Chapter 231 The bride is here!
night.
The trees outside the house were filled with the chirping of cicadas.
Su Wenchen was carefully stepping on the ladder, placing the antenna on the beam, and then slowly turning the signal receiver that looked like a pot cover.
At this time, it was promoted by those little kids.
The yard was already filled with members sitting on small stools.
As the signal receiver rotated, the originally snow-like screen suddenly lit up.
"Hey, uncle, there's an image, there's an image!"
Then the whole yard suddenly erupted in surprise.
"Oh my god, so this is a TV. It's even clearer than the outdoor movies we watched."
"Yeah, it's really clear, but the little kid in it is a little small. It would be better if it were as big as in the movie."
"You idiot, this is for your family to see. How can you bring it home when it's so big?"
"You two idiots, shut up! The female announcer is coming out!"
In an instant, almost everyone in the yard's attention was drawn to the TV.
Even the original Su family, including Su's father and Su's mother, were no exception.
Obviously, television still has a huge appeal to people of their age.
Su Wenchen came down from the ladder. Xiao Shitou, who had been holding the ladder for him, was scratching his head anxiously.
Su Wenchen was about to put away the ladder, but when he saw his nephew's expression, he naturally knew how anxious he was.
"You little brat, look how anxious I am about you. Alright, go watch TV!"
After hearing Su Wenchen's words, he immediately rushed excitedly to the small bench in front that he had prepared in advance.
moment.
After Su Wenchen put the ladder away.
Looking at Jiang Li holding an enamel teacup and leaning against the door frame.
She looked at Su Wenchen with a smile on her face, the smile in her eyes faintly visible in the steam rising from the teacup.
Su Wenchen walked over.
"I'm sorry for wronging you!"
Jiang Li smiled and shook her head, looking at the large group of members in the yard who seemed to be eager to stick their heads into the TV.
"What's the big deal? Besides, even when we were kids in our compound, we all watched movies at the house of an uncle who worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time."
"At that time, his family was the only one in the entire compound, and at night, the house was basically jammed with people."
"I still remember that after school, I would rush my mom to cook, and then go with my sisters to grab seats with the boys."
“Sometimes they even fight over a seat.”
Su Wenchen was a little bit unbelievable when he heard this.
"You knew how to fight when you were little? Could you beat those boys?"
Jiang Li immediately said angrily.
"You actually look down on me!"
"We can't beat them, but we'll outsmart them! If we can't win, we'll just cry loudly."
"Then adults would come out to help us, and over time those boys would stop competing with us."
Uh~
When Su Wenchen heard this, he observed a moment of silence for the boys in the compound when he was a child.
This is too frustrating.
He could even imagine the angry faces of those boys. They were competing fairly with their fists, but as soon as the other party started crying, they went from winners to losers.
Time passed quickly in the blink of an eye as they were in the tenderness of the two.
Ten o'clock.
Su Wenchen watched Jiang Li's little head leaning on his shoulder little by little.
After checking his watch, Su Wenchen stood up and yawned.
"Okay, it's already ten o'clock, it's getting late, everyone should go back to bed! We all have to go to work tomorrow!"
Upon hearing this, there was a burst of discussion around.
"Ah! It's already ten o'clock? Why do I feel like it's only been a moment?"
"Yeah, time flies by so fast. But TV is better than movies. There are many channels to watch, and you can change channels if you don't like them."
"But it's really getting late. Everyone, please help Achen clean up the yard before you leave!"
"Otherwise, don't come here again."
Su Wenchen was quite satisfied seeing the crowd consciously helping him clean up the yard.
After waiting for the crowd to leave, Su Wenchen was just about to go back to sleep.
Father Su called him.
"Youngest, come with me!"
Then he walked towards his room.
Jiang Li waved her hand sleepily.
"You go ahead! I'll make the bed!"
Su Wenchen followed his father to the old house in the middle.
Su's mother had already opened her tin box and counted out the big unity bills one by one.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Father Su waved his hand.
"Although you live better than your elder and second brothers, your family still has to pay for some of the money."
"I was originally going to give it to you, fifty dollars, just like your second brother."
