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Zhang Taiping was also a little embarrassed: "I wonder if we can apply for a marriage certificate now?"

The woman looked at the two mothers and daughters hiding behind Zhang Taiping and asked suspiciously, "Is this child yours?"

"Ahem. This. Yes."

Seeing Zhang Taiping's reaction, the woman showed a suddenly realized expression, and then said with a smile.

"There is nothing embarrassing about it. They are all rural people. Men get married at the age of 20, and they can't get a marriage certificate before they reach the age. Besides, most people in the mountains don't apply for a marriage certificate. If you can do it, it's already a advanced elements."

The woman in charge was nice, and her attitude was not bad, but she was a bit talkative, and Zhang Taiping didn't know what to say.

"Have you brought your account book and ID card?"

"Brought it." Zhang Taiping handed over their IDs.

The woman in charge took a look at it, checked it again, and asked, "Did you two become husband and wife voluntarily?"

Zhang Taiping and the two both nodded.

Then he asked, "Do you have any medical history?"

Cai Yazhi didn't know how to answer, 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 I 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 must present the physical examination form to the staff.But there are not so many rules in the small town, it is enough to confirm verbally, and it is not mandatory to have a medical examination form.

Seeing Zhang Taiping's answer in this way, the women stopped asking more about this question.Putting down his ID card, he said, "I still need three two-inch color photos for each person, have you brought them?"

Zhang Taiping shook his head.He only brought his ID card and didn't expect to have a photo at all.Even if you think about it, there is no place to take pictures 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 this town. You go to take pictures first, and then come back after you finish taking pictures. You can come before twelve o'clock in the morning, and you can come in the afternoon." It's after two o'clock."

Zhang Taiping took the household registration booklet and ID card, thanked him, and the three members of his family left the Civil Affairs Bureau again.Find a place to take pictures.

Speaking of taking pictures, Zhang Taiping didn't take many pictures before due to physical reasons, and he reluctantly took pictures a few times because he needed pictures for school files and the like.Cai Yazhi and Yaya have never touched a camera, something that only exists in legends.

Cai Yazhi was reserved and could still control her joy, while Yaya's child's heart was free of many scruples, she was completely ecstatic, and her little face was as happy as a flower.

Zhang Taiping murmured in his heart, it seems that he must buy a camera, he found a photo studio, the backgrounds inside are all landscape paintings, a bit distorted, but the conditions are as they are, so we can’t be too demanding.

First, a two-inch color half-length photo of two adults.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 of the photo is not bad.Zhang Taiping directly asked each person to print out ten photos. This kind of photo may be used at some time in the future, so it is always safe to be prepared.

Zhang Taiping stopped being in the camera after taking a half-length photo, so he really wasn't very photogenic.Then it was time for the mother and daughter to take pictures.

Cai Yazhi was a little cautious when taking the first full-body photo, posing for a pose, etc. After taking the second photo, she gradually let go.Yaya is purely a child at heart, and she poses in various cute poses, taking quite a few shots.

In the end, the whole family took another photo with Cai Yazhi standing beside her and Yaya riding on Zhang Taiping's neck. This is the real happy family of three.

All Zhang Taiping asked for were snapshots, and the photos came out on the spot after the photos were taken.A stack of more than 130 photos, a total of [-] yuan.Cai Yazhi only felt distressed when she paid the money. Looking at her expression, she was probably thinking in her heart that if she had known it was so expensive, she would not have paid so much.

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

There were already too many people at this moment, so we had to wait in line.When they arrived at Zhang Taiping and Zhang Taiping, the woman in charge still remembered them, saving other procedures and processes, just took the photos and pasted them up with a steel seal, and that was it.Saves time for both parties.

"Give it here, you are now a legal couple recognized and protected by the state. I hope you will have a happy marriage for a hundred years 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 book in my hand, my heart felt hot, and the shackles and knots in my heart were finally untied.

It didn't need to be so troublesome.Although others can't see anything, they won't be condemned morally.But Zhang Taiping is also a person who went to university and received legal education, but he couldn't pass his own test. He didn't get a marriage certificate and didn't give himself an explanation. He always felt that he was taking advantage of others' danger and was shameful.There is a feeling of being watched by God all the time.

