Siheyuan: Starting with level 8 benchwork skills

Even with such a reaction, Qin Jingru didn't take it to heart, because she understood that men have to maintain their face, which means that he has forgiven her, but is not willing to treat her completely in a friendly manner. Qin Jingru was thinking about how to accommodate and please him.

After a while, He Yuzhu regained his mood and took out a document from his bag and handed it to Qin Jingru.

For Qin Jingru, who is not very literate, even if she can't understand the content, she can guess what it is. "Brother Zhu, is this our marriage certificate?"

He Yuzhu nodded. "Well, let your sister accompany you back to the village later to prepare the documents and household registration book. I will visit your family tomorrow to discuss the marriage and handle related matters!"

After hearing these words, Qin Jingru was filled with joy and felt relieved. "Really, that's great, Brother Zhu!" She said and hugged He Yuzhu tightly.

Such words of gratitude also attracted his jokes: "Jingru, this girl is really confused. Why are you thanking me for our union?"

Qin Jingru smiled, unable to conceal her feelings: "I still have to thank Brother Zhu, I am really grateful that you think highly of me. Don't worry, I will try my best to follow your instructions and maintain the house clean and better than my sister's."

He Yuzhu smiled and began to tease her, saying, "Just cleaning the room is not enough! Just cleaning the room is not enough!"

Qin Jingru became nervous and responded quickly: "Then what do you want me to do? As long as it is within my ability, I will do it."

So, He Yuzhu rubbed her face and smiled, "Silly girl, after you marry me, of course you have to give birth to a child for us."

Her face immediately turned red with shyness and she felt a little embarrassed, but her heart was full of happiness and sweetness; then she leaned into his arms and fell silent.

He Yuzhu continued to tease: "Why, you don't want to continue my offspring? It seems like you don't want to bear a child for me?"

Fearing that she would make him unhappy again, Qin Jingru quickly agreed: "I'm willing to...I'm willing to! Brother Zhu, I'll try my best to have as many children as you want!"

The two of them happily decided on the future post-marriage arrangements, and then He Yuzhu took Qin Jingru to his sister Qin Huairu's house. He needed to seek guidance and suggestions on the marriage customs of his time that he was not familiar with. At this time, regarding issues such as betrothal gifts, he asked Qin Huairu how much he should send.

At this time, Jia Zhang, who was standing by, in order to win his favor and hope that He Yuzhu would still take care of her family in the future, interrupted and said, "Zhuzi, I remember that the betrothal gift for Dongxu and Huairu's marriage was 8 yuan, plus three kilograms of candy."

Listening to Jia Zhang's suggestion, Qin Huairu also nodded in agreement. For Qin Jingru, as long as she could marry He Yuzhu, other details could be ignored.

Considering his own savings and coupons, He Yuzhu did not raise any objections and decided to follow the customs of the time to hold a simple wedding. After all, being too conspicuous might bring unnecessary trouble. As a kitchen team leader, he prefers to choose a low-key lifestyle.

After discussing the wedding arrangements with Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu returned to the room, took out some items, handed Qin Jingru two dollars and attached these small gifts to ensure that she would not be left with nothing when she returned home.

—— A small note about marriages in the 60s: Through research, I learned that in 1965, a marriage in Shanghai only required a betrothal gift of four yuan and two pounds of sugar as a gift. These were simple arrangements made in response to the special circumstances at the time.

At that time, Qin Huairu had an income of about 27.5 yuan per month before she became a regular employee. Although the amount was not large, it was enough to support a family of five in the city, which was much easier than living in the countryside. After the monthly income increased to yuan, the financial burden was not so heavy.

根据历史数据，在1961年郑州地区的精粉每斤售0.26元、标粉则是0.17元；而小米仅需0.1元。同时期天津市的羊肉每斤售价为0.76元。至1965年，郑州市场上的瓜果等蔬菜价格也很实惠。

It seems that standard flour only costs about 17 yuan per kilograms. If you make some stuffing and wrap it in steamed buns or dumplings, the supply is quite considerable. Even if you don't eat these every day, if you carefully calculate your daily expenses, relying mainly on cheap coarse grains can well support the living needs of the entire family.

However, obtaining food and oil coupons was also a challenge in that era, so we often see Qin Huairu's family in the play can only barely maintain the most basic diet. For this reason, in order to make the plot of the novel more reasonable and fascinating, the prices of commodities in this fictional environment are moderately adjusted to more realistically reflect the situation of Qin Huairu supporting her family with a meager salary, and the amount of the betrothal gift at that time is appropriately increased.

Young people were all concerned about their reputation and rushed to challenge each other! Those who couldn't drink well would get drunk after three cups of liquor! Even those who could drink well would still be exhausted after seven or eight cups.

After drinking dozens of glasses of liquor, Qin Huairu was worried that he might be ill, so she hurried out to dissuade him! The young men were already amazed by his drinking, and the remaining few dared not to compete with him in drinking; seeing Qin Huairu's persuasion, they also expressed their willingness to stop fighting!

