All Heavens Pension started from the fiery era

Chapter 657 658. Simple but lively wedding

Yue Wenxuan sighed, "The days before liberation were so difficult. Life became better and better after liberation, but my old frugal habits were hard to change. Plus, my salary kept getting higher and higher, so I saved so much money without realizing it."

He had a basis for saying this, and it was not a fabrication. Up to now, he had saved more than 3,000 yuan from his monthly salary.

The extra three thousand he reported could be saved up based on their family's salary level if they lived a little more frugally. After all, the original body's spouse was also a wage earner before he died.

"You live a very frugal life. You have managed to save 6,000 yuan. Few officials of your rank can save such a large fortune.

Ever since we met, I noticed that you spent money very generously and thought you were a spendthrift. It seems I misunderstood you."

Zeng Danling felt that she needed to get to know the husband who was about to walk into the marriage hall with her again.

Yue Wenxuan said this just to explain the source of the deposit, and did not intend to change Zeng Danling's perception of him, so he continued:
"You think I'm a spendthrift, and that's not wrong. I used to be quite frugal, but since I became paralyzed in bed, my mindset has changed.

If you don't have enough money to spend, of course you should be frugal. But if your salary is high enough, there is no need to be too harsh on yourself and your family. After all, everyone wants to live a rich life, and there is nothing wrong with that.

If you earn a high enough salary but still save money in everything, you are like Grandet. Being too stingy in life will lead to another extreme, which I think is not worth advocating either.

As long as conditions permit and as long as there is no extravagance, there is nothing wrong with living a more affluent life.

My personal experience of being paralyzed in bed taught me a truth: if a person lives frugally all his life, and one day he dies, he will find that he still has 6,000 yuan left to spend, and he will feel regretful. "

Yue Wenxuan suddenly changed his style, causing Zeng Danling to burst out laughing. "It is said that when a person faces death, he will have a very profound experience, but your experience seems a little special, which does not quite match your identity as an old revolutionary."

"If I had faced death before liberation, I certainly wouldn't have had this kind of perception. I think it would have been a positive perception that was worthy of being written into textbooks and could touch people's hearts.

But it’s different now. The society is peaceful and people’s lives are prosperous, so naturally it’s a different feeling.”

Yue Wenxuan changed the subject and talked for a while, and Zeng Danling's shock and uneasiness finally subsided. Yue Wenxuan no longer asked her to order, and simply flipped through the menu and ordered two dishes.

In order to take Zeng Danling's feelings into consideration, Yue Wenxuan only ordered two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and the meal cost a total of 35 yuan.

Spending so much money on a meal was still too extravagant in Zeng Danling's opinion, but it was barely within her acceptable range. After all, this meal was to celebrate the two people getting their marriage certificate, which was particularly memorable, so Zeng Danling didn't say anything.

The days running towards happiness always seem to pass by so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the wedding day has arrived.

Yue Wenxuan deliberately chose Sunday as the children basically have a day off on that day, so there is no need to ask for leave specifically, which would be embarrassing for them to give reasons.

According to the current trend of simple weddings, the simplest way is to distribute wedding candies to relatives and friends of both parties, and there is no need to hold any form of wedding.

But Yue Wenxuan is a free man now, and the day he chose is Sunday when everyone has time. In order to prevent Zeng Danling from feeling regret in the future, he does not want to make the wedding too simple.

On the wedding day, Yue Wenxuan got up early in the morning, tidied up the room, changed into a brand new and neat Zhongshan suit, and went to pick up the bride without eating breakfast.

At his age, he naturally wouldn't go around with a bunch of people following him, so he just rode his bicycle to the tube-shaped building where the bride lived.

After entering the tube building, Yue Wenxuan distributed two pieces of wedding candy to everyone he met. He had appeared in this tube building once before, and everyone knew that he was the groom today, and they would say a few words of congratulations when they received the wedding candy.

The door of the bride's house was open, and there was no intention to keep Yue Wenxuan out. In addition to the bride, Zeng Danling, there were four elders and several female neighbors watching the fun in the room.

The four elders were all people Yue Wenxuan knew. Except for Sister Guo and Zhao Zhenhuan's wife, the other two were also people he had visited before.

