Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 93, We Got Married (First Order)

In the Maizhuangqiao Production Team, in an upper room built with blue bricks, Zhao Mancang and others were eating.

This place is a courtyard house and also the office space of the Maizhuangqiao Production Team.

The Siheyuan was the house of the original landlord, but the landlord ran away with all his gold and silver in early 1949, and no one knows where he went.

Later, someone wanted to occupy this courtyard, but the villagers did not agree, and it eventually became the office space for the production team.

"Captain Zhang, Accountant Han, I've told you many times before that my prescription was only for the 19 pigs in your Majuqiao Production Team. But you..."

"The situation in the Maizhuangqiao Production Team is much milder than yours, so there's no need for such a strong prescription."

"Although your intentions are good and you've explained this to Captain Gong and the others, they're not veterinarians. How can they possibly prescribe the right medicine?"

After a pause, Zhao Mancang picked up a piece of chicken and continued:

"Furthermore, even among veterinarians, many are only half-baked. You may not know this, but there are only about 80,000 veterinarians in the country, and most of them have not received professional training."

"In other words, many people are only half-baked, and it's difficult for them to prescribe the right medicine because pigs, cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other poultry can't talk. We can only rely on experience or eyesight to treat them."

"Captain Gong, you guys are amazing! You thought I'd get better right away after I gave you the medicine for the first time. Do you really think I'm some miracle drug that can cure all diseases?"

Even at the dinner table, Zhao Mancang kept complaining about this matter.

The reason why I keep emphasizing this is that I hope they will stop using this ignorant "experience" to do good things with bad intentions.

If you encounter this situation, just call a veterinarian directly. Is it necessary to save that little money?

What's more, this is public collective property, how much can be saved?
Anyway, Zhao Mancang was really impressed by this group of people.

The food was quite delicious, but there was no wine, and after eating, Zhao Mancang had to rush back.

After all, it’s a distance of twenty or thirty kilometers, and it’s already past three in the afternoon. Once I get back, I can go home directly from get off work.

Zhang Zunmin, Gong Shengwei, Han Shouchang, Qin Yaozong and others, representing the two production teams, gave Zhao Mancang a lot of thank-you gifts.

These thank-you gifts are for Zhao Mancang. As for the one for Jiang Dayong, Zhang Zunmin and others will make up for it separately.

Zhao Mancang used working hours to earn extra money. Such a thing is definitely not advisable.

Therefore, these extra income must be taken back to the steel plant and redistributed by Yang Shourong, and only the reward will belong to Zhao Mancang.

After all, Yang Shourong had specially granted him a vacation for this matter.

Anyway, it was just some rural products, four chickens, a goat and a few bamboo rats.

Bamboo rats are very rare in the north, but they can still be seen in some places.

Bamboo is rare in Beijing, but creatures like bamboo rats usually live in nests on hillsides, hiding during the day and coming out at night.

For example, in the Fangshan area, bamboo rats can still be seen frequently on the hillsides after vegetation recovery, especially in summer months like July.

There are also quite a few of them in the Majuqiao Production Team area, but as long as someone discovers them, these bamboo rats will soon become extinct.

It was also a coincidence that Zhao Mancang came across this. Some villagers in Maju Bridge caught several fat bamboo rats.

In fact, when Zhao Mancang saw these bamboo rats, he was still very resistant in his heart.

He had seen bamboo rats before when he bought wolfhound puppies at the Xizhimen Pigeon Market.

Bamboo rats are not bad to eat, but Zhao Mancang is just too lazy to process them.

But these are thank-you gifts from Zhang Zunmin and others, so you should take them back and don’t give Director Yang a headache later.

After thanking Zhang Zunmin and others, Zhao Mancang rode his bicycle back to the city.

But this time, maybe he was just unlucky, but his bicycle had a flat tire.

"Holy crap, a dirt road like this can actually cause a tire to burst?"

The road back to the city is just an ordinary official dirt road, not a cement road.

Since this road is considered a highway, that is, the main road between Beijing and Tianjin, there are frequent cars traveling back and forth, so such a situation should not occur.

