Next, it was the brothers Lu Tianjun and Guan Cheng who kowtowed to Feng Qingxue, the new aunt. They kowtowed willingly. The four of them stood in a row and said in unison, "Aunt!" They had bright and excited smiles on their faces, full of beautiful expectations for the future. They were all smart, and there was a huge difference between having an aunt and not having one.

"Hey!" Feng Qingxue responded and quickly took out the gift that she had prepared long ago.

Four children, each with a cotton and linen sweatshirt and a pair of trousers.

There is no one who doesn't like new clothes. The two young men and two children holding the new clothes were very happy. They rushed to the river to take a bath. After taking a bath, they changed into the new clothes made by their aunt!

The river was not deep, and was only half a meter deep at the bend. The children were used to bathing in the river, so the adults had nothing to worry about. They only reminded them not to go to the dam before they set off. The dam, not far from their Wanglou Brigade, was a deep pit created by artillery shells during the war. The water accumulated into a pool, and after years of excavation, the deepest point was about six or seven meters.

Niu Yibao then offered to resign.

Lu Jiang tried to persuade him to stay, but Niu Yibao said sternly, "How can that be possible? Before I came here, Division Commander Ye and Regiment Commander Zhao told me to return after the Regiment Commander got married. I can't delay. I have to go back for training! I'm leaving today."

Hearing him say this, Lu Jiang hurriedly asked Feng Qingxue to bring him some dry food from home and send him to the station.

Originally Niu Yibao didn't want Lu Jiang to deliver it, but Lu Jiang had other plans.

After borrowing a mule cart from the production brigade, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue sent Niu Yibao to the train station. They didn't leave the station until he got on the cart. Lu Jiang said, "Qingxue, let's go get the marriage certificate!"

Getting married is complete only after getting the marriage certificate.

"Marriage certificate?" Feng Qingxue was stunned. She had never heard those aunts and aunts mention marriage certificates. Did they already have marriage certificates at this time? Because she had not read all the information, she was not clear about the situation in this regard.

"Yes, a marriage certificate! In the past, in feudal society, people emphasized three matchmakers and six certificates. One of the three matchmakers and six certificates was a marriage certificate. You needed to get a marriage certificate in the government office to be considered a formal couple. Without that certificate, you couldn't be considered legitimate. There were corresponding marriage certificates before the founding of the People's Republic of China, which shows that a certificate is very important. However, there were frequent wars at that time, and many people did not get a certificate but only held a wedding." Lu Jiang explained to her carefully, "There were also marriage certificates after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but few people in our production brigade bothered with it."

In other words, rural couples basically do not get a marriage certificate.

Lu Jiang had already asked Wang Zhengguo to issue a letter of introduction. He brought his ID and the certification materials of the political review passed by the army, etc. After going through all the procedures, the two finally got their marriage certificate.

Not only did he get a marriage certificate, he also received twelve feet of cloth coupons issued by the government!

Feng Qingxue was very surprised, "If everyone knew that they could get cloth coupons by getting a marriage certificate, would they all come to register?"

Lu Jiang thought about it and shook his head: "No."

"Why?"

"The reason is simple. Not everyone is eligible to receive cloth coupons." They can receive cloth coupons because he is a soldier and the country gives extra preferential treatment to military marriages.

Feng Qingxue understood and looked down at the freshly issued marriage certificate.

The marriage certificate is two pieces of paper folded in half, very hard, with a smooth surface, similar to the award certificates you received in school.