At the end of 1972, on the night when Zhou Xin turned 20 years old, Zhou Xin proposed to his mother that he wanted to marry Zheng Juan.

"Mom, I have been in love with Zheng Juan for more than two years, and now I am 20 years old, so I want you to find someone to go to Zheng's house to propose, and getting married early will save you a lot of trouble."

Hearing that her son offered to marry Zheng Juan, Zhou's mother smiled on her face, in the past two years, Zhou Xin would bring Zheng Juan to the house from time to time, for the beautiful and diligent and capable Zheng Juan, Li Suhua was satisfied in her heart, and the most important thing was that her husband also made it clear that he agreed to the marriage of the two.

However, considering that the eldest son Zhou Bingyi is coming back this year to marry Hao Dongmei, the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and his own family can't let the two get married at the same time in these two houses, so he persuaded:

"Kun'er, you also know that your brother came back this year and said that he was going to get married, so my mother thought about whether you and Juan'er's marriage should be postponed and our family would do your brother's marriage first?"

Although Zhou Xin knew that his eldest brother would not come back this year, and the wedding would be held in the Construction Corps, he couldn't say it directly, so he could only nod and respond:

"Then let's do my brother's wedding first, but I think it's better to mention the marriage to the Zheng family first, Juan'er and I get the marriage certificate first, and as for the wedding, I can do it when my brother finishes it."

Hearing her son say this, Zhou's mother had a very satisfied smile on her face, and then said:

"My old pimple is the best, your mother and I will go to find someone tomorrow to prepare a gift for proposing, we will go to Zheng's house together on Sunday to propose, and discuss your marriage by the way."

Zhou Xin knew that his father and eldest brother would not come back for the New Year this year, and Zhou's mother had taken good care of Zhou Xin for more than 2 years, so that Zhou Xin didn't want her to be sad and sad, and hoped that her wedding with Zheng Juan could dilute her sadness.

The next day, Zhou Xin went to work normally, and Zhou Xin did not leave his job as in the original plot, so he lost his acquaintance with Ma Shouchang, and of course he didn't go to the soy sauce factory to meet Qu Xiuzhen.

And Zhou's mother went to find her nearest neighbor Aunt Qiao early in the morning, Aunt Qiao saw Zhou's mother with a smile on her face, she still wanted her daughter to marry Zhou Xin, so she said hello directly:

"Old sister, why do you have time to come to me today? Is there anything I can help with? Just open your mouth. ”

Facing her old neighbor with a smiling face, Zhou's mother didn't hide it and directly said her intentions.

"His aunt, last night my family Bingkun wanted me to propose marriage as soon as possible, I wasn't afraid that I would not be fully prepared, so I came to you to help me look at it, don't leave anything behind."

As soon as Aunt Qiao heard that it was Bingkun who was going to propose, the smile on her face immediately pulled down, although she had already learned from her daughter that Bingkun already had a partner, but she still didn't give up, after all, as long as the two were not married, there was still room for redemption.

But now that it has reached this step of proposing, it seems that there is really no chance, and she asked Aunt Qiao to help her favorite son-in-law go to propose marriage, she really couldn't accept it, so she casually found a reason to refuse:

"Old sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm going out for a while today, and I'll definitely help you next time."

Mother Zhou said goodbye to Aunt Qiao, and was ready to find someone else to help, Aunt Qiao looked at Mother Zhou who was far away, and she didn't feel a good feeling, obviously her daughter grew up with her family Bingkun, why couldn't the two of them become.

Within two days, Zhou's mother prepared the gifts needed to propose marriage with the help of her neighbors, and waited for Sunday to go to Zheng's house to propose marriage.

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Early on Sunday morning, Zhou's mother tossed at home, and when Zhou Xin got up, she saw her mother wearing a brand-new cotton jacket, Zhou Xin knew that this was the clothes that her mother had been staying behind and was going to wear at her son's wedding.

