Chapter 109 Chapter 109 Blind date arrangement.
If Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen praised the young man for being tall and handsome, Liu Suqin might still be skeptical. But Chen Jiaming, who is also a young man, should not talk nonsense. It can be seen from the fact that several of his girlfriends have been beautiful that this person has a good aesthetic sense. He is a certified handsome guy, and even with the filter of relatives, he is definitely better than a passerby face.
Judging from these qualities, he was already much better than the ones Li Hong had dated before. Liu Suqin didn't want her to miss such a good candidate, so she quickly chimed in, "Sounds good. Do you want to meet him, even if it's just to make friends?"
Chen Jiaming, true to his playboy ways, offered his advice immediately. "Yeah, if you don't like formal blind dates, you can arrange a time and place to meet. For example, we could meet at McDonald's after get off work tonight. It won't interfere with work, and you can still have dinner. We won't interfere, so you can make the decision. If you're compatible, you can keep in touch and get to know each other better. If not, we can just be friends. We all left our hometowns to work hard in Shenzhen, so having more friends isn't a bad thing. Even if he doesn't like my cousin, his personality makes him a competent friend, so don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Li Hong is usually carefree and can talk freely and without any shyness when complaining about her blind date to Liu Suqin in private. However, with so many people watching her and many elders staring at her covetously, even though she has been shaken by Chen Jiaming's words, she hesitated for the first time. She has been taking good care of her skin in recent years, and her fair and delicate face is now stained with a blush. Liu Suqin, who has never seen her friend in this state, can't help but look at her again and again.
Liu Suqin was very surprised. It seemed that she had not looked carefully at her best friend of two lifetimes for a long time. Only then did she suddenly realize that Li Hong was no longer the same as she remembered.
The Li Hong in her memory was positive, optimistic, enthusiastic and cheerful when she was young. After middle age, she added a sense of freedom to these qualities and lived a free and easy life. Perhaps her appearance was a little ordinary, but as long as you get along with her for a long time, you will find that she has a beautiful soul.
And Li Hong in this life, perhaps under her influence, started to take care of her skin early, whitening and protecting her skin, making her already young face fair and shiny. As the saying goes, a white face can cover up a hundred ugliness. Now she can be called pretty even without makeup, and the more you look at her, the more attractive she becomes. Occasionally, when she puts on exquisite makeup, she is radiant and she gets a lot of attention when she walks on the street.
What's more, the profession of makeup artist has brought Li Hong not only skills, but also improvements in aesthetics and matching. As her knowledge grows, her temperament has become more mature and outstanding. Coupled with the confidence and confidence brought by her ability to make money, Li Hong is now a completely different person from the girl who used to work as a screwdriver in the factory.
Liu Suqin thought with relief that not only she was growing, but her friends around her were also working hard. It was great that everyone was becoming better and better together.
Such an outstanding Li Hong should not be given away to those ugly ones. She should be a good girl with both talent and appearance. Even if she doesn't look for a tall, rich and handsome man, the height, appearance and earning ability of the other party must be of matching status.
Uncle Chen’s nephew has good conditions. Let’s meet him first to see if it works out.
Since Li Hong was too embarrassed to ask, Liu Suqin asked for her, "Uncle Chen, what is your nephew's name? How many brothers and sisters does he have?"
Uncle Chen was an experienced man and could tell that Xiao Li was embarrassed, not that he looked down on his nephew's conditions. There was nothing wrong with a girl being a little reserved, so he cooperated and gave a detailed introduction. "His full name is Zhang Guoliang. It was changed after he joined the army. He is the youngest son in the family. His two older brothers and two older sisters are married and have children. His parents agreed long ago that he would live with the eldest son to ensure that they would not burden the youngest son. Now they are just worried that he would not be able to find a partner if he delayed, so they begged us to help introduce him to one. They don't require the girl to be local or not. Anyway, they are not local to Shenzhen. As long as she is a good girl and can accompany Guoliang to work hard in Shenzhen, they will be satisfied and will never give orders to the youngest son and his wife."
