Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 229 Lu Jianming’s courtesy
White Rose Barber Salon opened in 1952, Sanjiangshui came under the first line of heaven in the same year, and Lu Jianming started two years later.

However, after the success of Sanjiang Water School, he has been busy with things on the dock. He comes back only a handful of times every month. On weekdays, there are many people who come here to learn boxing. It is Lu Jianming, the second senior brother, who is teaching. Even Zhou Sheng has just arrived. At that time, I also learned boxing from Lu Jianming.

Lu Jianming's ancestral home is Puning, Guangdong. His father, Lu Changfu, originally ran a textile factory in Hong Kong and Kowloon. In 1955, he went to Thailand at the invitation of a friend.

Affected by the current situation, many Vietnamese refugees poured into Thailand, and the gold business was easier to do. Lu Changfu opened a gold store in Chinatown in partnership with friends from his hometown.

Chinatown on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok is located on the bank of the Mekong River. It is a well-known commercial street in Thailand. This Chinatown has three things, namely, many temples, many snack bars, and many gold shops, so it is also called the Golden Street. There are as many as sixty or seventy financial institutions run by Chinese.

Compared with those old gold shops that are decades older, Lu Changfu's gold shop in the prosperous area of ​​Chinatown is only a junior in this golden street. However, five years later, the business is still booming, and now it has opened several shops.

So at the beginning of last year, Lu Jianming helped handle the textile factory business in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and then went to Thailand to help his father manage the gold business.

This time it was also Sanjiangshui's wedding, so Lu Jianming bought a plane ticket and returned to Hong Kong overnight.

Lu Jianming is thirty years old this year, with thin eyebrows and broad eyes, fair skin, wearing a blue suit, and walking steadily.

Not long after Li An sat down, the other party came to Sanjiangshui.

Li An nodded in greeting: "Second Senior Brother."

Li Chunmei lives in the squatter area of ​​Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter, and the ferry starts operating at 6:30 in the morning. If you go back and forth across the sea, if you delay it for a while, it will take an hour or two anyway. If you have enough time, then it should be at 6 o'clock Getting ready for the wedding.

Lu Jianming looked at Li An in surprise, with a smile on his face:
"A'an, Zhou Sheng mentioned you to me when he picked me up at the airport. Let's talk more later."

There were footsteps downstairs, and Wu Shihao and Hou Shijie came upstairs.

"Jianming."

After all, no woman wouldn’t want her wedding to be lively.

"Okay."

He turned to Li An and said:

At seven o'clock in the morning, the wedding car stopped at the intersection of the typhoon shelter squatter area.

Wedding is one of the five rites of life.

"Your second senior brother, Lu Jianming."

Coming back from the airport, Chen Jianming was quite curious about the junior brother Zhou Sheng was talking about.

During this period, Hong Kong's wedding customs were roughly the same as those in the mainland, which were divided into: making a decision, setting up the bed, getting married, welcoming the bride, having a wedding banquet, and returning home.

Sanjiang Shui stood up, hugged Li An and introduced him: "This is A'an."

Squatters are mainly divided into land squatters and water squatters.

It was agreed upon yesterday that before nine o'clock, the bride and groom would hold a wedding ceremony here before heading to the restaurant.

Sanjiang Shui and Li Chunmei have no elders in their families, and they are not planning to have a big wedding, but they still have to follow some necessary customary procedures for the wedding. This is both a blessing and a respect for the woman.

"Brother An, the car is ready." Wu Shihao said.

Li An glanced at his watch and said to San Jiangshui: "Brother, it's six o'clock. It's time to prepare to pick up my sister-in-law."

Li An nodded happily.

On the wedding day, the bride is usually taken home by the groom himself or goes directly to the wedding banquet, and returns home three days later.

Most of the squatter houses on land are built along the mountains. They are simple and dense. However, there is no power supply in the squatter areas. Residents use kerosene lamps, so fire accidents often occur, which poses great safety risks.

Floating squatters, also known as seaside squatters, refer to Danjia, the fishermen who live on boats.

As for the typhoon shelter, in addition to the densely packed fishing boats on the sea, there are also a large number of wooden houses and iron houses scattered along the shore along the foot of the mountain.

Most of the residents are engaged in the lowest-level jobs, such as hawkers, cart drivers, and coolies.
In fact, Sanjiangshui persuaded Li Chunmei more than once and helped her find a place to live. It was only because of Li Chunmei's insistence that Sanjiangshui gave up.

The Sanjiang sailor got out of the car with a glowing face, holding flowers. Li An, who got out of the car later, looked around at the residents who stopped to watch, and said to Wu Shihao, who was walking behind him:

"You, Xiwei and the others take out the cigarettes and candies from the trunk."

"no problem."

Wu Shihao nodded, turned around and called Xi Wei and Hou Shijie. Holding the candies wrapped in chicken wrap and unpacked cigarettes, he walked toward the watching residents with a smile on his face.

When receiving cigarettes and wedding candies, these residents will politely say "congratulations" in response.

Sanjiang Shui walked in the lead, and the group walked along the rugged paths in the squatter area. When they met residents watching the excitement along the way, Wu Shihao would enthusiastically come forward and exchange a word of congratulations.

Not long after, everyone stopped in front of a wooden house with a couplet with the word "happy" on the door.

Li An and Zhou Sheng stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Sister, the door is open."

Zhou Sheng shouted loudly.

Except for a few fellow villagers, Li Chunmei has no relatives or elders, so Lin Zhaodi came here yesterday to help.

"Senior sister, senior sister"

Zhou Sheng banged the door hard. After a while, Lin Zhaodi, who was wearing a white embroidered gown, opened a corner of the door. Zhou Sheng tried hard with both hands and wanted to take the opportunity to push the door open, but Lin Zhaodi blocked it with her feet.

Lin Zhaodi glanced at Zhou Sheng, pretending to be angry:
"Hey, Asheng, do you understand the rules?"

Zhou Sheng said with a smile:

"Senior sister, we are all on our own. We will talk about the rules later. Please open the door first."

Lin Zhaodi shook her head:
"No."

"Sister Zhaodi, we can't impose any conditions when we let them in." A female voice echoed in the room.

"You heard it too."

Lin Zhaodi pretended to be helpless, then looked at Sanjiangshui with a smile:
"Senior brother."

Sanjiang Shui said with a smile on his face:
"Whatever you say today will be whatever you say."

Zhou Sheng helped:

"Senior sister, today is your own wedding rehearsal. If you don't embarrass senior brother, we won't embarrass your husband when you get married."

When Lin Zhaodi heard this, she just looked at Zhou Sheng with a half-smile on her face.

"Ahem~ Come on."

Zhou Sheng coughed guiltily, stepped aside, and pulled Li An over, causing several people to laugh.

"Senior sister, everyone has a chance to pick up the bride." Li An said with a smile.

When picking up the bride, a good start is a must. The woman will also prepare some little games to make things difficult for the groom. Of course, if you want to reduce these difficulties, you can use good luck to express it.

Lin Zhaodi thought for a while:
"Okay, I won't embarrass you. I'll seal the profit for ninety-nine and ninety-nine cents, and we'll open the door."

"No problem! Ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, long-lasting, good intentions!"

Li An agreed wholeheartedly.

Then he turned to signal Zhou Sheng.

After a while, Zhou Sheng handed over a red envelope, and Lin Zhaodi took it in her hand and looked at it before opening the door, and everyone rushed in with cheers.

(End of this chapter)