But in fact, Zhao Mancang's bicycle was punctured by a nail placed on the road.

I lowered my head and found the nails on the tire. They were handmade triangular nails. They were very effective in puncturing tires.

Just when Zhao Mancang was about to change his bicycle, a person appeared at both ends of the road a few dozen meters away.

"Hello, comrade. Oh, your tire is flat. How about I fix it for you?"

Since he saw outsiders coming, Zhao Mancang naturally didn't rush to change his bicycle.

There are still three bicycles in the system space that have not been dealt with yet.

"No, I can push it myself."

Zhao Mancang declined directly, but the other party kept pressing on, not wanting to let the fat sheep slip away.

You know, there are a lot of good things hanging on the back seat and front handlebars of Zhao Mancang's bicycle. Bao Shouzhong and Luo Ziqian certainly don't want to miss them.

It's already mid-afternoon, and there aren't many people on the road at this time.

So in a two-on-one situation, Bao Shouzhong and Luo Ziqian thought they had a good chance of winning.

Therefore, after Zhao Mancang's clear refusal, Bao Shouzhong and Luo Ziqian immediately showed their fangs.

robbery!

When the two homemade rifles were taken out, Zhao Mancang didn't know what to say.

But he would not sit there and wait for death. Instead, he would take the initiative and strike back the moment they took out their homemade guns.

Bao Shouzhong and Luo Ziqian were less than two meters away from Zhao Mancang, so they had no time to react and were knocked down by the latter.

After surrendering the gun, Zhao Mancang took a look at it curiously, and ended up laughing out of anger:

"You two are so bold! You dare to use a gun with a homemade stick?"

It turned out that the homemade gun he seized was not a homemade gun at all, but a fire stick that looked very similar to a homemade gun.

There were many militia teams in that era. It is estimated that Bao Shouzhong and Luo Ziqian had seen real earthen guns. Even these two fire sticks were the training guns of their militia teams.

Therefore, if they use such homemade guns to do bad things, if the victim is too nervous or emotionally unstable, they might actually succeed.

Unfortunately, they met Zhao Mancang, who had very high fighting power.

Once Zhao Mancang starts cheating, they have no other role except to become tools for gaining experience points.

To deal with these two people, Zhao Mancang chose to remove their arms, so that even if they had their hands, they would not be able to use their strength.

Even if we ask a Chinese doctor to reconnect them, they will still feel pain for several days.

Steel Plant, Director Yang Shourong's office.

"Is this what you brought back from the Majuqiao Production Team yesterday?"

Yang Shourong looked at the four chickens, a goat and other mountain products in front of him, and said to Zhao Mancang with a smile:

"Okay, leave these things here. I still have a few national food coupons and meat coupons. Consider them as your reward."

"The car from Daxing Farm will be here soon, so hurry up and get ready."

When Zhao Mancang heard this, he smiled on the surface but cursed in his heart.

But soon, after taking the bills from Yang Shourong, the smile on his face became even more pronounced.

Just now he thought Yang Shourong was a bit stingy and sent him away with just a few tickets.

Unexpectedly, the other party was quite generous. There were four national food coupons, each with a face value of five catties, and eight meat coupons, totaling four catties of beef and four catties of pork.

There was also a Moutai liquor ticket and a Wuliangye liquor ticket. To be honest, Zhao Mancang made a lot of money.

The national food coupons at that time were the first edition issued in 1955. This type of food coupon did not have an expiration date, and they only had five denominations.

There are five types of food coupons: half a catty, one catty, two catties, three catties and five catties. Moreover, this kind of food coupons can only be used to purchase grain products and various finished grains.

In other words, with this kind of food coupons, they can be used in restaurants, pastry shops, etc. across the country to buy food that can be eaten directly, rather than processed grains such as rice and flour.

Therefore, there are big differences between food coupons.

Local food coupons all have an expiration date and are subject to many restrictions.

Of course, the national food coupons had an expiration date when the second edition was released, especially the third edition after 1960, which also had an expiration date.

