Chapter 218: Half Sober and Half Drunk
Chapter 219: Half Sober and Half Drunk
Surrounded by everyone, the head wolf was sent to the Dai Mansion in Ningyuan City, and after the luncheon where everyone was a little restrained, Ye Tao and Dai Yun walked side by side, and after a small circle around Ning Yuan, they came to the newly renovated Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion. Because in fact, whether it is Ye Tao or Tan Weixin and Dai Yun in the future, most of the time will be around Yunzhou while patrolling and dealing with various affairs, even if they want to get together, they may also choose those elegant villas and gardens scattered all over Yunzhou, the renovation of Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion makes the entire Jingluo Mansion building complex more like a mixture of office areas and salon-style gardens, but it is very suitable for holding all kinds of large-scale banquets. Although there is also a very comfortable residential area, it does not occupy a major position in the entire Jinglue Mansion, but it is very in line with Ye Tao's style of emphasizing space utilization and living comfort.
Although from noon, there is an endless stream of people arriving at Jinglue Mansion one after another, but the entire Jinglue Mansion arranges all kinds of different guests according to their respective fields and status, and arranges each other's distant relatives to enjoy tea and chat in different halls, and this subtle arrangement even takes care of those who usually have discord with each other, and divides them into different halls, which alone makes all the guests feel heartwarming. And elders such as Dai Shikui and Ye Laogeng, who have a good temperament, happily shuttle between different halls, chatting with everyone, and even allowing some people who do not have a deep misunderstanding to be mediated. The long waiting time before the wedding reception turned into a great networking opportunity. There is no doubt that all kinds of precious gifts sent by distinguished guests from all walks of life are piled up, and the guests from all walks of life have also learned a lot about the new products of Ye's Workshop, Yunzhou and Dongping through the pre-banquet waiting and banquet, and learned what kind of attractive land Yunzhou will be in the future. And from this point of view, the wait before the banquet turned into a very successful large-scale PR campaign.
The banquet is opened by the aroma of wine. Just when the banquet was about to be held in the evening, not long after the busy servants in the entire Jingluo Mansion went to inform everyone that they could be seated at any time, when those who were temporarily seconded from the famous restaurants in Danyang came to Yunzhou and Ningyuan. The men who came to improve the service quality of the wedding banquet began to pat open a jar buried in the ground and seal the earth with a daughter who was the same age as Dai Yun, began to boil the beeswax used to seal the mouths of the large porcelain bottles that had been transported from all over the world, began to pry open the oak barrels that had just arrived from the Gray Goose Winery, began to open the delicate clay bottles with the mark of the Gray Goose, and began to routinely divide the various wines according to the number of people at each table and whether they drank alcohol or not. The rich aroma of wine almost hooked all the gourmets among the guests. The variety and quality of the wine presented at this wedding banquet was unprecedented. Even when Ye Tao married Tan Weixin, it was far from comparable, and it could almost be said to be a small-scale wine expo. And among the various aromas of various place names and good wines, a faint, smoky aroma stands out for its opinion. As a result, everyone began to know the Ballin Tan of Grey Goose Winery from the mouths of those guys, and also began to know that Grey Goose Winery also has a more special and fierce wine called "Grey Goose Essence Wine...... Although Ye Tao is good at taking advantage of various opportunities, he doesn't want to deliberately turn his wedding into a Ballantine's conference and wine tasting party, so I'm sorry for myself and I'm sorry for Dai Yun. But among those officials at all levels who work in the Agricultural Trade Bureau. Many people know that the Grey Goose Winery is actually a real estate industry of Ye Tao, and it is an important part of the Agricultural Trade Bureau's research and development of new products to open up the market. Unconsciously, Ballantine's Tan and fine wine have become the central topic of discussion. It can only be regarded as the quality of the Ballantine's Whisky soaked in oak barrels is very average, and in terms of quality, it is not the same as those aged authentic daughter reds, but these whiskies are taken from the distilled heart. Winning in high alcohol content, he quickly caught a large number of gourmets. And the pure ferocity of fine wine has already conquered Ye Tao's clan guards, and now, fine wine has quickly become the favorite of Yunzhou locals and Yunzhou clan members.
No one could have imagined. Before the banquet began, everyone began to drink, and they drank quite a lot. Ballantine's Tan only provided a little sample for everyone to taste, but the fine wines with simple materials and simple processes were basically openly supplied. Before the official banquet, there were already many people drunk, and these drunk people also became a scenery of this unique wedding.
And in accordance with the customs of Yunzhou, when toasting the guests attending the banquet. Ye Tao suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap. The tribal feast is held by the whole clan around a few bonfires, even if the groom is drunk, it doesn't matter if everyone drinks a few more cups, after all, there are not many seats. In the face of the dense 30 seats in the infield and 50 seats in the outfield, Ye Tao didn't even walk around. In fact, when he walked to the fourth table of the Blood Qi Army officer corps, he began to get dizzy, and almost subconsciously drank and gave speeches. It lasted until the nineteenth table. Ye Tao fell.
