Chapter 55 Chapter 55

Brother Bao said something to Shen Moer, and then dragged Fu Mingze out of the house. There was a wasteland outside the back door, and there were no houses around, so they were not afraid of being overheard.

Bao Ge looked around, and even though he knew there was no one around, he still tried to lower his voice: "No, you didn't tell your wife the truth, didn't you? You're already married, but you're still hiding it? You're not going to keep it a secret from your wife?"

Seeing that Fu Mingze didn't say anything, Bao Ge thought for a moment and said, "But it's right for you to keep it a secret. These days, there are so many cases where sons report their fathers and wives report their husbands. As the old saying goes, you can't know a person's heart by knowing his face. It's better to keep it a secret than to wake up one day and be arrested and taken to the Revolutionary Committee."

Fu Mingze glanced at him and frowned: "Moer is not that kind of person."

Bao Ge choked and asked back, "Then why did you keep it a secret from her?" She

pretended to be poor even though she had money. He even gave him a pound of meat coupons, two pounds of grain coupons and ten yuan. I don't know who he was making fun of.

In fact, Bao Ge didn't expect Fu Mingze to get married so soon. Many educated youth who went to the countryside to work couldn't stand it and got married in the local area, but Fu Mingze has only been married for less than a year. Besides, he is a grown man. Even if the work in the fields is hard, he can do it. Yangliu Brigade is considered good in the surrounding area. The village cadres are also fair and will not deliberately assign difficult work to educated youth.

So he can only really like the girl.

Thinking about the last time Fu Mingze went to the commune to put a sack on Wang Jinbao, Bao Ge actually guessed a little bit at that time.

The girl is indeed outstanding and good-looking. I heard that she even took her child to the provincial capital to participate in some competition. Anyway, she is quite amazing.

Since it is a girl he really likes, Bao Ge doesn’t understand. They are already a couple, why are they hiding something?

Bao Ge looked Fu Mingze up and down and said suspiciously: "In the past two years, there have been educated youth returning to the city. Their families have found a receiving unit for them, or they deliberately damaged their health and returned to the city for medical treatment. I heard that some people actually found a partner in the countryside and kept it a secret. When they returned to the city, they lied to their partners and said that they would find a way to take them to the city to live. As a result, they disappeared without a trace after the person left. I said, you are not thinking of such a bad idea, keep some for yourself first. "You have to wait a little while, and then the situation will change. You will abandon your wife and become Chen Shimei, right?"

Fu Mingze: "..." He

advised sincerely: "The books your uncle tells are very good, but I suggest you listen to less."

Bao Ge's uncle used to be a storyteller, but now that he can't do this job, he hides in the village and tells stories to his family. Fu Mingze listened to it once, and it was really good, but it was obviously not suitable for Bao Ge to listen to, otherwise he felt that his brain would be damaged.

After thinking about it, Fu Mingze explained: "My wife wants to find a poorer man, I am afraid of complications, and I am also afraid that she will feel psychologically burdened if she knows about it. It is better

for her to know nothing." Bao Ge did not understand why Shen Moer wanted to find a poorer partner, but it was true that people with a bad family background would be worried all day long. He has been wandering around various villages all year round, and occasionally does business with those who have been sent down. I heard someone say that life was not easy before the demotion. He was worried about being caught every day and had not slept well for more than half a year.

In a situation like Fu Mingze, it was okay for his wife not to know about it, and she didn't need to worry about it.

They talked for a few words and went back to the house. Shen Moer and Qiaojie bought a few buns, wrapped them in oil paper and tied them with straw ropes. Fu Mingze went over to take them, turned around and thanked Baoge with an expressionless face, and invited him and Qiaojie to go to Yangliu Brigade for the wedding banquet.

Bao Ge twitched his lips: "Okay, I'll go when the time comes."

Shen Moer and Fu Mingze pushed their bicycles out of Qiaojie's house. They had not taken a few steps when they saw a middle-aged woman with a lot of white in her eyes standing in front of a small bungalow with a pomegranate tree planted at the door, looking at them. Shen Moer thought that this person looked familiar, and the woman cursed: "You said you were going to Niu Qiaoqiao's house to buy buns. Speculation and profiteering, digging into the corners of socialism, are not good things!"

