Poor Family Chapter 543

  Chapter 543 Wedding Ceremony (Part 1)

Early the next morning, gongs and drums were beating in front of the Lianggong Arms Shop on Yujie Street, and the sound of firecrackers was loud, and a group of dancers were singing and dancing in front of the shop. .

The original Lianggong Arms Shop covers an area of ​​six acres, with a storefront of three acres and a back room of three acres. The back room still belongs to Lianggong Arms Shop, but the storefront is divided into two, and the two-acre storefront is leased to Baoyanzhai Well, the Lianggong Arms Shop only has an acre of storefront. It doesn't make money from the storefront, but from frequent customers selling expensive weapons. The store is not important to them.

Li Daqi spent thousands of dollars to renovate the two-acre shop, which was divided into display area, makeup area and small warehouse. In addition, a small shop was built with tents next to the shop, only six feet wide, red and yellow, The color is very bright, and it is specially used to sell balsam.

This is also what Mrs. Sun thought. The new shop is only two or three hundred steps away from the old shop. Many old customers went to the original site and found that Baoyan Zhai had disappeared. As long as they turned around, they could see this small tent shop with bright colors. Attracted, Li Yanqing further deepened this idea, requiring all Baoyanzhai stores to be painted in red and yellow, including Baoyanzhai's banner, so that these two colors can penetrate into the hearts of customers.

Li Yanqing wanted to go out to relax today, but was dragged by his father Li Daqi to Yujie Baoyan Zhai. In Li Daqi's words, he was going to the Fanlou to confirm the details of the wedding this morning. He really didn't have time to take care of the opening of the new store, so he asked Li Yanqing to take care of it. He sits in the new shop on Royal Street.

Although he is sitting in a new shop, Li Yanqing is unwilling to receive people and entertain guests outside. It is enough to have Mr. Wu and Mrs. Sun, and he will sit in the small warehouse and reply to Yue Fei and Wang Gui. Someone sent a letter, and he told Li Yanqing regretfully that his father refused to leave his hometown, and his mother refused to leave his grandfather's tomb too far, so he could not move to Ezhou, and he could only live up to Li Yanqing's good intentions.

  Wang Gui also wrote a letter telling Li Yanqing that his wife Tang Yuaner was pregnant and he was finally going to be a father.

The warehouse is about 200 square meters, full of large and small boxes and shelves, all kinds of goods are piled up in layers, and there are five or six chairs and a small table in the corner. In the rest area outside the staff, Li Yanqing sat at the small table and wrote letters.

  At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a female clerk walked in, bowed to Li Yanqing and said: "There are distinguished guests outside, the manager please go out quickly."

   "Who's here?"

   "It seems to be the head of the Cao family."

Li Yanqing was startled, quickly put away the letter, and walked out of the shop quickly. Outside the shop, Cao Ping was looking at the big brand of Baoyanzhai. The three characters "Yanzhai" are written in thin gold script by the Son of Heaven, and the name of the Lianggong Arms Shop next to it is also a celebrity's work, which was written by Su Shi in his own handwriting.

  Staff Wu next to him was very nervous. He had never received such a high-ranking official as Cao Ping, but the proprietor went to Fanlou. Fortunately, the junior official was there, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.

   Right at this moment, Li Yanqing walked out of the shop quickly. Steward Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said, "Grandpa Cao, my little proprietor is here."

  Cao Ping narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Yanqing, you look pretty good!"

  Li Yanqing was not as sluggish as he had feared, frowning, but still full of energy, his eyes full of confidence, which made Cao Ping really relieved.

  Li Yanqing saluted and asked, "Why is grandfather-in-law free to come over today?"

   "Bao Yan Zhai's new store opened, I came here to congratulate you, isn't your father here?"

   "Father went to the building to confirm the details of the wedding, let me sit in the new store, grandpa, please come in and sit!"

  Li Yanqing asked Cao Ping to enter the store to rest, but Cao Ping shook his head, "The store is full of women, so I won't go in, why don't we sit next door!"

   Li Yanqing really couldn't invite Cao Ping to rest in the warehouse, so he nodded and followed Cao Ping to the armory shop next door. They sat down in the back room, and the shopkeeper hurriedly ordered tea for them.

   "The news of your demotion has already spread throughout the capital. Fan Gong left Beijing this morning. Why don't you go and see him off?"

   "I already went to his house to bid farewell to him last night, Mr. Fan specifically told me not to see him off this morning, so as not to hurt the situation and leave him."

   "There are a lot of people going to send them off today! More than 50 court officials went to the west of the city to see them off. This is in line with the old saying, justice is in the hearts of the people, everyone knows what is going on, and it is not the so-called forming a party for personal gain."

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said, "I never regret it either!"

   "That's right. Now the Song court is dark, with treacherous ministers in power, and ministers who are a bit upright have been demoted. It's sad, but I believe that sooner or later there will be a day when the clouds will open and the sun will rise."

   "I am afraid that the imperial court will completely sink in the dark, and be ravaged by the tiger and wolf divisions of the foreign race."

   "Even if that day comes, I am not afraid. As long as you are here, the Tartars will be expelled and the Han family will be restored. Yanqing, am I right?" Cao Ping looked at Li Yanqing expectantly.

  Li Yanqing nodded, "Grandfather is right. If that day comes, there will be tens of thousands of Song Erlangs who will step forward to protect their family and country, and Yanqing is no exception!"