"But thanks to you, our brigade has become rich in the past two years. Now the brigade offers 100 yuan for marriage proposals. Our family can't give too little, otherwise it won't look good."
As she spoke, Su's mother handed over ten big unity notes.
"Take it, don't complain it's too little! Your father and I can't earn much from work points right now."
Su Wenchen was a little amused and helpless when he saw this.
"Mom, it's really not necessary. I have a good salary here, so I can afford this. Besides, didn't you give me the money when we split up before?"
However, Su Wenchen also knew that Pingcun Brigade, as the richest brigade in the area, did offer the highest betrothal gift.
Higher than in the county.
Because now in the city, the price for proposing marriage is basically between ten and fifty yuan.
Generally, it is about one to three months’ salary of an individual’s income.
It's generally lower here in the countryside.
Their brigade is now simply rich, and now they distribute dividends from the collective income every year, with almost every household receiving at least 1,000 yuan.
In the past two years, it is not uncommon for people to offer a hundred yuan to propose marriage in their brigade. To put it bluntly, everyone knows how to spend money.
Even according to Su Wenchen's understanding.
The most vulnerable family offered a betrothal gift of 300 yuan, but the woman they found was a female educated youth from the brigade.
The one who was taken advantage of was the brigade's accountant Li Xiangdong's family. It can be said that when the betrothal gift was announced, the entire commune was in an uproar.
It can be said that at one point, Li Xiangdong's family was too embarrassed to see anyone except when going to work.
After all, at this time, only a well-off dual-income family in the city can afford a hundred yuan betrothal gift, and the family must have a small number of people.
A betrothal gift of 300 yuan is rarely seen even in the city. Of course, some families usually have two cadres, but these families usually won't tell others how much they give.
In the countryside, even if the conditions in their brigade are better now, this is still an outrageous thing.
Despite Su Wenchen's refusal, his mother still forced the money into his hands.
"The eldest and second brother also know about this, so you don't have to worry about what they think."
Father Su also nodded.
"Here! That's all. When will you prepare the other banquet?"
Su Wenchen looked at the big unity in his hand and accepted it when he saw that he couldn't refuse.
Anyway, if you need to buy some supplements or something later, just send it over.
Besides, the money is in his mother's hands. To be honest, with his mother's personality, she probably wouldn't be willing to spend it.
As for the arrangements for the marriage, Su Wenchen spoke directly.
"I'm going to the farm tomorrow to ask for some time off and make some arrangements. I have three days of wedding leave."
"We'll arrange it tomorrow and just invite those close to us in the brigade. Don't invite those from the unit. Otherwise, if a bunch of leaders eat and drink together, even if they know it's a wedding, it won't have a good impact at this time."
Father Su also nodded in agreement.
"That's right, then let's hold it in the village! I originally thought you would hold it in your farm!"
"After all, I often saw group weddings being held in your field some time ago, and I thought you wanted to do the same!"
Su Wenchen said directly.
"Our group wedding was basically all for the purpose of getting a room. Many of the employees were getting married together, with more than ten couples getting married in one day. They all had to apply for the use of the farm's cars, and it was almost affecting the work arrangements of the farm."
"In the end, we had no choice but to hold a group wedding so that everyone could get married together. Otherwise, if everyone got married, there wouldn't be enough people working in the farm."
"Besides, even if we wanted to hold a group wedding now, we couldn't gather that many newlyweds. Most of those who were anxious to get married have already done so, and the rest are either already married or not in a hurry."
Moreover, for Su Wenchen, it is better to get married on his own, after all, it only happens once in a lifetime.
But Su's mother said directly.
"But isn't it a bit too hasty to start preparing for tomorrow? We haven't even bought anything yet!"
Su Wenchen waved his hand.
"The city gave me a lot of meat coupons this time. I happened to find someone from the meat processing plant in the city and bought ten kilograms. I can't keep it for long in this weather."
"Tomorrow we can buy a rooster from our brigade, and we can also buy a rabbit from the slaughterhouse in the county."
"These three meat dishes are enough!"
