Xu Junhui and Huang Qinqin had no experience either, and they left home a little early today.
After having breakfast at the state-run restaurant, it was still before 8 o'clock. The photo studio and marriage registration office didn't open until 8 o'clock.
Now they have no choice but to sit in state-run restaurants for a while to kill time.
As they were chatting, Huang Qinqin suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to tell Xu Junhui about Chen Ermei.
“Brother Junhui, yesterday Chen Ermei, who is Xu Jingui’s girlfriend, suddenly came over and asked me when we were getting married.”
“My mom and I both think they might be up to something, so we're telling you so you can be aware of it.”
A thoughtful look flashed across Xu Junhui's eyes. Xu Jingui and his group were definitely asking about this because they were planning to cause trouble.
He felt there were only two possibilities: one was that they planned to come and cause trouble on their wedding day and ruin their wedding.
Another possibility is that Xu Jingui wanted to get married on the same day as them, since they had separated their families and severed ties.
However, since their relatives are the same group of people, if both families hold banquets at the same time, then only one family can attend.
Xu Junhui thought the second possibility was more likely, because Xu Jingui and his group hadn't gotten any advantage when they came last time, so they probably wouldn't easily have a direct conflict with their family.
However, Xu Junhui only thought these things to himself. He didn't plan to tell Huang Qinqin or her that Xu Jingui and his family had come to cause trouble before.
To avoid putting Huang Qinqin on a pedestal, since the matter was eventually resolved, it didn't matter whether she knew or not; knowing would only add to her worries.
He casually said, "It's nothing, I was just asking around. We've separated from my uncle's family and haven't been in contact with them during holidays."
Huang Qinqin was shocked to hear that they had actually severed ties; this was the first time she had ever encountered a genuine severance of ties.
Despite her shock, she didn't intend to ask. After all, if one party could make the decision to sever ties, it must mean they had done something unforgivable.
Based on her understanding of Xu Junhui's family, she believed that they were not the ones who had done wrong, so she wasn't worried at all.
On the contrary, she felt very happy. Although she had previously comforted herself that she would only meet with Xu Jingui and the others during holidays, it didn't matter.
But if we can avoid meeting in person, that would definitely be the best. Huang Qinqin thought happily: This is truly wonderful news.
When Xu Junhui thought about the banquet, he asked, "By the way, Qinqin, our family plans to hold a banquet here on the 6th. Would you like to join us?"
"Sure! We were just talking about it yesterday, but we forgot to ask if you wanted to have a banquet together."
"Then go back later and ask your uncle and aunt how many tables they need to reserve. I came over yesterday and asked; they need to confirm the number of tables they want to reserve before they can give us the menu."
Huang Qinqin nodded: "Okay, I'll go back and ask."
"Well, it's already 8 o'clock. Would you like to take photos first or register first?"
Xu Junhui glanced at his watch and realized that it was already 8 o'clock.
"Let's go take photos first. I don't know if we need to queue for registration, but we shouldn't have to wait for photos."
"good."
......
Inside the photo studio
"Hey sir, don't smile so stiffly, smile more naturally."
"Yes, yes, the two of them should move closer and smile!"
Xu Junhui wasn't nervous at first, but the old man taking the photos suddenly said that he wasn't smiling happily enough.
Then he told him not to grin like that, because it made him look like a complete idiot.
Towards the end, he could barely laugh anymore, and then the old man complained that his smile was stiff.
Now that the photos are taken, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The old man asked them, "Do you want black and white or color?"
"Black and white ones are 80 cents, colored ones are 1.2 yuan."
Huang Qinqin had never seen a color photograph before, and asked the old man curiously, "Grandpa, what does a color photograph look like? Do you have a sample to show us?"
The old man pointed to the shop window and said, "Look, they're right there, both black and white and color."
Huang Qinqin pulled Xu Junhui to the shop window, but after looking left and right, they couldn't find anything.
Turning to the old man, he said, "Sir, no, did you forget to put it out?"
The old man said firmly, "How could there not be? I let them out every day on my way to work!"
With his hands behind his back, he slowly walked over, intending to point it out to them.
It turned out that he really had forgotten to take it out. The old man said bluffingly, "It's all your fault for coming too early. I just opened the door and you came. I haven't even had time to take it out yet."
Then, with brisk steps, he took out several photos from the drawer.
Huang Qinqin looked at the color photo. Although it was called color, it was actually just manually drawn and colored.
Indeed, the colorful ones look more eye-catching, but Huang Qinqin also thinks that the black and white ones are quite pleasing to the eye.
Looking at the two photos, his face was full of conflict.
Seeing Huang Qinqin's hesitant expression, Xu Junhui asked the old man, "Grandpa, can you have both black and white and color ones?"
The old man raised an eyebrow: "Why not? It's charged per ticket anyway, so you can have as many as you want."
"Then we'll take two black and white and two color photos, thank you sir."
The old man took the money, wrote out a receipt, and told them, "Come back in two days with this receipt to pick up the photos."
"Okay, thank you, sir!"
......
Marriage Registration Office
Just as Huang Qinqin had predicted, there were quite a lot of people at the marriage registration office. They had been waiting for more than half an hour and it was still not their turn.
Xu Junhui never imagined that he would have to wait in line for so long to get his marriage certificate.
"Why are there so many people getting their marriage certificates? I thought there was no need to queue."
Huang Qinqin could roughly guess the reason: "It's probably because of the rural assignments; the registration deadline is approaching soon."
"If you don't want to go to the countryside, you have to have a job; otherwise, the only option left is to get married."
"Look, many of the people who got their marriage certificates don't seem very happy. They're probably just getting married on a whim."
Xu Junhui suddenly realized that Huang Qinqin also seemed to meet the criteria for being forced to go to the countryside.
She asked with a hint of resentment, "And what about you? You didn't marry me just because you didn't want to go to the countryside, did you?"
Huang Qinqin looked at Xu Junhui with amusement: "What are you thinking? Not wanting to go to the countryside is indeed one of the reasons. But if I were planning to settle, why would I refuse Xu Jingui?"
"How miserable would it be to spend a lifetime with someone you don't like? I'm not willing to do that."
Hearing Huang Qinqin's words, Xu Junhui straightened his back considerably and asked happily, "So that means you like me?!"
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