Chapter 163: The Big Wedding (Part II)
When Li Xiao'e walked out of the Li house with the support of Zhang Ruolan and Li Qingzhao, the onlookers outside the compound were quiet.
Li Xiao'e was wearing a flame-red Hanfu with a red hijab on her head, although she covered her peerless face under the cloth, she still made everyone feel amazing. Because Li Xiao'e's costume was designed by Hua Xiaoqi himself, the materials used are the top Shu brocade. Li Xiao'e's temperament was originally atmospheric and calm, but now under the flaming red wedding dress, it reveals a phoenix-like temperament.
Not only Li Xiao'e is amazing, but even Li Qingzhao and Zhang Ruolan are still inexplicably amazed by the onlookers who think they are well-informed. Li Qingzhao and Zhang Ruolan were both born in the family of eunuchs, and they were already beautiful and elegant, but now they are supporting Li Xiao'e, like two fairies walking with Chang'e in the middle of the moon.
Yue Fei had already jumped off the horse and stood outside the door with a little restraint. Li Qingzhao smiled and handed Li Xiao'e's hand to Yue Fei's hand, and said softly, "Pengju, my sister will be handed over to you." I wish you all a long time and a good 100 years together. ”
Yue Fei said with a smile, "I will never dare to live up to my sister's good words." ”
He took Li Xiao'e's hand and walked in front of Li Bashao, and the two knelt on their knees and kowtowed to Li Bashao three times. Although Li Bashao knew that Li Xiao'e had a trust in this life, but after today, Li Xiao'e became the daughter-in-law of the Yue family, and she couldn't help but feel a kind of desolation in her heart, and she couldn't help but cry.
Li Xiao'e cried, "Daddy, the child is gone." ”
Li Bashao said with half a cry and a half smile, "Okay, good." Xiao'e, I hope you will come to the Yue's house, do good things to your aunt, and respect your husband. ”
Li Xiao'e nodded and said in a low voice, "The child is awake." ”
Li Bashao turned his gaze to Yue Fei again, and said with a smile, "Pengju, I only say four words to you." I believe you. ”
Yue Fei said, "Master Yue, just rest assured. Fei is fortunate to marry Xiao'e as his wife in this life, which is already a generous gift from the emperor. ”
The narrative has been finished, and the eight-lift sedan chair has been lifted to the front, Yue Fei lifted the sedan curtain and helped Li Xiao'e into the sedan chair. The wedding deacon immediately waved his hand, and the firecrackers and gongs and drums rang out again.
Yue Fei turned over and got on his horse and walked in sync with the sedan chair. At this time, it was Jiao Wentong who led the horse, and it was Li Heng who escorted the sedan chair. The girl Fluttershy followed Li Qingzhao's sedan chair and walked towards Pan Lou step by step.
Pan Lou is the largest restaurant in Bianliang, if you talk about the scale of the large, the essence of the banquet, at least can throw off the eight streets of Fan Lou. The boss of Pan Lou is surnamed Cao, and he is a descendant of Cao Bin, the founding military god of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Although the Song Dynasty said that it emphasized literature over martial arts, Cao Bin's descendants produced two queens, which were naturally unspeakably expensive. No matter how powerful Fan Lou's dark side is, he doesn't dare to go against Pan Lou.
It's a pity that after Jin Bing entered the city, he was not polite to Pan Lou. Although it didn't burn Pan Lou to ashes, it also robbed Pan Lou into an empty building.
However, the Cao clan was also very quick to see the opportunity, and fled before the Jin soldiers entered the city. When Zong Zezhen guarded Bianliang, Pan Lou reopened, and relied on some levels of relationships to avoid Wang Jun's killing. After the Protector Army entered the city, the Cao family, who had long been not proficient in martial arts and business, immediately concluded that Bianliang would be stable from now on, and immediately hired craftsmen on a large scale, renovated the Fan Building, and erected the signboard of Bianliang No. 1 Restaurant again.