"As for the vegetables, we can just pick them from the fields behind the house."
After hearing Su Wenchen's arrangement, Su's father thought it was okay. After all, pork was hard to buy and it was not easy to store it at this time.
"That's fine, but Li Yatou is getting married over there. Although there are some women here who marry directly from their husband's family, they are basically outsiders who have fled famine.
"Wouldn't this be too unfair to her?"
Su Wenchen thought about it.
"I'll ask her then! If she wants, it's fine from the commune or from Uncle He in the county."
Then he came back from the old house.
Su Wenchen saw that Jiang Li was still waiting for him. Although he was very sleepy, he still propped up his little head and dozed off little by little.
My heart suddenly felt warm, and I was ready to go over and carry the other person to the kang.
However, as soon as Su Wenchen touched the other person, Jiang Li woke up immediately. After seeing Su Wenchen, she spoke a little dazedly.
"You're back, put me down. I still need to wash my face. By the way, is there anything important at the old house?"
Su Wenchen shook his head.
"Nothing, I just gave you an extra hundred yuan for your betrothal gift."
Jiang Li nodded, then suddenly realized.
"When did I ask for a betrothal gift? Besides, it's not easy for Aunt Lan to save some money, how can you still ask for it!"
"We both have good salaries, what do you want this money for?"
"Give it back later!"
After Su Wenchen put Jiang Li down from his arms, he spoke directly.
"The old couple won't want it if we return it. We can just buy some supplements every now and then."
“Otherwise, they themselves wouldn’t be willing to buy these things.”
After hearing Su Wenchen's plan, Jiang Li felt that it made sense.
"Okay, but don't buy anything else!"
"We have everything we need at home now, so buying more would be a waste of money."
Su Wenchen also nodded, looking at the house that was already full of things.
"Okay, you're the hostess, I'll listen to you."
"By the way, Ali, let's go to work tomorrow and ask for wedding leave, and then have the wedding banquet!"
Hearing Su Wenchen's words, Jiang Li was stunned at first, and then a look of anticipation appeared in her eyes.
"Well, I'll listen to you!"
After all, they had obtained the certificate, and Jiang Li felt that although she didn't care that much, she should indeed hold a wedding banquet.
At the very least, they should declare their sovereignty to the people nearby, otherwise some female educated youth would always have some ideas.
Su Wenchen said with a little regret.
"I'm sorry to have wronged you, for being so hasty."
"You don't even have a place to get married here. Why don't you go to the commune dormitory? Or to Uncle He's place, and I'll pick you up there when the time comes?"
Jiang Li shook her head.
"What's there to be wronged about? Besides, we're not ordinary members. We both have a lot of things to take care of."
"Especially now is the crucial time to apply for foreign exchange earnings. We never know when something unexpected might happen and end our vacation!"
"While we enjoy the wages and benefits given by the government, we naturally have to contribute more in other areas. How can we get all the benefits?"
"If I were to get married and walk through the commune, I'd probably have a lot of people from the entire commune follow me. It would be too much of a commotion."
"It's even more inconvenient to go to Uncle He's place. He has been living in the county dormitory."
"When the time comes, just take me for a ride on your bike along the main road. Isn't that what all the wives from other places here do? Don't treat me like I'm precious!"
Su Wenchen thought for a moment and said.
"How about I drive you to the county and we take wedding photos!"
"Even if you don't want to go back to Beijing, you can still send the photo back. After all, he is your father, so you have to meet him."
"It's a life-long event. Having photos like this will allow us to take them out from time to time and reminisce when we're old."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Jiang Li's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Achen, this is a good idea. But why don't you invite Aunt Lan over? Let's take a family photo."
Su Wenchen smiled and joked.
"You're still calling me Auntie Lan even though you've already got the marriage certificate!"
"But my mom definitely won't go, because she always thinks taking photos is a waste of money."
"Plus, she probably has to entertain the members tomorrow, so she probably won't be free."
"When there are children behind us, we can take pictures with her!"
Hearing Su Wenchen's joke, Jiang Li responded directly.
"I haven't gotten used to it yet!"
The next day, the two got up.