Shen Moer remembered that this was the woman she met when she and Shen Yinyin came here to buy buns last time. She kicked this person that day. Could it be that she is holding a grudge and still remembers it after so long?

"We are here to register for our wedding today and give some candy to our friends. Who are you to accuse someone of speculation without any reason? Come on, let's go to the Revolutionary Committee and talk it out!"

Shen Moer rolled up her sleeves and made a move to arrest someone. The woman had suffered at her hands last time, so she reacted very quickly this time: "I was just saying it casually, not talking about you, you, you, don't mess around!" She quickly hid behind the small bungalow and slammed the door shut.

She got scared really quickly.

Shen Moer put down her sleeves again.

Fu Mingze glanced at the small bungalow thoughtfully and asked, "Do you know this person too?"

Shen Mo'er told what happened last time and asked doubtfully, "Does this person have a grudge against Sister Qiao?"

Fu Mingze roughly told the story about Sister Qiao. Sister Qiao's husband used to work in the security department of a textile factory. When he was on duty at night, he encountered a fire in the factory. He died fighting the fire to protect the machinery and equipment, leaving a large family of orphans and widows.

She originally had a job, but her husband died suddenly, and the two elderly people in the family couldn't bear the excitement and both fell seriously ill. The children at home were young, and there was no one to help her. So Qiaojie had no choice but to sell her job and treat the elderly people first. The illness was cured later, but a lot of money was spent. The family could only live on the little pension given by the factory.

The factory understood that their family had a hard time and did not take away the house that was allocated to them. However, living in the commune, they had to pay for every scallion and garlic clove. The family could not make ends meet, so the old man took the three children back to their hometown in the countryside, and Qiaojie stayed in the commune to do some odd jobs to earn some money.

But there were old and young people in the family. Even if the rural expenses were low and they could grow some vegetables in their private plots, they still had far from enough food without a few work points.

Qiaojie secretly collected eggs, dried vegetables, cotton and other things from the village and sold them in the commune. It was during this process that she met Baoge.

Bao Ge was able to get flour and meat, and Qiao Jie happened to have a room in the dormitory of the textile factory. Qiao Jie simply stopped collecting eggs and other things and made buns to sell directly.

In fact, many people in the textile factory knew that Qiao Jie sold buns, but her husband died to protect the equipment in the factory. How could a family of old and young survive without making some extra money? Besides, if her husband hadn't put out the fire and protected the equipment in the factory, it would be unknown whether their factory could continue to operate, so basically everyone turned a blind eye.

Moreover, Qiao Jie's craftsmanship was good, and the buns were made of real ingredients. Many people were very fond of this. She didn't just collect money, but eggs, fabrics, and daily necessities could all be exchanged.

Making a few buns at home and exchanging some small things with relatives and friends is actually not as serious as her previous work of collecting eggs, cotton and other things from the village to sell.

As for why this neighbor always stares at her... Fu Mingze frowned and said, "The son of this family also passed the exam to work in the textile factory two years ago. I heard that there were too many people in the family and there was no room for them. They have been waiting for the factory to allocate a house for their son to marry a wife. The factory has no spare house for the time being, so they set their eyes on Qiaojie's house."

This family has complained to the factory many times, meaning that Qiaojie's family is no longer employees of the textile factory and is not eligible to live in the textile factory's house.

But the house was originally fought for by the labor union and the Women's Federation for Qiaojie's family. The factory kept a written meeting minutes, allowing them to live there until the first child turns 18 years old. Now Qiaojie's eldest son is only 10 years old.

Things decided by the government will not be changed easily.

So this family started to find other ways to report Qiaojie for speculation, but Qiaojie's relationship with their family was not good to begin with, so it was impossible for her to sell their buns. They didn't find any evidence, so they could only stare at her like a black-eyed chicken every day.

Shen Moer frowned: "It's really annoying to be stared at all day like this."

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Fu Mingze narrowed his eyes slightly. Compared with Qiaojie being stared at by her neighbors, there are actually more people staring at their family in the capital.

Forget it, let's not talk about it.

The hands of those people in the capital are not that long, and they can't reach into this remote countryside, but it still makes people worry.

