The parents of the 22nd family met at Li Mo's house. Xia Mei prepared the meal, and Li Mo followed. Xia Mei and the others inquired about Gu's family and treated them well. The Gu family also feel that the Li family are good. It was meant to have children and parents, and both parties had the intention to build a good relationship. The two sides talked harmoniously and agreed on their goals. Now I am waiting for Gu Changlin to go home.

After Gu Changlin arrived home in the afternoon, he put down his things and went straight to Lihua Village. Father-in-law and mother-in-law are here and must come to see you.

When he arrived at Lihua Village, the three of Li's family were discussing marriage in Liu's family.

After Gu Changlin arrived, he greeted grandparents and grandparents of Liu's family first.

Li Mo quickly stood up and introduced to her parents: "Parents, this is Gu Changlin."

Gu Changlin hurriedly called his uncles and aunts, he didn't bring any gifts when he was in a hurry. Hearing his father-in-law and mother-in-law came, he ran over like a kid.

Xia Mei hurriedly asked him to sit down, and Gu Changlin walked to Kangwei and sat down.

Xia Mei drove Li Mo away and chatted with Gu Changlin herself. Li Mo once again saw Gu Changlin's eloquence, and happily talked about her mother.

The mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the better, and then Li Mo felt that she was not the real Gu Changlin who was born to her mother.

Everything at home is ready, and the protagonist is back. Twenty-four Gu's family invited a matchmaker to come to the door, and the two discussed the twenty-fifth marriage.

On the day of the wedding, all the Liu family came. The three aunts of the Liu family helped Xia Mei cook, and Xinghua sat on the kang with Li Mo.

Li Mo couldn't get off the kang, and she couldn't touch the floor when she stepped on a piece of cloth on the ground.

In the morning, Gu's family came to give the betrothal gift. Gu Changlin's parents and uncle accompanied Gu Changlin.

A bride price of five hundred yuan and a sewing machine can be said to be the first one in ten miles and eight villages.

After the meal was done, the man tabled the woman table, and the three uncles of the Liu family accompany the Gu family man to drink.

The woman will chat with Bai Xing here, and everyone will eat and drink well.

After the meal, Bai Xing and Xia Mei discussed that the young couple would go to town tomorrow to get the marriage certificate. Xia Mei thought about getting a marriage certificate to buy supplies such as wedding candy and cakes.

After the marriage, Li Mo went to Party Secretary Liu to approve the marriage certificate, and he could go to the town to get the marriage certificate tomorrow morning.

Gu Changlin came to pick up Li Mo the next morning, because Li Mo didn't like riding a bicycle, so he didn't drive it. Li Mo was eating when he came, and Xia Mei asked him to eat too.

Gu Changlin hadn't had breakfast in a hurry, so he ate some too. After eating breakfast, I went out with two small mouthfuls. Today, the two of them will take a wedding photo.

Li Mo was still wearing the white shirt and black trousers before, and Gu Changlin was wearing a green military uniform.

Today's Gu Changlin is particularly tall and tall in Li Mo's eyes, and I don't know if it is a psychological effect. Li Mo thought that in the future, he would have a small family and someone to rely on.

"Gu Changlin, are we getting married?"

"right."

"I'm a little nervous. Gu Changlin, will you treat me well in the future?"

Gu Changlin took Li Mo's hand and said, "I will always treat you well, don't worry."

"After Gu Changlin got married, we will be a family. From now on, you can't hide anything from me. If you have something, we have to discuss it together."

Gu Changlin lowered his head and said in Li Mo's ear: "Momo, marry me with peace of mind. I will try my best to live a good life for you in the future. We will listen to you on the little things in our family, and discuss with you about the big things. You are the highest leader of our family. You let me go east and I will never go west."

Li Mo raised his head and stared into Gu Changlin's eyes and said seriously: "I can do whatever I ask you to do, don't you lie to me?"

"real."

Li Mo thought for a long time, struggling in his heart to say what to leave Gu Changlin from the army. After thinking for a long time, let it go. Li Mo said: "You remember, I don't have any requirements now, I will talk about it later when I think about it."

When he arrived in the town, he went to the Civil Affairs Office of the commune first, and Li Mo took out the marriage permit issued by the village.

