After breakfast, we were going to the paradise. None of the Chao family members and in-laws were holding back. They hurried to the table when the meal was about to begin. The young people even went to serve the dishes.

Mr. Chao rented hotel rooms for his relatives to live in, and also took care of other business of the hotel. The chef in the villa was also the hotel's chef.

Their little grandson went to the Xiao family to get married. Mr. Li and Mrs. Li placed the pink dumplings in the middle and sandwiched the dumplings into a sandwich biscuit.

It was rare to have a meal with the children, so the old couple took on the whole task of picking up the food and fed the little dumplings vigorously. As a result, the little dumplings were full to the brim.

After eating the stuffed dumplings, I muttered that I would never love my grandparents again and ignore them. When the old man handed me the tea, I took it with my hands and feet quite honestly. Goo dong goo dong until you are done.

Mr. Yang, Zhou, Lao Chao and others were greatly amused by the little guy. Not only did Xiaotuanzi have superb medical skills, but he also had an ingenious way of acting coquettishly, which was a real pistachio.

Everyone at Chao’s house finished breakfast and sat for a while. Seeing that the time was almost half past six, they packed up and set off to the paradise.

A group of people were divided into several groups. The first group was the old man, old lady and Mr. Chao’s family. They took a ride and took Xiaotuanzi’s helicopter to the park. The others stayed behind and someone would be there later. Fly a helicopter to pick them up.

Classmate Le dragged dozens of people back to his one-third-acre land and landed on the grass not far from the west gate.

The old man and the old lady got off the helicopter and looked at the beautiful garden. They were extremely surprised. They followed the little guy to the Nanpaizang room and stored the spare clothes they brought with them in the room.

Old men and women are old. In order to prevent accidents, they all bring some daily necessities, as well as a change of clothes and a coat. If the clothes accidentally get wet, you can change them, so you are prepared.

Put the old men’s belongings in one room, and the old ladies’ clothes and supplies in another room to avoid any embarrassment when changing clothes or looking for things.

The old man and the old lady were excitedly clamoring to see the cranes. Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, accompanied the old people to visit the garden. The Chao family’s Sanjun and his wife first went to see if there was anything wrong with the place where the banquet was being held.

The wedding company rushed to the paradise in the middle of the night and started work at dawn. They placed flower pots in the Hall of Heroes and on both sides of the road. Flower baskets were placed inside and outside the west gate.

The lintel of the west gate is also hung with red silk flowers and lanterns with the word "happy", and the stone lions are also tied with red flowers. Although only the west gate is open, the east gate is also tied with silk flowers, and the stone lions are also tied with red flowers. They were also covered with bright red silk flowers, but there were no flower baskets.

The people from the wedding company left the venue early after decorating the venue. Brother Fu, Brother Qian, and Brother Jie made arrangements in the morning.To help the wedding company employees with their work, many warning signs and signboards were later placed throughout the park, so the hotel chefs took on the task of making breakfast.

In the morning, rice dumplings were the main food. The chefs cooked a pot of chicken stewed with mushroom soup. The breakfast was served at the Wuweiqi restaurant, with a total of five tables.

Le Yun arranged a place for the old ladies and gentlemen to put their things, went to the kitchen, and saw the young men she had reserved - Yan Chihuo and Liu Handsome.

The two handsome guys and Brother Fu, Brother Qian, Mr. Li and Mr. Leshan Luke were sitting around the table eating happily. When they saw the little girl coming, Brother Fu stopped using his chopsticks: "Little beauty, have you eaten?"

When the chefs and waiters saw the youngest princess of the Chao family dressed up, they all stood up to say hello to the owner.

"Masters and handsome guys, please sit down. You have worked hard. It's still early at noon. Don't be in a hurry. Eat slowly." Le Yun greeted the chefs and smiled at handsome Liu Liu. : "Brother Liu, you and Handsome Yan arrived very early."

