At a quarter of an hour and ten o'clock, Miao Yujuan, the "marriage wife" whom Jiang Nianyun had been obsessed with, finally arrived.
It is true that they came later than the promised time today, but it must be said that it was precisely because they attached great importance to this matter that they did so.
The main reason is that Miao Yujuan, who "shoulders heavy responsibilities", feels bad no matter how she dresses today.
With all the suggestions from the family, I rummaged through boxes and drawers, pulled drawers back and forth, and struggled for a long time about which clothes to wear at home.
In the end, they got into a tangled war of words over how to apply lipstick.
Miao Yujuan, who did not have much experience, always felt that the color of her lipstick was too bright and she was embarrassed. Aunt Luo also felt that the imported lipstick was not dyed naturally with lipstick paper.
In the end, Luo Guangliang advised his family, "There is no need to worry about makeup anymore. Yunyuan has already prepared professional makeup artists. Not to mention the Japanese on the crew, even Mengka's stylist is already on standby. Sister-in-law
, you just need people to arrive."
In this way, they got into the cars driven by Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao and rushed to Yunyuan. Finally, they were not late.
Needless to say, when they entered the courtyard, the first thing they did was to congratulate the host's family.
Their family's gift was a thermos with automatic water pressure and a gift of fifty yuan.
This is already a very important gift in this era, and it shows the irreversible relationship between the two families.
In particular, Master Luo and his eldest son sent 100 kilograms of "Dragon and Phoenix Wedding Cake" that they baked specially for Ning Weimin yesterday, which shows that they attach great importance to this matter and demonstrates that distant relatives are not as close as close neighbors.
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So Kang Shude accepted the gift on behalf of Ning Weimin and thanked him repeatedly.
In contrast, Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao followed Zhang Shihui in making noise, and the "money dragon boat" sent by Zhang Shihui together was not so popular with him because it was too tacky.
Jiang Nianyun felt relieved after seeing Miao Yujuan in person. She felt that although she was an ordinary person, she had a decent and friendly appearance and was indeed a decent person, so she immediately arranged for a makeup artist to put on light makeup for her.
Finally, at 10:10, the convoy to pick up the bride finally set off from the gate of Yunyuan in time.
At this time, Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun, who had been busy since getting up early at five o'clock, stood side by side on the steps of the gate, looking at the bright and stretched blue sky above their heads, and at the red "囍" characters that could be seen everywhere in the yard, which seemed to be connected to the hanging flower door.
The hydrangeas on both sides and the red silk under the eaves became more and more gorgeous and dazzling.
When they saw the convoy going further and further away, and the lead car finally turned out of the alley, the two couldn't help but smile at each other, and there was no need to say a thousand words.
Although none of them had biological children of their own, the sense of relief similar to that of biological parents watching their children start a family clearly lingered in their hearts and gave them a great sense of satisfaction.
From this moment on, Yunyuan became really lively.
Unlike before the motorcade left, only scattered guests came to the door. Now, guests began to arrive in large numbers and in large groups.
What are the reputable subordinates of Zhai Palace and Tan Palace, representatives of Goldlion Company, representatives of Mengka Company, directors of Maxim Restaurant and Menimus, store managers and supervisors of major direct-operated stores of Pierre Cardin Company, and so on?
As long as they could get away today, the senior executives of Pierre Cardin Company all came one after another.
There are still direct affiliations, but there are even more indirect ones.
The entire leadership team of Tiantan Park, several key leaders of Agricultural University and Tianqiao Shopping Mall, Yin Yue and the store managers of the three brand clothing stores she manages, key members of Huimin Cigarette Hotel and Huimin Reading Club, Coal
Director Li from the street office, as well as the leaders of the street arts and crafts service club, the street clothing factory, the brocade box factory that supplies silk figures, the Donghuashi street material factory, and the factory that OEMs trolley cases for Ning Weimin, and
Leaders and veteran technicians from the badge factory, the palace lantern factory, the antique porcelain factory, the wood carving factory, the filigree inlay factory, and the enamel factory, which have many business cooperations with Ning Weimin, all came to join in the fun today.
There are even more people in the cultural sector.
For example, Ning Weimin founded the Palace Culture Research Association, as well as the presidents and editors of many newspapers and publishing houses in the capital, teachers and students from two art colleges and universities in the capital, and the National Ballet and models who co-operated the modeling school.
The popular singers, movie stars, and comedians in the capital, as long as they can hook up with this line, are also willing to come to support.
In addition, Ning Weimin was also popular in the officialdom.
Although he didn't deliberately run it, he had dealt with quite a few.
