Golden Years in the World of Film and Television

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Chapter 653: Lucky or Unlucky (3)

Wanjiazhuang, now that Secretary Wan Shantang has arrived, the wedding is ready to begin. The master of ceremonies looks at the villagers in the audience, as well as the bride and groom, and shouts:

"Worship heaven and earth!"

"Two bows to the parents..."

"Wait, don't worship yet!"

He Xingfu and Wang Qinglai had just finished worshipping heaven and earth and were about to pay their respects to Wang Qinglai's parents when Lin Guizhi started to cause trouble again. Without waiting for the emcee to finish his words, she stopped the newlyweds from paying their respects to her and her husband, and then trotted off to the stage.

As she ran, Lin Guizhi kept shouting, "Secretary Wan, Secretary Wan, please come up to the stage and let the young couple give you a big gift!"

"Yeah, how could I forget this!"

Wang Qinglai's father, Wang Youde, also suddenly realized what was going on. After slapping himself hard, he followed his wife's steps and ran down the ceremonial platform.

Secretary Wan was happy about the old couple's performance, but he looked very embarrassed. He looked around to see the reactions of the villagers, then waved his hand:

"No, no, no, that won't do. On such a happy day, you should be praying to the heavens, the earth, and your parents, but not to me. That's inappropriate!"

“It’s right…it’s right…it’s right!”

The old couple of the Wang family were not embarrassed when they heard this. Instead, they smiled and nodded, saying, "The newlyweds must pay their respects to you. Without Secretary Wan, there would be no good life for our Wanjia Village!"

Hearing the two say this, the villagers sitting around watching the excitement also joined in the commotion: "Yes, Secretary Wan, without you, there would be no good life for us. You should go up."

"That's right, Secretary Wan has done so much for our Wanjia Village. Why is it inappropriate for the young couple to pay their respects to you? We should pay our respects!"

"Yes, Secretary Wan, please don't refuse. This is also a token of the Wang family's kindness!"

"That's right, if Secretary Wan isn't suitable, then there's no one else who's suitable!"

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"Look, everyone thinks you should go up, so please give us some face!"

Amidst a burst of cheering, the old couple of the Wang family dragged Wan Shantang onto the ceremonial stage. Their enthusiasm was even greater than that they showed to their own father.

"Qinglai, my mother is telling you, this is Secretary Wan from our village. If it weren't for the secretary, we wouldn't have such a good life, and you wouldn't have such a grand wedding.

By the way, even your wedding car was arranged by Secretary Wan. Most people don’t have such a grand ceremony. We will have to rely on the Secretary’s protection in the future. You should kowtow to the Secretary!”

Seeing that He Xingfu was confused, Lin Guizhi went on stage to explain things to her. However, Secretary Wan felt embarrassed by what she said and quickly waved his hand, saying:

"Okay, okay, it's the day of the baby's wedding, sister-in-law, please stop talking."

"People need to have a grateful heart. How can we not express it?"

Lin Guizhi shook her head, looked at her son and daughter-in-law, and ordered, "Come, you two, pay your respects to Secretary Wan!"

Seeing this, the emcee on the side could only change the process. However, in this era, there were not many people who kowtowed, so he could only shout according to modern etiquette:

"The newcomers pay their respects to the leader of Wanjiazhuang, Secretary Wan!"

"A bow!"

"Two bows!"

“Bow again…”

Liu Chao and Wang Chao were speechless after watching this scene. What the hell did this mean? If you didn't know, you would think Wan Shantang was the ancestor of their Wang family. Bowing so many times was just like offering condolences to ancestors.

After the ceremony, Wan Shantang gave a long speech under the host's courtesy. At the end, he asked his son Wan Chuanjiayou to give him 5,000 yuan. After all, the children had given big gifts, so it would be inappropriate not to express some appreciation.

"Oh, how can you say that? I let my children worship you so that they will remember your kindness. This is inappropriate!"

This made the old couple of the Wang family very happy. Secretary Wan attended the wedding banquet, gave double red envelopes, and also delivered a congratulatory speech. What a great honor it was!

Wan Shantang stuffed the money directly into He Xingfu's hand, then picked up the microphone and said a few words, wishing the couple a happy and sweet life. Then he hurriedly walked down the stage and sat down at the main table. The wedding banquet began.

Wan Chuanjia was cracking melon seeds, his eyes looking around, occasionally lingering on some pretty girls, especially on He Xingyun, where he lingered even longer.

Liu Chao and Wang Chao had long noticed that Wan Chuanjia had ill intentions, especially the evil smile he gave He Xingyun, which almost had the word "vulgar" written on his forehead.

"It's obvious from the first glance that this kid has bad intentions. We should pay more attention to him later."

"I got it, Brother Chao!"