"It's necessary." Young Master Liu looked upright: "You can't hold back helping the little beauty. I'll be there at four o'clock. Get up and come over."

"Yeah, yeah, a handsome guy who is willing to stay up until midnight is a good handsome guy. In order to thank you for your hard work, I will give you a bunch of rice dumplings as a thank you gift after I finish my work."

　"Thank you gifts are too unusual, but the little girl's rice dumplings are the most fragrant. I like them very much, so I still have to take them away. Don't worry, brother, I will go to work after breakfast."

Little Lolita was talking to Mr. Liu, while Yan Xing was doing the cooking silently. His job was to do odd jobs. His main job was to go to the kitchen to help cut vegetables before serving at noon. There were many dishes that had to be served. Just cut it before putting it on the plate.

After a trip to the kitchen, Mr. Le Xiao first took a lucky bag and hung it on the two doors. Then he hung a lucky bag on the lintel of the main hall of Qunying Hall, and then went to sit down. In the room where fruits are placed, a plate or basket is taken to hold the fruits.

The old man and the old lady wandered to Yinyue Lake and finally found five cranes.

The red-crowned crane did not treat itself as a guest in the paradise. When not playing in the lake, it was just taking a stroll. In just one day, it visited the area from Huanyu Pond to Yinyue Lake, and even came along the canal. A trip around the canal.

Because there are two lakes, you can go wherever you want, which is very free.

Generally speaking, red-crowned cranes like to do activities on the shore in the morning and play in the lake in the afternoon.

Five red-crowned cranes with red crowns on their heads were playing and looking for food under the plant corridor on the east bank of Yinyue Lake. When they saw a huge group of people, they spread their wings and said, "Crane Crane Cuckoo" The ground screamed and leaped into the lake.

The old man and the old lady were watching the red-crowned cranes playing in the water on the shore, and even went to pick a few bunches of grapes.It was so pleasant to chat while eating.

Mr. Liu finished his breakfast, tidied himself up quickly, and flew a helicopter to pick up people from Mr. Chao’s villa. He picked up a group of people and brought them back to the paradise. He went there again, divided into two This time, all members of the Chao family and in-laws were brought to the paradise.

When the young people of the same generation of the Chao family arrived at the paradise, they also walked around the garden with great interest. After walking around for a while, they followed the old man and the old lady to visit the Concubine's Paradise and the Concubine's Academy.

Lehuan Paradise is a private residence. Only the nave of each building is open for people to visit, and other rooms are not open to the public.

Even so, the magnificent architecture and exquisite carvings are amazing enough, and the crowds visit and appreciate it with admiration.

Even if we visited it in a hurry, it took almost an hour to visit the two courtyards.

The Chao clan members and their in-laws visited the courtyard. Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, locked all the doors in the backyard of the east courtyard and the academy, and then left through the passage between the two courtyards. The doors in the passage were also locked. .

A notice board was placed outside the gate of the east courtyard, clearly informing people that the east courtyard is a private residence. In order to protect the privacy of the owner, it is not open to the public and entry is prohibited without the owner's invitation.

After wandering around the park, the young people of the Chao family whose curiosity was satisfied went to help and sent some fruit platters and baskets to the pavilions, waterside pavilions, stone boats and pavilions in the park. Even in the plant corridor, there are small round tables placed at regular intervals, with fruits and plates containing peels placed on them.

Classmate Le also led people to add carpets on the front and back of the screen wall facing the west gate. In front of the screen wall is a place for newlyweds to greet guests and receive blessings from relatives and friends. If the guests have any gifts, they will be Take over and store it behind the screen wall.

A table is set up on the west side of the screen wall as a workbench for the clerks who receive gifts or red envelopes. A guzheng and a guqin are placed on the east side of the screen wall.

There is a small table on the east side of the screen wall with several musical instruments.

Mr. Liu took the people to the paradise from Mr. Chao’s villa and stayed idle for a while. It was not until Mr. Xiao called him that he flew a helicopter to the Xiao family to pick them up.