Su Wenchen was wearing his cadre Zhongshan suit, while Jiang Li had freshened up and was wearing the Dacron shirt that Su Wenchen had bought for her in Shanghai.
As for accessories, at that time, revolutionary weddings were the norm and people basically would not wear fancy accessories.
So both of them pinned a red badge representing the organization on each other's chest.
Walk into the yard.
At this time, a large group of people from the Su family were busy.
And Father Su walked in from the door with a brand new leadership portrait.
"Dad, don't I have one in my room? Why did you buy another one?"
Father Su waved his hand.
"We're getting married, so we have to get a new one!"
"Okay, go get busy!"
"By the way, when you go to the county, just tell your sister and come over after work."
"We're not allowed to hold big banquets now, so we can just have a meal together as a family."
When Su Wenchen heard what his father said, he nodded.
"Okay then, I'll leave Dad's house to you. I'll be leaving first!"
Jiang Li also hesitated and said.
"Dad, we'll leave first."
After hearing this, Father Su nodded immediately.
“Hey!”
"Go ahead! Ride slowly on the road!"
He said this with a grin on his face and gave the instructions happily.
As a result, when Su's mother just walked out of the house with the vegetable basin, she saw Su's father like this.
I just can't bear to look at it.
"You're just grinning like a magpie, not working. You're just grinning like a magpie!"
When Father Su heard this, he immediately replied angrily.
"What's there to say on a great day? I'm just happy!"
Su's mother placed the vegetable basin directly next to the water pressure well.
"Even if you're happy, you still have to work. Go and put it on."
Su Wenchen shook his head and said to Su's mother.
"Mom, let's go!"
Jiang Li also shouted.
"Mom, Achen and I are going to the county first."
When Su's mother heard this, she nodded happily.
"Hurry up! The temperature will rise soon! Go slowly on the road."
When Father Su saw Mother Su's expression, he couldn't bear to watch.
"You're still talking about me, you don't look much better than me."
Su's mother immediately put her hands on her hips and said.
"I'm glad you care about me! Go back to work. I'm annoyed by the sight of you!"
Su Wenchen and Jiang Li looked at each other and smiled at each other.
Then Su Wenchen rode his bicycle to the Blue Water Field and distributed some candies.
I went to the commune and distributed some candies.
Secretary He felt a little regretful when he heard that Su Wenchen was not planning to hold a wedding banquet and was just having a meal with his family.
However, I also understand their choices, because being too prominent at this time is not a good thing.
Lanshui County Photo Studio.
Accompanied by a "click!"
A young man and woman, shoulder to shoulder, took their second photo together in this era.
"Director Su, Director Jiang, the filming is done!"
"Are you in a hurry? If you are, I will wash it for you in advance and you can come and pick it up tomorrow. If you are not in a hurry, you can come and pick it up next week."
Su Wenchen thought about it.
"Master Liu, please help us wash it out first!"
"Ali's father is in Beijing, and we want to mail it to him as soon as possible."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the master in the photo studio nodded.
"What's the big deal? Director Su, our photo studio's business is really thanks to you guys taking care of it."
"After I took the photo with your team."
"Your team has had a good time in the past two years. Many young people have brought their partners here to take pictures."
"And don't worry, Director Su, at our studio, wedding photos and work ID photos can be expedited. We're not providing this service to you."
"It's just that if you need to expedite it, you have to pay an extra fifty cents for the expedited service. This is also the museum's policy."
Su Wenchen nodded.
"I know, just expedite it."
The two then went to the county hospital again.
Office of the Director of Personnel Department.
Su Wenying looked at the two people in front of her in shock.
"No, you are holding a banquet today?"
"Why is it so hasty? Without any prior notice? I haven't prepared anything!"
Su Wenchen leaned back casually in the chair.
"Sister, there's nothing to prepare. You can just go over and have dinner tonight."
"Do you still think you'll get married like you did back then, with a grand banquet for all the folks and relatives and friends? Nowadays, revolutionary weddings are about keeping things simple."
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, Su Wenying also nodded.
