Chapter 10 Getting the Marriage Certificate Before the Civil Affairs Bureau Closes
Qin Suisui nodded, indicating that she understood.
Pei Jiuyan then added, "The medical examination results are in too."
Qin Suisui, finding his speech as drawn-out as toothpaste, assumed there was something wrong with his medical examination results and frowned, asking:
"Are the medical examination results okay?"
"No problem, everything went smoothly."
Qin Suisui nodded, assuming that Pei Jiuyan had come out to talk to her about this. Seeing that he hadn't left after he finished speaking, she asked with some confusion, "Is there anything else?"
Pei Jiuyan cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly: "All the necessary procedures for the wedding have been completed."
Qin Suisui nodded again: "I know, thank you for your hard work."
Pei Jiuyan: ...
Qin Suisui blinked her big eyes, somewhat confused.
Pei Jiuyan didn't dare to meet her gaze, turning his head away and pretending to look at the sunset: "It's still early, the Civil Affairs Bureau hasn't closed yet."
Hearing this, Qin Suisui understood. She tentatively asked, "You mean, should we go get our marriage certificate now? Is that enough time?"
Pei Jiuyan nodded quickly, without a second's hesitation: "There's enough time!"
Qin Suisui was slightly taken aback. She thought that it would have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. Why was this person even more impatient than her? But today or tomorrow is fine. It's good to get the marriage certificate sooner rather than later.
"Okay! I'll go get Dong..."
Before Qin Suisui could finish speaking, she was picked up again. Pei Jiuyan's deep and pleasant voice rang in her ear: "I've taken everything. Your ID is on the desk in the room, and I've taken that for you too. Xiao Sheng is waiting for us outside in the car."
Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh. He was all prepared. It seemed he really couldn't wait.
Xiao Sheng also sensed his boss's feelings. He drove like a whirlwind straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau. When he arrived, there was still half an hour before the staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau would get off work, and there were hardly any people left.
The staff had obviously been notified as well. When Pei Jiuyan and his companion arrived, one of them quickly took out a registration form that had been prepared in advance for them to fill out, while the other person was responsible for verifying their identification documents.
Pei Jiuyan's identity is special. Qin Suisui's identity information was also checked one by one when he applied for marriage. Therefore, the process is very fast now. After the two filled out the forms, the staff reviewed and registered the files again and issued a marriage certificate that looked like an award certificate to the two.
Holding her marriage certificate, Qin Suisui was still somewhat dazed as Pei Jiuyan helped her out of the Civil Affairs Bureau. Was she really married just like that? The setting sun was fiery red, and the afterglow reflected on the faces of passersby, making them glow red. Qin Suisui thought to herself that from now on, she would have one more family member—no, two.
When Chi Donglin got home, he found that the food had already been brought back from the company canteen, and his neighbor, Sister Tang, and her husband, Battalion Commander Guo, had also been invited over.
Aunt Tang was about 35 years old. She was wearing a slightly worn blue cotton top and gray pants, and her hair was neatly tied back. When Qin Suisui and Pei Jiuyan entered, she was carrying a plate of bright red sliced beef and tripe from the kitchen. Seeing the two of them come out, she smiled and said, "You're back? You can prepare dinner now!"
After placing the dishes on the table, she wiped her hands with a clean cloth next to the table before taking Qin Suisui's hand and saying warmly, "This must be Comrade Qin! You are indeed a beautiful girl. No wonder Commander Pei is in such a hurry to get the marriage certificate. I like you very much!"
Pei Jiuyan introduced her to the woman, saying, "This is Aunt Tang, and that's her husband, Battalion Commander Guo. Their house is right next to ours. When the three of us are on missions, Aunt Tang helps take care of Zanzan."
Then, as if remembering something, she added, "Aunt Tang is from Sichuan Province, and she has excellent cooking skills."
After he finished speaking, he stared into Qin Suisui's eyes, and sure enough, her eyes lit up like light bulbs. He smiled slightly, thinking that this girl had rather unusual tastes.
Sure enough, the next second, Qin Suisui acted as if she had seen a relative, immediately letting go of his hand and instead grasping Aunt Tang's hand with a bright smile: "Hello, Aunt Tang! You can just call me Suisui, no need to be so formal. Thank you for taking care of Zanzan. Our two families live close by, so we must visit each other more often in the future!"
Tang's sister-in-law had overheard Chi Donglin and Song Yun talking about Qin Suisui's background. She had assumed that a beautiful capitalist's daughter like her would be a bit arrogant, but she was surprised to find her so warm and friendly. That's great! She'll be easy to get along with in the future!
Pei Jiuyan glanced at her empty hands and felt inexplicably annoyed. This ungrateful brat! She remembered when she was 15 years old, she fell ill and vomited almost everything she ate. The Qin family hired many people to cook for her, but it was no use. The child was getting thinner and thinner from vomiting and could only maintain her strength by receiving nutritional injections every day. The doctor suggested that she eat some spicy Sichuan food to stimulate her appetite.
Unfortunately, the people of Jiangcheng are skilled at steaming and stewing, emphasizing freshness and aroma in their cooking. While some do eat spicy food, it's not the Sichuan-style spiciness, and Qin Suisui still vomited after eating it. Later, Qin's father searched the entire black market of Jiangcheng and finally obtained a bottle of spicy sauce that was supposedly made by locals in Sichuan. After Qin Suisui tasted it, she surprisingly didn't vomit!
