After a while, Master JLEE, who was a master of dancing... finally finished his work. Several children were already laughing so hard.
He took a breath for a while, and then began to perform the house entry ceremony for the three families.
Although Master JLEE did not ask for a high price, the total cost of this ritual was not low. The offerings of HK$50,000 each by his two assistants were only a small amount, and the larger amount was spent on the three custom-made ritual tools for the house.
Customizing magic weapons is not JLEE's specialty, so they went to Wong Tai Sin Temple to request them through their connections. After the three companies chose the style of the magic weapon separately, the other party did not raise the price, and thought they would pay after delivery. Who?
Knowing that Chef Cao had made an agreement with others in advance, all the money was covered.
Sun Dahai tried to talk for a long time, but he only knew that it was several million Hong Kong dollars, but he didn't know whether the several million Hong Kong dollars was the total price of the three magic weapons, or the unit price.
Sun Dahai was just curious about the prices of these things and had no intention of competing with Chef Cao to pay.
Chef Cao's Cao Ji Private Restaurant has really made a lot of money in the past few years.
Even though this is just a small restaurant that only serves nine tables per meal and is closed one day a week, the profit margin of Cao Ji's private restaurant's dishes is extremely high, not to mention the extra cost of drinks.
Although the restaurant's annual net profit is not as good as that of No. 9 Hotpot Restaurant and Sewijing, it is not inferior at all to Taotie House, which has five branches in operation.
The old man doesn't have any extravagant hobbies, and he can't spend a lot of money. So now that he has taken the initiative to bear the cost of these magical weapons, Sun Dahai will not rob him of this fun.
This kind of magical instrument is very expensive, and the production cost is only a small part of it. The bulk of the cost is in the consecration.
Sun Dahai was far away in London at that time. According to Chef Cao, the consecration ceremony was very grand. It was not an ordinary small consecration, but a Taoist master was invited to set up a special altar to perform the ceremony. It was a grand consecration.
This ceremony alone cost more than one million Hong Kong dollars, so if you believe in Feng Shui, you really can't do it without money in your pocket.
Sun Dahai secretly complained in his heart that just grabbing a film and television crew from Xiangjiang and spending at most two to three hundred thousand can make the scene look decent.
Of course, these are just random thoughts in his hat, and he will not say nonsense. There are many people in Xiangjiang who firmly believe in this, and it is not an exaggeration to call them fanatics. If you talk casually, you will easily be beaten.
The three families chose different ritual objects to control the house. Chef Cao chose the Feng Shui copper gourd. Liu Hanwen's family has many educated people, so his family chose the Wenchang Pagoda ornament.
Jiang Xiuping originally wanted to choose a Feng Shui fish tank, but JLEE, who followed them all the way and helped them as a consultant, suggested that the Sun family would be better off choosing a three-legged golden toad, which was more suitable for the Sun family's situation.
Then he said a lot of things, and Jiang Xiuping was persuaded by him and changed to the three-legged golden toad.
In fact, there was something wrong with Chef Cao's choice at first. He chose crystal ornaments. After listening to JLEE's suggestion, he changed to Feng Shui copper gourds.
Everyone doesn't quite understand these things, there are a lot of explanations in them, and the magic weapon you pick at random may not necessarily be suitable for the actual situation of your home.
There are many scholars in the Liu family, but the Wenchang Tower they chose is very suitable for his family's situation. It can be regarded as a mistake.
Sun Dahai didn't believe in these things, so he didn't go with him to choose the magic weapon. However, several old people were very interested. I don't know whether they really believed in these magical things or just regarded them as entertainment.
JLEE went from house to house to deliver the magical artifacts to the new house and placed them in appropriate locations. In addition to the rituals of opening the door, setting the Kang, and opening the stove, as well as sweeping out the copper coins scattered on the floor of the bedroom the day before, all operations were completed in one go, and the time had come.
noon.
Following JLEE's prompts, everyone carried pens, ink, paper, inkstones, books, and brand-new bedding. They entered the house in order from oldest to youngest and placed the things in their hands in place.
Finally, each family turns on the fire and boils a pot of boiling water, and the whole ceremony comes to an end.
JLEE left with his two assistants.
It was getting late, so the three families gathered again under the awning in the middle of the villa yard, set up a few hot pots, and started eating their first meal after moving.
This was the first meal for the three families after becoming neighbors again. Although everyone knew in advance that the ceremony would last until noon and there would be no time to cook their own meals, everyone still decided not to eat out at a restaurant but to have dinner together in their new home.
In this case, ordinary dishes are inconvenient, so everyone unanimously decided to have hot pot. I also wish that they will be prosperous after moving into the new home.
When it comes to dinner, each family will eat alone, because each of the three families will invite their friends to "burn the bottom of the pot" at the new home.
The first meal was naturally filled with drinks. However, among the people present, only Chef Cao had a bottle of Feitian Moutai beside him. The rest of the adults all had a glass of red wine in front of them. Sun Dahai did not have one. He took a three
Qian’s white porcelain wine cup, accompanying Chef Cao to drink white wine.
Jiang Xiuping glared at him. It was hard to say anything to him on this happy day, so she just made a "three" gesture at him.
Before Sun Dahai said anything, Chef Cao smiled and said, "Dahai, your grandma is kind and allows you to drink, but it can't exceed three drinks."
Sun Dahai had to act cheaply and said, "Oh, I don't want to drink liquor either. However, it would be so miserable for you to drink alone without anyone to accompany you!"
Cao Yong and Fang Lin looked at each other. They were the ones who should accompany the wine, but Cao Yong only had enough for a glass of red wine, and Fang Lin couldn't even drink half a glass. So when he heard Sun Dahai's ridicule, he could only smile bitterly.
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Cao Yue quit her job and insisted on changing places with Sun Yuanyuan next to Sun Dahai. She wanted to go out in person and compete with Sun Dahai for drinks.
Sun Dahai quickly waved his hand and admitted defeat. This aunt was not stingy. She was not a big drinker but very courageous. If she drank too much wine, she would dare to drink to death. Sun Dahai would not provoke her.
"What are you making a fuss about! I'm a woman, it's good to have you at the table. What kind of wine are you going to drink?" Chef Cao scolded and drove away the eager Cao Yue.
The Liu family looked on and thought it was very funny. We all ate together quite a lot, and although we were not so familiar with each other, we were all familiar with each other.
No one in their family can drink, so every time they encounter such a topic, they always watch the excitement and never say anything. If they open their mouths and attract firepower, but they don't have the fighting power to fight, that will be terrible.
Because it is under unified management, there is a small two-story building behind the courtyard. This is the guard room and living area. The bodyguards and security guards at home, as well as the drivers and servants of each of the three families, usually eat and rest here.
Therefore, all of us present (counting Gao Yi), a total of nineteen people. Everyone sat at the long table. On the table were four copper and charcoal mandarin duck hotpots, lined up in a row, and a large number of