Wang Chao nodded and continued, "By the way, I have something to tell you. After this is over, you can go back with Lucky Sister. I have a comrade here, and we plan to stay for a day to get together before leaving."

"A gathering of comrades? You want to eat alone, right?"

Liu Chao rolled his eyes at Wang Chao and said unhappily, "Lucky girl finally came back. Let's leave tomorrow and let her accompany mother. We don't need another day anyway."

"Alright, let's get together tonight. I don't mean to abandon my brother. It's mainly because my comrade-in-arms is the deputy director of the Ning City Public Security Bureau. He's usually too busy with work, and I finally managed to find some time today."

"Hey kid, we're brothers from the same trench, what else is there to explain?"

"Okay, okay, no need to explain. Lucky girl is here to toast me. I'll tell her that we won't be home until we're drunk tonight!"

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At the same time, Wang Qinglai and his younger brother Wang Qingzhi were also holding wine glasses and toasting everywhere. After toasting the elders, they immediately came to the table where Wan Chuan's family was.

"Brother Chuanjia, I'm here to toast everyone and thank you all for attending my brother's wedding."

"You can toast, but take this!"

Wan Chuanjia stood up arrogantly, snatched the small wine glass from Wang Qinglai's hand, replaced it with a large glass of more than two taels, and ordered his younger brother to fill it up, and continued:

"Oh, I never thought that our village's brother Qinglai, who can't even fart after three slaps, could actually marry such a beautiful wife. Isn't he the pride of our Wanjia Village?"

Several younger brothers immediately started to cheer and responded loudly: "Yes!"

"Then do you want a big drink? I hope I'm not embarrassing Brother Qinglai."

"Not really, not really. This is because you're giving Qinglai face. Others want to invite you but can't!"

Wang Qinglai and his younger brother Wang Qingzhi listened to what the others said with awkward smiles on their faces. Even Wang Qinglai, an honest man, could hear the irony, let alone his younger brother, a graduate student.

Wan Chuanjia didn't care what the two brothers thought. Seeing Wang Qinglai take the wine, he directly picked up his half-cup of wine and said, "Here, you drink it, I'll do whatever I want!"

"This……"

Wang Qinglai and Wang Qingzhi didn't know what to say, and the smiles on their faces disappeared. This was too disrespectful. They came to propose at their own wedding, but didn't get any blessings and were treated so disrespectfully.

However, Wang Qinglai was honest and cowardly by nature. He looked at Wan Chuanjia angrily but dared not say anything, and drank the wine with difficulty.

Seeing this, Wang Qingzhi hurriedly pulled his brother and turned around and said, "Brother Chuanjia, my brother and I will go toast somewhere else. You guys enjoy yourselves!"

"Oh, go, go, go!"

Wan Chuanjia waved his hand and sat down. During the sitting, he glanced at He Xingyun who was sitting at his mother's table in the distance, and gave a wink to his younger brothers Liuzi and Zhuzi beside him. The two of them immediately understood and picked up the wine and walked over there.

"Sister, you must be the bride's sister, right? Welcome to Wanjia Village. You are a guest from far away. On behalf of Wanjia Village, we two brothers would like to toast you!"

He Xingyun, who was talking to Liu Chao and Wang Chao, raised his head, looked at the bottles of wine in their hands, waved his hand politely and said:

"I'm sorry, I don't drink. Thank you for your kindness!"

"If you can't drink, just drink less. It's a big day, how can you, as a bridesmaid, not drink? Especially since you're the bride's sister, it's not right for you not to drink when you're toasting, right?"

"I really can't drink alcohol, how about I offer you two a cup of tea instead of wine?"

"How can you drink water when someone toasts you? That's against the rules, sister!"

"I really can't drink, sorry!"

After saying that, He Xingyun sat down to eat, ignoring the two people who were obviously trying to get him drunk.

“Don’t…”

Seeing He Xingyun's stubborn attitude, Zhuzi's younger brother wanted to get angry, but when he saw everyone at the table and two strong men looking at him, he could only suppress his anger, snorted coldly, and walked back with his wine.

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Chapter 654: Lucky or Unlucky (4)

At the banquet, Liuzi and Zhuzi left He Xingyun's place in a bad mood and returned to the table where Wan Chuan's family was.

Afterwards, they each poured themselves a glass of wine and drank it, then angrily complained, "Brother Chuanjia, Wang Qinglai's sister-in-law didn't give us face. We went over to toast, but she ignored us."

"Yeah, Brother Chuanjia, he's a college student, he looks down on us peasants and doesn't give us any face at all!"

After hearing what they said, two of the younger brothers said with unpleasant expressions, "What's wrong with a college student? Didn't she come from the village? What's there to be proud of?"

