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Chapter 272 Receive the certificate! !
After the wedding date is set, all the trivial matters begin.

After dinner in the evening,
Grandma Zhang began to rummage through boxes and cabinets looking for the hidden cotton and cloth coupons.

Zhang Shenfei sat at the table, sipping tea, and watched the old lady open the chest of drawers, then get on the kang and empty out the contents of a large camphorwood box.

"Grandma, are you going to tear down the house?" Zhang Shenfei said dissatisfiedly.

Grandma Zhang didn't even look at him. She took out a rolled-up handkerchief from the bottom of the box and muttered that she was really old and forgot where things were after hiding them.

"Finally I found it. If I hadn't found it, I wouldn't have been able to sleep all night???"

Hearing the old lady say this, Zhang Shenfei immediately became interested and curiously wanted to see the treasure that the old lady had found with so much difficulty: "Grandma, what good thing do you have here? Is it a family heirloom?"

Although his family had been poor peasants for eight generations, with no roof over their heads or a place to stand, maybe his grandfather had had some adventure before? ? ?
Under Zhang Shenfei's expectant eyes, Grandma Zhang peeled off the handkerchief layer by layer, revealing several cloth coupons and cotton coupons...

Huh? Just this? Zhang Shenfei felt so embarrassed.

"No, old lady, it's just a piece of junk, do you have to treat it like a treasure?
I, Zhang Shenfei, am at least a section chief-level cadre. You are my grandmother, so you are my grandmother!!! You have to stand up!!!"

Grandma Zhang glanced at him and sighed silently: "You are about to get married, why are you still so unruly every day? I really don't know why Xiaozao fell in love with you."

Hey, such a disdainful tone!!!

Zhang Shenfei was unhappy and said indignantly: "No, is there any grandmother like you? How can you bully your own grandson like this? Aren't you afraid that my grandfather will be unhappy and come to you to talk about it!"

How could he not know the importance of cotton and cloth coupons? Wasn't this just a distraction and a joke to the old lady?

After the unified sale and purchase of grain began in October 1953, edible oil, cotton, cotton cloth and cotton wool were subject to purchase restrictions the following year.

According to regulations, each person can get a cotton ticket every year, and use this ticket to purchase half a pound of cotton.

Although cotton can be treated as good as new after being melted, there were no down jackets in that era, and there would always be some wear and tear when making cotton-padded jackets, trousers, and cotton beds in winter.

As for the two kilograms of cotton coupons and eighteen feet of cloth coupons in the old lady's hand, I don't know how she managed to save them up through so much hardship.

Zhang Shenfei blinked his eyes and told the old lady: "You should keep these cotton and cloth coupons for yourself. Hide them and wait for them to give birth. I don't need these things."

"Really?" Grandma Zhang looked at him suspiciously.

"Really? Don't you know your grandson's connections? I have acquaintances in garment factories, cotton spinning factories, and cotton wool factories. How could you be short of this little thing?"

Zhang Shenfei is not bragging when he says this.

In the past few years, through his conscious efforts to make friends, he has become familiar with all the major factories and mines in the city.

After thinking about it carefully, Grandma Zhang realized that it was true, so she put away the cloth and cotton coupons with peace of mind: "If you don't need them, I'll keep them.

Your sister-in-law is pregnant again, and these things will be useful when the baby is born..."

Hiss, !! My sister-in-law is pregnant again??? Zhang Shenfei gasped immediately.

Could Little Lao Shi be a girl? ? ? ?
Don’t gather ten brothers together!!!

Having said that, his sisters-in-law keep giving birth one after another, so wouldn’t Old Yi be pinching the lemon again?
……

Days passed one by one, and soon, it was the day when Zhang Shenfei and Tian Xiaozao got their marriage certificate.

It's a coincidence,

Zhang Shenfei rode his bicycle westward and when he arrived at the gate of Jiaodaokou Street Office, he actually ran into Xu Damao and Liu Lan.

"Are you two also leading it today?" Zhang Shenfei asked curiously, looking at the cloth bag in Xu Damao's hand.

"Yeah, Brother Dafei, you are also getting the marriage certificate today? What a coincidence, we got the marriage certificate on the same day and held the wedding on the same day." Xu Damao smiled.

Zhang Shenfei nodded: "What a coincidence, let's go in together."

Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office is actually the former Nanluoguxiang Residents Committee.

Since the implementation of the street office system in the old city, the superiors arranged the street office in the backyard of Nanluoguxiang Residents Committee because of its good location and spacious space.

