Seeing Yang Tao's tattered clothes, Wei Hua guessed what was going on. So he immediately invited Yang Tao inside and quickly made her a bowl of egg noodles.
As soon as Wei Hua brought the egg noodles over, Yang Tao picked up her chopsticks and started eating. She completely ignored the fact that the noodles had just been taken out of the pot. Judging from how Yang Tao ate, Wei Hua knew she must be extremely hungry.
Just as Yang Tao was eating noodles, almost everyone from the courtyard arrived. The Yan family had witnessed everything that had just happened, and the news spread throughout the courtyard in no time.
Even Xu Damao and Sha Zhu came to Wei Hua's house. Sha Zhu, in particular, harbored considerable resentment. But he was more curious whether this was true.
"Hua Zi, is this girl who fled famine really your fiancée?"
"Do I need to joke about something like this? If you don't believe me, I'll find our old marriage certificate and show it to you."
Upon hearing Wei Hua's words, Sha Zhu looked at his younger sister. With He Yushui's expectant gaze upon him, Wei Hua returned to his room and retrieved the marriage certificate.
Yang Tao, unaware of what was going on, also pulled out a marriage certificate from her bundle. Seeing the two identical marriage certificates, He Yushui returned to the central courtyard in tears.
"Hua Zi, why haven't you mentioned this before?"
“I never paid attention to this before. After all, it was an engagement I made when I was very young, and more than ten years have passed. Who would take such a thing seriously now?”
"If the neighborhood committee hadn't brought this girl here, I would have completely forgotten about this."
After speaking, Wei Hua scratched his head. Seeing Wei Hua's expression, the others didn't say anything more.
This is ultimately a matter for the Wei family. Even if others wanted to interfere, they had no right to. But Sha Zhu misunderstood Wei Hua, thinking that Wei Hua rejected his sister because of the girl in front of him.
Wei Hua didn't pay attention to anyone else. Seeing that Yang Tao had finished eating, he led her into the room and then had her wash up.
Such a beautiful girl shouldn't be given to anyone else. Wei Hua, the system, trusted her completely. Since he rewarded Yang Tao to her, he must have also approved of Yang Tao's character.
While Yang Tao was washing up, Wei Hua put all the other prizes into his spatial storage. Looking at these prizes, Wei Hua felt that Zhong Yi must be someone extraordinary.
The prizes this time not only include fluency in a foreign language, but also a skill in combat and firearms. Besides these, there are dozens of tickets and over two thousand yuan. Most importantly, there's even a space upgrade card!
While Yang Tao was still washing up, Wei Hua immediately used the space upgrade card, and the space began to expand rapidly. The space grew from over 100 square meters to over 1000 square meters, almost tenfold.
Although he didn't know why the system was being so generous, he figured he might as well take advantage of the benefits. After Yang Tao finished washing up, Wei Hua took her to the neighborhood office.
Living in a courtyard house, Wei Hua had to be extra careful. If he wasn't, who knew if someone would report him for having an affair? Although he had a marriage certificate, which would prevent severe punishment, it wasn't a good thing for him. Since he had nothing else to do over the weekend, he figured he might as well get the marriage certificate in advance.
After receiving their marriage certificate, Wei Hua explained the personalities of the people in the courtyard to Yang Tao on the way. After explaining this, he taught Yang Tao how to deal with them.
On the way back, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative again, this time not to see Miao Xiaomiao, but to buy some candy. I figured I should at least give out some candy for my own wedding, but I'd skip the banquet. These are difficult times; having a banquet now would be too ostentatious.
Upon arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, they found police officers from the local police station on duty. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that Miao Xiaomiao had actually been arrested by the police.
Moreover, there was another person lying in the corner. This person was heavily injured and had a pistol in his hand. He was clearly not a good person.
What good person would carry a gun and confront the police officers at the local police station? After watching them leave, Wei Hua took Yang Tao into the supply and marketing cooperative.
Wei Hua used to be a regular at the supply and marketing cooperative, and many people knew him. As soon as Wei Hua came in, some people immediately started gossiping.
"Wei Hua, it's a good thing you didn't end up with Xiao Miao. Do you know that Xiao Miao's boyfriend is a spy? I heard he used his position as an editor to steal a lot of information."
