A doctor who travels through two eras

It was the first day of the first lunar month of the Spring Festival in 1961, early in the morning.

Today is Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye’s wedding day.

In the Lin residence in Dongmianhua Hutong, biological mother Jin Caifeng and godmother Wang Huiqin have been packing new clothes for Lin Sanqi. These new clothes are cotton-padded jackets and trousers distributed by the unit as New Year's benefits.

This winter, almost no family in the country bought new clothes, so the new cotton coats and trousers issued by the company naturally became wedding dresses.

Lin Sanqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It was the first time for him to get married in two generations, but he was wearing a dark blue cotton coat that looked as tacky as an old farmer?
"Mom, godmother, I have a woolen coat bought in Hong Kong and Armani suits and trousers in my closet. I must wear something nice when I get married, right?"

Wang Huiqin tapped:
"You idiot, what time is it now? Look at the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year. Are there any pedestrians paying New Year's greetings on the road? Are there any firecrackers? Are there any temple fairs or markets? How can this look like the Chinese New Year?
The whole nation is in such a difficult situation, but you are the only one who is special? Your godfather said that the more low-key your wedding is, the better. That’s why you are not allowed to host a banquet. The more high-profile it is, the more people will report it. You are already the vice president, so you have to pay attention to the impact.”

Lin Sanqi, from a God's perspective, knew that 1961 would be the last year of natural disasters. After this year, the food crisis would ease starting next year.

But others don’t have a God’s perspective. They have been enduring for two years, but when they see that there is still no snow or rain in the winter of 61, they know that the harvest will not be good this year.

Everyone is afraid that the natural disaster before them will be like the Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which will last for decades and eventually lead to war and the people’s livelihood will be in turmoil.

Desperate.

So this Spring Festival, let alone the inner city, the whole country was dead silent and ordinary people couldn't even laugh.

It just so happened that Lin Sanqi was about to get married at this time. If they didn't get married, the parents of both sides were afraid that one of them would not be able to resist eating the forbidden fruit. What if she got pregnant?
The Pan family is a scholarly family, and they value chastity very much;

The second son of the Lin family had already experienced this kind of feud, so he wouldn't dare to do it a second time.

Therefore, the parents of both parties have a strong desire, which is to get married as soon as possible, so that they can do whatever they want after marriage and have as many children as they want.

But how to get married?

Dean Shen's advice was to keep a low profile, as low-key as possible, no dinner parties, no big banquets, no firecrackers, and even no Lin Sanqi was allowed to borrow a car to pick up the bride.

This is just like writing an essay with a given topic. The outline is very restrictive and Lin Sanqi has no room to express himself.

In the yard, Chef Zhao from the Red Star Hotel and his two apprentices were busy cooking.

Although Dean Shen requested that the banquet not be held in public, it is always appropriate for the family to have a meal together, especially since it is a private house and there is no need to worry about being seen.

The eldest sister-in-law Fu Muxiang and the second sister-in-law Pei Xuehua were helping to wash the meat and pick vegetables.

Lin Jiageng and Lin Zhenzhen were running around the yard, finding everything in the yard new and having a lot of fun.

Pei Xuehua took advantage of everyone's inattention to stuff a fried meatball into her mouth from time to time, then lowered her head and began to chew secretly.

Doctor Lin Kucan was at the gate at that time. He had pasted a big "囍" character next to the red couplet to inform the neighbors that someone was getting married.

Sure enough, many neighbors in the alley gathered around:
"Hey, isn't this Doctor Lin from the Chinese Medicine Hospital? Doctor Lin, Happy New Year. What are you doing..."

Famous doctors have extensive connections and know people wherever they go.

"Hey, today is my youngest son's wedding. Nowadays, it is not recommended to have a grand wedding, so I didn't invite you to have a drink at the wedding. Please forgive me."

The people in the city wanted to save face, so when they heard the famous doctor say this, they all expressed their understanding:

"Who dares to hold a wedding banquet these days? They just have a meal together among the family, and then distribute some candy in the department and that's it."

