Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1302 The Affection in Adversity 6

Chapter 1302: Chapter 1302 The Affection in Adversity 6

Jiang He and Erya were both homeless orphans until they settled down in Wanglou Brigade, which put an end to their days of wandering. However, they still had to take care of their younger brothers and sisters. Their union now received blessings from many people.

It’s not easy for these kids.

Just like Guan Cheng said to Feng Qingxue, looking after a group of younger siblings is tough. Living tightly, they only had a wedding ceremony, not a banquet, and entertained guests with roasted sunflower seeds, roasted peanuts, and a few pounds of sugar prepared by Feng Qingxue.

The peanuts were distributed by the brigade, and the sunflower seeds were grown in their private plot.

It was a bit simple, but no one minded.

In that era, the demand for a lavish "three cars and a band followed by dozens of legs" wedding was mostly seen in big cities and wasn’t always completely met. Others had no material expectations for marriage; it all depended on ability.

Wang Lingzhi and Mo Bai’s wedding was like this, and so was the wedding of Jiang He and Erya.

The difference was that the former was attended mainly by close relatives of the Wang Family, while the latter saw nearly half of the brigade turn up. Those who were better off brought a bowl of corn meal, some brought a few eggs, or a few pounds of dried sweet potatoes, a bundle of dried vegetables, a few heads of cabbage, and a pile of potatoes and radishes. The gifts weren’t much, but they perfectly embodied the idea that "the gift is small, but the sentiment is deep."

Wang Zhengguo was the master of ceremonies, and he took it much more seriously than he had at the wedding of Wang Lingzhi and Mo Bai.

"These two kids have grown up right before our eyes. They came here with nothing and lived in a bomb shelter. With everyone’s help, they now have a home. They earn work points through their own labor, so they don’t have to alternate between starvation and fullness. Seeing Jiang He and Erya come together for a common goal and start their own revolutionary family fills my heart with great satisfaction."

Everyone was deeply moved because they had all witnessed it with their own eyes.

Jiang He and Erya wore the clothes made for them by Feng Qingxue, their bulky cotton garments covered by grass-green dacron uniforms, and their feet were in black cotton shoes with five eyelets, which made Jiang He look even more stout and Erya even more charming. They both wore red flowers on their chests.

Jiang He managed better, but Erya couldn’t help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, her eyes rimmed with red.

Liuzhi, leading a group of sisters and brothers, shed tears one after another, and their sobs rose and fell in turn. They all remembered the hardships of the past.

Wang Zhengguo turned to Jiang He and Erya and said, "You have weathered storms and faced adversity together. I hope that after you form your revolutionary family, you will continue to love and help each other and never abandon one another through thick and thin."

"Rest assured," Jiang He said solemnly, "Erya and I will never let you down."

Their life had been hard-won, so they cherished it all the more.

Clasping the red marriage booklet and after taking their vows, they were officially husband and wife.

Just as everyone was sharing the food laid out on the tables, there were only some sunflower seeds and peanuts left; the candy had already been finished by a group of children.

Some people went home after the wedding, while others stayed, chatting in small groups, cracking sunflower seeds, peeling peanuts, and teasing Jiang He and Erya when suddenly, a middle-aged woman burst in from outside, loudly exclaiming, "I do not agree with this marriage. The daughter I carried for ten months, she can’t just marry off like that so cheaply!"

Everyone frowned – could she be Erya’s birth mother?

Some couldn’t help but recall what Guan Cheng had said back when he was urging Jiang He and Erya to get married.

Zhang Erya had a good memory. Although the newcomer had aged quite a lot, she still recognized her as her birth mother, Zhao Xiaolan.