Seeing Yue Wenxuan coming, Zhao Zhenhuan's wife, as Zeng Danling's elder, said a few words of congratulations and encouragement.

After these words were said, the atmosphere became lively again. Several female neighbors who came to watch the fun asked Yue Wenxuan for wedding candies and red envelopes. Yue Wenxuan was not stingy and gave one to each person.

Although the money in the red envelope was not much, only one cent, it was not small and was above the ordinary level. Yue Wenxuan was very generous.

After giving out the red envelopes, the four elders surrounded the bride and walked out of the house together.

With these four elders attending her wedding, although the wedding was a bit simple, Zeng Danling felt very warm in her heart and truly felt the happiness.

Several elders also came by bicycle, but the bride was given special treatment and sat on the back seat of Yue Wenxuan's bicycle.

Taking into account the age of several elders, Yue Wenxuan deliberately slowed down the speed of the bicycle, and the group rode forward chatting and laughing.

Although Yue Wenxuan had seen too many grand weddings and even experienced one himself, this simple wedding style made him feel particularly warm and happy.

When the group arrived at the grain compound and just walked to the door of the unit, they were already surrounded by a lot of people watching the fun.

As a bride surrounded by so many people, Zeng Danling had a big heart and her fair face was flushed. But she did not lower her head, her back was straight, but her eyes were drooping, not looking at the people around her.

Zeng Danling had already appeared in the grain compound, which was a new thing in the entire building and even the entire compound. People in the entire compound were waiting to see what the bride looked like.

Everyone knew that Director Yue’s second wife was very young, only in her twenties, but no one expected her to be so beautiful, even more beautiful than the movie stars in magazines.

The combination of an old man and a young wife has always attracted a lot of attention. Now that they see that the bride has such a good appearance, the onlookers are even more excited.

Yue Wenxuan's prestige in the tube building has always been very high. Young people are intimidated by his majesty and dare not make jokes. They can only stand by and watch the fun. But those in their forties and fifties have no such concerns. One by one, they stop Yue Wenxuan, asking for cigarettes or candies, saying all kinds of teasing words. Such a small scene certainly does not make Yue Wenxuan feel cramped. He has already prepared enough cigarettes and candies, and he will give them to familiar people.

As for their teasing and mocking words, Yue Wenxuan didn't take them seriously and dealt with them calmly.

In order to avoid more and more people gathering to watch the fun, Yue Wenxuan did not dare to delay too much time at the door of the unit. He just dealt with the people he was close to and then quickly took the lead to go upstairs.

When I went up to the second floor, the corridor was full of people. Not only did people on this floor come out of their homes to watch the fun, but even people upstairs ran down to watch the fun, having already reserved seats in advance.

Yue Wenxuan was distributing candies to his neighbors while squeezing forward wherever he could. If he dared to stop, he would probably be stopped and would not be able to leave.

With his rich experience, I didn't spend too much time in the corridor and finally led the bride and her group into my home.

The family members at home had already arrived and were waiting, including the relatives from my hometown who had arrived early.

Considering that the meals in high-priced restaurants were too expensive, in order to save some money for Yue Wenxuan, only four people came from his hometown, namely Yue Wenxuan's two brothers and two sisters-in-law.

After entering the door, Sister Guo led the bride directly into the newlyweds' bedroom. She did not let the bride stay in the living room, nor did she say hello to everyone.

After all, today is the wedding day, and for the bride, the etiquette is a little different from the past.

Sister Guo asked the bride to take off her shoes and get on the bed, and the four elders who came to see her off also found a place to sit down.

After a while, Yue Wenxuan brought his two sisters-in-law in to entertain the guests and introduced them to everyone.

The two sisters-in-law felt a little awkward, but since they were the hosts today, they had to cheer themselves up and chat with their new sister-in-law and the four elders.

Although Zeng Danling was a little inexperienced and couldn't chat naturally with her two sisters-in-law, the elders were all good at speaking and they quickly eased the atmosphere. They were always able to find suitable topics to allow Zeng Danling's two sisters-in-law to give full play to their abilities.

