Invest 80,000 yuan to invest in shares? Is this what is called the so-called enlightenment of one person and the ascension of chickens and dogs to heaven?
Li Shuye is not a money-grubbing person. Such a great thing like pie in the sky seems a bit far away for him, and it is beyond the scope of his dreams.
If anyone else were to say this to him, he would definitely have to worry about whether he was trying to trick people, but this brother-in-law seems to be a relatively reliable person.
It's not reliable, how can you get to this point?
"Brother-in-law, I think I have two choices." Zhou Changfeng made a scissor hand gesture and said: "One is to just invest in a name and we won't do anything; the other is to resign from your current company and transfer to Hengguang company."
Hearing this, Li Shuye replied with some hesitation: "My brother-in-law has thanked you for your promotion, but it's not easy to make a hasty decision now. I'm afraid I have to discuss it with Rou Jia."
The food company he worked for was not a small one. He was able to move from ordinary employees to middle management in seven years not only because of his popularity and reputation, but also because of his own ability.
It should be noted that the living expenses in Shanghai are on average 30% higher than those in Wuhan, and in some places are even higher than those in Yingtian, the capital, which is enough to deter many people.
Should we give up the connections we have accumulated over the years and go to an unknown economic capital?
One wins for stability, and the other wins for better future prospects. It is really difficult to choose between them.
Zhou Changfeng didn't care. Anyway, his basic need was to find someone he could trust. His additional suggestion that Li Shuye go to work at Hengguang Company was just to seek better prospects. His original intention was also to make Zhou Roujia's family live a better life.
There are only seven days left until the previously decided wedding date. These days are used to decorate the wedding room, and at the same time, reconfirm whether there are any oversights in contacting the restaurant, planning the ceremony, etc.
In the daily life of later generations, the misuse of bright red often gives people a sense of vulgarity and even leads to ridicule, but today's Ming people don't care about this at all.
As far as weddings are concerned, according to the rules established hundreds of years ago, weddings in the Ming Dynasty were dignified and unique among all dynasties. The color of men's and women's clothing changed from the "male red and female green" in the Tang and Song Dynasties. , and turned into a "boy and girl."
Men marrying wives is also called "little Dengke". Even grooms from ordinary families can wear cyan ninth-grade official robes on this day. This so-called "big gift can win the victory" means that during important etiquette, the hierarchy can be legally overridden.
The clothes worn by the bride usually match the phoenix crown and harem, and the main color is auspicious and festive bright red.
So what should you wear to your next wedding? The so-called openness to all rivers means that today in Ming Dynasty, you can see all kinds of wedding attires, including ancient scholar uniforms or official uniforms, modern official uniforms or military uniforms. If you want to experience the exotic customs, you can not find the matching of wedding dresses and suits.
Zhou Changfeng had consulted Xia Xiaoshi a long time ago. The latter preferred the ancient Fengguan Xiapei rather than the more popular modern version.
This aspect must be based on her thoughts. As for herself...
If you want to be low-key, choose a plain official robe; if you want to be high-profile, choose a majestic dress.
Zhou Changfeng himself has a bad face. In his opinion, this is largely to satisfy his vanity and to impress himself. His experience in attending weddings in later generations is that most of the guests are actually just there to eat.
Whether the bride is beautiful or not, whether the groom is handsome or not, is not as important as whether the meal in front of her is delicious or not. No one cares about how carefully the newlyweds put on their makeup and how well they dress.
Having said that, it is a major event in life after all, and it is not good to cause gossip. At the same time, Xia Xiaoshi's feelings must be taken into consideration, so the wedding must be more grand.
Before New Year's Day, he had already made arrangements for the wedding and consulted Xu Zhanming, Yang Zhen and other seniors for their opinions.
Xu Zhanming's words directly woke him up - "Boy, this is the first time in thirty years that a wedding will be held in the auditorium of the Consultative Council. The rest of the process must be in line with it."
Otherwise, wouldn't it be quite anticlimactic?
Zhou Changfeng felt that what he said was reasonable, so he changed the arrangements for the wedding, and then submitted an application to the Garrison Command and Envoy Department.
As high-profile as he wants, he is somewhat famous today anyway, so there is nothing to be cautious about.
As the days pass, the closer we get to that day, the more time seems to slow down.
Zhou Changfeng took a five-day holiday, but since the Spring Festival was coming next, it was actually equivalent to advancing the Spring Festival holiday by five days.
January 28, just two days before New Year's Eve, was the official wedding day for the couple.
