Since he was sent down to the Tuanjie Brigade, he had never spoken so much at once! His throat was practically burning.
After finishing the water, he opened the lunchbox.
Inside is fried rice with egg, the rice evenly coated with golden egg liquid, and it is also served with chopped water celery. With one bite, the rice is chewy and springy, the egg is tender and smooth, and the water celery is refreshing, which makes people's appetites soar.
Gu Zhiyuan took a couple of bites of fried rice and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile. Putting everything else aside, at least after this fake marriage, he could eat Xu Ningyan's cooking every day, so the troubles that followed from this fake marriage were nothing!
Xu Ningyan left the cowshed and headed straight for the brigade headquarters.
She encountered many large groups of people on the road, who pointed and whispered about her from afar.
Even a fool could figure out that these people were talking about her and Gu Zhiyuan.
I bet they're hoping to see me make a fool of myself.
However, they won't be able to see this joke for long.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, the brigade leader and the party secretary were both there. The two were facing each other, smoking their pipes. The brigade headquarters was filled with smoke, and they could hardly see each other's faces.
Xu Ningyan was driven out by the stench as soon as she went in.
He covered his nose and shouted inside, "Captain, is the Party Secretary here?"
Hearing Xu Ningyan's voice, the two hurried out: "Siya? What brings you here?"
Xu Ningyan forced a shy smile: "Captain, Party Secretary, Brother Gu and I have discussed it. For the sake of our reputations and the reputation of our united brigade, we must get married! However, I am not old enough, and given Brother Gu's class background, it's not appropriate for us to hold a wedding banquet! So we would like to ask the Captain and Party Secretary for their help in making a decision!"
"I was supposed to come with Brother Gu, but his injury hasn't healed yet. So, I'd like to ask the brigade leader and the party secretary to go to the cowshed and discuss this with us—"
The brigade leader and the party secretary were taken aback at first, then overjoyed.
The brigade leader, in particular, slapped his thigh and said, "Good, good, good! It's great that you've figured it out! This is wonderful news! Siya is right. One of them is too young, and the other isn't from our brigade. There's no senior member to help guide them either. We'll have to rely on ourselves to handle this!"
As he spoke, he dragged the Party Secretary toward the cowshed, leaving Xu Ningyan behind.
Along the way, when they encountered large groups of people, they were all puzzled by this group.
Those who were on good terms with the battalion commander asked, "Where are you all going?"
The brigade leader's voice boomed: "Siya and Comrade Gu from the cowshed are getting married. They don't have any elders to help them. The Party Secretary and I will go together to help them figure it out!"
Everyone nearby heard this.
An uproar immediately erupted.
"Really?"
"Nonsense, the neighboring brigades all know about their elopement. If they don't get married soon, they'll be reported for indecent behavior. With Comrade Gu's family background, if he were reported, would he come out unscathed?"
"Why not just marry Siya? First, she'll become a member of our brigade, and second, Siya has a good family background, so if anything happens, she can protect him!"
"As expected, city people are all very cunning. It's just a pity that Siya doesn't know anything and is still happily grinning over there!"
...
These people weren't speaking in hushed tones, so Xu Ningyan heard them clearly.
She wanted to say, "What do you know? You can't even imagine how happy I am!"
After thinking about it, I decided that this happiness should remain a secret between her and the rest of me!
He followed the brigade leader and the party secretary happily toward the cowshed.
After they had walked away, a man suddenly ran out from the crowd of workers and walked up to the team leader: "My stomach isn't feeling well, I need to use the restroom—"
Without waiting for the squad leader's reply, he ran off in a flash.
The squad leader watched the man's retreating figure and spat out a mouthful of saliva, thinking, "Lazy donkeys on the millstone produce lots of shit and piss, ptooey—"
Someone nearby leaned over and asked, "Captain, is Yejun's wife going back to report something?"
The squad leader scoffed, "That whole family is full of cunning. I bet they're already dreaming of something good when they hear that Siya is going to marry Comrade Gu!"
The people around burst into laughter. Although the news of Xu Siya eloping with a black element from the cowshed had been widely circulated in the brigade, many discerning people looked down on the Xu family's actions.
Behind their backs, everyone was saying that the Xu family was ruthless and despicable, driving their own child to his death!
Several families who initially wanted to marry their daughters to the Xu family, given up on the idea, but that's another story.
After the brigade leader and the party secretary went to the cowshed and confirmed that Gu Zhiyuan was really going to marry Xu Siya, the weight on their hearts finally lifted.
He volunteered to help the two of them make the plans.
Hearing that Gu Zhiyuan was going to add two rooms to Xu Ningyan's current small house, he nodded in agreement. Doesn't this prove that Gu Zhiyuan really wants to marry Siya? Otherwise, why would he spend money to build a house?
Houses and land are the foundation of farmers; neither can be missing.
Moreover, building an extension requires hiring people, so everyone can earn a little more income, right?
The smile on his face became even more genuine.
Since Xu Ningyan had already paid for it, this piece of land was her homestead. She was just adding a house, so the brigade leader and the party secretary didn't charge her any extra money.
With their marriage, Gu Zhiyuan became Xu's son-in-law. Although his social class couldn't be changed, he was at least half a member of the Unity Brigade.
The two of them had essentially started a new home, and according to the rules of the brigade, they were allocated two plots of land for themselves at the foot of the hillside.
We agreed that once the house is built, we'll at least host a banquet so everyone can have a good time.
Now that the two are engaged and their relationship is officially public, it's a different story.
As for how to repair and expand the house, the brigade leader and the party secretary had a rough idea and decided to give Gu Zhiyuan fifty yuan, and he would take care of it perfectly.
Fearing that Gu Zhiyuan might not have enough money, she offered to keep accounts and pay him back with work points at the end of the year.
Gu Zhiyuan was certainly not short of money, and readily took out fifty yuan and handed it to the brigade leader, saying, "Then I'll leave everything to the brigade leader!"
The brigade leader figured that there wasn't much farm work to do in the fields these days. The rapeseed had been harvested, and the rice paddies had been prepared. All that was left was to wait for the wheat to ripen, and then transplant the rice seedlings after the wheat was harvested.
This is a relatively quiet time in the countryside, so there's plenty of time to spare and get the houses built quickly.
He patted his chest and accepted the money, then went back with the Party Secretary to make arrangements.
Walking down the street, the two couldn't help but mutter to each other, "Old buddy, do you think the higher-ups will have any objections to Comrade Gu marrying Siya?"
The Party Secretary took a puff of his cigarette: "Anyway, Comrade Gu himself agreed to the marriage, so we can't be blamed! Besides, Siya is hardworking and capable, a good wife. Comrade Gu has a bad class background, so marrying Siya will only benefit him, not harm him! What objections could the leaders have?"
The captain thought about it and agreed, so he dropped the subject and changed the subject: "It's good that these two are married. Siya finally has a home! We won't have to worry about any more trouble from over there!"
The Party Secretary smiled but said nothing.
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