Chapter 651 Getting Married (2)
De Geer ran over and complained, "Shanzi, why don't you let me go to pick up the bride? It's so boring to stay in Sunjia Village to greet guests."
In view of the fact that De Ge'er had performed truly himself at the last Juren banquet, Sun Shan proposed to the village chief, Huang, that De Ge'er be the "consultant" and stay at home to welcome guests.
The village chief and Huang arranged it without thinking. After all, De Ge'er was lively and active, and would feel listless if he didn't move for a day. Moreover, he was tall and mighty, making him the most suitable person to be a retainer.
When Sun Shan goes out to welcome the bride, there might be guests coming to the house, so it would be most appropriate to arrange De Ge'er to be the welcoming boy.
Sun Shan straightened his clothes and said seriously, "Brother De, don't be so stubborn. Stay at home and help me entertain the guests."
Sun Shan's wedding banquet was held for only one day and was divided into two sessions.
There is one at noon and one at night, and customers can come as they please. As for customers who want to eat the whole meal, that’s fine too, as it’s already a great honor for them to come and show their support.
Eat as much as you want. Sun Shan is now very wealthy and will not spare any expense. He is determined to make the wedding grand to be worthy of his status as a juren.
Of course, this idea was not shared by Sun Shan alone, but by a group of elders led by Sun Boming.
Anyway, they like to be ostentatious and showy the most.
Sun Boming and Su might secretly feel sorry that Sun Shan failed in the imperial examination and didn't get any official position. It would be more prestigious if he could hold a wedding with an official.
Fortune teller Yang came in from outside, bowed and said, "Mr. Sun, the auspicious time has arrived, you should set off."
Sun Boming and Su invited Yang the fortune teller to be the feng shui consultant for their wedding, and Yang was in charge of all the arrangements.
The Sun family adopted Yang to tell fortunes for a day.
The village chief also came in and told Sun Shan to get ready and set off when the auspicious time arrived.
In addition to the men from Sunjia Village and a few aunts, today's wedding procession also specially hired the Zengjia Escort Team to serve as temporary sedan bearers and coachmen.
Speaking of this issue, Sun Shan looked at the group of burly, strong and sturdy bodyguards with pity.
Today they will carry the sedan chair to welcome Sister Yun.
Since the sedan chair is carried, it cannot touch the ground, so it has to be carried throughout the entire venue.
The road from Huangyang County to Sunjia Village is all mountainous. When Sun Shan thought of this, he couldn't help but look at the escorts with pity again.
Carrying the sedan chair in one breath, climbing over mountains and ridges for half a day, although it was carried in turns, was still hard work.
I don’t know if Sister Yun has successfully lost weight recently?
In addition to hiring sedan bearers, they also hired a motorcade, which of course was still contracted by the Zeng Family Escort Agency.
Leading the way was a white horse with big red flowers hanging on it. This was Sun Shan’s wedding car.
Mr. Zeng also said that this white horse was the most beautiful horse in the entire escort agency and was most suitable for Sun Shan's status.
When Sun Shan sits on it, he is guaranteed to be suave and elegant.
Sun Shan once tried hard to ride a horse, but in the end, for some reason he could not admit, he changed from riding a horse to riding in a horse carriage.
Sun Shan breathed a sigh of relief. It was great to ride in a carriage. It was safe and comfortable, and it could also maintain style and temperature.
Sun Dali led the white horse into position, Gui Ge'er helped Sun Shan onto the carriage, followed by a sedan chair carried by the escorts, and then several mule carts and donkey carts.
Resources are so scarce in Huangyang County that it is difficult to find a few good horses. The only horse that Zengjia Escort Agency has that is slightly acceptable is the white horse that Sun Shan is riding.
The other horses were either ugly here or there, so in the end they were simply replaced by mule and donkey carts.
At least, no one can find any problems with these two types of "cars".
The village chief shouted, "The auspicious time has arrived, let's set off."
