New Year's Day, morning.
At this time, Shilou Village and the neighboring Pingle Village were already crowded with people.
The villagers of the two villages, including those who came back from overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to celebrate the New Year, got up early and prepared to witness this wedding which was said to be the most luxurious and splendid in a century.
In the Lin Family Ancestral Hall, Grandpa Lin sat on a rosewood chair with a four-clawed golden dragon pattern, wearing a retro black robe with golden patterns, and looked very majestic.
After a while, Lin Hang ran in quickly and shouted anxiously:
"Grandpa, our people have already counted it personally. The Yin clan has added more altar tables. There are a total of 68, just two more than we have."
Lin Hang, the third child of Lin Sanqi's generation, is the president of Feihang Real Estate Company and the husband of Qiao Jingzhu, the manager of 3721 Import and Export Trading Company.
Although he is a big boss with assets worth billions, he is still obedient in front of Grandpa Yin.
Because he is the most tactful person, today he serves as the head of an intelligence team, responsible for monitoring Pingle Village's every move at all times and making adjustments at any time.
Grandpa Lin raised his eyebrows, snorted, and immediately took out his phone and dialed:
"Brother Haoshan, yes, it's me. Sorry to bother you so early this morning. I need to borrow your altar table. Yes, we don't have enough on our own. Ha, you also know that Yin and I are competing against each other? Okay, come to the wedding banquet later and don't be late."
Grandpa Yin put down the phone and told Lin Hang:
"Yangji Village will be sending over 20 altar tables shortly. You must prepare the offerings immediately. No matter what, today our altar tables and scale must surpass those of Pingle Village. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
After a while, several trucks drove to the entrance of the Lin Family Ancestral Hall, unloaded 20 altar tables and left immediately.
Today, both Shilou Village and Pingle Village were sealed off. In order to allow the wedding procession to pass smoothly, all roads were cleaned and all vehicles were not allowed to park on the village main road.
As soon as Grandpa Lin saw the altar had arrived, he came out to inspect it himself.
In traditional sacrificial ceremonies, the table for placing offerings must be an "Eight Immortals Table". There are uniform regulations on the size, height, and color of the table, and ordinary tables cannot be used.
"This table is fine. Mark it and set it right away."
The women in the village immediately placed the offerings and pasted wedding characters on them.
Grandpa Yin stood beside the altar, silently counting the number of offerings with his fingers.
According to regulations, the three animals used in sacrifice to the Three Shepherds are sheep, pigs and cattle, and only one is needed. Among the three animals, cattle have the highest status, sheep are second, and pigs are last.
But this time, with the full support of the big sponsor Lin Sanqi, the Lin family placed 18 cows, 18 sheep and 18 pigs in one go.
The cattle used are yaks, the sheep used are goats, and the pigs are all Tibetan pigs, and they are all exactly the same size and weight.
The three shepherds were placed in a row on the altar, creating a very imposing and spectacular scene.
In addition, there are countless local specialties such as red peach cakes, brown sugar, cake boxes, and various fruits, all arranged into beautiful shapes and piled on top.
As for Zhonghua cigarettes and Maotai liquor, they were piled up like small mountains.
A total of 10,000 bottles of Moutai liquor were brought out, and all of them were rare vintages.
It is said that Moutai Company later checked the accounts for several years but could not find out when so much Moutai liquor was sold.
Grandpa Lin was very satisfied with the offerings and thought to himself, I have a billionaire in my hands, how can you, Yin Jishui, fight with me?
At this time, outside the Lin Family Ancestral Hall, there were also several villagers from Pingle Village acting as spies. Seeing that Shilou Village had added more offerings and tables, they quickly sent a message back.
Yin's Ancestral Hall.
After hearing the report, Grandpa Yin was so angry that he almost threw away his crutches and hurriedly made a phone call:
"Hey, Ah Hao, enough nonsense, your village quickly provides me with 30 altar tables. Yes, I need them right away. Okay, thank you very much."
Grandpa Yin put down the phone and shouted hurriedly:
"Hurry up and clean up the place. We'll add 30 more altar tables. Humph, I don't believe I will lose to Shilou Village in the ancestral worship ceremony."
This sudden change immediately caused the ancestral hall to become bustling again.
Shilou Village, May Square.
Qu Xiaofeng, the owner of Aegean Wedding Company, was directing a thousand-member honor guard via walkie-talkie:
"Attention, all departments! All departments, please take note! The leaders of each honor guard team will double-check that all staff members are fully clothed. Also, all honor guard teams must take good care of their tools. These are antiques, genuine artifacts. Don't damage them."
