Among them, only Chen Fangzhou brought his wife but not his children.

The other two came by themselves. Although Huang Haiwu is already 30 years old, he is not married yet.

Gu Qingbei introduced several people to Jiang Mengxue, and Jiang Mengxue called them one by one.

Several of them are older than Gu Qingbei, and they all call him brother and sister-in-law.

But it seemed that none of them were familiar with each other. Although they all held relatively important positions, they had just met.

Gu Qingbei has been a soldier for more than ten years, and he has not always stayed in the same military region. He has been a soldier for different periods of time.

Now that they know each other, they are quite active in making necessary connections.

They all came from the army and quickly became familiar with each other.

"Old Wu, why didn't your sister-in-law come? Where's your boy?"

Wu Mingzhong: "Don't mention it. The kid caught a cold these days and vomited after eating something. Your sister-in-law took him to get an injection at the hospital where your sister-in-law works."

Jiang Mengxue had just asked a few questions when Aunt Liu called her from outside the yard.

"I'm sorry, Auntie must have something to ask me."

As soon as Jiang Mengxue walked out the door, she saw Aunt Liu leading Xie Sheng and Gao Yiyi in.

"Sister Sheng, Yiyi? How come you have time to come?"

Xie Sheng smiled and said, "It's impossible for no one from our department to come to your wedding. The director specially gave us two half days off. She asked me to tell you that the department is really too busy, so no one else will come. But she asked me to bring you a red envelope."

"Director, you're so kind! You've already given me a few days off. Come in with me! Everyone is sitting inside."

Li Qiang and Wang Hong had already come down from the house. There were several benches in the living room downstairs, and they were sitting together chatting.

Gu Qingbei stood up and greeted the two of them.

Huang Haiwu's eyes lit up as Xie Sheng entered the room, but he didn't know the details and didn't dare to go forward.

Jiang Mengxue gave everyone peanuts and sunflower seeds and made a few pots of tea. How could they just sit there and chat?

Several female comrades also chatted about random things together.

Later, a few people came that Gu Qingbei didn’t recognize, and the two of them went out together to see what was going on.

After asking, I found out that it was Gu's father's old comrade-in-arms. After receiving Gu Zhenhai's telegram, I learned that his son was getting married today.

They were all elders, and everyone in the room stood up to greet them.

Others may not know these people, but Huang Haiwu has seen them all.

Wang Congjun is the deputy mayor of Qinghe City, Li Baoguo is the head of the armed forces department, and Ding Qihua is the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee.

Jiang Mengxue's eyes blurred. What kind of big shots were these? Father Gu had never told them about this at all.

Gu Qingbei knew that his father's comrades-in-arms held important positions in their city, but he had never asked specifically. It was only then that he realized that they were all top figures in their respective fields.

The arrival of several important figures made the room a little quiet.

Wang Congjun looked at the people in the room. He had seen several of them. He knew more or less about all the soldiers who had returned from the city. Even those who had returned to the countryside to farm were always kept under his watch, fearing that some of them needed help but did not want to trouble the country. He would do his best to help.

"Why are you so nervous? Just say whatever you want to say.

"Xiaobei, are you nervous when you see me? I was the one who held you the most when you were born, and I even washed your diapers for you."

This sentence made Gu Qingbei blush: "Uncle Wang, what are you talking about? I don't remember anything about my childhood."

Gu Qingbei was most familiar with Li Baoguo, as he was under his command when he first joined the army.

However, they hadn't seen each other for many years, and Gu Qingbei really didn't know that he had retired, otherwise he would definitely go to visit him.

"I don't know where you were assigned to later. It wasn't until your father sent me a telegram that I found out you were back."

"Uncle Li, when did you come back? I have no idea."

Li Baoguo shook his head. It was regretful that he had to step down. "It's been several years, and I haven't told anyone. I didn't expect you to get married in the blink of an eye. Time flies."

Isn’t it true? They are just like the new recruits who are transferred here today and there tomorrow.

The table outside was ready, and Tang He came in to inform them to start the meal.

Those who had come out of the army sat at a table, and asked the older ones to sit at the top seats one after another. In the end, the oldest one, Wang Congjun, sat at the main seat.

The neighbors in the yard also came over and took their seats. They originally wanted to come in and say hello, but seeing that there were so many people sitting in the room, they finally didn't dare to look in.

You could tell at a glance that those people were high-ranking officials. They all wore Zhongshan suits and had pens in their breast pockets.

They really didn't expect that someone in their yard knew such a person. At first, they thought Gu Qingbei was just an ordinary soldier, but now it seems that he is not a simple person. They have to be polite to Jiang Mengxue in the future. Maybe they will need to ask him for help in the future.

With previous experience, I already have experience in greeting guests this time.

Gu Qingbei picked up his glass and stood up to toast everyone: "Thank you all for taking the time to come to my wedding with Meng Xue.

Please take good care of Meng Xue at home from now on. I would like to offer a toast to everyone."

Several people also told him not to worry, they were all brothers and he could contact them anytime if he had any problems.

Gu Qingbei was worried that Jiang Mengxue would be left alone after he left. Although he knew that Jiang Mengxue was very independent and could handle anything, he couldn't help but feel worried when he was not by her side.

Originally, neither of them planned to accept gifts, and they didn't treat them to a drink for this purpose, but everyone still left them red envelopes before leaving.

Everyone also brought gifts. Jiang Mengxue didn't look at them carefully, but she wrote them down and would return the gifts later.

Before leaving, Huang Haiwu was still whispering something in Gu Qingbei's ear, and saw Gu Qingbei looking at him in surprise.

After finishing their meal, Xie Sheng and Gao Yiyi rushed back to the hospital and left the gifts given by their colleagues in the hospital.

However, Jiang Mengxue insisted on not taking it. She had only been there for a few days and was not very familiar with everyone. She was already very happy to be here, and there was no way she would accept the money.

The two had no choice but to take the wedding candy given by Jiang Mengxue and rush back to the hospital to work.

Although she didn't receive any red envelopes, Jiang Mengxue still prepared a lot of wedding candies and asked the two of them to go back and help distribute them.

Everyone in the courtyard gave fifty cents, but they were not reluctant at all. They also made their money back by eating the dishes at today's banquet.

Gu Qingbei gave two red envelopes to He Dazhong and Tang He, each with four yuan in it, which was not much, but not too little either.

The tables and chairs in the yard were borrowed from the yard, and when the two returned them, they each brought a bowl of leftover meat and vegetables from the banquet.

Now that everything was done, Jiang Mengxue relaxed.

It was really stressful for her to muster up the energy to entertain guests, especially those she didn't know.

She was afraid that she had not done enough, and since they were all Gu Qingbei's old comrades, she didn't want them to think that she was difficult to get along with.

Gu Qingbei brought over all the red envelopes. This time they didn't ask anyone to keep accounts, so they had to record them now while they still remembered, otherwise they would forget them after one night.