Qin Yuanzheng went back in the morning to pick up the approval forms for the marriage application and the application for the wedding house.

Because he was urging them to get married so quickly, and it was a difficult time for them to finally get married, everyone was paying close attention.

His procedures were completed very quickly because everyone in the team, from Commander Li down to the guards, was afraid that his wife would run away.

What if the application process is too slow and Commander Qin's wife runs away? Who can take responsibility for that?

You can't exactly give him a wife in return, can you?

Who can afford to pay for it?

After receiving the approved application form and the allocated house keys, Qin Yuanzheng rushed home.

When he got home, he saw Qiao Lanshu still lying in bed. Thinking she hadn't gotten up yet, he asked her, "Haven't you gotten up for dinner yet?"

Qiao Lanshu's eyes lit up when she saw Qin Yuanzheng, who was wearing a military overcoat and cap and stood up straight. She immediately sat up and said, "I've already eaten."

She was just bored and wanted to tidy up the house, but the house was clean and tidy, and the floor was mopped clean, so she didn't need to tidy up at all.

She went to bed to catch up on her sleep.

Qin Yuanzheng looked at her, his voice softening considerably: "Put on your clothes, bring your household registration book, let's go get our marriage certificate."

Qiao Lanshu blushed, put on her only thick cotton-padded coat, wrapped a red scarf around her neck, and followed Qin Yuanzheng out the door.

Qin Yuanzheng glanced at her and said, "We're going to get our marriage certificate today, so we'll stop by the supply and marketing cooperative and buy you some fabric to make clothes."

Over the years, Qin Yuanzheng has only worn military uniforms and has basically never made new clothes.

However, cotton coupons are still issued at the end of each year, and he saves them up. Over the years, he has accumulated quite a lot.

He also exchanged some with his comrades, which was just enough to make a new cotton-padded coat for Qiao Lanshu.

The climate here is too cold; the little girl probably won't be able to stand it. We need to make her warmer clothes.

Qin Yuanzheng drove Qiao Lanshu to the registration office of the subdistrict office.

Wang Huiping happened to be passing by the registration office.

She was pale and looked unwell, with one hand clutching her stomach.

She had an abortion at an unlicensed clinic.

I had been thinking of finding a man to marry and then naturally having a child.

Later, thinking that she could be with Qin Yuanzheng, she considered having an abortion, since Qin Yuanzheng was infertile.

However, things didn't work out with Qin Yuanzheng either.

Seeing that it would be difficult to abort the pregnancy if she delayed any longer, she went to an unlicensed clinic to take medication.

This time, I happened to see Qin Yuanzheng with a little girl who was wrapped up tightly, and the two of them were walking towards the registration office.

She said that Qin Yuanzheng's attitude towards her was quite good at first, so why did he reject her later?

It turns out, they found someone better.

She stared at Qiao Lanshu for a long time.

Just then, a woman who recognized her came out carrying a basket. Seeing her, she said warmly, "Oh, isn't this Huiping? You look terrible!"

Wang Huiping quickly lowered her hand from her stomach, smiled gently, and said, "I'm on my period recently, and my stomach hurts a little."

Since they were both women, and the other woman understood, she said to her, "It's been cold lately, so you should keep warm. Try drinking some brown sugar water."

As she spoke, she turned her head and saw Qin Yuanzheng. With his tall and upright figure and military uniform, Qin Yuanzheng was very eye-catching wherever he went.

The woman lowered her voice and said to Wang Huiping, "Oh dear, I heard that the famous Commander Qin is getting married soon, and his fiancée is from the south and is more than ten years younger than him..."

Wang Huiping: "..."

Wang Huiping was genuinely surprised: "More than ten years younger than him? How old is that girl?"

The woman laughed and said, "She looks like she's only seventeen or eighteen, a young girl just out of school. Oh dear, this young girl is so naive, she doesn't know the good things about men. That Qin Tuan is all looks and no substance. After they get married, they'll just be chatting in bed every night... Don't you think so?"

Wang Huiping: "..."

Wang Huiping genuinely didn't know this. She exclaimed in shock, "Really? It wasn't just infertility; in that aspect... everything seems normal, right?"

Otherwise, Deng Xiaozhen would have mentioned this when introducing Qin Yuanzheng to her.

Were they lying to him?

So, she drugged Qin Yuanzheng that night, but he still knocked her unconscious, and Qin Yuanzheng ran away overnight.

Could it be for this reason?

Because he's not good enough?

Wang Huiping's depressed mood, which had been troubling her for several days, suddenly improved.

She said, "How could a man who's taken that kind of drug possibly resist?"

It turns out that it doesn't work.

The two stood there chatting for a while. The woman said, "That little girl looks quite pretty, but she's a bit short, like a child. As for Qin Tuan, it seems his old house is on fire."

After a while, she added, "No, it's just a misfire; it won't ignite."

As she spoke, she laughed again and said goodbye to Wang Huiping: "I have something to do, so I'll go first. You should go back and rest early too; you look terrible."

Wang Huiping nodded and looked again at the entrance of the registration office.

Qin Yuanzheng had already taken the little girl inside, and now there was nothing to be seen at the entrance.

Wang Huiping thought to herself, "If Qin Yuanzheng is impotent, then why did he even bother to get married?"

Is it for future promotion?

Or is it just to appease your family?

Did that girl know he was impotent?

If she had known, she probably wouldn't have married him, right?

Doesn't what he did constitute marriage fraud?

……

The process of obtaining the marriage certificate is very simple and takes less than five minutes.

The clerk registered them, then stamped the certificates with two seals, and the certificates were issued.

Qiao Lanshu held the certificate and glanced at it. Her name was right next to Qin Yuanzheng's, and their birth dates were also on it.