Fu Mingze let out a long breath, held Shen Moer's hand, and said very coldly: "Don't worry about them, Bao Ge will worry about these things."

Shen Moer glanced at him, rubbed her fingers gently in his palm, smiled and whispered: "Outside."

His palms were itchy, and Fu Mingze's ears turned slightly red, but his face did not show it. He looked at the bag in front of him calmly and said righteously: "We have a marriage certificate, it's legal. " We are a French couple, what are you afraid of?"

As they were talking, an old lady with bound feet and a red armband suddenly appeared from the other end of the alley, pointed at them and shouted: "What are you two doing in public, are you trying to be a hooligan?!"

Fu Mingze's body froze. Shen Moer snickered and quickly pulled her hand out. Fu Mingze jumped on the bike and stepped on the pedal: "Hurry up and get in."

When Shen Moer jumped on the bike while laughing, the bike immediately rushed forward at lightning speed.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop!" The old lady with bound feet chased after them, "Stop, explain yourself clearly and accept the lesson!"

Facing the cool autumn breeze, Shen Moer smiled and shouted, "Auntie, we just got the marriage certificate today."

"You can't do anything in the street even after getting the marriage certificate..." The old lady with bound feet shouted, and chased after them for a few more steps, then slowed down and stopped chasing.

Shen Moer couldn't stop laughing. She grabbed the corner of Fu Mingze's clothes and asked, "Don't we have a marriage certificate? We are a legal couple, what are you afraid of?" Fu Mingze

was embarrassed and angry and started to talk nonsense, "Yes, we are a legal couple, what are we afraid of? Next time I will go to that alley to kiss you."

This time it was Shen Moer's turn to be embarrassed and angry. She patted Fu Mingze on the back and cursed, "Lecher!"

It didn't hurt or itchy. Oh, not really. It was like a soft feather gently pricked the tip of my heart, making my heart itchy. Fu Mingze curled his lips and accepted the title, "Well, I'm Lecher, you're Little Princess, we're married."

Shen Moer leaned on his back and whispered, "Well, Lecher, we're married."

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Lecher and Little Princess got married.

Early in the morning, when it was still light, Aunt Chen and Aunt Cai came with their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law. Some of them began to prepare food for the whole day, while others dug Shen Moer out of the quilt and began to comb her hair.

Shen Moer asked sleepily, "Why did you come so early?"

It was not like they were in a cold weather. The wedding process and rituals were extremely complicated, especially as a royal family member, they had to go to the ancestral temple to worship and report to the ancestors early in the morning, and they had to go to the palace to kneel and thank the emperor. There were so many rules. Shen Moer still knew this world. It advocated frugality, and the same was true for marriage. Everything that could be simplified was simplified as much as possible.

Aunt Chen smiled and took the comb and carefully combed Shen Moer's hair: "It's getting late. It will take some time to dress up. The guests will be here soon. You have to entertain the guests from your parents' family. You have to go to the commune at noon, so you have to be out in the morning. Oh, time is very tight."

According to the custom of Jiangbei County, the bride's party is held at noon and the groom's party is held in the evening. However, Shen Moer and Fu Mingze's situation is special. Fu Mingze has no relatives coming, only a few friends, so they simply prepare two tables in the state-owned hotel.

It was definitely not appropriate to set up this table at night, so the couple discussed it and decided that Fu Mingze would bring people to pick up the bride in the morning and take her directly to the commune. Then the people who sent the bride and the bride-pickers had a banquet at the commune's state-owned hotel, and then sent her back to the Shen family's courtyard.

Although the bride was finally sent home after a round of detours, at least the ceremony was done, and a group of people went from Yangliu Brigade to the commune, and then from the commune to Yangliu Brigade, and there was excitement and pomp.

It was more interesting than picking her up at the educated youth point and then sending her back.

Aunt Cai continued, "That's right. When I went out, I saw that Second Shen's family was all ready. We can't let them outdo us. I don't know what they were thinking. They clearly said before that they would get married before you, but they delayed it for a few days and finally got married on the same day as you. Cousins ​​holding weddings on the same day, I've never heard of such a thing in the surrounding area. Oh, so, where should the relatives go for the wedding?" Aunt

Chen glanced at Shen Moer and saw that she didn't care, so she said, "What are you thinking? Don't think too much."

