Chapter 418: Twelve Cars of Gifts
An invitation is required to enter the scene. More importantly, the people at the door must pay close attention to Lu Qi and Zhuo Yao, and they must stop them from entering.
They are all employees of the Lu Group, but they may not know Lu Qi and Zhuo Yao. Before that, they have to remember Zhuo Yao and Lu Qi's faces and not be allowed to enter.
Although it might not look nice to make a noise at the door, it's better than having them make noises inside.
At that time, I hope they will save their face and leave if they can't get in. Lu Yuan will temporarily believe that they save their face and won't do anything like rolling on the street and making a scene.
After Lu Yuan confirmed this matter, he made a special note of it, then took out his notebook and carefully marked this item on the plan.
After thinking about it, I added a note: Check on their situation before the wedding. If they are determined to make trouble, find a way to prevent them from leaving the house or transfer them away.
After all, it is best if there is no noise at the door, otherwise it will make things difficult for the hotel staff.
Naturally, this matter needs to be reported to Gu Qingshi, and then there is another more important thing to do - to give the betrothal gift.
They are going to hold their wedding after the New Year, so they plan to give the betrothal gifts before the New Year.
Although they had made preparations in advance, Lu Yuan was still quite busy when the wedding really came. Conversely, his uncle and aunt were also quite busy with Gu Qingshi's dowry.
According to custom, Lu Yuan's uncle and aunt planned to give all the furniture and other items from his new house as a dowry to Gu Qingshi.
For this reason, Uncle Bai Zhong returned to his hometown earlier and specially asked someone to cut down the tree that Gu Feng had planted when Gu Qingshi was born, and made it into a camphorwood box as a dowry for Gu Qingshi.
This is a local custom. After a girl is born, the child's father will plant a camphor tree in front of or behind the door. When the girl gets married, the family will cut down the camphor tree and make it into a camphor wood box, which is one of the most important dowry for the daughter.
Boys also plant them. In addition to praying for their children, they can also make cradles, wooden horses and other toys that their children will need as they grow up when they grow up, get married and have children.
Passed down from generation to generation, with blessings.
Gu Feng was not a local, but he thought this custom was very good, so after Gu Qingshi was born, he planted a tree himself.
This was Gu Feng's hope for his daughter's happiness. Bai Zhong himself had planted camphor wood for Bai Yang and Bai Xue, so he naturally understood Gu Feng's intentions, so he went and cut the wood himself and made a camphor wood box.
Such trees have different meanings and are taken care of every year. After Gu Feng died, Bai Zhen took Gu Qingshi to marry and sold the house, including the camphor tree.
Originally, Bai Zhong was worried that no one would take care of the camphor tree, and that the tree would be in poor condition or even disappear. Fortunately, after Bai Zhong returned, the camphor tree was still growing well. The family who bought the house also knew the significance of the camphor tree and did not stop him.
After Bai Zhong brought the box back, they prepared the rest of the dowry according to the situation.
Originally, Bai Xue and Guo Lang had planned to hold a wedding, and even planned to pack Bai Xue's suitcase together. However, because Guo Lang's brother-in-law got into trouble, the wedding was postponed, and Gu Qingshi got married first.
Aunt Bai Zhong and the others had already been mentally prepared for Lu Yuan to come and present the betrothal gifts, and later they discussed the date of his arrival with Gu Qingshi.
On the appointed day, my aunt and her family came to Gu Qingshi's house early in the morning.
My aunt and her family are all hard-working people. They seldom have time to rest and are basically always busy. But on this day, it is natural for the whole family to rest.
My aunt made preparations one day in advance, including wrapping red envelopes, preparing refreshments for the reception, and gifts from the woman to the man in return. There are some particularities involved, usually 6 or 12 pieces of clothing and accessories.
After listening to what his aunt said, Gu Qingshi carefully went to buy something for Lu Yuan.
This was also the first time that Gu Qingshi selected things for Lu Yuan so carefully. According to his aunt, they were not short of money now, so preparing 12 things was the best. Lu Yuan would definitely order more.
From the way Lu Yuan proposed marriage before, we can tell that he wants to give all the good things to you.
My aunt and Gu Qingshi said that they didn't have the conditions before, but they did make clothes and other things at that time. Gu Qingshi didn't know how to make them, but my aunt said not to prepare only things to wear outside.
Gu Qingshi felt embarrassed after hearing this. She couldn't buy a vest or underwear or something like that, but pajamas were certainly okay.
Gu Qingshi listened to his aunt and carefully selected clothes, shoes, socks, a tie and hat for Lu Yuan, as well as a wallet, belt, watch, and a set of pajamas, and laid them out neatly.
My aunt checked it again and was satisfied only when she felt that there was no problem.
Lu Yuan soon came with his people. My aunt was particular about it, and so was Lu Yuan. Giving a betrothal gift was one of the marriage customs that had been respected and continued for thousands of years. It mainly reflected the man's importance to the woman. Based on this, Lu Yuan really wanted to express his importance.
But he didn't expect that because of the particulars of the betrothal gift, he still couldn't do what he wanted. Fortunately, compared to proposing marriage, he had more room to maneuver.
Soon, Lu Yuan's convoy of betrothal gifts arrived. It was so grand that it attracted a lot of onlookers.
Nowadays, it is popular to get married by bicycle. For ordinary people, a bicycle is good enough, and if there is a car, it would be amazing.
Lu Yuan, on the other hand, didn't bring a car, but a motorcade. The cars looked very good and were carefully decorated.
Because it was not a wedding, we didn’t put up the word "囍" (囍) on the paper, but it still looked festive. There were few flowers in the winter, so we used balloons instead.
The conspicuous convoy drove in smoothly and parked neatly on the side of the road. Behind it followed a number of children who were watching the excitement and the cars. They all ran over to watch after seeing the cars from nearby.
The children were chattering and looking at them with curiosity. The boys liked the cars more, while many girls were attracted by the balloons.
With such a big commotion, many adults came out, thinking that something big had happened. But when they asked, they found out that they were here to offer betrothal gifts.
There were twelve vehicles in the convoy, and there were also twelve people.
This is also a rule. When proposing, the man's family usually sends 6, 10, or 12 people to go to the woman's family. Lu Yuan chose twelve people.
Of course, the man’s parents usually have to go to give the betrothal gifts, but Lu Yuan didn’t find Lu Qi and Zhuo Yao. Fortunately, he still has his grandfather, Old Man Lu, who came with him.
No matter what Lu Qi and Zhuo Yao did, Lu Yuan always followed his own pace, fortunately he had his grandfather as an elder.
Lu Yuan did not keep the fact that he was going to give the betrothal gift a secret. Anyway, many people in the company and partners knew about it. Lu Yuan specifically notified everyone two days in advance that he would take a day off to give the betrothal gift, and asked everyone to come and ask for instructions in advance if they had any matters.
(End of this chapter)
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