It's true that family members understand each other best; as soon as Ma Xiulan mentioned that she could help Chen Dabao find a job in the future, she immediately changed her tune.
"Alright, alright, here's ten yuan as a dowry to keep in your dowry. After you marry into the family, you'll have to help your younger brother a lot, understand? Otherwise, who will support you in the future?"
Ten yuan is better than nothing. Chen Ermei was quite satisfied to hear that she was given ten yuan as a dowry, after all, she really did not bring anything with her when she got married in her previous life.
He said with a big smile, "Of course! I only have one younger brother. If I don't help him, who will I help?"
Chen Ermei wasn't just flattering Ma Xiulan. Having grown up in a patriarchal environment, she always believed that girls in the family should contribute to the boys.
They genuinely intended to ask Xu Jingui's family to help them find a job in the future, because in their eyes, as long as someone is a cadre, regardless of their position, they must have the right to arrange jobs for others.
......
When Chen Zhaodi and Huang Eryuan returned to the family compound, they always felt that the other people looked at them with pity and schadenfreude.
Some people even came over to comfort her: "Don't be too sad, Eryuan's family. Your Qinqin is so beautiful and still a high school student. She will definitely find a good one in the future."
Why was she suddenly telling her all this? But when she asked the others what had happened, they all stammered and gave vague answers.
After returning home, Chen Zhaodi immediately went into the kitchen: "Daughter, what happened in the compound today? Everyone seemed to be acting strangely when we got back."
Huang Qinqin glanced at her cautiously: "Do you remember Xu Jingui, the guy I was set up with a few days ago?"
"You remember? What, he didn't come looking for you, did he?"
"No, he came today to get engaged to my second sister."
Chen Zhaodi let out a piercing scream: "Who?! Which Chen Ermei?"
"You've only been dating for a few days, and he's already engaged to someone else? That's too much!"
Huang Qinqin said calmly, "We didn't go through with the matchmaking, so it's normal for him to get engaged to someone else. It's that Chen Ermei who stood with him at the entrance of the family compound on the day of the matchmaking."
“I need to talk to your dad. This is really inconsiderate. He could have at least stayed a few more days.”
Chen Zhaodi walked out of the kitchen and did not see Huang Eryuan, guessing that he must have gone back to his room.
Pushing open the door, she saw him lying on the bed: "Honey, Chen Dazhu's second daughter actually got engaged to our daughter's blind date today!"
Huang Eryuan, who was lying in bed and dozing off, was woken up by her. He mumbled sleepily, "So what if they're engaged? We didn't even like them anyway."
"Is it a problem that we didn't find the right person? Of course I know it's normal to get engaged after a few days of dating. The problem is that the man we met just started dating, and then he got engaged to someone else."
"And they live in the same residential compound! What's worse, we saw them together at the compound gate the day they were supposed to meet. Aren't they deliberately trying to embarrass us?!"
Chen Zhaodi became angrier the more she thought about it.
After hearing Chen Zhaodi's analysis, Huang Eryuan's mind cleared up: "It really is true. His family is too unscrupulous in their dealings. No wonder everyone else was looking at us differently when we came back."
"Exactly! We all live in the same compound. What he did was really too much. We can't get along with his family."
"Just avoid contact with them in the future. That man isn't a good person either. Luckily, Qinqin didn't marry into that family."
"Just you wait, having good conditions doesn't necessarily mean you'll have a good marriage. The main thing is whether the person is easy to get along with."
Although Chen Zhaodi knew that Xu Jingui wasn't a good match, she was still unhappy. She suddenly thought of Xu Junhui again: "Honey, why don't we go to the food factory after get off work today to talk to that young man and find out more about him?"
"Let's see if he's still at the factory. I think the food factory lets us leave an hour later than us, right?"
Huang Eryuan had no objections: "I'll listen to you, if you say we'll go, we'll go. Our daughter's calling us for dinner, let's eat first."
...
Food factory at 4 pm
Chen Zhaodi nudged Huang Eryuan and asked, "Is this the place? This seems to be the only food factory around here, right?"
"This is it. Let's go directly to the gatekeeper to register and see if we can get in."
Huang Eryuan knocked on the window of the guardhouse: "Hello, we'd like to find Xu Junhui. Could you please register us and let us in to find him?"
Old Xie, the gatekeeper, said, "No, you can wait here for a moment. We'll go in and call him for you. People can't just come into the food factory."
"Okay, thank you for your help. We'll wait here for a bit."
......
Xu Junhui was spacing out in the cafeteria. His job was actually quite easy. He would go out to buy ingredients every day, and he was only a little busy at the beginning and end of the month when he was reconciling accounts.
The job is generally quite relaxed most of the time, and it's also quite lucrative. It's not that people are lining their own pockets, but the cafeteria always has leftover food or scraps of ingredients.
These were usually divided equally among the people working in the canteen. Moreover, because he frequently went to buy supplies, he knew most of the meat and vegetable workers at the supply and marketing cooperative, and often managed to buy meat without ration coupons.
However, things are different these days. For the past few days, he has been waiting for Chen Zhaodi to come and find him.
However, as time went by, he became increasingly uncertain, fearing that Chen Zhaodi might just be being polite that day.
Just as I was feeling annoyed, I suddenly heard Lao Xie's voice.
"What are you thinking about, kid? I've been calling you for so long and you haven't responded. There's a couple looking for you at the door, do you want to go out?"
"Yes, of course I'll go! Uncle Xie, do you know who's looking for me?" Xu Junhui finally got someone to come looking for him. Although he wasn't sure if it was Chen Zhaodi, at least there was some hope.
"I don't know them, but both of them are wearing steel factory work clothes."
Okay, Xu Junhui still couldn't tell if it was true or not, but he decided to go out first.
When Xu Junhui arrived at the factory gate and found that it really was Chen Zhaodi, he quickly straightened his clothes before walking over.
"Auntie, hello, is this uncle?"
Chen Zhaodi nodded: "Yes, this is Qinqin's father. Are you free now? Why don't we go over and chat for a bit?"
Xu Junhui nodded so hard his eyes almost blurred: "I'm free! How about I treat you to a meal at a state-run restaurant so we can chat? It's almost lunchtime."
Huang Eryuan: "Young man, no need. Let's just chat for a few minutes and then go."
"good."
Chen Zhaodi and the others walked behind Xu Junhui. She winked at Huang Eryuan and whispered, "How is he? Doesn't he look pretty good? Tall and handsome."
"Pshaw, can being handsome put food on the table?"
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