In terms of relatives, there are six living brothers and sisters in the Shen family, but only Shen Yinyin has the same father and mother as Seventh Shen. The others in front are of the same blood, so if they really have to choose, they will definitely choose Second Shen's family.

In terms of marriage partners, Fu Mingze is just an ordinary educated youth, while the son-in-law of Shen Laoer's family is a technician in a textile factory. Although they all think that Fu Zhiqing is good, handsome, educated, and the couple has a good relationship, outsiders always think that Shen Moer did not marry as well as Shen Lingling. It would be better if they did not get married on the same day. If they got married on the same day, they would inevitably be compared.

Aunt Chen really looked down on Shen Yongjun and Tian Fang. She had always thought that Tian Fang was a pretentious person, and the things that happened this year made her see through this family.

"Don't make any signs. Their son-in-law is a technician, but Lao Qi is still an official. When Lao Qi retires, he will give his job to Xiao Fu. Isn't Xiao Fu also an official?"

Shen Shaoyuan, who just came in to see how the young lady was dressed, said: "..."

He said this as if he was very old.

Aunt Cai didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said: "Lao Qi, am I right?"

Shen Shaoyuan responded vaguely, looked carefully at the bun that Aunt Chen had made for Shen Moer, and went out.

When it was very cold, he had thought that when his daughter got married, she would have the grandest wedding in the capital, with all the makeup and wedding ceremonies. But when the day came, his daughter would just wear a simple bun and a bright red velvet jacket to get married.

Shen Shaoyuan felt a little melancholy.

Shen Moer had just finished dressing up and had eaten some breakfast made by Li Xinmei when Shen Yinyin's family arrived. This time, it was not only Shen Yinyin and her two sons who came, but also Shen Yinyin's man Zhao Xingguo and their concubine Zhao Tingting. Zhao Zhengyang was

almost a replica of his father in appearance and figure. Together with Zhao Zhenghui, who also looked very similar, the three of them, standing together, were three strong men of different ages.

Fortunately, Zhao Tingting looks like Shen Yinyin. Although her complexion is a little dark, her eyebrows and eyes are very delicate. She is a pretty and cheerful girl.

In fact, it is normal that a large family would not come to a banquet these days. However, when Shen Shaoyuan sent a message, he specifically said that they should come with their whole family. Anyway, Shen Laoer's family was also holding a banquet on the same day. It was estimated that not many people would come from the old Shen family, so it was just right to give the seats to Shen Yinyin's family.

Shen Yinyin heard that Shen Laoer's family was also holding a banquet on the same day. This was obviously looking for trouble. What's more, Shen Shaoyuan also let the messenger say that he had been promoted and didn't need the banquet for their family. Shen Yinyin slapped her thigh and said that the whole family must go to support her brother and niece!

My younger brother has become an official in the kiln factory, I must go and congratulate him!

Well, the whole family came carrying a wild boar leg.

"Cousin, you are so pretty." Zhao Tingting rubbed against Shen Moer and looked at Shen Moer with sparkling eyes.

The original owner had an okay relationship with Zhao Tingting. After all, she was the closest cousin by blood. Zhao Tingting was outgoing, but not noisy, and she was not like the two cousins ​​in the eldest aunt Shen Xianghong's family, who looked down on people all day long.

However, the two villages were far apart, and everyone would only see each other occasionally during festivals. It was really not that familiar.

Shen Moer liked Zhao Tingting's simple and honest character. She smiled and took a handful of candy and gave it to Zhao Tingting. Zhao Tingting widened her eyes in surprise and shook her hands repeatedly: "No, no, cousin, I'm sixteen years old after the Chinese New Year. I'm not a child anymore. I don't eat candy."

Sixteen years old after the Chinese New Year, it's almost time to say that you're married. You're really not a child anymore.

"This is wedding candy. What does it have to do with how old you are?"

Zhao Tingting was quickly convinced by Shen Moer. She happily took the candy and put it in her pocket. At first, she put all of it in her pocket. Not long after, she quietly took out another one, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in her mouth, and immediately smiled.

