Chapter 96 is glorious enough, grand enough.
When the gift list was fully unfolded, it was more than three meters long, folded into twelve folds, and the words "Auspicious Book" were written at the top.
The following is a list of all the gifts:
First, there is a pair of golden coconuts. Two pairs of coconuts represent both parents being alive, having a grandfather and a son. Since Zhou Pingchuan's parents have both passed away, only one pair is used to express this.
Secondly, there were twenty-eight loads of wedding cakes, twenty-eight baskets of wedding fruits and candies, and twenty-eight servings of eight kinds of top-grade seafood, including black moss, abalone, scallops, dried shrimp, dried scallops, sea cucumber, shark fin, and fish maw. There were also twenty-eight boxes of precious tea and several cases of aged wine. Because there were so many, they were all placed in the courtyard and not moved into the house.
Then the live animals were brought in, namely the three sacrificial animals. The Zhou family brought a pair of roast suckling pigs and two pairs of roosters (one rooster and one hen in each pair), with their feet wrapped in red cloth and kept in red cages, symbolizing that the young couple's life would be prosperous and auspicious.
The above are the essential items in the custom: coconuts, betrothal cakes, seafood, and three sacrificial animals. Next comes the main event—the betrothal gift.
The RMB banknotes were arranged in fan shapes and neatly stacked in a basket, with 1.88 million RMB per basket, totaling 28 baskets.
The gold ingots were stored in wooden boxes, each with two layers and ten ingots per layer, for a total of twenty-eight boxes. It was the time of day when the sunlight was at its best, and the bright yellow light almost blinded everyone.
This covers the monetary portion. Besides currency, substantial real estate and shops are also essential assets. The Zhou family has prepared two villas in Beijing, two seaside villas in Nangang, and eight large apartments in prime locations in first-tier cities. For shops, they've even allocated two office buildings and two city shopping centers!
Seeing the property ownership certificates, office building permits, and shopping center registration certificates laid out like paper sheets in front of them, the reporters and paparazzi almost snapped their cameras – the last time they saw so much property was in their dreams!
Little did they know, the unexpected was yet to come.
Xia Mian is a boy, so theoretically he shouldn't need to prepare gold jewelry, and the previous examples are already astonishing.
However, the Zhou family still brought out several safes containing: twenty-eight different kinds of peace plaques, twenty-eight pairs of gold jewelry, twenty-eight gold ornaments, a set of imperial green jade jewelry, a set of emerald jewelry, eighteen sets of high-quality beads, cufflinks, tie clips and other small items commonly used by boys, too many to count.
"That set of emeralds is of such high quality, it's dazzling my eyes." After a long pause, a member of the Xia family's collateral branch exclaimed in a low voice.
"I think your eyes aren't uncomfortable, they're just red," a friend teased.
"Whether you know your stuff or not, why are you looking at emeralds? Look at jadeite! Especially that Guanyin pendant set, it's glassy, the color is perfect, definitely from an old mine. Even Christie's might not be able to get such good stuff. I estimate it's around 80 to 100 million, enough to make three generations rich!"
"Holy crap!"
At this point, Aunt Cheng paused for a moment. Everyone thought the gift list was over and wanted to quickly gather it up and send it to the bank vault—they didn't feel at ease leaving it at home.
To everyone's surprise, Aunt Cheng was just a little tired from talking. After pausing for half a minute, she continued to report.
Next came antiques and calligraphy, including a Qing Dynasty Qianlong enamel revolving vase, a pair of Qing Dynasty Kangxi plain sancai (three-color) cloud and dragon pattern plates, a pair of Song Dynasty porcelain green jade Huchun vases, a ten-piece squirrel and grape tea set, and eight pieces of calligraphy and paintings by ancient and modern celebrities…
These are priceless treasures, beyond the measure of money. If they couldn't help but marvel when they saw the jade Guanyin earlier, now they are filled with fear and trepidation.
—Be careful when you leave later, don't touch those antiques, we can't afford to pay for them!
—They're just looking, we can't let them damage it, can we?
Xia Dongbo and Tang Wenhua were beaming with excitement. It was definitely a step up for the Xia family to approach the Zhou family, especially since Zhou Pingchuan was the head of the Zhou family. Even if they came empty-handed, they would still have to greet them with smiles and welcome them into the house.
Zhou Pingchuan actually brought so many betrothal gifts; in the entire capital, there was absolutely no one like him before or since. Forget about giving face; the Zhou family was practically giving them the whole world!
I've lived this long enough, and today is the day I've lived. That's enough!
In the very end, it was also an item that couldn't be brought into the living room.
The escort vehicle at the end of the convoy opened its back door, revealing a sleek black exterior.
The reporter and Xia's relatives tiptoed to look inside, and several children, full of curiosity, ran up to them.
After seeing the car in its entirety, I exclaimed in surprise, "La Voiture Noire!"
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire, also known as the Sound of the Night, is a one-of-a-kind vehicle in the world, priced at $18 million, equivalent to 130 million RMB.
But this is only the price shown on the surface.
The Night Voice was sold to a foreign sports star within three minutes of its debut at the auto show. If you want someone to "give way," you'll inevitably have to pay corresponding fees, such as added value fees, maintenance costs, and so on.
This includes subsequent customs declaration, tax payment, and transportation back to China...
In short, it was paved with money that it eventually ended up in Xia Mian's hands.
Everyone stood there dumbfounded.
The only one in the world.
The only one in the world!
As a girl, Chestnut doesn't usually pay much attention to cars. After listening to the person in front of her explain the car's value, she realized how valuable it was. She lowered her head and typed with trembling fingers.
Summer was waiting anxiously when Chestnut sent her a message: 【Holy crap】
What does "卧槽" mean? Did Zhou Pingchuan go too far? Even Li Zi was so angry that she couldn't stand it anymore?
After typing, Li Zi sent him six or seven photos of cool cars from different angles. Xia Mian had all the common hobbies of rich kids, including cars, and he could tell which model was in the photo at a glance.
"Aaaaaah!" he couldn't help but scream!
God knows, he had his eye on this car before, and even begged his dad to send him the money, but despite trying countless channels, he still couldn't get it.
In the end, it was actually Zhou Pingchuan who helped him fulfill his wish!
His friends often say that he will only truly graduate from the world of car enthusiasts when he gets his hands on the Night Sound.
Today—today—he graduated!
Xia Mian jumped out of bed, wishing she could ask Zhou Pingchuan for the keys right now and drive around the mountains a few times.
Besides excitement, there was also some restlessness, which he couldn't quite put his finger on. The restlessness made his whole body feel hot.
Chestnut: [The cars were the last to appear; there were a whole bunch more before them. The living room couldn't hold them all, so they were all put out in the yard. Many of them were locked, and armed bodyguards were standing by with guns, watching intently. It made me afraid to go over and look.]
aestivation:"......"
Calm down, calm down, take a deep breath, don't act like you've never seen anything like this before, he silently adjusted his mindset.
Then the adjustment failed.
As promised, Zhou Pingchuan gave him everything he wanted—a grand and glamorous affair.
How could he not be happy?
Marrying Zhou Pingchuan doesn't seem like a bad choice... right?
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