Chapter 54 Chapter 54 So handsome, so well-matched

The period from the autumn harvest to the New Year is always the peak period for young people in each village to meet and hold weddings. However, these days, people pay more attention to the wedding ceremony. For rural people, it doesn’t matter whether they get a marriage certificate or not. The wedding banquet is the most important thing. Therefore, there are not many people in the office responsible for issuing marriage certificates in the commune.

Shen Moer and Fu Mingze got up early and were the first couple to get a marriage certificate.

The staff member who handled the marriage registration was a woman in her forties. She wrote beautifully. While writing, she joked with her colleague next to her, "Today is a great start. The first couple looks so handsome and well-matched."

The colleague looked at the two of them and said happily, "That's right. Not to mention today, I haven't seen such a handsome man and beautiful woman in a year."

Although Shen Moer and Fu Mingze were not shy, they couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this time.

Fu Mingze's ears turned slightly red, but one good thing about him was that he usually had no expression on his face. At first glance, he looked quite intimidating. He seemed to calmly grab a handful of candy from his bag and distributed it to several staff members in the office.

The staff originally thought that this young man was handsome, but looked a little cold. Who knew he was so generous and gave them a lot of candy, and they were all expensive candies like milk candy. They all thanked him and said a few auspicious words.

After distributing candy to the staff, Fu Mingze also distributed candy to the two couples waiting, and everyone present was not left out.

The elder sister of □□ wrote the words on the two marriage certificates, stamped them, and handed them to Shen Moer: "Young people make progress together and fight for socialist construction together."

Shen Moer took it with a smile: "Okay, thank you!"

She took the marriage certificate and looked at it with fresh eyes. This is something that Daliang doesn't have. The certificate of marriage between men and women in Daliang is a marriage certificate. Some people don't get married through formal marriage ceremonies, so they don't even have a marriage certificate.

The marriage certificate is two small red books. When you open it, one side is printed with "The Highest Instructions" and the other side is the names of the couple. At the back is "... voluntary marriage, after review and compliance with the provisions of the Chinese Marriage Law on marriage, this certificate is issued", and below is the date of issuance. It is stamped with the seal of the Liuqiao Commune Revolutionary Committee.

Fu Mingze stood behind her and looked at her for a few seconds, then reached out and took both certificates, lowered his eyes and looked at them carefully, then carefully put them into his bag.

Shen Moer raised her eyebrows slightly: "One of them is mine."

Fu Mingze looked at her deeply, and his handsome face was very serious: "I was afraid you would lose it."

Shen Moer glanced at the several staff members in the office, and the two newlyweds waiting in line for marriage, all of whom looked like they were about to laugh or not, and suddenly felt that her face was burning.

The eldest sister of the marriage also smiled and teased: "Oh, such a beautiful daughter-in-law should be taken care of."

Then everyone laughed kindly.

"Moer, what a coincidence, you are also here to apply for a marriage certificate?" Another newlywed couple walked in from outside, but it was Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang.

Shen Lingling was obviously dressed up carefully. Even though the weather was getting cooler, she wore a blue blouse and a pair of brand new leather shoes. She seemed to have put some powder on her face, which made her look much whiter than usual.

Zhang Junliang beside her was wearing a brand new work uniform. The uniform of a technician was different from that of an ordinary worker. It looked more impressive, and it was a very status-revealing dress nowadays.

Seeing Shen Moer and Fu Mingze, Zhang Junliang's face didn't look good. He glanced at them and didn't look at them again, nor did he say anything.

"Well, we've done it."

Shen Moer said lightly, pretending not to see Zhang Junliang.

Shen Lingling observed secretly, and felt that Zhang Junliang must not want to embarrass Shen Moer, so he pretended not to know her. Shen Moer looked like she was a little resentful of Zhang Junliang.

That's right, he didn't like her at the blind date, and then he married her cousin. Shen Lingling felt that she would also be resentful if it were her. Shen Lingling felt that she had been at a

disadvantage in all aspects during this period of time. This time she finally had the upper hand in the marriage and avenged the past. So she pretended not to notice Shen Moer's coldness and alienation, and grabbed Shen Moer's hand: "Then wait for me, it will be our turn soon. When we are done, let's go take pictures together?"

