On Saturday morning, Chrissy and Mark woke up early to get ready for the evening's party. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Mark, are you sure all the invitations are sent out?" Chrissy was stuffing the fridge with drinks and beer, which were essential consumables for the evening.

"Of course, I've even been invited"

Not far away, Mark was also patiently arranging the interior decorations, and outside their house, the party company was also in full swing to arrange the outdoor things.

The party culture in the United States is quite strong, and almost everything you need for a party can be arranged by a dedicated party company, and the host only needs to greet the guests at the beginning of the party.

If Chrissy hadn't insisted on participating in the first engagement ceremony in her life, the two would have been in control.

After all, both of them have a lot of annual income, Chrissy is the design director of "Vogue", and Mark is a software engineer by profession, working for the famous Google.

Mark had already purchased a detached villa in Queens, a wealthy area called "Red Tomatoes," two years ago.

For most Americans who are accustomed to renting a house, Mark is an outlier in buying a property early, but the real American society is like this, why do most people prefer to rent rather than buy?

Are they really unwilling to have a house that belongs to them forever? (Home ownership in the United States is permanent.) ）

The answer is that most people can't afford to buy a house at all, the concept of early consumption in the United States is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, most people are in the habit of not saving, coupled with the thinking of timely fun, a freehold house for them, is the same as the Chinese people's feeling about the housing prices in the capital.

Despair!

And there is only one reason why Mark can afford to buy a house, he is very rich, a lot of annual salary, plus Google's internal subscription of equity to reward elites, although it is only a small 0.03% equity, but with Google's current market value, his net worth is about millions of dollars, to say the least. (Google's market capitalization is about 500 billion.) ）

Plus he's a rather low-key and imaginatively lacked tech otaku, and his biggest hobby is playing games, where do you say he's going to spend this money?

Finally, at Chrissy's suggestion two years ago, he bought the property, which will now become a love nest for the two.

"Chrissy, I guess we should take a break?" suggested Mark breathlessly after setting up the last set of lights.

As a technical otaku who is not diligent in all four bodies, this kind of physical work is still quite stressful for him.

"Hani, I think you're going to go to the gym, I don't want my future baby to be as thin as you. Chrissy pouted, her words full of sweetness, and now she was ready to have children in the future.

"Okay, I'll go to the gym tomorrow!" Mark replied without thinking.

Since the successful marriage proposal, he has been very obedient to Chrissy, after all, he still doesn't know that his father-in-law can't pass it.

Although he attended the dinner of Chrissy's family the day before yesterday, the old man did not nod his head on the spot, and agreed to say that Chrissy entrusted it to him.

In the United States, the main purpose of an engagement ceremony is to propose, and the final consent of the woman's father or immediate family members can be considered to be completed.

In general, the engagement ceremony is more solemn than the formal wedding, in order to witness the birth of a couple. (Marriage is quite sacred in the minds of Westerners, of course, if you have experienced a lot, so be it, you haven't been married a few times in the United States, and you are embarrassed to say hello.) ）

But this did not affect Chrissy and Mark's yearning for the sweet life, and the two lay on the sofa, whispering.

Suddenly, a low roar of engines was heard in the courtyard, which seemed to stop at the door of their house.

Then the clerk of the party company in the courtyard knocked on the door and walked in, saying, "Mr. Green, Miss Chrissy, there is a gentleman out there looking for you." ”

Chrissy and Mark glanced at each other, a little strange, could it be that there are invited guests to the door now?

It's too early.

Although they were a little surprised, Chrissy and Mark also hurriedly got up and walked out of the house, and at a glance they saw the visitors in the courtyard.

A straight suit outlines a slender and promoted figure, and her outstanding temperament is eye-catching, but Chrissy can't help but cover her mouth, and say with some surprise: "Oh! Mark, it's him!"

And this person is Chen Senluo.

Mark smiled and nodded, looked at Chen Sen not far away, and walked over.

"Thank you so much for coming, sir. He said sincerely.

"Sorry, I seem to have arrived a little early. Chen Sen smiled.

Chrissy also walked over, shook her head and said, "No, no, it's an honor for us to be able to come to our engagement." ”

The Americans actually use the British style in etiquette, and the words used in the greetings are quite particular, and it is really courteous to those who are truly respected, which also makes Chen Sen feel a little unbearable.

Finally, at the invitation of Mark and Chrissy, he walked into their small villa, with a distinctive European minimalist style, and the space on the first floor was particularly large, but it was not too thin and deserted.

With Chrissy as a girlfriend with high fashion taste, there are unexpected little surprises in almost every corner of the love nest of the two.

Chen Sen, led by Chrissy, visited the residence of the two, Chen Sen exclaimed: "What an enviable love nest, congratulations on you finally coming together, and I also wish you to grow old hand in hand, this is my blessing to you." As he spoke, he pulled out a long box of jewelry from the pocket of his trousers.

Coming to the door to attend a party, a man naturally will not come empty-handed, and it is the engagement ceremony of a couple, how can he send some money?

However, the United States does not have the habit of sending money directly, and generally for the first time, guests will bring some small gifts, such as chocolates, red wine, or exquisite handmade jewelry, etc., which is the basic social knowledge in the United States.

The gift is a Cartie (Cartier) diamond necklace, which is not very precious, this is still a gift that he asked Qingpu to help him buy, because he didn't even get the packaging in a hurry.

"Oh, God, Senci, I think this gift is too expensive!" Chrissy was a little embarrassed to reach for the gift when she saw the word Cartie on the jewelry box.

It's really that this gift is a little too expensive, but Chen Sen didn't care about these things at all, and he gave out tens of thousands of dollars casually, of course he had a purpose.

These are all foreshadowing, there is an old saying in China, it is called eating people with short mouths, and taking people with short hands.

In the end, Chrissy still accepted the gift and opened the jewelry box directly in front of Chen Sen, the dazzling diamond necklace was extremely gorgeous, and a woman's resistance to diamonds was always negative.

This Chrissy asked Mark to put the necklace on for her, "Chrissy, you are beautiful." Mark complimented with flesh.

A man is really a little unaccustomed to the way crooked nuts express their feelings, it's too numb.

Finally, after Chrissy's joy had passed, Chen Sen said his purpose, in fact, he just wanted Mark and Chrissy to do a small favor.

(a bit of a carvin...... ）