"We don't even have sugar this year. In the past, the street gave out a pound of sugar coupons for weddings, but this year they were cancelled."

"Doctor Lin, why is your youngest son living in this courtyard? No one has lived in this courtyard for many years."

Lin Kucan knew this was a good opportunity to explain, so he pointed to the door and said:

"My youngest son is the vice president of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and enjoys the treatment of a director. This is the organization's housing allocation. He was assigned this place. From now on, we are all neighbors and can help each other."

"I'm a senior official now, a mid-level cadre, so I should be able to get a room."

After hearing this, people around started talking about it, and some neighbors who had some ulterior motives gave up their thoughts after hearing it.

If this were an ordinary public housing unit, and if a family was allowed to live in it with its own door and yard, the neighbors would not be happy and would report it to the street office. Otherwise, they would insist on turning the courtyard into a slum.

But if the housing is allocated to senior officials, ordinary people have no say in it.

People in the old city are straightforward, but they are not stupid. They would not be stupid enough to compete with cadres for houses.

Doctor Lin Kucan had no choice. He didn't dare to say that the house was private property and was bought by his youngest son.

If he really dares to say that, all the higher authorities will receive letters of complaint one after another tomorrow, which will definitely cause big trouble.

While everyone was still chatting, Lin Sanqi had already come out pushing his bicycle, followed by his eldest and second brothers, each with a bicycle.

Jin Caifeng and Wang Huiqin followed behind and reminded:
"Big brother, you will share the cigarettes when we get to the bride's place. Second brother, you will share the candy. We will only be sitting there for half an hour at most, and we will be bringing the bride back in half an hour. Don't cause any trouble on the way."

"I know, I know!"

Lin Sanqi thought, he obviously had a small jeep, but he insisted on riding a bicycle to pick up the bride, and this bicycle was borrowed from someone in his unit.

It would be fine if there was no wedding banquet, but even the wedding banquet was so shabby. It was like walking in fine clothes at night, feeling uncomfortable all over.

How could this look like a convoy to pick up a bride? It looked like a group of brothers going out to see a movie.

The three of them walked east along the street and arrived at Pan's house in less than 10 minutes.

There was no wedding celebration at the Pan family's side either, but the yard was crowded with neighbors, even many neighbors from the next yard had come.

Everyone knows that a woman from the Pan family is getting married, and the son-in-law is an open-minded man and never comes empty-handed.

Sure enough, as soon as the three brothers of the Lin family entered the courtyard, a group of neighbors immediately surrounded them, saying congratulations and polite words.

"The new son-in-law is here~~"

"Hello, Dean Lin. Congratulations on your wedding~~~"

"May you have a happy marriage forever~~" As the eldest brother, Lin Gancao quickly took out his cigarette box and distributed cigarettes to the neighbors. Because there were so many people, all the cigarettes were gone in a short while.

Many people exclaimed when they saw the cigarettes: "Wow~ Daqianmen, this new son-in-law is so handsome."

The situation on Lin Duzhong's side was even more exaggerated. Half a sack of candies was almost distributed. There were really too many women and children at the scene. Each person got two candies, and some even came to claim them repeatedly.

Of course, Lin Duzhong also had a lot of money in his own underwear and outer pockets. This couple was the type who took advantage of others.

Lin Sanqi entered the house alone. All the relatives of the Pan family were in the house. The place was small, so it was really crowded.

Mr. and Mrs. Pan were extremely satisfied with their son-in-law, so they quickly introduced to Lin Sanqi all the uncles and aunts in their family.

Lin Sanqi was not short of money, so he gave each male relative a box of cigarettes and each female relative a piece of chocolate. The Pan family's relatives were so happy that they blessed them as if they were free.

"Mr. Lin is generous in his actions, great!"

"Xiao Yezi is indeed a man of vision. My elder sister will be blessed in the future!"

Although there was no wedding, there was at least a sense of ceremony. When Lin Sanqi wanted to enter the bride's boudoir, he was stopped by the children.