Last night he was tossing and turning because of anxiety. Zhou Changfeng didn't fall asleep until midnight, but he was woken up by Zhou Roujia's shouting early this morning.
"Someone is coming to the woman's house, get up quickly!"
Zhou Changfeng woke up suddenly and felt his head was dizzy and painful. He glanced at the watch beside his pillow and found that it was only half past five in the morning.
It's winter, the sky is still pitch black, why come so early?
Winter in the south is not necessarily warmer than in the north. To exaggerate, the courage required to get out of a warm bed and face the cold is probably no less than leaving the shelter under artillery fire.
Zhou Changfeng, who was lying on his back, took a deep breath of cold air, then sat up with one breath, and then quickly dressed.
"Welcome, please, have some tea first."
"Where is the wedding room?"
The bride's family sends someone to perform a small ceremony on the wedding day - making the bed for the wedding room. They will carefully tidy up the specially vacated wedding room, and they bring the three-piece set for the bed.
Customs vary from place to place. Some places may send people many days in advance, or they may not have this link at all.
The woman's family must all be relatives of Xia Xiaoshi's seven aunts and eight aunts. At this moment, they were bustling and chattering, and they walked into the main hall with bright red sheets, pillowcases and quilt covers embroidered with lace.
The main house of this small triple courtyard is double-storey, and the master bedroom, which is the wedding room, is located on the second floor and faces southeast.
At best it sounds neat, but at worst it sounds sloppy. On weekdays, Zhou Changfeng's breakfast usually consists of steamed buns, steamed buns, porridge, and fried dough sticks. However, Zhou Roujia's arrival suddenly raised his living standard to a higher level these days.
Looking at his busy sister, Zhou Changfeng couldn't help but said: "It's really troublesome. It's such a cold day and I have to get up so early in the morning to work."
The former looked back and glared at him, "Weird, do you feel distressed now? Why didn't you think about it like this when you went to Fang Jie Wa in the past?"
Zhou Changfeng was too embarrassed to answer.
Next, I had to go to the woman's house to welcome the bride, but because the wedding was planned to be held in the afternoon, I had to wait patiently.
The morning and noon of this day seemed longer than any other day.
At two o'clock, after changing into the 25-style winter dress, he hung up the saber on his waist, straightened his hat in front of the mirror, and then pushed the door open and went out.
In ancient times, or in some less economically developed areas of the Ming Dynasty today, men rarely went to meet their brides in person, and a matchmaker would do this for them.
On the contrary, if you go there in person, it will show extra respect. Usually only when the woman's family background is superior enough, the man will do this.
However, this rule is not feasible at least in the Ming Dynasty capital. If the son-in-law dares to be so arrogant and does not come to greet the bride when he encounters a tougher father-in-law, he will break off the engagement on the spot.
Zhou Changfeng, who was neatly dressed, was more energetic than usual. As soon as he crossed the threshold, he found that people in red clothes were already standing outside his small house.
There is a small red drum hanging in front of the body, a suona in one hand, a gong in both hands...
Like later generations, throughout the ages, there has been a team that specializes in weddings and weddings. After paying, make an appointment, note if there are any additional requirements, and then provide a one-stop service.
A little further away, nine white cars were lined up in a row, with big red flowers plastered on the hoods, door handles, trunks, etc.
After Zhou Changfeng got into the wedding car in the middle, the motorcade started and slowly drove out of Anpin Street like a long snake.
However, just when the convoy turned into Pishi Avenue, the driver of the lead car was shocked by the scene that came into view, and subconsciously braked and slowed down.
I saw a long row of off-road vehicles and sidecar motorcycles parked beside the wide road, at least ten of them, and beside them were officers and soldiers of the 1st Marine Regiment in winter uniforms.
Xie Wancheng, Yao Liangchuan and others were all waiting here. They were smoking cigarettes and talking about something. When they saw the convoy arriving, they waved one after another.
The motorcade welcoming the bride stopped, Zhou Changfeng rolled down the window, and a few of them came forward. They clasped their fists and said with a smile: "The staff department has been ordered to escort the entire journey. When will we take action?"
"Now."
"Send the order, guard the front and rear, get ready to go!"
As New Year's Eve approaches, the army will naturally have a holiday, but there are still a considerable number of officers and soldiers staying at the station, so the 1st Marine Regiment mobilized more than a hundred officers and soldiers to form an escort unit to support the scene.
"The three-wheeled car takes the lead, the two-wheeled car follows up, and the rest follow behind to hold down the formation!"
"Got the order!"
