Chapter 38

Although it was the first time for Ren Qianjin to introduce someone to a date, she was not the kind of person who was tactless. Seeing two young men and women sitting at the table, looking at each other, and then smiling, she felt that it was stable.

"Well, now that you all know each other, I feel relieved. I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home. You guys chat first, I'm going home." After Ren Qianjin finished speaking, he winked at Xing Fei, meaning to be smart.

Xing Fei escorted Ren Qianjin out, and Ren Qianjin reminded him to be nice to the female lesbian and remember to treat her to a meal later. It's not okay for a male lesbian to be too stingy. Xing Fei agreed to all of his requests.

Sitting down again, Xing Fei suddenly didn't know what to say. He was usually very talkative with others, but his broken mouth was unreliable when he used it!

"Comrade Bi..."

"Comrade Xing..."

The two of them said at the same time:

"you say."

"you say."

Xing Fei thought, this is what telepathy is all about...

"You are a lesbian, so you should speak first." Xing Fei looked at Bi Chunliu, his eyes showing that he wanted to hear what Bi Chunliu had to say.

Bi Chunliu smiled. She didn't know what to say after being interrupted. She really hadn't thought she would meet Xing Fei so early in her life.

"I want to ask, has Chairman Ren told you about my family's situation?"

Xing Fei had heard from his comrades that if you meet someone you like on a blind date, it's best to introduce yourself first, show the woman your abilities, and then let her introduce herself. So, he shook his head honestly, "My dad might have heard it from Aunt Ren. I don't really understand it myself. How about I tell you about myself first?"

Seeing Bi Chunliu nod, Xing Fei was thinking about how to make his conditions attractive enough to the female comrade in front of him.

"My name is Xing Fei, I'm 25 years old. My biological parents are both from Western Province, and my adoptive father is from Northern Province. He and my biological father were comrades-in-arms, and after my parents passed away, my adoptive father adopted me. There are three people in my family now: me, my father, and a younger sister. My younger sister's biological mother also passed away a long time ago. My adoptive father has a pension, and my sister has a job. My father said that if I get married, I can live with them or live alone. He bought me a small courtyard before. My current income is salary and allowances, which add up to 93 yuan a month, and it will increase in the future. I currently have savings of -"

Bi Chunliu quickly stopped him. Fortunately, there were not many people in the store at the moment, otherwise everyone would know how much Xing Fei's salary and savings were. "Okay, I understand. Comrade Xing Fei, let me tell you about my family's situation."

"Okay!" Xing Fei sat upright with his hands on his knees and listened to Bi Chunliu talk about her family and her younger brothers and sisters.

After Bi Chunliu finished speaking, she looked at Xing Fei for a response.

In her previous life, when she met Xing Fei, they were no longer young. Two people approaching old age were just companions, and she had some savings, so she didn't rely on Xing Fei for her money, so her life was pretty good. Now, although her salary wasn't that high and she had some savings, they were doing well. She wanted the three of them to grow up peacefully, just like she did in her previous life, to eat lots of delicious food and experience the convenience and beauty of the afterlife. She even wanted to teach them how to use smartphones when they were older. She was really good at it!

For the first time, Xing Fei regretted that he was not very good at speaking and could not comfort others.

He felt that the woman before him was both strong and hardworking, yet also serene and mysterious, possessing an indescribable, unconventional charm. And for some reason, upon meeting her, he felt a complex mixture of joy and sadness. Just looking at her, he felt like he had so much to say, even though it was clearly his first time meeting her.

Xing Fei recalled a comment from a battalion commander he'd been close to before he retired. He'd been so taken with his wife when he got home that he'd have so much to say, he'd even wanted to share his farts with her. Back then, he'd thought there was something a little off about that guy. Now that it was his turn... he felt like there was one thing he believed: that if you saw a woman you liked, you had to act fast!

"Comrade Bi, I think you're great. If possible, I hope to be your comrade and make progress together."

Xing Fei was a little annoyed after he finished speaking. He asked you not to pay attention when you saw others dating, and now you are at a loss. If you didn’t know what he said, you would think he was going to the front line with a female comrade!

Bi Chunliu: “…”

She hadn't paid any attention to Xing Fei's mention of comrades. She had never been in a relationship before, and the only time she had was with Xing Fei. But dating now, and confirming a relationship on the first meeting? Bi Chunliu couldn't help but wonder if Xing Fei, who was in his twenties, was reliable...

Xing Fei coughed awkwardly, "What I want to say is that I have already understood your family situation, and I think I can accept it. If you are worried about your younger brothers and sisters, you can let them live with us. Or I can also live with you in your house, and I can definitely help you raise your younger brothers and sisters..." Xing Fei's voice became lower and lower as he spoke.

Tsk! What's going on today?! Not a single word he says is worth listening to. We were just on the front lines together, and now it seems like he's going to be a live-in son-in-law.

Bi Chunliu looked at Xing Fei, whose ears had turned red, and pursed her lips, afraid that she would laugh out loud accidentally.

Xing Fei saw that Bi Chunliu hadn't said anything, and he felt very nervous. "Comrade Bi, what do you think?"

"I think you're pretty good..." Bi Chunliu suppressed the heat on his face and pretended to be calm, "Then... let's try it out first. If we both think it's okay, we can take the next step."

"Okay!" Xing Fei nodded in response. "It's getting late now. What do you want to eat?"

Since he had already decided to give it a try, Bi Chunliu was no longer shy and looked at the small blackboard of the state-owned restaurant, on which was written today's menu.

