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Maxwell sent the paper, but given the distance between the United States and Europe, the paper would not have been heard back from for a month or two.

Maxwell, who had just made a breakthrough, was particularly happy, and he wanted to pull Scrooge to discuss more issues, but Scrooge pushed back on various matters to prepare for the start of school. This reason is obviously very convincing, so Maxwell naturally has to study it himself.

A week later, the University of Cleveland officially opened, and Scrooge gave a speech at the opening ceremony, encouraging students to climb the heights of science. After the ceremony, he rushed back to Cleveland's home to get ready for Carroll's wedding.

Originally, Scrooge didn't plan to make a big deal about Carol's wedding, and even he once planned to simply deduct Carroll's salary for the wedding. However, soon reality forced him to change his mind, because after hearing the news of Carol's upcoming wedding, a large number of business partners and many political figures expressed their desire to participate in the wedding. Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for this wedding to be carried out quietly. Of course, in this way, this grand wedding is naturally not something that a female secretary like Anna can prepare, no matter how capable she is.

As a result, Scrooge had to set aside a special amount of money from the family's treasury to deal with this problem. Some experts were also invited to take care of the wedding arrangement.

However, Scrooge still didn't plan to make the wedding too luxurious, although with his current strength, even if he made a so-called luxury wedding that cost 100,000 US dollars, it would not be difficult. But making such an expensive advertisement for a long-term sexual act that was about to begin, Scrooge always felt that the meaning was very limited.

"The wedding had to be generous, simple, and embody the Puritan spirit of the American ancestors. And as you know, our whole family is a Baptist, and our faith does not reject making money, but it opposes meaningless extravagance. Scrooge said to Baptist pastor Thompson.

"Of course I know that," Pastor Thompson laughs, "and I've pretty much watched you grow up since you came to our church with Mr. Rockefeller a few years ago. Of course I know your devotion, and although you have been in church less in the past two years than before, I know that it is because you are so busy. But we are very pleased to see the spirit of charity that has been shown in some of your actions. This is the most important expression of piety. Of course, there are so many guests in this wedding, and we can't help but take care of the guests. Also, Mr. MacDonald, do you think that a large-scale charity event can add to the festive atmosphere and be in line with God's teachings? ”

Scrooge knew that the so-called large-scale charity was nothing more than donations to the church and alms to the poor. This kind of spending money is very much in line with Scott's wishes. This is not because of Scrooge's kindness or anything, but because the money spent in this way has some effect. In exchange for some benevolent reputation, and the benefits that such a reputation can bring, Scrooge is very well aware. On the contrary, what kind of effect can a blind luxury wedding have? When a person is just getting rich, sometimes it is indeed necessary to show off his wealth in order to increase the confidence of those partners who are not aware of his financial strength. Just as Scrooge invited European scholars to take the most luxurious express trains, eat high-end food with truffles and caviar, and take them on a tour of the tall libraries and real rooms. But in the United States, who would doubt Scrooge? Mr. MacDonald has no money? Therefore, Scrooge doesn't need to show off at all, in such a situation, if he wants to have a luxury wedding or something, it will become a pure waste of money.

"You should be willing to spend the money that should be spent, but it is intolerable to spend money meaninglessly." This sentence has always been Scrooge's credo. Think about it, who of those guests who came here would think that Scrooge's finances were in trouble because he didn't have truffles and caviar in the bread at the wedding banquet? And who chose to cooperate with Scrooge because Scrooge invited them to eat delicious food? To be honest, Scrooge does not resist the luxurious life, as a foodie, he likes foie gras and truffles, and as for the black caviar in the crystal plate, it is one of Scrooge's favorites. However, if you want to eat these, you can't eat them yourself, so why let those outsiders eat them?

So under Scrooge's line of thought, a generous and simple wedding was in full swing.

First, the newspaper Scrooge announced that in celebration of his brother's wedding, he would give every child in the city a small bag of candy. so that they can share the joy of the MacDonald family together. It will also donate $50,000 to the church to build more charity schools in Cleveland.