The clerk told them to stand and face each other, bowing respectfully, and then read a quotation from him.

Li Mo and Gu Changlin read together: "Make up your mind, don't be afraid of sacrifice, overcome all difficulties, and strive for victory."

After this procedure was over, we started a separate conversation. The content was probably listening to what the party said, and following the party.

Later, the documents will take out two marriage certificates for them to fill out. Finally, they were given a marriage certificate, just like the size of the present certificate.

The certificate is generally light yellow, with red, pink, and yellow colors around it. The upper part is printed with a five-star red flag. The text starts with □□ quotations, and in the middle is printed the marriage certificate in three large characters. Below are the names of Li Mo and Gu Changlin.

It was signed on January 17, 1974, with the official seal of the Civil Affairs Office of the Hongqi Commune, Heishui Town, Heishui Town, the black market.

In addition to this marriage certificate, he also issued a handbook for newlyweds. After turning a few pages, Li Mo blushed and threw it to Gu Changlin.

After leaving the commune, Li Mo jokingly said to Gu Changlin: "Comrade Gu Changlin, congratulations on your happy wedding."

Gu Changlin followed: "Comrade Li Mo, congratulations on finding like-minded comrades in arms and fighting together in the future."

Next, I was going to take a wedding photo. The photo studio wanted to put Li Mo on makeup, but she refused.

There are not many people in the photo studio now, and it will soon be Li Mo and the others. Gu Changlin didn't need to take a photo and said that he took the initiative to get close to Li Mo.

"Very well, just like this two newcomers laugh."

"Okay, change another posture. By the way, smile."

After the filming and taking care of Chang Lin, the master had to wash out the two photos three times, which cost a total of three yuan, which is really extravagant.

After leaving the photo studio, Li Mo said, "Gu Changlin, we have a supply for the newlyweds. Let's go buy it."

After the two bought the supplies, they hurried back. Today they came on foot, and it was late to go out, so they had to hurry back to have dinner.

For lunch, Gu Changlin wanted to take Li Mo to the state-owned restaurant, but Li Mo refused. She took out two steamed buns and divided one to Gu Changlin, saying, "Mum brought us steamed buns in the morning. waste."

Gu Changlin doesn't care what he eats, he mainly wants Li Mo to eat something good. The family leader didn't want to go, he could only obey the order.

After the young couple went back, Xia Mei looked around with their marriage certificates, but she was happy and sad.

In the blink of an eye, her daughter actually grew up and married. Although Li Ru was married, she was always by her side. Li Mo came to the countryside with bad luck, and now he is married to a countryman, who is thousands of miles away from Shanghai, and it will be difficult to see each other in the future.

Thinking about that, Xia Mei began to cry, Li Mo hurriedly said: "Mom, don't cry on this great day."

Xia Mei patted Li Mo's hand and said, "Mom doesn't cry, I'm happy, happy. You will be someone else's daughter-in-law in the future. You must respect your in-laws. You and Changlin should live a good life, discuss things, and don't make a big quarrel. Trouble."

"Knowing Mom, we will be fine."

Li Mo's wedding date is tight, so it is set at 28. Xia Mei and the others will celebrate the New Year here this year, and rush home after the new year.

Special things are done specially, Li Mo and Gu Changlin are celebrating the New Year on both sides, eating lunch here and dinner over there.

Grandma Wang strongly urged Xia Mei and Li Zhongguo to spend the New Year at her house, but the two couldn't help but agreed. However, they are required to pay for the New Year's goods, otherwise they will not go to the New Year. Wang Ailan had no choice but to agree.

Twenty-seven Li Mo was drying his dowry at home, and everyone in the village came to join in the fun. People who have friendship with Li Mo put on makeup.

Most of them were given away by a dime or two, and Taohua gave a pillow towel for mandarin ducks to play in the water. The Liu family was given away by the whole family, and Li Mo's dowry chair was made by them.

In addition, Grandma Wang also gave Li Mo ten dollars in compression money, and Xia Mei gave Li Mo the gift money from the Gu family and added an extra one hundred.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Li Mo's house was very festive, and the educated youth from the village came to help early in the morning. At eight o'clock, Gu Changlin borrowed a truck from his comrade in town to pick up Li Mo.

