Liu Ruolan has been loved by her parents for the longest time. In addition, her mother also comes from a noble family and is very attentive to her daughter's education. This also makes Liu Ruolan the most sensible and polite.
After his mother died of illness, the entire Liu family felt great pity for Liu Ruoxi's youngest son, who lost his mother when he was young, and naturally they loved him even more. Needless to say, Liu Ruolan had a close relationship with her younger brother, but in view of her eldest brother's unconventional temperament, she consciously took on the responsibility of educating and controlling her younger brother.
For Liu Ruoxi, she is both a sister and a mother, so the relationship between siblings is very deep.
But now that Liu Ruolan saw Zhou Wen and Liu Ruoxi getting close, she was naturally very pleased.
At this time, his brother came to remind him. Liu Ruolan naturally understood the importance and said to Zhou Wen: "Ruo Xi and I will go out first, and you will come out later. It will not be good if others see you."
"That's right, brother-in-law, you'd better go out from the other side." Liu Ruoxi, with the support of her sister, immediately stood up straight and said in support.
Seeing the two siblings walking out, Zhou Wen shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
I just wanted to meet my fiancée, so why did I act like a thief, causing uninformed people to think that this young master was having an affair?
well! It is only right to get married as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Zhou Wen thought of the marriage between Gao Xiaoshan and his brothers.
It should be said that everyone in the mercenary group has reached the age of marriage.
Most of the old brothers in the first team, including Gao Xiaoshan, were engaged when they were young. Of course, their betrothal partners were not many outsiders. They were all the children of the old people from the original Dawangzhuang supplementary group.
It goes without saying that Miaohua and Tijing are monks. It seems that they have no plans to return to secular life in the short term.
Zhang Xiaoping and Dacheng are now engaged, which saves Zhou Wen from worrying.
But there is a strange phenomenon, that is, except for Meng Yuting, Chen Wanli and a few other officers who stayed in the Soviet Union who had already married and had wives and children, no one has officially married since the establishment of the mercenary regiment. Zhou Wen even I didn't even drink the wedding wine once.
Of course Zhou Wen knows the reason. One is that everyone is about the same age, and the past few years have been the development period of the mercenary group. Everyone is very busy, so there is no need to rush. The other is that after everyone knows that they are engaged, it is hard to rush ahead of them to get married, so they just wait for themselves to take the lead.
Others can just pay it off, but Brother Shanzi is a few years older. Even if he is not in a hurry, his fiancée Erya is about to become an old girl.
During this period, most rural women got married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and it was not uncommon to even get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. But if you are over eighteen and have not yet gotten married, you will become an old girl in the eyes of others, and you will be laughed at.
Although Zhou Wen couldn't ask Erya's age out of taboo, it was certain that Erya would be over eighteen, so he repeatedly reminded Shan Zi that he wanted to marry Erya's sister-in-law into the family this year.
Just for this matter, Old Uncle Wu, who was still recovering from his injuries, had mentioned it many times in telegrams, asking Zhou Wen to arrange it as soon as possible.
Others may ask here, Liu Ruolan is not too young and is one year older than Zhou Wen. Why does it feel like Zhou Wen is not in a hurry?
First of all, Liu Ruolan studied abroad and is relatively more modern in terms of traditional concepts. In addition, her family always respects her wishes and will not push her too much. Zhou Wen is a modern time-traveler, and his ideas are even more advanced. Even if he gets married in a few years, it won't be too late.
Another thing is that Liu Ruolan is different from ordinary children.
She is the legitimate daughter of the Liu family, the top wealthy family in the Republic of China.
Not to mention that she is in her prime now, she will still be a proper young girl in future generations. Even if she reaches the age of thirty or forty or even older, as long as the Liu family spreads the word, the city of Nanjing will cry and shout to marry her. People can line up from the Liu Family Courtyard to the Zhonghua Gate.
So, the current situation is that if Zhou Wen doesn't take the lead to get married quickly, even if his brothers have no complaints against him, those brothers' wives and future sisters-in-law will poke Zhou's back and curse him.
So Zhou Wen thought of having a grand collective wedding, and everyone would do it together. If someone wants to hold another wedding alone after coming down, then I have nothing to do with it.
My brothers have been dependent on me through life and death, going through wind and rain for so many years, so I want to let them enjoy the prosperity of the world. He once thought that he would either bring his brothers and family to Shanghai and hold a group wedding in the top and most luxurious hotel in Shanghai. Not only would it be shocking, but it would also be the envy of many people for countless years to come. A good story.
Now it seems that this wish is somewhat unrealistic.
Not only because of the issue of identity exposure, but also because of the fact that the mercenary group is now not just a detachment of these old brothers, but also includes thousands of officers and soldiers of the group who participated in two wars and lived and died together. , you can't possibly bring all the brothers who are getting married and their families to Shanghai, right?
This is no longer called extravagance, but called arrogance.
So Zhou Wen had already negotiated with Liu Ruolan before to see if the collective wedding could be held in Taiyuan. You can do whatever you want on your own property, and the cost is not excessive.
Liu Ruolan was well-educated and understood Zhou Wen in every possible way, and he obeyed him in every possible way, so he naturally had no objections.
But it is not easy to persuade the Liu family to agree.
Think about it, famous families in this period have to pay attention to decency and traditional rules. If you have such shocking and unconventional ideas, Liu Qizhen will be kicked out of the house with a cane before you finish speaking.
Therefore, Zhou Wen had to wait for a suitable opportunity to convince his father-in-law.
Just when he was still thinking wildly, he saw Zhang Xiaoping sticking his head out from behind the curtain and saying softly: "Brother, the ceremony is almost over. Come out quickly."
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As the Yangtze River No. 1 cargo ship slowly left the port amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, the Yangtze River Company's first shipping began.
In the following days, those businessmen who wanted to entrust transportation almost broke through the Yangtze River Company's office at Fengyu Wharf, but they didn't get a single contract.
why?
hey-hey! The Liu family has fully packaged the freight for the two Yangtze River No. 2 and No. 3 cargo ships. If you want to check in the goods, you have to wait until a month later.
You know, a coal-burning steam freighter can sail on the Yangtze River at no more than ten knots, and the shipping distance from Shanghai to Wuhan is almost a thousand kilometers. If you include the time for docking at the dock to load and unload cargo and replenish coal and daily necessities, how come a round trip takes about 20 days.
And although Zhou Wen currently has three large ships, it is impossible to sail out one after another.