Like the Ministry of Light Industry, Light Industry Bureau, Textile Ministry, Textile Bureau, Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau, District Cultural Relics Bureau, Municipal Tourism Bureau, Municipal Second Commercial Bureau, District Service Bureau, District Public Security Bureau, Dongcheng District Housing Management Office, Xuanwu District Sugar Industry
Several people from the Tobacco and Liquor Company, as well as the TV Drama Production Center, the Municipal Film Bureau, the China Film Distribution Company, and the "Shanghai Translation Factory" came to discuss cooperation.
The saying "Wealth in the mountains has distant relatives" is not false. In the world of human nature, the most mainstream word is "icing on the cake", which is called "cars are like flowing water and horses are like dragons, and the moon and flowers are in the spring breeze."
However, Kang Shude and Ning Weimin are certainly not people who forget their roots. They have not forgotten any of their poor friends.
Except for Ning Weimin's colleagues who used to work at the front desk of the Chongwenmen Hotel, he didn't bother any of them. He had already asked Zhang Shihui to post the posts on his behalf.
For the other neighbors in Courtyard No. 2 of Shan'er Hutong, he even posted in person.
And just to pick up the big guys today, Ning Weimin specially arranged a station wagon for 18 people to pick them up and drop them off.
But this car, like the Luo family, arrived half an hour later than expected.
It’s not that everyone has no sense of time, but it’s because ordinary people have never participated in major events. They are most likely to get anxious when a big scene happens. This is also a family and dependents, how can it not be chaotic?
Sometimes a child needs to pee, sometimes an adult forgets to bring a gift, sometimes someone comes out wearing a hurdle vest, turns around and goes back to put on a shirt, and sometimes someone remembers that there is still hot water sitting on the gas stove and quickly goes back and turns off the heat.
It's like a handful of salt flour was sprinkled into the oil pan, and it started to stir in an instant.
It's called being in a hurry, being in a hurry, going back and forth endlessly in and out of the car.
Fortunately, there were wedding cigarettes, wedding candy, and red envelopes to pave the way. The driver was very patient and had as good an attitude as possible.
At about ten o'clock, everyone finally gathered, the car started and drove to the wedding banquet site.
These neighbors usually have a limited range of activities and their daily life is extremely monotonous.
The collective activities they have participated in in this life are probably the "revolutionary activities" in the "movement".
I have never experienced the feeling of traveling in a car with people I know well.
So the feeling of riding in a tourist bus today is almost the same as riding in a "concierge car" for visiting foreign heads of state.
The guy was talking and laughing happily along the way.
Some people praise Ning Weimin for his thorough etiquette and Kang Shude for his thoughtful thoughts.
Some people said that they had long wanted to see the true appearance of the property that Kang Shude was returning to, and they made random speculations and discussions about what it would be like, and whether it was really as amazing as Mi Xiaohui claimed.
Some people brought up old stories again, recalling the time when they got married while riding a donkey, which made everyone laugh uncontrollably.
In short, there is never a moment of silence in the car.
Both the Bian family and the Mi family showed excitement and joy that they had never seen before.
It looks a bit happier than the main family.
But when we actually arrived at the scene, we were all dumbfounded and speechless again.
Not for anything else, but because of the grandeur and grandeur of the place.
The flower archway outside the courtyard gate and the soft-colored hydrangea surrounding the courtyard wall are amazing enough. The two intimate guests standing guard at the door to let guests in are also dignified.
Once you enter the courtyard, it's completely different.
There is "color" on the screen wall in front of people. Five big red hydrangeas hang squarely on the four brick-carved characters of "Fu Lu Shou Xi", which can be said to be the first to win.
Going further inside, what's even more remarkable is that the two wall ridges from the screen wall to the hanging flower door are all decorated with colorful ribbons and hung with long and short silks.
The breeze blows slowly and flutters, and the red color is really flamboyant and beautiful.
The final shock came from the hanging flower gate. There were at least ten distinguished guests standing at the door, not to mention the record of receiving gifts in sequence. The most important thing was that as soon as they entered the door of the east theater building, "red" turned into eyes full of red.
Eye-catching and dazzling.
Everyone was stunned to see that all the verandas and roofs were decorated with colored silk, and all the pillars were wrapped in red silk, coupled with the astonishingly long ceremony tables and tea tables under the verandahs on both sides of the "Second Gate".
The colorful archways inside and outside the theater, and the thirty neat "official seats" inside the theater, are all covered with red tablecloths.
It's so red and so gorgeous, how can you not make these flat-headed people shocked on the spot?
It was a pomp and atmosphere that they could never dream of.
Not to mention being silent for a while, I was a little at a loss.
There are times when they look at each other and vomit involuntarily.
Everyone was ashamed of their apparently meager gifts.
