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Old Mrs. Niu praised Yue Wenxuan a lot, but it was a little too much. Yue Wenxuan felt very confident, but Zeng Danling felt a little embarrassed.

Zeng Danling didn't say much, but Old Mrs. Niu was not at all shy. She held her hand and talked more and more warmly.

She sat in Yue Wenxuan's house for about ten minutes. Feeling that the time was about up, she stuffed two cucumbers into Yue Wenxuan's hands and happily said goodbye and left.

After going out, the old lady did not go home immediately. She had to spread the good news to Yue Wenxuan to prevent Old Man Tian, ​​who was unaware of the situation, from spreading bad things about Director Yue everywhere.

As soon as she went out, she saw Old Mrs. Ding changing honeycomb coal in the corridor, so she walked towards her.

Although the two old ladies had a big conflict, they were both in their sixties and seventies, and their skins were thicker than city walls. Normally, they would still talk when they met, but they could not avoid saying a few words to each other.

When Old Mrs. Ding saw Old Mrs. Niu walking towards her, she immediately entered a fighting state, her whole spirit tensed.

"It's almost noon. Why are you wandering around instead of cooking at home? Could it be that old thief Tian has stolen things from your house again? Do you want to catch the thief?" asked Old Mrs. Ding suspiciously.

"Old man Tian just walked past our house. His steps were slower than an ant. It looked abnormal. I wonder whose good things he has taken a fancy to.

Your family has been eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks these past two days. The whole corridor is filled with fragrance. Old man Tian is drooling because of his greed. Who knows what he will do? You'd better be careful. "

Old Mrs. Ding and Old Man Tian both don't get along with Old Mrs. Niu, so she just happened to be giving them a hard time.

Mrs. Ding had been robbed twice by Old Man Tian, ​​so she got anxious when she heard this. "This damn old thief, please don't try to target our house again! Thanks to you for reminding me. I have to be careful these two days to make sure he doesn't steal anything from me again."

The two of them attacked the old thief Tian together. After talking about this topic, Mrs. Niu changed the subject and said, "Director Yue brought a young and beautiful girl home today. Did you see it?"

“I saw him. He should be a relative of theirs. I just never saw him before.

That girl is so pretty, I don't know if she's engaged yet, if not, there's a suitable one among our relatives." Although Mrs. Ding is old, her eyes are still sharp.

"Don't worry about it. Do you know what the relationship between that girl and Director Yue is?" Old Mrs. Niu came close to Old Mrs. Ding, lowered her voice, and spoke mysteriously.

"What other relationship could it be? He must be a relative of his family." Old Mrs. Ding said this with certainty, without making any dirty guesses.

It’s not that her thoughts are so noble, but mainly because Yue Wenxuan’s image has always been well maintained. Even someone like Old Lady Ding who loves to gossip would not make malicious guesses.

"I'm telling you, you guessed wrong. I'm telling you, that girl is Director Yue's girlfriend, and they're getting married at the end of the month!"

Mrs. Ding's eyes widened immediately, looking unbelievable. "No way? Director Yue is such a decent person, you better not spread bad things about him, otherwise, be careful that the third brother of his family will punish you."

Old Mrs. Ding had been punished by the third brother before, and had always been a little afraid of him, so she subconsciously expressed her thoughts.

But women are born with the potential to gossip, especially Mrs. Ding, who is always very curious. She immediately asked, "Who told you that? Is the news accurate? You didn't make it up, did you?"

Old Lady Niu said angrily: "How can I make up such a big thing? Am I that kind of person? This is what Director Yue told me himself!"

"Since Director Yue told you personally, it should be correct."

After saying this, Mrs. Ding's eyes revealed a strange look, and she whispered: "Director Yue has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and always looks righteous, but I didn't expect that he also has a frivolous heart.

The girl he brought home looked to be in her early twenties. Wouldn't the age difference between them be more than twenty years?
Such a young girl could be his daughter, but he wants to marry her as his second wife!
Tsk tsk tsk, this guy really can't be judged by appearance. Today I finally know what kind of person Director Yue is. The old saying is still right, there is no man who is not unfaithful. "

Old Mrs. Ding was very excited when she suddenly heard such big news.