"Thank you, boss. I'll be out first."

After leaving the office happily, Zhao Mancang simply counted the bills as he headed towards the steel plant gate.

After confirmation, I couldn't help but praise Director Yang for doing a great job.

To be honest, he really lacked food and money.

Although he had already achieved his previous wishes of a house, a bicycle and a watch, he still wanted to buy a bicycle for Lin Wan, and also wanted to prepare some winter clothes, quilts, heating fuel, etc.

All of these require money.

In fact, he can exchange imported medicines by consuming experience points, and then go to Pigeon City to exchange them for cash.

But if you stand by the river often, your feet will get wet.
Just because he received two salaries, he was targeted by Wu Dali, Wang Xiaoqiang and five others when the salaries were paid the day before yesterday.

After that, he was responsible for five lives.

As a man who has lived two lives, this was his first time killing someone. It was absolutely impossible for him to say that he had no sense of guilt.

In my previous life, I was a middle-aged socialist social animal who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. I did a lot of work like killing chickens and pigs, but I never hurt anyone, let alone killed anyone.

But after living a new life, he killed someone.

Perhaps it was because of people like Huang Dechang, and more importantly, because the five people including Wu Dali wanted to use him as an ATM, so Zhao Mancang decided to kill him.

However, Zhao Mancang had nightmares for two consecutive nights and reflected on it.

The evil spirit deep in his heart was aroused by Wu Dali and others, so this happened.

Therefore, Zhao Mancang was rather reluctant to take imported medicines to Pigeon Market to exchange for money.

If possible, he still hopes to use normal means like now to obtain wealth.

At the gate of the steel plant, the car from Daxing Farm has arrived.

With a special car to pick him up and drop him off, Zhao Mancang is really very cool.

Xiao Shutie and the others watched Zhao Mancang get into the car and leave, their eyes full of envy.

"Old Zhao is really awesome. Ever since his divorce in June, his luck has been pretty good. Now someone even comes to pick him up to give lectures. Wow!"

"Brother Tie, why wasn't Brother Mancang so powerful before? What happened?"

Hearing Fan Tong's words, Xiao Shutie rolled his eyes:
"I'm not Mr. Zhao, what would I know?"

Han Xiaochuan frowned and thought for a while before suddenly speaking:

"Do you think it's possible that Brother Mancang suddenly woke up? After all, his ex-wife has never let him touch her."

"No, then Comrade Lin Wan, who is going to marry Brother Mancang tomorrow, will she..."

As security staff, they don't have much to do, especially when they are on guard, they have even less time.

While a few people were standing together gossiping, Zhao Mancang had already arrived at Daxing Farm in a car.

Hou Shuming, Liu Yucai and others were all there. This time, most of the breeders from the entire Daxing Farm came.

Except for some keepers who still had to be busy at work, everyone else came, so it was a huge crowd.

As a leader, Hou Shuming only stayed for a while and then left.

Zhao Mancang did not hesitate. After exchanging a few polite words with Liu Yucai and the others, he began to teach.

With the experience from last time, Daxing Farm was well prepared.

However, Zhao Mancang did not give dry lectures to everyone, but instead gave lectures and explanations focusing on cows, fodder, etc.

How to better take care of cattle in different seasons and situations, how to deal with and prevent some common diseases, etc.

The class was taught in this way and everyone listened with great interest.

Large-scale cattle farming in China has just started, and the technology, experience, equipment, etc. are far inferior to those in foreign countries.

It can almost be said that everything is progressing by trial and error.

Just like now, the reason why Hou Shuming and others were willing to invite Zhao Mancang to give lectures was because the cattle-raising skills he taught were useful to Daxing Farm.

clap clap clap!
Because Zhao Mancang’s speech was really wonderful, Liu Yucai took the initiative to applaud, which led other breeders to applaud as well.

You can't help but admit it, Zhao Mancang is really capable.

While giving the lecture, Zhao Mancang silently checked the system experience value.

It is indeed rising steadily, and Zhao Mancang accepts all these things.