When the atmosphere in the room became harmonious, Yue Wenxuan's two daughters and four daughters-in-law came in to greet them.

It was the first time for us to experience something like this, and we were all a little inexperienced, and felt a little awkward. Fortunately, the eldest sister and the eldest sister-in-law were the only ones who spoke up, and the others were just there to make up the numbers, just showing up, and even if they wanted to show off, they didn't have much chance to do so.

Most people can't handle such an embarrassing situation, and Zeng Danling, an inexperienced new bride, doesn't know what to say. Fortunately, she doesn't need to deal with it. She is a mascot today. Although she is indispensable, she doesn't need to say much.

When facing her daughter and daughter-in-law who are older than her, she only needs to give a smile and say a few polite words.

After they got to know each other, she didn't need to speak anymore. The four elders who came to see her off were all more talkative than the others, and they spoke very well. Their words were very pleasant to the ears and seemed to make sense. Under their mediation, the atmosphere was very harmonious and everyone's awkwardness was soon eliminated.

It was the first time for Yue Wenxuan's two daughters and four daughters-in-law to meet Zeng Danling. Before that, they had only seen the wedding photos.

Although I was mentally prepared and knew that Aunt Zeng was a rare beauty, I was still shocked when I saw her in person.

They knew that this great aunt was still a college student. She was young and beautiful. Such an outstanding person was willing to marry into their Yue family as a stepmother. Even though they were Yue family members, they felt that this great aunt was too unfair.

When they first heard the news, they were definitely a little resistant, but considering the actual situation, they gradually accepted it. Now that they saw Zeng Danling in person and felt her shy and gentle temperament, they couldn't help but feel a little fond of her.

Especially Yue Hongying, when she first heard the news, she felt a little uncomfortable, but she quickly adjusted herself.

As a college student of the new era, her ideas are relatively avant-garde, and she intellectually supports her father's decision to find another partner.

The better Zeng Danling's conditions were, the happier she was for her father. At this moment, she smiled from the bottom of her heart. Seeing her in person made her feel that this was a good marriage that was hard to find even with a lantern.

Xu Yuxia, the eldest daughter-in-law, also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

She had always been a little worried that this aunt Zeng was a difficult person to deal with. Her two children often came to her father-in-law's house for dinner. If they were disliked by her step-mother-in-law, she would have no choice but to keep the two children at home and not dare to let them come over again.

It is too early to judge what kind of person this good mother-in-law is before we start dealing with her. But the first impression is always good, and it is a good start, which gives her a little more hope.

Yue Hongyan, the eldest daughter, was also sincerely happy. After so many days, she had already figured out that it would be the best thing for her father to marry a young wife.

If they really find someone older, they don't know who will take care of whom. If they find someone younger, Dad can be taken care of. In the future, there will be someone to take care of Dad, and they, as children, won't have to worry about him.

The other three daughters-in-law didn’t think too much about it. They all took an indifferent attitude.

They don't live with their stepmother-in-law, and they don't even have to pay alimony every month. They have almost no interaction in life. No matter what kind of person this stepmother-in-law is, it doesn't have much impact on them.

The old leader Huo Xianghong was also resting at home. He came to congratulate Yue Wenxuan and talked with him for a while.

Qian Deli, Kong Qingsong, and Mao Xiguang all came to celebrate. Yue Wenxuan had said long ago that he would not accept gifts, so after considering it, no one prepared any gifts for him.

The reason was that Yue Wenxuan had to entertain guests at a high-priced restaurant, and if they gave gifts, they would inevitably be invited to dinner. But they knew how expensive the cost of a high-priced restaurant was, and they certainly couldn't add such a heavy burden to Yue Wenxuan.

It was not yet ten o'clock, and everyone sat for a while before saying goodbye. Yue Wenxuan warmly invited everyone to go to the restaurant for dinner, but naturally no one would stay.

Wedding banquets are usually held early, and at just eleven o'clock, Yue Wenxuan and his family had already arrived at the hotel.

The bride and groom, four elders who came to see them off, Yue Wenxuan's two younger brothers and their two sisters-in-law sat at one table. Others also sat at one table. The two reserved tables for the wedding banquet were full.