Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

A week later.

The new director Xu Jun came to the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau.

Wu Chenggui then completed the handover with Xu Jun, and the two chatted in the office for more than half an hour before Wu Chenggui took his office supplies and went to the Sijiucheng Public Security Bureau to take up his post.

Shortly after Wu Chenggui left, the new director Xu Jun notified the leaders of various departments of the branch to come to the main office for a meeting.

The content of the meeting was mainly for Xu Jun and the police officers from the branch to get to know each other, nothing else.

It will be the same as it was before.

This makes the police officers in various departments feel much more at ease.

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Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

October 1st came, National Day, and it was also the day when Xu Damao and Qin Xueru got married.

Two days before the National Day, Xu Damao and Qin Xueru got letters of introduction from their respective units, and then went to the street office to get their marriage certificates.

On this special day of National Day, a grand celebration was held in the city.

All the personnel in the factories and government units in the city will be given two days off, except for those on duty.

Of course, police officers from the Public Security Bureau will still be on duty on the streets to prevent accidents.

During the National Day, people also held a variety of rich cultural activities. In addition to going to the cinema to watch movies, music, singing and dancing performances have also become one of the ways to celebrate the festival.

Anyway, the streets are very lively and citizens are happily strolling on the streets.

This side of the courtyard.

The four members of the Xu family got up early and began to clean up the house. The wedding characters in the house had been pasted in advance, and they only had to tidy up the bedding that the four of them slept on last night, which was all tidy.

After Xu Damao washed up, he even found some hair wax and tidied himself up to look like a decent human being.

After breakfast, people who came to help in the courtyard came.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, one hosted the wedding and the other witnessed it.

Yan Bugui kept records. After all, he had some education and his handwriting was pretty good.

Xu Damao did not invite any outsiders to his wedding banquet; Xu Fugui had discussed this with He Daqing in advance.

After finishing breakfast early in the morning, He Daqing and his son started to prepare the ingredients with a few old ladies who came to help in the courtyard.

Even the deaf old lady in the backyard helped pick vegetables.

At first glance, it really looks like "Love in the Courtyard".

In fact, it is not surprising. We all live in the same courtyard and have been neighbors for many years. When someone gets married and holds a wedding banquet, it is only natural for everyone to help out.

There is really no one who doesn't help, doesn't give gifts, and doesn't hold a banquet.

Even Jia Zhang gave a dime!

There are two days off for National Day and most residents of the courtyard house do not go to work.

There were a lot of people coming to the wedding, including Qin Xueru's parents, younger brother, relatives from the village, and the families of Li Qingfeng's brothers, a total of ten tables were set up for the banquet.

The borrowed tables, chairs and benches filled the front, middle and back courtyards.

Led by Liu Guangqi, several young people in the courtyard put peanuts, melon seeds and candies on plates and placed them on each table for the early guests to eat.

Since Qin Xueru lived in Li Qingshan's house, Xu Damao didn't have to go to Qinjia Village early to pick up the bride.

It's not good to be too close.

At half past ten, Xu Damao was pushing a bicycle, followed by Liu Guangqi, Liu Guangtian, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, all pushing borrowed bicycles.

After some effort, they picked up the bride from the east wing of the front yard. Then Xu Damao, the bride, and Liu Guangqi started from the front gate, rode their bicycles from the west, circled the Nanluoguxiang area, and then returned from the east alley.

Xu Damao drove Qin Xueru, and the group rode several bicycles towards the courtyard, attracting the attention of many people on the street along the way.

However, everyone looked at the newlywed couple Xu Damao and Qin Xueru with a kind smile, as if they were blessing the newlyweds.

After going around in a long circle, at almost eleven o'clock, Xu Damao rode his bike with Qin Xueru, Liu Guangqi and the other three, and returned to the courtyard amid the sound of firecrackers.

Xu Damao parked his bicycle, picked up Qin Xueru, and walked slowly from the front yard. It took him five or six minutes to return to his home in the backyard.

There were too many people, especially children, almost twenty years old, surrounding Xu Damao, jumping and making a lot of noise.

Back in the house, Xu Damao took a breath and said slowly, "It's really tiring."

Qin Xueru poured a glass of water for Xu Damao and said with a smile, "Damo, drink some water."

"Hey! Xueru, you are so nice."

Xu Damao took the water cup and drank it in big gulps. After finishing the water, he put the cup on the table, reached out and wiped the water stains on his mouth with his sleeve, and then said, "Xue Ru, are you hungry?"

"There are some snacks in the cupboard. If you are hungry, take some and eat them. I will go out and entertain the guests first."

Qin Xueru smiled and shook her head and said, "Da Mao, I'm not hungry, go and get busy!"

Xu Damao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask Xiaoling to come in and accompany you! You wait a moment."

After saying that, he walked out of the house to find his sister Xu Ling.

At half past eleven, Xu Damao and Qin Xueru, both wearing army green clothes and big red flowers on their chests, stood in the middle courtyard. People who came to the banquet gathered in the middle courtyard and watched happily.

In this era, it is normal and not uncommon to wear army green clothes to get married.

Next, the marriage process begins.

Taking oaths, bowing to the leaders, singing revolutionary songs... the atmosphere was very lively.

Following a shout from the kitchen: "Dinner is served."

When the guests came to the banquet, as soon as the dishes were served, they couldn't wait to eat the meat and vegetables in big mouthfuls.

The situation at the main table was relatively better, as they were all people of status and were relatively restrained. But the situation was not so good for the others.

Normally they can't eat such good meat, so they have to eat faster. If they are slow to use their chopsticks, others will have their mouths full of oil while they are only half full, and then they will have no place to cry.

Especially Jia Zhang, who ate so much that she looked like a starving ghost, and she was almost spitting into the dishes. The people sitting at the same table with her were very angry. If the situation was not inappropriate, they would have had a fight with Jia Zhang.

Li Qingfeng was sitting not far away and saw it clearly.

By the time of toasting, everyone at the banquet was almost full and started to slowly take a bite of their food and chat with the people around them. Many people were praising He Daqing's cooking skills.

Yan Jiecheng also discussed with Liu Guangqi and a few other young people that when they toasted, they had to get Xu Damao drunk.

Xu Damao and Qin Xueru took two bottles, one of white wine and the other of boiled water, and walked to the table where Liu Guangqi and the others were.

What a shrewd person Xu Damao is! After paying attention to their looks, he knew what they were thinking.