Volume 2 The Commodity Society Chapter 97 The Betrothal Feast
The second day of the ninth month, the auspicious day of the zodiac. It is advisable to sacrifice, to seek wealth, to sign a contract, to marry, and to make an alliance.
Two days before the engagement banquet, Chen Dayong and his wife were so busy that they almost didn't even have time to sleep, but they were both very busy and happy and fulfilled.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon of this day, the auspicious time arrived. Chen Dayong's family's greeting team, then drove a dozen expensive cars rented from Xiuzhou City, and slowly went to Xiaguan Village, where the Hongye family is located, to greet relatives, in fact, the distance between the two families is no more than three kilometers, and it will take about ten minutes to walk a little faster, but the times are different, of course the greeting relatives can't walk past, not to mention Chen Dayong's reputation, of course this face project must be done in place, anyway, their family has money, but it is true, and they don't care about this money.
Along the way, these more than a dozen welcoming cars can be described as turtle speed, slower than walking, so because at eleven o'clock in another auspicious time, the bride will be greeted in the car, and more importantly, the welcoming team according to local customs, can not stop halfway, otherwise it will be regarded as unlucky, or the welcoming convoy stops halfway to rest for more than half an hour, and then set off to welcome the relatives will not have to be so troublesome.
For the auspicious time, the convoy could only take a long detour, and after quickly rounding the villages around the center of the town, it finally arrived at Momiji's house at almost eleven o'clock. In a burst of jubilant firecrackers, the Chen family's greeting team quickly unloaded more than a dozen cars full of dowry gifts, and filled Hongye's house to the bridal ground.
Amid the applause, laughter, and congratulations of hundreds of people inside and outside, Chen Feng held the red leaves dressed as a mature little woman on the Cadillac.
On the way back. Of course, there was no need to be so troublesome before, and after a few minutes of hard work, the welcoming team returned to Chenjia Village. There was another crackling firecracker, and Chen Feng, the groom, pulled the bride into his house.
It was at this time that the engagement feast officially began.
For this engagement banquet, Chen Dayong invited almost all the well-known chefs from all towns and villages in the county to put on a feast. The nearly 300-meter-long street leading from Chenjia Village to the town is lined with wine tables. With ten as a unit, each chef is responsible for a unit, a total of more than 20 cooks, set up a large stove made of oil drums on the street, threw off their arms, and took out their own skills to press the bottom of the box, stir-frying in full swing. The sound of stir-frying and shouting sounded all over the street, and it was not a lie that the fragrance of vegetables wafted for ten miles on the street.
Chen Dayong only set up five tables of wine at his house, and the banquet was all relatives, friends and some important guests.
The convoy led by the Hengyang County Party Committee and the county magistrate was the first to arrive, bringing the entire engagement banquet to the first one, followed by the former Township Mayor Zhang, Zhang Chongxi's uncle, and the new mayor of Luo'an City, Zhang Youwei, who came to congratulate him in a private capacity, and he and Chen Dayong's family were so unabashedly intimate. Immediately, a group of county leaders in Hengyang County were compared. Zhang Youwei served as the local township chief that year, and many people recognized him and came over to toast him, and the scene was even more lively, bringing the entire engagement banquet to the second **.
But that's not all. It was as if it had been agreed. Ten minutes after Zhang Youwei's arrival, Liu Yongsheng, then member of the Standing Committee of the Xiuzhou Municipal Party Committee, executive deputy **, political and legal committee**, acting mayor, and his son Liu Dekai, deputy head of Lecheng District, Xiuzhou City, also came to congratulate him in person.
Leaders at all levels in Hengyang County, as well as Zhang Youwei, were all direct subordinates of Liu Yongsheng, and they were all surprised to see him come in person this time, and they all got up to greet him at the table. Liu Yongsheng is now a powerful figure in Xiuzhou City. There are already rumors in officialdom that he, the acting mayor, is likely to become a regular within the year. Even Chen Dayong himself didn't expect Liu Yongsheng to come to congratulate him. I was very useful, and I personally toasted him with a glass of wine.
To say that the county party committee of Hengyang County, the county magistrate and the county-level mayor of Luo'an City came to congratulate them, although the people were a little surprised, they also felt that it was reasonable and could be treated calmly. But now even the mayor of the prefecture-level city has come, although he is still an agent, but the people don't think there is any special difference between the two, they are all admiring again and again. In the past, although it was rumored that Chen Dayong had a deep relationship with the government and had a close relationship with a provincial leader, it was a rumor after all, and most people treated it as a rumor, so they did not take it very seriously. But now that even the mayor of the city has come to congratulate his son on his engagement banquet, the facts are in front of him, so this rumor is not a rumor.
What Chen Dayong's family didn't expect was that even Lei **, who had not been invited in advance, actually heard the news and specially sent his grandson Lei Hongtao to congratulate him. Lei Hongtao himself is nothing, but the representative behind him is Lei **. Of course, Chen Dayong did not dare to slack off, and arranged for him to sit with several heavyweights such as Mayor Liu and Mayor Zhang.
