Wenxi dressed herself up really badly today, so it's normal that no one noticed her.

Lin Yiwan nodded. "Yes, I am Lin Yiwan. Hello, Comrade Liu Jianhua."

Liu Jianhua looked at Lin Yiwan and nodded in satisfaction, but his face did not show the shyness and caution one would show when facing a female comrade; instead, it showed the satisfaction of selecting items.

Next, Liu Jianhua began to introduce his family situation and his expectations for the future. "I am the eldest son in my family, and I will be responsible for taking care of my parents in their old age. After I get married, I will definitely live with my parents. At that time, I hope you can take care of the family and serve your parents wholeheartedly and stay away from your parents' home as much as possible. My family does not accept daughters-in-law who think about their parents' home and brothers all day long."

Wen Xi couldn't help but exchange a glance with Lin Yiwan. Who exactly introduced this man to Lin Yiwan?

He made such a request to Lin Yiwan on their very first meeting.

Just because he is male, does that mean Lin Yiwan will definitely agree?

"As for the bride price, we are all from the countryside, so let's just do it according to the standards of the countryside. Don't be as vain as city people, wanting things like 'three turns and one sound' (referring to a radio, a sewing machine, and a watch). After all, my parents don't earn money easily, so let's not waste money. Our family can give you twenty yuan as a bride price, but we hope you can bring it back with you when you get married, for the sake of our little family."

Wen Xi sneered, "Even Zhou Bapi isn't as good at skinning people as him."

Lin Yiwan wasn't angry. She just smiled faintly and looked at Liu Jianhua, letting him continue.

Liu Jianhua thought Lin Yiwan had agreed and was overjoyed. "Also, my parents prefer boys, so we must have several boys after we get married to carry on the family line. If you can't have any, don't blame my family for divorcing you."

Wen Xi was about to lose her temper. Where did this jerk come from?

Divorce his wife? Does he still think this is ancient times?

"Comrade Liu Jianhua, have you finished speaking?" Lin Yiwan asked Liu Jianhua with a smile.

Liu Jianhua clearly wanted to say something more, but Lin Yiwan interrupted him, and he forgot what he was going to say. He nodded blankly, "Um... that's all. I'll add more when I remember."

"Let me put it this way, Comrade Liu Jianhua, I don't like you. You're too ugly and too stingy. You want to marry a beautiful young woman, but you still want to take back the twenty yuan dowry."

"A stingy and poor man like you actually wants to have several sons. Can you afford to raise so many? Do you expect them to be raised like dogs, free-range, without food, water, clothes, or education?"

"Furthermore, I have three older brothers, a bunch of cousins, and a bunch of nephews and nieces in the future. I've already promised my family that I would support my brothers' families and raise my nephews and nieces. How can you expect me to cut off ties with my family? Are you going to raise my nephews and nieces for me? Your family can't even afford a three-wheeled watch and a radio, how can you afford to raise so many children?"

Liu Jianhua scoffed, "Who wants to raise your nephews and nieces? Let me tell you, it's me who didn't like you today, not the other way around."

With that, Liu Jianhua stormed off, he really hadn't expected to meet such a wicked guy.

Lin Yiwan laughed and shouted, "Comrade Liu Jianhua, I will help you spread the word about what you said today, so that more girls will know about your character and your thoughts. From now on, you can forget about succeeding in blind dates, and you can forget about ruining other girls."

Liu Jianhua's legs went weak, and he almost fell down the steps.

Liu Jianhua panicked completely, but quickly calmed down. He just wanted to find a beautiful, filial woman who could bear him a son. There was nothing wrong with that. He was sure he could find one.

Women used to go through this, and his mother went through the same thing.

Why can't Lin Yiwan accept this?

It seems that Lin Yiwan has been brainwashed too much by her family. He can no longer date women with brothers. He needs to find women with only sisters, so that the sisters can support each other and he can benefit from it.

After Liu Jianhua left, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan exchanged a glance and smiled helplessly.

Lin Yiwan said, "That's how blind dates are. You can meet all kinds of men. Some people can act very well, so you can't tell what kind of person they really are. So you can't get married right away after you've met them. You have to take your time to get to know them. If the other person is not willing to get to know you properly, then there is probably a problem."

Wen Xi nodded. She and He Chen'an had known each other for quite some time, and she had a certain understanding of He Chen'an. Now, the most important thing was the He family.

She wouldn't compromise if the He family members were difficult to get along with.

As Wenxi was preparing to leave, she noticed a persimmon tree not far from the temple, covered with a dense array of persimmons. Some of the persimmons had already begun to turn yellow and were ready to be picked. She could put them in the rice jar for a few days at home and then eat them.

So Wenxi excitedly ran over, jumped up and grabbed the tree branch, pulled the branch down with one hand and started picking persimmons with the other, picking the yellow ones.

"Let me do it!" Lin Yiwan quickly came over and pressed the branches down so that Wenxi could concentrate on picking persimmons.

Lin Yiwan visits her grandmother's house several times a year and has been here before, but she never found a persimmon tree. Unexpectedly, Wenxi encountered a persimmon tree on her first visit. Her luck is truly unparalleled.

The two of them used this method to pick the persimmons they could reach, but they couldn't reach the bigger, yellower persimmons above.

Lin Yiwan squatted down, patted her shoulder, and said, "Xiaoxi, why don't you try sitting on my shoulders?"

"No need, there are enough persimmons for us. Let's save the rest for others!" Wen Xi glanced at Lin Yiwan and refused directly.

Wenxi didn't think Lin Yiwan's small frame could carry her, and they had already picked almost a whole basket of persimmons, which was enough for them. There was no need to be so greedy.

"Since we're not picking any more, let's go back!" Lin Yiwan picked up the basket from the ground and left first, with Wen Xi quickly following behind.

After coming down from the mountain, Lin Yiwan didn't go to her grandmother's house for dinner. Instead, she took out her bicycle, picked up Wenxi, and went back home. As for Liu Jianhua, the man she was set up with today, she was determined to spread the word so that all the women in the surrounding villages would avoid him and suffer a lifetime of misery.

Lin Yiwan wasn't a saint who didn't want to see other women suffer; rather, she didn't want scum like Liu Jianhua to live a life where he was waited on hand and foot and had children.

Such a person deserves to die alone.

Lin Yiwan rode her bicycle directly to the gate of Wenxi's house. Wenxi got off the bicycle and wanted to share half of the persimmons with Lin Yiwan, since she had picked so many persimmons with Lin Yiwan's help.