Knowing that Yue Fei was going to hold a wedding in Bianliang, Cao Yan, the shopkeeper of Pan Lou, immediately found Xue Bi, who was in charge of preparing for the wedding, and used the banquet for free, and persuaded Xue Bi with the promise of donating 50,000 taels of silver to the resettlement center of the Protector Army, and insisted on snatching Yue Fei's wedding banquet to Pan Lou to hold it.
In fact, according to Yue Fei and Li Bashao's original intention, they originally wanted to hold the wedding banquet in the Bafang Building, which had just moved the main store to Bianliang. As Li Bashao's own family and a die-hard supporter of the Protector Army, Li Laosan has opened the Bafang Building all over all the cities under the control of the Protector Army in the past year. The Bafang Building in Bianliang was modified from the Yang Building, one of the three major restaurants in Bianliang in the past. The Yang clan was almost all taken captive by the Jin people, and the few surviving women and children could not afford to run the restaurant, so they sold the Yang House to Li Laosan at a price.
If Yue Fei's wedding banquet can be held in Bafang Tower, it will definitely allow Li Laosan to gain a firm foothold in Bianliang in one fell swoop. But because Li Laosan was reluctant to donate 50,000 taels of silver, and Xue Bi thought that the wedding would be held in a grand place, he was afraid that Li Laosan would not be able to undertake it well and lose Yue Fei's face. So after weighing it, I still chose the more wealthy Pan Lou.
At this time, the Pan Building had already been decorated with golden splendor. The big red word "happy" can be seen everywhere, and the whole street is upside down. A hundred meters long Shu brocade is laid out at the door of Pan Lou as a carpet, and the Shu brocade is also embroidered with the appearance of dragons and phoenixes. As the face of the family, Cao Yan's loyalty to the family definitely exceeds his loyalty to the Emperor and Song Dynasty. That's why he's so attentive to the Protectors. Not only is this piece of Shu brocade embroidered with the appearance of dragons and phoenixes, just like the decoration in the restaurant, it is also done in accordance with the specifications of the royal wedding.
The guests who came to congratulate the gift were also carefully waited by Cao Yan and divided into four distinct points. The generals of the Protector Army sat in one place, the civil officials sat in one place, the village elders sat in one place, and the rich squires with deep pockets sat in one place. So that they don't get into a fight.
In the middle of the lobby is an open space for weddings. At this moment, my mother-in-law and eldest sister Yue were sitting there, all nervous and excited. Sister Yue was afraid that she would dress inappropriately and lose face for her younger brother, so she kept tidying up her clothes. Although the mother-in-law was much calmer, her palms were sweaty.
Because it was almost summer, the weather was already very hot. But the interior of Pan Lou is very cool. This is thanks to the melting ice hidden beneath the floor slabs.
As the sound of gongs and drums got closer and closer, the mother-in-law and the eldest sister became more and more nervous. No matter how calm her mother-in-law is, she is only from an ordinary squire family, where has she ever seen such a grand wedding. In her memory, she felt that the daughter-in-law of the Han family in Xiangzhou was just so flamboyant.
My mother-in-law didn't like this kind of publicity. But she also agreed with Niu Gao's mother's words. Mrs. Niu told her that now Yue Fei is no longer a farmer in Xiangzhou. There are a lot of things that should be publicized or publicized.
Soon the wedding deacon outside the Pan building shouted loudly, "The bride and groom have entered the building." ”
Yue Fei took Li Xiao'e's hand, and the two slowly walked into Pan Lou. In an instant, Pan Lou, which had nearly a thousand guests, also became silent. I only heard Yue Fei's solid footsteps, as well as the ring ding dong on Li Xiao'e's body.
Yue Fei and Li Xiao'e walked up to their mother-in-law, and under the guidance of the wedding deacon, they knelt three times and bowed nine times. The mother-in-law said very happily, "Xiao'e, hurry up." ”
When Sister Yue supported Li Xiao'e and entered the back hall of Panlou with a group of female dependents, the wedding banquet in the hall really began.
The highlight before the wedding reception is the gift money. This is also the most important purpose of this grand wedding. As long as there is money, more people who are struggling on the verge of death can be saved.
