Saturday, December 31, 2022.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after eating a bowl of spicy and sour Laoyou rice noodles, Jiang Feng drove to Panzhou. He was going to attend the wedding of Wei Xuefeng and Xia Lingling.

It was more than 800 miles from the provincial capital of Guangxi Province to Panzhou in Guangdong Province. Jiang Feng drove for nearly five hours before arriving at the Wei family villa.

The arrival of Jiang Feng, the matchmaker, was naturally received with great hospitality by the Wei family. The Wei family father and son came out to greet him. Wei Yuanzhou, the father of the Wei family, smiled and stretched out his hand, saying, "Master Jiang, thank you for your hard work along the way!"

Jiang Feng stretched out his hand and shook his hand, smiling and responding: "It's not hard. I haven't seen you for a while. Uncle Wei, you have changed a lot. You look radiant and your whole spirit is different!"

Wei Yuanzhou laughed out loud at Jiang Feng's praise, the fat on his face shaking constantly, "Thanks to you, I've gotten over my worries recently, and I'm in a much better mood than before!"

Wei Xuefeng also stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Master Jiang, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come to my wedding!"

Jiang Feng stretched out his hand and shook it with him. Looking at Wei Xuefeng, whose figure had changed a lot from before, he said in surprise: "Brother Feng, you have lost at least 30 kilograms in this period of time, right?"

Wei Xuefeng said excitedly: "I lost 33 kilograms in total."

Jiang Feng immediately exclaimed: "Awesome, this is the power of love!"

When the word "love" was mentioned, Wei Xuefeng was filled with gratitude towards Jiang Feng. He said sincerely, "This is all thanks to you, Master Jiang. If it weren't for you, I would never have met such an outstanding girl like Lingling in my life. You are really my benefactor!"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Brother Feng, you are too kind. I just did what I should do!"

Wei Yuanzhou interrupted, "Master Jiang, we father and son won't say much about our thanks. You've come from a long way, so you probably haven't had lunch yet. Xiaofeng, please take Master Jiang to eat something to fill your stomach!"

Wei Xuefeng nodded, made a gesture of invitation and said, "Master Jiang, please follow me."

Jiang Feng greeted Wei's father and went to have dinner with Wei Xuefeng.

…

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Feng's first client, Li Xingwen, arrived. He and the Wei family were business partners, and it was he who introduced Jiang Feng to the Wei family. Since the Wei family had a happy event, they naturally had to invite him.

Seeing Jiang Feng, Li Xingwen immediately came over to greet him and said, "Master Jiang, I didn't expect you to arrive so soon!"

Jiang Feng asked: "Brother Wen, you came here alone? Why didn't you bring your wife with you?"

Li Xingwen smiled and said, "She is pregnant now, so it is not convenient for her to go out, so let her stay at home to take care of the baby!"

Jiang Feng nodded in understanding. Several of the couples he had brought together were already pregnant. Now, in the "Match Made in Heaven" WeChat group, several pregnant women were communicating about their daily lives in the group all day long, and it was almost becoming a group for mothers.

"Master Jiang, you were on Weibo's hot search again a few days ago. Your matchmaking agency should be doing very well now, right?"

"Business has been pretty good these past few days. We've already signed several hundred orders. How about you? How is your business now?"

"My business is also very good. Boss Wei takes good care of me. Now the scale of my business has at least doubled compared to before."

"That's really nice..."

…

Weddings in Panzhou are very particular.

On the day before the wedding, the first thing to do is to make a new bed in the bridal chamber, which is a must for the man’s family.

The bed should be made by a "lucky woman", who refers to a woman who has given birth to many children, especially sons, and has a successful career and a happy family.

In fact, this is not just a Panzhou custom; similar customs exist almost everywhere in the country.

A pair of boys are also needed to jump back and forth on the **, which means the birth of a son soon.

In some places, a pair of new trousers will be placed on the wedding bed. The groom's father will put oranges, red envelopes, taro with leaves, red dates, peanuts, lotus seeds, walnuts and other "lucky things" on the trousers, which means great wealth and prosperity (the Cantonese words "pants" and "rich" have the same pronunciation).

The second step is to wash the new body. In Cantonese, "washing the new body" is homophonic with "washing the body". The bride and groom will do this at their own homes. Use grapefruit leaves and lemongrass to boil hot water. After it cools down, the newlyweds will use the water to wash their faces and bodies.

Then put on new pajamas and new slippers, waiting to go to bed at night.

Chongxin means washing away dirt and starting a new life.

Then the man and woman comb their hair in front of the mirror at home, which is called "Shangtou".

After the intoxication, one has to drink sweet soup. The mother serves out the sweet soup made of lotus seeds, lilies, peanuts, red beans and eggs, and the newlyweds have to drink it.

There are no customs like "rushing to the new", "getting drunk" or "drinking sugar water" in Bailiang County, so Jiang Feng and Li Xingwen found them quite novel. They asked about the meaning of each activity and gained a lot of knowledge.

…

The next day, New Year’s Day.

Jiang Feng followed the groom to pick up the bride.

Seeing Jiang Feng as the matchmaker, the Xia family members were filled with gratitude.

