Chapter 274 Wedding
May 9, 1982, Sunday.
This is the day of great joy for Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing.
This morning, the Zhang family started with a magnificent and grand breakfast.
Since Zhang Shihui had already paid the money and said hello.
At six o'clock in the morning, the breakfast shop outside the alleyway delivered fifty fried cakes, thirty steamed buns, a bucket of soy milk, a large basin of pickles, and sixty tea eggs on time.
In this way, Zhang Shihui’s friends, classmates, and colleagues who came to help early in the morning would have hot meals to eat.
Everyone who arrived first took the bowl and chopsticks, and ate and drank without noticing.
Then Zhang Shihui and his family will no longer need to take care of anything.
People who are full start to work very consciously.
Those who should help dress up the wedding candies, and those who should help divide the cigarettes, help divide the cigarettes.
Pasting happy words, blowing up balloons, hanging firecrackers, pulling colorful flowers...
Even washing dishes, boiling water, making tea Everyone is in charge.
Let the three members of the Zhang family completely free their hands to tidy up their own appearance.
Don’t forget that Zhang Shihui’s parents just arrived home yesterday and were busy meeting their in-laws and settling in for themselves.
Many trivial matters had to be sorted out by Xi Jinping who was sharpening his skills in battle.
And these people who came to help today do not know each other.
But the saying "there is strength in numbers" is true.
Zhang Shihui’s friends are all young people, so they chatted and discussed with each other about the distribution of responsibilities.
Not only did things go smoothly, but we also became friends with each other.
As for the neighbors in the same courtyard, seeing this excitement, they all re-evaluated the energy of the Zhang family and felt envious.
Because not to mention the aura of twenty or thirty well-dressed young men helping to organize.
The key is that the furniture in Zhang’s house is really amazing.
People in the same hospital as Zhang Shihui have already seen his new house.
I know that his home is not only filled with shiny foreign furniture.
There is also an 18-inch Hitachi color TV set and a pressure hot water bottle on the chest of drawers.
The foreign wines in the Czech wine cabinet are all real, not fakes blended with colored ink.
There is also a four-speaker and dual-SIM Sanyo cassette recorder on top.
The refrigerator has double doors, and the washing machine also has a double tank with a spin dryer.
The brocades on the bed are piled so high that they can almost reach the roof.
There are six pairs of pillows alone, and they are all made of soft satin.
Look at the wedding car I found today.
Shanghai, Warsaw, Lada, Daihatsu...all parked in the alley, none of them were taxis.
Good guy, this is enough to show that the Zhang family’s social network is vast, and they are not ordinary people.
But these are nothing, because the best one has to be the first car.
The last luxury car that arrived was the Mercedes-Benz that Ning Weimin borrowed from Song Huagui.
These days, a single "Red Flag" can already make people proud and steal the show.
Not to mention this imported luxury car that few people have seen, it is really majestic.
So all the neighbors in the alley came to Zhang Shihui’s courtyard to watch the excitement.
Hey, for the first time, this alley has been jammed with traffic.
As for the private discussions, other than being envious of the Zhang family's astonishing pomp.
I was just guessing what a beautiful daughter-in-law she would have after such a big fight.
It’s a pity that most people are destined to be disappointed.
Because the Zhang family’s wedding was already ahead of its time, the new daughter-in-law would not go here directly.
Today the motorcade picked up people and sent them to a roast duck restaurant, which is the main venue.
So at nine o'clock in the morning, the convoy set off.
Several cars first took Zhang Shihui’s parents and several neighbors from the same hospital to Bianyifang, and then went to pick up the bride and her family.
As for the process of getting married, it was extremely smooth.
Perhaps he is too satisfied with Zhang Shihui's son-in-law, or perhaps Liu Weijing's family is too kind.
No one in Liu Weijing’s natal family interfered with this, and they deliberately made things difficult.
So that the wedding can start at half past eleven.
It is worth mentioning that in order to create an atmosphere of the scene, when the newlyweds got off the car, colored paper was thrown everywhere and firecrackers with ten hexagrams were set off.
The popularization of cameras has also brought about scenes that have never appeared in weddings in the past - many guests brought cameras and were entrusted by Zhang Shihui to take pictures of the whole wedding process.
Take the moment when the newcomers get off the bus as an example. At that time, there must be at least four or five people shooting at the newcomers.
Just like Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing are big stars and big shots.
As a result, not only Aunt Liu Weijing, who was accompanying the newlywed couple, was so frightened by the battle that she did not dare to get out of the car.
It also caused many passers-by to misunderstand this scene.
Has anyone seen anyone getting married wearing Pierre Catton fashion these days?
Most people’s inherent concept of the bride and groom is still at the stage of floral blouses and Chinese tunic suits. Therefore, many people were confused about what was going on and thought some major foreign affairs event was going to be held here.
The second aunt, who had been in the car for a long time before getting out, was mistakenly thought that the leader of some country was here, specially coming to taste the roast duck in the capital.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a landmark progress of the era.
In addition, all the guests came that day, which is also very commendable.