They were chatting animatedly, and before they knew it, almost everyone had gathered around to watch. Qian Juxiang, eavesdropping, commented, "Not bad. The parents, brother and sister-in-law all sound like kind people. The mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, and sisters-in-law should also be easy to get along with."
Grandpa Chen also had a look of complacency on his face. "More than that, their family was really hard up in the early years. There was no other livelihood on the island except fishing, and the whole family could barely make ends meet. Guoliang came back and gave his retirement pay to the family, and only then was they able to barely build a house, and the children in the family each had a room to live in. In recent years, the country has developed well, and the island has also received subsidies and support. Ah Ming helped with contacts and introductions, so they started a small seafood business, which has increased their income a lot, and their life is booming. Guoliang's parents said that they saved some money for their youngest son. Originally, he was going to open a shop, but the kid quietly saved enough money on his own, and the money was saved for him to buy a house here after he got married. Shenzhen is a big city, and being able to buy a house here and settle down, and even his future grandchildren will go to school in a big city from an early age, proves that their son has a promising future, and they can only be happy. Although they can't help too much, they will do their best to provide some help."
Hearing about the Zhang family's seafood sideline business, Lin Nanjiang suddenly had an idea and patted Liu Suqin on the shoulder. "Could it be that the fish maw and sea cucumber we've been eating so often these years are bought from them?"
Liu Suqin also remembered and looked at Comrade Chen Jiaming, the nature transporter. He nodded readily and said, "Yes, this cousin's grandmother is the great-aunt who married far away on the island that I mentioned before."
"What a coincidence! We've always been impressed by your relative's honesty and kindness. The fish maw I've asked you to bring back for me over the years is always better than what's on the market, and the price is very fair, with generous portions. I hope they keep doing this."
Uncle Chen smiled and said, "We will keep doing this. Just tell Jiaming what you want and he will notify them. We guarantee you the best quality."
At first, he just wanted to ask his son to think of a way to help his aunt's family for the sake of his aunt, so Jiaming came up with this idea. Later, his aunt passed away, and Jiaming and the other side also reached a tacit understanding. While helping relatives, Jiaming could also earn some extra money, so naturally he had to continue.
With this connection, everyone felt that Li Hong and Zhang Guoliang were really destined to be together. That family was honest and decent, and their lives were getting better and better. They were really rare marriage candidates. So everyone persuaded them one by one, and talked to each other so much that Li Hong felt dizzy and nodded in agreement to meet him.
Uncle Chen was quite enthusiastic about this kind of thing. He really wanted to invite his nephew to their house and invite Li Hong and Liu Suqin so that everyone could have a lively meal. Having more young people would make it less awkward. Unfortunately, the group of young people he named unanimously supported Chen Jiaming's proposal to meet McDonald's alone. As a father, he couldn't ruin his son's plan, so Uncle Chen's enthusiasm had to be wasted.
Liu Suqin and Lin Nanjiang stepped forward to politely decline the old man's kindness on behalf of the shy Li Hong, and then they praised him for his hard work and contribution as an elder and matchmaker. If the two young people get together in the future, they will need to rely on him for many things. The old man now just waits at home for good news.
An old man like Grandpa Chen's personality is most afraid of becoming completely useless. When he heard that these young people still had a lot to rely on him, he immediately became excited. As the family stood up to say goodbye, he noticed Liu Xiangxiang who had been patiently playing games with the children. Suddenly, his eyes lit up again, "By the way, Xiao Liu, how old is your sister? Is she dating?"
Aunt Chen said angrily, "You old man, are you addicted to matchmaking? I heard that Suqin's sister is still studying and is still a little girl."
Liu Suqin explained, "Xiangxiang will be 23 in a few months. She's attending a vocational training class, not a school-based one."
Chen Jiaming was quite clear about this matter because they specially invited him to their home to explain to Liu Xiangxiang the prospects of studying English and foreign trade. He had only one thing to say: study boldly and with confidence!
