It was a quarter of an hour before ten o'clock, and Miao Yujuan, the "marriage wife" that 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 of the importance they attached to this matter.
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 was rummaging through boxes and cabinets, pulling drawers back and forth, and struggled for a long time about which clothes to wear at home.
In the end, we 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 with lipstick paper and was natural.
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. I'm ready. Sister-in-law, you just need to arrive."
In this way, they got into the car driven by Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao and rushed to Yunyuan, finally not late.
Needless to say, the first thing they did when they entered the courtyard 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 a hundred 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 show that they are distant relatives. Not as good as the close relationship between neighbors.
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" presented by Zhang Shihui was not so popular with him because it was too tacky.
Jiang Nianyun felt relieved after seeing Miao Yujuan with her own eyes. 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 picking 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 the red "囍" that could be seen everywhere in the yard. "" It seems that even the hydrangeas on both sides of the hanging flower door and the red silk under the eaves have become more gorgeous and dazzling.
When they saw the convoy drifting 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 have biological children of their own, the sense of relief similar to that of biological parents watching their children start a family clearly lingers in their hearts and brings 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, the persons in charge of Maxim Restaurant and Menimus, and the major direct-operated stores of Pierre Cardin Company? The store managers and supervisors, as well as the executives of Pierre Cardon Company, all came one after another as long as they could get away today.
There is still a direct affiliation, but there are even more indirect ones.
The entire leadership team of Temple of Heaven 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, Huimin Cigarette Hotel and Huimin Reading The main members of the society are Director Li from the Meishi Street Subdistrict 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 Subdistrict Material Factory, and the OEM for Ningweimin. Leaders and veteran technicians from the trolley case factory, as well as the badge factory, the palace lantern factory, the antique porcelain factory, the wood carving factory, the filigree inlay factory, the enamel factory, and other handicraft factories that have many business cooperation 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 fine arts colleges in the capital, and the National Ballet and models who co-operate in the modeling school. Many popular singers, movie stars, and comedians in the capital are willing to come and support them as long as they can catch this opportunity.
In addition, Ning Weimin is 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 Several people from the Institute, Xuanwu District Sugar, Tobacco and Liquor Company, as well as the TV Drama Production Center, the Municipal Film Bureau, 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 involve any of them, and 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 an eighteen-person station wagon for these old neighbors to pick them up.
It’s just that 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 encountering a big scene. This is also a family and dependents, how can it not be chaotic?
One moment a child needs to pee, another moment an adult forgets to bring a gift, another moment someone comes out wearing a hurdle vest, turns around and goes back to put on a shirt, another moment someone remembers that there is still hot water sitting on the gas stove, and hurries Go back and turn off the heat.
It was as if a handful of salt noodles were sprinkled in a frying pan, and it started to stir in an instant.
It’s called being in a hurry, being in a hurry, and 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, and the car started and drove to the wedding banquet site.
These neighbors usually have a limited range of activities and their life is extremely monotonous.
The collective activities they have participated in in their lives 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 taking a "courtesy car" for visiting foreign heads of state.
That 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 have long wanted to see the true appearance of the property that Kang Shude is returning to, and they made idle 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.
Looking a bit happier than the main family.
But when we arrived at the scene, everyone was dumb and speechless again.
Not for anything else, but because the grandeur and scene here are so great.
The flower archway outside the courtyard gate and the soft-colored hydrangea surrounding the courtyard wall are amazing enough. The two intimate guests guarding 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 large red hydrangeas hang squarely on the four brick-carved characters "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 silk.
The breeze is blowing, and it is fluttering. It is really red 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 "It became eye-catching and dazzling.
Everyone was stunned to see that all the verandahs 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 flower arches 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 said to the male guests "appreciate face", "appreciate love" and "give face".
Jiang Nianyun also greeted the female guests affectionately 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 inevitable.
Uncle Bian couldn't help but say, "Lao Kang, your scene is amazing. I've only heard of rich people in the past, but never seen them. This time it opens my eyes."< br>
Aunt Bian also said, "Yes, this is the yard you got back. Your family's appearance is like a dream. How much will it cost? If it's 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 ostentation. What kind of things have we seen today? This is beautiful, this is If you put it aside, people in the palace will believe you."
But Master Mi took advantage of his career convenience.
He first teased his wife unceremoniously, "Tsk, that's because you don't understand. In the movie "Camel Xiangzi", the Fourth Master Liu built a wedding tent like this for his birthday. It's surrounded by people. The eaves and pillars must be wrapped with red cloth, and the glass windows and glass grilles must be hung, and the doors must be hung with colors.”
But then he told the truth, “It doesn’t seem like this. It’s so advanced and exaggerated. Lao Kang, you can do it! You are really worthy of your apprentice for making such a big splash for Wei Min.”
However, no matter how much praise he received, Kang Shude always waved his hands and remained humble.
First of all, he claimed that he benefited from the government returning his private house to him.
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 friend Ning Weimin who had long ago said 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, is a movie maker, and 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 is 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.
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 their own advantages, such as the tables, chairs, benches, cutlery and cups used for the wedding banquet today, so there is no need to calculate the money, so it is really not as exaggerated an expense as everyone imagined.
After saying this, the old neighbors couldn’t help but nod their heads, 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 saying the polite words, they were taken to the theater one by one and settled down.
After everyone let Kang Shude and Jiang Nianyun go and do their own business, soon someone else who understood it saw a new way out.
Because among other things, the wedding candies on the plate are either gold or silver paper, and half of them are 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.
Waiting for the teapot to be brought up, this time I tasted the tea, hey, it’s fragrant.
Especially the tableware on this table, it’s not surprising that it comes in pairs.
But the tureen is painted with a pattern of double happiness and hundreds of butterflies on a yellow ground and gold, which means 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.
As the saying goes, you can tell the subtle things.
The drinks at the banquet in the back couldn't be any worse.
So soon, the neighbors' minds changed.
What I just said was just a few polite words, and I was being deliberately modest.
Astonishment, exclamation, and discussion inevitably abounded.
For the first time, these ordinary people realized the true meaning of "haokuo".
Although they usually see each other without looking up, 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 and ability to do things different, but his food, clothing and daily life are also different. He is really not an ordinary person. (End of this chapter)