Chapter 499 I will treat Zhou Bingkun as my own brother
March 3rd, which is the 3th day of the first lunar month, Tuesday, is a good day for a wedding.

At this time, the snow on the mountain road had melted. Although the road was still a little muddy, it was possible to drive to the county town by horse-drawn carriage.

Early in the morning of that day, Su Mingzhe came to the old village chief's house, borrowed his carriage, and asked him to issue a certificate for himself and Zheng Juan.

"Then you go and come back quickly."

The old village chief fully supports Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan's marriage.

In the eyes of the old village chief, Zheng Juan was a girl who was good at housekeeping, gentle and kind, and not bad looking. She was much better than the three female educated youth, Wang Yafang, Xu Kai, and Yu Hong.

"Village leader, auntie, we are leaving."

After Su Mingzhe and the old village chief harnessed the carriage, they let Zheng Juan sit in the middle of the carriage and sat in front of her to block the wind for her.

At this time, some villagers heard the news and came over to congratulate.

"When we come back, we'll bring you wedding candy."

Su Mingzhe waved to the villagers, his face full of joy, waving the whip, and the horse's hooves flying, and he drove the carriage towards the county town.

Su Mingzhe's driving skills are even better than the old village chief's. He arrived at the county town at around eight o'clock in the morning.

After arriving at the county town, Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan first went to the Youth League Office, found Director Yang, and told him the good news that he and Zheng Juan were going to get married.

"It's good to get married. Once you get married, you can calm down."

Director Yang spoke without any reservations.

When Su Mingzhe brought Wang Yafang and Zheng Juan to his home before, and when Su Mingzhe brought Xu Kai, Director Yang could see that Su Mingzhe was particularly popular with girls.

Now that Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan are willing to get married, they can avoid causing trouble and delaying other girls.

Su Mingzhe pretended not to understand what Director Yang said:
"Uncle, Juanzi and I have just received our marriage certificate, so we will go home and prepare a banquet for Aunt. Please come back early after work."

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

When Director Yang heard that the two were going to have lunch at his home, he didn't want to keep them any longer. He waved his hand and told them to go and handle the formalities quickly.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan rushed to the Civil Affairs Bureau and took out the certificate.

The staff member took the certificate and frowned:
"Aren't you from the commune down there? Why are you here in the county?"

The clerk then explained the policy again.

It turns out that you don’t have to go to the county town to register your marriage, you can also register at the township government in the countryside.

Now that they have left the commune and gone to the county town to handle their registration, the staff at the Civil Affairs Bureau are not too keen on processing their application.

In desperation, Su Mingzhe had to use Director Yang as his signboard:
"Comrade, my uncle works at the Youth Educated Office. He is Director Yang of the Youth Educated Office. He is the only elder relative my wife and I have in Mulan County. We must tell him about such a big thing as getting married, so we came to the county town to handle the registration procedures."

When the staff heard that Director Yang of the Youth League Office was Su Mingzhe's uncle, they decided not to continue to make things difficult and delay the matter. After sighing, they helped to complete the formalities.

After completing the formalities, I was also given food coupons for two kilograms of melon seeds and one kilogram of sugar.

Things like melon seeds and sugar are controlled items. The country needs to use them to earn foreign exchange, and they cannot be bought or sold easily.

In China, only newlyweds who are getting married are eligible to receive some non-staple food coupons from the Civil Affairs Bureau.

After Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan received the bright red marriage certificate, they went to buy some melon seeds and candies first, and then came to Director Yang's house.

When Director Yang's wife heard that Su Mingzhe brought Zheng Juan to the city to get their marriage certificate, she was so happy that she wanted to cut some meat to celebrate for them.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan couldn't stop him even if they wanted to.

There was no choice, Zheng Juan had to accompany them to buy groceries, while Su Mingzhe stayed at home to cook.

At noon, Director Yang came back for lunch.

"Although it's lunchtime, everyone should drink a little. After all, this is a good day for Xiao Su and Juan Zi to get married."

"You don't work anymore?"

Director Yang's wife brought over a bottle of liquor and then curiously asked her husband, "Didn't you say you don't drink at work?"

When Su Mingzhe heard this, he also wanted to persuade Director Yang to drink tea instead of wine.

"I've put off my afternoon work."

Director Yang was really happy. When his children got married, he just sent a telegram, wrote a long letter and sent a few photos.

Now, he treats Su Mingzhe as his own child, which makes him so happy.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Director Yang took Su Mingzhe aside and started talking about work again.

"Men usually start a family before they start a career. Now that you are married, you should concentrate on working for the motherland and make contributions to it."

"Uncle Yang, don't worry. I will definitely calm down and work hard."

