Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

The morning banquet started at 7:30 and ended at 11:30 in the afternoon.

After the banquet, relatives and friends gathered in groups of three or four to chat and play cards.

After eating and drinking, Yang Yukun went to chat with several old classmates of Cheng Zhongguo who were basking in the sun in the parking lot.

Friends and relatives who were unable to come in the morning arrived one after another in the afternoon.

After breakfast, Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping did not go back home, but stayed at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant to greet relatives and friends.

The banquet begins at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Compared with the morning, there were more guests arriving in the afternoon.

Some guests who did not come in the morning came in the afternoon.

After the banquet in the afternoon, the guests left one after another. Yang Yukun, Xu Jingping, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law saw them off one by one.

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping were busy until after eight o'clock in the evening before they returned home from the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant.

Except for close friends and relatives who stayed to see the eldest girl off the next morning, the other guests went back to their homes after the banquet.

Including the neighbors in the alley, there will still be about one-tenth of the people who will eat tomorrow morning.

"Uncle."

"Xiaodong, when did you come here? Why didn't I see you?"

Hearing someone calling him, Yang Yukun turned around and saw that it was Fan Yonglan's lover Zhang Chengdong.

There are too many guests today and it is impossible to greet everyone.

"I arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon. I saw you were busy, so I didn't disturb you."

Zhang Chengdong flew here from Daocheng City after getting off work at noon.

When he was at the Wangfujing branch of Zhiweilou Restaurant, he saw Yang Yukun.

But Yang Yukun was busy at that time, so he didn't go up to disturb him.

"Get yourself a chair and sit down."

"Okay uncle."

"Play cards? I'll find a few people to set up a table for you."

"Uncle, I don't play cards."

"Then find a place to warm yourself by the fire. It's a bit cold this evening."

"It's a bit cold now that the temperature has dropped. I just went back and put on my down jacket."

"Wear more clothes at night, don't catch a cold."

"Xiao Kun, come and help me play two rounds. I need to go to the bathroom." Han Chunming, Yang Huajian, Mao Ditu, and Ao Feng were playing mahjong.

Mao Tutu was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so he asked Yang Yukun to help him.

"Don't blame me if you lose."

"If we lose, it's our brother's business. If we win, we'll split the points equally."

"Okay, go ahead and don't put your hand in your trouser pocket." Yang Yukun played two rounds for Mao Tutu, who came back from the toilet.

"This is a good hand." He looked at the cards Yang Yukun drew and saw that it was a very good hand.

"You fight on your own." Yang Yukun gave the position to Mao Tudi.

"Good job, Xiaokun, you won so much."

"I won two rounds in a row and won six hundred dollars."

"This is yours. We agreed that if you win, we'll each split it in half."

"It's time to go out for dinner." Yang Yukun said with a smile and put three hundred yuan in his pocket.

After having supper, relatives, friends, neighbors went back to rest, and the remaining hundreds of people stayed behind to continue playing cards, chatting and staying up late.

"Lao Ding, are you guys tired? Why don't you go back to the hotel and rest?"

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy yet."

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law's rooms are all ready. Why don't you go sleep there?"

"You can sleep at my house, the beds are made."

"I'm really not sleepy. It's almost three in the morning. If I go to sleep now, I won't be able to get up in the morning. I'll send Xiao Zongzi out and have breakfast before I go to sleep."

"Brother, I'm worried that you're getting old and staying up late is stressful."

"As you get older, you will sleep less. This is called being strong in old age."

"Okay, if you really can't take it anymore, go to sleep. I'll call you for breakfast tomorrow morning."

The group continued to chat around the fire, and before they knew it, it was almost dawn, and the time for the eldest girl to go out was getting closer.

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"Xiao Yumi, Mengmeng, Lanlan... you guys should guard the door for a while. Don't let your brother-in-law take you away easily."

"Certainly not."

"I'll leave the inside to you and the outside to us."

The groom is about to come to pick up the bride, and Han Pengfei and his group of young people have taken action to set some tests for the wedding party.

There is a checkpoint at the main gate, a checkpoint at the door of the east wing, and a checkpoint at the door of the boudoir. The boudoir is under the responsibility of Yang Jing and others.

"Add some spice."

"Fifteenth cousin, what did you put in the wine?"

"White vinegar."

"Add some salt, MSG, soy sauce, mustard, pepper powder, chili powder, and pepper powder."

“You can also add some oyster sauce.”

"Why didn't you say add some lard?"

"That's a good suggestion. I'll go to the kitchen and see if there's any lard."

"Don't add these messy things to the wine. What if something goes wrong after drinking it?"

"Having diarrhea after drinking it is not a big deal, but it would be bad if you don't get food poisoning and need to go to the hospital."

"Yes, don't add any messy stuff. We can't go too far."

"You can have salt water, chili water, etc., but don't add it to the wine, and don't add anything else together. Just let them draw one, and drink whichever cup they draw."

"This is good."

