The rain that fell last night and at night made the dirt road soft and soft. When running in the wind, the horse's hooves flew all the way and splashed mud.
When they reached the district, the two had to dismount.
It's not like a mountain village where you can't do anything when it rains like that. Most of the people are just hanging out in the village. The men drop by to chat, and the women meet up to sew and thread together.
There are always a lot of people gathering in the area for various reasons. It is also a large dirt road. If you ride a horse and run along it, you may get splashed with mud and be scolded all the way.
Zhui Feng's four legs, including his abdomen, were covered with a layer of mud.
Including Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu who were riding on the horse, not to mention their feet and trouser legs, even their upper body clothes were stained with mud.
"I should have known I wouldn't have changed my clothes!"
Lu Lu looked at Chen Xiuyu and said with a wry smile: "There was an extra set of clothes to be washed out of thin air."
Chen Xiuyu also looked at Lu Lu: "Who told you to be busy so fast?"
The next thing went smoothly. After taking out their respective identification documents and the marriage introduction letter and certificate obtained from Wang Demin, and explaining their purpose of visit, the middle-aged man took the documents and looked at them, and soon got a hand-filled
Quotations version of marriage certificate.
A happy event deserves a good meal of course.
Lu Lu didn't say much, he just urged: "Hurry up, it's not easy to get a marriage certificate."
For today's matter, Lu Lu's age is not a problem, but Chen Xiuyu is not.
She ran out last night and hasn't had a bite of anything yet.
Lu Lu smiled and said nothing more.
When it comes to the concept of marriage, many people focus on the lively wedding. In most people's eyes, that is the symbol of marriage. Often, after many years of marriage, they never apply for a marriage certificate.
Not even a photo is needed.
The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at the young couple standing at the door. He noticed that their feet were stained with mud, their shoes were wet, and even their trouser legs were mostly wet. This was probably why the girl looked a little restrained.
He smiled: "Come in, don't be afraid of getting dirty, we are all from the mountains, don't be so restrained."
More like a certificate of award.
In fact, he knew very well that in the 1950s, the legal marriage age for women was no less than eighteen and for men no less than twenty. By the 1980s, new changes had been made, and the legal age for marriage was no less than twenty for women and no less than twenty for men.
got twenty-two.
But when I think about it carefully, I feel that there is no problem. These days, the city has begun to pay attention to marriage certificates, but this is not the case in Shanye Village. There are still many people who get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
Then, he held Chen Xiuyu in his left hand and Zhui Feng in his right hand, and walked towards the Sibeng restaurant where they sold fish last time.
That is a memory that is engraved in the minds of a generation and is difficult to forget.
He also didn't expect that when he came to register for a marriage certificate, other people would be dressed neatly, while he and he would be looking like a sloppy, standard-looking mess.
While Chen Xiuyu smiled and nodded, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
Most people have a deep understanding of what happened in all parts of the country in the past few years, even in mountain villages.
No matter what, this matter is finally done!
After all, the middle-aged man filled in the ages of the two of them himself, so it is unlikely that he made a mistake.
Not to mention Chen Xiuyu, Lu Lu was already hungry after running around all night last night and it was already afternoon today.
"Hello, comrade, we are here to apply for a marriage certificate." Lu Lu said hello.
Lu Lu said apologetically: "This matter must be done today. I asked Brother Feng to go to Qingshantun tomorrow to talk about the matter, but I don't rule out Wu Mingwei asking about the situation at the door. With this thing, it will be easier to talk.
…Let’s go, let’s go eat.”
When he went to the underground cellar to collect documents and certificates, he changed into a Chinese tunic suit and suddenly became much more elegant.
"Ah...it's obviously easy!"
It's just that she has always been thrifty and is reluctant to spend money randomly, so even if she wants to eat again, she tries to restrain herself.
Take it out and show it in front of others. Not many people dare to say nonsense.
Lu Lu carefully rolled up the marriage certificate, reluctant to fold it, and then put it in his inner pocket for fear of getting wrinkled.
After receiving the marriage certificate, Lu Lu thanked the middle-aged man and hurriedly pulled Chen Xiuyu out.
Of course, in these days, there are many things that go wrong when handling this matter, and not many people in the mountains really care about this small marriage certificate.
Although this thing is far less beautiful than the various versions of marriage certificates that came later, the quotations on it are definitely very powerful.
Marriage is a major event in life, a happy event. When you come to apply for the certificate, you will be greeted with smiles when you receive it.
Lu Lu initially estimated that the reason why he could get his marriage certificate was mainly because this issue had not received enough attention.
"If you want a wife, it's too anxious for a man to marry you!"
He could only say that it had not attracted enough attention.
Lu Lu smiled gratefully at the middle-aged man, and then pulled Chen Xiuyu in.
This is the reason why he is worried, for fear that the office staff will come out and say to them: "We made a mistake!"
Chen Xiuyu really didn't see anything difficult. In less than five minutes, she asked a few simple questions, wrote them with her pen, and stamped her seal.
"When the weather gets better another day and we go back to the district, I will take you to the photo studio to take our wedding photos. The clothes you wear today are really inappropriate."
Looking at the quotation above, Lu Lu laughed.
The marriage certificate only filled in the names, dates of birth, and ages of Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu. The middle-aged man smiled and asked the two if they were voluntary. After receiving affirmative answers from the two, it was used.
Official seal.
When they arrived at the office building, the two walked on the concrete floor step by step until they found the Civil Affairs Office. Inside, they saw a middle-aged man in his fifties sitting and warming himself in a charcoal basin.
Lu Lu stretched out his hand to pick off a little mud on Chen Xiuyu's face: "Besides, if we don't hurry up, the district civil affairs office may have to close... Let's go to the river to wash up."
Even the marriage certificate is just a piece of red cardboard. Various versions with printed patterns have been produced elsewhere, but the one used here is the quotation version of the marriage certificate from earlier years.
Mainly because time waits for no one!
The two of them went to the shallow water of the river on the side of the road, rinsed their shoes and trouser legs, washed their hands and faces, and helped each other take care of themselves, before leading the horses towards the district government.
Seeing him in a hurry, Chen Xiuyu was confused for a while. After leaving the office building, Chen Xiuyu couldn't help but ask: "Brother Lu, what's wrong?"
When he first came here, Lu Lu noticed that Chen Xiuyu looked at the restaurants on the street from time to time, thinking that she was already very hungry.
Chen Xiuyu's hand was held by Lu Lu. She looked at the people going around, her face turned red, and she felt a little panicked. She wanted to take her hand out, but found that Lu Lu was holding her tightly and failed.
Lu Lu turned around and smiled at Chen Xiuyu. From her little actions just now, Lu Lu already knew what she was thinking, and comforted her: "Don't worry, you are my wife now."
Chen Xiuyu worked hard for a while to mentally build up, and then nodded seriously: "Yes!" She also acted generous and relaxed.
However, she kept looking at Lu Lu holding her hand with her eyes, silently feeling the heat coming from his palm. As she thought about it, she became a little panicked: What should she do at night?
Thanks to book friend Bei Dangyun for the tip!
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