Chapter 421: Received the Certificate
Hu Qingqing had never seen money in her life! Holding the money in her hands, she didn't know whether to hold it or open it. She stood there for a long time. Lu Dongcai came back and saw him as if he had seen a savior. He hurriedly pulled him into the house and showed him his hands.
"What's going on?"
"Mom gave it to me. She said it was five dollars. That's a lot!"
Lu Dongcai understood Gao Xiulan's meaning almost instantly. It seemed that his mother was really satisfied with Qingqing.
"Just keep it if you give it to me, just in case you buy something."
"What can I buy? I don't even recognize money. Besides, I have everything I need."
"Then keep it for now."
"I don't dare. I always feel like I'll lose it if I keep it."
Lu Dongcai sighed, pulled her over and taught her how to recognize money.
Gao Xiulan didn't give whole money, but rather 50 cents, 1 yuan, 1 yuan, and 20 cents.
Hu Qingqing learned to recognize money quite quickly. Once she could recognize it and count it, she felt a little more at ease.
As soon as the rations were distributed, the team officially began to hibernate.
Lu Minghai and his father brought in the firewood, so the women in the house didn't have to worry. The pigs for the mission had been handed in, leaving only the Lunar New Year pig, which Hu Qingqing treated like a toy.
Gao Xiulan was taking care of her on the first day of the new year, so she didn't have to worry about anything. When she had free time, she would go to Wen Wan and ask her to teach her how to read.
Of course, the most important thing is that she wants to learn how to count, especially since Gao Xiulan gave her five dollars last time and she couldn't recognize a single one.
You can't even recognize money and yet you're trying to buy things? What the hell are you going to buy? Sooner or later you'll be fooled by someone.
Wen Wan's teaching was also very interesting. In addition to writing one, two, three, and four, she also taught her to write the names of her family members.
She was a quick learner, but when it came to handwriting, she was completely on par with Lu Donglin. She learned even faster than Lu Donglin in terms of writing, but her handwriting was truly unbearable to read. Perhaps only she knew what she was writing; it was incredibly difficult for others to understand.
Especially when she proudly wrote the three words "Lu Dongcai" and showed them to Lu Dongcai, Lu Dongcai stared at it for a long time, and finally couldn't help it. He took the pen and silently wrote his own name next to the three words, and then wrote the three words "Hu Qingqing".
Although he doesn't know many words, he is very serious about writing.
After finishing writing, he held Hu Qingqing tightly and refused to let go: "Which one looks better?"
Hu Qingqing blinked and looked at him: "Of course you wrote it beautifully."
"You still know this? Why don't you write it in a nice way?"
Hu Qingqing said confidently: "I'm not taking an exam. I'm just learning two characters. I just need to be able to recognize and write the commonly used characters. Why should I write so beautifully? It's a waste of time."
Lu Dongcai was speechless, and even thought what she said made sense. After all, she was a very fast learner, and she could do addition and subtraction very quickly. By the time winter vacation came, she had memorized the multiplication table.
Lu Dongfu came back and took out his elementary school textbooks to show her.
She was very purposeful: "I only learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then recognize words." She just wanted to learn to read and do accounting, and was too lazy to waste time on other things.
Lu Dongfu privately told Lu Dongcai: "My second sister-in-law is unlucky. If she had met a good parent and could go to school, she would definitely learn much better than me."
Lu Dongcai said: "She just had a bad fate in the past, but things will get better in the future. She has saved up all the blessings in the past for the rest of her life." It had nothing to do with him in the past, but in the future, he would love her well.
Lu Dongfu asked him again: "Second brother, who do you think is better, the one from before or the second sister-in-law now?"
Lu Dongcai glanced at him and didn't answer him.
Lu Dongfu persisted: "You liked her at that time, but your second sister-in-law was chosen by your mother."
Lu Dongcai said, "You don't have to keep testing me like this. I'm living with your second sister-in-law now, and I'll definitely be living with her in the future. If I have to think about something, it's about the future. What did I do in the past? Life is short, and the heart is small. Aren't you tired of remembering so many worthless things?"
People are sentimental, but also ruthless. When they love someone, they are willing to sacrifice their life for him/her. Once they let go, they really let go.
The relationship between him and Hu Qingqing is completely different from that between him and Li Laiying.
Li Laiying was someone he met and fell in love with. He had been well-behaved and gentle since childhood, rarely asking for anything. So, since he liked her, Gao Xiulan decided to be her.
In the first two years of their marriage, the two were quite loving, but Li Laiying was quiet and taciturn. Even when they were lying together at night to do that thing, he was the one who took the initiative.
The few times I took the initiative was when I missed my son so much.
But Hu Qingqing is different.
She was cheerful, like a bird in the woods, chirping and seemingly carefree. She slept when it was time to sleep, and when she opened her eyes she was full of energy. No matter how tired she was, she never seemed to feel tired. Wherever she was, there was always laughter and joy, a lively atmosphere.