While he was giving a lecture seriously, in the distance, Hou Shuming was accompanying several distinguished guests to visit Daxing Farm.

Unfortunately, distinguished guests such as Yuan Haichang, Pan Yuheng, and Zhu Zhendong were planning to come to Daxing Farm for a visit and study. Hou Shuming didn't know about this before, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Zhao Mancang to give the lecture another day.

"Comrade Hou, that's the cattle-raising technical training you mentioned, right?"

Yuan Haichang pointed at Zhao Mancang and others who were giving the lecture and asked curiously.

Hou Shuming nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. We invited Comrade Zhao Mancang from the steel plant to come and train the breeders at our Daxing Farm yesterday."

"Lao Pan, Lao Zhu, if you don't mind, we can go over and listen too?"

At Daxing Farm, in the open space in front of the cattle pen, Zhao Mancang was teaching the breeders.

To put it nicely, it is very down-to-earth. In fact, there is no classroom specifically used for training, so classes can be conducted on-site.

Simple and neat.

Zhao Mancang saw leaders like Hou Shuming because they were dressed differently, all wearing white short shirts and Zhongshan pants or Dacron pants.

It's completely different from the work clothes most workers wear.

What's more, leaders like Yuan Haichang, Zhu Zhendong, and Pan Yuheng have different temperaments from ordinary people.

So when Zhao Mancang saw these leaders sitting in the last row listening to the class, he nodded slightly at them.

Yuan Haichang and others, who had been standing and listening for more than half an hour, were extremely surprised.

They appeared calm on the surface, but their occasional nodding showed that they highly approved of Zhao Mancang.

In particular, Zhao Mancang would occasionally talk about the differences between breeding in the north and south and make comparisons between them.

Based on the climatic characteristics of the south, raising cattle in the south is indeed slightly better than in the north. Putting aside other things, just in terms of food, the north is far superior to the south.

Because there is so much fodder in the south, there is no need to make any extra efforts, and labor costs are greatly reduced.

Especially for the buffaloes in the south, they can simply enclose a basin-like farm, fence off the entrances and exits, and basically leave the buffaloes inside alone.

Half an hour later, Zhu Zhendong and the others left without listening any further.

"Comrade Hou, the young man who just gave the lecture is from the steel mill, right? He's also a breeder?"

During the following visit, Yuan Haichang and his companions asked about Zhao Mancang, and their words were full of praise for the latter.

Although they only listened to the class for half an hour, after Hou Shuming explained the general situation of Zhao Mancang, Yuan Haichang, Zhu Zhendong and others were all surprised.

The identities of a level 10 attending physician and a level 6 breeder are not simple, let alone Zhao Mancang alone, which makes it even more extraordinary.

Yuan Haichang and his colleagues knew very well that there were only seven levels of wage standards for agricultural and livestock workers.

The fact that Zhao Mancang was able to become a level six breeder and was often invited to solve some relatively difficult livestock problems is enough to show how capable he is.

What's more, he has passed the tenth-level attending physician assessment of Union Hospital and knows some veterinary "folk remedies". He is truly an all-round talent.

At noon, Zhao Mancang was invited by Hou Shuming to the canteen to have lunch with leaders including Yuan Haichang.

Originally, Zhu Zhendong and his friends were planning to leave Daxing Farm after a short stroll, but now that they had heard about a talent like Zhao Mancang, they couldn't help but be excited, so they stayed for lunch and chatted with Zhao Mancang.

In the private room, Zhao Mancang, as the comrade with the lowest status at the scene, ended up becoming the focus of everyone.

On the table were two bottles of Moutai and two bottles of Wuliangye. Wuliangye was prepared because some leaders were not used to Moutai. A total of four bottles of liquor, according to the leaders, was just a simple celebration, so they drank less.

Drinking in the middle of the day, Zhao Mancang didn't know what to say.

However, since the leader has given the order, of course I have to risk my life to follow the leader.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Yuan Haichang took the initiative to speak frankly and directly wielded a hoe, trying to poach Zhao Mancang.