"I'd like a bowl of noodles."

"good."

Xing Fei went to the waiter to order food.

Bi Chunliu lowered his head and thought about what had happened this morning, or to be more precise, in the past two hours.

Was she being a little too hasty? But then she thought, unless she remained unmarried, as she had in her previous life, she would have to consider her marriage partner. Not only did she want her siblings to be well, she also wanted a different life for herself. Xing Fei was a police officer, and he was also a good man, someone she could get along with. It had to be said that Xing Fei was a good choice for her.

"I ordered two servings of braised pork, one scrambled egg, one stir-fried vegetable dish, and two bowls of noodles. You can take the extra portion of braised pork home for your younger brothers and sisters." Xing Fei came back after ordering the dishes.

Bi Chunliu nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll thank you on their behalf." After a pause, she asked, "Can you handle spicy food? I'm going to make chili sauce this afternoon. If you can handle it, I'll make some for you." Xing Fei loved the chili sauce he made in his previous life, but they were already at the age of maintaining good health at that time, and were also afraid of constipation, so they didn't dare to eat too much.

Xing Fei asked the waiter for a thermos and poured a bowl of water for Bi Chunliu. He nodded heavily when she asked him this. It was good to have a partner. He didn't have to watch others eat things given by their partners all the time. "I can eat it! I usually like spicy food!"

"Okay! Then I'll let you know when it's done, and you can come pick it up then. You..." Before Bi Chunliu finished speaking, she felt that communication now was not as convenient as in the future. If she wanted to contact Xing Fei, she could only call him. "Leave me your phone number, and I'll call you from our office phone."

Xing Fei nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say!"

Bi Chunliu glanced at him. Could there be such a big difference between a man in his twenties and a man in his fifties?

"Your food is ready, everyone!" the waiter said as he brought the noodles over. "Could you please go get some from the window?"

There are two other tables of guests in the state-owned restaurant now, and the waiters are too busy to handle it.

Xing Fei and Bi Chunliu went together to bring the dishes over.

Just as he placed the dishes on the table, Bi Chunliu turned around and saw the waiter bring out five bowls of rice with his two hands and place them on the other two tables one by one. It was amazing! How could this not be considered a kind of acrobatics?

The two of them ate less than half of the three dishes Xing Fei ordered. Bi Chunliu took the rest home. This was not the time to care about face, and besides, the food in the state-owned restaurant was not something you could just eat!

After dinner, Xing Fei walked with Bi Chunliu, pushing his bicycle. He wanted to take Bi home. On the way, the two of them made an appointment to meet the following Saturday, because Bi Chunliu had to be busy with the Fifth Factory social event on Sunday.

Xing Fei walked Bi Chunliu to the entrance of the alley. Bi Chunliu turned around and saw someone talking at the gate of her courtyard. She said goodbye to Xing Fei and went home with her food. Xing Fei watched Bi Chunliu enter the courtyard before stretching out his legs and riding his bicycle back to work.

When Bi Chunliu returned home, Bi Weiguo and his two siblings were having dinner.

Bi Weiguo put down the bowl, took the stool that the basket was pressing on and handed it to his elder sister, "Elder sister, have you eaten?"

"Eat it. This is the food I brought back. Eat it. There's braised pork."

Bi Qiuguo trotted to the cupboard to get a plate to put the meat on.

"Ah~ It smells so good~" the three people said in unison as they sniffed the meat on the plate.

Bi Chunliu had already changed her clothes and smiled as she watched the three people eat. "Next time we buy some meat, we can make our own braised pork. By the way, how about we braise that rabbit?"

"No, no, no, sister, let's make spicy diced rabbit. Didn't you say that was delicious?" Bi Weiguo shook his head. He had already eaten braised food at noon, and he still wanted to try what the spicy food that his sister mentioned tasted like.

"good!"

Bi Chunliu finished her words and began to look at the three of them. They had already finished processing all the locust flowers at home. She probably wouldn't have time to go to the suburbs this afternoon; she had to steam locust flower buns and make chili sauce. Luckily, she had already prepared the rabbit skins last night.

Speaking of nitrifying rabbit skin, it was something she and Xing Fei studied together in her previous life. When she had nothing to do, she listened to novels and became interested in nitrifying rabbit skin. Then Xing Fei accompanied her in trying it out. Unexpectedly, it was successful. That winter, she even learned to make two pairs of rabbit skin gloves.

After dinner, Bi Xiahe cleared the table and asked, "Sister, was your blind date successful?"

Bi Chunliu nodded slowly. Although she felt that the progress was a little faster than she expected, it should be a success. After all, Xing Fei said that he didn't mind living here with them.

"That's good, big sister, when can we meet my brother-in-law?" Bi Qiuguo sat on the stool calmly.

"Did Qiuguo cook today?" Bi Chunliu asked her first. She wanted to protect them, but she couldn't work behind them all her life. So, ever since she came back, she'd been doing all the housework, cooking instead of washing the pots and dishes.

Bi Qiuguo chuckled and raised her head complacently, "That's right, big sister, did you see that? Second brother drank two bowls of dumpling soup today! Third sister also ate half a bowl more!"

Bi Weiguo finished washing the dishes and went into the house, shaking the water off his hands. "That's because of the meat we ate today."

"Hmph! It's useless even if you deny it!" Bi Qiuguo crossed his arms and looked at Bi Chunliu. "Sister, you haven't told me yet. When can we meet my brother-in-law?"