National Tide 1980.

What a coincidence, Jiang Nianyun and Yao Peifang, who should have been happily arranging wedding arrangements at this time, were actually worried about Ning Weimin's affairs.

Moreover, Jiang Nianyun was obviously more anxious than Yao Peifang, and the old lady was almost getting angry.

Not for any other reason, but because the matter she encountered was urgent.

Who could have thought that at the last minute, something happened to an important person who was indispensable for picking up the bride today.

  what's up?

It turns out that people in Beijing have their own way of getting married.

According to the local customs of the capital, there must be a bride-to-be in the wedding procession from the capital.

This role not only has a noble status, but also has the meaning of seeking good luck and blessing the newlyweds, which is related to the prospects of a happy future life for the newlyweds.

Therefore, the requirement is to be a complete person with all parents, spouse, and children, also called a "completely blessed person."

Jiang Nianyun, who knew the importance of this matter, naturally did not dare to neglect it. From the moment she decided to take charge of this matter, she began to look for a suitable candidate.

But since she didn't have many connections in Beijing, she could only choose from a limited number of people.

Originally, she thought Song Huagui was the most suitable candidate, as his parents were still alive, he and his wife lived in harmony, and they had both children.

Although her husband is a Bulgarian foreigner and not a local, Ning Weimin and Matsumoto Keiko also have a transnational marriage.

So from this point of view, there is no one more suitable than to invite her to be the bride.

But the problem is that the bride's side is still short of a bride-sitter.

Considering that Keiko Matsumoto was not a local, they had to move to the Pierre Cardon Hotel on the day before the wedding and use the room there as her parents' home. The groom had to pick up the bride from there the next day.

Then it was only natural that Song Huagui would be assigned to the bride's side and take on the responsibility of being the bride's wife.

Therefore, Jiang Nianyun had to arrange for the groom to marry his wife, which was even more difficult because it was not easy to find someone of equal status to Song Huagui.

After searching for a long time, Jiang Nianyun finally reached an agreement with the wife of an official in the municipal government.

This official is the one in charge of foreign investment. He personally approved the legal procedures for Yunyuan Hotel and granted policy benefits.

Her wife also likes to be lively and is very happy about this matter. It is undoubtedly destined for her to be the center of attention as the bride's wife.

Especially because she learned from Jiang Nianyun that Ning Weimin, the major shareholder of Yunyuan, is also a shareholder of Pierre Catton, and that the bride married the Japanese star Matsumoto Keiko, she felt even more honored and thought that this matter was enough to bring honor to her.

Jiang Nianyun's idea was also good. Inviting this official's wife would make her status and position equal to Song Huagui's.

It can also be an opportunity to deepen the relationship. If you can win the favor of this lady, it will be easier to deal with any official matters in the future, which will definitely be beneficial to the development of Yunyuan.

However, sometimes things just go against people's expectations.

Just two days before the wedding, because the Asian Games were approaching, the Olympic Council of Asia suddenly sent people to China to prepare for the organizing committee.

The official's schedule was completely disrupted by this major foreign affairs event.

Not only did he have to participate in consultations with the Olympic Council of Asia, but because many foreign guests brought their wives, he also had to bring his own wife.

  How unfortunate is this?

It so happened that the official and his wife were so busy with their work that they forgot what they had promised Jiang Nianyun.

It was not until last night that the official's wife suddenly remembered what she had promised Jiang Nianyun and asked her secretary to call to apologize.

The secretary said that because the incident happened suddenly, the official's wife could not accept the invitation, so the plan of marrying a wife had to be abandoned, which was very regrettable.

So Jiang Nianyun was naturally at a loss.

  In fact, now that things have come to this point, it doesn’t matter whether she is wronged or not, or whether she is blamed or not. The key is what to do now?

Looking for a replacement?

But she didn't have a suitable candidate, and she had to use all her efforts to find this wife.

Even her son Shen Cun was worried about her. "Mom, didn't Yunyuan arrange for two actresses from Hong Kong to stay yesterday? The older one looked very graceful to me, and seemed to be a famous actress in Hong Kong. I heard that Crazy Rich Asians hired her to play the second female lead, the one who will play John Lone's mother. And I saw that you and her seemed to get along very well. How about... we ask her to help us?"