In the south, there is a large state-owned farm, known as the largest state-owned farm in Jiangnan. It is located in Huarong County and is called Qianlianghu Farm.

Yuan Haichang, Zhu Zhendong and Pan Yuheng are the superiors of Qianlianghu Farm. They came to Beijing to exchange and learn.

The entire Qianlianghu Farm is very large, and in July, the higher-level leadership of Huarong County had passed a decision to enclose the Qianlianghu Farm.

In other words, the Qianlianghu Farm will continue to expand, and at the same time, reservoirs will be built, canals will be dug, etc. It can be said to be a super large project.

The project funds involved in this project will exceed 10 million RMB.

Ten million RMB is definitely a huge amount of money in this era.

The year before last, in 1956, the Beijing First Automobile Accessories Factory under the Automobile Management Bureau of the Beijing First Ministry of Machine Building Industry began production with a total investment of 10.75 million yuan.

In 1957, the country's GDP was 106.8 billion yuan, and the per capita living expenses of urban households was 235.4 yuan.

It is not difficult to see from the above data how high the gold content of 10 million RMB is.

Then Yuan Haichang directly wielded a big hoe and wanted to dig Zhao Mancang to Qianlianghu Farm, so of course he had to use some harsh tactics.

"We can arrange for you to be treated as a level 7 breeder and a level 9 or 8 senior attending physician. Qianlianghu Farm has many breeders. As long as you come..."

As long as Zhao Mancang is willing to go to Qianlianghu Farm, everything will be fine.

Hou Shuming, who was standing next to him, was also shocked even though he was the leader.

It was incredible that Yuan Haichang was so generous, but also that Yuan Haichang looked at Zhao Mancang like that.

Besides being surprised, Hou Shuming also wanted to watch the show.

To be honest, Daxing Farm has never tried to poach Zhao Mancang, nor has it shown any intention in that regard.

The main reason is that Hou Shuming has a good relationship with several leaders of the steel plant.

Moreover, the steel plant is currently working on a dairy cow improvement project, which sounds very interesting, but I don’t know whether it can actually make any splash.

Anyway, according to Yang Shourong and others, they hope to supply sufficient milk to more than 10,000 steel plant workers.

As for this goal, it is probably impossible to achieve it without more than ten years.

Taking Holstein cows as an example, during the peak milk production period, a cow generally produces more than 25 kilograms of milk a day, and some better cows can even produce up to 40 kilograms.

As we all know, dairy cows have five milk production stages: peripartum, peak lactation, mid-lactation, late lactation, and dry period.

Generally speaking, Holstein cows begin to secrete milk fifteen days after giving birth to their calves. The peak milk production is from sixteen to one hundred days after giving birth. After that, the milk production will gradually decrease and enter the dry period before giving birth.

In other words, the entire peak milk production period actually only lasts about eighty days.

Based on the average daily milk production of 20 kilograms, and each person consumes half a kilogram of milk every day, then 10,000 steel plant workers will need at least 2,500 kilograms of milk, which means that the steel plant will need at least 125 Holstein cows.

Since there are 365 days in a year, at least 550 Holstein cows are needed to cover the milk supply for all the workers in the steel plant throughout the year.

Is it possible?
Even if the steel mill could breed 550 Holstein cows, they might not have enough money to raise them.

Holstein cattle do not need money to be supplied. You can solve the food problem by letting them graze outside.

This is the capital, not Inner Mongolia or the south.

There is no such large grassland in the capital, let alone such a large supply of fodder.

In addition, there are only 20,000 Holstein cows in the whole country. How many Holstein cows can the steel plant produce?

Therefore, Hou Shuming was not optimistic about the steel plant's dairy cow improvement project.

Of course, his pessimism does not mean that Zhao Mancang is incompetent. After all, he was able to become the person in charge of the dairy cow improvement project and a level 10 attending physician, not by flattery.

"Leaders Yuan, Zhu, and Pan, first of all, I really appreciate your kind invitation. However, I'm truly uneducated and know nothing."

"The second reason is that I prefer Beijing and don't like the south very much."