Shen Lingling immediately covered her mouth, as if she had accidentally said something wrong: "Oh, I forgot to ask you first, do you want to take pictures? Our Junliang said that now young people in the commune like to go to the photo studio to take a group photo on the wedding day as a souvenir. Of course, this also depends on everyone's financial situation. If you are short of money, there is no need to do so. Fu Zhiqing, don't you think so? "

Shen Moli was not polite at all and pulled her hand back: "We are not familiar with each other, don't try to make trouble."

After that, she dragged Fu Mingze away.

Shen Lingling stomped her leather shoes on her feet and boasted: "Junliang, look at her, I obviously mean well, but my cousin's temper is getting worse and worse."

Zhang Junliang actually felt a little embarrassed. It was just going to the photo studio to take a group photo, a matter of one or two dollars, what was there to brag about.

Especially, he felt that everyone in the office seemed to be secretly looking at them, and he couldn't help but feel a little irritated.

Just as the two couples in front of him had just finished their marriage, he took out the relevant documents from his briefcase and handed them to the older sister who was handling the marriage certificates.

At this time, the newlyweds in front of them were handing out wedding candies to everyone. The female comrade sighed and said, "I forgot to give wedding candies to those two comrades just now. I'm so embarrassed. We got the advantage." The

male comrade smiled and said, "I heard them talk about asking their father to take a photo together. Let's go to the photo studio and see, maybe they are still there."

The male comrade said and gave two candies to Zhang Junliang and Shen Lingling.

When Shen Lingling saw this, she quickly took two candies from her bag and gave them back, and congratulated each other.

The female comrade pulled the male comrade, and the two walked out while whispering: "Hey, why did you give them wedding candy? You are so arrogant. It's just a photo, but you are talking like you are going to heaven. The wedding candy they gave was expensive milk candy, and they gave the worst hard candy. You even had the nerve to laugh at them for being poor. What a joke."

"Hey, little aunt, please be gentle. On such a happy day, you don't want to see me fighting with others, do you?!"

The newlyweds walked away gradually. Shen Lingling's face turned pale and blue, and Zhang Junliang's face turned black. The old lady looked at them and handed out two marriage certificates in a businesslike manner: "Young people should study together and make progress together."

Forget about building socialism, these two people may not be able to live their own lives.

"Next couple."

Shen Moer didn't know what happened in the commune afterwards. She was so happy that she had forgotten about Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang.

They went to the kiln factory first and distributed wedding candies to the two comrades in the security room at the door. The comrades in the security room went into the factory and called out Shen Shaoyuan.

"Shen, your daughter is so big now. I can't tell. Oh, the couple is a perfect match. They are so handsome." The comrade in the security room said with a smile. Shen

Shaoyuan glanced at his daughter and son-in-law standing at the door. Of course, his daughter was beautiful, but as for the son-in-law, they were just compatible.

The family of three walked to the photo studio.

"Dad, why did that comrade call you Shen?" Shen Moer asked curiously. The last time she came to the kiln factory, the people called her by her name.

Shen Shaoyuan raised the corners of his lips: "I've been converted to a regular employee, and the conversion document was just announced this morning."

Shen Moer was immediately surprised and said: "Ah, Dad, you are so awesome!"

Fu Mingze glanced at Shen Moer and thought that he didn't see her so happy when she just received the marriage certificate. Then his eyes inadvertently met Shen Shaoyuan. Fu Mingze smiled slightly, and then said: "Dad, you are so awesome."

Shen Shaoyuan: "..."

They went to the kiln factory and took a detour. When they arrived at the photo studio, the newlyweds were already taking pictures. The old teacher said, "Newlyweds, smile a little." The female comrade happened to see Shen Moer walking in and they immediately smiled.

"Not bad, your smile is very natural." The old teacher commented with a smile, walked to the front of the counter and wrote out a list, "Come and pick up the photos in five days with the list."

The female comrade thanked him, took a few candies from the male comrade's bag, and walked excitedly to Shen Moer, "Comrade, I just received your wedding candies, but I haven't distributed them to you yet."

Shen Moer recognized that she was the newlywed who had been waiting in line before, and said with a smile, "Thank you, I wish you a happy marriage."

The female comrade smiled and said, "Yes, you too!"

She happily took the male comrade and left.

The photographer looked back and asked, "Are you also taking wedding photos?"

Shen Moer nodded, "Wedding photos, then we will take a photo with my dad, and I will take another photo with my dad."

