Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 34 State-owned Hotel
After a while, several leaders issued a marriage certificate. He Yuzhu was a regular factory cook, and his marriage partner was personally guaranteed by the director of the street office, so there was no delay.

After handing the marriage certificate to He Yuzhu, the leaders of the steel rolling mill patted him on the shoulder and said, "Master He, we would like to congratulate you in advance."

"Thank you, leaders." He Yuzhu did not take advantage of his talent and responded appropriately to the leaders' polite words.

Holding the marriage certificate, He Yuzhu and Li Cuixia left the office together.

After they walked away, several leaders in the office started to discuss something.

"Master He's cooking skills are good, but the choice of marriage partner is a bit too hasty."

"She's still too young. The girl is pretty, but she's a refugee."

This era is not like the later generations where appearance is everything. When normal people look for a wife, the first thing they look at is her conditions!

Especially in this difficult period, if you have a city hukou, there are many beautiful rural girls who want to marry you. Even so, urban hukou people still look down on rural girls.

Everyone wants to find someone with the same conditions to avoid going hungry, and no one wants to be a burden.

Not to mention that this person is He Yuzhu, who fled here from outside. If it were an ordinary person, even if he wanted to marry her, he would not have the ability to support a whole family!

"Once the marriage certificate is issued, Master He will get married immediately. Don't gossip about this in the future."

The leaders only chatted for a few minutes when they met, and, considering He Yuzhu's craftsmanship, everyone tacitly agreed not to say anything final and offend this capable Master He.

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After getting the marriage certificate, He Yuzhu simply stopped going to work and went directly to Director Cai and Deputy Director Li to explain the situation. He was going to the Civil Affairs Bureau to handle the formalities today. After asking for leave, several people came out of the factory and went straight to a department store near Dongzhimen.

"Aunt Li, after we get married and take wedding photos, we can get the marriage certificate right away, right?"

During the journey, He Yuzhu also asked a lot of questions about marriage. After all, he had traveled through time and space, and he was completely clueless about some of the unique procedures of this era.

However, after some communication, he now finally knew the general process.

Because they were going to take wedding photos, he took the initiative to bring Chen Miaoyun to the department store to buy her new clothes so that they could take photos as a souvenir.

"Of course, you two have got your marriage certificate, and you are the one making the decisions in your family now. Just take the photos and get the certificate."

Li Cuixia nodded, thinking that this was the destiny of the two of them. If it weren't for Zhuzi's conditions and situation, they wouldn't have gotten married so soon.

Of course, as the person who facilitated this marriage, Li Cuixia was also very generous and took out two clothing tickets as a congratulations to He Yuzhu and his wife on their marriage.

He Yuzhu couldn't refuse, because he really couldn't take out the clothing tickets at the moment. After all, he only had some cloth tickets on him, and he didn't go specifically to get clothing tickets.

So, He Yuzhu and a few others took Chen Miaoyun and her sister to the department store to pick out two new clothes.

After changing out of her tattered old clothes, Chen Miaoyun stood in front of He Yuzhu in a clean new set of clothes. He Yuzhu thought to himself that it was no problem to marry this daughter-in-law. Her appearance was pleasing to the eye.

Immediately, Chen Miaoyun was asked to wear the new dress, and the two went straight to a photo studio to have their wedding photos taken. Of course, the photos could not be picked up on the spot, but because it was a weekday, there were not many people in the photo studio, so the staff asked He Yuzhu to pick them up at noon.

After such a busy schedule, it was already past eleven o'clock in the afternoon. The public restaurant on the roadside had already started business. He Yuzhu saw that Chen Miaoyun and her sister were somewhat interested, and immediately took the initiative to say, "Aunt Li, don't worry about the photos, let's go have a meal. It's just noon now, I'll treat you!"

He Yuzhu said this with the intention of showing off his strength in front of his fiancée. After all, no matter how much he said, it was all empty talk. A meal was the most practical thing.

"Okay, Zhuzi, since you have this intention, Aunt Li will have a meal with you thanks to Miaoyun."

"Aunt Li, what are you talking about? This marriage is possible thanks to you."

As they were talking, they walked into the restaurant.

He Yuzhu asked the boss to serve a few meat dishes as soon as he opened his mouth.

But the boss told me that all the meat dishes were gone.

Hearing this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but frown, but looking at the boss's helpless expression, he could only sigh.

It was only noon, and whose meat and vegetables were out of stock? But He Yuzhu knew that even if he went to another restaurant, they might not have meat and vegetables.

After the ticket era, you needed a ticket to buy anything in the market. It was quite difficult for ordinary people to get some meat tickets. But when eating in state-owned restaurants or public restaurants, you didn't need a ticket, you could eat as long as you paid money.

This is a loophole that can be exploited.

Some wealthy people from well-off families, whenever they are craving for meat, will come to the state-owned restaurants to have a taste of meat.

Of course, the same weight of meat in state-owned restaurants is much more expensive than meat coupons. But those who can come to restaurants to eat meat are not ordinary people, not those who are short of money, so there is no meat dish at the meal time today. This is because some big customers have bought it all.

"If there's no meat, then there's no meat. Just have some white rice or noodles." Aunt Li on the side obviously understood what was going on. It was just a simple lunch and there was no need to spend so much money.

He Yuzhu was somewhat helpless about this, but he could only ask the boss to prepare a few bowls of white rice and noodles. Of course, he also simply ordered a few plates of vegetarian dishes to go with the rice.

"Boss, give me four more bottles of Arctic Ocean soda." He Yuzhu saw the glass bottles of soda on the counter and waved his hand at the boss again.

Soon, four bottles of soda came up. He Yuzhu opened two bottles with a screwdriver and handed them to Chen Miaoyun and her sister first.

"Here, have some soda."

Seeing this, the little girl next to Chen Miaoyun stared at the soda bottle. They had fled all the way here, and they had never seen soda before. They were lucky to have some vegetable leaves to eat.

Chen Miaoyun was still a little embarrassed, and Li Cuixia next to her took the initiative to say: "Zhu Zi is really considerate. This daughter-in-law hasn't even married yet, but he already knows how to care for her."

After hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled frankly. However, Chen Miaoyun blushed slightly, but still nodded at He Yuzhu and thanked him softly.

(End of this chapter)