Chapter 46 Chapter 46 This marriage is a happy event, why are you two...
Qu Siyu rode her bicycle into the darkness. Su Yan closed the door, tossed the gold bars on the table into the space, and began to cook dinner, as if there were no guests tonight.
When the two children were around, Su Yan would force herself to cook a few dishes, but she didn't feel like cooking on her own. She boiled some water in a pot, added a few noodles, and ate some leftover stir-fried pork and chili peppers. That was it.
While washing dishes, Su Yan heard a knock on the door. She put on a coat and went out to the courtyard to open it. She saw Qin Zhanwu standing at the door, wearing a raincoat and holding a flashlight. He hadn't been here for over a week and hadn't explained what he'd been up to. Su Yan was delighted by this, feeling much more at peace.
Su Yan handed him a towel and poured him a glass of water: "You came at the right time. I have something to tell you."
Qin Zhanwu had plucked and cleaned the wild duck he had brought from somewhere, and put it in the kitchen. When he came out, he saw Su Yan's serious face and asked, "What's going on?"
Su Yan said, "Regarding our marriage, I think we should make it clear and reach a consensus."
Qin Zhanwu took off his coat and smiled: "So serious?"
Su Yan continued, "We got married because I was pregnant. If I wasn't pregnant, we wouldn't have gotten married at all. Do you agree with this?"
Qin Zhanwu's smile froze: "Then you don't want to get married. Whether you are pregnant or not, it doesn't matter to me."
Su Yan nodded: "Yes, whether I am pregnant or not, I don't want to get married. Of course, you knew I was pregnant and were willing to marry me. I am very grateful to you, otherwise I really don't know what I would do."
Qin Zhanwu's face darkened: "Lu Yingzi, what do you want to say?"
Su Yan said: "Even if we get married, our marriage is not a normal marriage. I don't know you, and I'm used to living alone. If you don't mind, I hope we can get a divorce after I abort the child."
Qin Zhanwu stood up, extremely angry: "Lu Yingzi, this man is simply stubborn to an unreasonable degree." He felt that if he stayed here, he might lose control and start quarreling, so he said, "I don't agree," and pushed open the door and left.
Su Yan refused to give in. She closed the door and took out the tablet from the space. She had watched the cached variety shows countless times. She put on headphones and heard the familiar soundtrack, and she felt as if she was isolated from the world.
The next morning, Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law came to see her. She burst into tears and said, "Yingzi, there is really no food at home. Yanzi has been hungry all day. Please have pity on me and give me next month's money first."
Su Yan was extremely indifferent. Watching her performance, there was no longer any emotion in her heart. She just shook her head lightly: "No!"
Sister-in-law Lu Yingzi burst into tears again, slapping her thigh as she spoke: "My poor daughter, how could your aunt be so cruel?" She then threatened Su Yan: "There's nothing to eat at home. Tomorrow I'll send Yan Zi and Xiao Gang back and tell them to stay with their aunt. It's better for them to stay with me, their mother."
Su Yan smiled and said, "Things in this world can never happen again. I can raise the child the first time, but I won't be so lucky the second time. Since you've tried every means to take the child over, and the most important thing is that the child is willing to live with you, then whether you like it or not, you have to raise this child. It's the 24th of this month, and I will give you 30 yuan on time on the 1st of next month. Of course, if you don't raise the child, I will have to call the police and ask them to talk to you."
Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law was shocked. After all, it was written in black and white. She snorted, stood up and walked away. When she reached the door, she said to Su Yan, "You are just an aunt I haven't seen since I was a child. How can you compare to me, your biological mother? Yesterday, Yan Zi and Xiao Gang saw that my legs were swollen and even made water for me to wash my feet."
She saw Su Yan's face change, and she seemed to feel very happy. She smiled proudly and said, "I raised him with my own milk. How could anyone raise him for just a few days and then turn to someone else? Yingzi, I'm not saying anything bad about you. If you like raising children so much, why don't you give birth to one yourself?"
Su Yan looked at the time and saw that it was almost time to go to work, so she locked the door and pushed her bike out.
Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law chased after her and said, "Yingzi, the two children miss you. As their aunt, you should go and see them."
The neighbors all looked out, and she smiled and said, "The two children missed their aunt, and Yingzi refused to come to me, so I came to invite her."
Seeing that everyone had come out to watch the fun, Lu Yingzi's sister-in-law simply stood at the door and said, "Yingzi has a college education and a good job. Why would she bother with her nephews and nieces? Her brother was so good to her when he was alive. He saved ten yuan every month to send to her for college. Now he has a family pension of several thousand or even several hundred yuan in his hands..."
She talked for a while, and seeing that the neighbors were coming and going and no one paid any attention to her, she felt bored, so she kicked Su Yan's gate and left in disappointment.