Mr. Xiao lives in a compound assigned by the government. That compound is inhabited by bosses or their family members who have the same position as Mr. Xiao.

Mr. Xiao lived in an old-style three-sided courtyard. The east courtyard collapsed shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the residence was nationalized, it was renovated into a row of bungalows. The upper room and the west wing are still made of old-style bricks and wood. Structural old house.

Mr. Xiao’s children have all gone to work in other places. Xiao Junyi’s father is Mr. Xiao’s youngest son. When Xiao Junyi was young, his father was still working in the capital. When he was in his teens, his parents also went to other places. , leaving him to accompany his grandparents in Beijing.

Mrs. Xiao is four years older than Mr. Xiao. She also worked before and will retire when she reaches the retirement age. She will take care of the children's grandchildren when they need parental help.

Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xiao have actually become mothers-in-law. Their eldest daughter and her sons and daughters got married one after another in the past few years. They gave birth to babies the year before last and the year before last. They were also promoted to mothers. Grandpa and grandma.

Xiao Junyi is not the youngest among the cousins ​​with the same great-great-grandfather. She is the youngest among the brothers with the same grandfather, and the one who got married the latest. The Xiao family almost thought that He saw through the world that he would be single all his life

Xiao Junyi’s parents, uncle and aunt were not in the capital. Mr. Xiao and his wife lived in the compound. The place where he lived was very spacious. Xiao Junyi got married and had a family dinner in the compound. After getting married, they will live with their grandparents for a period of time before moving to their own small home to live together as two of them.

There are three upper rooms in the triple courtyard of Xiao’s hometown. There are wing rooms on the left and right, three east and west wing rooms respectively, a bathroom in the northeast corner, and a row of three podium rooms behind the east wing, which were also used as firewood sheds for storing sundries or firewood in the past.

The west wing is used as a study, and the east wing used to be a kitchen. Later, during reconstruction, the east wing was built into a bungalow. The northernmost one of the three bungalows was used as a kitchen, the middle one was used as a dining room, and the other one was used as a dining room. Make guest room.

The other grandchildren are not with him, and the younger grandson is getting married. Mr. Xiao will go to the west side of the house to build a new house for his grandson.

The Xiao family decorated the Sanheyuan themselves, with lanterns and festoons in the traditional northern style, and paper-cuts on the windows.

Mr. Xiao’s children came back to live in the west wing. Mr. Xiao’s brothers or cousins ​​stayed in the hotel with Mrs. Xiao’s family or her children’s relatives. Some of the young people who were arranged to pick up their relatives came to the hotel. After arriving at the compound the day before, the others got up in the middle of the night and went to the compound where Mr. Xiao lived.

Mr. Xiao led the wedding team to pick up his wife and hurried back to the compound. Since they set off early, they only had to be stuck in traffic for a short while and returned to the compound before 6:30.

Before the bride entered the courtyard, the people waiting in Xiao’s home had tidied up the central hall and put carpets and tufts on the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Xiao and his younger brother and his wife sat down in front of the hall.

Both Xiao and Chao’s families were high-ranking officials, and they abided by the rules on weddings and weddings. They did not set off firecrackers, and only set off a box of fireworks when the new daughter-in-law arrived in front of the Sanheyuan.

Arriving outside the courtyard, Major Xiao carried his wife out of the car, stepped into the courtyard gate and put her down on the ground. The two of them stepped over the brazier together, stepped on the tiles, and were surrounded to the upper room.

The Xiao clan members and in-laws were amazed when they saw the newly dressed bride. The phoenix crown and harem were exquisite and luxurious, especially the phoenix crown was the most delicate. The gems inlaid on the crown were sparkling, and the hair and face were not to mention. Worth millions.

An elder of the Xiao family acted as the master of ceremonies. He and Quanfu's mother-in-law led the newlyweds to stand on both sides of the tuanpu, and then pressed the ancient chapel. The master of ceremonies shouted: "Bow down to heaven and earth."