In fact, people also live with a clear conscience. Whether they do bad things or good things, as long as they can find reasons for themselves to convince themselves that they have a clear conscience, they can take things for granted.This is why some people's conscience always condemns themselves after doing bad things, but some people can feel at ease after doing bad things as if nothing happened.

Only by convincing myself and giving myself a reasonable explanation, no matter whether the matter itself is good or bad, and no matter whether the explanation is far-fetched or not, as long as I can feel a clear conscience, will not leave sequelae in my heart.

Zhang Taiping is this kind of person. Obtaining the marriage certificate is an explanation to himself and also a responsibility to Cai Yazhi.The knot in my heart was untied, so I was very happy to smile with my mouth wide open.

Cai Yazhi didn't understand why Zhang Taiping was so happy, and she didn't quite understand the specific meaning of the red book, but she understood what the woman in the office said, "a legal couple recognized and protected by the state", so her face was full of embarrassment. A piece of joy.

After leaving the Civil Affairs Bureau, I rushed to the police station without stopping.You don't need much to open a household registration for Yaya, you just need to fill in the household registration booklet and another piece of information, and hand in 500 yuan.It is the first child, and it is still a girl. There is no multiple births or extra births, and it is easy to get a rural household registration.

This is the traditional status quo. Although the equality of women has been emphasized, boys and girls are the same, but in rural areas, patriarchy is still ingrained in the bones, and it can even be reflected in some of the country's poverty alleviation policies.For example, two-female households and one-child households receive a certain amount of subsidies every year.

In the concept of rural people, one man and one woman are the best result, and children will be happy under their knees.But having a boy or a girl is not up to people to decide, and there are not a few people who have two boys. The family burden of two boys is heavy. Whether it is marriage or a house in the future, parents have to prepare two copies.These people don't feel the policy when they go to register their children, and they will be fined even more.

Generally speaking, people have a kind of sympathy from the bottom of their hearts for families full of girls (this is a thought that has been developed for thousands of years).Because in the traditions of the rural people, it is very important to be sent to the end when they are old, and when a girl grows up and marries, she is considered a foreign surname.When scolding someone, calling him old and no one will die, even though it is an ordinary sentence, it is a kind of scolding that exposes scars.

After finishing all the business, there are more people on the street.When you go shopping, you have a lot of fun. Only when there are people, there will be excitement, and only when there is excitement, will you go shopping.If you open the street and let you go alone on the deserted street, even if you are given all the items in the world, you probably have no interest in wandering around.

At this moment, the market has just come up, the business people have already set up their stalls, and the people from a long distance are rushing to and fro, and the streets are not crowded yet.

For such a large rural fair, there are usually not too many people in the first half of the year.After autumn, as the weather gradually cooled down, there were more people in each episode, and in the last few episodes of the year when it was close to the end of the year, it was really crowded and sweaty, and shopping was crowded.

At that time, the business was the best, and often a small part of the annual income came from those few episodes.Local business people will block the road to prevent cars from passing through, and the whole street will become a holy place for shopping, and it is also the time and place where thieves are most active.

It's just the beginning of autumn, and it's still early before the New Year's Eve, so the crowds on the street won't be too exaggerated even at noon.

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

Seeing a marshmallow seller on the street, the little girl didn't even say she wanted it, but just stood in front of her and swallowed.I have never been to the street since I grew up, and I still don't know how to ask my parents for things.It was lucky to see Dashuai Zhang not running away before, so how can there be any reason to step forward and act like a baby?

Zhang Taiping couldn't help pity for a moment, other people's children at this age are acting like a baby in the arms of their parents, and they will always pester their parents for this or that when they go to the street.And Yaya seemed to have lost this skill, she just looked at it, but didn't ask for it.

"What do you want, tell Dad, and Dad will buy it for you." Zhang Taiping put Yaya on his neck, and came to the car selling cotton candy.

"How much is a ball?" Zhang Taiping asked the owner of the car.

"One dollar, one dollar, how much do you want?"

"Come on three yuan."

The middle-aged man who sells cotton candy shakes the machine swiftly, and three balls of snow-white and fluffy cotton candy are shaken out in no time.This middle-aged man is fine, he didn't make it in advance and hang it on the wire on the car, so that it will be unclean and easily melted when the wind blows.On-site production is a bit of work, but it is 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 food, as soon as they get it, they can eat it with gusto without being taught.