"You have a point. The director of the county grain depot on the street next to us had his son get married. He invited colleagues from the depot and a large group of people to celebrate, but ended up getting sued."
"In the end, not only did the young man lose his job, but his father was also reportedly transferred to the grain depot at the commune below."
"Ordinary people wouldn't care about this, but if someone has bad intentions, it's not easy to deal with. It's right for you to be cautious."
Su Wenchen nodded. He had heard about this from He Zhenbang because it was he who handled it.
Originally, the county would not have cared about this matter if no one had reported it, but now that someone has reported it, the county has no choice but to turn a blind eye.
Of course, the deputy director of the grain warehouse also made great contributions. After all, the director has been occupying the position, and it is unclear when he will become the new director.
Although human hearts are not necessarily all bad, it is still a good idea to be cautious about such matters.
Then Su Wenying looked at her youngest brother, who was also the most promising one, with a complicated expression.
"I really didn't expect you two to be together. I remember I told you not to get too cocky."
"Now it seems that I may have made a mistake."
Su Wenchen nodded immediately.
"It's not possible. You must have misjudged me. I'm obviously a potential stock. Ali saw me at first sight. I have incredible talent hidden beneath my handsome appearance."
"Right! Ali."
Jiang Li rolled her eyes helplessly when she heard Su Wenchen's shameless boasting.
"I was clearly deceived by your shameless and thick skin!"
Thinking back to the second time she met Su Wenchen at the commune, he started making promises and trying to get her to join him in raising chickens.
At that time, the other party didn't know her specific background, but they kept promising her and trying to get her to join them.
But perhaps it was he who possessed the kind of confidence that other young people in the county did not possess.
She will be attracted to him!
After all, other young people in the county approached her at that time, but they were always timid and didn't dare to ask directly to her face. They kept asking about her family situation in private.
Compared with a confident man like Su Wenchen, this kind of person is undoubtedly much more attractive to her.
After leaving the county hospital.
Su Wenchen took Jiang Li to the county to visit He Zhenbang again.
Finally, with the other party's blessings, he rode all the way to the group.
At the entrance of the village, Su Wenchen had just ridden over when he saw a large group of half-grown children shouting.
"Here comes the bride!"
"Here comes the bride!"
Then they immediately swarmed over, each one staring with eager eyes and shouting.
"Uncle Chen! Aunt Jiang! Candy!"
Su Wenchen looked at the little kids surrounding him and could only stop his bike and roll his eyes.
"Who told you to call me uncle? You're calling me old and you still want to eat my candy!"
“No way!”
Jiang Li also got out of the back seat at this time. When she heard what Su Wenchen said, she immediately laughed.
"Come here, Auntie, there's candy here!"
As he said this, he grabbed a handful of the remaining candy from the bag and distributed it to a group of children.
"Aunt Jiang, you are so kind. You will definitely give birth to a lot of children in the future."
"Yes, I can give birth to a lot of boys! My mom says I have the best mouth, and everything I say comes true!"
Apparently in the country this is a very wonderful blessing.
However, Su Wenchen was very upset after hearing this. If I give birth to a bunch of boys, wouldn’t that be the death of me?
Directly said in a bad mood.
"You little brat, what do you know about having a baby? Just take the candy and go play with yourself!"
Hearing Su Wenchen say this, the little kid was a little confused.
Didn’t his grandma say that Uncle Chen would definitely be happy if he said that?
Can you give him a few more candies? It doesn't seem to be having any effect!
However, after distributing the candies, the group of children immediately dispersed.
Jiang Li sat back in the back seat, thinking about what Su Wenchen had just said.
"You really don't like boys!"
Su Wenchen rode his bicycle.
"As long as it's ours, I like them all! Besides, I don't have a throne to inherit, so why would I care whether it's a boy or a girl?"
When Jiang Li heard this, she also hugged Su Wenchen's waist from behind.
"You are so nice. Meeting you is the luckiest thing that has happened to me in my life."
Then the two returned home, under the watchful eyes of their relatives and friends.
In front of the leader's portrait, the two men read out their revolutionary oath to fight for the whole life to build socialism together.
(End of this chapter)
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