Stand facing the door, kneel again and worship.

When the newlyweds bowed to heaven and earth, the master of ceremonies first shouted "get up". When the newlyweds stood up and turned to face the high hall, he then shouted: "Second bow to the high hall."

Mother-in-law Quanfu He helped the bride lift her skirt, and the couple knelt down and paid their respects.

The emcee shouted, and when the couple stood up, he shouted: "Husband and wife bow to each other."

When the couple bows to each other, the couple does not need to kneel, they just bend down and bow to each other.

"The ceremony is completed and sent to the bridal chamber!" After three bows, the master of ceremonies shouted, and Quanfu's mother-in-law supported the bride and entered the west room surrounded by relatives and friends.

Mother-in-law Quanfu arranged for the newlyweds to be enthroned.

The wedding bed purchased by the Xiao family is a double-moon-hole carved canopy bed, hung with a hundred child tents, and decorated with a red wedding quilt.

Mother-in-law Quan Fu helped the newlyweds sit on the wedding bed, tied a piece of their wedding clothes into a knot, and then handed the scale to the groom to unveil his head.

The bride did not cover her head, but had a bead curtain.

Mr. Xiao used the weighing pole to push open the beaded curtain, and when he saw his daughter-in-law’s beautiful face, he giggled: “Ah Fu, my daughter-in-law!”

Chao Yufu: “…” This Xiao Could it be that I was transferred?

The groom stared at the bride and couldn’t bear to miss her, and the relatives and friends who were watching made a fuss.

The onlookers’ relatives and friends yelled at the groom to kiss the bride, but Mr. Xiao returned the favor and kissed his wife on the face, making Chao Yufu blush.

Mother-in-law Quanfu smiled so hard that she took the scale from the groom’s hand and put it aside. Then she asked the groom to help him take off the bead curtain that covered the bride’s face, and picked up the tray with the wine glasses. , let the newlyweds drink Hexin wine.

After drinking Hexin wine, the ceremony was completed.

In ancient times, a small strand of hair had to be cut from the heads of men and women and tied into a knot. Modern men no longer have long hair, so that ritual is omitted.

After all the steps were completed, Granny Quanfu went out to have tea with everyone, while the bride's bridesmaids and the Chao family who were bringing the wedding were well entertained by the Xiao family.

All the onlookers went out. Young Master Xiao quickly untied the knotted clothes and packed some dowry first. Then the young couple held hands and went out to meet several elders of the Xiao family.

Because I had to rush to the paradise, I only recognized a few elders such as my parents, uncles, uncles, aunts and uncles of the Xiao family. The other elders didn’t have time to introduce them one by one. They will be introduced in detail when we serve tea tomorrow morning. Recognize relatives.

　After a brief acknowledgment, the Xiao family also served breakfast.

The Xiao family itself has nine tables, plus the bridesmaids and bridesmaids, there are twelve tables in total. Banquets are set up in the dining room and the upper room, and the east wing is also cleared out for banquets. The kitchen Also set up a table.

After breakfast, we still have to eat, then we all pack up, and then we prepare to go to the paradise.

Mr. Xiao waited for everyone to tidy up, and then told Brother Bo that they were all ready. Brother Bo called Mr. Liu and asked him to come and pick them up.

Mr. Liu flew the helicopter to the courtyard and parked outside the Sanheyuan of Xiao’s hometown. He waited for the black-hearted little princess of the Chao family, the bride and groom, and the elders of the Xiao family to board the helicopter before driving away.

When the helicopter flew to the park, Major Liu landed the small plane on the sidewalk outside the west gate, allowing everyone to get off the plane and walk into the park.

The invitation card from Chao and Xiao’s family stated that the park would officially receive guests at nine o’clock. However, it was not yet eight o’clock, and there was already a long queue of cars parked in the reserved parking area outside the park. , those are the guests who came to the park early and entered the park just after the park officially opened to welcome guests. (To be continued)