The He Family used the red paper given by He Jinxuan to make quite a few red envelopes.

Gao Yumei looked enviously: "Mom, sister-in-law, you’ve made quite a lot already. Isn’t it unnecessary to turn all the red paper into envelopes?"

Mother He glanced at the finished envelopes: "From the eldest’s place, count how many there are?"

Gao Yumei, seeing her mother-in-law didn’t listen to her: "These envelopes are for good luck, but however many we prepare, they’re meant to be given away. Spending money like this isn’t practical."

Wang Erni didn’t care what Gao Yumei said, her hands kept on crafting the envelopes. She spoke to the young lady sitting nearby helping: "Xunan, help count how many envelopes we’ve made?"

He Xunan smiled: "I heard from my third uncle that the Han Family is quite well-connected, and they have many friends and acquaintances, so we should prepare more envelopes, just in case. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Since Third Uncle said so, he definitely has his own plans. We are not familiar with the situation here, so let’s not interfere blindly."

Wang Erni glanced at the young lady, surprised by her insight—clearly, her young lady was speaking for her husband’s second aunt to hear.

Mother He also didn’t expect her granddaughter to say that. But it made sense; they hadn’t been much help with Third’s wedding, and her granddaughter was right. They’re not familiar with Beijing’s customs, so better not to meddle: "Nannan’s right. Let’s do as she suggests."

Gao Yumei was somewhat unhappy: "A child, what does she know?"

Wang Erni, since her miscarriage, wouldn’t cater to Gao Yumei: "Maybe she doesn’t know much, but she’s only thinking of helping her third uncle. Others, well, that’s another story."

Gao Yumei’s little schemes were exposed, leaving her face flushed, unable to argue and forced to hold it in.

She feared that He Jinxuan might decline lending them money due to the wedding expenses, hence her comments.

In the blink of an eye, the wedding day arrived.

At the compound, He Jinxuan had already hired people in advance to make breakfast at home, inviting those helping today and neighbors over to eat.

For noon, some comrades had helped find two minibuses, and the Han Family also found two minibuses, responsible for transporting guests to the railroad bureau canteen.

These arrangements were all agreed upon since they weren’t too far apart.

He Jinxuan had gotten up before dawn today. Usually, he’d freshen up in a few minutes, but today he took much longer.

The wedding convoy today was all arranged externally.

Some were found with the help of the An Family, others by comrades, totaling six cars, quite a grand scene for the time.

The original plan was to use cars from the transport company, but Vice Captain Lu from another convoy also had his wedding today. He didn’t want to make things difficult for the convoy, so he didn’t ask them.

After all, Vice Captain Lu’s wife, whom he’d met before, was quite a troublemaker.

Six cars arrived early; the ’Harmony for a Hundred Years’ signs were affixed to the plates, big red flowers made of red cloth tied at the front, and ’Double Happiness’ symbols stuck to the windows.

Amidst everyone’s cheering, He Jinxuan, clutching a bouquet, was escorted out of the yard.

Originally, he was supposed to carry the red cloth-wrapped big red flower for the bride reception, but early in the morning, Qi Baocheng and Ling Tianze came by with a bouquet, suggesting he hold flowers for the bridal reception.

Initially, he felt a bit shy, but considering he was finally marrying that precious one, he blushingly accepted the bouquet, thinking to himself: she deserves the best.

Six cars for a bridal reception were unprecedented in the compound, drawing quite a crowd: "Captain He sure went all out, six cars for bringing the bride, truly impressive."

"Heard the bride’s family is well-off, naturally it’s gotta be grand."

"Today, our compound has two captains getting married; there’ll be lots to see."

"Exactly, you know Old Wei’s sister-in-law is something else, picking the same day as Captain He’s wedding. What was she thinking?"

"What was she thinking? She’s running Vice Captain Lu crazy. They had quite a bit of drama over the wedding cars. Cars aren’t cabbages, can’t just pick them up.

Besides the two from our transport company, Vice Captain Lu really pulled all his strength to find two more. Even then, Fu Guangying wasn’t satisfied. If Old Wei, as a brother-in-law, hadn’t stepped in, things wouldn’t have quieted down."

"Wait and watch, today she might throw a fit at Vice Captain Lu."

"She better behave. When the bridal cars return, they’ll compare dowries. Unless she can outshine Captain He’s wife."

"Seems we’re in for quite a show today."

"What do you mean?"

"You all don’t know, huh? Old Wei originally wanted his sister-in-law to be introduced to Captain He. But Captain He already had someone, so he changed targets to Vice Captain Lu."

"Oh, that explains why Fu Guangying is comparing everything."