The third day of the Lunar New Year.
City of Lights, Jinjiang Hotel.
The third day of the Lunar New Year is an auspicious day, and many people choose to hold their weddings on this day.
As the only five-star hotel in the City of Lights, Jinjiang Hotel hosted seven weddings today, and almost all the banquet halls were booked.
At 9:30 in the morning, several reception tables had been set up at the hotel entrance.
According to the customs of the Lantern City, the bride and groom should greet relatives and friends who come to attend the wedding banquet at the hotel entrance.
At the same time, the bride's or groom's family should send several relatives to sit at the reception table and be responsible for keeping accounts.
After every relative or friend who comes to the wedding banquet arrives, the bride and groom will personally greet them, the best man will give cigarettes to the men, and the bridesmaid will give candies to the women or children.
The guests will hand over the money in red envelopes to the reception table, which will be recorded by the relative in charge of accounting.
This is considered to be an interaction between the host and the guest. The host receives blessings, and the guests can wait for their meal with peace of mind.
At this time, among the several reception tables placed at the entrance of Jinjiang Hotel, one of them was for Song Jiang and Wei Qian.
However, unlike several other families holding weddings, the two stood in front of the reception table with a giant wedding photo standing next to them.
Wei Qian in the photo is smiling sweetly, and both her looks and aura outshine those of the brides next to her.
Song Jiangchunfeng stood beside Wei Qian proudly, and Song Mingyuan next to him also had a bright smile on his face.
Around ten o'clock, the guests arrived one after another.
Seeing the relatives and friends of the Song family, Song Mingyuan immediately greeted them with a blushing face. Many of them had never seen Wei Qian before, and they were quite amazed at this moment, and kept exclaiming, "Your daughter-in-law is so beautiful!", "Old Song, you are so lucky!"
Song Mingyuan would wave his hands with a smile and say a few humble words, while Song Jiang would casually say a few words at the right time such as "Xiao Qian is the boss of the company" and "Today we have invited Chen Yan to perform", which made relatives and friends amazed and envious.
Song Mingyuan's face was almost broken from smiling, and he felt that today was the most glorious day of his life.
After welcoming another group of astonished and admiring relatives and having the best man take them upstairs, Song Mingyuan checked the time and asked Song Jiang, "Is your second aunt not here yet?"
"No." Song Jiang smiled. "My cousin and the others probably won't arrive until around twelve o'clock. It might be a bit awkward if we come too early."
He guessed that his cousin felt that his girlfriend could not compare with Wei Qian, so he came late on purpose to avoid suffering for so long.
"We're all family, what's there to be embarrassed about? Even a stinky daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law, right?" Song Mingyuan laughed.
He and his second sister Song Yan have loved competing since childhood. They have been competing all their lives, from competing in work and marriage to competing in children, and they have always been evenly matched.
And today, in the most important matter of his children's lifelong affairs, he finally surpassed his second sister.
Song Mingyuan just felt refreshed. He thought about it and felt that he should be more open-minded. No matter what Fang Xiaole's girlfriend was like, he should politely praise her.
After all, they are siblings, there is no need to keep fighting with each other.
Song Jiang and his father have similar thoughts. His father has always been competing with his second aunt in his life, while he and his cousin are lifelong enemies.
He had beaten his cousin in the college entrance examination, and later his cousin beat him at work, so they were equally matched.
But now,
Song Jiang looked at the bright and charming Wei Qian beside him, and a proud smile appeared on his face.
Cousin, I'm sorry, I win this time.
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"Fang Shengnan, what's wrong with you? You got up so late that we were late for going out!"
"Mom, it's only after ten o'clock. How can it be late?"
"You still say that?! You don't do any work and just sleep in all day!"
In the taxi, Song Yan was giving Fang Shengnan a lesson as usual.
Last night, Fang Shengnan was so excited because she was holding Lin Yao and studying with her that she couldn't fall asleep even after Lin Yao fell asleep. She fell into a drowsy sleep until the early morning.
This morning, at Song Yan's urging, Fang Shengnan dragged her feet and didn't get up until after nine o'clock. The family went out and took two taxis, but they encountered a traffic jam when they were about to reach Jinjiang Hotel.
Song Yan, who was impatient, immediately became furious and started scolding Fang Shengnan.
"Husband, can I hand over the red envelope later?"
At this time, in a taxi behind, Lin Yao was looking at the red envelope filled with money curiously, blinking her eyes, and pleaded with Xiao Le.
"Sure, it's reasonable for you to hand over the red envelope on behalf of our little family."
Fang Xiaole nodded, and seeing Lin Yao's curious look, he couldn't help but laugh:
"You haven't seen a red envelope before, have you?"
"Yes, I have." Lin Yao was a little embarrassed. "When I was a child, I would receive red envelopes from my parents on every birthday and Spring Festival. It's just that my parents don't have many relatives or friends, so I never participated in such occasions."
Lin Yao felt the thickness of the red envelope and exclaimed, "Wow, honey, you stuffed so much in there."
"Two thousand." Fang Xiaole explained, "My mother, my eldest aunt, and my third uncle are all siblings, and they often visit each other. Since marrying off their daughter-in-law is such a big deal, we have to show our appreciation."
"I saw Auntie also brought a red envelope this morning?"
"Our custom here is that if the child hasn't started a family yet, then there's no need to give gifts for weddings or birthdays. But if the child has started a family, then they have a small family, so gifts must be given."
Seeing Lin Yao like a curious baby, Fang Xiaole patiently explained:
"Our family now has to give three gifts. My sister and Xiong Sangou are one small family, you and I are one small family, and my parents have to give another one."
"We two are one family?" Lin Yao repeated this sentence softly, and suddenly smiled secretly with her hands covering her mouth, and her eyes blocked by the lenses curved into crescents.
Fang Xiaole and Lin Yao had agreed to take advantage of Song Jiang's wedding today to introduce Lin Yao to the Song family's relatives.
At the same time, I will remind relatives not to spread the news.
Before this, in order to prevent Lin Yao from being recognized and causing unnecessary trouble, Lin Yao still wore a hat, mask and glasses.
At around half past ten, two taxis finally broke out of the traffic jam and arrived at the Jinjiang Hotel.
Fang Xiaole and his family got out of the car and saw from afar the huge wedding photo of Song Jiang and Wei Qian placed at the entrance of the hotel.
"Tsk, Song Jiang and Second Uncle are still so nose-to-nose."
Fang Shengnan couldn't help but sneer.
"Boil your nose? Sister, what does that mean?"
Lin Yao asked curiously.
"It means I like to show off."
Fang Shengnan sneered, "Song Jiang and his father are both like this, clinking when the pot is half full."
"You're the only one who talks too much nonsense! Behave yourself later. You already have a boyfriend, but you're still so ignorant."
Song Yan hit Fang Shengnan, and the family walked towards the entrance of Jinjiang Hotel.
"Dad, my second aunt and cousin are here."
Song Jiang, who was standing at the door, saw Fang Xiaole and his eyes lit up.
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