揪扯進房 Bajie Is Led In
行者道：「獃子，不要者囂，你那口裡娘也不知叫了多少，又是甚麼弄不成。快快的應承，帶攜我們吃些喜酒，也是好處。」他一隻手揪著八戒，一隻手扯住婦人道：「親家母，帶你女婿進去。」那獃子腳兒趄趄的要往那裡走。那婦人即喚童子：「展抹桌椅，鋪排晚齋，管待三位親家。我領姑夫房裡去也。」一壁廂又吩咐庖丁排筵設宴，明晨會親。那幾個童子又領命訖。他三眾吃了齋，急急鋪鋪，都在客座裡安歇不題。行者道：「呆子，不要者嚣，你那口里娘也不知叫了多少，又是甚么弄不成。快快的应承，带携我们吃些喜酒，也是好处。」他一只手揪著八戒，一只手扯住妇人道：「亲家母，带你女婿进去。」那呆子脚儿趄趄的要往那里走。那妇人即唤童子：「展抹桌椅，铺排晚斋，管待三位亲家。我领姑夫房里去也。」一壁厢又吩咐庖丁排筵设宴，明晨会亲。那几个童子又领命讫。他三众吃了斋，急急铺铺，都在客座里安歇不题。
逐句解 Line by line
Pilgrim said, “Blockhead, don't bluster — your mouth has called her ‘Ma'am’ who knows how many times already; what do you mean, ‘it won't do’?”
行者 xíng zhě (獃子, 子 zi). 者囂 “to bluster, put on a show.” 你那口裡 (那 nà) “out of that mouth of yours.” 甚麼 shén. Monkey will not let the pretense stand.
“Hurry up and say yes — and stand us some wedding-wine into the bargain; that would be no bad thing.”
應承 “to assent, agree to,” 應 yīng. 帶攜 “to take along, treat.” 喜酒 “wedding-feast wine.” Monkey's inducement is a share of the celebration.
With one hand he gripped Bajie, with the other he seized the woman, and said, “Mother-in-law, take your son-in-law inside.”
一隻手…一隻手 “with one hand… with the other.” 揪著 “to grip,” 著 the durative zhe. 親家母 “the bride's mother (as in-law).” Monkey physically joins Bajie's hand to the widow's.
The blockhead, his feet shuffling and reluctant, made as if to go along.
那獃子 (那 nà; 子 zi). 腳兒趄趄 “feet unsteady, faltering” (兒 the suffix); 往那裡走 “to go that way,” 那 nà. Bajie's show of hesitation is only for form's sake.
The woman at once called the serving-lads: “Wipe down the tables and chairs, set out the evening meal, and attend to our three wedding-guests.”
那婦人 nà. 童子 “serving-boy(s),” 子 the noun zǐ. 展抹 “to wipe clean.” 鋪排晚齋 “to lay out the evening (vegetarian) meal,” 鋪 here the verb pū (“to spread, set out”). 管待 “to attend to, entertain.”
“I will take our son-in-law off to his room.”
姑夫 here a familiar term for the daughter's husband, “son-in-law.” 領…房裡去 “to lead (him) into the room.” The widow moves to take Bajie inside.
On the other side she gave orders besides to the cooks to lay on a banquet, for the marriage-gathering next morning.
一壁廂 “on one side, meanwhile.” 庖丁 “the cook(s).” 排筵設宴 “to spread the mats and set out the feast.” 明晨會親 “the wedding-relations' gathering next morning.”
The several serving-lads received their orders and withdrew.
那幾個童子 (那 nà; 童子, 子 zǐ). 領命訖 “having received the command,” 訖 “finished, done.”
The three of them ate their meal, hastily made up their beds, and all settled to rest in the guest-quarters — of which no more.
他三眾 “the three (remaining disciples).” 急急鋪鋪 “hurriedly spread out (the bedding),” 鋪 the verb pū. 都在客座裡安歇 “all rested in the guest-seats,” 都 dōu. 不題 “no more of this,” the storyteller's closing formula.
Wukong will not let Bajie's protest stand. He flings the pretense back once more — your mouth has already called her “Ma'am” who knows how often, so what do you mean it won't do? — and sweetens the push with the promise of wedding-wine for the rest of them. The exposure is complete: Bajie's own words, overheard at the gate, have left him no ground to stand on.
The comedy turns physical. Monkey takes one of Bajie's hands and one of the widow's and joins them, telling her plainly to take her son-in-law inside; and Bajie, feet “shuffling and reluctant,” makes his token show of hesitation while going exactly where he is led. The gap between his dragging feet and his willing heart is the whole joke.
The passage closes on brisk domestic bustle — the widow ordering tables wiped, the evening meal set, a banquet prepared for the morning's wedding, and the three remaining pilgrims eating and bedding down in the guest-quarters. The storyteller's “no more of this” closes the frame on them and leaves Bajie to be led off alone into the interior, and into the trap the four saints have laid.