p a t e n t - l e a t h er t i p I I of my shoes/Her c u r i o s i t y ' oeing s a t i s f i e d , she a g a i n subsided i n t o ex-ftI f t anri otnhlae s sg rosoimle nhcaed, , h-wndi tha hcahra ncceh int,,o one amh eplre' bar iela stth*e kinds of food t h a t h is Wife a is aupposaji to be able to make, they prepared the f e a s t for the r e st of us*Two s yxere t a b l e s were brought i%andx t h e n cane the s e a t i n g of the -***e a t a r i nr: : i n v i t e d to take, t h e seat ci honor o p b o S l t l aha l a c i n g me ue-txr, and I t e e n the glace assigned without nny h e s i t a t i o n , f o r 4-HNs%t I viewed to cause no delay*Then I f e l t fcta*t I had. been very gresumgtious and rude, f o r* the ;'ome.ri ,-.,,' igHed to the next s e a t s p r o t e s t e d t h e i r uuworthiness to fce occupy such s e a t s , they aoul6*aet dare ,thay a a l d l t aaa o.uly when f o r c i b l y pUoheV-i n t o t h a l r p l a c e s by the h o s t e s s t h a t they sat c o n t e n t e d l y where they were m a s s i g n e d . la we sat w a i t i n g for the food to be brought, the newly married. couple eere lead to where, some mat a had oeen spread' o u t s i d e the aoer, and t h e r e tcotawed to v a r i o u s g u e s t s in t h e room -Aid to a l l the ./sXcNrelatives. They did not do t h i s for nothing., however, for e, oh :)f% *uls e x r o e t e d to -ft. g i v e thaas some zind of a g i f t * 4 The f l r a t course-of tha feast u^as -wine> No Chinese f e a s t is c o n s i d e r e d coir^ e l a t e without i t ; b u t ours got ontLy :eo far as the door , f o r the young man who b a l a n c e d the l a r g e t r a y above has .-'liead, was stooped at the t h r e s h - h o l d by a oboeua of indignant voices eiaafc atyur* g l im t h a t He washed no wiao»At the ."i l o s e *of the a t. however most of tha vcmen .disa. named for a few n i n u t e s, u. I h-t .y.: one of our h o s t e s s e s ydk a guest if she At.<i hey her wine* I aaa y&iys ffilad tfrat i t was n g i fcnayn thai a f o r e i g n e r s 'did not a y r o v e <>f wine d r i n k i n g , but I couiu not h e y a feoii 6 of sadnesa that there should be so yy±o conviction ne a r d i n g the n a t t e r l T h e i r wine i s a weak a l c o h o l , a n d is druna hqtfhe p u t e r eine p i t c h e r s were jo p r e t t y * , a n d the t i n y cups t oy At ray p l a e e were four aoft-eeiXed egg1 Some of the f o r e i g n e r s do not care f o r Chinese food and t h e m were n r o v i k u t h a t I might not go hungry i n eaaa 1 ^ o n a a d t l that elaee»AI»ost awerytii § t h a t I hare t e s t e d l a the we.y of n a t i v e fooa I have l i n e n , hut t h i s mm; as something of a t e s t . *ha s-.eet c ' ' ' - ' - y . Sokod chii ce , and p i e k l e d ummg of tha f i r s t course .•-ere good,I do oork Th?5 wI*U l ( i - ihfV€ jn^oyed the coll coiled cabbage nor the smoked fat dx42*~r"ld' ,s e l £ h t oi t h e s e desert iishea#Tha neat two c o u r s e s c o n s i s t ed a y k v Ui r j p * i b0Vi^s of hot food, list of t h e s e were meat of some kin*, ^ ; / " ^ " ' ! ^ of p r e f e r a b l y perk, eOJae lad cabbage or onions cooked in theia, Jl ei laLs?t xt!®o wKa9p*v% xn-iKflf-o uTr mdmu*m ^.TpUXli. n\gy.s^*z .^ Iat . i^s ni,iy! . nf a.i.r ~ to.' Xth e' man wX_h o co, ok. ed th-, e , aa loeen allowed t o only such t h e r e had not been so nmny P f f r |% t , ^d tlift J a l g h t have enjoyed i t if I in L f " H *f V¥i£ handxed by my own chop-stJ«ft*,ani ..if u i W intent on s e l f - a e r t t r u c t i o n n ni : • r± i • '••' .vin ano o i l y nea„ There vr... i f x C a k 0I 'reaa, $t@ me6 br«ad,prov d. bwt nothin« to d^ink a^-^^-t tb# r e j e c t e d rino« Tr..., ,,„ . . ^ . . ~ h ; c , 'k lowarq tne close ef the teast a t r a y u-;..s brought in and the g u e s t s were given the o p p o r t a n i t y ef aaiing giff-i ^o^rri i - ram nice of the - . m e t | Several put t h e i r s t r i n g of caah on tha t r a y , but our c o n t r i b u t i on ™? D* n » « w]l''~'- ^ f i r s t camel dh,e faaat being owar a l l the food that re- XT* k '' , ° :yl -1 bC one or t |0 Xarge bowls to be e a t e n l a t e r by the fan- 4-9 c*"'^ ' ' n e wishes ana t a b l e s were earthed out. S o d bv t a a ! t ° r 0"':::', J - ' ' r r J'ida horn, ve wer^ again served with tea^W'e said went with u f'*108^6** ^ l l e clcor hut ':'/ie ail(1 ^ ^ ' t h e women of the family Pfan* OTiua? £ ° " t h e g a t a *n ( i saauua s t a r t on onr r i d e home*lhen we reached ^enVv'but , i J t " n , " ^ 1 f a p s w e r ? lie^tao^anFjrthe supper was so goodal wes glad- I *-?-y,y>7p gaau too to uet horn*. 5ti s .nf B7 i^ UtTt&fi, |
