Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

Early in the morning.

Helping neighbors gathered in taverns and canteens.

As the general manager, Yang Yukun arranged tasks for everyone in an orderly manner after the neighbors who helped arrived.

"Master, Mr. Niu, it would be better for you and the two old men to go with us to pick up the bride."

"OK, no problem."

"Xiao Kun, Mr. Hou and I are already so old, shouldn't it be time for us to retire?"

"Master Niu, you and I can't retire just yet. Young people don't understand the rules here. We will find you two apprentices later and learn the rules here before you can retire."

When picking up a bride, you need to be accompanied by someone of high moral character and who understands the rules.

Uncle Guan is getting older, and Master Pian'er has his own business in the Northeast. During this time, he has to take care of Tianci who is still hospitalized in the hospital.

The only people who understand the rules here are the two old men, Shifu and Master Niu.

The master and Mr. Niu are indeed quite old. When we turn back, we will find two young men in the alley, learn the rules from the two old men, and let the two old men bring the two apprentices out.

"Master Hou, Master Niu, you smoke."

Chen Qingming spread cigarettes for everyone and introduced family members and relatives who came from his hometown to everyone.

"Qingming Festival, congratulations."

"Thank you, gentlemen, for your hard work."

"Uncle Kun."

"Grandpa."

"Eldest nephew, Fengzi, you two are here, find a chair to sit on."

"Got it."

"Fengzi, you have to go to Simatai to pick up the bride tomorrow morning. We will meet here at two o'clock in the morning. Remember to bring your car over."

"Okay, Grandpa."

"Little Fifth Brother, have you seen Sister Su Meng, uncle Su Meng and Cheng Jianjun?"

"I didn't see it. It seems they haven't come over yet."

"Okay, then I'll call some drivers from the company to help with the driving."

Not many young people in the alley knew how to drive, and Yang Yukun didn't see Uncle Su Meng and Cheng Jianjun coming.

In this case, we might as well call a few people from the company to help.

"Teacher Su, you should still do your original job and help with accounting and collecting gift money."

"No problem, you can find me a partner."

"Okay, I'll find a young guy to partner with you, Mavericks, come here."

"What's wrong, Uncle Kun?"

"I will assign you a task. You and Teacher Su will keep accounts and receive gift money tomorrow. Is that okay?"

"Uncle Kun, I can't."

"That's why we have to learn. Young people must learn to do it. When the older generation retires in the future, you young people will still have to take up it."

"Ok."

"If you don't understand anything, just ask Teacher Su. The money must match what's in the gift book. Be careful when collecting money. Also, don't receive fake money."

"Uncle Kun, why don't you find someone else? I'm not very good at recognizing fake money. What if I receive fake money?"

Teacher Su smiled and said, "When the time comes, you will write the gift book and I will take care of the money."

Niu Ben nodded and said, "That's OK."

"Then this task will be left to you."

The person who worked with Teacher Su before went out of town and was not at home, so he needed to find a new partner for him.

Yang Yukun glanced around and saw Mr. Niu's grandson Niu Ben standing on the edge of the crowd with his hands in his pockets. He immediately waved the boy over.

This kid is still in high school and will be admitted to college in two years. It’s time for these young people to get started with these things.

"Xiao Kun."

"Teacher Yi, Teacher Li, you are here."

"Brother Xiaokun."

"Hey, Pengcheng, Peilan, you two are here too. I haven't seen you two for a long time. You have grown so tall."

"Brother Xiaokun, where is sister Jingping?"

"Sister Jingping is decorating a new house in the house. You go to find them in the house."

Xu Jingping, Su Meng, Meng Xiaoxing, and Meng Xiaozao, along with several girls from the alley, were decorating a new house for He Lixia and Chen Qingming. Yang Yukun asked Yi Peilan to find them in the house.

Polanhou beckoned: "Teacher Yi, Teacher Li, come sit here." Yi Ming smiled and greeted: "Master Hou, Master Niu."

Yang Yukun said: "Teacher Yi, Teacher Li, you two sit down for a while. Later we will go to Zhiweilou Restaurant Wangfujing for breakfast. Today is quite busy. If the reception is not good, you can't pick on the students."

Yi Ming said: "You don't have to worry about us, you are busy with your business."

"Got it."

Yang Yukun continued to do his own business. At about ten o'clock in the morning, he arranged for everyone to have breakfast at Zhiweilou Restaurant Wangfujing.

Continue to work in the afternoon.

Arrange everything that needs to be arranged to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Had dinner.

Everyone is sitting around in the canteen of the tavern, drinking tea, chatting, eating melon seeds and playing cards to kill time.

As for the drivers who were going to drive, Yang Yukun asked them to go and rest first after dinner, because they would have to rush over to meet at two o'clock in the morning tomorrow morning.

The time for the bride to go out is fixed, and she asks a fortune teller to tell her that she will leave on time at six in the morning and come in at nine.

It's a long way from Qianmen to Simatai, so they have to leave at 2:30.

Because it will take a while to get to the bride's house, plenty of time must be set aside.

It doesn’t matter if you delay the entrance time, but the bride must not delay the time when leaving the house.

"Xiao Kun."

"What's wrong, wife?"

"Little Zongzi, Heping Ping, and Little Corn are both asleep. Let's take them back first."

"Row."

Yang Yukun and Xu Jingping first took Xiaozongzi, Pingping and Xiaoyu home, and then Yang Yukun went to the tavern and canteen.

"Fell asleep?"

Seeing Chen Qingming's head moving little by little like a woodpecker, Yang Yukun patted him on the shoulder.

Chen Qingming opened his eyes: "Third brother-in-law."

"Go and take a nap. It's twelve o'clock now, and you can still sleep for two hours."

"If I don't sleep, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up by then, and I'll be even less energetic."

"You kid, you have to cheer up. Don't let your hands and feet become too weak to hold the bride when the time comes."

"Certainly not."

"Let's go and spread some smoke to cheer everyone up."

"it is good."

"Is there still tea?"

"Third uncle just boiled a bucket of boiling water and poured it into the tea bucket."

"Row."

Yang Yukun went to scoop up a bowl of tea and brought it to a card table to watch other people playing cards.

Chen Qingming, his father and his uncle seemed not to be very lucky, and they lost a lot.

"Xiao Kun."

"Brother Xiaowu, Brother Jian, Brother Tu, you are here."

"Big brother."

"Grandpa."

"Director Yang."

"They're all here."

Before two o'clock in the morning, people going to pick up relatives arrived at the tavern one after another. Yang Yukun first asked the driver to line up the cars in order.

There were twelve cars, and a total of forty-eight people, including the groom, went to pick up the bride.

In addition to the main wedding car and the two cars at the back reserved for the woman to see off her bride, there are nine other cars for those picking up the bride.

Those who pick up the bride are assigned tasks, such as helping with dowry, setting off cannons, etc.

"It's almost time, get in the car and go!"

"Brothers, go pick up the bride!"

"Let's go!"

The procession for picking up the bride started from the Qianmen Building and went to Simatai to pick up the bride. (End of chapter)