Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

After the group entered the courtyard, the entire courtyard immediately became quiet. Minister Li knew that this was because everyone was very wary of his arrival.

So he said to the crowd: "Don't be restrained, and don't worry about me. I'm not a minister here. I'm just an ordinary old man who likes drinking. You can do whatever you want."

"Hehehe...!"

No one knows how he could become a minister. With just a few words, he became one with the masses.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the scene had eased, Minister Li winked at Secretary Wang again.

Secretary Wang nodded, then took out a small ornament of a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water from his bag and handed it to Zhou Weimin.

"Secretary Zhou, this is a wedding gift from us. I hope you don't mind."

"this…?"

When Zhou Weimin saw the pair of mandarin duck ornaments, he seemed a little at a loss and could only look at Sun Zhengguo helplessly.

Sun Zhengguo received the pleading look and took another look at the pair of mandarin duck ornaments. They were just ordinary handicrafts, so he nodded calmly.

After seeing this, Zhou Weimin's heart finally settled down. He reached out to take the gift and expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you, Minister Li and the two leaders."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do." Secretary Wang waved his hand, as if it was a matter of course.

However, just when everyone thought it was over, Minister Li continued.

"I came here today to ask for a drink, that's just one of the reasons. Someone also brought you a gift."

"Secretary Wang, take out the things and give them to the newlyweds!"

"Okay, Minister Li."

After saying that, Secretary Wang took out a folded piece of rice paper from his bag, and then slowly opened it in front of everyone's puzzled eyes.

It was not until the rice paper was fully unfolded that everyone could see the contents on it. There were four big characters written in vigorous and powerful strokes on it: A match made in heaven.

But these are not the key points. The key point is the signature next to it, which actually contains Mr. Lai’s name.

"What?" Someone nearby who knew the value of the book exclaimed, "This was written by Mr. Lai himself. Oh my God! This is incredible."

Once these words were spoken, it was like dropping a bomb, and the whole courtyard was in an uproar.

"Oh my god, what a great honor this is! I'm afraid Zhou Weimin will be very successful!"

"Oh my god! What did I see? Mr. Lai's personal inscription. Woohoo... I... I... I'm so proud!"

"..."

At this time, Zhou's mother and Zhou Weihua were so frightened that they were at a loss.

You said that our family is just an ordinary family, and Mr. Lai is very busy with his work, so why would he send a handwritten inscription to our family?

"Could it be? Is there some kind of relationship between our Zhou family and Mr. Lai?" Zhou's mother guessed secretly in her heart.

Sun Zhengguo didn't know what Zhou's mother was thinking. If he knew, he would probably say something.

"Aunt! You think too much. People come here to give me this gift because they see me as a favor. Otherwise, who would know who you are, Zhou Weimin?"

In fact, Sun Zhengguo's guess was not wrong. Lai Zong loved his sister so much that he wrote these big words out of joy when he learned that his sister was going to get married.

This is also the reason why Minister Li came here uninvited today. Otherwise, do you really think he has never drunk alcohol?

After sorting out these things, Sun Zhengguo saw his brother-in-law who was still in a daze and quickly reminded him.

"Wei Min, here is Mr. Lai's handwritten inscription. Why don't you accept it?"

"Oh! Thank you, Mr. Lai. Thank you, Mr. Lai."

Zhou Weimin reacted and carefully accepted the calligraphy while facing everyone's envious gazes.

At the same time, I secretly swore in my heart that I must frame this calligraphy masterpiece well and treat it as a family heirloom that I would not sell at any price.

After this highlight, the wedding officially began. First, the couple stepped forward and sincerely thanked the relatives and friends present.

Next, the two talked about how they first met, the difficulties they experienced in the middle, and the joy of being together in the end.

Of course, Sun Zhengguo played a more important role in this process.

He also played an "inglorious" role and "attempted" to break up a couple.

Everyone was delighted to hear about this and listened with great interest.

At the end, Sun Zhengguo, as the representative of the women, was also invited to come forward and give a speech to express his gratitude for the award. He was so angry that his teeth itched and he glared at Zhou Weimin fiercely.

When Zhou Weimin saw that the situation was not right, he hurriedly announced in a solemn manner that the wedding banquet was officially beginning.

"Okay! Here comes the food."

He Daqing, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately arranged for someone to serve the dishes.

At the same time, he was not idle. He heated the oil in a pan, put the dishes into the pan, then flipped the pan with his left hand and waved the big spoon with his right hand, and started the live performance.

His skillful movements were a pleasure to watch for everyone present. Even the teachers from New Oriental would probably have to admit defeat.

As the delicious dishes were served on the table, everyone couldn't wait to taste them.

"Wow! This chef's cooking skills are really good."

After tasting the dish, the uncle in charge of the courtyard couldn't help but praise it.

But when he saw others working hard, he couldn't help but secretly curse himself as an idiot. Why are you showing off here? Just eat!

The scene was the same at the other tables, except for the table of technicians, where the food was a little better, and the rest was the table of cadres.

After all, the cadres at this table are all people of status, and they would still do so even if Minister Li was not there.

Slowly, as time went by, Zhou Weimin saw that the time was almost right, so he took Sun Zhenghong with him and started to toast everyone one by one.

After the newlyweds finished toasting, Minister Li announced that he had other things to do in the department and took Secretary Wang with him to leave early. However, Director Zhang did not leave and wanted to stay to accompany Sun Zhengguo.

After Minister Li left, the cadres at this table completely let themselves go. Everyone started toasting each other frequently and were having a blast.

However, since everyone at the table was family and they knew Sun Zhengguo's alcohol tolerance, they only toasted and did not compete in drinking.

However, although our own people knew about this, other people did not know it!

As the representative of Sun Zhengguo's family, how could others remain indifferent? Why not express your opinion?

So, everyone just went around, toasting each other like a tourist, in a round-robin game, trying to get Sun Zhengguo drunk.

When the other people at the cadre table saw this, no one offered to help. This was not to say that Sun Zhengguo was a bad person, but they knew there was no need to help.

Sure enough, until the end of the banquet, Sun Zhengguo was fine, while seven or eight of those who had toasted him fell down. Such an outcome was truly shocking.

After the banquet, everyone said goodbye and Zhou Weimin and his wife saw them off to the door one by one.

After a while, the tables and benches in the yard were cleared away, and He Daqing and his son said goodbye.

Zhou Weimin was not stingy either. He gave them red envelopes, cigarettes, and wedding candies, and sent them to their door.

Until the end, when most people had left, Sun Zhengguo called his sister and brother-in-law and prepared to say goodbye.

"Wei Min, from today on, my sister is in your care. If she does anything wrong, you can tell me and I will take care of her."

Of course Zhou Weimin understood the meaning of Sun Zhengguo's words.

In order to reassure him, Zhou Weimin quickly expressed his position.

"Brother, don't worry, I will love my wife. If I let Zhenghong suffer any injustice, you can come and beat me to death."

"Yeah!" Sun Zhengguo was quite satisfied with such an answer.

Then he thought of the calligraphy again, and after thinking it over again, he decided to remind him.

"Wei Min, you have to remember that it's best to frame the calligraphy that President Lai gave you today and keep it well. It may save your life at a critical moment."

"Don't worry, big brother, I'm not stupid. Even if you don't tell me, I know the seriousness of the matter."

Looking at Zhou Weimin’s smug expression, Sun Zhengguo became furious.

What do you think of this? I don't even have a piece of calligraphy like this, but I'm giving it to you first.

No! Next time I see Mr. Lai, I will ask him for a calligraphy piece even if I have to beg him to do it.

Yes! It was a happy decision.