Anyway, though. A custom is a custom, and when the bridegroom is returned to his tent, the feast continues. And whether it was the officers of the Blood Qi Army and the Tieyun Cavalry, or even the noble status of Tan Weiran, they didn't dare to mention half of the matter about the haunting cave room. Ye Tao may admit that he is a groom who has the obligation to entertain the public, but Dai Yun's abnormality and shyness in the past few days can be seen by everyone. Just this afternoon, when Ye Tao and Dai Yun walked side by side, in the face of the crowding, cheering, and goodwill coaxing and laughing of the people of Yunzhou, the blush on Dai Yun's face never subsided. Other women may be overwhelmed when they are shy and nervous, but will Dai Yun? Maybe it would, but no one dared to test it. Everyone knows that Dai Yun may not be at a loss, but if he is harassed and exceeds the limits of what she can tolerate, this former overseer of the Blood Qi Army and the overseer of the Yunzhou Economic Strategy Mansion Command will be furious.
There are indeed various differences in marriage customs from place to place, but at least this wedding has one thing in common with regular weddings, and that is that Dai Yun had to wait silently in that cave room. When Ye Tao was sent into the backyard by a large group of people much earlier than expected, Dai Yun asked Guan Huan who was smiling with some incredulity, "What's wrong?" ”
"He poured himself out of the liquor." Guan Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not a drink to drown your sorrows." ”
Dai Yunya itched, if she had a cavalry sword in her hand at this time, she would definitely slash towards Guan Huan without hesitation, even if she knew that her Lotus Leaf Sword Peng Ji's high apprentice was too far behind Guan Huan, even if it was Lotus Leaf Sword Peng Ji himself, she might not be Guan Huan's opponent now. However, Guan Huan's bad mouth is notoriously, and Dai Yun also feels that it is not necessary to have the same knowledge as such a person. "So," she asked, "...... Haven't you prepared yet? How much longer? ”
Guan Huan put away his joking expression and replied seriously: "Those attendants of the guests are lively now, and there is no way to get out of the stables and parking lots. I have ordered two carriages to be borrowed from Dai's Mansion and to come in directly through the door of the storeroom in the backyard. It's about half an hour. The guards are ready to go at any time. ”
"Help Ye Tao into the room first." Dai Yun said helplessly. There are security considerations, and there are other factors, and they are only nominally in Ningyuan Cave House today. With so many guests and their attendants filling the Jinglu Mansion, there was no way to count whether the people had left or not after the banquet was over, and it was hard to say whether there would be people with ill intentions lurking in the Jinglu Mansion and waiting for an opportunity. Moreover, after today's wedding banquet, coupled with the consumption of various gifts sent out by the two families, almost half of Ning Yuan was drunk, and this environment was really not reassuring. As long as the carriage and horses are ready, they will return to the lodge where they had stayed.
Putting Ye Taoping on the bed, lighting the refreshing incense in the room, taking off his shoes for Ye Tao, and untying the clothes outside, Dai Yun actually felt that it seemed that these things that he didn't do much, and even said that he had never done them, were not so annoying. Ye Tao who was sleeping was very different from the temperament he usually showed. Although Ye Tao is usually gentle and kind, he doesn't put on a show much, but all kinds of complicated things need to be done, and all kinds of things need to be considered, so that he is always in a state of thinking. This kind of Ye Tao shows a unique sharpness, a power that is not aggressive but can be convincing. And Ye Tao, who was asleep, was so quiet. And in this quiet, there seems to be something else hidden. Dai Yun felt that even in his sleep, Ye Tao did not let go of all his burdens, let go of all the complicated and difficult work that he might only be able to handle in this world, and got a rare peace. Ye Tao's brows were in an almost imperceptible arc, making his calm expression mixed with a little bit of ridicule, was he thinking about something? Maybe some kind of self-deprecation?
Observing her husband for the first time, Dai Yun found it very interesting. From now on, she had enough time to get to know this interesting person, but the corners of her mouth also curved into a self-deprecating arc. She pushed open the door, revealing a narrow gap, and she said to Pomegranate, who was waiting outside the door for any orders, "Pomegranate, give me a warm pot of wine." Just a little bit, get me some beef......"
"Yes......" Pomegranate's current demeanor can be called "petrified", she was confused all of a sudden, and she couldn't understand what tricks her young lady, who had always been a bit maverick, was going to do. But she still fulfilled Dai Yun's instructions with the highest efficiency.
Dai Yun set up his daughter Hong, who was the same age as him, on the table in the room and set up the beef. While looking at the sleeping Ye Tao's unique demeanor and listening to Ye Tao's even and steady breathing, she drank wine and ate the best salted buffalo beef with residual warmth. Drinking in her husband's sleeping position, she didn't know if she was the first.