It was also during that visit that he really took notice of this insignificant girl. He knew that she had come to live with her cousin's family with almost no money. She had worked overtime in the factory for a year and a half and had saved up a "huge sum of money". She was determined to use the money to attend training courses.
Even though the idea came from Liu Suqin, Chen Jiaming was willing to give her a thumbs up for her courage and perseverance. Speaking of training, he casually asked Liu Xiangxiang about her class progress and nodded approvingly. "That's great! You can come see me after the training. If you keep up your current performance, you can intern under me directly after graduation."
Compared to introducing a partner, it is obvious that Chen Jiaming's job offer is more in line with Liu Xiangxiang's current needs. Without being reminded, she quickly thanked Chen Jiaming and promised to keep working hard and not let everyone down.
Liu Suqin reminded, "Thank you, Brother Jiaming, but don't forget Uncle Chen who cares about you."
The little girl then said crisply, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your concern."
Lin Nanjiang had a good relationship with Uncle Chen, and at this moment he joked carelessly, "Uncle Chen, then it's a deal, find a good family for my sister too."
Uncle Chen was really interested and said with a smile, "Okay, let's wait until she gets a job. A girl who works in an office is a plus when it comes to finding a partner."
In Uncle Chen's eyes, although his cousin Xiao Liu is a girl from another place, her age, appearance, and future work are all quite promising. She also has a capable cousin and brother-in-law in the local area, including Xiao Liu's younger brother, who he thinks is a good young man. In short, this family is down-to-earth, and it will not be a problem for the siblings to gain a foothold in Shenzhen and live a good life in the future.
With this kind of relationship, cousin Xiao Liu can't be mixed up with those useless girls from other places, so he can still find many people of the right age when he returns to the village.
After all, they were just lucky to have caught up with the good thing of demolition. They were not wealthy families themselves. Every family had a building for rent, and the annual dividends from the village were much more than what they could earn from working outside. They had no worries about food and clothing, which led to many young men in the village starting to lie down at a young age. They worked for three days and rested for two days, and smoked, played cards, and fished when they had nothing to do. They were even lazier than this old man. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the village was related, Uncle Chen would not have wanted to introduce such a good girl to them. Apart from having two buildings at home, how could they be worthy of such an ambitious girl?
Liu Suqin didn't know that Uncle Chen was giving her such a favor, and was thinking about introducing his nephew to her sister, but everyone could see Uncle Chen's kindness and decisiveness.
The reason Grandpa Chen and his wife came to the city this time was not only to attend Lin Quansheng's son's full moon banquet, but also to visit their son and his girlfriend and quietly urge them to get married. Now that their goals have been achieved, they want to return to the village early. Therefore, the next day, they arranged a time and place for the meeting with his nephew and personally ran to the house to inform Liu Suqin, "Xiao Liu, are you home? That's perfect. When you have time, tell Xiao Li. I've made an appointment for her with Guo Liang. They'll meet in front of McDonald's between 7 and 8 pm next Monday. He will be wearing a white shirt and jeans. He's tall and has a crew cut, so he should be easy to recognize. Tell Xiao Li not to forget the appointment."
Liu Suqin nodded seriously, "Okay, I've noted it down. Monday isn't that busy, so she should be able to make it on time."
"If you're too busy at work, it's okay to be late. I've already found out. McDonald's stays open very late." Uncle Chen had done his homework thoroughly. As he spoke, he handed Liu Suqin a piece of paper. "Here's the address and phone number for Guoliang. The number is for the small supermarket next door. He knows the owner very well, so he'll definitely be able to reach him by calling this number. If Xiao Li can't make it that day, it's best to let him know in advance so they can make another appointment."
Liu Suqin thanked Uncle Chen for his thoughtful arrangements on behalf of her friend, and only then did she have time to entertain him. She invited Uncle Chen in for tea and also invited him to have dinner at her home.