The royal guard of honor was led by eight people playing combs, twenty-four people playing painted horns, forty-eight people playing drums, eight people playing large bronze horns, eight people playing small bronze horns, four people playing golden cymbals, four people playing stick drums, twelve people playing dragon-headed flutes, and four people playing clappers.
Behind them are the flags, such as the Silence Flag, the Golden Drum Flag, the Bai Ze Flag, the Sun and Moon Flag, the Cloud, Rain, Wind and Thunder Flag, the Five-Star Flag, the Twenty-Eight Constellations Flags, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, the Shenwu Flag, the Azure Dragon Banner, the Red Dragon Banner, the Yellow Dragon Banner, the White Dragon Banner, the Black Dragon Banner and so on.
Just the flags, pennants, banners, banners, cloaks, festival flags, streamers, flags, fans, umbrellas, canopies, halberds, spears, ceremonial swords, etc., would take hundreds of people in total to carry.
There is a sequence to this and no one can be wrong.
Now the wedding of Lin Sanqi and Yin Lianyi has become a wedding showcasing folk customs. Major TV stations, even those in Hong Kong, have come to film it.
There are still many people who love to research in front of the TV. If they find any mistakes, it will be embarrassing for the Lin family, the Yin family and the Aegean Wedding Company.
All employees of the Aegean Wedding Company were mobilized, and there were also experts in history, folk customs, and wedding planning invited by Qu Xiaofeng to provide guidance.
The scene was already packed with people, and even the actors stretched their necks, feeling that today's scene was too grand and exciting.
At this time, Qu Xiaofeng took out the intercom and shouted:
"Have the band teachers of the Dongguang Cantonese Opera House arrived yet?"
After a while, two staff members' voices came through the intercom:
"The lead band is ready..."
"The band at the end of the team is already in place..."
Before Qu Xiaofeng could breathe a sigh of relief, she shouted again:
"Are all 72 bearers here? Count the number of people, no one should be missing."
Today's Queen's sedan chair is made entirely of rosewood and huanghuali wood, and is very heavy, so the bearers must be replaced halfway, otherwise it will not be able to bear the weight.
"Where's the Wangong sedan chair?"
In the lobby of the former Lingnantang Chinese Medicine Hospital, several experts from the Palace Museum were studying the ups and downs of the Wangong sedan chair, with two cameras nearby filming the entire process.
All the experts frowned, each one looking more serious than the other.
Qu Xiaofeng hurried over and shouted anxiously:
"Mr. Feng, our auspicious time is about to arrive. I need to carry this sedan chair out."
Expert Feng suddenly looked at Qu Xiaofeng fiercely:
"Mr. Qu, do you know the origin of this Wangong sedan chair? This is the Wangong sedan chair that Empress Longyu rode in during Emperor Guangxu's wedding. She was carried into the Forbidden City from the Daqing Gate in this sedan chair.
Do you know what this means? This is the only surviving example of the Empress' sedan chair in the world. Its research and cultural value is inestimable, far surpassing the folk sedan chair in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
Tell me honestly, where did you get this Longyu Wangong sedan? We've searched through the Palace Museum's archives and found this sedan was even recorded during the 1960 census, but it later broke down.
After all this trouble, the Longyu Wangong sedan chair wasn't destroyed, but ended up in your private hands? You, you must return it to the Palace Museum. It's our treasure."
Qu Xiaofeng was speechless about this group of uninvited experts.
After getting off the car in the morning, these experts were like crazy and had to study the Wangong sedan first, even the props in the guard of honor were not spared.
If the Palace Museum's reputation wasn't so strong, Qu Xiaofeng would have cursed.
"Mr. Feng, let's not worry about where this sedan chair came from for now. We'll talk about it after the wedding is over. Now we're about to carry this sedan chair to pick up the bride. You don't have the right to restrict our use of personal belongings, do you?"
Expert Feng wanted to say, how could such a national treasure be used as a wedding prop, but then he thought that the other party was about to hold the ceremony, and it would be too late to stop it.
So he gritted his teeth and made up his mind:
"We'll let you use this sedan chair today, but our experts from the Palace Museum must accompany you throughout the entire process. You must obey our instructions at all times and not cause any damage."
Qu Xiaofeng rolled her eyes in anger, but this was not the time to argue, so she quickly nodded and agreed:
"You may accompany us if you wish, but we will have all the ceremonies broadcast live on television. Those of you from the Forbidden City must also dress in ancient costumes and act as wedding reception staff. Otherwise, there will be no discussion." (End of this chapter)
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