Ever since Xia Lingling and Wei Xuefeng started dating, the lives of the Xia family have undergone tremendous changes.

Today, the brothers of the Xia family have transformed themselves from workers earning three to five thousand yuan a month to the owners of an iron factory with an investment of two to three million yuan.

Moreover, with the support of the Wei family, the business of the Xia brothers also began to flourish. They had a steady income of more than 100,000 yuan a month. If the four brothers divided it equally, each would have 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. It could be said that they had made a fortune overnight!

As for Xia Lingling herself, there is no need to say more. Her husband Wei Xuefeng really treats her like a treasure and almost always meets her requests. She even works hard to exercise and lose weight, with remarkable results.

It can be said that she is living an extremely happy life now, and she is very grateful that the matchmaker Jiang Feng did not give up on her.

Finally, it was Xia's father and mother. Seeing their daughter marry so well and their sons becoming owners of an iron factory with millions of dollars thanks to their sister, the couple really felt that God had been kind to them. They could rest in peace even if they were to die now!

Therefore, the whole family was grateful to Jiang Feng, the matchmaker who changed their destiny. When they saw him coming with the groom to pick up the bride, they treated him as the most distinguished guest.

…

According to the custom handed down from ancient Panzhou, the bride should be carried on the go-between's back to the sedan chair. However, it is a new era now, and women get married in cars instead of sedan chairs. Not many people follow this custom.

Moreover, Jiang Feng, the "matchmaker", is still so young, and it is obviously not appropriate to ask him to carry the bride.

There are also many bride-welcoming games here, and they are all very imaginative. However, finding the red shoes is basically an indispensable reserved program. If you encounter a bridesmaid who can hide the red shoes at the root of her thigh, to be honest, it is very difficult to find them successfully.

But this thing is just for fun. No one would be stupid enough to hide the shoes, otherwise the brothers would really do something like lifting the skirt...

In short, the entire wedding reception was carried out in laughter and joy.

After the bride returns to the groom's home, she has to step over the fire basin before entering the door.

The meaning of jumping over the fire basin is to drive away the bad spirit of the bride's past. This is also a custom in many places.

After stepping over the fire basin and entering the house, one must offer wine and tea to the ancestors of the man's family.

While the bride and groom were busy going through the formalities, Jiang Feng received a call from Wang Wenjie.

As soon as the call was connected, Wang Wenjie asked, "Master Jiang, where are you now?"

"I just went with Brother Feng to pick up the bride. Where are you and Sister Min?"

"We've already arrived at the hotel where Xuefeng and his family are holding their wedding!"

"So fast! I'll rush over right away!"

"Okay, we'll wait for you!"

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Feng found Li Xingwen and said, "Brother Wen, let's go to the hotel first. I want to introduce two friends to you!"

It was because of Li Xingwen that he got in touch with Mr. Wang, so it was only right for him to get to know him now.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Feng met Wang Wenjie and Xiao Min in the hotel box.

Generally, wedding halls in high-end hotels will have some private rooms, which is convenient for accommodating distinguished guests.

As soon as the two met, Jiang Feng smiled and praised: "Sister Min, it's only been half a month since we last met, and you are radiant and more beautiful!"

Xiao Min smiled and said, "Master Jiang, you are getting better and better at praising people!"

Jiang Feng laughed, and then introduced the two parties: "Boss Wang, Sister Min, this is my fellow villager Li Xingwen, and also the first client I took on after becoming a matchmaker. Brother Wen, this is Boss Wang, also Brother Feng's college classmate, and this is Sister Min, I guess I don't need to introduce her any more, right?"

After entering the box and seeing the big star Xiao Min, Li Xingwen was a little shocked. Although he came from a well-off family, he could not get in touch with a big star of Xiao Min's level.

Not to mention that Xiao Min, the big star, has married into a wealthy family and things are very different now.

The person standing next to Xiao Min must be Mr. Wang from the Wang Group.

He really didn't expect that the person Master Jiang wanted to introduce to him would have such an astonishing status and identity!

Hearing Jiang Feng's introduction, Li Xingwen hurriedly greeted him.

Wang Wenjie said with a smile: "Brother Wen, you're welcome. We are both clients of Master Jiang, so we are destined to be together!"

Xiao Min also greeted with a smile.

After a few polite words, Xiao Min asked, "Master Jiang, is your matchmaking agency business going well?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Business is good. Sister Min, your appeal is really great. These days, my matchmaking agency has to receive one or two hundred clients every day. It's really busy."

Xiao Min smiled and said, "The more capable you are, the more work you will get. It's a blessing for those customers to come to us."

Wang Wenjie continued, "Master Jiang, if you are too busy with clients, you can hire more people and let others do the miscellaneous tasks. You only need to do the final review!"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "We are already looking for candidates. We will hire the right one if there is one."

Wang Wenjie nodded, and then, fearing that he would neglect Li Xingwen, he would chat with him from time to time.

Soon, the bride and groom changed their clothes and came to the hotel. They first greeted the two distinguished guests, Wang Wenjie and Xiao Min, and then went to the hotel entrance to greet the guests.