Fortunately, both Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun came over in time. Their high-spirited appearance and decent clothes could not hide their deliberate enthusiasm.
Kang Shude respectfully cupped his hands with the male guests and said, "Appreciate face," "Advance love," and "Give face."
Jiang Nianyun also greeted the female guests warmly and said thank you for "causing everyone trouble."
They are still so humble, so kind, and not at all arrogant or proud of their wealth.
This relieved everyone's discomfort, and everyone began to express their joy.
However, happiness is happiness, and the surprise cannot be eliminated.
Admiration is also inevitable.
For example, Uncle Bian couldn't help but say, "Lao Kang, what a scene you guys are doing. I've only heard of rich people in the past, but never seen them. This time it opens my eyes."
Aunt Bian also said, "Yes, this is the yard you got back. Your house is like a dream. How much will it cost? If it is left to us, we can't afford it even if we sell everything."
Aunt Mi said, "When I first got married, I heard that rich people would have such flower archways for their ostentation. What kind of flower archway have we seen today? It's so beautiful. I have to put it aside and talk about you.
Everyone in the palace believes this."
Master Mi took advantage of his career to become a rich man.
He first teased his wife unceremoniously, "Tsk, that's because you don't know. In the movie "Camel Xiangzi", Mr. Liu built a wedding tent like this for his birthday. There were eaves on all sides and pillars.
It needs to be wrapped with red cloth. Then the glass windows and glass grilles need to be equipped, and the doors need to be hung with colors."
But then he also told the truth, "It's just that it doesn't seem to be such a high-level or exaggerated thing. Lao Kang, you can do it! You are worthy of your apprentice to create such a big stir for the Wei people."
However, no matter how much praise he received, Kang Shude always waved his hands and remained humble.
First, he claimed that he benefited from the government returning his private house to him.
It is said that they were actually invited to live-in banquets when doing things. It was because Ning Weimin had many friends and the land was large that they looked wealthy and respectable.
Secondly, he used the caliber of his long-standing rivalry with Ning Weimin to say that it was also a coincidence among coincidences that they ended up in such a colorful scene.
It happened that Keiko Matsumoto, a Japanese daughter-in-law, was a movie maker, so she needed to shoot such a grand scene, so she did it like this.
Although it looks like a waste of money, in fact, it was all borrowed from the filming of the movie. These studio decorations are the movie set and are only spent by the crew. They themselves did not spend much money.
Jiang Nianyun also cooperated well with Kang Shude in singing the opera.
She said that Yunyuan has now been converted into a foreign-related hotel. If this business is not opened, Kang Shude will not be able to bear the consumption of coal, water and electricity.
However, hotels also have the benefits of hotels, such as the tables, chairs, benches, tableware and cups used for today's wedding banquet, so there is no need to calculate the cost, so it is really not as exaggerated an expense as everyone imagines.
After saying this, the old neighbors couldn't help but nod their heads frequently, and their psychological pressure was relieved a lot.
So everyone was convinced and started laughing again, and some people even made some self-righteous comments.
But after the polite words were finished, they were taken to the theater and settled down.
After everyone left Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun to go about their business, soon someone else who understood the situation saw a new way out.
Because among other things, the wedding candies on the plate were either made of gold or silver paper, and half of them were chocolate.
The other half are also fancy foreign candies.
When I took the cigarettes scattered on the plate, they turned out to be Chinese cigarettes.
When the teapot is brought up, taste the tea, oh, it's so fragrant.
Especially the tableware on this table, it’s not surprising that they come in pairs.
However, the cover bowl is painted with a pattern of double happiness and hundreds of butterflies in gold on a yellow ground, which symbolizes happiness and auspiciousness.
On the plate, the yellow ground is used as the base, and the pattern of Wan Fu and Longevity is drawn with alum red and gold.
Such royal-style porcelain, full of nobility, is magical in the eyes of ordinary people.
Although they did not know that this antique porcelain was made by Liu Yongqing for Ning Weimin, imitating the porcelain used for the wedding of Emperor Tongzhi, they could feel the beauty and complicated auspicious patterns.
God knows how much it costs to eat all these things.
As the saying goes, you can tell the subtle things.
The drinks served at the banquet at the back couldn't have been worse.
Soon, the neighbors' minds changed.
What I just said was just a few polite words, and I was being deliberately modest.
Astonishment, amazement, and discussion inevitably abounded.
For the first time, these ordinary people realized the true meaning of "generous".
Although they usually look down and see each other, they have been neighbors for so many years, but it was not until today that they discovered that Kang Shude and Ning Weimin were really secretive.
Not only is his knowledge, his ability to do things, and even his food, clothing, and daily life different, he is really not an ordinary person.