Lei Hongtao was somewhat angry with Chen Feng at first because Fang Wenling broke up with him, but later he had another girlfriend, although his family background is not as good as Fang Wenling, but it can be regarded as a solid family in the city, although her appearance is not as gorgeous as Fang Wenling, but she can also be regarded as beautiful, a small family jasper, what is even more rare is that she is obedient to him, gentle and lovely, Fang Wenling's coquettishness and Ren*, and she is really not comparable to her*. The two now have a substantial relationship, so that Lei Hongtao really understands what ** love is, and is willing to fall into the gentle township. Fang Wenling's place in his heart was completely replaced by his current girlfriend, and then his resentment against Chen Feng naturally dissipated with the wind. Therefore, as soon as he heard that Chen Feng was going to get engaged this time, he took the initiative to ask his grandfather for help and rushed to congratulate him.
Chen Feng only learned the news of Fang Wenling and Lei Hongtao's breakup from his parents a few days ago, he was a little reluctant in his heart, and when he heard that he was coming, he specially brought Hongye over to greet him, and apologized to him in his ear with an intimate attitude.
Lei Hongtao now has no pimple for Chen Feng in his heart, Chen Feng took the initiative to apologize, of course, he had a good impression of Chen Feng, and told him that he already had a new love, so Chen Feng was relieved. The two of them drank a full glass of wine each.
However, at the beginning of him, the big people at this table were clamoring for Chen Feng, the groom official, to toast. Seeing this, Chen Feng couldn't shirk it, so he had the courage to clear the customs with a dozen or so people.
Chen Feng was originally very good at drinking in his previous life, but in this life, probably because of his diligent exercise, coupled with the fact that he has been ** "Arhat Guide Map" for the past few days, his physical quality has improved a lot, and it seems that his drinking power has also been magically improved. As soon as the table was cleared, five or six bottles of beer were drunk into the stomach. I didn't eat much wine and food, and after the toast, he went to the toilet to put the water, but there was nothing at all.
At the beginning of this table, the adjacent tables also coaxed Chen Feng and Hongye to toast. If it were on another occasion, of course Chen Feng could ignore it, but today is his big day, and of course Chen Feng can't let everyone be disappointed.
He simply took Hongye to a table of toasts, and each table was a quick decision, less than half an hour, he toasted all five tables set by his own family, and he seemed to have nothing to do, which made everyone amazed and admired Chen Dayong's son's "massive".
When the banquet was carried out here, there were two more uninvited heavyweights, Wang Ruiguo, the son of Wang **, and Huang Qubo, the full-time secretary of the provincial party committee, and the two actually came together. This time they came in an Audi with only one driver.
Although Huang Qubo's level is about the same as Liu Yongsheng, let alone Wang Ruiguo, as soon as Liu Yongsheng heard that they were coming, he hurriedly left the table with his son, and walked to the door with Chen Dayong to greet him, with the posture of a subordinate to greet a superior. With him taking the lead, those county-level cadres could still sit still, and they all left their seats to follow. Fearing that they would occupy the leader's path, these county-level cadres could only crowd people on both sides of the door, stretching their necks to look out in an orderly manner.
Huang Qubo happened to have a few encounters with Liu Yongsheng, and the two shook hands cordially and introduced Wang Ruiguo to him, Liu Yongsheng was a little flattered and invited them to the banquet and let Wang Ruiguo sit on the main seat.
At this time, Wang Ruiguo's identity had already spread underneath, and everyone was shocked. I thought that a mayor would be the top of the sky, but I didn't expect that there would be two more powerful ones.
Wang Ruiguo came to participate in Chen Feng's engagement banquet this time, in fact, he was very bitter in his heart, such an outstanding young genius, a billionaire, his whole family is very optimistic about him and Xue'er, hoping that they can finally come together, but now that Chen Feng has become the son-in-law of another family, Wang Ruiguo's mood is certainly understandable. But in order to mend the rift between the two families, he could only smile and congratulate Chen Dayong.
Chen Dayong saw that he could come in person on behalf of Wang **, and he also appreciated it in his heart, so he specially sat at the same table with him, drinking and talking together affectionately. Both of them had a tacit understanding not to mention the previous incident, and Quan Dang had never happened.
Everyone saw that Chen Dayong and Wang **'s son were talking and laughing, and their attitudes towards each other were very casual, how could they not see the close relationship between them? It seems that this groom official is really lucky to be the godgrandson of the king. You must know that there are already rumors that Wang ** may enter the Central Committee at the end of the year, and it is very likely that he will become a member of the Standing Committee. If anyone climbs such a heavyweight figure in the country, isn't it the best luck? Everyone is envious and admired.
At the request of his parents, Chen Feng reluctantly took red leaves to toast Wang Ruiguo and Huang Qubo, and both of them sent blessings to them with a smile.
The engagement banquet was eaten from noon to dusk, and the curtain came to a successful end, and hundreds of people received a stomach full of wine and food for free, and even more news. The county party committee leader Daohe is nothing, the mayor Daohe is nothing, but the Daohe of the provincial party committee ** shocked all the guests solidly. The secret that Chen Dayong and other sons had to tell with Wang's ** family became the headline folk news in the entire Hengyang County and even the entire Xiuzhou City for a while.