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“吃不了兜著走”這句在煙臺民間流傳了幾百年的話語,出自于清朝時期煙臺所城里一位年青秀才與煙臺北島大疃村一位女子結(jié)婚時所發(fā)生的一段故事。
傳說在清朝時,煙臺所城里一劉姓秀才與北島大疃村一陳姓女子定下了百年之好。這年倆家商定,選個良辰吉日,給他們完婚。在當時,所城里劉姓人家,不僅在所城里一帶,就是在整個煙臺也是個赫赫有名的大戶人家。有在朝里做官的,在省、府、州縣里也都有他們劉家的不少官員大吏。此外,他們在所城里周圍還有一定規(guī)模的商行作坊,各種大小買賣分布在所城及市區(qū),是煙臺當時響當當?shù)母缓乐摇?/p>
娶親這天,他們組成一支浩浩蕩蕩的迎娶隊伍,規(guī)模相當之大,熱鬧非凡。彩旗招展,鑼鼓喧天,長號短笛,花簇錦繡。大疃陳家由新娘的兩位哥哥騎著兩頭棕色高頭大馬,做為新娘主送貴賓,還有新娘的七姑八姨等親朋好友一路陪送,聲勢浩大地將新娘送到所城。
婚禮規(guī)格高雅,檔次上乘。整個婚宴高朋滿座,座無虛席,規(guī)格盛大無比。在婚宴上,新娘送客的哥哥必然是被高規(guī)格接待的重要貴客,被安排坐在大桌上席,由所城劉家新郎的一位叔叔和一位哥哥做為主陪相待。在席間推杯換盞,說了不少吉慶祝福的話,在雙方都喝得醉意朦朧時,劉家陪客的叔叔說了句使陳家非常不高興的話:“你們陳家是個小門小戶,你妹妹嫁到我們這有權(quán)有勢的大戶人家,是小樹攀高枝?!标惣腋绺缏牶髿鈶嵉鼗氐溃骸澳銈儎⒓乙矝]什么了不起,我們陳家在大疃也是名聲響當當?shù)拇髴羧思?。”當場把劉家叔叔頂?shù)脽o言以對,出于這種場面也不便當眾惱火,就忍氣吞聲不了了之了。
酒過數(shù)巡,天色不早,陳家哥哥將要返回,劉家叔侄也不勉強挽留,允其備鞍上馬,當二人騎馬行至所城西關(guān)將要催馬出關(guān)時,見關(guān)口橫擺一長幾,幾桌上擺放著六個大碗,每個碗里都倒?jié)M了酒。劉家叔侄請陳家哥倆下馬,要他們每人必須將三碗酒喝了,方可上馬出關(guān),說這是劉家的規(guī)矩,否則對新婚夫婦今后日子不吉利。陳家哥倆一看,就明知是因在酒席宴上頂撞了他們幾句的報復(fù)。為避免糾纏,哥倆就咕嚕咕嚕將三碗酒喝下,當場醉倒在地,由他人攙扶上馬馱回大疃陳家。
時隔一年左右,所城劉家一閨秀女子愛上了在京城讀書畢業(yè)歸來的大疃陳家學(xué)生。雙方商定了吉慶喜日,陳家學(xué)生要將所城劉家如花似玉的媳婦娶到大疃。大疃陳家在周圍的幾個村子里,也是有名的大戶人家。陳家當時有多艘出海打魚的漁船,每年可捕撈大量海產(chǎn)品。常年經(jīng)營魚市批發(fā)零售,有相當豐厚的經(jīng)濟來源,陳家的日子紅紅火火蒸蒸日上。
結(jié)婚這天,八抬大轎將新娘從所城抬到大疃。所城劉家派出新娘的本家叔叔和一位叔輩哥哥做為新娘的主陪,巧的是這位本家叔叔就是去年陪伴陳家哥倆那人。叔侄二人身著長襟大袍,頭戴禮帽,文質(zhì)彬彬地騎著膘肥體壯的大馬將新娘送到大疃陳家門庭。酒席宴上,陳家主陪客人的也正好是去年送其妹妹去劉家的那兄弟二人。所城劉家那送客的叔叔一看,宴席主陪是年前那哥倆,想到今天這哥倆可能要報去年被他灌醉之仇,于是暗想,今在宴席上一定要少說話,多吃飯菜少喝酒,以防陪客人也會用三碗大酒送他們離村。因而雖然身居大桌上席,陪客的哥倆怎么勸說就是不多喝一口,一心悶頭吃飯。倆人飽飽地吃了一肚子飯菜,看太陽已偏西,時辰不早,要上馬回返,陳家陪客人也不強留,說了幾句客套話語,陪送倆人上馬離村,走到村口,所城劉家叔侄見村口擺著一張八仙大桌,桌上也擺放著六個大碗,每個碗里不是白酒,而是滿滿的面條,陳家陪客人說:“按陳家規(guī)矩,你們每人必須將三碗面條吃下,方準上馬離村。”可劉家叔侄在宴席上雖沒喝酒,可飯菜吃得胃漲肚飽,哪能再吃。陳家哥倆百勸無效,提出:“吃不了兜著走吧!”于是掀起他們的長袍大襟,咣當,咣當將三碗面條倒在叔侄倆的長袍大襟里。
“吃不了兜著走”這句話就是這么段故事,真假不詳,只是傳說。
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.