Two generations of military wives compete for time

Chapter 278 Wang Moli is worried about the gift

"Yuanhui, we are talking about the wedding of Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei. It is said that the young people do not want to hold a wedding, but sister-in-law Wang Moli and sister-in-law Hao Xia are determined to hold the wedding. They are arguing about it. You should pay more attention to it and figure out as soon as possible whether to hold the wedding and how to hold it. I have a lot of things to do before the Spring Festival and I can't take care of it." Qian Yizheng said.

"Yizhen, leave this to me. I've already discussed it with Ming Zhigang and Wang Moli. You just wait to attend the wedding, eat wedding candy, and drink wedding wine, hehe."

At night, Qian Yizhen and Ming Yuanhui lay on the bed, turned off the lights, and started chatting as a couple.

"Yuanhui, what is Ming Zhigang's current rank in the army?"

"After graduating from the military academy, Ming Zhigang was assigned to the grassroots frontline. After three years of training, he has been promoted to deputy battalion-level cadre. The army is particularly short of highly educated talents, so Ming Zhigang has made faster progress than I did when I was in the army."

"Li Hongmei, you just graduated from college and started working. What level are you at?" Qian Yizheng asked again.

"Li Hongmei graduated from the military academy in September this year and was assigned to a technical position in a department of the Kunming Military Region, which may be a deputy company-level position. Since there are very few undergraduate students, the military leaders are particularly fond of undergraduate graduates from military academies.

It is said that good undergraduates like Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei are promoted very quickly. After serving for more than ten years, they can be promoted to technical positions at the regimental level. So, these two children have finally come to fruition after all the hardships and have a bright future, which is very gratifying. "Ming Yuanhui said with some pride.

"Yes, I hope these two children will get better and better and have a bright future." Qian Yizheng echoed.

"A month ago, Ming Zhigang called and said that the two of them were planning to register for marriage. After getting the marriage certificate, they would buy some wedding candies and invite their comrades and classmates to have a meal together and have fun.

We won't have a wedding because, firstly, it costs money and secondly, it takes time. The two asked for my opinion, and I had no objection. It's your own marriage, and you have to make your own decision. But you have to get your mother's consent first." Ming Yuanhui said.

"A wedding is a major event in life, and everyone probably wants to have a decent wedding. Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei did not hold a wedding because they were afraid of adding financial burden to their mothers.

These two children lost their father when they were young. Their two mothers raised them with great difficulty and suffered countless hardships. So they didn’t want to increase their mother’s financial pressure by spending a lot of money on the wedding. They are really two sensible and good children. ” Qian Yizhen said with emotion.

Ming Zhigang followed his uncle's advice and told his mother Wang Moli that they wanted to get a marriage certificate but not hold a wedding. Wang Moli said anxiously, "We must have a wedding. Otherwise, how will the villagers know that you are married? You will be laughed at."

"Mom, why are you becoming conservative? When Uncle Yuanhui and Aunt Yizhen got married, didn't my grandparents not hold a wedding for them? Now, uncle and aunt are living a better life than anyone else, right?"

"Zhigang, Mom will find an old man to calculate an auspicious date for your wedding. When you come back for the New Year, we can hold a simple wedding at home. It won't be a big deal."

After Wang Moli knew what Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei were thinking, she called Ming Yuanhui and asked him to persuade them that marriage cannot be without a wedding.

After Li Hongmei told sister-in-law Hao Xia about her idea of ​​getting a marriage certificate but not holding a wedding, sister-in-law Hao Xia firmly opposed it, saying that getting married is a major event in life and one cannot get married without a wedding.

After several discussions, Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei finally agreed to hold their wedding in Dayuan Village during the Spring Festival.

When Wang Moli received the news that her son Ming Zhigang and Li Hongmei agreed to return home to hold their wedding, she was extremely happy. She immediately took gifts and asked an old man in the village who was in charge of fortune-telling to find two good days for the wedding: the 23rd and 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Wang Moli hurried home holding the auspicious date written on red paper. Without even having time to cook, she began to rummage through the drawers and cabinets to find all the savings at home. After counting, she found there were only 3,000 yuan. She was worried.

Marrying a daughter-in-law requires a gift, how can I afford this little money? Besides, holding a wedding also requires money. Wang Moli tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

Wang Moli thought of her dead husband. How nice it would be if he were still alive. He wouldn't be so poor that he couldn't even afford the dowry for his son to marry.

Wang Moli wanted to ask her parents-in-law for help, but she recalled how her parents-in-law treated her harshly after her husband passed away, and how she was forced to take medicine and commit suicide.

Thinking about the two sons growing up, their grandparents never took care of them or cared about them. So, my parents-in-law would never give her money or lend her money. Oh, forget it.

Early the next morning, Wang Moli ran to her parents' home and told her parents, two brothers and their sisters-in-law the good news that Ming Zhigang had got married. She asked to borrow money from her parents and their brothers and their sisters-in-law to hold the wedding.

Her parents, brother and sister-in-law did not have much savings, and they pooled together two thousand yuan. Wang Moli took the money home gratefully, and thought hard about where else she could raise the money. All she could think about was giving her son a decent wedding.

"Is Sister Wang Moli at home?" Village Party Secretary He Guangliang shouted while knocking on the door.

"Secretary He, I'm at home. Come in and sit for a while. It's cold outside." Wang Moli quickly ran out of the house and said.

"Sister-in-law, I won't go into the house. Ming Zhi just called me long distance. Please go to the village committee office and answer the phone."

"Okay, I'll go right away. Thank you, Secretary He." Wang Moli said as she put on her thick cotton jacket, quickly locked the door, and ran to the village committee office.

"Hello, is this Zhigang? This is your mother." Wang Moli said breathlessly as she picked up the phone.

"Mom, I'm Zhigang. Li Hongmei and I are flying to the northern provincial capital on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. We only have three days of wedding leave, plus the annual leave, a total of seven days.

Uncle Yuanhui told us that we should choose an auspicious date and hold the wedding in the banquet hall of Huaguoshan Hotel. We should keep the wedding simple and invite the relatives of the groom and bride to have a wedding banquet together. We don't need to follow the wedding customs passed down by our ancestors. "

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I've already found someone to pick an auspicious date. The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is too late, so let's hold the wedding on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. How about the betrothal gift? Have you discussed this with Li Hongmei?"

"Mom, Li Hongmei said that we are soldiers and young people of the new era, and we don't want a dowry."

"Son, that won't do. Have you discussed this with Li Hongmei's mother?"

"Li Hongmei's mother said that everything should be done according to our young people's wishes and she would not interfere."

"Okay, let's talk about it after you come back. I have also collected some money these days to show my gratitude as a mother. Son, don't think it's too little."

"Mom, you don't have to give us money. Hongmei and I both have salaries. You can keep it for yourself, or save it for your brother Zhiqiang to get married, hehe."

"The wedding will be held in the banquet hall of the Huaguoshan Hotel. Such a high-end place must cost a lot of money. Where can we get the money?"

"Mom, Uncle Yuanhui said that the money for the wedding and banquet will be paid by him and Aunt Yizhen, so you don't have to worry about it."