Chapter 641 Sun Yaoliang’s Wedding
The wedding of Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie was still talked about by locals decades later.
Due to Annie's overseas Chinese identity and the joint venture of the Stein Company, local leaders came uninvited to the wedding day. When Sun Yaoliang's parents and sister saw a face that often appeared in local newspapers coming to the Sun family to congratulate them, they were stunned.
However, the Sun family was a wealthy family after all, so they were relieved after being shocked.
The leaders were definitely not able to come because of the great face of the old Sun family. The key was the in-laws. They were guests, so they should be received as they should be. Several leaders were also approachable, smiling and bowing to congratulate the Sun family, and walked into the house to sit down and drink tea, eat melon seeds, and chat about family matters.
Several cars were used at the wedding, but there is no place to rent a car now. Ordinary people just borrow a car, and they don’t borrow it from individuals but from their work units.
Nowadays, weddings are usually very simple. It is very prestigious for the man to ride a 28-bar bicycle to the woman's house to pick her up. The bride happily sits on the back seat of the bicycle with a big red flower tied on it. Behind her are relatives and friends who also ride bicycles, and they go forward in a mighty procession...
The more extravagant ones would replace the bicycle with a tricycle (cart), so that the bride would be more comfortable. Of course, those with connections and conditions could use cars, which came in all kinds, including trucks, 212 jeeps, and even couples who worked on public transportation and borrowed a bus directly from their workplace.
If the couple works in a hospital, it will be a bit difficult. They can't borrow the hospital's ambulance, right? It's really unlucky to drive out. People who don't know will think something has happened. And only a few people can borrow a car. Most ordinary people still use bicycles and tricycles as the main vehicle for marriage.
Chang'an cannot compare with big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai, and its economic conditions are not that good. Folk weddings still use horse-drawn carriages, mule-drawn carts, and donkey-drawn carts. As for using sedan chairs, this is of course a tradition, but these feudal dregs were eliminated a few years ago. Although the social atmosphere is gradually opening up, no one says bad things about this thing anymore, but it is extremely difficult to find a wedding sedan chair in such a big city like Chang'an.
Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie's wedding car was borrowed from the hotel. As the best foreign-related hotel in Chang'an and even in the Northwest, it naturally has such services.
Moreover, the Ying family is an overseas Chinese, and the Si Te Company is one of the first joint ventures in China. Not to mention that the hotel has already received instructions from the leaders of relevant departments, even if there were no instructions, convenience must be given according to policy.
In this way, the hotel's fleet, especially several imported luxury cars, were used for Sun Yaoliang and Ying Annie's wedding.
When these cars appeared at the entrance of Yingjia Hutong, each car was cleaned and waxed before leaving, and it looked shiny in the sun. What was even more amazing was that the hotel drivers wore elegant uniforms and white gloves, and stood upright beside the cars with big red flowers on them. Perhaps such a scene can only be seen in movies?
Seeing the grandeur of the Sun family, the neighbors were extremely envious. Some of the ladies even felt their eyes drop to the ground when they saw these cars appearing, and they felt extremely regretful.
At that time, Sun Yaoliang joined the supply and marketing cooperative. According to his work in the supply and marketing cooperative, it was at least a very good and decent job. Moreover, Sun Yaoliang was young, so it should not be difficult for him to find a partner.
But the problem is that Sun Yaoliang doesn't look that good. According can tell at a glance that he doesn't look like a good guy.
In this way, Sun Yaoliang had never had contact with girls until he was admitted to university, let alone dating. But in the blink of an eye, no one expected that this inconspicuous boy from the old Sun family would become a very successful person. Not only was he a university student, he was also the leader of a joint venture company. What was even more surprising was that he married a beautiful overseas Chinese.
Although people are envious, there are also many people who say strange things about them in private. They are all sour grapes because they can't eat them.
But one fact is beyond doubt, that is, the Sun family is rising again.
The grand wedding opened everyone's eyes, not to mention that local leaders also came. This was a big deal in the eyes of ordinary people.
The wedding was lively and the leader did not stay in the Sun family for too long. Today's occasion was not suitable for discussing business. The leader came just to express his attitude and take this opportunity to make contact.
Ying Shibo, an experienced man, certainly understood this truth. He had a polite conversation with the leader and introduced his son Ying Anlun to the leader.
Ying Anlun was equally polite to these leaders. On the one hand, they were leaders after all, and on the other hand, they were guests who came to congratulate him. In addition, Ying Anlun was also considering domestic investment, although his industry was different from that of companies like Si Te Company, as it mainly focused on agricultural products.
But don't forget that inland cities are certainly not as good as coastal cities and places like Yanjing in terms of business, but inland cities have always been dominated by agriculture. If it is appropriate, Ying Anlun may consider making appropriate investments here.
After meeting the father and son of the Ying family, personally congratulating the newlyweds and drinking a glass of wedding wine, the leader left first.