Sun Dali was leading the carriage in front, and bursts of firecrackers were heard from behind.
Sun Shan officially went to pick up the bride.
Riding in the carriage with Sun Shan was Aunt Sun, who was in charge of scattering rice and grain and holding a red umbrella.
As for Uncle Sun, who was in charge, he sat on the mule cart at the back.
Originally, we wanted to ask Uncle Sun to come, but he was opposed by the whole family. Even Aunt Sun said that Uncle Sun was useless and it was absolutely impossible to ask him to negotiate with the girl on behalf of the Sun family.
In the end, they had no choice but to ask Uncle Sun, who had seen the world, to come.
We walked and stopped for a long time before we finally arrived in Huangyang County.
Uncle Sun immediately ran to the front and handed out red envelopes to the officers guarding the city gate.
The officer guarding the city gate had recognized Sun Shan a long time ago. Without saying a word, he asked the people queuing to enter the city to move aside and let the Sun family's wedding procession go first.
Sun Shan wanted to stop it but couldn't, as he felt that this was too arrogant and domineering and not his style.
Sun Dingnan stepped forward and whispered, "Ashan, you go pick up the bride first. I'll give the people at the city gate red envelopes to thank them for their courtesy."
Sun Shan looked at Sun Dingnan with satisfaction. The stars know my heart. Brother Dingnan is worthy of being the future successor of the village chief trained by the village chief. He is the most capable one.
Sun Shan has decided to steal the village chief's family, let Sun Dingnan work for him, and let the village chief choose another successor to Sunjia Village.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the Hong family's residence. Looking closely, they saw a swarm of people gathering in front of the gate.
Sun Shan saw from a distance that He Pangpang, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, had gained weight. Oh, I haven’t seen him for just one or two months, how come he has gained weight again.
Aunt Sun, Ming Ge'er and others followed the wedding procession back.
The leaders of the wedding procession were He Shuqiang and He Shujun, both old acquaintances, and Sun Shan felt they were easy to talk to.
Sun Shan got off the carriage early and was about to go over to have some conversation, hoping that they would be flexible so that he could win the beauty sooner.
Suddenly, dozens of young students rushed out from the Hong Family School, surged up like a mountain torrent, and surrounded Sun Shan's wedding procession.
A brave kid immediately shouted, "We want red envelopes, we want candy. You can't pass if you don't give us."
A little kid shouted out, and then a group of little kids followed suit, each one more excited than the last.
Sun Shan was surrounded by them and couldn't get rid of them no matter what he did.
Besides, Sun Shan didn't dare to swing the baby. What a cute little kid! If he swung it too hard and it fell down, it would definitely cry for its parents, which would be even more of a headache for him.
Gui Geer immediately took out a big sack and shouted, "If you want red envelopes or candies, follow me. Don't block the road."
While talking, he deliberately showed off a lot of copper coins and candies.
When the little kids saw it, their eyes lit up.
But a cunning boy immediately shouted, "No, we have to give us red envelopes and candies before we can pass. You want to cheat us away? No way!"
Sun Shan felt that the voice of this little kid was very familiar. He opened his eyes wide and saw that it was Jianzi from Hong Chengcai's family.
I gave him my favorite brush for the provincial examination and gave him many instructions. But I didn't expect this boy to be so ungrateful that he not only didn't help but also tripped me up.
When we meet Hong Dalang and Hong Chengcai later, they will definitely praise Jianzi for his intelligence and say that he must be nurtured and trained hard, and let him do more homework.
Gui Ge is helpless against Jianzai, the troublemaker.
Gui Ge'er wanted to trick them away, but they not only refused to leave, but also surrounded him, trying to snatch the candies and coins from his hands.
Helpless Gui Ge'er finally scattered the coins and candies outside, and a group of little kids immediately rushed over to pick up the coins and candies.
Jianzi also said loudly: "I picked up a lot of coins and candies, haha, my uncle Shan is so generous, I will give him red envelopes when we get to Sunjia Village later."