He Tingjun insisted on holding Yun Qiao's hand. Yun Qiao struggled twice but failed, so she just let him do it.
Anyway, we have already got the marriage certificate, so it’s no big deal if others see it.
After leaving the marriage office, the two sat on the edge of the flower bed in the courtyard of the Revolutionary Committee, shoulder to shoulder, looking at the marriage certificate.
The marriage certificate in the seventies was a rectangular piece of paper that looked a bit like a certificate, with patterns printed on both sides.
The front features three red flags fluttering in the wind, beneath which are blue gears, golden rice, and sunflowers. At the top is a quotation: "We should be modest, prudent, guard against arrogance and impatience, and serve the people wholeheartedly..."
The middle part is the highlight of the marriage certificate, which emphasizes that the holder of the certificate voluntarily marries and is issued after review and compliance with the provisions of the Marriage Law on marriage.
At the bottom is the handwritten registration authority: Dongfanghong People's Revolutionary Committee, as well as the handwritten issuance date and official seal.
The back of the marriage certificate is very simple, with no pattern and only three paragraphs printed on it.
The first paragraph advocates simple weddings and opposes extravagance, waste, fortune-telling, worship of gods and other superstitious activities.
The second paragraph tells newlyweds how to get along with each other. The content is that as partners living together, husband and wife have equal status in the family and should love and respect each other, help each other, and live in harmony and unity.
The third paragraph contained a slogan promoting the implementation of family planning, saying that family planning was beneficial to the health of parents and children, would allow for better arrangements for work, life, and childrearing, and would be beneficial to national development.
Seeing this, Yun Qiao was a little surprised.
She remembered that in her previous life, the country did not officially implement the family planning policy until around 1982, but it turned out that it had already begun to promote it as early as 1970.
However, at this time, it should only be promoted through trial and persuasion, and it will not be enforced until it is written into the Constitution in 1982.
Anyway, there are still twelve days before the policy is released, and it will not affect them, so Yun Qiao simply ignored it.
He Tingjun looked over the marriage certificate several times before reluctantly letting Yun Qiao put it away.
Looking at He Tingjun's expression, Yun Qiao felt funny and sweet in her heart, and suggested: "How about we take our marriage certificate to the photo studio and take another photo?"
Although we had taken a photo together when we got engaged a few days ago, today is the day we got our marriage certificate, which has a different meaning.
He Tingjun's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Okay. Then we can get close together and take a photo holding up our marriage certificate. It will definitely be very memorable."
"Isn't that just like holding up a certificate of honor in school?" Yun Qiao shook his head: "How silly! I don't want it!"
"Then how do you want to shoot it?" He Tingjun asked Yun Qiao for his opinion.
"I don't know either. I'm not a photographer." Yun Qiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll just ask the photographer to help me pose. I can't just hold it up stupidly."
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you."
The two stood up from the edge of the flower bed and walked out hand in hand. They had only taken two steps when they heard a hesitant voice behind them: "Tingjun?"
Yun Qiao and He Tingjun stopped and turned around to see a middle-aged man in a dark gray cadre uniform walking towards them.
The man was about forty years old, not very tall, only about 1.7 meters. He was energetic, with an upright posture and great style. It was obvious that he was a leader in the unit.
He walked up to He Tingjun and smiled slightly: "I thought it looked like you when I saw your back just now. I didn't expect that when I called out tentatively, it was really you."
He Tingjun nodded politely: "Hello, Uncle Fang."
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