After attending the wedding of An Yumeng and Xu Xiaoxiao, Shi Lei and Laura also had to pack their things and prepare to return to China with their parents for the New Year. It just so happened that An Yumeng also went out to enjoy his honeymoon, and the private restaurant simply gave out the New Year's red envelopes and rested first.

After returning to China, whether it was my sister's family who had known the news for a long time, or the relatives of Shi Lei's parents at both ends, they all sent sincere blessings to Shi Lei.

I have long been looking forward to Shi Lei, the eldest grandson, being able to start a family as soon as possible, and then the grandparents who will spread the branches of the old Shi family, are even more smiling.

Shi Lei's father discussed with the family who would attend the engagement ceremony and who would go to the wedding on Midi's side.

Although a few uncles felt that it would be better to participate in the domestic wedding directly, but if the wedding on Midi's side was not attended by Shi Lei's relatives, it seemed that it was not enough to pay attention to it.

So in the end, it was simply decided that Shi Lei's family invited all their relatives to travel there together. Simply all the old and young on both sides went over there, and of course the accommodation fees and the like were borne by Shi Lei's family.

Colin and Emily also said the same thing, but they planned to cover all the accommodation fees of Shi Lei's relatives and everything. Because according to the custom of the Mi Di, all the expenses of the wedding, including the wedding banquet, are borne by the woman.

Colin and Emily are also not bad money, Laura said in private that they must be worth several times more than Shi Lei, and Shi Lei still has hard work to reach their level. Besides, they only have a child like Laura, of course they don't mind spending more on Laura and letting their daughter marry a little more beautifully. Of course, it will be too public, which is contrary to the way of life of their elders.

Shi Lei also notified his children and classmates that Shi Lei had said about the time of his two weddings. Anyway, if you want to go to Midi's side to attend the wedding, Shi Lei also covers the round-trip travel expenses and accommodation expenses, anyway, these money are really nothing to Shi Lei.

However, most of his classmates and friends still said that they would come to this wedding in China. The main thing is that they are all working now, and it is better to stay at the end of the year during the holidays, although they actually want to go to Midi to have a look, and Shi Lei, a local tyrant, is in charge of the three guarantees. Of course, at the party, they also expressed their blessings to Shi Lei.

In addition to the usual non-stop gatherings, Shi Lei also went to his ancestral grave with his father to worship his ancestors.

This ancestor worship still has a different meaning, it is to tell the ancestors that your descendant Shi Lei is about to get married, and the family is going to import Ding again.

In addition, taking advantage of the opportunity to engage in activities during the Chinese New Year, Shi Lei took Laura to choose the 5 gold that must be prepared when getting engaged according to domestic customs. Of course, it is not the five metals of gold, silver, copper, iron and aluminum, nor the hardware parts such as water pipes and faucets, but the meaning of five pieces of gold jewelry.

In China, there has always been a tradition of making pure gold jewelry, and gold jewelry thousands of years ago has reached a very beautiful stage. Nowadays, with the development of technology, the gold jewelry made is of course more beautiful.

Shi Lei took Laura directly to Lao Fengxiang, the most famous in China, and the style he chose belonged to the combination of classical and modern, which happened to be Laura's favorite style.

The five gold ornaments include a gold step, a pair of gold earrings, a gold collar, a pair of gold rings, and a pair of gold bracelets. With a beautiful ornamentation, the gold of this water does not give people a vulgar and unbearable feeling, but looks very elegant.

If it is paired with a red traditional wedding dress, it should complement each other, which can well reflect the classical style, which is suitable for the needs of Shi Lei and Laura in the traditional Chinese wedding that will be held on Midi's side, which is why Shi Lei insists on matching Laura with such a set of gold jewelry in China.

The gold jewelry made abroad must lack some of this traditional taste, but it is not beautiful. Especially Jin Buyao, it is definitely a very exemplary piece of equipment.

After getting these things, Shi Lei's family's Spring Festival trip is over. With all the many things purchased in China, and the second uncle and a few of their relatives who were going to witness the engagement process, the family set off back to the stone ranch again.

After coming back, Shi Lei, as a landlord, is also a junior, so he should lead a few elders who came to watch the ceremony to go out for a walk, but the time before the engagement is very limited after all, Shi Lei just led everyone to the city of Los Angeles to go around, and then took several relatives to the stone ranch, but the ranch is enough for them to play for a few days.

This is also the first time they have seen a real ranch, so they are very excited to board the hummingbird helicopter piloted by Shi Lei and take a general look at the situation of the ranch. Of course, like many people, he took out his mobile phone to record the beauty of the pasture. After landing safely, they still ran to the ranch with excitement to take a good look.

