Chapter 212 Zheng Lanping's Retreat

Li Aiyun's heart skipped a beat, but she remained expressionless. She smiled and said, "I'm definitely not someone who despises the poor and loves the rich. I value character. As long as a person is honest and loyal, everything else is fine."

Zhang Ruifeng thought, this is a lie. How can you tell whether someone is a good person or not just by looking at him/her?

She smiled and nodded, then asked, "Are you talking about a tall, thin young man, about 1.75 meters tall, about the same height as my son now?"

"Yes, yes, that's him."

"He's not my daughter's colleague. He was transferred from another place. It's the poorest place in our county. What's the name of the brigade?"

Zhang Ruifeng frowned and thought for a few seconds before saying, "I can't remember either. Anyway, his hometown is very poor. But they want to develop, so they sent a young man to our place to learn advanced experience.

I heard from Binbin that they sent him here because their brigade wanted to take care of him. His family was extremely poor, with elderly parents and young children, and the whole family was a burden, with no one capable. They relied on this young man to earn work points to support the family, and the brigade couldn't stand it anymore, so they gave him this opportunity to study. They gave him full work points every day and a 3 yuan subsidy every month. The young man was overjoyed. He now works at the agricultural machinery station. Mumu sometimes visited his sister and got to know him.

You have good taste. The young man is hardworking and honest. Since you don't care about his family background but only his character, then he is the right person for you."

Li Aiyun's heart was shaken, but she kept saying, "Could this be a mistake? Does Mumu have other friends?"

"That's for sure. He's the only twenty-year-old my son knows. There are some older classmates, but the oldest is only sixteen or seventeen. No one is twenty."

"But when we met him, he was wearing a tweed coat, tweed trousers, and a pair of black leather boots. He was buying things at the supply and marketing cooperative and was very generous with his money. He didn't look like he came from a poor family."

Zhang Ruifeng said, "Well, those clothes were borrowed from others. It was almost Chinese New Year, and he borrowed clothes and shoes, put them on, took photos, and sent them home for blind dates. I heard his family was so poor and he couldn't find a wife, so he thought he could dress up and see if he could use the photos to find a wife for himself."

Zhang Ruifeng spoke to Li Aiyun in a sincere tone, "To be honest, his behavior is a bit deceptive, but the young man is fine and a good person. This is not a big deal. At first I didn't know you were talking about him. If you had said it was him earlier, I would have told you directly. He is eager to find a partner."

Li Aiyun swallowed and asked, "I saw he bought a lot of things at that time. Did he get paid?"

Zhang Ruifeng waved her hand. "What salary? He's not a worker here. The three yuan subsidy every month isn't paid by us, but by the brigade. The agricultural machinery station doesn't have his salary. If you don't believe me, go check. There's not a cent. The things he bought weren't bought for him. No one at the agricultural machinery station was free that day, so they gave him the money and asked him to help run errands."

Li Aiyun tried hard to maintain his composure on the surface, but his heart felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Then Zhang Ruifeng continued, "Look at my mouth, I'm talking nonsense. Well, don't worry about all this. The young man is a good person. He's quite tall and looks good if he dresses up. Come to think of it, he and your Lan Ping are quite a match.

The key is that he's hardworking and capable, which is exactly what you're looking for. If you want to know more about the situation, just go to the agricultural machinery station and find him; he'll be there. Sometimes he'll even test drive the vehicles. If a vehicle at the station has a minor problem, he'll drive it out for a test drive after it's been repaired.

Li Aiyun thought of the scene she had seen a few days ago: a scruffy, unshaven man wearing patched clothes driving on the commune street. She couldn't help but feel dizzy. She asked, "Besides him, was there anyone else testing the car?"

God bless, I hope that’s not him!

Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "Yes."

Li Aiyun was delighted and asked, "Who is it? Is he also a young man, about 20 years old, and looks energetic?"

Zhang Ruifeng glanced at her and said, "It's not a young man. The other one testing the car is my daughter Binbin. You should know my daughter."

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Li Aiyun's heart was broken.

"know."

Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "That's fine. If you want that young man to be your son-in-law, go directly to the agricultural machinery station and find my daughter. She will introduce you to him."

"good."

Li Aiyun walked out of the grain store dejectedly, but he was still not completely discouraged and wanted to try his luck at the agricultural machinery station.

As we walked onto the central avenue, we heard the rumbling of a tractor. We saw a bearded man in the driver's seat, munching on a vegetable dumpling while driving the tractor. Crumbs of it fell off his cheeks as he ate.

Li Zhixin was too busy with work to have breakfast. Fortunately, a chef brought some vegetable dumplings from home and sponsored him one.

Li Aiyun took a closer look and then turned his head away.

Never mind, they are not destined to be together. This man is not suitable to be her son-in-law.

She didn't go to the agricultural machinery station, but went straight home and told Zheng Lanping what she had learned.

Xiao Zheng's face suddenly became colorful, and his heart was filled with emptiness.

"Isn't that right?"

"It should be correct. I went to the grain store first and asked Xie Binbin's mother for information. Then I immediately went to the agricultural machinery station and saw him on the road. It was all a coincidence. This is his true face. If you don't give up, let's go to the commune tomorrow to check."

"Okay. Let's go check it out."

After thinking about it for several months, the result turned out to be this situation. Zheng Lanping really couldn't accept it unless she saw it in person.

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That night, Zhang Ruifeng returned home and told Xie Yun about this.

"I just told her what we had planned before. Did she come to see you?"

"No. What time did she leave your place?"

"A little after ten."

Xie Yun thought for a moment and said, "Around ten o'clock, Li Zhixin came to test drive. He was wearing greasy, patched clothes, driving a tractor and eating vegetable dumplings. Our Master Zhai's vegetable dumplings are made of pure cornmeal, and they fall apart as soon as you eat them. I have to use a plate to catch them. Li Zhixin was starving today, so he just ate them. If Li Aiyun saw him like that, she would probably have stopped him immediately."

Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "I guess she might not believe it completely. Maybe we need to go and see for ourselves."

"That's not a problem. Li Zhixin's disguise is perfect."

Zhang Ruifeng nodded and sighed, "Apart from anything else, Li Aiyun really loves her daughter. She's a really good mother to Zheng Lanping. She's just a little too partial. When parents don't treat their children equally, siblings tend to clash. After they separated, the two sons rarely interacted with them."

Xie Yun smiled and said, "My mother is much better than her, and Mumu is much better than Zheng Lanping. Speaking of which, Li Aiyun is partial. If Zheng Lanping wasn't so selfish, it wouldn't be so bad. The real problem is that the mother is partial, and the one being partial takes it for granted and has no idea what's going on. That would be terrible."

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Two days later, Xie Yun met Li Aiyun and Zheng Lanping while test driving. She stopped the car with a smile and took the initiative to greet the two of them.

"I heard from my mom that you guys want to find Xiao Li. He's at the agricultural machinery station repairing machinery right now. If you're looking for him, come over and I'll introduce you to him."

Li Aiyun: “…”

Zheng Lanping: “…”

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Xie Yun said again: "Don't be shy, come with me. Or you can get in the car, there's barely enough space for two people on both sides, and I'll take you there."

"No, no."

Li Aiyun and Zheng Lanping waved their hands together. If something is delivered to your doorstep voluntarily, it must not be a good thing. So forget it.