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Chapter 390: It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravaga

When Yu Xiang appeared in front of everyone for the first time wearing a wedding dress, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Wow!" Zeng Hong and Zeng Xia exclaimed, their eyes sparkling.

Looking at her daughter in a pure white wedding dress, Zheng Aiying's tears of joy flowed again.

Today, El Haute Uture delivered the wedding dress, along with a makeup artist and a fitting assistant. They will help the bride with her makeup and try on the wedding dress.

After being styled by a professional makeup artist, Yu Xiang donned this gorgeous wedding dress, paired with a diamond necklace and earrings, and a perfect diamond ring on her hand, exuding an elegant, noble, and romantic aura.

Even Huang Xiaochuan was mesmerized. Compared to the classical beauty brought by traditional Chinese clothing, the wedding dress brought a different kind of feeling, which was absolutely stunning.

Zeng Xia grabbed Liu Jin, who was trying to grab the wedding dress, and looked at Yu Xiang, who looked like a fairy, with envy. She then said to Huo Miao in a coquettish tone, "I want to wear a wedding dress too."

Huo Miao looked at the hula hoop around Zeng Xia's waist with a troubled expression and felt a little dizzy.

Fortunately, Zeng Xia's mother-in-law stopped her from having this unrealistic idea in time.

"What are you going to wear? Look at your belly, it looks like you're five months pregnant. How many times have I told you to watch what you eat and exercise more, eat less and move more, but you just won't listen. Now you have the nerve to ask to wear a wedding dress. Do you even think you could fit into it?"

The ten thousand blows from her own mother made Zeng Xia question the meaning of life.

Seeing his usually domineering mother-in-law get her comeuppance, Huo Miao secretly gave her a thumbs up in his heart.

Zeng Hong teased Xuanxuan in her arms, "Isn't Auntie pretty? Isn't she beautiful?"

Xuanxuan stared intently at Yu Xiang with her big, bright eyes for a long time: "Beautiful! I want to wear a wedding dress when I grow up."

Huang Xiaochuan heard this and gently pinched his niece's cheek.

"You have to wear it when you grow up. If your parents don't buy it for you, your uncle will."

Xuanxuan smiled sweetly: "Okay!"

At this point, Liu Jin wouldn't let it go. Her speech was still a bit unclear, and she tugged at Huang Xiaochuan's trouser leg, saying, "I want it, I want it!"

Huang Xiaochuan scooped the little one into his arms, flicked her nose, and teased her: "Yes, you want everything."

After her aunt corrected her, Liu Jin stopped spitting, otherwise Huang Xiaochuan wouldn't dare to tease her like that.

Over the next few days, under the orderly arrangements of Butler Liang, the whole family was taken to various places in Hong Kong for sightseeing, while Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang continued to take the last set of photos. After taking this set of wedding photos, the entire wedding photo series was completed.

The main filming location is this villa on the hillside, so there's no need to run around. The villa's courtyard is very beautiful, and with the addition of the lush greenery on Victoria Peak, the photos turn out very well.

The whole family gathered for dinner that evening. After a few days, the novelty wore off, and they started to miss home, especially Grandma. Older people are more used to their original environment, and it took her a while to adapt to Shanghai. She made friends and even started playing mahjong. The first few days were fine, but these past few days she's clearly lost her appetite. Grandma still doesn't quite like Cantonese food.

There's no way around it; different places nurture different people. The elderly are most sensitive to changes in their environment. But thankfully, everyone's holiday is coming to an end, and it's time to leave.

The flight has been arranged; it's the same 737 we took here, and it will take off at 10:00 AM tomorrow.

At the dinner table tonight, Lao Yu was the main character, and he accepted every toast offered to him.

Of the people at this table, only Zeng Jiahua could keep up with Lao Yu's drinking capacity. As for Lao Huang, Tang Jianhua, and Huo Miao, they were no match for him. Huang Xiaochuan would specifically bully Tang Jianhua and Huo Miao. Although Lao Huang couldn't hold his liquor, he was Huang Xiaochuan's father, so Huang Xiaochuan, as his son, naturally wouldn't dare to bully his father.

Zeng Jiahua's drinking style is very common in the Jiangnan region. Huang Xiaochuan calls it "civilized drinking." This style of drinking does not involve urging others to drink. You can drink alone, and there are no particular rules when drinking with others. Whether you take a big sip or a small sip is up to you.

Old Yu's drinking style is different. Huang Xiaochuan calls it "martial drinking," which is a unique drinking culture in the Jianghuai region. Because the Jianghuai region is famous for producing good wines, such as Sangou Yihe, Gujing Yingjia Kouzijiao, etc., the region has a very strong drinking culture. A common saying among people in this region is, "Even sparrows here can drink two liang (100ml)."

The drinking style in the Jianghuai region is largely the same. Taking the Qingjiang drinking style used by Lao Yu as an example, once the chopsticks are picked up at the table, everyone at the table who is drinking must drink two to four cups together, which is called the "door-to-door cup".

After the initial toast, we eat some food and rest for a while, then we start looking for targets to drink with one-on-one, a practice known as toasting.

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Toasting usually starts with two glasses. If the two people have a good relationship, they can continue to drink more, such as four, six, or eight glasses, depending on their own drinking capacity.

