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."