When Su Yan arrived at the office, she saw Ming Fan carrying a bag and handing out wedding candy. From the first floor to the fourth floor, everyone in the office received a handful of sunflower seeds and peanuts. Her colleagues congratulated her with a smile, "Oh, Ming Fan, you married well! It's not even Chinese New Year, but you can actually spend so many candy coupons on wedding candy. You're really generous, hey."
Ming Fan laughed and said, "No, no, the wedding is the day after tomorrow, you must go."
One asked, "Mingfan, why didn't Dayan come? You two work in the same unit, so why would you ask the bride to come alone to distribute wedding candy? Could it be that Dayan is embarrassed?"
Ming Fan smiled and replied, his face full of joy: "I have a new wardrobe and sofa, and Brother Dayan wants to bring them back before the wedding."
She spoke a hundred times more gently today than usual, and everyone imitated her tone: "Hey, Brother Dayan, Brother Dayan. Mingfan, you have to change your address from now on."
Seeing Su Yan listening to her bicycle and coming out of the shed, they asked her again: "Yingzi, look, there are two girls in your office who usually keep quiet, and suddenly, two of them are getting married. When are you going to get married?"
Su Yan stood there, greeting everyone. She took Ming Fan's sunflower seeds and peanuts, filled her hands, and smiled, "I'll let everyone know once the date is set."
As she reached the door, she heard the phone ringing non-stop. She quickly placed a handful of sunflower seeds and peanuts on the table and picked up the phone: "Hello, this is Jiangzhou Machinery Factory."
It was Qin Zhanwu's voice on the phone: "It's me. My marriage application has been approved. Bring your certificate and we'll go get the marriage certificate today."
Su Yan didn't answer. She sat down, picked up a peanut with two fingers, and with a slight pressure, a purple-red kernel popped out. Su Yan was a little dazed. Marriage, pregnancy—she had never thought about these things before. After only six months here, she was about to get married just because she was pregnant. It was a reality full of absurdity...
Seeing Su Yan's silence on the other end of the phone, he added, "What you said yesterday about divorce in the future, I will think about it carefully."
Su Yan came back to her senses and said, "Okay, let's meet at the door of the Revolutionary Committee at nine o'clock." At that time, there was no modern Civil Affairs Bureau or the like. To register for marriage, one had to go to the Revolutionary Committee of Jiangzhou City.
Su Yan put down the phone and saw Ming Fan coming back from distributing wedding candies. He was very happy and handed the remaining small bag of wedding candies, peanuts and sunflower seeds to Su Yan: "Sister Yingzi, there are still some left. Give it to your children."
At the same time, he took Su Yan's hand and said, "Sister Yingzi, the day after tomorrow is my wedding with Brother Dayan. We will also invite leaders from the city to be witnesses. You are my best friend in the machinery factory, so you must go."
Su Yan herself was very reluctant to go to such an occasion, not to mention that there was a ticking time bomb with Jiang Dayan around. He might go crazy on the wedding day and say something in public that would embarrass everyone. She made an excuse and said, "Mingfan, I'm so sorry. I have to go to Shanghai the day after tomorrow for something related to my school. I haven't completed some paperwork yet, so I might not be able to go."
Ming Fan looked regretful: "What a bad luck! Can we go to Shanghai at a different time?"
Su Yan smiled and said, "I'm going to be out for an hour. Please keep an eye on it for me. I'll be back soon."
It was already the end of November and winter had arrived in Jiangzhou. When she went downstairs, the cold wind blew straight into Su Yan's neck. She took out a scarf and wrapped it around her, leaving only half of her face exposed.
Qin Zhanwu arrived first as usual. He wanted to say something, but seeing Su Yan's expression was dull and unhappy, he decided to keep quiet. There was a photo studio next to the Revolutionary Committee. The photographer looked at the camera and said to the two people, "Hey, you two, cheer up. This is a happy occasion, why don't you two smile?"
Seeing this, Su Yan could only force a smile. The master immediately said, "Oh, that's right. Such a handsome newcomer is rare. Look at the camera, yes, look at the camera..."
A flash of white light blurred Su Yan's gaze. When she came to her senses, Qin Zhanwu was already standing in front of the counter to pay. "Master, I need twenty tickets. Urgent. The sooner the better."
Su Yan walked over slowly and saw Qin Zhanwu pointing at a photo on the wall and said, "How about we make one this big and hang it in the bedroom?"
Su Yan looked up and saw someone's marriage registration photo hanging on the wall. She stared at it silently for a while and felt that the photo was almost blurry and she couldn't see the face clearly. The black and white pattern squares were twisted and distorted, which was dazzling.
At this time, a man came in through the door, lifted the door curtain, and shouted to the inside: "Master, take a solo photo of me for my blind date."
When the wind blew, Su Yan could smell the stench of alcohol that had been on the man's body all night. She felt nauseous, covered her mouth, and ran out quickly.
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