Many people came to challenge He Yuzhu to drink, but no one could defeat him. They said they would become a laughing stock if they left. How could so many people keep their dignity when drinking with one person? They all raised their hands in surrender and were defeated!

Qin Jingru didn't care about the commotion outside the door, and chatted with her female relatives and friends in the room! After hearing about He Yuzhu's drinking, she felt extremely distressed and hurried out to help him back to his room to rest!

He Yuzhu took the opportunity to rest in the bedroom; his face was normal and he seemed to be not affected by any discomfort. Except for a little bit of wine to make his face slightly red to avoid suspicion, the rest of the wine he drank was sent to his warehouse in the other dimension!

After a morning of lively rural wedding, Qin Jingru's parents prepared to give some of the congratulatory gifts they received to He Yuzhu that afternoon; he did not accept them, but asked them to keep them as a token of filial piety!

By the way, Qin Huairu went back to her hometown and brought some items and money to help her poor family. These items were given to her by He Yuzhu. He was never stingy with his women.

Last night, in the courtyard, Qin Jingru had returned to the countryside; but at night Qin Huairu came quietly again to take care of him!

Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu have been in close contact in secret recently. They have an agreement that as long as she remains loyal to He Yuzhu and plays the role of lover wholeheartedly, He Yuzhu promises to treat her with great care and continue to help Qin Huairu's family!

However, Qin Huairu was willing to maintain her good reputation and continue to play the role of a good widow. Privately, she naturally catered to He Yuzhu's expectations and requirements in all aspects!

He Yuzhu owns a mysterious space farm. This financial expenditure is insignificant to him, even though the story he learned from a TV work before made him feel indignant and dissatisfied with Qin Huairu's family!

In this situation, he is not harmed and can treat Qin Huairu as he pleases.

After all, I am not with Qin Jingru because of true love! Yes, I am just a little obsessed, it can be said to be vulgar. I just have a special liking for the double headlights on the car!

The next morning, He Yuzhu returned to the city with Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru. He and Qin Jingru got their marriage certificate, bought bed sheets and quilt covers, and also bought some paper, candy and other wedding items!

After returning home, Qin Huairu helped to arrange and decorate the new house, and put the wedding red envelopes on the door!

He Yuzhu did not help at home, but rushed to the factory alone, inviting all management staff to attend his wedding celebration in the evening, and also went to the kitchen to invite two colleagues to help. He also distributed wedding candies to other employees!

As for the wedding banquet in the evening, there was no way He Yuzhu could invite all the culinary staff to attend!

What's more, He Yuzhu cannot violate public order and good morals. If he invites all his colleagues to his wedding, does that mean he has to do the same for others in the future?

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Even if He Yuzhu gritted his teeth and could afford it, under the current circumstances, not everyone has such abundant funds to do the same thing! If He Yuzhu acts like this, he will definitely be criticized!

My colleagues also understand this. It is difficult to treat everyone to a meal in this year, so we just need to simply distribute some wedding candies so that everyone can share the joy!

He Yuzhu also asked Liu Lan and Ma Hua to come over to help after get off work, and left the factory to go to the vegetable market to purchase the necessary items.

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After buying what he needed, He Yuzhu returned home and was very busy, but he also took some free time to take Qin Jingru to visit the deaf old lady...

A small wedding banquet was held in the evening, with a total of three tables set up in the courtyard. For this meal, He Yuzhu bought some high-quality ingredients, and the cost was no less than the ten tables of banquets the day before.

In the previous wedding banquet with ten tables in the village, each table cost only a few yuan on average!

On He Yuzhu's table, there were stewed pork and cabbage, braised pork, stir-fried duck with green onions, braised silver carp, chicken soup, stir-fried lamb, stewed pumpkin, and pork ribs and potatoes! The table had all kinds of meat, chicken, and fish, plus frozen persimmons, fruits, and peanuts as snacks; some of these chickens, ducks, and fish were taken from the warehouse. After all, He Yuzhu had spent too much in the past two days, so he saved as much as possible!

One of the three tables was composed of three factory supervisors, including the site manager, department director and canteen manager, as well as a deaf old lady.

The other table was occupied by Xiaoyu and her boyfriend, a police officer, Qin Jingru's family, Liu Lan and Ma Hua; two seats were also reserved for the chef.

The last table is made up of the elders of the courtyard and other neighboring families, and each family selects a representative to attend.

Originally, when Qin Jingru invited the deputy director to attend the wedding, the deputy director did not want to go because he was still brooding over what had happened before; but the deputy's wife wanted to enjoy the food and said she would go!

Surprisingly, when the deputy director was out strolling in an unhappy mood, he accidentally saw three senior executives including the director at the entrance of the courtyard, so he quickly approached them to flatter and guide them enthusiastically. In the end, the deputy director shamelessly joined the supervisors' table!