Pan Ren and three or four children blocked the door and shouted together:

"If the groom wants to get in, he has to have a red envelope."

Lin Sanqi had been prepared for this. "Okay, you can give me a red envelope if you want, but you all have to change your words. Whoever changes his words can get it."

After saying that, Lin Sanqi took out a thick red envelope and waved it:

Seeing this, Pan Ren was the first to surrender: "Hello, brother-in-law. I wish you a happy wedding and a baby soon."

Lin Sanqi stuffed a red envelope and said, "Well said, there is a reward, use it to buy candy."

The adults around were all laughing. Pan Ren happily took the red envelope and was about to put it in his pocket, but he found that the red envelope seemed a little different, so he quickly opened it and took a look.

I didn't know what to do when I saw it, but I was shocked:
"Wow, this red envelope is so big."

"How big is it?" The children became excited when they heard it and gathered around to count.

"One, two, three... ten. Wow, my brother-in-law gave me a 100 yuan red envelope. My brother-in-law is generous. Long live my brother-in-law. Please come in~~~"

After Pan Ren received the big red envelope, he decisively sold his sister.

When Pan's mother heard this, she became anxious. When no one was paying attention, she snatched the red envelope from her son's hand and said, "What if you lose so much money? I'll keep it for you."

Pan Ren did not make a fuss. He knew that if it was ten or twenty cents, the money was his. If it was one hundred or two hundred, the money was just passed through his hands.

The other children in the Pan family were dissatisfied: "No, no, we haven't received the red envelope yet, so we can't go in."

Lin Sanqi laughed loudly after hearing this: "Okay, okay, everyone gets a share. Come on, say something nice and you'll get a red envelope~~"

"Hello, brother-in-law~~~"

100 yuan red envelope

"Hello, uncle~~~"

100 yuan red envelope

"Hello, uncle~~~"

100 yuan red envelope

After a long commotion, Lin Sanqi finally walked into Pan Ye's boudoir and saw that the bride was wearing a red cotton coat and a rare little red flower in her hair.

Seeing the groom coming in, Pan Cen asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, is my sister beautiful?"

Lin Sanqi's heart melted as he looked at the beauty in front of him:

"Beautiful, really beautiful. Your sister is the most beautiful bride I have ever seen in this era. Fortunately, she is my bride, otherwise I would be jealous to death."

Hehehe~~ Pan’s relatives heard this outside the door and burst into laughter again.

Pan Cen took his sister's hand and handed it to Lin Sanqi:

"Brother-in-law, I'll leave my sister to you. I hope you'll have two kids in three years, three kids in five years, and make more contributions to the country."

Lin Sanqi held the bride's hand, looked at Pan Ye with smiling eyes, and happily stuffed more than a dozen red envelopes into his sister-in-law's hands.

"Here, buy some candy."

Pan Ye even blamed her a little: "Why did you give her so much?"

Lin Sanqi whispered in Pan Ye's ear:

"Oh, you're not even married yet, and you're already feeling bad about your husband's money? Hey, this is the betrothal gift. Your parents won't accept it, so I gave it to them in the form of a red envelope."

Lin Sanqi really had no shortage of money. He already had tens of thousands of dollars in cash. His company gave him another 60,000 dollars to buy New Year's goods, which he could not spend all. He was also a noble man who did not love money.

Pan Ye's uncle looked at his watch and urged:
"It's almost time, mother-in-law, hurry up and cry a few times to get married."

Traditionally, when marrying off a daughter, the mother would cry loudly to express her reluctance to part with her daughter. The louder the cry, the higher the status of the daughter in her natal family, and the more she hopes the son-in-law will value his wife.

Pan's mother had no experience in marrying off her daughter, so she wanted to howl a few times to express her reluctance to see her daughter get married.

But after thinking about it for a long time and thinking about all the sad things in my life, I still couldn't cry. In the end, I laughed:
"I, I can't cry. I can't even smile because I have such a good son-in-law. I'm so sorry, so sorry."

hahaha~~~
Everyone in the room was laughing so hard that they couldn't stop. (End of this chapter)