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Zhang Taiping was also a little embarrassed: "Let's apply for a marriage certificate... I wonder if we can do it now?"

The woman looked at the mother and daughter hiding behind Zhang Taiping and asked doubtfully: "Is this child your two's?"

"Ahem...this...yes."

Seeing Zhang Taiping's reaction, the woman showed an expression of realization, and then said with a smile.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We are all from rural areas. Men get married when they are twenty years old, and they cannot get a marriage certificate before they reach that age. Besides, most people in the mountains don't apply for a marriage certificate. You can do it if you can."

He is an advanced element."

The woman who was doing the work was a nice person, and her attitude wasn't bad either. She was just a bit talkative, and Zhang Taiping didn't know what to say.

"Have you brought your household registration book and ID card?"

"Bring it here." Zhang Taiping handed over their ID cards.

The woman doing the work took it, looked at it, checked it again, and then asked: "Are you two voluntarily married?"

Zhang Taiping and both of them nodded.

Then he asked: "Do you have any medical history or anything like that?"

Cai Yazhi didn't know how to answer, so she looked at Zhang Taiping. Zhang Taiping replied: "There is no other medical history. But she can't speak, but I don't dislike it and am willing to marry her."

In fact, before getting married, you have to go to the hospital for a physical examination. When you apply for a marriage certificate, you have to present the physical examination form to the staff. But there are not so many rules in a small town. It is just a verbal confirmation.

A physical examination form is mandatory.

Seeing Zhang Taiping's answer, the woman stopped asking any more questions about this issue. She put down her ID and said, "Do you still need three two-inch color photos of each person? Bring them with you?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head. He only brought his ID and didn't even think of asking for photos. Even if he did, there was no place to take photos in the small mountain village.

Looking at Zhang Taiping's expression, the woman knew that there was no photo. She returned the ID to Zhang Taiping and said: "There is a photo studio in the town. You go to take pictures first and then come back after taking pictures. You can come before twelve o'clock in the morning. You can do it in the afternoon."

It’s after two o’clock.”

Zhang Taiping took the household registration book and ID card, thanked them, and the three members of his family left the Civil Affairs Bureau again to look for a place to take pictures.

Speaking of taking photos, Zhang Taiping had not taken many photos before due to physical reasons, and he reluctantly took photos a few times because he needed photos for things like school files. Cai Yazhi and Yaya had never touched a camera.

It's just something that exists in legend.

Cai Yazhi was reserved and could control her joy, but Yaya's child had no worries and was completely ecstatic, with her little face as happy as a flower.

Zhang Taiping murmured in his heart, it seems that I have to buy a camera... I found a photo studio. The backgrounds were all landscape paintings, which were a bit distorted, but the conditions were like this, so I couldn't be too demanding.

First, two adults took a two-inch color half-length photo. This kind of photo will appear on various documents in the future. It is more formal and requires a more serious expression, and the effect is not bad. Zhang Taiping directly asked each person to develop ten photos.

You may never know when this kind of photo will be used in the future, so it’s always safe to be prepared.

Zhang Taiping only took a half-length photo and then stopped entering the camera. It was really not very photogenic. After that, it was time for the mother and daughter to take pictures.

Cai Yazhi was a little cautious about taking full-body photos and posing freely, but after taking two photos, she gradually became more relaxed. Yaya was just a kid, so she took all kinds of cute poses and took the photos

Quite a few.

Finally, the whole family took a group photo together, with Cai Yazhi standing next to her and Yaya riding on Zhang Taiping's neck. This was a truly happy family of three.

All Zhang Taiping requested were snapshots, and the photos came out on the spot after they were taken. A stack of more than 20 photos, totaling 130 yuan. Cai Yazhi only felt distressed when she paid. Judging from her expression, she probably felt sad in her heart.

I think if I had known it was so expensive I wouldn't have taken so many photos.

After leaving the photo studio, I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

There were already many people at this time, so we had to wait in line. When Zhang Taiping and the two arrived, the woman who was doing the work still remembered them, so she saved other formalities and processes, took the photo, pasted it up and stamped it, and that was it. Save

time for both parties.

"Here, you are now a legal couple recognized and protected by the state. I wish you a happy marriage and grow old together." The woman handed the red book to Zhang Taiping and said.

"Thank you for your kind words." Zhang Taiping thanked him with a smile.

Looking at the red notebook in my hand, my heart felt hot, and the shackles and knots in my heart were finally released.

There is no need to go to such trouble. Although others can't see anything, there will be no moral condemnation. But Zhang Taiping is a man who has gone to college and received legal education. He just can't pass his own test and doesn't receive the

If you don't give yourself an explanation in the marriage certificate, you always feel that you are taking advantage of others' danger, which is shameful. There is a feeling that you are being watched by God all the time.