But Uncle Chen stood motionless at the entrance, without even changing his shoes. "Maybe another day. Your Aunt Chen and I have to hurry back to the village."
"You're going back so soon?" Liu Suqin said in surprise, "I have nothing to do today, so I can just drive you guys."
"No, I came here on a tricycle, so I have to ride it back." Uncle Chen didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with her. He waved his hand and turned to leave. He was in a hurry and had a brisk pace. Liu Suqin chased him all the way. It was only after Uncle Chen unlocked the tricycle and took two minutes that Liu Suqin finally caught up with him, wiping the sweat off her face. She handed him two bottles of drinks and said, "You came here and didn't even have a sip of water. These drinks can quench your thirst on the way back."
Uncle Chen glanced at her and shook his head in disapproval, "I'm telling you guys to stop trying to lose weight and eat well. You're so young, but your body isn't even as good as an old man like me."
Liu Suqin thought that even if she only ate two bowls of rice for a meal, she couldn't match the physical fitness of the old men. She still couldn't compare with them. They were not in the same league at all.
But out of concern, she nodded obediently, "I will. Please also be careful and ride slowly on the road."
Liu Suqin seemed a little unwilling to not be able to drive Mr. Chen and his wife home, so she drove to pick up Li Hong after work herself.
Luckily, Li Hong got off work on time today. The car had been waiting on the roadside for less than ten minutes when the passenger door was expertly opened. Li Hong got in and, as usual, fastened her seatbelt before turning to tease the child in the back who was repeatedly calling "Auntie." "Fangfang, are you here to pick me up from get off work? I'm so touched. Give me a kiss. But Suqin, why didn't you tell me you were coming? You were waiting outside by yourself. What if I had to work overtime today? Wouldn't our sweetheart be hungry? By the way, you're here to pick me up for dinner today, right?"
Xiao Fangfang nodded heavily, "My mom and I will take my aunt out to eat something delicious."
Liu Suqin also smiled and said, "If you work overtime, we will have to go enjoy the food by ourselves, and at most we can pack one for you."
Li Hong looked relieved. "That's good. I'm in for a treat today. Which restaurant are we going to?"
"It's a newly opened tea restaurant. I heard it's pretty good."
Li Hong smiled. "What a coincidence! I've heard my colleagues talking about this restaurant recently. I was thinking of inviting you guys to try it out when I have time. Since today is worse than tomorrow, I'll treat you today."
Liu Suqin jokingly said, "It's indeed your turn to treat me. After all, I'm here to deliver good news."
"What good news?"
Liu Suqin didn't believe she had forgotten about the matter just mentioned yesterday. She turned her head and glanced at her, "It's about that soldier."
With no outsiders present, Li Hong, as expected, was still a cheerful girl. She said frankly, "Just talk, why are you being so weird? Did you make an appointment to meet?"
Liu Suqin also stopped joking and told all the details that Uncle Chen had told her. After she finished speaking, she just happened to see the destination, so she stopped the topic and parked the car carefully.
As soon as the car stopped, Li Hong got out first to pick up Xiao Fangfang. Liu Suqin, who was a step behind, had to carry her bag and took out the note given by Uncle Chen. "Here is his contact information. If you need anything, just contact him directly."
Li Hong just glanced down and said, "Wow, you've prepared everything so well?"
"Yes, from all these aspects, it can be seen that Uncle Chen put his heart into matchmaking between you two. It's not a casual matchmaking. It's worth going to meet him."
Li Hong held Xiao Fangfang in her arms and had to ask her to help put the note into her bag. At the same time, her expression returned to seriousness. "Don't worry, I can tell the good from the bad. As long as what they say is not too much, I will carefully examine everything with them."
"Since you're serious, then prepare well." Liu Suqin offered advice enthusiastically, "The men have all volunteered to wear white shirts, so shouldn't you also wear a white skirt?"
Li Hong rolled her eyes. "I can live without a white skirt. It's so hard to wash that thing."