This is expensive candy. She only ate half of it by chance several years ago. At that time, she was thinking about when she could eat half of it again. As a result, today she not only ate it, but also ate a whole candy. Not only did she eat a whole candy, but she also had several in her pocket!

Zhao Tingting was so happy.

Shen Moer couldn't help laughing when she saw her expression like a mouse stealing oil. She said she was not a child, and her expression was exactly the same as Maomao and others' when they ate candy.

The guests who came to see off the bride arrived one after another. In addition to the Shen family members who were of the same clan as Shen Laoqi, Zhou Mancang and other brigade cadres who were close to Shen Moer and her father, there were also some parents of students taught by Shen Moer, especially those who had participated in competitions in the city before. Except for Zhou Zhaodi's family, no one came, and the other families all gave generous gifts.

Shen Yinyin's family helped to greet the guests, and the families of Chen Dama and Cai Dama who were close to Shen Moer also took the initiative to help serve tea and water, and distribute melon seeds and candies. The small courtyard suddenly became very lively.

In the village, the big green brick and tile house of the old Shen family.

Tian Fang led her two daughters-in-law to entertain the guests. Normally, the guests who came to see the bride should be given some melon seeds and candies. The problem was that the Zhang family only sent two kilograms of candies, and they had to share the candies at the banquet later. This was obviously not enough. Tian Fang was naturally unwilling to pay for more candies. She simply weighed some melon seeds, put them on a plate in the main room, and poured a bowl of sugar water for everyone.

It was called sugar water, but in fact, there were only a few sugars in it, and it was almost as light as water.

The second son Shen Jianshe's wife was boiling water in the stove while whispering to the eldest son Shen Jianye's wife: "Isn't Lingling's partner a skilled worker in a textile factory? The salary is so high, why is she so stingy?"

Jianye's wife was an honest person and told the truth: "The man usually gives two kilograms of candy."

Her eldest son Shen Minbing was also seventeen years old. If he hadn't been imprisoned for stealing bricks from Shen Laoqi's house, he would have been looking for a partner this fall. Jianye's wife had already inquired about these customs and etiquette. It was normal for the man to give two kilograms of candy at the time of marriage. It was generally like this. She must have given the same thing to her son Minbing when he got married.

Jianshe's wife almost rolled her eyes: "They are just ordinary members of ours. How can a technical worker in a textile factory be an ordinary person?"

Jianye's wife was stunned and stopped pouring water. It was actually true.

Jianshe's wife: "Also, he, a technician from a textile factory, got married and moved in with us. What do you think of this? It's not like we're recruiting a son-in-law, nor is it like he married an educated youth. Even if the Zhang family has a small house, it doesn't make sense for them to kick their son out of the house just because he got married, right? It's not like our family has a lot of houses, and your Minbing is going to look for a partner soon. Originally, after your sister-in-law moved out, we could all live in more space, but now with this, Minbing can only live in the smaller half of the room after he got married, and his married aunt lives in the larger half."

Jianye's wife's face suddenly turned ugly. In fact, she had thought about this in her mind a long time ago. The problem was discussed directly by her sister-in-law and her parents-in-law, and they, the brothers and sisters-in-law, had no chance to express their opinions at all.

"Forget it, there's still a few dollars left for rent." Jianshe's wife could only say.

Jianshe's wife: "That's just a few dollars."

In fact, it's not a small amount in the countryside. After all, who would rent a house in the countryside? But think about the other party's status, a technician in a state-owned factory, living in his wife's house and only paying so little. Jianshe's wife felt that her parents-in-law were too superficial.

"Mom, mom, I want candy, I want wedding candy!"

"Me too, mom, I want wedding candy too!"

Shen Jianye's youngest son Shen Minda and Shen Jianshe's eldest daughter Shen Lanlan ran in together.

Upon hearing the naughty child asking for candy, Jianye's wife got a terrible headache and scolded her daughter: "What candy? Can't you see your mother is busy? Besides, if you want wedding candy, go find your grandmother or your aunt. What's the point of you looking for me?!"

Shen Minda said: "Grandma and aunt both said they didn't have any, but Maomao said that Seventh Grandpa's family did distribute candy, and the candy they distributed was very delicious milk candy. Mom, I want to eat milk candy too."

