March 3rd, which is Tuesday, the 26th day of the first lunar month, is a good day to get married.

At this time, the snow on the mountain road had melted away, and although the road was still a little muddy, it was already possible to drive to the county seat by horse-drawn carriage.

Early that morning, Su Mingzhe came to the old village chief's house, borrowed his carriage, and asked him to issue certificates for himself and Zheng Juan.

"Then you go and come back quickly."

The old village chief fully approved of the marriage between Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan.

In the opinion of the old village chief, Zheng Juan is a girl who is good at running a house, gentle and kind-hearted, and she is not bad in appearance. She is much better than the three female educated youths Wang Yafang, Xu Kai and Yu Hong.

"Village chief, aunt, let's go."

Su Mingzhe waited for the old village chief to hitch the carriage, then asked Zheng Juan to sit in the middle of the carriage, and he sat in front of her to protect her from the wind.

At this time, some villagers heard the news and came over to congratulate him.

"When we come back, we will bring you wedding candies."

Su Mingzhe waved to the villagers, his face was full of joy, he waved his whip, his horse's hooves flew, and he ran towards the county seat with the carriage on his back.

Su Mingzhe's driving skills were better than those of the old village chief. He arrived at the county seat at around eight o'clock in the morning.

When they arrived at the county town, Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan first went to the Educated Youth Office, found Director Yang, and told him the good news that they and Zheng Juan were getting married.

"It's good to get married. Once you get married, you can calm down."

Director Yang didn't shy away from anything he said.

When Su Mingzhe brought Wang Yafang and Zheng Juan to his home as guests, as well as when Su Mingzhe brought Xu Kai, Director Yang could see that Su Mingzhe was particularly popular with girls.

Now, Su Mingzhe is willing to get a marriage certificate with Zheng Juan, which will save the trouble and delay other girls.

Su Mingzhe pretended not to understand what Director Yang said:

"Uncle, after Juanzi and I received the certificate, we will go home and have a banquet with my aunt. You can come back early after work."

"Don't worry, I'll be back in a minute."

Director Yang heard that the two were preparing to have lunch at his home, so he did not delay them. He waved his hand and asked them to go through the formalities quickly.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan rushed to the Civil Affairs Bureau and took out the certificate.

The clerk took the certificate and looked at it, and immediately frowned:

"Aren't you from the commune below? Why did you come to the county seat to do it?"

As the clerk spoke, he explained the policy again.

It turns out that you do not need to come to the county town to apply for marriage registration. You can also register at the rural commune and township government.

Now that the two people left the commune and went to the county town to handle the matter, the staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau did not really want to handle it for them.

In desperation, Su Mingzhe had no choice but to use Director Yang's signature:

"Comrade, my uncle works at the Educated Youth Office. He is Director Yang of the Educated Youth Office. He is the only elder of my wife and I in Mulan County. We must tell him about such a big thing as getting married, so this is why

Come to the county town to complete registration procedures."

When the staff heard that Director Yang of the Educated Youth Office was Su Mingzhe's uncle, they couldn't continue to embarrass and delay. After sighing, they helped complete the procedures.

After completing the formalities, I was given food stamps for two pounds of melon seeds and one pound of sugar.

Things like melon seeds and sugar are controlled items, and the country must use them to generate foreign exchange, so they cannot be easily bought or sold.

In China, generally only newlyweds who are getting married are eligible to receive some non-staple food stamps from the Civil Affairs Bureau.

When Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan got the red marriage certificate, they immediately went to buy melon seeds and candies, and then came to Director Yang's house.

When Director Yang's wife heard that Su Mingzhe had brought Zheng Juan to the city to get the certificate, she was immediately happy to cut some meat to celebrate the two of them.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan couldn't stop them even if they wanted to.

There was no choice but to go shopping with Zheng Juan, while Su Mingzhe stayed at home to cook.

At noon, Director Yang came back for dinner.

"Although it's lunch, let's drink a little. After all, this is a good day for Xiao Su and Juanzi to get married."

"You don't work anymore?"

Director Yang's wife brought a bottle of liquor over and asked her man curiously: "Didn't you say you don't drink at work?"

When Su Mingzhe heard this, he also wanted to persuade Director Yang to replace wine with tea.

"I've put off my afternoon work."

