Lin Shuchao wanted to find a wife, but he didn't have the energy to do so.
After all, he had to watch over the store during the day. It was a hardware store, and most of the customers who came into the store were male. Apart from some uncles and uncles around who would try to match girls up with him regardless of whether they were suitable or not, he rarely came into contact with strangers of the opposite sex.
Second, he is only 18 years old.
At his age, most girls have just graduated and started working, and are not looking for a partner. Or they have left school earlier than him, and he may not be interested in their conditions in all aspects.
Well, it's quite difficult.
Lin Shuchao squatted at the door of the store and told Qi Jinzhou about his troubles, which made Qi Jinzhou laugh.
"How old are you? You're already thinking about finding a wife?" He thought that when he was 24 and single, he was not in a hurry. Now people advocate late marriage and late childbirth, and it seems that everyone's marriage age is being postponed.
"Your fifth and sixth cousins haven't thought about getting married yet! If anyone is worried, it should be your aunt and uncle who are worried first."
Lin Yulan and Ma Dexiang are really worried!
Wu Ni is almost 24. Even if she's a school teacher and wants to be a role model for late marriage and late childbirth, 24 is not young, right? How come she has no plans for the future?
And there's that girl Liuni. She's already reached the legal age for marriage, and there aren't any rules or policies that restrict her, but she just doesn't want to find a partner.
Occasionally, she would introduce a blind date to her, but she would always find something wrong with the person. When she couldn't pick one out, she would say that the person didn't earn as much as she did, so why not let him be her son-in-law?
But honestly, among people of the same age in this 18-mile radius, who could earn more than Liu Ni? Not everyone has an aunt like Chen Chunhua to help them.
In short, Ma Dexiang and Lin Yulan haven't sighed for several years. Last year, I made up for the sighs of previous years with them.
Liu Ni was really not in a hurry. Occasionally, when she was annoyed by the urging, she even thought that the worst that could happen was that she moved out, as there were plenty of houses anyway.
But Wu Ni was still a little anxious.
Because the school's new batch of welfare housing has been topped out and the housing allocation policy has also been released, the queueing order can be summarized as follows: in addition to the total length of service of faculty and staff, teachers who are dual-income families are given priority.
In other words, if she, a young teacher who has been officially employed for just over three years, wants to get a house, it would be best if she can find a partner who is also a teacher and they want to get married.
Wu Ni has no shortage of suitors and blind dates, but she also doesn't want to get married rashly.
She has her own clear standards when looking for a partner, and these standards were basically set when she was in adolescence and realized that she would get married and have children in the future.
First, he is not the kind of man who listens to his parents in everything. Just like when Ma Dexiang was young, according to his aunt, he was a mama's boy. He is not the kind of man we want.
Second, it would be best if the family had another house, at least one they could live in separately after marriage. She's tired of living in an environment where three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are all crammed together; she just wants a simple family. Of course, this doesn't mean they won't care about the elderly at home, or their parents' or in-laws' families; they still have the filial piety they deserve.
Third, they need to have a certain economic foundation, at least their combined income can cover the family expenses, including raising children in the future. Of course, since both of them are working, this will definitely not be a problem.
Fourth, the other person needs to be emotionally stable, and everyone should be able to communicate no matter what.
This was a new one she had added in the past two years, because there was a female teacher in their office who would come to class with injuries every now and then, because her husband had a bad temper and would get violent at the slightest disagreement. He didn't pick and choose whether it was his wife, children, parents, or relatives.
The Women's Federation went to her house several times to do their homework but it was useless. During one argument, the man lost his temper and started fighting with the comrades from the Women's Federation. In the end, he was taken away by the police station and detained for a few days to calm down. In the end, it was his wife who took him home.
Wu Ni felt that this female teacher herself had some masochistic tendencies, because the Women's Federation asked her if she wanted to divorce. She was a formal teacher with a fixed income, and the Women's Federation could help her apply for housing, etc., but she shook her head and said it was for the sake of her children... This made the comrades in the Women's Federation a little speechless.
But Wu Ni felt that the biggest problem was that they didn't understand each other clearly before marriage. Although there didn't seem to be such a domestic violence man in her family, there were still some in their village and they had seen them before.
So she must find someone with whom she can sit down and have a good talk.
But for some reason, when she told others about this request, some people thought it was a bit too high, which left Wu Ni speechless.
Especially the female teacher who was abused at home, who even advised her, "Teacher Ma, how many men can really not beat their wives and children? Just do it for a while."
Damn it! None of her brothers-in-law hit anyone! Her uncles and cousins don’t hit anyone either, and even her father, who’s not really a good man, doesn’t hit anyone. How can that be considered almost the same? Can you please not drag her into this if you’re stupid?
Wu Ni ignored the "advice" of such people and insisted on her own request, which really showed that she had found someone she liked.
She was a newly transferred math teacher from the town below. She was tall and thin, wore glasses, and looked very gentle. Like her, she was teaching two science classes in the second year of high school.
The introduction was made by the head teacher.
"Teacher Zhang is the same age as you, Teacher Ma, and is from Changshui Town, which seems to be right next to your town. He has an older sister and an older brother, and he is the youngest. It is said that his older siblings have already started their own families and have good incomes. His parents are farmers at home, but they are in good health and have no worries about food and drink.
He has been working for several years. In the past few years, he has been trying to transfer to the county, so he has not considered personal issues. Now that he has settled down, it is time to take the next step in life.
There's definitely no separate housing available right now, but if you two are together, you can still apply for housing from the school!"
Wu Ni thought it was okay. She would only know the rest after spending time with him, but at least based on the information she had so far, she was satisfied. Even if they really had to do something, given Mr. Zhang's scholarly demeanor, she should be able to give it a 50-50 chance.
Since both of them wanted to find a partner, they were not shy about it. Soon, teachers from the same school would see them pushing their bicycles home together at the school gate after school.
When the Lin and Ma families had dinner together during the Chinese New Year, Ma Dexiang once again sighed to Lin Guoqing, saying that his fifth daughter was planning to drag him down into an old maid, and that his sixth daughter would probably follow suit.
Wu Ni couldn't help herself and said directly that she had a partner and was in a relationship.
"Also, Dad, can you please stop talking about this all the time?"
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