Zhao Qinglan and her family got up very early in the morning.
Yesterday, the whole family took a shower at home because it's hot now, and it's quite convenient to shower at home.
Zhao Qinglan and her family built their own bathroom in the small courtyard of the family compound, and now there is one in this small courtyard in Beijing as well.
After buying breakfast from outside, the family ate breakfast and then set off.
Neither Sun nor her brother Sun Guangming attended Zhang Yu's wedding, nor did Zhao Qingju; only Zhao Qinglan and her family attended.
Sun Guangming had originally asked if he wanted to drive them there, but Zhao Qinglan refused, and the family took the bus instead.
Zhang Yu didn't get married until he was in his late thirties. He was also the only male in the Zhang family, so the Zhang family attached great importance to the wedding.
The wedding banquet was held at the Beijing Hotel, a place that is normally impossible for ordinary people to hold a wedding banquet. Zhang's parents really went to great lengths to do so.
As soon as they arrived outside the hotel, they saw Zhang Yu standing at the entrance, greeting guests alongside the bride.
Zhang Yu was quite different today. He was wearing a men's suit and looked radiant. He was also very happy to see Li Huai and the others arrive.
"You guys finally arrived, Li Huai, you're not being very nice, coming so late."
Li Huai smiled helplessly. "I actually wanted to come earlier; it wasn't easy for me to even get to the capital this time."
Zhang Yu understood this as well. After all, given the nature of Li Huai's job, he couldn't leave at will, so he wasn't angry; it was just a joke.
"Come, come, let me introduce you. This is Song Yi, my wife. This is my best buddy Li Huai, and this is your sister-in-law."
Li Huai and Zhao Qinglan both smiled at Song Yi.
"Hello, sister-in-law," Song Yi greeted Zhao Qinglan.
After chatting for a bit, Zhao Qinglan and the others took the children into the restaurant.
The two of them brought four little followers, making them quite conspicuous among the wedding guests.
The guests invited by Zhang Yu, besides his parents' relatives and friends, were mostly from their compound. So, as soon as Li Huai walked in, some people recognized him.
"Isn't that Li Huai?"
Many of Li Huai's peers in the compound had mixed feelings about him because their elders often compared him to Li Huai, saying that Li Huai could achieve so much without relying on his family.
Some people felt sorry for him, some gloated, and some disliked him as someone else's "perfect child."
The older folks in the compound generally had a good impression of Li Huai.
Soon someone called Li Huai over.
Zhao Qinglan didn't know anyone except Zhang Yu, so naturally she went wherever her husband went, along with his four children.
"You brat, it's been so many years since I've seen you, and you haven't even come back to visit your uncle," a middle-aged man with gray hair, around fifty years old, said reproachfully.
"This kid has really lived up to expectations these past few years," Commander Liao, dressed in military uniform, commented with a smile.
He had seen Li Huai a few years ago, but many people in the capital didn't know that Li Huai had come back at that time.
Many people present sighed at the thought of Li Zhenhua's fate.
I feel sorry for Li Zhenhua, but I also feel that Li Huai has had a really tough time.
Looking at Zhao Qinglan and the children behind him, some people asked questions.
Li Huai and the others stood there for quite a while before leaving to find seats.
Actually, this trip wasn't entirely fruitless for Li Huai.
Even before Li Zhenhua retired, many elders who had watched him grow up felt sorry for him.
When Li Zhenhua was humiliated and dismissed in that manner, the Li family collapsed, and everyone felt even more sorry for Li Huai.
Li Huai came back to visit Li Zhenhua when he was hospitalized. Some elders in the capital knew this, but no one knew what the father and son talked about. They only thought that Li Huai still cared about the father-son relationship and had a better impression of Li Huai.
Actually, when Li Zhenhua favored Huimin and her son, everyone looked down on him, but when he left his position in that way, many people felt sorry for him.
If Li Huai completely ignores his father Li Zhenhua, who has health problems, even if it was all Li Zhenhua's fault in the past, everyone will think he is somewhat heartless.
That's just how society and the public are; they always sympathize with the weak.
Knowing that Li Huai had been to the hospital, they didn't hold him to any harsh criticism.
After all, the relationship between father and son has deteriorated for so many years, it's unrealistic to expect Li Huai to suddenly become filial and affectionate towards his father, Li Zhenhua.
His return for Zhang Yu's wedding brought back memories for the elders who saw him.
There are quite a few bigwigs from the military system present today.
Being remembered by these people is more useful than Li Huai putting in ten times the effort.
Neither Li Huai nor Zhao Qinglan knew anything about Zhang Yu's bride before.
After they sat down, they listened to the conversation of two people in the know, and thus gained some understanding of Song Yi.
It turns out that Song Yi was a sent-down youth who married a fellow villager during a difficult time. However, after returning to the city, she was disliked by her in-laws and, being a woman of great integrity, got a divorce.
Song Yi came from an ordinary family in the capital. When she went to the countryside, her parents passed away one after another, and her two older brothers were not close to her, leaving her an orphan.
If Zhang Yu had brought Song Yi, who was divorced and came from an ordinary family, to meet his parents earlier, his parents would definitely not have agreed.
But as their son grew older day by day, and other children of the same age were already quite grown up, he was still all alone. When Song Yi was brought to them, even if they were a little dissatisfied, they forced themselves to accept this new daughter-in-law.
Fortunately, Song Yi is also quite outstanding in other aspects. She is a college student after the resumption of the college entrance examination and just graduated this year. She married Zhang Yu right after graduation.
Song Yiren is also beautiful, and her status as a college student finally allowed Zhang's parents to hold their heads high in front of outsiders. After several interactions, they were quite satisfied with her as their daughter-in-law.
I heard that Song Yi's ex-husband, who divorced her after returning to the city, is now filled with regret.
Compared to Zhang Yu's family, her ex-husband's family background was far inferior. In order to spite her ex-husband and vent his anger for his wife, Zhang Yu even had his family send him and Song Yi's wedding invitations.
That family didn't dare offend the Zhang family, so they had no choice but to come along reluctantly.
Zhao Qinglan found the inside story quite dramatic and was eager to see how Song Yi's former in-laws would react.
Actually, if you think about it carefully, her experience in her previous life was quite similar to Song Yi's.
However, she had wasted her life in the Wang family in her previous life and left in a sorry state, while Song Yi bravely cut her losses in time. Although she didn't know Song Yi very well, she admired Song Yi a lot and developed a lot of goodwill towards her.
Zhang Yu and her husband are good friends, and she is now doing business with Zhang Yu. If Song Yi, as Zhang Yu's lover, has a good character and conduct, it would be a good thing for both her and her husband.
This was the first time that Da Wa and the others had attended such a grand wedding, and they all watched intently. Fortunately, the children's behavior was not considered impolite.
Once most of the guests had arrived, the wedding ceremony officially began.
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