Tian Xiaozao's former boss, Director Wang, became the director of the street office, and Tian Xiaozao was promoted from deputy director of the neighborhood committee to the official director.

Because Zhang Shenfei wanted to look for Tian Xiaozao, he separated from Xu Damao and Liu Lan after entering the door.

Zhang Shenfei walked into Tian Xiaozao's office and saw the girl writing furiously at her desk.

This girl never forgets to study after she started working. She has made great progress from knowing only a few hundred words to knowing thousands of words. Now she can write reports and documents by herself.

Such women are respected in any era, and Zhang Shenfei also admires Tian Xiaozao for this.

only……

Today is the day they agreed to get their marriage certificate! ! ! !

He walked over and squatted, resting his head on her desk with a wronged look on his face: "Director Tian, ​​didn't we agree to get the certificate today? Why are you still working overtime?"

Tian Xiaozao looked up and saw his pitiful appearance. She ruffled his hair and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, it's just a document. Just read it and leave."

"There's really nothing I can do about you." Zhang Shenfei sat aside obediently.

Alas, it is difficult to be a human being, it is difficult to be a woman, and it is even more difficult to be a strong woman.

Being the man behind a strong woman is like being a man on top of a man!!!

After Tian Xiaozao finally finished getting the documents on hand, Zhang Shenfei went with her to the deputy director of the neighborhood committee to get the necessary procedures for marriage.

Logically speaking, this matter should be the responsibility of the neighborhood committee director.

But Tian Xiaozao couldn't prescribe it for herself, so she went to the deputy director. When the other party saw Zhang Shenfei, he couldn't help but teased:
"Hey, Secretary Zhang, you finally remembered to marry our Xiaozao home???"

Ah, this...

Zhang Shenfei took out a handful of candy from his pocket and handed it over: "Eat candy, eat candy!!!"

Well, the deputy director stopped teasing Zhang Shenfei and helped him to complete the formalities.

After everything was settled, she took out a key from the drawer, stood up and walked to the other side of the room, opened the large metal bookcase, took out fifteen feet of cloth coupons and ten kilograms of cotton coupons and handed them to Zhang Shenfei.

"Okay, thank you." Zhang Shenfei took the ticket and thought about using the cloth coupons to buy a Lenin suit for Tian Xiaozao.

As for the cotton coupons, just put them aside for now. When he moved to the new house, he specially made extra bedding, and there are enough for now.

The deputy director smiled and said, "No need to thank me, this ticket is a national law and it was not given by me.

But I will definitely give you a big red envelope as a wedding gift. If you really want to thank me, just add an extra meat dish to the banquet."

The news that Tian Xiaozao and Zhang Shenfei were going to hold a wedding banquet spread throughout Nanluoguxiang.

"That's no problem. You don't have to eat for three days beforehand, and try to show us how you go in and out holding on to the wall." Zhang Shenfei jokingly said.

After leaving the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood committee, walk along the courtyard to the backyard and you will arrive at the Jiaodaokou Street Office. Since 1955, marriage registration in my country has been transferred from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Street Office. This system was implemented for years until the s, when it was transferred to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

The Nanluoguxiang Residents Committee and the Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office work in the same courtyard, so they often see each other.

Tian Xiaozao always came to report on her work, so everyone in the street office knew her, and they all knew that she and Zhang Shenfei had been dating for several years since childhood.

at this time,

When they saw these two people appear together, holding candies in their hands, everyone immediately realized that they were here to get a marriage certificate and immediately surrounded them.

"Hey, Director Tian is getting married???"

"Your boyfriend is so handsome! You are so lucky..."

"Zhang Shenfei, you finally remembered to get married. I thought you and Director Tian would be together forever!"

"Zhang Shenfei, tell me the truth, who proposed to you and Director Tian???"

"Can you please share the details of your relationship? Who was the first to do something bad?"

"Our Director Tian is so outstanding, need I say more? Don't you know what Zhang Shenfei's reputation is???"

Surrounded by a group of chattering women, Zhang Shenfei suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Many of these people are old acquaintances in this area. Even if they don't know everything about his previous life, they know a little bit about it.

Although Tian Xiaozao also knew that, it was not a good idea to bring up the past. In order to shut them up, he could only take out some wedding candy and give it out.

"Hey, White Rabbit and Prawn Crisps? They're both good candies!"

"It's much better than what Xu Damao gave just now."

"Xu Damao's girlfriend is not bad looking, but she is much worse than our Director Tian."

"That being said, Xu Damao and Zhang Shenfei are quite different."