Shi Lei's many pets also left a deep impression on them, and there are very few beasts like cougars and brown bears in China, not to mention that Shi Lei is still kept in his own house.

The second gold nugget still showed his enthusiasm, and they hugged the second uncle one by one, which made several relatives tremble and be full of curiosity and excitement at the same time.

The gold nugget still knows how to measure things, and no one of the relatives who hugged him grinned his teeth. Seeing that the two fierce beasts of gold nuggets and hairballs were so easy to get along with, the second uncle and they all relaxed. Slowly get used to their storage, and they won't be nervous, and they will accompany these pets to play some games like catching frisbees.

Jin Nugget has always liked frisbee games, every time he sees a frisbee, he will run to the second uncle and them with a frisbee in his mouth, looking at them expectantly with a smile on his face. When they took the frisbee and threw it out, the nuggets immediately turned into hounds chasing their prey and ran away with the frisbee.

It's just that its flesh and fat flying in the wind and its rumbling footsteps are destroying the originally harmonious picture, always adding some laughter to this discordant scene.

With the help of Gan Hongxiang, who was brought in as a nominal matchmaker, the second uncle and the others finally went to Colin's house to complete the process. sent Shi Lei's birthday to Colin's hand, as well as the slip to check the day, and of course, Shi Lei's dowry for marrying Laura.

According to the domestic custom, a dowry of 10,000 yuan or 100,000 yuan is generally given, which means that one's daughter-in-law is one out of ten thousand or one out of 100,000 miles.

And Shi Lei directly sent a cash check for one million US dollars, and a gold coin in the best condition found from the wreck this time. The meaning is also easy to understand, that is, Laura is a rare shining gold among millions of people in Shi Lei's eyes, and it is a treasure that gold cannot be exchanged.

Shi Lei didn't collect all these gold coins by himself, but sent 2 sets to each uncle and aunt's house. Because each family happens to be two children of the same age as Shi Lei, it is quite appropriate to look back as a gift when they get married.

After going through the necessary procedures, it was soon time to get on the day of the engagement ceremony. Emily's new wedding dress for Laura is still in the process of being made, and Shi Lei's two dresses are also being made by the high-class tailors in Laura's studio, so neither of them wore particularly formal clothes to attend the engagement ceremony.

Shi Lei is still wearing a new Chinese dress made for him by Laura, and Laura herself wore a beautiful cheongsam with a special buckle custom-made from the magic capital.

Most of the people who came were relatives of Laura, led by Mr. Huang, Colin and Emily, of course, and several of Laura's uncles and siblings.

Originally, it was meant to be simple, and the private restaurant was filled with exactly 4 tables, and the people who came were generally close relatives.

Including the influential son-in-law of the Huang family, a white congressman named Xister (a guest appearance by the book friend), was also present. Because the relationship between his wife and Colin is still a relatively close relative, there is also movement between the two families.

The only one who is not a relative on both sides is Siro Yuin (a guest appearance of a book friend) as the host of the scene. Of course, he only made a temporary cameo, and his job is the new mayor of Los Angeles, who has been in office for a short time. But he is humorous and an old friend of Colin, and he has been addicted to being a host, and he also has the meaning of being a witness to this engagement.

There is no shortage of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, and Chinese Americans can be regarded as one of the main minorities here, so the new mayor has a good understanding of the customs of many porcelain countries. And it is not the first time that he has participated in the engagement and marriage ceremonies of the Chinese, and he has been specially instructed by Colin before, and he is still comfortable presiding over it.

Moreover, Xiluo Youyin really has a good set of how to mobilize the atmosphere of the scene, and impromptu speeches are one of the foundations of these politicians. Shi Lei's engagement was just a small scene for him, and the laughter of an engagement ceremony that might have been a little dull never stopped.

In the interval between Siro Youyin's ridicule, all the official content is also in decline. Shi Lei's parents, Colin and Emily were also invited to the stage, Shi Lei and Laura went up to officially change their words and call their parents, and by the way, they also earned a thick fee for changing their mouths.

Shi Lei's father specially walked on stage to pay tribute to the guests present, for the father who is used to seeing these scenes, all kinds of words are also at hand, winning a round of applause from the Huang family, and then the engagement banquet is officially started.

Of course, my mother, who is one of the protagonists today, will definitely not be able to cook. Colin directly arranged for a chef to come over and act as the head of the day. Don't forget that there are many people in the Huang family who run restaurants, so it's not too easy to transfer a chef. With the ingredients of Stone Ranch as the base, this table of dishes made the guests present very satisfied. R1152