It took a long time to introduce the matchmakers, especially the nine sisters of the Ma family, which made Old Zhang mutter that he couldn't remember them all.
Old Liu elbowed him and said, "Why should I ask you to remember this? You're not his son-in-law!"
Since the ratio of men to women dining today was severely unbalanced, especially since Qi Jinzhou and his group of four were all men, the seating arrangements had to be slightly adjusted.
When we sat down, Ma Dexiang and Lao Zhang sat at the head of the table. They represented the fathers of the man and woman, with Lin Guoqing to Ma Dexiang's left and Lao Shi to Lao Zhang's right, acting as matchmakers.
Next up were Sanni and Qi Jinzhou, today's two main characters. Next to them were Lin Yulan, Chen Chunhua, and then Da Ni and Er Ni. Next to Qi Jinzhou were Lao Liu, Wang Yong, and Zhao Degang.
Originally, we wanted to let the three old people sit at the main table, but Old Man Ma and Old Lady Ma are a little exhausted now, and they know that they have no right to speak if they sit at the main table. Instead of annoying others, it is better for them to sit at another table.
When Liang Shengdi saw that they both went to the children's table, she gave up the idea of watching her new grandson-in-law and her husband have fun and moved to that table as well. So the table was now occupied by Da Ni and Er Ni.
Lin Shuying and Lin Shumei sat on Liang Shengdi's left and right, but their eyes kept glancing at the other table, and they also pulled Liang Shengdi to whisper.
"Grandma, why weren't the blind dates of my eldest and second cousins so grand?"
"Then you should ask their grandparents. They can just get engaged by any matchmaker. Why make it so grand?" Liang Shengdi curled her lips and scolded the old couple opposite her in a bad mood. She didn't even lower her voice much, making sure that the people at the next table couldn't hear it, but everyone at their table could hear it.
Old Mrs. Ma was also angry, but she didn't want to argue with Liang Shengdi, the psychopath, at all today, so she just groaned and sat there with a gloomy face.
Wang Yong had to rely on himself for his marriage, so he was lucky enough to have a wedding banquet, but he couldn't expect anything else. However, when Erni and Zhao Degang were confirmed to be together, the Zhao family did invite the Ma family to dinner a few times, but those weren't wedding banquets, just a meal between the two families, so Erni's uncle's family definitely didn't get a chance.
Qi Jinzhou was sitting opposite Sanni and couldn't help but smile at her, which made Sanni glare at him.
Look again! Look again!
I'll watch! I'll watch!
"His master, since we are all sitting together for dinner, let's not talk nonsense." Lin Guoqing stood up with a bowl of wine and toasted the people opposite him.
Master Zhang quickly stood up and tapped the rim of his bowl. "That's right. There aren't many outsiders in the room anyway. If you have something to say, just say it! If we can't come to an agreement, we'll just pretend we didn't hear it. Hiss~"
Lao Shi stepped on his instep, and Lao Liu, who lived next door to him, glared at him again and said, "Do you even know how to speak?"
Lin Guoqing chuckled. This kind of person has a good temper. It is easier to get along with than someone who can't even fart after being beaten with three sticks and then turned around and said that it was wrong!
"These two kids fell in love with each other, which is a kind of fate. It saves a lot of trouble. We said today that it was a meeting, right? But in fact, everyone has already understood the conditions and so on. The most important thing is to discuss the next steps. If the discussion goes well, it will also speed up the process of getting things done! Don't you think so?"
This is how blind dating works. Marriage is the union of two families, not just two people. Discuss the aftermath first, then become a couple. Otherwise, if you're deeply in love and then find your families can't get along, what's the point?
In fact, there is nothing special to discuss between the two families, because the biggest problem is whether to visit or not. If Qi Jinzhou is willing, then there will be no problem for the Ma family.
As Qi Jinzhou's elder, Old Liu made a few requests.
"I see you have three bungalows?"
"Ah, yes! It's a big brick and tile house, very solid. I built it before her mother and I got married. After all these years, there are no cracks." Ma Dexiang responded with a smile.
"Uncle, I know what you want to say. You just want to know where the two children will live after they get married!"
Old Liu nodded. In fact, he could basically see the structure of the three rooms by sitting in the main hall and looking around. Behind the main hall was the kitchen, with two doors on the left and only one door on the right. Considering the fact that the Ma family had so many daughters, he could understand it.
The big room on the right must be where the girls live together, and the two rooms on the left should be where Ma Dexiang and his wife live, one and the two old people live respectively.
As a son-in-law, Qi Jinzhou must live in his father-in-law's house, but he can't squeeze in with a group of sisters-in-law.
Ma Dexiang licked the rice wine on his lips and said,
"This house is definitely too big to accommodate us. I just discussed this with Sanni yesterday. Why don't we widen the yard and build another one on the right side?"
The Ma family didn't have the money to tear it down and rebuild. But if they wanted to build a new one next door, they could ask a few wealthy women to lend them some money. A bungalow wouldn't need the steel bars like Lin Guoqing's house, and it could be built nicely for under a thousand yuan, and they could even put in some new furniture.
Moreover, a bungalow can be built quickly, and you can just find someone to help build it during the slack season.
As for the issue of widening the yard, he is the village party secretary. If he can't even handle such a small matter, he should just give up.
"His master, his uncle, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I tell you this, but in my family, the girls are all more capable than the other, and the most useless one is me, their father. This really requires a lot of money at once, and I really don't have it.
We can only do our best, right? Let’s arrange everything, including the arrival of the new owner, the wedding banquet, and his future life in our house…”
"Father-in-law! Is it okay for me to call you father-in-law?!" Lao Zhang's face was already flushed after drinking a few bowls of rice wine. Lao Shi tried to hold him back but failed, and forced him to raise the wine bowl and clink it with Ma Dexiang again.
"No problem! No problem!" Ma Dexiang was also very happy to take the bowl, and listened to Lao Zhang chatting with him about his "heartfelt words".
"In this life, the children must be happy, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
"Our Jinzhou is sitting right here, you can see it! He's such a handsome guy!"
"That's for sure!"
"Your Sanni is great too! She seems to be a person with her own ideas and knows how to live!"
"My family listens to Sanni! She's the boss!"
"Good! She's a good girl!"
“That’s definitely the best!”
"I don't have a daughter!" Master Zhang patted his chest, "I only have one... two sons. This kid is my youngest son."
"Today, he said he was happy to come to our house, so I have no choice but to listen to him. I just hope that you, the Ma family, will treat him well and treat him like your own son."
"Look at what you said, brother! A son-in-law is half a son! A live-in son-in-law is even more of a son of our Ma family! We will definitely treat him better than our own son!"
“Done!”
“Done!”
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