Old Lady Niu glared at Old Lady Ding and said with disdain, "You have had such an experience yourself, so just learn a lesson, but don't generalize.

Not everyone is as fickle as the old man who passed away in your family. There are still many good people in this world.

Director Yue is just fifty years old and is still young and strong. Isn't it right for him to find a successor partner?

Don't think that they are not a good match just because Miss Zeng is young. I would say they are a good match and look like a perfect match.

Fortunately, I know what happened. If you want to know, I will talk to you. "

Mrs. Niu's first few words were not pleasant to hear. Mrs. Ding wanted to refute her, but the following words made her even more curious. She couldn't help but ask, "Is there any special reason? Then tell me."

"Director Yue's marriage is really a little different. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll talk to you about it."

"Isn't it just an old man and a young wife? This kind of thing is rare in our new society. It was not a new thing when we were young. I have seen a lot of it." Old Mrs. Ding had an indifferent look on her face, and she seemed to despise Old Mrs. Niu for being so surprised by something that was not seen before.

“The situation is still different, not what you think.

I just went to their home and sat for a while, and I understand the situation very clearly. Director Yue's marriage was not introduced by relatives or friends, but arranged by the organization.

Do you know what an introducer is? I'll tell you, the introducer is a leader of our Provincial Women's Federation!
Although Director Yue is already 50 years old, he doesn't look like it at all. Besides, his retirement salary is high, so he should find a better partner.

You should have seen that girl, didn't you notice? The two of them look quite compatible when they are together, and they will definitely live a good life in the future." Old Lady Niu spared no effort to support Yue Wenxuan.

Maintaining good neighborhood relations has this benefit. When you are attacked by public opinion, your neighbors will take the initiative to stand up and defend you without you having to step forward.

With the help of two old ladies, Mrs. Niu and Mrs. Ding, who have top-level spreading skills, promoting Yue Wenxuan, the good news about Yue Wenxuan spread quickly.

In just one afternoon, everyone in the building knew about it.

Yue Wenxuan and Zeng Danling were still cooking at home, and from time to time neighbors would pass by his door. These passers-by would do the same thing, and would turn their heads to look inside. Zeng Danling didn't know these neighbors who passed by the door, but Yue Wenxuan found that the people who passed by their door included not only neighbors from the same building, but also neighbors from the floors above.

Their purpose was very clear, which was to come and see what Director Yue's young wife looked like.

Everyone is curious, and this is human nature. Yue Wenxuan didn't think much of it, but Zeng Danling felt a little embarrassed by being looked at like that.

Even the dumplings stuffed with leeks and shrimps didn't taste as delicious anymore. Zeng Danling subconsciously quickened her eating pace as she planned to leave right after finishing her meal.

Yue Wenxuan did not continue to persuade her to stay. Just as he said, it would be enough for Zeng Danling to show up in the tube building once, so that everyone would know the good news, and when he got married at the end of the month, it would not be a surprise to everyone.

The next half month was indeed a bit tight for Yue Wenxuan.

He wanted to repaint the house. After all, it was a big event, and even if lavish renovations were not possible in this day and age, he still had to give the house a new look.

After repainting, adding some unique small ornaments and a few pots of flowers, although it is still the same home as before, it feels different and seems to have a more warm feeling.

Of course, wedding photos are also required. This is an indispensable procedure. People in this era basically have wedding photos when they get married. Even in the poorer villages, there are few exceptions.

Yue Wenxuan was not short of money, and the two of them had no shortage of new clothes to wear. Under his encouragement, Zeng Danling changed into three new sets of clothes in succession and took a total of three photos with him.

After they each got their letters of introduction, they finally got their marriage certificate on the day they picked up their photos.

With this marriage certificate, although the two have not held a wedding yet, they are already legally husband and wife.

To celebrate, Yue Wenxuan specially invited Zeng Danling to a restaurant for a big meal.

This time, Yue Wenxuan specially chose an expensive restaurant so that Zeng Danling could have a good meal.