Han Chunming, the chief steward, reminded: "Play is play, make noise is noise, but remember not to play too much and don't delay the bride's departure." "I know, cousin, we won't go too far."

They just set up some wine to block the door and create some small checkpoints to ask for two red envelopes.

"Here they come, the wedding procession is here." Liu Gao, who was in charge of investigation at the entrance of the alley, ran back and saw the wedding procession.

"You little guys will just stand here for a while. If the groom and his family don't give you red envelopes to buy candy, you won't let them in."

"it is good!"

Mao Wenming and his friends found a large group of kids aged three, four, five, six, seven or eight and blocked the main entrance to the east wing and the entrance to the boudoir.

With these little guys around, the wedding party didn't dare to force their way in.

No one can get in without giving a red envelope.

Mao Wenming and his men were blocking the gate, and anyone who wanted to get in had to pass them first.

"What's going on?" Zheng Zhenbang was shocked to see a large group of people standing at the door of his father-in-law's house with their arms folded and looking at him covetously.

"The groom's official is here."

"The groom is dressed very handsomely today."

"It's not that easy to take the bride away. She has to get past us first."

"Did you see the wine blocking the door? You have to drink first if you want to enter."

Zheng Zhenbang clasped his fists and said, "My dear brothers, please be kind and let us in."

Mao Wenming said, "No, you must drink. If you don't drink, you won't be allowed in."

"Brother Fifteen, I can't drink much."

"You don't have to drink, you still have things to do later. The driver doesn't have to drink either. Don't drink while driving. We have to abide by traffic regulations. Send out the ones in your team who can handle alcohol well."

Mao Wenming and his friends had no intention of letting the groom drink, after all, he would have to take the bride back to the church for the wedding ceremony soon.

The driver has to drive, safety is the top priority and the driver cannot drink alcohol.

Let everyone except the groom and the driver drink.

"Old Qian, come on."

"Kunzi, you guys can drink so much, come on."

"I'll take the lead."

"Wait a minute, let me tell you the rules. See the numbers on the glasses? The drinkers must first take a number from this cardboard box and drink whatever glass they draw. They must drink it all. If you spit out, you will be fined three more glasses of the same number."

Mao Wenming first introduced the rules of the game to Zheng Zhenbang and the others. They were not allowed to drink right away because not all of the wine was alcohol.

One third of it is real wine, and the remaining two thirds are salt water, chili water, pepper water, Sichuan pepper water and other things.

Draw numbers and drink, you drink the glass according to the number you draw, it depends on who has better luck.

"Why do I have a bad feeling that there is something wrong here?"

"I have the same feeling. Look at the different colors of these wines. It's obvious that something has been added to them."

"Ahh... Oh my god, the smell of pepper is so pungent."

"That red thing, isn't it chili powder?"

"It seems true."

"Add these things to the wine?"

“You really know how to play.”

After hearing Mao Wenming introduce the rules of the game, Zheng Zhenbang and others realized that something was wrong.

Look at the wine, all kinds of colorful colors, it looks like poison.

These guys really know how to have fun, they come up with so many tricks just for the sake of wine.

"Xiaoyu, didn't you say you would lead the charge? Set an example for us."

"I'll go up, I'll go up."

"Let's draw a number." Mao Wenming gestured to the other party to choose a number.

"Number 25." Xiaoyu unfolded the paper she drew, and the number 25 was written on it.

"Number 25, please enjoy." Han Pengfei handed the wine glass number 25 to the other party.

Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, took a sip, and then drank it in one gulp.

It's real wine, nothing added, and it tastes very good.

"Xiaoyu, how does it taste?"

"Good wine."

"I come."

“Pfft… Oh my god, what is this? Pure mustard water, ah… Oh my god…”

"According to the rules, the penalty is three cups of the same pure mustard water."

"No way, this is terrible. I feel like my head is not my own anymore."

"Come on buddy, stop vomiting, or you'll be fined. You can also ask someone to drink for you."

"It's too intense. I'm intoxicated."

"Oh my god, pure chili water, it's so spicy that it's killing me."

"Pepper water, you guys are really good at it, it's so numb that my tongue has lost all feeling."

"Hey, Coke."

"I am still lucky. This glass of wine is really delicious. It tastes like Eight Immortals Drunk, but it is purer, softer and more flavorful than Eight Immortals Drunk."

"My friend, you are a man who knows wine. This is the Eight Immortals Drunk Wine, which is not available on the market."

"It tastes good. I'll have another one."

Cup after cup of wine was drunk, and those who were lucky enough would win real wine, drinks, or boiled water.

Those who are unlucky will draw mustard water, chili water, pepper water... light soy sauce and dark soy sauce.

Someone took a sip and spit it out, and was fined three identical cups.

Some people swallowed it in order to avoid being fined.

After finishing the wine, each person received a red envelope, and Mao Wenming and his party opened the gate to let Zheng Zhenbang and his party enter the courtyard. (End of this chapter)