In order to politely reject Yuan Haichang and his gang's poaching attempt, Zhao Mancang reluctantly gave a rather excessive reason.

As a Southerner, how could he not like the South?

But it is true that he doesn't like Qianlianghu Farm. It seems that going to such a place will allow one to live a carefree life, but in fact, it will be even more miserable.

Not to mention whether he can become the highest-ranking person in Qianlianghu Farm, whether Lin Wan can bear living with so many breeders every day, and whether Zhao Mancang can occasionally improve the food, are two different matters.

What's more, going to a place like Qianlianghu Farm is bound to be far away from the city.

In his previous life, even if Zhao Mancang stayed in a small county town, it was in the city center of the county town. Life was convenient, schools were concentrated, and resources in all aspects were relatively easy to obtain.

But if you are at Qianlianghu Farm, it will be more troublesome if you want to buy some meat, drink some wine, eat some rice dumplings, etc.

In short, he was not willing to go to such a place.

"One last thing. Actually, Union Hospital had invited me to join them before, but I chose to stay at the steel plant. Especially since Director Yang and the others valued me so much, I couldn't leave at this time."

After a pause, Zhao Mancang, ignoring the stiff expressions of Yuan Haichang and the others, raised his glass and said:
"I'm really sorry, leaders. I'll drink a glass of wine first."

It's okay to drink three cups as punishment, but alcohol is quite expensive these days. Moutai costs eight yuan a bottle, which is really expensive.

Furthermore, although Zhao Mancang has a good alcohol tolerance, he never drinks too much.

It's okay to drink in moderation, but don't be like Huang Dechang, who kept drinking and ended up becoming an alcoholic. This is not a good habit.

The originally lively and cheerful atmosphere of the chat at this hastily put together dinner table was cooled down by Zhao Mancang's words.

As the middleman, Hou Shuming quickly raised his glass to divert everyone's attention and shift the topic to other aspects.

Even so, lunch ended in a hurry.

After Zhao Mancang left the dinner table, he found a place to rest for a while, and then continued his class.

As for Yuan Haichang and his friends, they of course left Daxing Farm with regrets.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, Zhao Mancang had basically finished his speech.

In fact, there is a lot of content, but it is not suitable, and the breeders may not be able to digest it, so it is best to stop in moderation.

"Comrade Zhao, thank you for your wonderful sharing. It gave us old guys a good lesson."

Director Liu Yucai was even more enthusiastic than last time. He personally saw Zhao Mancang off to the car and also gave him a lot of gifts.

When he returned to the steel plant, Zhao Mancang waved to Xiao Shutie and the others and asked them to help move the gifts.

This time, all they brought back were potatoes, rice and other food, as well as two boxes of Jingzhi Laobai Liquor. I don't know if it was Hou Shuming's idea or what Yang Shourong said.

"Wow, Mancang, where did you get so much food? It's quite heavy."

Xiao Shutie, Han Xiaochuan and Zhang Jianyong helped unload the goods. They were quite strong, but they were still stunned by the amount of food.

"It's a gift from the leader of Daxing Farm. I can't refuse such a kind gesture."

Zhao Mancang responded casually, while the driver of Daxing Farm remained silent.

To be honest, it was the first time that Zhao Mancang had met such a talkative driver. In today's round trip, the driver only smiled four times and didn't speak a word otherwise.

If Liu Yucai had not confirmed with him that the driver was not mute, Zhao Mancang would definitely have labeled the driver as mute.

Just when Xiao Shutie and the others were still shocked, Zhao Mancang continued:

"Hurry up and send it to the cafeteria. These are all arranged by the leaders."

This is not a reward for Zhao Mancang, but a favor between Yang Shourong and Hou Shuming.

In the breeding room, Zhao Mancang took a stroll around, mainly to see the current situation of the ten female yellow cattle that were delivered a few days ago.

How should I put it? It’s not very good, but it’s getting better slowly.

"Da Mao, Xiao Wang, the two of you must take good care of these twenty female oxen. If anything unexpected happens, please notify me immediately. Our project bonus depends on them."