Everyone shouted in unison, with such momentum that the passers-by were stunned.
Two sidecar motorcycles drove at the front as the leading vehicles, followed by two off-road vehicles, nine cars in the wedding convoy were sandwiched in the middle, and finally six off-road vehicles came in the lead.
It can be said that such a large-scale convoy is very rare. It stretches for 200 meters in front and back, attracting the attention of citizens along the way.
The capital is already strictly controlled, not to mention that it has not been long since the turmoil at the end of last year. It stands to reason that it is really inappropriate to create such a big battle at the feet of the emperor.
Zhou Changfeng felt at first that he would probably be rejected, but Xu Zhanming asked him to try boldly. After a long wait, the application was finally approved by the Garrison Command Department, and this was the scene before him.
At the same time, the Xia family.
The Spring Festival is approaching and the New Year's Eve is approaching, and all the major government offices in the imperial court have been closed for the holidays.
Xia Bing and Gao Lingling were preparing for their marriage with several relatives. It was only now that the former, as a father, gave his daughter some of the most important instructions.
"Nowadays, the four peoples are equal, and we do not preach that men are superior to women. You, the younger generation, disdain the words of the "Female Commandments" and "Internal Trainings". This is a good thing."
"But correspondingly, we must change our mindset. Being a wife is by no means easy. If you don't want to live a confused life, you have to take care of the chores of a household carefully."
"When interacting with other people's wives, you must be careful in your words and deeds, and don't get carried away. Remember, you are here to live, not to enjoy happiness."
Xia Xiaoshi, whose eyes were wandering, said "hmm" and whispered, "I'll remember it."
Outside the house, many people were gathered around to watch the excitement. It is human nature to watch the excitement, and the same was true for the neighbors near Xia's house.
After all, it was a wedding in an official's family, so in theory it should be very lively, especially since the Xia family only had this precious daughter, so naturally she would be doted on as much as she could.
However, the current situation of the Xia family has greatly disappointed the neighbors. Except for some relatives, there are not many people who are supportive and only a few friends.
Then some people with bad words started to murmur.
"Who was that the year before last... Lin Tong, a girl from Shangyuan County, was sentenced to marriage? There were people around her home both inside and outside."
"It's popular, but if you don't work hard as an official, you will be isolated. It's almost impossible to get promoted in this way."
"Yes, this would have been an excellent position for Shi Zhong, but it's a pity..."
"It's just you who talk too much. People are happy and happy as they please. Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
"Oh, would you be happy if your son was free and easy?"
In popular opinion, if a person does not try his best to climb up but is content with the status quo, he will be looked down upon.
Although the neighbors usually show great respect to Xia Bing, gossip behind his back is inevitable. In their words, given such a good official position in Shizhong, as long as he worked hard, his future would be excellent and he was expected to become a high official in the court, but in the end, it was wasted.
In the room in the courtyard, Xia Xiaoshi, who was finally dressed neatly, was putting on makeup with the help of her friends.
"This makeup is too thick. Do you want to continue?"
"On your big day, just wear heavy makeup. The more beautiful you are, the better."
"What time is it now? Is it too late?"
"There's no rush, it'll be ready in no time. It only takes a cup of tea at most."
Whoever believes this kind of words will lose, especially when it comes from a woman's mouth, such as... Immediately, soon, going out.
Time passed by minute by minute, and at three o'clock, it was supposed to be the time when the wedding convoy arrived, but as far as the eye could see, there was no trace of it at all.
People suddenly became anxious.
Nowadays, there are no portable phones, so if you want to get in touch, you have to send someone to find him, and then someone sets off on his bicycle.
The wedding convoy was late, a full quarter of an hour late before it appeared in the eyes of the people who were looking forward to it.
But the momentum contained in the huge procession instantly dispelled everyone's dissatisfaction with being late - it stretched for nearly half a mile, and such a large procession to welcome the bride was really unheard of.
Such a spectacle was enough to scare away ordinary people, and some people who planned to block the way to ask for money quickly gave up the idea when they saw this.
The gongs and drums were noisy, and the sharp sound of the suona was even more deafening. The atmosphere created by these instruments instantly spread to every inch of the Xia family.
"I'm so sorry, Taishan. The engine of a wedding car was not working properly. It stalled twice in a row, and then it fell down." Zhou Changfeng said with a look of helplessness on his face.
Xia Bing waved his hand, pointed behind him and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. If I arrive on time, I will have to wait for her to put on makeup."
They both burst into laughter.
This is the update from yesterday, and there will be another update tonight.
(End of chapter)