Su Mingzhe still took Director Yang's hard work and instructions to heart.

Seeing that Director Yang was worried about him, Su Mingzhe simply said that he would return to Jichun City next week to try to get the bulldozer that he had ordered before the New Year.

When the bulldozer is available, Su Mingzhe will first repair the road from Baiyashan to the county seat.

However, the road from Baiyashan to the county seat will be completed in one or two years at most.

By that time, the road construction team will have been trained, and it would be a shame to just abandon it.

Su Mingzhe hopes that Director Yang will give his support and find some work for this team in the county so as to make it a regular army.

After hearing what Su Mingzhe said, Director Yang couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

While other educated youth are still waiting to be assigned jobs, Su Mingzhe is already creating jobs continuously.

This is the difference between having ability and having vision.

After lunch, Director Yang, who was drunk, went back to his bedroom to rest. Su Mingzhe had to take Zheng Juan to buy some things, so he said goodbye.

It was past six in the afternoon and the sun had already set, so Su Mingzhe drove the carriage back to the village.

Su Mingzhe took out the wedding candy and distributed it to the villagers.

After returning to school, Su Mingzhe distributed wedding candies and melon seeds to the other four people.

Wang Quan was the first to congratulate.

The three girls, Yu Hong, Wang Yafang and Xu Kai, looked at the marriage certificate of Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan, and began to regret their recent pranks.

Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan originally planned to get their marriage certificate after building their new house, but the two girls, Wang Yafang and Xu Kai, became increasingly hostile towards Zheng Juan.

In order to make these two female educated youth give up, Su Mingzhe decided to get the marriage certificate with Zheng Juan in advance.

Sure enough, after seeing that Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan had both obtained their marriage certificate, Wang Yafang and Xu Kai slowly gave up their hostility towards Zheng Juan.

In the blink of an eye, it was Thursday.

Early in the morning, the old village chief drove a horse-drawn carriage to take Su Mingzhe and Yu Hong to the county town.

The forestry team had been waiting at the intersection for a long time. When Gao Yaxuan saw the two people, he helped put the things in the car pocket and urged them to get in the car:

"Su Zhiqing, you guys should get in the car quickly. The temperature has been rising these past two days. Someone sent a message saying that a section of the road has been damaged by a flood. We may have to take a detour this time."

"Okay, Brother Gao."

Su Mingzhe pulled Yu Hong onto the bike, and then they helped each other wrap themselves tightly with animal skins. After the car got on the road, the speed was not very fast.

The highway from Mulan County to Jichun City is basically built along the river. Every new year and spring, when the river melts and ice floods occur, this section of the highway is in danger of landslides.

In previous years, the ice flood started in late March or early April. This year, the temperature was a bit abnormal, and the ice flood came in early March. This also caused many riverside roads to be unprotected and many potholes to appear.

Even at such a slow speed, the car started to hit large collapsed potholes halfway through the journey.

Fortunately, the road administration unit had already made emergency repairs, and the convoy was able to pass through carefully.

However, driving at this speed is a real waste of time.

It was around seven o'clock in the evening when the convoy finally arrived in Jichun City.

Although Yu Hong's home is also in the Gongle District, it is not a Guangzi piece.

Because it was very dark, Su Mingzhe asked Yu Hong to wait for a while on the roadside. He first sent the furs home, then told her biological mother Jiang Cuiping, and then sent Yu Hong home.

On the way home, Yu Hong introduced her family to Su Mingzhe.

She has an older brother and an older sister.

It's just that her sister got married early and is now a housewife, so she doesn't have to go to the mountains to join the team.

Her brother had already gone to work in the factory, so although she was the youngest child in the family, after the Up to the Countryside and Mountainous Areas Movement was launched, it was still her turn as the youngest child to join the team.

After sending Yu Hong home, Su Mingzhe went to the bathhouse to take a bath.

On the second day.

Su Mingzhe went to sell furs alone. After selling the furs, he went to the machinery factory to pay the remaining payment for the bulldozer and urged Director Bai to ship the goods as soon as possible.

Director Bai naturally would not make things difficult for Su Mingzhe. He paid the money for the goods at the finance department and promised to deliver the goods to Mulan County within half a month.

Su Mingzhe said goodbye and left the machinery factory, bought some gifts, and came to Zheng's house.

As the son-in-law of the Zheng family, Su Mingzhe was not polite and pushed the door open while calling for help:
"Auntie, light."

"Mingzhe is back."

Mother Zheng was a little disappointed to see Su Mingzhe coming back alone, but when she saw the bags of gifts Su Mingzhe carried and the envelope he handed to her, she couldn't stop smiling.