Grandma Wang helped the cabinets, chairs and other furniture made by the carpenter in the village, the quilts made of cotton and the newly made fleece trousers, washbasins, iron kettles, and vanity mirrors. There is also a sewing machine sent by the man.

After the men put these things in the car, Gu Changlin went in to welcome the bride. When Taohua got married, Li Mo felt sorry for her brother-in-law, but now Xinghua has done everything to make things difficult for Gu Changlin.

Several boys from the Liu family also followed suit, and the scene was so lively. Gu Changlin was asked to sing red songs, tell revolutionary stories about him and Li Mo, and give out red envelopes.

After a while, Gu Changlin managed to enter the door to receive Li Mo. He stretched out his hand and handed it to Li Mo, "I'll take you home."

Li Mo stretched out his hand to cover it, Gu Changlin squeezed Li Mo's hand and walked out the door.

Li Mo bid farewell to his parents and got in the car, watching Lihua Village get further and further away from him.

I drove quickly to Gu's Village, and the car stopped in front of Gu Fu's house. Because Gu Changlin wrote a letter long ago saying that he was going to get married, Gu Fu took his two sons and took a rest in Gu Changlin's house when he had time.

The Gu family has a relatively large population. When Gu Fu moved out to live in a separate family, he built four large houses, a hall and a kitchen.

After their brothers got married, they happened to live in a room. When he had more grandchildren, Gu Fu took his two sons to build three more rooms, one warehouse and two for the grandchildren of the family.

In the center of the entrance to the hospital is the main room, on the left is the children's room and the room of the three brothers of the Gu family, and on the right is the room and warehouse of the second elder Gu. The kitchen is behind the main house, next to the backyard.

People from the village helped move the dowry into the new house, and the women holding the quilt could find red envelopes in the quilt. The amount is not large, and each red envelope ranges from a few cents to a dime, which is a lively and auspicious picture.

After moving the dowry, Gu Changlin took Li Mo out of the car and held the wedding in the yard. When Grandpa Gu presided over the wedding, he first read a quotation together, then read the marriage certificate to everyone, and finally gave the young couple a lesson.

After Li Mo was sent to the new house, Gu Changlin greeted the guests outside. Bored alone, Li Mo went around in the room.

On the cabinet in the room is Gu Changlin's homework from when he was studying. Li Mo found that Gu Changlin's old handwriting was pretty good, and his handwriting was neat since he was a child.

There are some small toys under the cabinet, such as a wooden board and a slingshot. When Gu Changlin was a child, he would like to play like other children.

After strolling around the room, someone knocked on the door. Li Mo opened the door and saw a girl about her age. This should be Gu Changlin and his sister.

"Sister-in-law, this is Qiu Ju, and the third brother asked me to bring you food."

Li Mo quickly turned away and said, "Qiu Ju, come in quickly, have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet, I will eat after you finish."

Li Mo divided the dishes in half and the rice in half, and said to Gu Qiuju: "I can't eat so much, let's be one and half."

Gu Qiuju went to find a pair of chopsticks and started to eat: "Sister-in-law, how did you and my brother meet? I asked him and he ignored me."

Li Mo said, "I almost hit him by the river in Lihua Village."

Gu Qiuju said incredulously, "That's it? No other Li?"

Li Mo thought for a while and said, "Emmm, I ran into him at the supply and marketing agency the day before and didn't say anything."

Gu Qiuju bit his chopsticks and asked longingly, "So my brother is the legendary love at first sight for you?"

Li Mo shook his head and said, "I don't know, I have to ask him about this."

"Sister-in-law, do you have something to say to my brother? I can't say a few words to him, mainly because he rarely answers me."

Li Mo wanted to say that Gu Changlin was looking for a topic between them. Li Mo is the kind of person who has no topics to talk about, but if you give her a topic, she can talk a lot.

Of course, you can't say this to Gu Qiuju, so Li Mo said, "Not much."

Gu Qiuju looked at me and knew it was like this. She said, "Sister-in-law, you can stand him. I don't want to stay with my third brother. It's too boring."

Li Mo asked: "What do you usually do?"