The wedding banquet continued, and the Sun family set up a buffet in the alley, which was extremely lively.
Ying Anlun was very interested in this way of holding a wedding banquet. Having grown up abroad, he had never come across such a wedding banquet. Western weddings are usually held in churches. The ceremony is solemn. After exchanging rings and kissing, the wedding is over. At most, there will be a buffet afterwards.
Although Chinese weddings are lively, most banquets are held in hotels and restaurants. The Ying family started out as a catering business, so they are no strangers to wedding banquets. However, wedding banquets like the buffet are not seen abroad at all. Even across the Taiwan Strait, only rural areas still retain similar customs.
Compared to Ying Anlun, Ying Shibo is much more familiar with these things. After all, he is a man who has experienced the previous era.
In the past, it was a tradition to hold banquets for weddings and funerals, especially for wealthy families in Jinling like the Ying family. Not to mention three days and three nights, even when the Ying family was at its most prosperous, they would hold banquets for seven days and seven nights.
So many years had passed, Ying Shibo had long forgotten the lively memories of buffets, but today he saw a wedding banquet with a buffet again, and it was a banquet for his daughter's wedding, and he felt extremely happy.
Song Yuanchao and Luo Yang had a rare moment of free time. The hosts, the Sun family, and their relatives were all there, so naturally they didn't need to help. Even Qin Zhengguo and his wife were free. They sat around a table, eating and drinking, chatting and laughing. When they had almost finished eating, they left the table and the guests who came later took over and continued to eat. They stayed at the Sun family for a while, but as there were too many people, they just said hello and went back to the hotel.
Back at the hotel, Qin Zhengguo suggested going to his room to play cards. He had been feeling very depressed these past few days. As a relative of the girl, he had been helping out a lot. He said he was so tired that he had lost a lot of weight.
Of course, this is just what he said. According to Song Yuanchao's observation, this is not the case at all. He can't see any sign of him losing weight at all.
As soon as this guy shouted to play cards, Luo Yang immediately became interested and shouted that he wanted to play tractor.
In this way, the group went straight to Qin Zhengguo's room. Qin Zhengguo took out two decks of playing cards and sat down. Luo Yang took the lead. Song Yuanchao didn't want to play, but Lin Yan asked him to play. As for the other person, Li Xiaoyun, who was eager to try, took over.
Lin Yan and Ying Caixia served them tea and water in the room, and sat beside them watching them play with relish.
After fighting for a while, Song Yuanchao was surprised to find that these guys were all masters, and he couldn't help but pay attention and concentrate.
In this way, the battle lasted from about one o'clock in the afternoon to about four o'clock. The two sides were always in a stalemate, and the fighting was very lively. In the end, Song Yuanchao and Qin Zhengguo's partner won the level first, and Qin Zhengguo was so happy that he twisted his butt in front of everyone.
Just imagine what it would look like if a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds twisted his body in a seductive posture and made exaggerated movements. His actions made everyone burst into laughter.
Especially Ying Caixia had never seen him like this before. She laughed for a while, and then seemed to be because she laughed too hard, she covered her stomach and groaned.
"What's wrong, wife? Are you okay?" Qin Zhengguo stopped what he was doing and asked nervously.
"It's okay, it's okay. I laughed so hard that I almost choked." Ying Caixia took a few deep breaths and waved her hands. She had been pregnant for several months. If Ying Annie and Sun Yaoliang hadn't gotten married, she wouldn't have come to Chang'an. After all, it's inconvenient for a pregnant woman to travel. Fortunately, Qin Zhengguo didn't let Ying Caixia get involved in the past few days. He took care of all the big and small things. The wedding banquet was also held smoothly today. After taking another day off tomorrow, they will go back the day after tomorrow.
"Yanzi, Xiaoyun, help Caixia into the house and have some rest." Song Yuanchao said to Lin Yan and Li Xiaoyun. The two women responded and helped Ying Caixia into the house, one on the left and one on the right.
"Flight the day after tomorrow?" Seeing them enter the house, Song Yuanchao took out cigarettes and handed them to Luo Yang and Qin Zhengguo, and asked at the same time.
"Well, I've been out for a while. It's better to go back early. Caixia's belly is getting bigger and bigger. I have to go back and rest for some time." Qin Zhengguo took the cigarette and lit it. He took a puff and suddenly remembered something. He walked to the window and opened it.
No one smoked when we were playing cards just now, mainly because there was a pregnant woman.
Now that Ying Caixia had gone to the bedroom, she no longer had this concern. However, the careful Qin Zhengguo still considered the ventilation problem in the room and got up to open the window.
"What about you, Luo Yang?" Song Yuanchao asked.
Luo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Yun and I plan to go to the southwest first."
"Are you going to the filming site?"
"Yes! This place is not far from the southwest, and it is very convenient to get there. I am an investor, and I have to go to the filming site to check on the progress. Don't forget that this is the first movie my company has invested in." Luo Yang replied with a smile.