   Cao Ping smiled approvingly and said, "He's such an upright good man. It's her luck that Yunniang is able to marry you. You are going to get married in three days. After you get married, you will go to Jiayu County to take office together."

Although Mrs. Wang wanted her daughter to marry the Wang family and regretted the marriage with Li Yanqing, it was a pity that the Cao family was not in charge of her, and her husband, who was always obedient, also behaved very ineffectively this time, and the marriage failed in the end. , the daughter has to marry that Li Yanqing.

Even though Mrs. Wang was unwilling in every possible way, she was helpless. Seeing that her daughter had a relationship with her, she didn't want her daughter to marry with resentment, so Mrs. Wang had no choice but to go to her daughter to confess her mistake, and then wiped away tears in front of her daughter. Speaking of the pain of giving birth to her own child, the kind-hearted Cao Yun forgave her mother's absurdity, and the mother and daughter reunited.

On February 15th, everything will be auspicious. This is undoubtedly an extremely rare and good day. Whether it is business opening, housewarming, wedding, ground breaking, or going out, it will be held today, so today's capital is extremely lively. There were crackling firecrackers, and there were hundreds of households getting married today alone. You can see red and green hangings on the doors of people's doors everywhere, and big "囍" on the door.

Of course, today is also an important day for Li Yanqing to marry his wife. According to the plan, most of the wedding will be held in the Fanlou, and then returned to his own mansion when sent to the bridal chamber. It was in the mansion of Li Daqi on Freezer Street. This was the unanimous decision of Li Daqi and the Cao family. The reason is very simple. Not long ago, there was a murder case in the mansion of Yunqiqiao. Even if the monks of Shuyun Temple came to the backyard to read scriptures for three days and three nights, it would not be diluted. The murderous look in the backyard.

  In addition, the Freezer Street is not far from the Fanlou, and it is easy to send it to the bridal chamber.

Before dawn, a dozen or so female guests of the Cao family brought a few oxcarts and goods to Li Daqi's house on Freezer Street to make beds. Making beds is a popular term for arranging the bridal chamber, and it is an important part of getting married. It's a bit like today's man prepares the house In the same way that the woman is responsible for the decoration, the man's house needs to prepare the room and bed cabinets, while the woman's home is prepared to furnish it, which is also a part of the woman's dowry, and it is often decorated magnificently to show the financial resources of the woman's family.

  The bridal chamber is located in a small courtyard in the backyard. There are two rooms, which have been kept empty all the time. It is actually Li Yanqing's room, but Li Yanqing has never lived in it, and it happened to be used as the bridal chamber today.

Mrs. Yang is responsible for the reception at the bridal chamber. Li Daqi went to the fan building early in the morning. Today, there are many guests from both the man's house and the woman's house. The clan, including those from Tangyin County and the capital, as well as some giant merchants in the capital, are all business friends of Li Daqi, and there are also important managers of Baoyanzhai.

Li Daqi calculated that at least five or six hundred people would come today, and only the Fanlou is the most suitable. The biggest advantage of the Fanlou is that it can separate the guests from the man's family and the woman's family. The Cao family's guests are mainly officials and eunuchs, while Most of Li's guests were celebrities in shopping malls, and it seemed that the two parties were a bit out of tune. Li Daqi thought it over and over again, and still felt that it was most appropriate to sit separately.

Of course, it is not the first time that a wedding ceremony is held in the building, but it is by no means a common thing. It will cost at least tens of thousands of dollars to set up the building for a day. As a gift, the guests are based on the family, and each family will send a red treasure box worth 50 guan. Li Daqi has already spent close to 30,000 guan for this wedding. There is only one son. Of course, Li Daqi will not be stingy. He also didn't want to be looked down upon by the Cao family for being poor.

   "Just a little to the right, and a little more!"

A huge "囍" character is being hung in the atrium garden of the fan building. This "囍" character is hollowed out and carved from golden nanmu. It is one foot long and wide, and weighs a thousand catties. The colorful satin looks extraordinarily happy and rich.

  Li Daqi was also raising his head to pay attention to the hoisting of the character "囍". He said to the steward, "Go a little further to the right, in the middle of the pair of red candles below!"

  The steward immediately shouted: "One more foot to the right, yes! Move slowly and follow my command."

  At this time, a young servant stepped forward and said to Li Daqi: "Xiao Li's drumming team is here, waiting outside!"

Li Daqi was overjoyed, and quickly turned around and walked outside. Xiao Li's drumming team is the most famous drumming team in the capital. It is said that they can play passionately. For 300 guan, their business was scheduled until the end of the year. Li Daqi spent 500 guan to join the team and invited them to come and brag for a day.

The leader of the drumming team is also surnamed Li, and his nickname is Li Suona. He is an old man in his sixties. Although he is not young, he is full of energy and walks very vigorously. Seeing Li Daqi coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and smiled: " Greetings to Master Li!"

  Li Daqi laughed and said, "Today we have the leader of Lao Li and everyone."

   "You don't have to be polite, Mr. Li. We're just going to eat this bowl of rice. We promise to satisfy Mr. Li. I don't know when we will set off to greet the relatives?"

   "There is still a while. Shen Shi will set off at a quarter, and there will be arrangements for the team leader. What a coincidence, he is here!"

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  (end of this chapter)

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