The topic of several people immediately shifted to Xu Damao, and Zhang Shenfei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The staff member, eating a White Rabbit snack, checked the two people's documents with a smile, stamped them with a big red seal, and announced that Zhang Shenfei and Tian Xiaozao had become husband and wife.

"Comrade Zhang Shenfei, Comrade Tian Xiaozao, this is your marriage certificate, please keep it."

Zhang Shenfei took the pink lace-edged marriage certificate, which was the size of an award certificate in later generations, and looked at it carefully.

The three big words at the top of the certificate are - Marriage Certificate, and the background is the translucent words "Autonomous and Voluntary".

Below are the names of the two people and the date of marriage registration. At the top is the red flag and five stars, and at the bottom is the double happiness.

On the back of the marriage certificate, there are several small stamps - "Cloth coupons have been received" and "Cotton coupons have been received."

At this point, the two have become husband and wife in the legal sense.

Zhang Shenfei was suddenly a little excited. In his two lifetimes, this was the first time he married.

Looking at Tian Xiaozao again, she had been pulled aside by a few old ladies from the street office, who were muttering something in an unknown language.

Zhang Shenfei walked over and vaguely heard some vulgar words, even referring to postures and verbal abuse.

Ah, this...

Why are you talking about this in broad daylight? Zhang Shenfei didn't go any further, but called out, "Xiao Zao, Zao'er? Should we go now?"

One of the old ladies looked at him with a scrutinizing expression: "Why are you in such a hurry? Where are you going?"

The other was much more straightforward: "Comrade Zhang Shenfei, let me tell you this. Although you and Director Tian have obtained the marriage certificate, you haven't held the wedding yet. You can't do those things."

She didn't say what those things were, but everyone knew.

Zhang Shenfei's face was filled with black lines: "Auntie, what are you thinking? It's broad daylight now!!!"

"I just want Zao'er to go with me to take wedding photos."

Ah, realizing that she had misunderstood something, the aunt was embarrassed, so she let Tian Xiaozao leave.

Although Tian Xiaozao has been in a relationship with Zhang Shenfei for several years and has done some hand jobs with him, she is still essentially a virgin.

Just now, he was dragged by the aunties to teach him the F-style technique, and his face was already red. Now that he was finally released, he immediately turned around and dragged Zhang Shenfei along to a trot.

After leaving the street office, Zhang Shenfei rode his bicycle and took Tian Xiaozao to the Silian Photo Studio.

In this day and age, it is quite fashionable to take wedding photos, and to take wedding photos at the famous Silian Photo Studio is even more fashionable.

After taking the photos, the young couple received the receipt and left happily to have lunch.

There were still not many people in the restaurant. After all, few people could afford the food coupons and money to eat in a restaurant in those days.

While waiting for the food to be served, Zhang Shenfei began to plan to let Tian Xiaozao take a leave after finishing today's shift.

In this day and age, there are three days of wedding leave, but they didn't use the leave to get their marriage certificate. Tomorrow they have to buy new wedding clothes and prepare belongings for their new home, which will take up a whole day.

Then, there is the wedding day and another day of rest after the wedding. The time is indeed tight, but everyone is like this, so there is nothing to complain about.

After sending Tian Xiaozao to the entrance of the neighborhood committee and watching her go in, Zhang Shenfei rode his bicycle back to the steel mill alone.

When he was still some distance away from the factory, he stopped the car and took out a lot of sour tricolor, lobster crisps and white rabbit milk candies from the space. The previous candies were all distributed at the street office, and now they had to be restocked.

When he arrived at the factory gate, he gave a big handful to the doorman, Uncle Qin, and his partner without saying a word.

"Hey, is this your wedding candy, Dafei? Really nice, there's even milk candy!!"

As Uncle Qin said this, he took the candy from Zhang Shenfei with both hands and put it carefully in his trouser pocket.

Their son loves candy the most, so they have to give it to him when they get home, and they can't let that little bastard Banggeng find out.

"By the way, Dafei, Xu Damao and Liu Lan came over to show their affection just now. Are you really going to hold your wedding on the same day?" Uncle Qin said.

"Yeah, we agreed to have the wedding banquet together." Zhang Shenfei peeled a candy and put it in his mouth.

Uncle Qin looked around, gave Zhang Shenfei a wink, and then walked out.

Is this something to say???

Zhang Shenfei followed calmly.

The two of them went outside and found a secluded place. Uncle Qin lit a cigarette and slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke: "Da Fei, I heard something about Liu Lan..."

"What's the matter???" Zhang Shenfei suddenly became interested, with a gossipy gleam in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)