Mother Zhou saw Bingkun get up, walked up to her son and turned around, and then asked with expectation on her face:

"Kun'er, do you see that Mom is dressed neatly today? It won't embarrass you, will it? ”

"Mom, you really look good in this outfit, how can you embarrass me, don't worry."

Zhou Xin was moved again, and a little helplessly returned to his mother, after hearing her son's praise, Zhou's mother went to sort out the things brought by the proposed relatives with a satisfied smile on her face.

When it was almost 10 o'clock, the two set off with gifts, and the neighbors they met along the way greeted each other warmly, and from time to time someone asked:

"Kun'er, when are you going to get married? We're waiting to drink your wine. ”

The matter of the youngest son of the Zhou family proposing marriage today has been spread all over the light word film two days ago, and Zhou Xin is not annoyed to respond one by one, after all, it is a happy event for him to get married, and everyone's greetings are also with blessings.

After the light word piece was released, there were fewer and fewer acquaintances I met, and Zhou's mother began to get a little nervous, and kept asking her son how far away she was, whether the gift he brought was appropriate, and so on.

Zhou Xin stopped the bicycle, put down the brace to let the bicycle stand, held his mother's hand with both hands and said:

"Mom, don't worry, let's go through the motions today, I have already agreed with Zheng Juan, Zheng Juan's mother is also very satisfied with me, you just sit down to eat and drink in the past."

Listening to her son's comfort, Zhou's mother also slowly calmed down, and then the two continued to walk towards the Zheng family.

At this time, Zheng Juan was standing at the door of her house and looking at the mouth of the alley, Zhou Xin told her a few days ago that she would come back today to propose, and it didn't take long for Zhou Xin and Zhou's mother to appear in Zheng Juan's eyes.

"Auntie, I'll help you get it."

When Zheng Juan saw Zhou's mother holding a gift in her hand, she hurriedly greeted Zhou's mother and took the things in Zhou's mother's hand, and then led the way for Zhou's mother, Zhou Xin looked at Zheng Juan and was in a very good mood.

After a while, the three of them arrived at Zheng's house, Zhou's mother and Zheng's mother sat on the kang and the sisters weighed each other, chatting about their children's affairs, while Zheng Juan and Zhou Xin were sitting on the bench, eating snacks in their mouths and looking at each other and laughing.

Time passed quickly, and the two elders reached a consensus, first let Zhou Xin and Zheng Juan get a marriage certificate before the Chinese New Year, as for the wedding, you can wait for the New Year to simply handle it.

After achieving their goal, Zhou's mother and Zhou Xin left their things and went back.

After arriving home, Zhou Xin wrote a letter to Zhou's father, Zhou Bingyi, and Zhou Rong at the urging of his mother, in which he wrote about Zhou Xin's marriage certificate a year ago.

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A month later, when there was only half a month left before the Spring Festival in 73, Zhou's father, who was far away in the mountain city, received a letter from home, and Zhou Zhigang saw that his youngest son was ready to wait for him to go home and get married.

A satisfied smile appeared on his face, and then he planned to go to his daughter's place first, if his son-in-law satisfied him, he would take his daughter and son-in-law home, so that Bingyi and Dongmei, Bingkun and Zheng Juan, Zhou Rong and son-in-law would all go home, and their home would be complete.

On the other side, Zhou Bingyi received a letter from his younger brother, he has been hesitating recently, he learned that his girlfriend Dongmei can't leave, so he thinks about whether to go back, when he learns that his younger brother is going to get married, the family will not be sad because he doesn't go back.

Zhou Bingyi made up his mind not to go back, and wanted to complete the wedding with Dongmei here, so he went to the group and sent a telegram home that he would not go home for several years and would stay with Dongmei.

As for Zhou Rong, because of Feng Huacheng's problem, she had no plan to go home, and after receiving the letter, she just silently blessed her brother in her heart.