She looked at it with great interest for a long time before finally receiving the certificate.

She whispered, "This is the marriage certificate? Are we getting it done already?"

Just this thin piece of paper tied their whole lives together.

so good.

Qin Yuanzheng also took it and glanced at it. Seeing that their birthdays were eleven years and two months apart, he was still somewhat moved.

He was eleven years older than his wife.

He carefully put away the certificate and said to Qiao Lanshu, "Come on, I bought you a sewing machine, a watch, and a bicycle. They've all been put at your home in the community. Let's go back and take a look now."

On the way back to the neighborhood, Qin Yuanzheng bought two more pounds of walnut shortbread. Walnut shortbread is expensive, but it's very oily and sweet, and the little girl will definitely like it.

He handed the walnut shortbread to Qiao Lanshu and said, "Are you hungry? Have some on the way."

Qiao Lanshu nodded, but didn't eat. Instead, she happily looked at their marriage certificate.

Qin Yuanzheng brought Qiao Lanshu to the gate of the military compound.

The two got out of the car. Qiao Lanshu was holding walnut pastries in her arms, while Qin Yuanzheng held the keys. After registering their information at the gate of the compound, the guard opened the gate, and he led Qiao Lanshu in.

The courtyard was spacious, and there were many children running around, making it quite lively.

There are ten buildings in the courtyard, each with five floors and two households per floor.

This residential area was newly built a few years ago. When the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps first came here, they fenced off this land and then planned and built this residential area.

The houses here were specifically built for the military officers of the Production and Construction Corps.

Military regulations stipulate that the families of officers at the battalion level and above can accompany them to the military base, so the resettlement of these officers' families and their children must be taken into consideration.

Qin Yuanzheng brought Qiao Lanshu in and said, "The houses in this community have heating and running water. I heard they are very warm inside, even in the dead of winter. I specially asked someone to pick one for me with good heating, on a low floor, in Building 5, Unit 1, on the 2nd floor."

Comrade Xiao Qiao has short legs, so climbing stairs is quite tiring for her.

Qiao Lanshu saw this neighborhood and liked it very much.

In her previous life, she also lived in this neighborhood, though not in this building. But it didn't matter to her, because all the houses here had the same layout, so it didn't matter which one she lived in.

She was also terrified by the previous kidnapping incident.

This residential area is guarded, strangers can't get in, and it's full of military officers; it's practically the safest place in the city.

She followed Qin Yuanzheng to the second floor of Unit 1, Building 5. There were only two households on the floor, with their doors right next to each other.

The house next door is already occupied, but the door is closed right now.

Qin Yuanzheng took out the key and handed it to Qiao Lanshu, saying, "Here, you open the door."

Qiao Lanshu took the key and opened the door.

This house isn't big; it's a small apartment with two bedrooms and two living rooms.

The kitchen is on the balcony, facing south, so it gets a lot of sunshine.

The conditions here are so good. In her old house in Guangzhou, she still had to use well water.

These newly built houses already have running water installed.

She walked around the room. Because the room was heated, there was no kang (heated brick bed), and both rooms had wooden frame beds.

There are tables and chairs for dining, but no sofa. The living room only has a 1.2-meter wooden cabinet, and nothing else.

However, the sewing machine and bicycle that Qin Yuanzheng mentioned were in the living room, and there was also a Shanghai brand women's watch on the cabinet.

Qin Yuanzheng specially asked someone to buy this for him; it cost him 150 yuan.

He took the watch and said to Qiao Lanshu, "Here, put the watch on and let me see?"

Qiao Lanshu looked at the bicycle. It was a women's bicycle, which cost several tens of yuan more than a 28-inch bicycle.

After all, the output is relatively small.

But the 28-inch bicycle was too tall; she wasn't tall enough to ride it.

This women's style is just right; it suits her perfectly.

She stroked it lovingly for a while. Her stepmother had a similar one, which she envied. But her stepmother wouldn't let her ride it. When she was in school, she had to walk for more than forty minutes every day, and it would take at least an hour and a half to go back and forth.

She wanted a bicycle too, but her stepmother said young people need to exercise and wouldn't buy it for her.

She didn't dare say anything more.

Now that Qin Yuanzheng has bought her one, she can hardly believe it: "This bicycle, is it really for me?"

When Qin Yuanzheng saw her looking at the bicycle with sparkling eyes, as if she were looking at some kind of treasure, a smile involuntarily crept into his own eyes.

He nodded: "Of course, just tell me what you want in the future, and I'll buy it for you."

As he spoke, he suddenly walked over and took Qiao Lanshu's hand. This was the first time he had ever held his wife's hand.

Qiao Lanshu looked up at him in surprise. He lowered his head, held that slender little hand, and rubbed it with his thick, rough fingers, making Qiao Lanshu blush.

He took out his watch, gently placed it on Qiao Lanshu's wrist, and said, "See if this watch fits you."

Qiao Lanshu blushed and said, "You're spending too much money! Why did you buy so much stuff?"

She hadn't thought of any of this before, and if she had known earlier that Qin Yuanzheng would buy a sewing machine, she would have stopped him.

Because she simply doesn't know how to make clothes...

She didn't know how to use a sewing machine, but since there was one at home, she would learn how to use it later.

Although she hadn't learned it in her previous life either.

Qin Yuanzheng said in a low voice, "These are all things you have to buy for a wedding: three turns, one sound, and 108 legs. Don't you know that?"

Qiao Lanshu had heard about it, but didn't know much about it, since no one had ever told her these things.

She didn't think that much when she came here to look for her husband.

Qin Yuanzheng put the watch on her wrist, then reached out and ruffled Qiao Lanshu's hair, whispering, "You're such a silly girl."

They're so easy to fool.

Luckily she met him; he'll have to keep a close eye on her from now on.

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