After giving a few words of advice to Zheng Damao and Wang Shunfa, Zhao Mancang returned to the clinic.

I just came back here to slack off.

It was almost time to get off work. He had been busy all day, so shouldn’t he catch some fish?

You know, even at lunch time, he eats with his boss.

Having a meal with the boss is not a break, but a part of the job. What's more, Yuan Haichang and the others have started to attack him, so he has to find a way to politely refuse. It's quite a brain-burning thing, isn't it?
Ding Ding Ding!
The sound of people knocking on the iron plate was not very loud, but it was loud enough for Zhao Mancang to hear clearly.

Getting off work on time is the treatment for workers in the new era and new society. Only capitalist society will exploit and oppress workers, asking them to work overtime at will and not paying them.

"Brother Mancang, how about we get off work together today and give me a ride?"

At the gate, Fan Tong seemed to have been waiting for a while. When he saw Zhao Mancang coming out, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Next time, today is not convenient."

Zhao Mancang chuckled and refused, "I'm getting married tomorrow, and I have a lot to do today. Let's do it next time."

To be honest, in this day and age, you have to ask for leave to get married, otherwise you can only postpone it to Sunday.

Coincidentally, tomorrow is July 27th, which is Sunday.

Therefore, everyone had time to attend the wedding of Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan.

Before Fan Tong could say anything after hearing this, Han Xiaochuan behind him laughed and joked, "Brother Mancang, you're getting married tomorrow, why are you still in such a hurry?"

July 27, 1958, the 11th day of the sixth lunar month, is auspicious for marriage, engagement, bathing, and taking in livestock.
Today is a good day. Zhao Mancang got up early in the morning and started working.

There are only two rooms in the east wing of Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple, with an area of ​​only more than 30 square meters.

A small house like this doesn't require any fuss.

But it was a wedding after all, so Zhao Mancang certainly hoped that the decoration would be more beautiful.

In the morning, Mei Chunyan and her brother Mei Xuesong came to help, mainly with things like window decorations.

In addition, Cao Liyun and Wei Hongzhou's families also came to help.

Wei Hongzhou was still okay, after all, his child Wei Yuanchao had been unable to expel the airway on his own due to respiratory obstruction, and it was Zhao Mancang who saved him using the Heimlich maneuver.

So their family was very grateful to Zhao Mancang, but Cao Liyun's family was a little confused.

Of course, maybe they were just trying to please Zhao Mancang.

My neighbor is a very skilled doctor, so I must have a good relationship with him.

What's more, today is Zhao Mancang's wedding, and he has no help from his in-laws. It would be such a good opportunity, and it would be a waste if Cao Liyun and others didn't seize it.

So, for half of the morning, Zhao Mancang's house was very lively.

"Brother Mancang, we are here!"

At eight o'clock in the morning, Han Xiaochuan, Xiao Shutie, Zhang Jianyong and others, as well as Zheng Damao and Wang Shunfa, all came to Courtyard No. 18.

Zheng Damao and Wang Shunfa had scrubbed themselves several times last night to wash away all the smell on their bodies. They both put on their latest work clothes and looked quite respectable.

There were eight bicycles in total, which was a very luxurious wedding procession in that era.

Except for Zhao Mancang's bicycle, the other seven bicycles were borrowed.

There are more than 10,000 people working in the steel plant, so it is certainly not difficult to find someone to borrow a bicycle from.

The bicycles of Zheng Damao and Wang Shunfa were lent to them by Zhao Mancang.

"We're here, just wait a moment, we'll be leaving soon."

Zhao Mancang smiled happily and nodded. Today was his big day. Although it was the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China and everything was in ruins, the whole society advocated saving and not wasting.

But Zhao Mancang feels that major events in life still need to be celebrated in a lively manner, and there must be no waste. The necessary decency and sense of ceremony must not be lacking.

"Wow, Brother Mancang, these flowers are so beautiful. Where did you find them?"

Just as Zhao Mancang was about to tie the bouquet to his bicycle, Han Xiaochuan and the others were already staring in amazement at the flowers on the table in the room.

