"Hello, my name is Chen Zhiwei, I'm 27 years old, and I currently work as a broadcaster in a machinery factory." Chen Zhiwei rubbed his hands nervously, stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands lightly. He imitated Qin Xue's self-introduction just now, and finished speaking haltingly. Qin Xue could clearly feel his nervousness.

"Don't be nervous, we can just chat casually. I heard that you just went to the machinery factory for an internship?" Qin Xue sat on the bench and asked him to sit next to her. Although Qin Xue felt that they didn't have much chemistry, she still didn't want the conversation to be awkward, so she found a topic to ask.

"Yes, I just finished it in September this year. I am still interning. My daily job is to collect manuscripts." Chen Zhiwei answered seriously.

"What about before? What did you do?" Qin Xue was a little curious. Chen Zhiwei seemed to be quite old, so why did he only start working in the factory now?

"I... I went to the countryside before and just came back some time ago." Chen Zhiwei was a little embarrassed to look at Qin Xue. He lowered his head and spoke with evasive eyes.

"Oh!" The educated youth who went to the countryside returned to the city by applying for retirement due to illness or finding a job. There were two ways to return to the city: one was to rely on connections and pay money, and the other was for someone in the family to apply for retirement due to illness and take over. Either way required connections.

"What about you? Have you been a teacher since graduation?" Chen Zhiwei asked bravely, and there was a slight tremor in his voice when listening carefully.

"Yes, when I first asked to go to the countryside, I was not old enough. Later, when I graduated, I was directly assigned to work in the staff housing compound. My younger brothers and sisters at home were also very young." Qin Xue thought of the time when he asked to go to the countryside. Although his family had a city hukou, they had always lived in the countryside.

In addition, her family lives in this remote place, far away from the emperor. To put it bluntly, it is a rural area and the policies are not very strict.

"It's pretty good. Life in the countryside is pretty hard." Chen Zhiwei's eyes turned dark, and he sighed in a long voice.

Qin Xue looked at him with some curiosity. Based on her sixth sense, she felt that Chen Zhiwei was a little strange. He was not shy, but gave people the feeling that he was hiding something.

"Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Maybe you have taken all the disadvantages." Qin Xue has always adhered to this attitude. When the water is full, it will overflow; when the moon is full, it will wane. Nothing is perfect.

"Comrade Qin is right. Everything has its pros and cons. I haven't been back for a long time. I've stayed at home for several months, and I'm still a little uncomfortable." Chen Zhiwei crossed his hands and clenched them tightly.

"It's normal. Lifestyle habits can't be changed just by saying so. You have to adapt slowly." Qin Xue looked at his restrained look and her attitude was no longer tough. She softened her tone. Yes, it's not easy.

"Comrade Qin, what do you think of me?" Chen Zhiwei mustered up the courage to ask. He'd noticed this girl the moment he entered the room. She was fair-skinned, dressed beautifully, and could easily be spotted in the crowd. Talking to her, he'd discovered that Qin Xue was a very considerate woman, which further solidified his judgment.

Qin Xue was a little confused by his question. In fact, she didn't really reject Chen Zhiwei, but his question was a little too sudden. Thinking about her mother's constant urging for her to get married, why not... give it a try? By the way, it could also hold off Zhao's mother's urging for a while. So she asked tentatively, "How about we give it a try, what do you think?"

Chen Zhiwei was overjoyed to hear Qin Xue's answer, his face full of smiles. To be honest, he knew that he had an ordinary appearance, so he had been very reserved during the communication just now, fearing that Qin Xue would look down on him.

The decision to date was made happily.

Chen Lijuan was very excited when she heard Chen Zhiwei say this news, but she also reminded her nephew, "Since you have to look everywhere, then you should behave better. And the matter in the countryside needs to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Aunt, I know. This time I will go back and discuss it with my parents and just give her some money to send her off. This time my mother applied for sick leave and asked me to come back to work. My eldest brother and sister-in-law are not happy about it." Chen Zhiwei said hesitantly.

There are two children in his family, besides him there is an older brother Chen Zhiqiang. His older brother was already married when he went to the countryside. After he came back, he didn't say a few words to his sister-in-law. After all, they are sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and this relationship should be avoided.

In the past, my sister-in-law was very gentle, but after his mother retired due to illness and stayed at home to take care of the cooking and children, my sister-in-law started to find trouble with him everywhere, and she also disliked him and spoke to him in a sarcastic manner many times.

"Don't bother with your sister-in-law. You can just live separately after you get married. She is confused and just goes to her parents' house to steal things all day long. I was not optimistic about her when we got married. This time she wants to take over your job and let her brother do it. Why doesn't she give her own job to her brother?" Chen Lijuan was furious when she heard her nephew's confession.

"I know. I just thought that since my aunt knows a lot of people, could she help me find a house? I want to rent a house and live by myself." Chen Zhiwei said embarrassedly.

"Are you stupid? How much money do you have in your hand? How can I not know? Renting a house is a huge expense. You already have a house at home, why do you want to live out?" Chen Lijuan looked at her nephew suspiciously, with an expression on her face that said, "Are you stupid?"

"Aunt also knows how big our house is. My father, mother, brother, sister-in-law, his son, and my sister live in it with two bedrooms and a living room. In the past, a curtain was placed outside the living room for my sister to live in, but now two rooms are separated for my sister and me to live in. If Qin Xue came to my house and saw such conditions, she would definitely be interested." Chen Zhiwei had just returned from the countryside to work. Not to mention that he did not receive much money in the past two months' salary, he also had to pay food expenses to his family every month. It was unlikely that he could save any money.

"Let me think about it. What kind of house do you want to find?" Chen Lijuan thought about it and it made sense. Considering the conditions of her brother's family, although her nephew had a stable job now, Qin Xue was not bad either. Besides, she lived in an independent courtyard, and her old father was the head of a group. It was definitely better than having six or seven people squeezed into a room in a tube-shaped building. She really needed to find a house.

"A place with a better environment, either a separate courtyard or a small single room, as long as it doesn't look too bad." Chen Zhiwei said his request and looked at his aunt's face. Over the years, he didn't learn any other skills in the countryside, but he still had the ability to read people's faces. His aunt was also a capable person. Even though she had a bad temper, his uncle had never spoken loudly to her.