"Nothing, just take your nephew, cook at home or play with the village girls. Sister-in-law, what do you do in Lihua Village?"

"I usually teach in elementary school, sometimes go to town on weekends, sometimes read books at home, and sometimes chat with Xinghua and the others."

"Then sister-in-law, will you continue to be a teacher in the future?"

"I'm not sure for the time being, I will go to Lihua Village tomorrow to see the village's opinions."

"Sister-in-law, if you are still a teacher, take me to play. If you don't come back for dinner at noon, I will cook for you."

The guests left at three o'clock in the afternoon one after another, Li Mo and Gu Qiuju came out to help organize their things.

The dishes, tables, and chairs borrowed from the village for the banquet have to be returned one by one.

Li Mo took the sweeper to clean the courtyard, Bai Xing said quickly: "Momo, go and rest, let Qiu Ju clean the yard."

"Mom, it's okay, let's quickly finish things together."

Since Li Mo got married and decided to return home on the first day of the new year, the couple stayed one day at the same time during the New Year.

On the train for Xia Mei Li Zhongguo's third year, Li Mo and Gu Changlin simply lived in Lihua Village until Xia Mei and the others left.

In the evening, I ate the leftovers in the afternoon, and Li Mo didn't need to do it. My sister-in-law made the leftovers quickly.

Nothing happened after the meal, everyone went back to the room and rested. Li Mo was very tired this day, even though he didn't work.

Gu Changlin led Li Mo into the room, walked to the bedside and said, "Momo, sit down and I will pour you water."

Li Mo said, "Gu Changlin, I want to take a bath."

"I asked Dad to make a bathtub for you. Take your clothes and I'll fetch you water."

Li Mo was very happy to hear that there was a bathtub, Gu Changlin was too careful. Li Mo happily found a set of old autumn clothes from the luggage. This was her pajamas.

Gu Changlin went to the warehouse to clean the bathtub and took it in. He said, "This basin is too heavy. I asked Dad to open a mouth below, so you can put water from this hole in the future."

There is a partition wall in the middle of their room. Inside, there is a kang and wardrobe, which occupies a small area, and there are tables and chairs on the outside.

Gu Changlin deliberately came up with a small hole in the corner of the wall and connected it to the wall hole and the water outlet of the bathtub with a bamboo tube.

After Li Mo took a shower at home, he opened the piston in it to let the water out.

Li Mo took a closer look, and it was really a good design. There is no need to bother others in the future. The sister-in-law takes a bath and let the uncle pour water will make people spit.

Li Mo rushed into Lin Gu Changlin's arms, hugged his neck and said, "Gu Changlin, you are so kind."

Gu Changlin hugged her back, patted her back and said, "You wait for me to get hot water."

The white apricots are boiling water in the kitchen. There are too many people in the family and there is not enough water. They have to boil a large pot of water every day to wash.

"Chang Lin, take this pot of water, and bring the boiling water bottle in your room to fetch water."

After Gu Changlin brought the water into the room, he took the boiling water bottle to the kitchen, and he sat by the stove to burn the fire. After Li Mo came out from the bath and called Gu Changlin, he brought two pots of boiling water into the room.

Li Mo washed his clothes in the bath water, and Gu Changlin took the clothes and washed them. Li Mo did not refuse, and began to organize things. After washing the clothes, Li Mo quickly took them out to dry, and Gu Changlin washed them quickly by himself.

It was still early, Li Mo was sitting on the kang and counting his assets. This was considered her private house and didn't need to be handed over to the family.

Bai Xing is a good mother-in-law, and her family doesn't get mixed up except for centimeters. Because of this, she and the two daughter-in-laws did not have any conflicts.

As for Gu Changlin, since he was in college, he has never used the family's money. He sends back five yuan to the family every month.

Later, he went to the army. In the past few years, the harvest in the countryside has been better, and Baixing only cost Gu Changlin five yuan a month.

Gu Changlin took out a passbook from the box in the closet and handed it to Li Mo. Li Mo raised his head and looked at Gu Changlin suspiciously.

"You keep my salary. I will send it to you every month from now on. Remember to give mom five dollars a month for living expenses."

Li Mo took a passbook and saw that there were more than four thousand yuan, which was really a lot of money.