Ever since Zheng Juan followed Su Mingzhe to Baiyashan Village, Mulan County a year ago, Zheng's mother has worried more than once that Su Mingzhe has abducted her beautiful daughter and wondered whether he would come to visit her and her son, and whether he would continue to give her family living expenses.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe came again and did not forget about the living expenses.

Zheng's mother then felt fortunate that she had not chosen the wrong person.

"Big brother."

Zheng Guangming was wearing glasses and his eyes were particularly bright and energetic. When he saw Su Mingzhe, tears began to flow.

"Why are you still crying?"

Su Mingzhe teased his brother-in-law for a while, then felt his pulse again, as a follow-up visit:
"Auntie, Guangming's eyes are almost healed. He needs to wear this pair of glasses for another month. I will come over next time and get him a new pair."

"it is good."

Zheng's mother is not good at speaking, and she does whatever her son-in-law Su Mingzhe says.

Su Mingzhe simply spoke slowly about his and Zheng Juan's work at Baiyashan.

He said that he and Zheng Juan had already obtained their marriage certificate.

He said that he was preparing to build a new yard in Baiyashan Village.

Su Mingzhe finally said that he would invite the mother and son to live together in Baiyashan after the new courtyard was built.

"You kid, you and Juanzi shouldn't worry so much about Xiao Ming and me. I can take care of myself. Xiao Ming can see now and can take care of himself..."

Zheng's mother wanted to refuse. She didn't want to disturb Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan's life and work.

Su Mingzhe insisted on inviting the two of them over:
"Auntie, if you really don't want to leave Jichun City, that's fine, but Juanzi and I will have a wedding, and you and Guangming must go over to attend. If you don't feel comfortable living in Baiya Mountain, I'll send you and Guangming back then, is that okay?"

"That's fine."

After hearing what Su Mingzhe had said, Zheng's mother stopped refusing.

After having lunch at Zheng’s house, Su Mingzhe went to the store to buy gifts and came to Zhou’s house.

Before going to the Corps, Zhou Bingyi came to the Su family specifically for his brother Zhou Bingkun's matter and left a letter for Su Mingzhe.

After Su Mingzhe returned home yesterday, his younger brother Su Mingxue took out the letter.

In the letter, Zhou Bingyi wrote that he asked his old classmate Su Mingzhe to help take care of Zhou Bingkun and get him to Baiyashan, and it would be best if he could be recommended to go to university.

This was something Su Mingzhe had already agreed to, so he naturally would not go back on his word.

Zhou family.

After Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Bingyi left one after another, there are only Zhou's mother, Zhou Rong and Zhou Bingkun at home.

Compared to the original novel and the TV series, Zhou Rong had not yet pursued her own love at this time.

I don’t know whether it is because Su Mingzhe cut off Zhou Rong’s red line, or because Zhou Rong cares about her brother Zhou Bingkun’s future, so she stays at home.

Anyway, when Su Mingzhe came to the Zhou family with gifts, everyone in the Zhou family was very happy. Even Zhou Rong welcomed him into the house with a smile.

"Auntie, Zhou Rong, and Bingkun are all at home."

Su Mingzhe walked into the house with a smile and handed the gift to Zhou Bingkun.

"Brother Mingzhe, come and sit on the kang."

Zhou Bingkun looks simple but sensitive. When he saw Su Mingzhe coming to his house, he wanted to ask him about his queue-jumping, but he was afraid that Su Mingzhe would refuse, so he could only look at Su Mingzhe with honest and simple eyes.

Su Mingzhe sat on the kang and chatted with Zhou's mother Li Suhua for a while.

The old man was worried about his old pimple, so he took the initiative to ask:

"Mingzhe, Bingyi has been gone for half a month. The people on the street have been urging Bingkun to go with you to Mulan County. Can you help arrange it?"

Li Suhua was also unsure. After all, several months had passed since Su Mingzhe invited Zhou Bingkun to go to Mulan County.

Who knows if things have changed.

What if Su Mingzhe is no longer willing to help Zhou Bingkun?

"no problem."

Su Mingzhe took a look at the eager eyes of the three Zhou family members and laughed:
"Auntie, I've said before that you can leave Bingkun to me and rest assured. I treat Bingkun as my own brother, and when he follows me to Mulan County, I will definitely not let him suffer any injustice."

"Mingzhe, you are really capable."

Li Suhua felt a little relieved when she heard Su Mingzhe agree again.

At this point, she noticed that Su Mingzhe had been sitting for quite a while, but her two children had not yet poured them a cup of water.

"Bingkun, hurry up and pour some water for your brother Mingzhe. This kid has no sense of vision at all."

(End of this chapter)