Chapter 507 Planning to get a marriage certificate first
In the next few days, the Su family and the Xu family were very busy preparing for the wedding of their two children.
Bai Lu wrote a letter to Nan Bing. The original content of the letter was that she hoped that he would go home anyway and attend his eldest brother's wedding. Later, she thought of Nan Bing's previous letter to her saying that he did not enjoy visiting relatives yet.
Right, so I rewrote another letter.
"Your eldest brother is getting married soon. He is marrying Damei. Your dad and I are very happy..."
As she wrote, Bai Lu couldn't help but shed tears because she missed Nan Bing so much.
Su Jianmin hurriedly came to her side and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying when you write a letter?"
"I just thought that Nan Bing and Zhiyuan had the best relationship since childhood. The two of them were together all day long and were inseparable. But now that Zhiyuan is getting married, Nan Bing can't come back... What a regret is this?"
After Bai Lu finished speaking, her husband sighed, "Hey, soldiers have to protect the country. There is nothing we can do. If soldiers can take leave and leave the army at will, then how can there be any discipline?"
"I know the truth, but..." Bai Lu lowered her eyes.
She felt that Zhiyuan must also hope that Nan Bing could be present on such an important day.
Su Jianmin consoled him and said: "The children have grown up. They are from far and wide, especially those who are camping with the army like Nan Bing. It is really difficult to get them all together, but they brothers have each other in their hearts and can always get together in the future."
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"Yes." Bai Lu nodded, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and continued to write to Nan Bing.
She put the written letter in an envelope and was about to seal it when Su Jianmin said, "Should we wait a few days before sealing it?"
"Why?" Bai Lu asked doubtfully, "I thought I would put a stamp on it and send it out tomorrow."
Her husband explained: "I thought that after Zhiyuan and Damei get married, we can all take a group photo together and send it to Nan Bing.
He was leaving in a hurry, so I forgot to ask him to bring a photo to the army. He was so far away alone in Nanbing, training from dawn to dusk every day. He must be very tired, hard, and homesick. I have a photo for him to look at.
Seeing the changes in his family, he must be very happy."
Bai Lu thought his proposal was very good, "Okay, then we will send a photo to Nan Bing then."
The wedding of both parties is tentatively scheduled for two weeks later.
Lin Yulan originally wanted her daughter and Zhiyuan to get married as soon as possible and get over this worry.
However, she found someone to settle her days. The past few days had been bad and it was not suitable to get married. In addition, it would take about ten days for her to find a tailor to make a red bridal dress for Damei, so she had no choice but to
Postponed the wedding to two weeks later.
"Speaking of which, have we not discussed the betrothal gift yet?" Bai Lu said suddenly when the two families were sitting together.
"That's right!" Su Jianmin hurriedly agreed, "We haven't even talked about the bride price and betrothal gift yet. Jinbao's mother and I were just happy, but we forgot to mention such an important thing. We were so confused.
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Xu Qiang waved his hand and said: "What kind of betrothal gift? No need."
Lin Yulan also hurriedly said that there was no need for a betrothal gift.
She said that she was already content to see Damei marry such a good child as Zhiyuan, but she had to think carefully about the dowry. In addition to clothes and quilts, would she also need to prepare two red washbasins?
"What are you talking about? Without a bride price, how can you get a dowry? No, no, no, you don't accept bride price and betrothal gift, then the beauty will be laughed at. You must come up with a figure for the bride price to see how much it costs."
Su Xiaosi jokingly interjected from the side and asked: "Aunt Lin, Uncle Xu, if you don't want a betrothal gift, don't you also want my eldest brother to marry you, and your son's surname will be Xu or Su?"
"Ouch, Xiaosi, what are you talking about? We have never thought of such a thing." Xu Qiang said.
His daughter-in-law Lin Yulan was anxious and said hurriedly: "That's right! If we have such bad thoughts, the sky will strike like lightning!"
"Xiao Si is a naughty child and is joking with you. Yu Lan, why are you still serious?"
After Bai Lu finished speaking, she pulled Xiao Si to her side and pinched his cheek, "Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, do you hear me? Otherwise I will ask your father to beat you..."
"This kid just needs to be cleaned up!"
Su Xiaosi smiled and was not afraid of his father at all. He stuck out his tongue and said, "Dad, I'm here to help you. You are arguing about the betrothal gift, and you still have to help me."
Su Jianmin asked funnyly: "What help did you kid do? It's obviously just causing trouble and not helping."
"If the neighbors in the building knew that our eldest sister was married to our family without spending a penny, and that Aunt Lin paid us a dowry, they would definitely suspect that my eldest brother had stepped in..."
Before Su Xiaosi could continue, Xu Qiang patted his head and said, "Why didn't I think of this? Indeed, it seems that the betrothal gift still has to be collected. Just give it a try so that people know that our beautiful lady is getting married."
Coming to your Su family."
Lin Yulan listened and nodded quickly, "Yes, yes..."
They were afraid that Damei's marriage would be ruined, so they were careful about everything.
Jinbao said at this time: "I asked my godmother yesterday. Nowadays, most people's bride price for marriage proposal is ten yuan, and the bride price is eight pounds of sugar and two pounds of biscuits. We also need to prepare the 'Four One Project', and then there are conditions."
You can have a banquet, or you can have a banquet."
"Jin Bao, what are the 'Four One Projects'?" Su Xiaowu sounded curious. This was the first time he had heard of this term.
Jinbao smiled and explained: "It's just a double bed, a hot water bottle, a washbasin, and a spittoon. These must be prepared by the groom's family in advance."
Su Jianmin held his precious daughter on his lap, "I don't even know what Jinbao said. It's a good thing you asked, otherwise our family would be in trouble and we wouldn't know the rules."
"The hot water bottle, washbasin and spittoon are all easy to deal with. It's just a double bed..."
Bai Lu thought about the need for a ticket to buy a double bed, and said in a confused tone: "Our family doesn't have a ticket, what should we do?"
Jinbao said: "You can apply for a marriage certificate first, and then the Civil Affairs Bureau will give you a marriage purchase certificate. That purchase certificate can be used to buy a double bed. In addition, you can also get subsidies for cigarettes and cloth."
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"Obtain a marriage certificate first? That's not impossible. It's the same thing if you apply first and then later."
Having said this, Bai Lu looked at Zhiyuan and asked: "Zhiyuan, what do you think? Why don't you go get a marriage certificate with Damei first?"
Su Zhiyuan was slightly stunned when he was suddenly called out, as if he had just been in a trance.
Not hearing what his mother said, he asked: "What?"
"I mean, why don't you and Damei apply for a marriage certificate first? Then you can get the tickets to buy a double bed. When we get the tickets, we go to the department store to pick out a good double bed for you to get married.
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Su Zhiyuan did not agree immediately, but asked softly, "Apply for a marriage certificate first?"
His every move was seen in Xu Damei's eyes. She felt her heart contract violently, and the hands hidden behind her were clenched into fists subconsciously. She knew that Brother Zhiyuan actually didn't want to marry her. Now everyone seemed to be like