That is a wedding bouquet, very beautiful and eye-catching.

The main color is bright red roses, matched with asparagus, making this round wedding bouquet more elegant and romantic, which is really eye-catching.

"This is the bouquet I just made. Just look at it, don't touch it."

Zhao Mancang said this with a smile, but was afraid that they would ruin the bouquet he had carefully prepared, so he reminded them casually.

"Mancang, you can actually make these bouquets? That's amazing, right?"

Xiao Shutie and others were stunned. No one dared to approach the table for fear of knocking over the bouquet.

In response, Zhao Mancang just smiled and did not answer, but Mei Chunyan and the other boys started showing off loudly.

Listening to their boasting and their proud looks, I might have thought they were Zhao Mancang's family.

Zhao Mancang bought the flowers from the Chongwenmen Flower Shop last night because he had ordered flowers in advance for the wedding.

He even went to Xidan several times to buy some paper needed for the bouquet.

Of course, in this era there are not so many materials for flower packaging, such as sponges, and you can't find them even in department stores.

Therefore, for some materials that are not available, Zhao Mancang will choose to exchange them using experience points.

Flower shops have existed since the Qing Dynasty. In 1947, there were a total of 27 flower shops in the entire capital.

However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, all these flower shops were merged and became state-owned flower shops.

Before 1949, because the Chongwenmen flower shop was close to the concession, there were many foreign flower factories in the Chongnei Street area, specializing in growing tulips, carnations and other foreign flowers.

In 1956, the two flower factories in Chongwenmen, Shijie and Wanshun, merged and changed their name to Beijing Flower and Tree No. 1 Store, and later became Chongwenmen Flower Shop.

It mainly undertakes the task of providing flowers for the country's important foreign affairs ceremonies. Therefore, Zhao Mancang found a lot of bright red roses here.

In addition to the Chongwenmen Flower Shop, there is actually a flower shop near the Huguo Temple where Zhao Mancang and his family live, called the Huguo Temple Flower Shop.

The history of the Huguo Temple flower shop can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that Huguo Temple has always been a place with a prosperous flower market.

According to the "Yanjing Sui Shi Ji", starting from the first month, the West Temple opens on the seventh and eighth days, and the East Temple opens on the ninth and tenth days.

The east temple is Longfu Temple and the west temple is Huguo Temple.

There are many courtyard houses in Beijing, and people buy flowers to decorate their courtyards. Therefore, the Huguo Temple Flower Shop mainly sells potted flowers.

This is why Zhao Mancang had to go to the Chongwenmen Flower Shop to buy flowers.

Of course, even though I bought a lot of flowers from the Chongwenmen Flower Shop, they were still picked and chosen, and a lot of them were thrown away.

In the end, Zhao Mancang could only exchange some more beautiful bright red roses from the system. After putting them together, all the roses bought from the Chongwenmen Flower Shop were thrown away by him.

There is no harm without comparison, and the system exchange is still better.

Adding those materials together, Zhao Mancang made the wedding bouquet by himself.

After hearing this, Xiao Shutie and the others were stunned. Could it be that the bouquet was really made by Zhao Mancang himself?

Awesome!
The bride pick-up was at 8:18 in the morning, simply because this was the most auspicious time.

The busy and happy time of laughter passed by very quickly.

Therefore, after Zhao Mancang finished his work, he set off as soon as possible.

A total of eight bicycles came out of the No. 18 Huguo Temple courtyard, then went out along Huguo Temple Street, then Di'anmen Street, Baimixie Street, Di'anmenwai Street, Fangzhuanchang Hutong, and then arrived at the No. 36 Heizima Hutong courtyard.

All eight bicycles had flowers hung in the center of the front handlebars, and the riders were all wearing relatively uniform steel factory uniforms, with only the groom, Zhao Mancang, standing out a little.

Therefore, such a wedding convoy has attracted much attention.

The three-kilometer journey should only take more than ten minutes, but it took them half an hour.

why?
(End of this chapter)