Before Liu Suqin could speak again, she had already made her decision. "But last time I went shopping with Ah Hui and Ah Min, I bought a floral dress. They all said it made me look even whiter. So, let's wear this."
Liu Suqin felt a little regretful, thinking, "How could first love be complete without a little white dress?" But a floral dress was nice, too. Wearing a dress on a first date showed respect. She then began offering her friends makeup and hairstyle ideas. The girls couldn't stop chatting about this, and the discussion continued enthusiastically even into the restaurant. Even Xiao Fangfang, who had been put in a chair, listened with gusto, clapping and cheering. "Auntie, you're so beautiful! I want to see it too."
"Yeah, do you want us to come with you and sit at another table by ourselves, or you can wait outside."
Li Hong: "...Are you so free?"
Liu Suqin: Suddenly I stopped laughing.
Just then the waiter brought over the menu, the topic came to an end, and several people began to order food seriously.
After ordering food and drinks, the waitress took the menu and left. Li Hong suddenly asked, "By the way, you and Fangfang came to see me. Aunt Zhang is still helping out at Lin Quansheng's house, so Aunt Qian is the only one at home. Why didn't you ask her to come along?"
Liu Suqin shook her head. "I asked, and she told us to eat on our own. It just so happened that she had nothing tonight, so she went to Liu Ping's place for a surprise check."
Liu Ping rented a house outside. It was the first time that he escaped from the control of his mom and sister and completely let himself go. Two months later, Qian Juxiang suddenly had the idea to go and take a look at his residence. She was completely stunned and came back to complain to Liu Suqin and others, saying that it was like a doghouse, with clothes and socks thrown everywhere. He probably couldn't even tell which ones had been washed and which ones had not.
If Liu Suqin wasn't too busy, she really wanted to go and see what her little brother's doghouse looked like.
But now I can't see it even if I have time. Since my mother discovered this problem, she will not let it go. She always takes time to make surprise inspections once or twice a month. While scolding, she works hard to clean up the dirty clothes for her youngest son.
Li Hong shook her head and sighed, "Tsk, my brother is really here to collect debts, what a troublesome guy."
She was enjoying her double-skin milk when she heard this and raised her head, retorting seriously, "Auntie, I also have an obedient brother."
Li Hong was stunned for a moment. Just as she was about to ask Xiao Fangfang why she was so sure about this since she didn't have a younger brother, Liu Suqin had already realized what was happening. "The obedient younger brother you're talking about, is that Jiale from your uncle's family?"
"Yes."
Li Hong was also curious. "Jia Le's little brother is just born and can't even speak, but Fang Fang already likes him so much?"
Xiao Fangfang said happily, "My little brother will play with me in the future and listen to my instructions. If he behaves well, I will always like him."
Liu Suqin burst out laughing and said, "Do you want to be the older sister, or the boss?"
Li Hong, however, looked at the cute, smart and sensible Xiao Fangfang with an aunt's smile on her face, and in her heart she tricked her into giving birth to a daughter.
In this case, Uncle Chen's introduction was just in time. If his nephew turns out to be a good person, they can get together, get married next year, and try to have a baby by the end of the year. Then their own child will have older brothers and sisters to take care of them and play. The age gap is not too big, and it's just right for the older one to take care of the younger one.
When the children all start school, Fangfang can still serve as a role model for them. You can tell a person's future by looking at him when he is three years old. She feels that the little cutie she has watched grow up has a smart face and has the potential to be a top student, the kind of student who excels in all subjects and is loved by all teachers. Letting Fangfang supervise her younger siblings' studies will definitely be more effective than parents talking. Maybe the little one will really be a big sister who commands everyone's respect in the future.
The more Li Hong thought about it, the more excited she became. She had almost thought of a name for her future daughter. But when she came to her senses, she realized that she didn't even have a partner, and she sighed with regret.
The waiters began to serve the dishes one after another. Li Hong had to put away her disappointment and eat seriously, and by the way asked Liu Suqin about her next work arrangements.
This is her future boss, she must show more care!
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