Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

As soon as Qinghong's mother finished saying this, Wu Qinghong scolded from the side: "Mom, what did you say?"

"Of course it's business!" Qinghong's mother glanced at Wu Qinghong.

"Qinghong, since you two are in love, I don't want to beat the couple and be the evil person.

However, since you both live together, it’s time to get married as soon as possible.

Once you get married and have a status, if you continue to live together, no one will gossip about you, right?

And your dad can also have an explanation, so he doesn't have to worry about this and that all day long.

Everyone happens to be here now, so let’s talk things over as soon as possible and decide on the marriage. This is what we should do, isn’t it?”

Wu Qinghong lowered her head and whispered softly: "Mom, I, I don't want to get married for the time being."

"Why?" Zhao Meifen frowned, "Don't you like him very much, does he also like you?

Since you both like each other, why don't you get married?"

"This, this, I..." Wu Qinghong's face turned red, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

How to put it, in fact, in Wu Qinghong's heart, she also wanted to marry Cao Zhiqiang as soon as possible.

It's just that she knew that Cao Zhiqiang didn't want to get married, and she didn't want to embarrass Cao Zhiqiang, so she subconsciously defended Cao Zhiqiang and said she didn't want to get married against his will.

I just asked her to tell me why she didn't want to get married, but she didn't know what to say at the moment.

"Auntie!" Cao Zhiqiang suddenly said, "Don't embarrass Qinghong, let me do the talking."

"Oh?" Zhao Meifen looked at Cao Zhiqiang, "What do you want to say?"

Cao Zhiqiang first gave Zhao Meifen a simple and kind smile, and then said: "Auntie, to be honest, speaking for myself, I really want to marry Qinghong, and I really want to get a marriage license with her right away.

However, for Qinghong’s sake, I can’t marry her, at least not now!”

"Why?" Zhao Meifen asked, "Why can't you marry her now?"

"There are many reasons." Cao Zhiqiang said.

"First of all, it's the age issue.

Auntie, Qinghong and I are both nineteen years old now, and Qinghong is a few months older than me.

Although I am an adult at the age of nineteen, according to the new marriage law, neither of us is of legal age for marriage.

If we are under the legal age, we cannot get the certificate, so the marriage will have no legal effect."

"What's the point?" Cao Jiajia suddenly interjected, "You two can get married and have a ceremony first, and then wait until you are old enough to apply for a new marriage certificate. We have a lot of them over there."

"Yes, your sister is right." Zhao Meifen also nodded.

“It’s easy to talk about a marriage certificate, but the key is the marriage ceremony, that is, the wedding ceremony.

As long as the wedding is held and everyone knows that you are married, that's fine. No one will say anything about you.

After all, the law is the law, but besides the law, there are also human feelings, right?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Yes, that's called a de facto marriage, and it's okay, but that involves the second thing I want to say."

"What's next?" Zhao Meifen asked with a frown.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Auntie, don't be impatient, listen to me and speak slowly."

After a pause, Cao Zhiqiang said sternly: "Auntie, that's right. If we were just ordinary people with no pursuits, or in other words, we were in the small county where you originally lived, then we would get married before we were old enough.

Even if you don’t get a certificate, there’s no big problem.

But the problem is, we don't want to live like this.

Let’s not talk about me first, let’s talk about Qinghong.

Qinghong is currently studying in a high school here, do you know about this?"

Zhao Meifen nodded: "Yes, I know, thank you very much."

"No matter what, this is what it should be." Cao Zhiqiang smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang said with a serious face: "But Auntie, why did I spend so much effort to let Qinghong go to high school? Of course it was to allow her to enter college!

Letting Qinghong successfully enter college is what you two want to see, right?"

Seeing Zhao Meifen nodding, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "But when you go to college, there is a hard and fast rule, that is, you must be unmarried!

In other words, married people are not allowed to go to college, even if you pass the exam.

And this unmarried relationship is not only for legal marriages, but also for de facto marriages!

So, if Qinghong and I get married now and hold a wedding ceremony, then we have a de facto marriage.

As a result, if Qinghong is admitted to college in the future, she will not be able to go to college."

"Is there such a rule?" Cao Jiajia frowned and asked, "Can't you? I remember that I had a colleague who got married, and later went to college after he was admitted to college?"

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "Sister, that's the old almanac you're talking about. It's also about 1978 and 1979. It's mainly about the two years after the college entrance examination was resumed.

But in fact, as early as the 1980s, there were new regulations for the college entrance examination, that is, only unmarried people can go to college, and married people cannot go to college.

Therefore, if I marry Qinghong now, even if it is only a de facto marriage without a certificate, it will be the same. Neither of us will be able to go to college.

I'm okay, I'm quite satisfied with my current job, and it doesn't matter if I don't go to college.

But Qinghong can't, she must go to college.

So for the sake of Qinghong and her future, no matter how impatient I am, I have to endure it first."

Cao Jiajia was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Zhao Meifen who said nothing: "Meifen, are you really not allowed to get married in college now?"

Zhao Meifen frowned: "I don't know much about this. I haven't asked for details."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled and said: "That's okay, you can ask about it. It's easy to ask about it. Then you will know whether I lied or not."

"Mom." Qinghong suddenly said, "Zhiqiang didn't lie, this is true. Nowadays, unmarried students are required to take the college entrance examination, and the university does not admit married people, so even if you pass, it will be useless.

Furthermore, if you hide the fact that you are married and barely get into college, if you are reported later and found out, not only will you be deprived of your status as a college student, you may even be imprisoned."

"So serious?" Zhao Meifen asked.

"It's really so serious." Qinghong said, "This is the capital, the capital, and the rules are very strict. It's not our small place. You can just find a lake of people and go there. It's different."

"Okay." Zhao Meifen sighed, "Even if this is the case, you are living together with no clear distinction, no name or identity, what is it like?"

"Auntie, times have changed!" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"The old ideas no longer work for our young people."

“Nowadays, innovation and opening up are happening everywhere, and there are new people, new things, and new atmosphere everywhere.

What you take for granted today may become a thing of the past when you get up tomorrow.

The key to Qinghong and I being able to be together is a good relationship, not an engagement or a wedding.

In other words, whether two people can be together for a long time depends not on whether they get married, but on whether they are willing to be together.

If our relationship is good, even if we don't get married, we will still be envious of others.

But if our relationship is not good, even if we are married, we can still get divorced, right?

So, if you don't get married, it's just a formality.

If you say marriage is important, it is very important. But if you say it is not important, then it really is not important.

Just like those educated youth who went to the countryside in the past, many of them not only got married in the countryside, but also had children.

But once I heard that I could go back to the city, but I couldn't take my wife and children with me, why not abandon my wife and children, go back to the city by myself, become a city dweller again, and marry a new wife?

So this marriage can no longer bind people. The only things that can bind people are feelings and conscience.

Just like me and Qinghong.

Although Qinghong and I are not officially married, we are better than ordinary couples.

Look at this big house. It's not bad. It's in a good location and has all the furniture and electrical appliances.

Qinghong is here with me, except for food and accommodation.

I give Qinghong her personal pocket money every month, at least five hundred yuan!

These days, how many people can get 500 yuan of pocket money every month?

Isn't this enough to show my love and sincerity?

In addition, I can also make a guarantee with you in front of my sister.

After Qinghong is admitted to college and graduates from college, regardless of whether I have married Qinghong at that time, I will immediately transfer the ownership of this house to Qinghong.

My love for Qinghong, coupled with a complete set of furniture and electrical appliances, in a courtyard house within the second ring road of Beijing, is no more reliable than some wedding ceremony, isn't it?"