Shen Lanlan nodded: "Yes, Xiaoyezi and Meimei also got candy. They joked that we had no candy. Mom, can we go to Seventh Grandpa's house to ask for candy?"

Jianye's wife: "..."

Jianshe's wife: "..."

What kind of words are these!

Jianshe's wife glared at Shen Lanlan: "You dare to go to your seventh grandfather's house to ask for wedding candy, be careful that your grandma will beat you to death!"

After thinking for a while, she pulled Shen Lanlan to her side and said: "Go to your grandma and tell her about your seventh grandfather's candy distribution. Don't say that you are going to your seventh grandfather's house to ask for wedding candy. Just say that Xiao Yezi and the others are making fun of you and you also want to eat candy." Shen

Lanlan's eyes rolled and she understood: "Okay, I'll go to grandma first, and then go to my aunt to tell her again." Then she ran away like a fly.

Shen Minda saw it and hurried to follow.

Jianshe's wife curled her lips and said, "What do you think they are thinking? They have to hold the wedding banquet on the same day as Shen Moer, and they want to show off. They don't even think about Shen Laoqi's personality. If you dare to starve his daughter to death, he will strangle you with a rope. It's not easy for his daughter to hold a wedding banquet, so he has to make it look good even if he has to sell everything he has! She has been promoted to an official cadre of the kiln factory. Even if she has suffered from hunger, it doesn't matter. She will be back in a few months. I think today's signs may be more than that. Maybe it will become a joke."

Jianye's wife: "You should say less, be careful not to be overheard."

Jianshe's wife: "If you don't believe me, just watch."

Over there, Shen Lanlan parroted what Jianshe's wife had taught her and Tian Fang, Tian Fang was immediately angry and her nose was crooked: "It really makes them look bad, poor and showing off!"

In fact, there was still half a catty of sugar left at home. Tian Fang thought about it, gritted her teeth and said: "You go ask your sister-in-law, and tell her that grandma asked her to take out half a catty of sugar and share it."

So the two naughty kids ran to Shen Lingling's room.

Of course, there were other people in the bride's room. Shen Lanlan was smart. She ran over and leaned over to listen to what Jianshe's wife and Tian Fang said. Shen Lingling's face, which was originally full of smiles, suddenly turned dark. She was very angry, but she had to control her expression and maintain a stiff smile.

Shen Chunfang, the eldest daughter of Shen Laosan's family, glanced at Shen Lingling and deliberately asked, "Lingling, what are you two aunt and niece whispering about?"

Shen Chunfang married into an ordinary family, an ordinary member family of an ordinary brigade in Liuqiao Commune. She had just heard Shen Lingling praising Zhang Junliang left and right, and she felt very disgusted. Now seeing that Shen Lingling's face was not very good, Shen Chunfang suddenly became curious.

Shen Lingling forced a smile, took out a paper bag from her bag, and said, "My mom asked Lanlan to remind me to give everyone some wedding candy."

The nephews and nieces looked at her eagerly, so Shen Lingling could only grab two and hand them to them. As a result, the two naughty kids showed a look of disgust on their faces when they saw the candy in her hand. Shen Minda even knocked the candy away, sat on the ground, and started howling -

not far from the Shen family's house, beside the bushes.

Maomao, Shun'er, Zhou Zhaodi, Xiao Yezi, Meimei and a group of elementary school students squatted there, observing the house of Shen Laoer's family not far away, until a cry came from inside, "I want milk candy, I don't want this broken candy", and several children laughed at once.

Maomao said proudly, "I knew Shen Minda and Shen Lanlan would go back to make trouble, hehe."

Shun'er licked the candy in his mouth and gave his good brother a thumbs up, and at the same time said puzzledly, "Didn't they say that Teacher Lingling married a very capable worker? How come their family doesn't even have candy?"

Maomao said, "They are stingy. My grandma said that Second Madam Shen is actually very picky. Teacher Lingling's boyfriend's family is not easy to deal with either. In addition, they deliberately held a banquet on the same day as Sister Mo'er. They have no good intentions. We must protect Sister Mo'er today!"

A group of primary school students immediately straightened their chests: "Protect Sister Mo'er/Teacher!"