"You mean Wang Mingquan? No, no, how can she do that? Although she is beautiful and famous, she doesn't even have a child..."

Seeing Jiang Nianyun shaking her head repeatedly and denying it without hesitation, Shen Cun could only say, "If it really doesn't work, you should discuss it with your cousin. Although the old man doesn't like to deal with the powerful, after all, he knows more people in Beijing than you do, right? For such a big thing, don't care about face. Let's think about it and solve the problem first, so as not to make a fool of yourself tomorrow."

So as a matter of urgency, Jiang Nianyun thought so too and told Kang Shude the whole situation to see if he could ask some "Buddha" to come to the rescue.

Kang Shude hadn't expected that the marriage would have such a mess at this point, but it was hard to blame him.

After all, such an accident is beyond human control.

You can't blame others for breaking the appointment, and you can't blame Jiang Nianyun for not doing her job well.

But to be honest, Shen Cun really overestimated him.

  Because don't forget, Quanfu is a woman, how can an old man like him get to know her?

So after thinking hard, he could only think of two people who could probably help him out in this emergency.

One is Miao Yujuan, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Luo family in No. 2 Shaner Hutong, and the other is Liu Weijing, the wife of Zhang Shihui.

But to be honest, both of them are not very satisfactory.

First of all, one of them is a female worker and the other’s husband is Song Huagui’s subordinate, so their social status is definitely not comparable to Song Huagui’s.

Secondly, on the issue of offspring, due to policy restrictions, both of them have one son and lack a daughter.

For this reason, Kang Shude spoke very frankly to Jiang Nianyun, "If you have better candidates, use yours. Anyway, I only have these two candidates and can't think of any more. And I have to remind you that if you want to use someone, you have to say hello immediately. As the old saying goes, three days for an invitation and two days for a call. You can never wait until tomorrow to 'promote' someone again. Fortunately, these are all real relatives and friends. As long as we make it clear today, they will definitely not stand idly by and watch us make a fool of ourselves."

  Needless to say, things have come to this point, what else can we do?

Jiang Nianyun compromised between the two and chose Miao Yujuan.

At least being older makes you look more stable, right?

And there is a huge age gap between Liu Weijing and Song Huagui.

So, that night, Kang Shude called Luo Guangliang on the pager and explained the situation to the Luo family. They needed Miao Yujuan to help out, and the matter of marrying a wife was settled.

Jiang Nianyun finally felt more at ease. But the problem is that good things take time. Look, the sun is already high today, but no one has come.

How could Jiang Nianyun not be anxious? Her heart was immediately in suspense again.

She was restless and suppressed her anxiety until nine o'clock in the morning, but she could not wait any longer.

You know, the car will leave at ten o'clock at the latest to pick up the bride, and when she arrives she has to put on makeup and dress up.

After thinking about it, she felt that Kang Shude might not have explained things clearly to the other party, so she ran towards Kang Shude's yard.

She wanted to ask him if he knew the schedule here and whether he had explained it clearly to the Luo family yesterday.

Unexpectedly, when she eagerly walked into Kang Shude's yard, she was met with an unexpected surprise and saw an incredible scene.

Kang Shude was moving things from the east wing to the west room where he lived.

I don't know why, but when I see him looking around with his back turned, in a hurry, and running to the west room with things in his arms, he actually seems to be evasive and not very upright.

Then, the things he was moving were quite large, and covered with a sheet, as if he deliberately didn't want people to see what they were, which made it even more strange and concealed.

Those who know him only know that he is moving things in his own home, while those who don't know would think he is stealing.

Because of this strange thing, Jiang Nianyun put her purpose behind her and forgot about it completely.

She walked over quietly, opened the door gently, and followed Kang Shude into the house silently.

I saw Kang Shude put the things he had just brought over in the inner room, then turned around and opened the closet, as if he was looking for a place to hide them.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing this, Jiang Nianyun finally couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

As a result, Kang Shude was shocked by just one sentence.

He turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was her. "I was wondering, why are you walking so quietly? You scared me. There was no sound when you opened the door either."