In the unit, except for the general manager of the hotel and the manager of the customer service department who were on a business trip, all other store leaders were basically present.
Even Liu Weijing's parents, who were not supposed to show up according to tradition, broke the old etiquette because of Zhang Shihui's repeated persuasion from the perspective that "men and women are the same" and "the feudal customs should be broken."
They happily became the parents of the woman who could personally attend their daughter's wedding banquet.
The most important thing is Zhang Shihui’s social friends outside. Almost all the people he invited came to save face.
Someone from the Grain Bureau, the Statistics Bureau, the Second Commercial Bureau, the Ministry of Light Industry, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, the Third General Staff Office...
Anyway, they all have some background.
Although these people do not have high official positions, many of them are still young masters.
But the more this happens, the more the leaders of the unit understand what this connection means.
This is undoubtedly beneficial to Zhang Shihui.
Although the leader was curious about how Zhang Shihui hid it so deeply.
I was unexpectedly uncomfortable with the sudden discovery that his wedding standards were as good as those of the minister's son.
But just because of his friends, few people are willing to bother to figure out how he got his money.
After all, being able to make so many useful friends makes it easy for such people to accomplish things that many others cannot. They can no longer be treated as idlers.
Trouble with him can easily turn into asking for trouble.
Then why bother with yourself?
Qiao Wanlin was the host today. He was very eloquent and made the atmosphere lively.
Of course the content of the wedding banquet is also great. The quality of the dishes in the century-old restaurant is quite high, and you don’t have to spend any money, right?
Slices of roast duck, traditional delicacies, served one after another, steaming hot and served with heavy oil and red sauce. Being slammed in the center of the round table
Every guest was wearing decent clothes and smiling. Drinking one glass after another, eating with oily lips, talking and laughing happily.
Of course, most of the content of everyone’s chats is inseparable from admiration for the bride and groom and the quality of the wedding banquet.
Some people marveled that the cigarettes on the display were Peony and Double Happiness, and the wedding candy, in addition to toffee, was wine-filled chocolate.
Some people admired the fashionable clothes of the newlyweds and were curious about the prices of these two outfits.
Some people say that it is best to eat roast duck as a wedding banquet. Traditionally, whole chickens and whole ducks are valued. This is a blessing, but it is expensive.
Some people are discussing going to the bride and groom’s home after the wedding banquet to see what kind of program will be put on to embarrass them.
There are also people who take the initiative to help the bride and groom settle accounts and see how much money they will lose by hosting such a party...
Anyway, all kinds of envy, jealousy, yearning, and worship are mixed in. In the guest room, especially the young people's hearts were stirred up into chaos.
Just as Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing were stimulated when they attended the wedding of Huang Shuping and Wang Lin.
What's interesting is that in just two years, their situations have reversed.
Huang Shuping and Wang Lin are also here today.
Wang Lin was envious of the pearl necklace Liu Weijing was wearing during the dinner, while Huang Shuping talked about it and refused to talk to her.
If Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing knew about this scene, their happiness would suddenly double.
Ning Weimin was also very happy today. Not only was he happy that Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing had achieved positive results in cultivation, but he was also happy that he had paid off his debt and made appropriate returns.
And since he accompanied Zhang Shihui to complete the task of picking up the bride, his life has been peaceful.
Having not rested for a long time, it was actually a rare opportunity for him to relax and sit down with his old colleagues and chat about the past.
Especially pushing cups and changing cups is also helpful for conversation. The girl Qu Xiao sat next to him, laughing and pouring wine for him, which made him chat more happily.
If Mi Xiaoran, who was sitting at the same table, didn't seem to have a grudge against him, and his mouth was painted red and bulging, making him look like a doormat, this meal would actually be very enjoyable.
But having said that, who makes the wedding banquet the most likely place to stimulate certain sensitive nerves in women?
I don’t know if I was stimulated by the love between Zhang Shihui and Liu Weijing on the stage.
Some of you may not be able to bear the sight of Ning Weimin being the center of the table and being questioned by his female colleagues.
Perhaps there is also resentment towards Ning Weimin claiming to be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Suddenly and extremely unexpectedly, Mi Xiaoran announced an explosive news in public.
“I’m also getting married. The date hasn’t been finalized yet, but it will be at the end of this month. I hope everyone can come. I originally wanted to tell everyone after it was finalized, but today everyone is so united. , I think it’s better to say it.”
This immediately attracted the attention of everyone at the table and triggered a strong subsequent reaction.
"Really? Xiaoran."
"Why haven't I heard you say that?"
"No way, you are too good at keeping secrets... ..."
Unexpectedly, this is nothing. What really makes people never expect is what Mi Xiaoran said next.
"Also, I plan to stop working next month. After getting married, I will go abroad..."
When saying this, for some reason, Mi Xiaoran had a very "special" look in his eyes Looked at Ning Weimin.
But unfortunately, Ning Weimin only had the same surprise on his face as everyone else, nothing else.
This was certainly not the reaction Mi Xiaoran expected, but instead made her expression distort.
It looked like someone had used a hard wrench to dig deep into my heart.
(End of this chapter)