Chapter 138: The County Magistrate's Collective Wedding (2)
Jiang Tao and Jiang Yingying's wedding is scheduled for the ninth day of the lunar month, that is, January 8, 2006. Ji Yanran and Zheng Jiguo also set the wedding date on the same day.
On the square of Jiangning New Village, two beautiful rainbow doors were erected, which read: Congratulations to Jiang Tao and Jiang Yingying on their new marriage; Congratulations to Zheng Jiguo and Ji Yanran on their eternal union. The entire square floor was covered with a red carpet, and countless colorful helium balloons floated in the sky.
Building No. 1 of Jiangning New Village, on both sides of the doors of the two units next to each other, are pasted with big happy words.
Hearing that the county magistrate of Jiang, who led the villagers on the road to prosperity, was going to get married, the fathers and villagers of all villages in Jiangning Town came, signed their names in the gift book, threw down a red envelope and turned to leave. Originally, Jiang Tao and his family had agreed that Jiangning New Village would only charge 100 yuan for gifts, and if there was more, no other villages would accept anything, but what happened now was far beyond Jiang Tao's control.
Xia Zhu and Wu Xinyi, who were in charge of taking care of the gift money, were stunned by the rapidly growing amount of gift money, only a few hours, the gift money reached more than 300,000, and people kept throwing red envelopes in front of them, and some people even didn't leave their names, Xia Zhu and Wu Xinyi explained with dry mouths, but where did people listen to it, they said one after another, without the county magistrate Jiang, there would be no their today, just a few hundred yuan, it doesn't represent the mind at all, if it weren't for the fear that the county magistrate Jiang Tao would make a mistake, they might pay more.
Xia Zhu hurriedly ran upstairs and told Jiang Tao about the situation, Jiang Tao was also very embarrassed, after all, this is in the countryside, and returning the gift money in person is a very shameless thing for anyone, Jiang Tao thought about it again and again and said: "Zhuzi, remember to check the money accurately, and then talk about it." ”
The large and small cadres in the county were vaccinated by Ji Zhengxiang in advance, and no one came with the ceremony, but except for the one on duty normally, the rest came, and the county magistrate got married, and there was no need to follow the ceremony, why didn't he come?
Ji Zhengxiang and the members of the Standing Committee of the county came to the small square of Zhangning New Village, and they were stunned by the scene in front of them, the scene was crowded with people, but no one made a loud noise, everything was so orderly, as if it had been rehearsed in advance. Ji Zhengxiang said with emotion: "Comrades! This is the charm of personality, being an official to Jiang Tao will die without regrets! After finishing speaking, he felt unlucky, and quickly slapped his mouth a few times, causing the surrounding Standing Committee members to laugh.
Just when Ji Zhengxiang and the county Standing Committee members sighed, a few cars drove over from afar, Ji Zhengxiang was presbyopia, he saw the distance very clearly, and when he saw the people who got off the car, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said to others: "Quick!" Hurry up and greet it! ”
Zhou Chuanxing, the first secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Tong Jiansheng, director of the Department of Communications, Bi Fudao, commander of the Qilu Military Division, and Meng Xiangbin, secretary of the Jibei Municipal Party Committee, walked over.
"Leaders! Jiang Tao was busy dressing upstairs and couldn't come to greet him, so I apologized to the leaders on his behalf. Ji Zhengxiang hurriedly played a round for Jiang Tao.
"Hehe, Comrade Zhengxiang, don't take it on yourself, we are also uninvited, let's wait for the groom together." Bi Fudao said with a smile.
"Commander Bi, you are here, and I am the officiant, so let it be given to you." Ji Zhengxiang said.
"Hehe, what do you think I'm here for, it's to rob this red flower on your chest." Bi Fudao made a joke.
But other cadres in Zhangning County don't think so, Jiang Tao's wedding came to two members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and one provincial first secretary, what does it mean?
Seeing so many people at the wedding scene, several provincial leaders were also shocked, this kind of scene is really rare.
At 10:58 a.m., the families of the two couples walked out of the staircase with the bride and groom in their arms, and a passage was automatically opened for them, and the huge square fell silent for a moment.
Jiang Yingying and Ji Yanran were like immortals, wearing white wedding dresses, each holding the groom's arm and walking to the stage.
Suddenly, the affectionate wedding march sounded over the square, and Bi Fudao walked onto the stage with the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Gentlemen! Ladies! Two couples are invited to make their debut! Don't say that Bi Fudao really has the presiding style of his younger brother Bi Fujian, the audience immediately applauded thunderously, and cheers resounded in the sky.
Someone in the audience began to whisper: "Dude, who is this host on the stage, he really has a fan." ”
"Cut, I don't know, he is the commander of our provincial military division, this Jiang county magistrate is really good."
"Shhhh Someone next to him was unwilling.
"There are witnesses, Mr. Zhang Jianxin to testify." Bi Fudao said.
