July 31, 2022, Sunday.

Today is the wedding day of Li Xingwen and Zhang Qiulan.

In our country, weddings and funerals are very particular, and the customs and habits of each place are different.

In Qinghe Town, there is a saying that weddings should be held no later than noon, which means that the groom should not pick up the bride later than 12 o'clock at noon. Once this time is exceeded, it is unlucky. At the same time, firecrackers must not be set off when the bride goes out.

As a gift, firecrackers can only be set off to greet the bride when she is brought back.

This is mainly to distinguish it from ordinary things, because in Qinghe Town, the time to send the deceased up the mountain is in the afternoon, and as soon as the coffin is carried, firecrackers start to be set off. Even wherever the coffin goes, the neighbors who have been prepared will also set off firecrackers.

Send firecrackers.

Because of the rule that the bride does not arrive until noon, if a man in Qinghe Town marries a wife farther away, he must pick up the bride to a hotel in the county or town one day in advance, and then pick her up on the wedding day.

Of course, Li Xingwen and Zhang Qiulan were from neighboring towns, so they were not bothered by this rule.

Both the Li family and the Zhang family have millions of dollars in net worth, and they are both prominent figures in their respective villages. Now that the two powerful families have joined forces to form an in-law family, the wedding banquet was naturally held in great splendor, with more than a hundred tables set up. It was considered a wedding banquet.

This is a relatively rare big scene in recent years.

On a makeshift stage.

The groom Li Xingwen is holding a microphone and delivering his wedding speech:

"Dear relatives, friends, handsome guys and beauties, thank you for coming here to bear witness to the love between Zhang Qiulan and me on this beautiful day.

Without you, there would be no wedding that we will never forget.

First of all, the first person I want to thank is our parents who worked hard to raise us.

From the moment we were born, you gave us all your love, taught us how to speak, taught you how to walk, taught you knowledge, and taught you how to be a human being... This is endless father's love and mother's love that cannot be expressed in words.

To express.

Parents, please rest assured that we will be the happiest family in the world."

Having said this, Li Xingwen took Zhang Qiulan's hand and bowed deeply to both parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Li Mingcheng and Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Jinsong, who were also standing on the stage, both smiled when they saw this. They were extremely satisfied with the marriage, and their faces almost stopped laughing the whole day.

Li Xingwen continued: "The second person I want to thank is our great matchmaker, Master Jiang."

When he heard Li Xingwen mentioning himself, Jiang Feng, who was standing under the stage, immediately smiled and waved.

Li Xingwen spared no effort in touting: "Dear friends, our great matchmaker Master Jiang is really not an ordinary person. He can predict a person's marital status based on his face. He only needs to look at this to know that the other person's marriage is happy."

Unhappiness is truly magical.

Here, I would like to strongly recommend Master Jiang to all my relatives and friends who are not yet married. You deserve to have such a great matchmaker with unique vision and extraordinary abilities."

Except for those close relatives and friends, none of the guests present knew that the great matchmaker who brought Li Xingwen and Zhang Qiulan together was so awesome.

There was a lot of discussion for a while.

Li Xingwen smiled and said: "Friends and relatives who want to get married can ask me about this in private. In short, without Master Jiang, I, Li Xingwen, would not be here today."

Having said this, Li Xingwen took Zhang Qiulan's hand and bowed deeply to Jiang Feng.

At this moment, Jiang Feng felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. It felt really good to be grateful.

"The third person I want to thank is the beautiful woman next to me. In my opinion, she is the most beautiful woman in the world!"

Li Xingwen said affectionately: "Wife, thank you, thank you for agreeing to marry me. Maybe I can't make you the richest woman in the world in my life, but I will use my life to make you the happiest woman in the world."

woman."

After saying that, Li Xingwen also bowed to Zhang Qiulan.

Zhang Qiulan's heart was filled with happiness, and she looked at him lovingly. Their eyes met, and everything was unspoken.

Li Xingwen concluded: "Finally, thank you again to all the guests! Please have a good meal and drink. I wish you all the best and all your wishes will come true!"

There is no need to detail the next meal and drink.

Jiang Feng once again gained more than a hundred WeChat friends at this wedding banquet, all of whom are potential customers.

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The next day.

The four members of the Li family came to thank the matchmaker with a huge red envelope and a lot of gifts. The noise was much greater than when the Zhu family came to thank the matchmaker the day before yesterday, and it directly alarmed the Jiang family's neighbors.