Director Yang was really happy. When several of his children got married, they just sent a telegram, wrote a long letter, and sent a few photos.

Now, he regards Su Mingzhe as his own child, and that's why he is so happy.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Director Yang pulled Su Mingzhe into a conversation and started talking about work again.

"Men get married first and then start a career. Now that you are married, you should concentrate on fighting for the construction of the motherland and contributing to the motherland."

"Uncle Yang, don't worry, I will definitely calm down and work hard."

Su Mingzhe still took Director Yang's hard work and advice seriously.

Seeing that Director Yang was worried about him, Su Mingzhe simply said that he would go back to Jichun City next week to try to get the bulldozer he ordered years ago.

When bulldozers are available, Su Mingzhe will first build the road from Baiya Mountain to the county seat.

But the road from Baiya Mountain to the county seat will only be repaired in a year or two at most.

By then, the road construction team has been trained, and it would be a pity to just abandon it.

Su Mingzhe hoped that Director Yang would support him and do some work for this team in the county, and strive to turn this team into a regular army.

Director Yang couldn't help but raise his thumb after listening to Su Mingzhe's words.

While other educated youths are still waiting to be assigned, Su Mingzhe is already creating jobs.

This is the difference between having capabilities and structure.

After lunch, Director Yang, who was drunk, went back to the bedroom to rest. Su Mingzhe took Zheng Juan to buy some things, so he left.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set, and Su Mingzhe drove the carriage back to the village.

Su Mingzhe took out the wedding candies and distributed them around the villagers.

Back at school, Su Mingzhe distributed wedding candies and melon seeds to the other four people.

Wang Quan was the first to congratulate.

The three girls, Yu Hong, Wang Yafang, and Xu Kai, looked at the marriage letters between Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan, and they all began to regret their recent nonsense.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan were originally going to get the certificate after building their new house, but the two girls, Wang Yafang and Xu Kai, became more and more hostile to Zheng Juan.

In order to make these two female educated youths give up, Su Mingzhe decided to get the certificate from Zheng Juan in advance.

Sure enough, after seeing both Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan receiving their certificates, Wang Yafang and Xu Kai slowly gave up their hostility towards Zheng Juan.

In a blink of an eye, it’s Thursday.

Early in the morning, the old village chief drove a carriage to send Su Mingzhe and Yu Hong to the county seat.

The forest farm team had been waiting at the intersection for a long time. When Gao Yaxuan saw the two of them, he helped put their things in the pockets of the car and urged them to get in the car:

"Su Zhiqing, please get in the car quickly. The temperature has increased in the past two days. Someone sent a message saying that a section of the road has been washed out. We may have to take a detour this time."

"Okay, Brother Gao."

Su Mingzhe pulled Yu Hong into the car pocket, and then the two of them helped each other and wrapped their bodies tightly in animal skins.

After the car got on the road, the speed was not very fast.

The road from Mulan County to Jichun City is basically built along the river. Every spring, when the river surface becomes clear and there are freezing floods, this section of the road is in danger of landslides.

In previous years, the cold floods started at the end of March and early April. This year, the temperature was a bit abnormal. It was only in early March and the cold floods came. This also resulted in many riverside roads not being protected and many landslides.

At such a slow speed, the car started to hit a large collapse pit halfway through.

Fortunately, the road administration unit has made emergency repairs, and the convoy can still pass through with caution.

However, driving at this speed is such a waste of time.

It was around seven o'clock in the evening when the motorcade finally arrived in Jichun City.

Although Yu Hong's family is also from the Gongle District, they are not from the Guangzhou Film Festival.

Because it was very dark, Su Mingzhe asked Yu Hong to wait on the roadside for a while. He first sent the leather goods home, and then told his mother Jiang Cuiping before sending Yu Hong home.

On the way to send Yu Hong home, Yu Hong introduced her family to Su Mingzhe.

She has a brother and sister above her.

It's just that her sister got married early and is now a housewife, so she doesn't have to go up the mountain to jump in line.

Her brother had already gone to work in the factory, so although she was the youngest child in the family, it was her turn as the youngest child to join the queue after the movement to go to the mountains and countryside was launched.

After sending Yu Hong home, Su Mingzhe went to the bathhouse to take a bath again.

On the second day.
To be continued...