Fu Mingze said, "You and your dad will take photos first."

"Okay, then we will take photos first."

Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan stood in front of the camera. The old teacher thought for a moment and said, "One of you will stand and the other will sit."

The father looked too young, and sitting together was like taking wedding photos.

Shen Shaoyuan was a little nervous for a rare occasion. He consciously adjusted his cuffs while sitting on the stool. Shen Moer was actually a little nervous too. This was the first time that the father and daughter had taken photos in their lives. She took a deep breath quietly and put her hand on her father's shoulder.

"Smile."

Click, the picture froze.

In the same pose, Fu Mingze entered the picture and stood beside Shen Moer. Shen Moer smiled at him with her head tilted, and a smile appeared in Fu Mingze's dark eyes.

"Look at the camera and smile."

Click, the picture freezes again.

The last picture is a photo of the young couple.

"You three are all good-looking. I have been taking pictures for so long, but this is the first time I see a young couple who are both so handsome. The photo will definitely be good-looking." The old teacher chatted with Shen Shaoyuan, who was standing beside him and curiously looking at the camera.

Then he raised his voice to remind: "Come a little closer, um, smile."

Click.

"Okay, very good."

The old teacher walked to the front of the counter with a smile and wrote a list. There are

many people who take wedding photos, but usually they only take one photo. It is still rare for people to bring their fathers to take three photos at once. After all, it costs one dollar to take a photo, and there is another fee for developing more photos. But he naturally hopes that the customers will take more photos. With more customers, a roll of film can be finished earlier, and the photos can be developed earlier.

Watching the film develop into clear photos is the greatest pleasure for him in taking photos.

"Uncle Qi, you are here too?"

There is no doubt that it was Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang who came in.

Shen Lingling heard what the newlyweds said before, so she was actually mentally prepared to meet Shen Moli in the photo studio.

Of course, she didn't want to run into Shen Moer, and even dragged Zhang Junliang to the supply and marketing cooperative for a while, but she bumped into him anyway.

Shen Shaoyuan looked at her and nodded lightly: "Yeah."

As an elder, he naturally wouldn't argue with the younger generation.

Shen Lingling introduced him dryly: "This is my boyfriend Zhang Junliang."

This time Shen Shaoyuan didn't even raise his eyebrows, just nodded to show that he knew.

In the past, Shen Lingling didn't care about this seventh uncle, an honest old farmer who only knew how to dig the ground, but now it's different. He is the only worker in their Shen family. I heard that he is quite prestigious in the kiln factory. With such a close uncle, Shen Lingling feels that she will be more confident in her husband's family.

In fact, the husband of my eldest aunt Shen Xianghong was also a temporary worker in the textile factory, but he worked in the workshop and had no face in the factory. Moreover, from the perspective of outsiders, uncles were always a layer away, how could they be closer than uncles?

At this time, Shen Lingling had selectively forgotten the fact that Zhang Junliang and Shen Moer had met before, and just wanted to talk to Shen Shaoyuan in a friendly way: "Seventh Uncle, you love Moer too much. They are taking a photo and you should come and watch..." It happened

that the old teacher had written a list and handed it to Shen Shaoyuan. Hearing this, he interrupted: "They are a family of three here to take a group photo. You are taking wedding photos, right? Come over."

Shen Lingling blushed immediately, and Zhang Junliang's face, which was not very good to begin with, became even uglier.

Shen Moer and the others took the list and left. Zhang Junliang stood there looking at Shen Moer's back, his eyes revealing some shame, regret and resentment. What was so good about that educated youth? I heard that he was extremely poor and his only good-looking face was his face.

Zhang Junliang really didn't understand why Shen Moer would fall for such a good-for-nothing pretty boy.

He turned around and looked at Shen Lingling who was looking at him tenderly with an apologetic look, his expression softened a little. Although Shen Lingling was a little petty, at least she had a gentle personality and was self-disciplined. She was still a high school student, and she would have every chance of passing the exam to work in a state-owned factory as a formal worker or even a cadre.

Unlike Shen Moer, a junior high school student, she might not even be able to meet the recruitment threshold.

Thinking of this, Zhang Junliang felt a lot more comfortable.

After Shen Moer and the others came out of the photo studio, they simply went to the supply and marketing cooperative to shop and buy some odds and ends. When time was almost up, they went to a state-owned hotel together. On a

happy day like getting the marriage certificate, it was natural to go out to a restaurant to celebrate.