"That silly girl, Xiao Miao, is actually pregnant with his child. Isn't she just asking for trouble?"
"Sister Zhang, we should just live our own lives. Why should we meddle in other people's business? Could you please get me a pound of candy?"
"Why do you need so much candy, kid?"
"I'm getting married today, so I naturally need to buy more candy. Luckily, the factory gave me some receipts as a reward a while ago, so I'll use them today."
Hearing Wei Hua's words, the woman in her forties was slightly shocked, but she still took a pound of candy for Wei Hua.
After receiving the candy, Wei Hua handed a few pieces to each person, bought some red paper and other things, and then left the supply and marketing cooperative with the starfruit.
At this point, Wei Hua pretty much knew where his reward came from. It must all belong to that bespectacled man.
However, Wei Hua didn't investigate the reason behind it; he didn't want to be associated with enemy agents. He had only met the bespectacled man once. Asking too many questions might implicate him.
The moment the bespectacled man was carried away, it was clear he was in grave danger. Even if he survived, the intelligence agencies would likely not let him go easily. Only a fool would go looking for trouble at a time like this.
After bringing Yangtao to the courtyard house, Weihua took Yangtao to distribute wedding candies to each household. Candy was considered a strategic resource in that era.
Fortunately, there's no war right now, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy for ordinary people to buy candy. A child with a few pieces of candy is considered the king of the pack.
If I wanted to eat candy, I had to sneak into the kitchen to eat it. If my parents found out, I would inevitably get a spanking.
Whenever Wei Hua gave out a few candies, people would respond with some kind words. While handing out candies, Wei Hua also introduced starfruit to the others.
After walking around the yard, there was still a little more candy left. After stuffing a handful into his pocket, Weihua distributed the candy to the children in the yard.
Then he took the starfruit and went into his house. As soon as he got home, he took out the red paper and other things.
"You stay home and do your work. I'll go out and buy some things. No matter what, today is our big day, so we have to buy something nice to celebrate."
After speaking, Wei Hua left the courtyard. He had received quite a few receipts today, so he figured he might as well use them. After all, everything the system rewarded him with had a source, and even if he spent lavishly, others could only watch helplessly.
Wei Hua is not afraid of others taking advantage of him. He didn't understand the true purpose of the system before, but now he understands it completely.
With a cause-and-effect system in place, it's impossible to be as low-key as possible. If you're too low-key, others won't come to take advantage of you.
As long as I don't go too far, I'll be fine. Those who try to harm me might just get their comeuppance.
After wandering around outside, Wei Hua returned to the courtyard house carrying two pounds of meat and a chicken.
Although everyone was curious about where Wei Hua's things came from, no one dared to press the issue, as that would completely offend Wei Hua. Today was, after all, Wei Hua's wedding day; to make trouble at this time would be a recipe for disaster.
It's said that it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage. Wei Hua and his wife had just distributed wedding candies, and now they're kicking someone when they're down; if word gets out, it'll be quite disliked.
Besides, even if he went, it might not be of any use. Wei Hua used to live alone, and his life wasn't very good. These things might be money Wei Hua had saved up by being frugal.
Seeing Wei Hua killing chickens, Yan Bugui's old habit kicked in again.
"Xiaohua, today is your big day. How can you do these things? Leave the chicken to me. I'll take care of it and bring it to you."
"Teacher Yan, I won't trouble you with the chicken. If I really hand it over to you, I'm afraid there won't be any chicken blood or giblets left. I might even end up with a short weight for this chicken."
"Wei Hua, who are you looking down on? Let me tell you, give me the chicken and I'll make sure it's all right, I definitely won't shortchange you. But since I did put in the work, it shouldn't be too much to ask for some chicken blood and giblets, right?"
“Teacher Yan, I know your family isn’t having an easy time. But mine isn’t either. Let’s just let today’s matter go, but please don’t let it happen again. After all, none of us are having an easy time.”
After Wei Hua finished speaking, he handed the chicken to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui took the chicken and immediately began to kill it. In no time, he had finished processing the chicken, leaving not a single feather, but also no blood or giblets. The chicken was still intact, except for a wound on its neck; the rest of it hadn't been touched at all.
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