Because the supply was so tight during this period, although small and medium-sized restaurants were still open, they basically only served staple foods and vegetarian dishes, and customers rarely saw any meat dishes when they went there.

Larger mid- to high-end restaurants can secure more supplies and may have more aquatic products, such as fish and shrimp, but scarce goods such as pork, beef, mutton and chicken are basically not seen.

If you just want to have a good meal, you have to spend a lot of money to eat at a high-end restaurant.

All large, medium and small affordable restaurants accepted food coupons. If you didn't have food coupons, you wouldn't have to eat in the restaurant.

Quancheng has retained several high-priced restaurants that do not accept food coupons. Even if you don't have food coupons, you can still eat in the restaurants, but the prices are extremely high and ordinary people definitely cannot afford it.

How high are the prices?

The two tables Yue Wenxuan booked for his wedding banquet at an expensive hotel are a good example.

Because there were only two tables at the wedding banquet and Yue Wenxuan's salary was relatively high, they chose a mid-to-high-priced meal. There were fourteen dishes in total, both meat and vegetarian, with meat being the main dish.

A year ago, a wedding banquet like this would cost 80 cents per guest, so a table of ten yuan would cost eight yuan, and two tables would cost sixteen yuan.

But during this period of time, he spent 600 yuan, 300 yuan per table, an average of 30 yuan per person!
The price has increased by more than thirty times. Ordinary people cannot afford such a high price, and only capitalists who earn dividends will patronize it frequently.

It was Zeng Danling's first time to eat at Gao's Restaurant. Seeing a lot of people coming and going at the restaurant entrance, she couldn't help but ask:
"Wenxuan, isn't it said that the food in the high-priced restaurant is very expensive? Why are there so many people coming to eat?"

"The food is indeed expensive, but there are also many wealthy people in Quancheng. There are only a few high-end restaurants in the whole city, and these wealthy people want to eat well and are willing to spend money for this, so of course there are many customers in the restaurant."

Yue Wenxuan did not book a private room, not because he did not want to, but because he could not book one even if he wanted to. If you want to eat in a private room, you not only need to make a reservation, but also need to have a large number of people. Requiring a large number of guests is a disguised requirement for a minimum consumption, which is understandable at this special time.

The two found a seat by the window in the hall. Yue Wenxuan asked the waiter for the menu and asked Zeng Danling to order.

Zeng Danling picked up the menu and looked at it. She was a little careless at first, but soon her eyes widened and she looked extremely surprised.

She leaned forward and asked Yue Wenxuan in a low voice: "Did I get the wrong menu? Why are the prices here so expensive? It's simply terrifying!"

“This is a high-end restaurant, so of course the prices are high, otherwise, anyone with a little extra money would come here to eat.

You have to know that compared to human life, money is not that important." Yue Wenxuan explained in a low voice.

"But the prices here are too high!" Zeng Danling pointed at the menu, "Look at this dish of meat in a jar, it costs 28 yuan, isn't this just robbing me? And look at this four-happiness meatball, it costs 17 yuan!"

Zeng Danling never expected that the food in a high-priced restaurant would be so expensive. If she had known that the cost of a high-priced restaurant was so high, she would never have agreed to Yue Wenxuan's proposal.

A meal here would cost almost an average person's entire month's salary. She could not accept such high consumption no matter what.

"Since we're here, let's just have a good meal. After all, it's just a meal, and I can afford it with my salary and savings."

In order to dispel Zeng Danling's concerns, Yue Wenxuan began to show off his wealth a little bit, "I haven't told you yet, I still have some savings over the years, about 6,000 yuan. Occasionally, it's not a big deal to have a high consumption, and our family's income can completely afford it."

"How do you have so much savings?" Zeng Danling was indeed shocked.

She knew that Yue Wenxuan's salary was relatively high, but it was not easy to save so much money. The salary system was only implemented in 1955, and the salary before that was not high. Yue Wenxuan was able to save so much money in just a few years, which was definitely something to be proud of, and few people could do it.

Yue Wenxuan reported this figure after careful consideration. Even if one is a very frugal person, this is the maximum amount of savings he would have. If it is more, it would arouse suspicion.

(End of this chapter)