Chapter 255 254 [Engagement]

No matter how dissatisfied Zhang Mouzhi was with Zhou Hexuan, since he had agreed to the marriage, he had no choice but to admit it.

The Zhang family belongs to a Christian family and does not believe in the so-called auspicious days, but it is still necessary to choose a good day.

The date doesn't matter, but Zhou Hexuan and the Zhang family had a disagreement over the venue of the wedding. Zhang Mouzhi requested that the wedding must be held in Jiujiang, while Zhou Hexuan thought Tianjin was more suitable because most of his friends were in Pingjin and Tianjin.

After repeated discussions and discussions, a compromise choice was finally made. The wedding will be divided into two steps: first get engaged in Jiujiang, on Sunday, August 26; Married in Tianjin, the reason is too far away.

Zhou Hexuan could only agree, after all, it was the father-in-law who spoke, even if he deliberately provoked him, he would admit it.

The engagement ceremony was held at Zhang's villa in Guling, Lushan Mountain. The political and business circles of Jiujiang were all present, and more than a dozen foreigners attended, which shows Zhang Mouzhi's great influence in the local area.

"Brother Ruoxu, congratulations on choosing a good son-in-law!" Jin Haoru clasped his fists and smiled.

Zhang Mouzhi was in a good mood today, he smiled back and said, "Brother Jin, please come in."

Although the two are old friends with close business cooperation, the relationship has long since cracked. Jin Haoru originally had to rely on Zhang Mouzhi, but his development speed has been faster in recent years, and he has even expanded his business to Shanghai and Tianjin, and his reputation and financial resources have surpassed Zhang's.

What angered Zhang Mouzhi the most was that Jin Haoru was elected as the president of the Jiujiang Chamber of Commerce for two consecutive terms, while he could only be the vice president, and he felt short when dealing with him.

Historically, Zhang Mouzhi finally surpassed Jin Haoru by marrying Song Ziwen. At that time, it was Jin Haoru's turn to be upset again. Even his daughter accepted a pen gift from Miss Zhangwu, and returned it back, saying that he couldn't afford it.

As for businessmen, for their sake, there is no shortage of money, but face and status are more important.

Soon another one came, but it was Jiujiang Freight King Xue Deli, he laughed and said: "Boss Zhang, congratulations, your son-in-law Chenglong Kuai is a university student, handsome and talented."

"Where is it, Brother Xue is absurd, please come in!" Zhang Mouzhi smiled.

More than a dozen business figures came in a row, and suddenly the master of ceremonies shouted: "Your Excellency Zhu Peide, Standing Committee Member of the Military Commission of the Republic of China Government and Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Government, here you are!"

The scene fell silent in an instant, and they all turned their eyes to the door.

Jin Haoru walked to Zhang Mouzhi's side and said, "Brother Ruoxu, you actually know Chairman Zhu? It's hard to keep it from me!"

"Hehe, I don't know him. It's my worthless son-in-law who has friendship with Chairman Zhu." Zhang Mouzhi felt that he was full of face and stopped talking to Jin Haoru. Chairman, you are a busy person, and it is really frightening to take time out of your busy schedule to attend the engagement ceremony of my little daughter."

Zhu Peide smiled and said, "I have a lot of free time. I'm not in good health, so I'm recuperating here in Mount Lu."

Zhang Mouzhi quickly said: "Then you have to take care of your health, the mountain wind is strong here at night, don't catch a cold."

"It's okay, Boss Zhang has a heart." Zhu Peide nodded slightly.

Seeing Zhang Mouzhi and Zhu Peide chatting and laughing, Jin Haoru, who was envious and jealous, also stepped forward spontaneously and said: "Grassman Jin Haoru has seen Chairman Zhu!"

Zhu Peide said happily: "This is the Republic of China, there are no grassroots, only citizens."

Jin Haoru immediately changed his words and said: "Chairman Zhu is still capable. Citizen Jin Haoru has met Chairman Zhu."

"En." Zhu Peide responded with a somewhat indifferent attitude.

Jin Haoru stood there anxiously, not knowing how to continue the conversation.

Zhang Mouzhi smiled slightly and introduced: "Chairman Zhu, this Mr. Jin is the president of the Jiujiang Chamber of Commerce."

Only then did Zhu Peide pay more attention to it, and clasped his fists and said, "So it's President Jin, I'm sorry."

Jin Haoru glanced at Zhang Mouzhi gratefully, and quickly said: "I am not worth mentioning as the chairman. If you want to say that in the Jiujiang business community, Boss Zhang has the highest prestige."

Zhu Peide ignored their flattery and sat down directly, waiting for the engagement ceremony to begin.

After a while, the pastor and the groom entered the venue, and Zhang Mouzhi retreated to the next room, where his daughter in a white wedding dress appeared.

Zhou Hexuan stood on the left of the pastor in a suit and leather shoes, and Zhang Mouzhi led Zhang Leyi to the right.

The pastor held the Bible in his hand and called out: "Two loving couples... in front of God, a sacred engagement ceremony will be held for you. Marriage is precious and established by God. So don't be rash and reckless, you should be pious and respectful, respectful According to the will of God, accomplish this great event in life...Mr. Zhou Hexuan, are you willing to enter into a marriage contract with Miss Zhang Leyi in front of God and people?"

"I am willing." Zhou Hexuan smiled.

"Miss Zhang Leyi, are you willing to make a marriage contract with Mr. Zhou Hexuan in front of God and people?" the pastor asked again.

Zhang Leyi smiled sweetly: "I am willing."

The pastor asked the guests again: "Is there any objection to the marriage contract between these two newlyweds?"

Naturally, no one objected.

The pastor began to pray: "God, we thank you for this joyous engagement, thank you for being with us at all times...in the name of the Holy Spirit of Christ, amen!"

After the lengthy prayer, the pastor began to exhort again. The general content was to follow the will of the Holy Father, be faithful to each other, and share the responsibility of building a family. Then there was the exchange of engagement vows, the exchange of engagement rings, the priest's declaration, the blessing of relatives, the blessing of the priest...

A long series of ceremonies were completed, and it took more than 40 minutes. This traditional western-style engagement ceremony is really cumbersome.

Well, it's not purely Western style, the next banquet is Chinese style.

The guests chatted while drinking, and from time to time someone ran to Zhu Peide's table to toast. The foreign pastor shook his head again and again, as if he felt that the banquet spoiled the solemnity of the engagement.

Three days after the engagement, Zhou Hexuan left Jiujiang with his fiancée, along with his brother-in-law Zhang Yuandong.

Under Zhang Yuandong's strong request, Zhang Mouzhi finally agreed to his son to go to Shanghai, and asked Zhou Hexuan to recommend and take care of him.

At the same time, China's education system began to change drastically.

First, Cai Yunpei resigned, and then the government decided to set up another Ministry of Education, and preliminary discussions were made to appoint Cai Yunpei's confidant Jiang Menglin as the minister.

Li Shi once tried his best to carry out reforms, and finally established the Peking University District. He served as the dean of the Peking University College and took charge of the educational affairs of the two provinces and cities of Hebei, Rehe, Beiping, and Tianjin. He also took Peking University as the main body and forcibly merged nine national universities in Pingjin and Tianjin into one, and formed a new Zhonghua University. Li Shi once served as the president of Zhonghua University, and Li Shuhua was the acting president.

Once this move was announced, the entire northern education circle was in an uproar.

Peking University students were particularly violent, and even publicly shouted the slogan "drive away Li Shizeng, welcome back Principal Zhou".