The third package contained gifts for the Jiang family. Jiang's mother and father each received a set of clothes, while several brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters received shoes. They were all the sizes that Gu Qingbei had estimated, but they were all similar.
Snow cream, lipstick, hairband and small mirror prepared for lesbians.
There were also military water bottles that they exchanged with their comrades. They knew that it was inconvenient to drink water while working in the fields, and most of the time they just drank water from the nearby river, so they specially found someone to exchange the water bottles for them.
What the children had were books, paper, pens, some extracurricular books and picture books that they could read now, small school bags, and pencil cases.
To be honest, Jiang Mengxue, who likes to buy nice things, also likes these pencil writing books. She has many ballpoint pen notebooks that she bought casually in her space, and she likes to buy them even if she doesn't use them at all.
A small pistol and a small tank made of bullet shells, as well as two toy tanks, with the words "Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Defend the Home and Country" written on them. Each person has a small slingshot, and the girl's is a hand-sewn doll.
The things inside were very complete, and there were gifts for everyone, even for my sister and brother-in-law's family.
It’s easy to tell that it was Gu Qingbei who told his family about this, otherwise it would be impossible for Gu’s mother to know so much about every member of the family.
The last one was sent by the leader of the army. It contained two women's military coats, a blanket, and two bills, a bicycle ticket and a sewing machine ticket.
It was a wedding gift from the leader, and then some bills collected by comrades.
The two of them probably couldn't use up the bills they had in their hands in a year. Jiang Mengxue planned to buy some for her wedding clothes, and let Gu Qingbei take the rest away to share with his comrades in need. He would just leave a few for his family, as there were simply too many to use up.
Moreover, bicycle tickets and sewing plane tickets, which were hard to come by outside, seemed to be everywhere in the street to them. How could the two of them use so many tickets?
"Did you call your parents to buy all of this? This is too much. The ginseng alone costs several thousand yuan, and it's not easy to get that much meat."
How could Gu Qingbei be so arrogant? He has money and can buy anything, so why would he ask his mother to send so many things from so far away?
"I really don't know. I just told her how many people there are in my family and asked her to send some toys for the children, as well as fabric for you to make clothes for our wedding.
The ginseng should have been received before. My mother is a doctor. She would buy some when she saw someone selling it. Now that I heard that you are also a doctor, I will send some to you.
Please pack up these things and see which ones you can take back. I'll find a car to transport them back, otherwise it's not easy to do it by bike. I'll go to the department store to check for cloth coupons. We haven't bought you any cloth or clothes yet since we got married."
Jiang Mengxue nodded: "Okay, then pack it up first and take some dried meat back. We'll need it for the banquet. Let's not go through the whole bride-picking thing. Let's just invite the relatives from both sides to have a meal together. Although I haven't lived here long, I will still visit in the future. The neighbors in the courtyard can just host two tables to make it lively. You don't have to accept gifts. What are your plans for your family?"
Gu Qingbei didn't know what to do. He only got married once in his life, so of course he wanted to make it a lively occasion. But his base was not here, and his parents, comrades-in-arms, and friends were not here. He couldn't get married without any of his parents coming.
"I'll wait a little longer here. I'll call my parents and see when they're free to come back. It doesn't matter if they're not here for my wedding. If someone doesn't know, they might think we're not recognized."
This is what happened, but there was nothing that could be done about it. Gu's parents worked here, and Gu Qingbei was also a soldier. She had been mentally prepared from the beginning that he might not be around at many important moments in her life in the future, but she had already made up her mind and thought it through, so she would accept whatever it was.
"Forget it. That's their job. You're a soldier too, so it doesn't matter how many years it will take for you to get a vacation. Otherwise, when we have time, we can go visit them together. We can just have a meal together as a family, and they won't have to make a special trip."
Gu Qingbei was still a little unhappy. This was not his ideal marriage. He hoped to marry the girl he loved in the presence of all his relatives and friends, but now his relatives and friends were scattered all over the place and he couldn't even get together.
"Okay, then the Gu family will set up a few tables in my grandmother's old house. I will tell my uncle in advance and ask him to notify the relatives at home.
Now that we have done it, we still have to pick up the bride. If conditions don’t allow it, we can always find a bicycle.
My comrades back home, besides Lao Hei who works at the Railway Bureau, there's Chen Fangzhou who works at the Security Department of the Machinery Factory, Wu Zhongming who works at the Grain Bureau, Huang Haiwu who's the captain of the police station, Liu Yang from the county, the one I borrowed the bicycle from, who works at the County Public Security Bureau, my old boss Shan Changjiang who works at the County Party Committee, and a few others whose addresses I haven't had time to ask, so I don't know what they do specifically. I thought they wouldn't stay more than two days, so I didn't bother them. Now I'm getting married, so I have to invite them all back to liven things up. But we won't accept gifts, just a get-together. This is a good opportunity for you to get to know them all. If you have any problems in the future, just go find them. I'll make a list for you when I have time. These are all good friends of mine, and we treat them like brothers."
The corners of Jiang Mengxue's mouth twitched. It turned out that half of the officials in the city and county were your comrades-in-arms. She could already imagine the scene when these men met. If they didn't give each of them a punch or two, it would not be enough to express their enthusiasm.
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