The news sent a stir to politicians in Cleveland, and the day before the wedding, the wagons in charge of distributing the candy drove to the neighborhoods according to the region, and the children followed the wagons, laughing and laughing. The whole of Cleveland is like a holiday.

On the day of the wedding, a large number of citizens came to the Sacred Heart Church, where the wedding was held. The church was built with the donation of Scrooge. The church is large, but it is also very simple, and there is basically nothing too ornate or grandiose in decoration. This is also a common feature of Baptist churches.

Guests who received the invitation, including representatives of various businesses, as well as mayors, governors, and Republican senators, entered the church and sat down. Then the band played Canon in D major, and Pastor Thompson, Carroll, and the bridesmaids and groomsmen entered the church and stood on either side.

Carol's best man is, of course, Scrooge. In recent years, Scrooge has grown up very quickly, and he is almost half a head taller than Carroll. Coupled with his handsome appearance, so much so that Carol jokingly complained that Scrooge had stolen the limelight from him by making him the best man.

The bridesmaids should logically be the woman, that is, Miss Catherine's best friend. It's just that Miss Catherine is British, and her best friends naturally can't be a bridesmaid for her on a month's boat, so naturally they can only let the MacDonald family look for a bridesmaid and a few bridesmaids on their behalf. So Anna became Miss Catherine's bridesmaid.

After the men were in place, a little boy ran in with a box containing a ring and handed it to Pastor Thompson. Then the band began to play Handel's "The Entrance of Queen Sheba", which signaled the arrival of the bride.

Amid the music, the Lawrence Knight appeared at the door of the church holding the hand of Catherine, who was dressed in a white wedding dress - Catherine's parents had died a long time ago, and she had been raised by her uncle, so the Lawrence Knight naturally took her father's place. Kroll greeted him with Scrooge and Anna.

"Young man, I gave you Catherine, and you have to treat her well." The Lawrence Knight said to Carol with a smile, and at the same time put Catherine's hand in Carol's hand.

Catherine turned her head and looked at Lawrence, and suddenly burst into tears. She knew that in the future she would be in another family, far away from her aunts and uncles and cousins. Maybe I won't see them again for a long time.

Catherine wiped her tears with a white handkerchief and held Carol's hand tightly. Carol led her in the direction of the church altar, with Scrooge and Anna following behind. A flower girl followed behind and began throwing rose petals into the air.

The process behind is familiar to everyone, which is nothing more than the wedding vows and exchange rings that everyone has seen rotten in various TV movies. The only difference from TV is probably that there is no one who runs in and shouts "Catherine, you can't marry him" and other triangles and even N corners stories that the masses of people like to see. However, if anyone really dares to play this hand, Scrooge is sure that he will never see the sun tomorrow!

Anna stood aside and watched with envy as Carol clumsily put a ring on Catherine, knowing that she would never have such a day, that Scrooge would never wear such a ring for her in front of everyone in church, and that she would never be loyal to her, whether she was sick or healthy, rich or poor. Although she said it countless times to Scrooge in her heart. Now, perhaps, she and Scrooge were closest to that sacred altar, which was in front of them, and Scrooge and she were only one step away from that altar, but that step was so far away. Anna's eyes moistened a little, and she tried to smile as if she were happy for the new couple.

After the ceremony in the church was completed, everyone got into a carriage and returned to the villa where the MacDonald family temporarily lived. The second part of the wedding is about to begin.

Under normal circumstances, the wedding banquet should be held at the woman's home, but in special circumstances, it can only be handled specially. So, the wedding banquet was held on the lawn of MacDonald's house. But the basic process will not change. First, Lawrence gave a speech, wishing his niece a good life in the future. Then it's time for the groomsmen to perform.

Western weddings are sometimes more solemn and less lively, and it depends on the best man at this time. The best man's most important duty at the wedding is to be funny at this time. Generally speaking, the groomsmen will tell the stories of the groom's various jokes when he was a child to make everyone laugh. So Scrooge began to talk seriously about the of Carroll's childhood. In the midst of everyone's laughter, Carol also laughed, but listen, Carol is not right now. So he shouted at Scrooge, "Scrooge, you bastard!" It's you, who put two legs into one trouser leg! Don't blame me for everything you've done! ”