By late October, Song Yunhui and Cheng Kaiyan had gotten married.
They held one wedding in Jinling, attended entirely by relatives and friends.
In the past, the Song family had worn a political label, and their relatives and friends had avoided them like the plague. From that perspective, Song Yunping's second aunt—the one who had introduced Wang Yan to her—was actually not bad.
Ever since Song Yunping married Wang Yan, things had completely changed. The Song family had leapt straight to the very top of Jinling. As the saying went, the poor had no one asking after them even in a bustling city, while the rich found distant relatives even deep in the mountains. All kinds of relatives and friends of the Song family emerged, frequently coming by to visit.
It was not as if they were asking to borrow money. Jinling people did not have great fortunes, but they were not short of small amounts either. And where large sums of money were needed—for housing, marriage, medical care, retirement, and education—everything was covered by guarantees built into Jinling's overall system.
They had all come to curry favor, build connections, and make their presence known. Only a few shameless ones wanted promotions and asked Wang Yan to arrange something for them. Wang Yan sent them to construction sites instead. After three months of honest labor, they behaved themselves, and so did the rest of the Song family's relatives and friends.
Only after holding a wedding in Jinling did they hold another one in Jinzhou, for Song Yunhui's friends and the Cheng family's relatives and friends.
Wang Yan and the others naturally went as well, so everyone could meet and get acquainted.
Wang Yan had also contributed a little to the cost of Song Yunhui's wedding. He gave them a complete