Although they were poor.

The three of them were not frugal by nature. You ordered braised pork, I ordered braised fish, and they ordered five dishes at once. The waiter saw that everyone in the family looked pleasing to the eye, and kindly reminded them: "Three dishes are enough for the three of you."

The charges of state-owned hotels are high these days, but the food is substantial and the portions are large. Not to mention three dishes, two dishes are actually enough for three people. Some people even ordered one dish.

"Then let's have three dishes, braised pork, braised fish, stir-fried vegetables, and five steamed buns." Shen Moer said as she took out the meat coupons, grain coupons, and money from her pocket.

Fu Mingze also hurriedly took out the bills from his pocket: "I'll pay, I brought the bills."

Shen Moer looked at him in confusion: "Where did you get the bills?"

Fu Mingze bought a lot of things recently. Shen Moer guessed that it should be the wife's money that his family gave him before, but how can this wife's money be used up?

Fu Mingze choked and hesitated for half a second, then said, "I borrowed some from Brother Bao."

Shen Moer immediately said, "Then you can return it to him later!"

Fu Mingze's expression froze slightly, and after a while, he said helplessly, "Okay." He

hurriedly said, "Then let's have two dishes, braised pork and vegetables. You and Dad have spent a lot of money recently, let's save some money first."

Shen Moer's hand that was handing over the bill froze slightly, and she exchanged glances with her father imperceptibly. Shen Shaoyuan cleared his throat and said, "It's okay, I've been promoted to a regular employee, and I can pay back the money I borrowed soon."

"Yes, I'll listen to Dad." Shen Moer quickly stuffed the bill into the waiter's hand.

The waiter took the money and handed the corresponding bamboo sticks to Shen Moer. He looked at the three of them secretly and wondered why this family of three was so strange.

After dinner, they came out of the state-owned hotel. Shen Shaoyuan had to go back to work. Shen Moer and Fu Mingze asked for a day off and prepared to go to the dormitory in the textile factory area to find Bao Ge.

Shen Moer thought that since they were all in the commune, Fu Mingze might as well return the money he borrowed from Bao Ge today. After all, they had bought almost everything they needed, and they had enough money for the banquet. They should not need any other money later.

Fu·Poor Man·Mingze could only nod and agree helplessly.

However, they probably had some bad fate with Shen Lingling and Zhang Junliang today. As soon as they came out of the state-owned hotel, they ran into Zhang Junliang pushing a bicycle, Shen Lingling walking beside him with her head lowered, and Zhang's mother carrying a bamboo basket with a somewhat proud look on her face.

"Only our Junliang can do it. Otherwise, who would be so kind to ride a bicycle to take you back to the village. Tsk, luckily your brigade is the closest to the commune, otherwise there wouldn't be enough bicycles to go back and forth." As

Zhang's mother was talking, she looked up and saw Shen Moer and the other two not far ahead. She immediately said, "Oh, it's bad luck to see poor people when you go out!"

Shen Lingling was embarrassed. After all, they were her relatives. Zhang's mother scolded her in front of her, which really made her a little embarrassed.

Zhang Junliang also frowned: "Mom, don't say anything out there, after all, they are Lingling's relatives."

Zhang's mother curled her lips and muttered: "I'm telling the truth."

Shen Moer and the others didn't hear what Zhang's mother said, as they were still some distance away. In addition, a colleague from Shen Shaoyuan Kiln Factory happened to walk over and greeted them warmly: "Mr. Shen, it's a double happiness. I heard from the old man in the security room that your daughter-in-law and son-in-law got their marriage certificate today. These two are them, right? They are a perfect match!"

"Mr. Shen, I just happened to meet you because I have something to bother you with. I heard that you drew a New Year picture of a doll for Mr. Qian in the warehouse. His daughter put the picture on the door and looked at it every day. Two days ago, she gave birth to a big fat boy who looks just like the doll in the New Year picture. My daughter is pregnant recently, so I was wondering if I could..."

Shen Shaoyuan: "Mr. Qian's grandson is good-looking, but it's his son-in-law who looks good, and it has nothing to do with the painting. Besides, I didn't draw the picture, but my daughter drew it with her students."

To be precise, it was just an ordinary exercise.