In fact, people only need to live with a clear conscience. Whether they do bad things or good deeds, as long as they can find reasons to convince themselves that they have a clear conscience, they can do it as a matter of course. This is why some people's conscience always condemns them all the time after doing bad things.

But some people can feel at ease after doing bad things, as if nothing happened.

Only when you convince yourself and give yourself a reasonable explanation, no matter whether the matter itself is good or bad, and no matter whether the explanation is far-fetched, as long as you can make yourself feel clear of conscience, you will not leave any sequelae in your heart.

Zhang Taiping is this kind of person. When he received the marriage certificate, he was responsible for himself and Cai Yazhi. The knot in his heart was relieved, so he smiled with great joy.

Cai Yazhi didn't understand why Zhang Taiping was so happy, and she didn't quite understand the specific meaning of holding a red book. However, she understood the words "a legal couple recognized and protected by the state" spoken by the woman in the office, so her face was filled with emotion.

A joyous occasion.

After leaving the Civil Affairs Bureau, I rushed to the police station non-stop. You don’t need much to apply for Yaya’s household registration. You only need to fill in the household registration book, fill in another information, and hand over five hundred yuan. This is the first child, and she is a girl.

As for children, unless there are multiple births or too many births, it is still easy to get a household registration in rural areas.

This is the traditional status quo. Although it has always been emphasized that women are equal, boys and girls are the same, but the preference for boys over girls is still embedded in the bones in rural areas, and can even be reflected in some of the country's poverty alleviation policies. For example, two-female households, only children

Each household receives a certain subsidy every year.

In the concept of rural people, one boy and one girl is the best outcome, and the children will be happy. However, it is not decided by people to have a boy or a girl, and there are not a few people who give birth to two boys. The burden on the family of two boys is heavy, no matter what happens in the future.

Parents have to prepare two copies for their marriage or house. These people cannot feel the policy when they apply for household registration for their children, and they will even be fined.

Generally speaking, people have a deep-seated sympathy for families with all girls (this is an idea that has been developed for thousands of years). Because in the tradition of rural people, it is very important to have someone to take care of you when you are old.

The key point is that when a girl grows up and gets married, her surname will no longer matter. When you scold someone, you scold him because he is old and has no one to die with. Even though it is an ordinary sentence, it is a kind of scolding that exposes scars.

After all the business was done, there were more and more people on the street. Shopping was a lively activity, and only when there were people was there a lively atmosphere, and only when there was excitement was there shopping. If the streets were opened up and you could go shopping alone in the deserted streets, even if you were given

If you put out all the items in the world, you probably have no interest in wandering around.

At this time, the market has just come up, business people have already set up stalls, people from far away are coming and going, and the streets are not crowded yet.

For large gatherings in rural areas like this, there are usually not many people at the gathering in the first half of the year. After autumn, as the weather gradually cools down, there are more people at each episode. By the time the last few episodes of the year are approaching,

, it can really get to the point where you are crowded with people, sweating like rain, and you have to squeeze in when you go shopping.

Business is at its best at that time, and a small part of the annual income often comes from those episodes. Local business people will block the road to prevent cars from passing through, and the entire street will become a shopping mecca.

When and where thieves are most active.

It's just the beginning of autumn and it's still early for the New Year, so the number of people on the street is not too exaggerated even at noon.

The couple walked on the street, looking around, curious.

When she saw someone selling marshmallows on the street, little Yaya didn't even ask for them, she just stood in front of them and swallowed her saliva. She had never gone shopping in her entire life, and she didn't know how to coquettishly ask for things from her parents. She didn't run away when she saw Dashuai Zhang before.

You are already lucky, so why should you step forward and act coquettishly?

Zhang Taiping couldn't help feeling pity. Other people's children were acting like spoiled children in their parents' arms at this age. When they went out on the street, they would always pester their parents for this or that. But Yaya seemed to have lost this skill, and she was very sensible and just watched.

Look, but don’t ask for it.

"If you want anything, tell daddy and he will buy it for you." Zhang Taiping put Yaya on his neck and came to the car selling marshmallows.

"How much does a lump cost?" Zhang Taiping asked the car owner who was selling it.

"One dollar per dollar, how many dollars do you want?"

"Come on three bucks."

The middle-aged man selling marshmallows quickly shook the machine, and in a moment three balls of snow-white, fluffy marshmallows came out. Fortunately, the middle-aged man didn't make them in advance and hang them on the wire on the car, where the wind would blow.

It's neither clean nor easy to dissolve. It takes some time to make on-site, but it's more reassuring.

Zhang Taiping took three balls of marshmallows and gave one to each person. Children seem to have a talent for this kind of stuff, and they can eat it with gusto without anyone having to teach them.