Chapter 14

“That’s definitely right, it must be Jing Ya Zi’s wife.”

“I haven’t heard Wang Dani mention it before, why is it so sudden?”

“I heard Jing Ya Zi tell Granny Man yesterday that he brought his wife back to get their marriage certificate.”

“…”

“That girl is beautiful, she’s very pretty, maybe he found her in the army?”

Someone said this, which made Lu Hong Ying’s eyes turn red, she clutched the cloth bag in her hand tightly, feeling very sad.

“What’s the use of being beautiful, she can’t do anything, Lu Comrade was taking care of her on the train.”

Yu Juan pouted, which made Lu Hong Ying’s eyes light up slightly, yes, she wasn’t as beautiful as her, but she was more capable than that girl.

Everyone on the ox cart had different thoughts, Lu Huaijing had already taken Tang Wan to Da Ping Town.

The town had earthen walls and black tiles, with slogans plastered all over them, Tang Wan looked at the people who were rushing past.

They were all thin and pale, but they were full of energy, as if they were full of hope for life.

Lu Huaijing parked his bicycle in front of the state-owned restaurant and said to Tang Wan, “I’ll go in and buy some things.”

“Okay.”

Tang Wan was observing the street, she didn’t pay much attention, soon, Lu Huaijing came out with an oil paper bag.

“I saw you didn’t eat much this morning, I bought you two meat buns.”

The meat buns in this era were very substantial, they were very big, the aroma wafted into Tang Wan’s nose.

“It smells so good.”

Tang Wan only took one meat bun, “One is enough for me, two will make me full.”

The original owner had been pampered since she was a child, she rarely did heavy work, and her appetite was indeed not very big.

“Then you eat first.”

Lu Huaijing held the bun and didn’t eat it, Tang Wan thought he wasn’t hungry, until Tang Wan wiped her mouth with a satisfied look.

“It’s so delicious.”

The meat buns made by the chef at the state-owned restaurant were even better than those made by the chefs at the breakfast stalls in the future.

“If it’s delicious, eat another one.”

Lu Huaijing handed the remaining meat bun to Tang Wan again, he was truly a good man.

She wondered if this man would change after marriage.

“You’re treating me like a pig.”

Tang Wan chuckled, “You eat it, I’ll go buy some wedding candy, and then we’ll go take pictures.”

“Okay.”

The corners of Lu Huaijing’s lips curved slightly, because his beloved girl cared about him.

Tang Wan had already spotted the supply and marketing cooperative across the street, she walked in quickly.

It was time for work, there weren’t many people in the supply and marketing cooperative, only one employee was standing behind the counter.

When she saw Tang Wan come in, she glanced at her faintly and continued knitting.

“Hello, comrade.”

Tang Wan pointed to the Great White Rabbit candies and mixed candies on the counter, “I want to buy some candy, please give me the ones with red packaging.”

“Serving the people, comrade, are you buying wedding candy?”

The employee put down her knitting and said to Tang Wan, “Our town’s supply and marketing cooperative only has these candies.

There is a kind of candy called Double Happiness candy in the county, how much do you want?”

“It’s okay.”

Tang Wan took out her candy coupons from her cloth bag, she had prepared them before she left, some were brought from Dong Shi, and some were given by Lu Huaijing.

There were six in total, which surprised the employee of the supply and marketing cooperative, her eyes widened, “So many?”

“Yes, my husband is a soldier.”

Tang Wan smiled sweetly, “He brought some coupons back from the army, I see the date isn’t too old.

It just so happens that we’re getting married, I want one pound of Great White Rabbit candies, four pounds of mixed candies, and one pound of glutinous rice strips.”

“Okay.”

The employee clicked her tongue, so good to be married to a soldier, so many candy coupons.

She quickly packed the candy for Tang Wan, her attitude towards Tang Wan became much friendlier.

“Comrade, that’s seven yuan in total, do you need anything else?”

The other candies were cheap, the glutinous rice strips were one cent each, but the Great White Rabbit candies were expensive.

It was said that a Great White Rabbit candy was equivalent to a glass of milk at this time, so Tang Wan could understand the price.

“I’ll take a look first.”

“Comrade, is that your husband?”

The employee saw Lu Huaijing pushing his bicycle over, he was tall and handsome, obviously a good catch.

“Yes.”

Tang Wan’s ears turned red, her eyes fell on the things on the counter, but the employee suddenly lowered her voice and asked:

“Does your husband have any brothers?”

Such a handsome man, his brothers must be good-looking too.

“They’re all married.”

Tang Wan vaguely responded, “Are there no other colors of cloth?”

“The town only has this.”

The employee’s attitude towards Tang Wan improved again, Tang Wan thought about Zhouzhou’s size, and didn’t pick much.

“Give me sixteen feet of cloth.”

She put the cloth coupons on the counter, the employee secretly glanced at Lu Huaijing, “Comrade, aren’t you getting married, why don’t you buy red cloth?”

“We have some at home.”

Tang Wan didn’t want to explain in detail anymore, she felt like the employee was about to calculate her face.

She guessed that she wanted to find Lu Huaijing to find out if he had any suitable comrades.

“Also, a pair of pillowcases, a pair of enamel mugs…”

Lu Huaijing picked up a lot of things, Tang Wan just wanted to finish buying quickly, so she didn’t stop him.

When they paid, they spent about forty yuan, almost Lu Huaijing’s monthly salary.

For Tang Wan, it was truly cheap, so many things, big and small, only forty yuan.

Seeing that the employee was about to ask again, Lu Huaijing and Tang Wan tacitly picked up their things and quickly left.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, they looked at each other and smiled, but Lu Huaijing was still a little unsatisfied.

“The town only has these, we have to take a bus to the county, we won’t be able to make it back tonight.”

“These are enough.”

Tang Wan was easily satisfied, anyway, she wouldn’t stay here after getting married, some things she couldn’t take away openly, so she didn’t want to buy much.

“I feel sorry for you.”

Lu Huaijing hung all the things he bought on the bicycle, he wanted to take Tang Wan to buy a watch, but she refused.

“My mother… bought me a watch, but with my current identity, it’s not good to bring it out.”

Fortunately, no one in Da Ping recognized them, otherwise, it wouldn’t be a good thing to be reported.

This explanation successfully convinced Lu Huaijing, although he was regretful, he still took Tang Wan to the photo studio.

Today Tang Wan wore a white shirt and a blue skirt, Lu Huaijing also wore a white shirt, paired with army green pants.

The handsome man and beautiful woman sat in the photo studio, the photographer was not satisfied, saying:

“Are you two getting married? Why are you sitting so far apart, get closer.”

“Okay.”

Tang Wan tilted her head slightly, revealing a smile, the only thing she regretted was that she still had a band-aid on her forehead.

Unfortunately, there was no Photoshop in this era.

“Don’t frown, man.”

The photographer pressed the shutter, he was not satisfied with Lu Huaijing’s expression, “Smile!”

“Don’t you want to marry me?”

Tang Wan tilted her head, a smile tugged at the corner of her lips, which startled Lu Huaijing, he quickly explained.

“How could I not, I want to marry you.”

After saying this, his ears turned red, Tang Wan chuckled, “Then why don’t you smile?”

“I’m just… nervous.”

Lu Huaijing gently tugged at his clothes, met Tang Wan’s smiling eyes, and couldn’t help but gently raise the corner of his lips.