The colleague was surprised: "It's okay, it's okay. I just thought that putting a picture on it would make her feel better, right? It turned out that it was drawn by my niece. Well, Mr. Shen is so capable, and a good father will have a good daughter. I wonder if my niece can..."

He looked at Shen Moli.

Shen Moer thought for a moment and said, "If time is not urgent, it's OK." The last time she painted a picture, someone gave her several eggs. She gave them to Maomao and Zhou Zhaodi. The fact that the painting could be exchanged for eggs was an encouragement to them.

The colleague said, "Don't worry, you still have to run the bar later. I understand. You will be busy for a while. You can paint when you have time." His daughter was still young, so it was okay to wait until she was a little older.

"Okay, Mr. Shen, you guys take your time. I'll go first." The colleague was very happy to get the definite answer, and he said nice things, "Mr. Shen, congratulations on your early promotion. Niece, I wish you and your wife a happy life!"

Shen Moer quickly pushed Fu Mingze, and Fu Mingze reacted, caught up a few steps and stuffed two wedding candies into the man's pocket. The man smiled and said, "Hey, thank you, nephew-in-law!"

Fu Mingze: "..."

This is really a very familiar person.

However, he turned around and looked at his "niece" with a beautiful smile, and couldn't help laughing again.

The three of them walked forward happily. Shen Moer and Fu Mingze sent Shen Shaoyuan back to the kiln factory before riding their bicycles to Qiaojie's place.

They actually saw Shen Lingling and the other two, but they all thought it was unnecessary to say hello and simply ignored them.

Zhang's mother, who was acting like a relative and thought these poor people would take the initiative to say hello, was immediately irritated.

While being irritated, Zhang's mother was also confused: "Why did I hear that person say something about being promoted early? Who was promoted early?"

Zhang Junliang had some guesses in his heart, but he still shook his head: "I don't know."

Shen Lingling's expression was not very good. On the one hand, Shen Moer and the others did not save her face, and on the other hand, she suddenly realized that her mother-in-law did not seem to be as reasonable and amiable as she had appeared to be when she first met her. On the contrary, she seemed to be very difficult to get along with.

She couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that they lived in Yangliu Brigade after they got married. If she had lived in Zhang's house, her life would have been difficult.

The three people had different expressions and thoughts. Mother Zhang didn't notice the expressions of her son and daughter-in-law. After urging them to go back, she turned around and went to the kiln factory compound. She found a relative who had a good relationship with Xu Weiguo's wife to inquire about the situation. Then she heard a piece of news that made her regretful and as sad as losing her parents: Shen Shaoyuan had been regularized in advance.

A formal worker, Shen Shaoyuan actually became a formal worker, no, he was in the Propaganda Department, he was a cadre, he really became a cadre!

Originally, this Shen Shaoyuan should be their Junliang's father-in-law, this cadre job was originally their Zhang family!

Mother Zhang cried out and sat on the ground in her relative's house and cried.

Shen Moer didn't know that Zhang's mother almost cried to death because of her father's promotion, but even if she knew, she would only say that Zhang's mother thought too much. She never liked Zhang Junliang from the beginning to the end, so how could her father become Zhang Junliang's father-in-law?

Shen Moer and Fu Mingze had already arrived at the dormitory of the textile factory. Bao Ge was there, so Shen Moer returned the one catty of meat coupons, two catties of grain coupons and ten yuan that Fu Mingze handed over to Bao Ge: "Thank you, Bao Ge, I will return it to you first if you don't need it for the time being. I will borrow from you later when I am short of money." Bao Ge,

with a full beard on his face, looked at Fu Mingze in confusion and confusion: What's the situation?

Fu Mingze looked at him, his face full of insincere gratitude: "My wife said she still has a little money, we have bought all the things we need for the wedding, so we don't need this bill, so I'm giving it back to you first."

He handed the bag of oranges in his hand to Brother Bao expressionlessly: "Thank you for your generosity, you and Qiaojie can keep these oranges."

Brother Bao: "………………"

OK, Fu Mingze you are really good.

Brother Bao had a blank expression on his face. Oh, if he had an expression, it couldn't be seen, after all, it was hidden behind his beard. Anyway, he took the oranges very stiffly, and then said very stiffly: "We are all brothers, there is no need to be so polite, come to me anytime if you need anything."

Shen Moer looked at this and that.

No, why do you look weird?