"That's right, what's so great about being a college student? Our brother Chuanjia is the general manager, and there are several college students in the company, and they all have to act according to his mood."

Upon hearing this, Wan Jiachuan turned around and glanced at his younger brother Zhuzi, then teased him, "Were you two teasing me? Otherwise, why would the bridesmaid be so disrespectful?"

"no!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuzi immediately raised his hands to protest his injustice, and sulked and drank another sip of white wine, his face full of grievances.

"Brother Chuanjia, really not. We went there just to toast her, and our attitude was absolutely good. She was the one who ignored us brothers!"

"You won't even drink the toast?"

Seeing that his younger brother had insisted on saying no and was being very humble, Wan Chuanjia suppressed a cold snort and said, "In my Wanjia Manor, there can't be a girl who refuses to drink a toast. Give me the wine, and I'll go toast him!"

"Yes, we can't have such people in Wanjia Village. She looks down on us. If Brother Chuanjia goes there in person, she will definitely give us face!"

"That's right, there aren't many people who can get a toast from Brother Chuanjia. I don't think he would be ungrateful!"

"Yeah, there's nothing to be crazy about just a few days of college. Let's go!"

Hearing that Wan Chuanjia was going to toast, the younger brothers were all happy and stood up with Wan Chuanjia while adding more fire and holding the wine.

On He Xingyun's side, she just received a call from her boyfriend Daxun, so she said hello to Liu Chao, Wang Chao, and a few other young ladies who came to see the bride off, then walked towards the backyard where there were fewer people with her cell phone.

Seeing this, Wan Jiachuan followed to the backyard. Taking advantage of He Xingyun's back to him while he was making a phone call, he snatched the phone from behind with a smirk on his face.

"You are the bride's sister, your name is He Xingyun, right?"

After saying that, Wan Chuanjia grabbed He Xingyun's clothes, raised the bottle and continued, "Today is your sister's wedding day. My little brother toasted you and you drank it. How can you be so disrespectful?

This is something that even your brother-in-law Wang Qinglai doesn't dare to do. There's no other way, as your eldest brother, I can only come and toast you personally. Come and have a drink!"

"That's right, when Brother Chuanjia toasts, your brother-in-law should greet him with a smile. Don't be ungrateful!"

As several people were talking, they opened He Xingyun's phone and passed it back to him, touching him from time to time with particularly obscene smiles on their faces.

"What are you doing, you bastards? Give me back my phone, or I'll be rude!"

He Xingyun yelled at several people while rushing forward to snatch the phone. She was talking to her boyfriend on the phone, and her boyfriend was narrow-minded. He Xingyun was worried that he would think too much when he heard what happened.

"You want your phone? We'll give it back to you if you have a drink with us."

"Yes, if you want a drink from your phone, otherwise we'll feed you ourselves!"

Seeing several people swearing and surrounding him, He Xingyun also realized that they had bad intentions and could only shout even louder:

"What are you doing? Don't touch me, you shameless bastards! Give me my phone back now, or I'll sue you for being a hooligan!"

"How can you say that? We're just here to toast, how can you say we're being hooligans?"

"That's right, that's right, don't be afraid, sister, everyone is just joking with you!"

"Yes, yes, yes, sister, don't misunderstand me. The brothers are here to have fun with you. It wouldn't be fun without fighting and making noise, right?"

"It's a happy occasion, it's a happy occasion!"

As they were talking, several people surrounded He Xingyun and dragged him into a room. The circle around him was getting smaller and smaller, and some of them had already started to take advantage of him.

He Xingyun's resistance was futile and she was a little panicked. After all, she was a girl who had just graduated not long ago, and the people she met around Han Tao were all relatively well-educated, so she was extremely scared for a while.

Especially seeing that Wan Chuanjia and others were getting more and more excessive, he could only resist while shouting: "Help, help!"

"Don't be afraid, sister. We are celebrating a wedding. It's auspicious!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. This is to bring blessings to your sister. The more you make a fuss, the more prosperous it will be!"

Wang Qingzhi originally came to the backyard to use the toilet. When he heard He Xingyun's shouting, he hurried over to check. Seeing that He Xingyun was being bullied by several people, he wanted to join the group to stop them.

At this time, Wan Chuanjia also saw Wang Qingzhi, so he turned around and blocked the door and said, "Hey, Qingzhi, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Wang Qingzhi knew that Wan Chuanjia was a man who cared a lot about his reputation, but he was also a sex-hungry ghost. He looked at him anxiously and begged, "Brother Chuanjia, please stop making trouble. This is inappropriate!"

"Why, are you teaching me how to do things?"

Wan Chuanjia's tone was filled with anger as he glared at Wang Qingzhi fiercely and said unhappily, "You dare to teach me a lesson after getting admitted to graduate school? Do you think you've made it?"