Zhang Jianxin walked on stage, picked up the two marriage certificates, and read: "Jiang Tao, male ......" After reading the two marriage certificates, Zhang Jianxin distributed the marriage certificates to the two couples, and then added: "Ladies and gentlemen, I can now announce that the two couples will have a license to drive in the future!" The audience burst into laughter, and Zhang Jianxin was afraid that Jiang Tao would kick him, so he hurriedly ran down.
"The groom is invited to make a wedding speech on behalf of Jiang Tao!" Bi Fudao shouted.
Jiang Tao walked to the microphone and said loudly: "Today is the day of my great joy with Mr. Zheng Jiguo, on behalf of Mr. Zheng Jiguo, I will recite a small poem I wrote to the two brides to express our hearts: Inadvertently, I have embedded my thoughts about you in my heart." When you are tired, a pair of hands will come and pinch your shoulders; When it rains, I hold up an umbrella for you, and when you need it, I will stand by your side. Although I don't know what * love is, I am willing to be with you for life. Thank you! ”
The corners of Jiang Yingying and Ji Yanran's eyes moistened, only they understood in their hearts that Jiang Tao's poems were for the two of them.
"Parents from both sides are invited to the stage!" Bi Fudao is really presiding.
Jiang Tao's parents, Jiang Yingying's parents, and Ji Yanran's parents came to the stage one after another, and the fathers of the two brides grabbed the hands of their respective daughters and handed them to Jiang Tao and Zheng Jiguo respectively. As for why Zheng Jiguo's parents didn't show up, no one cares, after all, today's protagonist is Jiang Tao.
"The bride and groom exchange rings!" Bi Fudao shouted, Jiang Tao wondered in his heart, whether Commander Bi was from a wedding company, why was he so clear.
The two couples on the stage put rings on each other's fingers.
"Three bows to the newcomer! One bow to the heavens and the earth, two bows to thank the guests, and three bows to thank the parents! Bi Fudao shouted.
Jiang Tao and the others collectively bowed three times according to Bi Fudao's command.
"Representatives of both parents are invited to speak!" Bi Fudao shouted.
Ji Zhongxia walked to the microphone and said: "On behalf of Jiang Yingying's parents, I will say a few words, we are very relieved to hand over our daughter to Jiang Tao and Zheng Jiguo, and I hope that the two couples will live happily and grow old!" ”
The audience was full of joy again!
"Invite the newlyweds to give tea to each other's parents!" Bi Fudao shouted.
Jiang Tao picked up the teacup and walked to Jiang Yingying's parents: "Dad, Mom!" Please drink tea! Seeing such an excellent son-in-law, Ying Yingniang happily wiped away her tears, and Ying Ying's father whispered on the side: "There are so many big officials, don't embarrass your son-in-law." ”
Jiang Yingying and Zheng Jiguo also walked to each other's parents with teacups and toasted tea.
It is said that the wedding ceremony is over here, but I didn't expect Bi Fudao to say loudly: "I invite two couples to come to the stage!" ”
It is not difficult for careful people to find that the arrangement of the four people on the stage is very interesting, Jiang Tao stretched out his hand to hold Jiang Yingying's waist, on the other side of his body was Ji Yanran, followed by Zheng Jiguo, I don't know who said something, the four of them held each other's hands, if there was no Zheng Jiguo, it would seem that Jiang Tao was marrying with two brides.
At this time, Ji Zhengxiang and Xia Zhu also walked to the stage, and Xia Zhu took the microphone in Bi Fudao's hand and said: "Folks! And the leaders of the big officials! Originally, Brother Jiang didn't let me receive the gift money, but I didn't complete the task, how can I stop it, I reported the number of gifts, today I received a total of 1.32 million yuan in gift money, I have the account book in my hand, and some people threw down the gift money and left, without registration, Brother Jiang decided that he took out another 180,000 yuan, made up a whole number, donated to our town middle school, and went to a few high-standard computer rooms, so that our children and children in the city can learn to make microcomputers. ”
There was an uproar in the audience, everyone didn't expect Jiang Tao to do this, many people had tears in their eyes, what a good person.
Ji Zhengxiang took the microphone and said: "Originally, a wedding banquet was arranged, but there were too many guests to satisfy everyone, I apologize on behalf of the parents of both sides, you can go to the exit of the square to receive a piece of candy, and dip the joy of the two couples, as for lunch, I see everyone go home and eat their own!" The audience burst into good-natured laughter.
Bi Fudao took the microphone and said loudly: "I announce!" The wedding ceremony of the two couples is now complete! Firecrackers go off! ”
Suddenly, the salute placed in the far side of the square began to fire into the sky, a full thousand and eight sounds, in the festive salute, people walked to the exit of the square in an orderly manner, took away the candy, and left a silent blessing to Jiang Tao.
Many years later, Jiang Tao's wedding has been talked about by people, and Qilu officialdom has also regarded this wedding as a model, which Jiang Tao did not expect.