For the next few days, Qin Suisui relied on steamed buns dipped in spicy sauce to eat. As the spicy sauce was running out, she couldn't find anyone in the whole city who sold it or who knew how to cook Sichuan cuisine. Qin's mother called her best friend, Pei's mother, to complain about it, and Pei's mother then told Pei Jiuyan about it.
At that time, Pei Jiuyan was on official business in Sichuan Province. He immediately took half a day off, went to the countryside to hire a skilled farm woman, and personally sent her to Jiangcheng under the pretext of visiting relatives. She worked for the Qin family for three years.
Qin's parents knew about this, but Pei Jiuyan had just taken Zanzan in to take care of him. He was worried that Qin Suisui would mind the child, and since there was no possibility of marriage, he didn't want to burden her. Therefore, he didn't let them mention him.
Fortunately, Qin Suisui really liked the food that her sister-in-law cooked.
Fortunately, she didn't mind Zan Zan's existence; she is now his wife.
Pei Jiuyan held the marriage certificate in his pocket, the corners of his mouth curving upwards even wider.
Qin Suisui's eyes lit up when she saw the sliced beef and tripe in chili sauce, Mapo tofu, and Sichuan-style chicken on the table. She didn't even notice the braised pork and braised fish that Chi Donglin and the others had brought back from the company cafeteria. Heaven knows how long it had been since she had eaten authentic Sichuan cuisine since the accident at home and the nanny was dismissed by her parents. The dishes that Aunt Tang made were red and shiny, and there was a smell of chili peppers in the air. They looked delicious!
She turned to Pei Jiuyan and said, "Jiuyan, it's so late, hurry up and call everyone to eat."
Upon hearing this address, Pei Jiuyan instinctively frowned.
Song Yunlai also brought Zanzan back from outside and called out to Pei Jiuyan, "Yeah, Jiuyan, you've been busy all afternoon and the brothers are exhausted. Hurry up and call everyone to eat!"
Pei Jiuyan nodded: "You guys eat first, I'll go upstairs to put away some documents."
Chi Donglin was starving. He frowned at Pei Jiuyan and said, "Can't we put the documents out later? They're not going to run away!"
Pei Jiuyan squeezed the marriage certificate in his pocket, staring at the person chatting happily with Aunt Tang, and muttered to himself, "Who knows, he might run away."
At the dinner table, everyone toasted Pei Jiuyan and Qin Suisui's marriage with tea instead of wine, and also made some beautiful wishes for the future.
As if remembering something, Zan Zan ran off the dining table and ran to the kitchen, bringing back a large jar containing two small fish, one blue and one orange, swimming leisurely.
Zan Zan handed the jar to Qin Sui Sui: "Mom, I have another gift for you. These are the little fish I raised. Sister Xiao Hua said they mean 'abundance year after year'! Wishing you and Dad abundance year after year!"
Qin Suisui took them and saw that the two little fish were quite pretty! The blue one had a silvery-white body with unevenly distributed blue stripes, and when it swam in the water, it was as elegant and graceful as a butterfly. The other one had an orange-red body with white stripes, big, round eyes, and a fan-shaped tail, making it look particularly endearing when it swam.
Wow! Awesome! You're so amazing! Where did you catch two such beautiful fish? Mommy loves them! Thank you!
Zanzan's dark face flushed slightly, and he scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "I found it at the beach. Every time the tide comes in, there are a lot of beautiful fish on the beach, as well as a lot of edible fish and shrimp. Many brothers, sisters and aunts go to pick them up."
Honestly, why does Mom always praise him so much? He's getting embarrassed!
Qin Suisui's eyes lit up when she heard Zanzan's words. Beachcombing! She'd never done it before! She wanted to!
Aunt Tang chuckled beside her, "Yes, Sui Sui hasn't been to the beach yet, has she? A few of us women in the family compound go there sometimes when we have free time. It's allowed by the organization. There's a lot of stuff on the beach, especially after high tide. Every time we go, we can find quite a few things, like clams, razor clams, oysters, stone crabs, sand crabs, and sometimes if we're lucky, we can even find small octopuses or groupers! We can bring them back to improve our meals."
Qin Suisui's eyes lit up. Children living inland have always longed for the sea.
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Sister-in-law Tang: "Sister-in-law, when are you going? Can you take me with you? I want to see it too!"
Aunt Tang glanced outside, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The tide will probably be high tonight, so we can go tomorrow morning. I'll come and get you then, but it might be a bit early. Also, is your injury alright?"
Qin Shuishui nodded vigorously: "I can get up! Don't worry, sister-in-law! I can get up! My injury is just a scratch, it won't affect my walking!" She would go to her space tonight to tinker with some spiritual medicines. Her grandmother had left behind a lot of spiritual medicines before she passed away, and she had put them all in her space. Treating such a minor scratch would be a piece of cake for her!
Zan Zan jumped up and down impatiently, "I want to go too! I want to go too! Mom, can you take me with you?"
Qin Suisui patted his little head: "Okay, Zanzan will go with Mommy. Mommy has never been to the beach before, so I'll ask Zanzan for advice!"
Zan Zan's dark face turned a little red, as if she was embarrassed.
Suddenly, a soft cough came from behind. The voice was very soft and harmless, but Zan Zan immediately straightened his back and hugged Qin Sui Sui's arm: "Daddy, come too! Mommy, can we bring Daddy along?"
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