"Oh, you blame me for this?"

Jiang Nianyun was amused. "What good stuff is this? You treat it like a treasure and actually want to hide it? If someone sees it, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

But Kang Shude said, "Not hiding? If I don't hide, people will laugh at me. I wish I could hide it quickly so that no one can see it. There are many other things in that room. It's just right that you're here. Help me get it into this room so that no one can see it. Tomorrow I'll let Weimin decide what to do."

"Hey, what do you mean? What on earth did you bring in? Why are you being so mysterious? Could it be explosives?"

"What is that? A gift. But it's almost as good as dynamite!"

Kang Shude still spoke in a bad mood, but this time he revealed the main culprit before Jiang Nianyun asked.

"That Zhang Shihui is such a headache. He's so vulgar! He's so vulgar! He actually sent something like this to Wei Min today. You should also take a look! How can you show this to others?"

As he said this, he lifted the cloth covering the thing, and a dragon boat that was about one meter long and one meter and twenty-three meters high appeared.

The color of the dragon boat is quite beautiful, golden with a hint of red.

It was actually made of paper, with a pavilion on the boat and a sail on the mast.

From the perspective of origami crafts, it can be considered very lifelike.

But if you consider it as a wedding gift, it seems like a useless waste.

It must have taken a lot of effort, but it is of little practical use. In terms of craftsmanship and shape, it certainly cannot be compared with formal wood carvings, ivory carvings, stone carvings, or jade carvings.

To put it bluntly, it's just a child's play.

Jiang Nianyun was immediately happy, and without further ado, she advised him in a positive way, "Why are you angry? It's the child's gift, I think it's good, although it's not worth much, but it takes a lot of time to fold the paper, I think it will take at least ten days and a half to fold it into this shape. What do you dislike? I think Wei Min is not a materialistic person, he values ​​friendship more than material things, he naturally understands that the gift is small but the sentiment is great, he will not mind."

But it turned out that she was wrong, and she heard Kang Shude say, "Do I think the gift is too small? Take a closer look at it. What was it made of? I'm not saying that your eyesight is a little dull!"

After hearing what he said, Jiang Nianyun had no choice but to look at it again, and this time she looked much more carefully.

It turned out to be true, and it was easy to see that it was unusual.

"This...this, why is there a number on it? Fifty? This...this...this...could this be..."

"Yes! That's right! This is made of banknotes! All the parts on this boat are made of the fourth set of new RMB banknotes issued by the country in April this year - fifty yuan. What can I say about Zhang Shihui? If you say he has no brains, he can actually come up with such an idea. He actually folded such a big thing with a fifty-yuan banknote! It's really unconventional. But if you say he has brains, doesn't he think about what it would look like to put such a thing in the bridal chamber! Is this decent? You say he doesn't even think about what the guests would think of Wei Min if they saw such a vulgar thing today?"

  Kang Shude’s words really stunned Jiang Nianyun!

Just a boat like this would cost at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.

It seems that it would be impossible to fold it without a thousand or so banknotes.

It should be said that, whether in terms of the thoughtfulness or the size of the gift, Ning Weimin is a very considerate friend and has done his best.

But it’s just this form...

I have to say, this is such a low taste, so tacky.

  She had never seen such a mercenary thing in her life!

But having said that, I still need to persuade him, "Forget it, why get angry about this. After all, you are still young, and sometimes you don't think things through. But your heart is always good..."

However, Jiang Nianyun's words not only failed to have the desired effect, but she was once again surprised by Kang Shude's subsequent words.

"I know he means well. If it's just one or two things, it's fine. But I'm angry at that stinky boy Zhang Shihui for colluding with others. He even gave this idea to others and let everyone do it together. You can go to the east room and take a look. There are many big and small ones in that room. Gu Si'er, Xiao Tao, and even Guangliang are doing this! These stinky boys are all troublesome. These are not just one or two ships. There are ships ranging from one cent to one hundred yuan. They are almost catching up with the Beiyang Fleet!"

"what!"

Jiang Nianyun was really shocked this time.

  If that’s the case, how many ships would that require?

If we were to rank them from large to small, how much would it cost to make these dragon boats made from banknotes? (End of this chapter)