The hustle and bustle made the haze in his heart dissipate involuntarily, so quickly that he himself could hardly believe it.
After taking that step, the two of them became close all of a sudden, and he felt it even more deeply.
He originally thought that he had to wait until he got the marriage certificate, which would take less than a year. However, this year was really hard to endure, and he overestimated his self-control.
He had never wanted a woman so much before.
The originally young and naive girl grew up little by little, and was always tempting him.
When they got the marriage certificate, Hu Qingqing had just turned 18 and went to get it the next day.
In 1974, he was 25 years old, had experienced a failed marriage, and had a child who was old enough to run around, but he was still like a young man, full of expectations and desires for certain things.
Holding the marriage certificate, my heart beat faster.
He took his young wife to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Gao Xiulan gave him money and tickets, and told him to buy a pair of enamel basins, a pair of enamel pots, a pair of new hairbands, and to buy cloth for a set of clothes for Hu Qingqing.
Before, it was just people coming through the door.
We got the marriage certificate today, and now she is the official daughter-in-law of the Lu family, the wife of Lu Dongcai.
This was Hu Qingqing's first time in Ganling Commune, her first time in the supply and marketing cooperative, and she was curious about everything. Usually quite agile, she was now walking and stopping, and Lu Dongcai would turn back every two steps to see if she was catching up.
"Is it so rare?"
"It's amazing! The roads here are so flat and wide, the houses are so neat, and the people are so pretty." When she first arrived in Lujiazui, she thought the people there were the most beautiful she had ever seen. Now that she was in the commune, she felt it was even better: "No wonder my cousin's wife wanted to come to the commune to teach. It seems all the beautiful people are gathered in one place."
Lu Dongcai laughed dumbly: "Silly, don't all people have one nose and two eyes? It's just that we live in different places, have different conditions, and wear different clothes. Clothes make the man, and Buddhas rely on gold. When you don't have enough to eat, you look pale and thin, and your clothes can't even hide your shame. They are messy, and even a fairy can't tell that you are human. But when conditions improve, your face becomes fuller, and your clothes are clean and tidy, then you will naturally be different."
"Is that so?"
"That's for sure!" Lu Dongcai was very sure of what he said. "Let's not talk about others, let's talk about you. You are completely different when I went to pick you up there."
"What's the difference?"
Lu Dongcai smiled and leaned closer to her: "It looks good."
Hu Qingqing's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Um!"
She is still growing up. She suffered too much injustice at home before. The girl is fifteen or sixteen years old and has just started to walk. No matter if she doesn't have her period for three to five months, no one cares. She doesn't understand unless the adults ask her.
He was naked and in a mess, just like a weed growing in a crack in a rock, trying hard to grow but withering at any time.
After arriving at the Lu family, she never went hungry again. She didn't know how to do it before, but her family taught her little by little. She became clean and tidy, and then she grew up little by little.
Unconsciously, the skinny little girl became lively and more and more girlish.
He hummed, and Hu Qingqing laughed happily. No woman doesn't love beauty, especially if her man thinks it's beautiful.
“Do you need to buy so many things?”
Lu Dongcai nodded affirmatively. "Of course. We're getting married today, and this is the dowry I'm buying for you." The gift was the original 100 kilograms of grain, the cloth coupons, and the five yuan. Gao Xiulan had requested it. When two people spend their lives together, there needs to be a sense of ritual. Even if it's just something you buy and leave lying around, decades later, when you have children and grandchildren, you can still remember it.
Hu Qingqing is a simple-minded person. If she meets a bad person just once, she will stay away from him. But if she meets a good person even if he is just a little bit good, she will remember him firmly and be extremely happy.
Night time is their time.
Newly married, I rested earlier than before.
After lunch, Gao Xiulan went to visit relatives with Lu Minghai and Chuyi, leaving the house to the two young people.
It was not yet completely dark outside, but the two of them had already gone to bed.
Hu Qingqing was particularly happy today. After washing up in the evening, she rolled onto the bed and hugged Lu Dongcai.
Lu Dongcai asked her: "Do you want to?"
This was not the first time she had been asked this question. Hu Qingqing nodded after a pause.
"Today may be different from the past."
"Um?"
Lu Dongcai held her, his hands slipped into her clothes, and his calloused fingertips gently scratched her: "It may hurt a little, but you have to bear with it. You will be an adult in the future, and it will not hurt anymore. You will feel very comfortable."
Hu Qingqing was so aroused by him that she felt weak all over and dizzy. She didn't understand what he said at all.
Although the two of them hadn't officially consummated their marriage, every part of her body had been taken care of by this man, otherwise she wouldn't have grown so fast. As a result, she was particularly sensitive. As soon as Lu Dongcai moved, she collapsed and became limp. Her voice trembled when she called Lu Dongcai, like a cat's meow, tempting people to no end.
Knowing that it would be uncomfortable the first time, Lu Dongcai really used up all his patience to tease and coax her, and then gradually became a real couple with her.
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