If all the guests at a table drink, then toasting everyone in the circle is called "passing the test". There are usually twelve people at a table. Even if each round is two cups, starting from the first cup, after toasting everyone at the table, you will have to drink about twenty-four cups. Although the cups are not big, every little bit counts!

Moreover, the drinking pace is very fast. The first round usually ends within twenty minutes, and then the next round of toasts begins. Most people wouldn't dare to sit at the table unless they could handle at least half a jin (250ml) of liquor, because if they dared to go up there, they had to be prepared to slip off the table.

So after arriving in Hong Kong, every night was a drinking contest between Zeng Jiahua and Lao Yu.

Although Zeng Jiahua's alcohol tolerance was decent, he wasn't used to this kind of fast-paced drinking. After drinking eighty or ninety cups in a row, his stomach would start churning, and the alcohol would just surge upwards.

So Zeng Jiahua always lost to Lao Yu. Tonight, after much reflection, Zeng Jiahua decided to change his strategy and his drinking method. He will drink yellow wine tonight.

The two drank heavily, their faces flushed and necks red, and Zheng Aiying couldn't pull them apart.

Old Yu was used to drinking baijiu and beer, so he didn't take huangjiu seriously at all. As a result, he made a big mistake and suffered a great loss. Huangjiu is not very strong, but its aftereffects are long and continuous. Once the aftereffects are released, even an old ox can't withstand it. Old Yu collapsed without any doubt.

Zeng Jiahua was so smug. After suffering for so many days, he finally got to hold his head high tonight.

The next morning, while eating breakfast, Lao Yu realized that he had been careless the night before, and issued a challenge to Zeng Jiahua while eating.

"Old Zeng, let's drink again tonight in Shanghai. This time, let's be fair. I'll drink baijiu, and you drink huangjiu. I'll trade one cup for a small bowl of yours. How about it? Dare to come again?"

Last night's resounding victory filled Zeng Jiahua with confidence: "Then it's settled, let's continue tonight."

Zheng Aiying was so angry that she gave Lao Yu several mothballs. Her aunt, on the other hand, didn't seem to care at all. In her opinion, it was normal for a man to drink a little alcohol. Moreover, Zeng Jiahua was a very good drinker. He would just vomit after drinking too much, and then go to sleep. He would just need to drink a lot of water in the middle of the night. As long as you prepared water for him, he would be lively and energetic again the next day.

Compared to her mother Zeng Lijuan, who was furious about Huang Xiaochuan's extravagant charter flight when they arrived, she no longer felt there was anything wrong with her son chartering a plane again on the return trip.

This perfectly illustrates the saying, "Practice makes perfect."

After enjoying a lavish lunch on the plane, the group exited the airport at 1 p.m. local time.

After returning to the old house, everyone could clearly feel that it was different from Hong Kong.

There are no housekeepers or servants here; you have to do everything yourself.

Just like the family dinner in the evening, if we were in Hong Kong, we would only need to give instructions to Butler Liang. But after returning, we have to do everything ourselves. Considering that his aunt and uncle had just returned, Huang Xiaochuan suggested that we go to a restaurant in the evening and invite Yu Wei and Tang Yuan over as well.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Everyone was a little unaccustomed to it after returning, including Huang Xiaochuan himself, who needed a few days to get used to it.

After taking a shower that evening, Yu Xiang sat in front of her dressing table, busy applying night cream. While applying the cream, she kept talking to Huang Xiaochuan.

"I've arranged to go to the hospital with Ji Mei tomorrow to report for duty, and I'll bring her the gift while we're there. Could you give me a ride?"

Huang Xiaochuan, who was reading the newspaper, didn't even look up, and replied, "No problem, tomorrow morning or afternoon?"

"This afternoon, we were supposed to take my parents and your parents back first, right? My older sisters and uncle are also going back soon! I'll take them back tomorrow morning."

Then Yu Xiang started rubbing her hands together again: "By the way, when are you planning to report for duty?"

Yu Xiang asked about Huang Xiaochuan's onboarding at the university. Huang Xiaochuan, who had just graduated with a master's degree, was unsurprisingly assigned to his alma mater. According to information revealed in advance by the department head, Huang Xiaochuan would serve as a teaching assistant in the economics major.

Moreover, the school is very humane, allowing Huang Xiaochuan to complete the procedures before July 15th. Not only will he receive a full month's salary, but he can also enjoy the long vacation unique to university teachers. After completing the onboarding process, he can rest until mid-August before returning to work.

"I'm not in a hurry, I can do it before the 15th. I checked, the 15th is a Saturday, I'll go to complete the procedures on the 14th. (The two-day weekend system was implemented nationwide starting May 1, 1995)"

The young couple had already reached an agreement on their work while in Hong Kong. Huang Xiaochuan wholeheartedly agreed with and supported Yu Xiang's idea of ​​continuing to work, while Yu Xiang also expressed her support for Huang Xiaochuan's desire to continue his academic research and teaching in the ivory tower.

As for how those businesses are managed, Yu Xiang neither knows nor understands. However, her husband managed such a large business while studying, which shows that he has enough control over these businesses and doesn't need to do everything himself.