There is no doubt that the arrival of everyone in the Li family was warmly received by Jiang's father and Jiang's mother.

"Master Jiang, yesterday's wedding banquet was really poorly attended. Today I borrowed flowers and offered a toast to you. Thank you again for introducing such a wonderful girl to me as my wife."

"Master Jiang, let me toast you again. In today's impetuous era, I know how difficult it is to find a satisfactory partner. There are many friends around me who have failed to live their lives because they have not found the right person.

It’s a mess, but I was lucky enough to marry such a good wife through your help, Master Jiang. I will never forget your kindness in this life!”

"Master Jiang, this glass of wine is for my wife. I am honored to marry her, and she is lucky to marry me. All of this is due to you, Master Jiang."
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"Master Jiang, I must give you another toast..."

Li Xingwen is indeed a severe sufferer of social awkwardness. As soon as he got to the wine table, he opened his mouth to propose a toast without thinking about it. In just a few minutes, he toasted Jiang Feng with three or four glasses of wine.

Fortunately, Jiang Feng drank beer, otherwise there would be no need to eat food and he could just go upstairs to sleep.

Seeing Li Xingwen pick up the wine glass again, Jiang Feng quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, Brother Wen, please stop toasting me. My ability to drink is not as good as yours. If I continue drinking glass after glass like this, I will make a fool of myself soon."

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Li Xingwen laughed and said: "Master Jiang, I still have to offer you the wine, but I'll do it, you can do whatever you want."

Jiang Feng picked up the wine glass and clinked it with him, and said with a smile: "Brother Wen, please stop talking about yours. This sounds very annoying!"

Li Xingwen followed Shan Ruliu and said: "Okay, I'll listen to you!"

On the other side of the wine table, Jiang's father and Li Mingcheng also raised glasses frequently. The two men of similar ages praised each other's sons, and their chat was quite speculative.

Jiang's mother and Li's mother also took care of themselves. They drank a sip of glutinous rice wine from time to time, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

As for the remaining Zhang Qiulan, because she has to be a driver, she can't drink. She just sits next to her husband with a smile, helping to pour wine or handing over tissues from time to time.

Naturally, the meal was a feast for both host and guest, lasting from noon to about two o'clock in the afternoon. Only then did the Li family, whose faces were red with wine, say goodbye and leave.

After the Li family left, Jiang's mother began the part she was most looking forward to - taking stock of the harvest.

The first thing that attracted much attention was the huge red envelope.

When Jiang's mother opened the red envelope, her hands were shaking with excitement.

After the red envelope was opened, Jiang's mother took out four stacks of old people's heads from inside, three of which had the bank's 10,000-yuan seal, but the original white seals were painted red for the sake of celebration.

There is also a stack of slightly thinner ones, which are circled with rubber rings.

Jiang's father's eyes widened when he saw it.

Jiang Feng took a look and said: "Those three stacks are worth 30,000 yuan without counting. The thickness of the other stack should be 7,000 or 8,000 yuan. Taking the auspicious number, it is 38,000 yuan."

At this moment, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were both shocked.

Especially Jiang's father. He worked hard for a year, and his income, including the family orchard, was only about four or five.

Now the matchmaking money received by the younger son from being a matchmaker has easily exceeded this amount, which makes him feel so mixed that he can't describe what it feels like.

In order to get an accurate figure, Jiang's mother took the trouble to count the money, but her youngest son guessed it again, which was indeed 38,000 yuan.

After counting the money clearly, Jiang's mother asked again: "Xiao Feng, have you estimated the value of those gifts?"

Jiang Feng nodded and said: "After a rough estimate, the most valuable ones are probably the two bottles of Maotai. I remember that one bottle costs more than three thousand. The other gifts combined are probably worth as much as one bottle of Maotai. The overall value is nearly one bottle."

It’s all over.”

Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were shocked again when they heard this. This is such a big deal!

Jiang's mother couldn't help but calculate: "When the Li family came to ask for a matchmaker, the red envelopes and gifts were worth about one thousand. Later, during the blind date, you received another two thousand red envelopes from the housekeeper. Yesterday, when you went to attend someone else's wedding, they not only gave you away

The red envelope I gave you also gave you an additional eight hundred, which adds up to three thousand eighty.

If you add today's three thousand and eight, wouldn't the total exceed fifty thousand, reaching more than fifty thousand?"

At this point, Jiang's mother and Jiang's father couldn't help but look at each other. Today was really an eye-opener for them.

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