Huang Zong was holding a thick account book, Niu Gao was carrying a large jar of wine, and Yue Fei was holding a wine glass in his hand, and walked to the table of the villagers first. There are rich people and not so rich people in these villagers.
"Elder Wang, Yue gives you a glass of wine." Yue Fei handed the wine glass to Wang Xianglao. Wang Xianglao was so excited that his lips trembled. "Does Yue Shuai remember Xiao Lao'er?"
Yue Fei said with a smile, "Of course I remember." Wang Xianglao was the first to rise up and cooperate with our Protector Army to destroy the thieves. In that battle outside Mulan Town, the young people of Wangjiazhuang contributed a lot. How dare Yue forget it. ”
Wang Xianglao drank all the wine glasses, gritted his teeth, and said with red eyes, "Yue Shuai, our Wangjiazhuang does not have much financial resources, and the whole village is willing to offer a thousand taels of silver as a gift." ”
In fact, the farmers of Wangjiazhuang only scraped together 500 taels of silver. After all, there are more than 100 households in the village, and there are no rich households, and donating this silver has been saved by the farmers through gritted teeth. No one forced these farmers, but these farmers were willing to congratulate Yue Fei. These simple farmers will always be the most grateful group of people in the world. Whoever is good to them, they are good to whom. The reason why Wang Xianglao took the initiative to double it was because Yue Fei still remembered him as a little person. He also planned it, anyway, his own junior is now working in the Yingtianfu Arsenal, and I heard that he is about to become a craftsman. The income will definitely be high in the future. The five hundred taels of silver, I first mortgaged the land to the money bank, and I had to make it up. Just to repay Yue Shuai's thoughts.
Yue Fei held Wang Xianglao's hand and said in a low voice, "Wang Xianglao, I still know the financial resources of the people of Yingtian. Don't be hard and generous, let yourself go into debt. Let's donate a hundred taels. ”
Wang Xianglao was a little embarrassed and said, "Yue Shuai, this is too little." I can't even open my mouth myself. Why don't you donate five hundred taels? ”
Niu Gao saw that Wang Xianglao couldn't wake up a little, and immediately suppressed his throat and said, "I said Wang Xianglao, let's eat as big a bowl as we want, don't hold it hard." Besides, Yue Shuai invited you villagers to come over, not to ask for your gift money. The unjust bosses who gave the gift money are over there. ”
Niu Gao pouted at the wealthy merchant squires sitting in the northeast corner. Wang Xianglao immediately understood. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "Then, I'll donate five hundred taels." ”
Yue Fei saw that Wang Xianglao couldn't pull his head, and immediately nodded at Huang Zong. Huang Zong immediately wrote the name of Wang Xianglao on the first line of the first page, and shouted, "Ying Tianfu Wangjiazhuang, a gift of one hundred taels, He Yueshuai got married." ”
Wang Xianglao was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Yue Fei nodding to himself again, he sat down and whispered, "Yue Shuai is a good person." ”
At this time, although there were voices in the Pan Building, it was also very quiet. As soon as Huang Zong's shout came out, the northeast corner immediately burst into laughter. A wealthy businessman with a big belly said, "See you? Look at those villagers, you can get a hundred taels of silver. Hehe, they don't even have enough money for food and wine. ”
Another wealthy businessman who didn't look too fat but had extremely bright eyes hurriedly whispered, "Yellow fat man, silence!" Yue Shuai values farmers precisely because of his intention to stabilize the world. We businessmen don't look at money, if we really want to fight the world, we have to count on these farmers to contribute. If you shout like this again, you really don't want to die! ”
The fat man snorted and said, "I don't break the law, what are I afraid of." My silk shop is genuine, and I never sell inferior goods. ”
Huang Fatzi's words were actually heard by Yue Fei and others. Yue Fei glanced at the fat yellow man. Huang Zong said, "Yue Shuai, the one surnamed Huang is said to be the largest silk merchant in Shu, and his family is very wealthy. ”
Yue Fei smiled, "That's good." That's good. ”