XX vegetable market.

At Guan Fenglian's seafood stall, after she made her position clear, she took off her gloves, took out her lunch box and asked, "Matchmaker Jiang, have you had lunch yet?"

Jiang Feng said: "I have eaten it. I had clam vermicelli."

Guan Fenglian smiled and said, "That noodle is good. I like it too. Since you've eaten it, I won't be polite. Since there are not many customers now, just have some white porridge to fill your stomach."

As she spoke, she no longer cared about her image. She opened the lunch box she brought from home in the morning and ate the white porridge with the pickles inside in big mouthfuls.

As the daughter of a fisherman, she has been eating seafood almost every day since she was a child. Eating too much seafood would make her feel sick, so she would eat some white porridge at noon to cleanse her stomach.

Jiang Feng looked at the informal girl in front of him and introduced her with a smile: "Sister Lian, the person I want to introduce to you is actually my college classmate. He is from Simingzhou and currently works at XX Company."

Guan Fenglian swallowed the porridge in her mouth and interrupted, "XX Company is a big company. It seems that the university you went to is not ordinary. I only have an ordinary high school diploma. I am afraid I have nothing in common with top students like you!"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Sister Lian, you are worrying too much. There is no necessary relationship between common language and academic qualifications. Of course, this refers to the situation where the academic qualifications are not much different. If one has not graduated from elementary school and the other has a doctorate, it is indeed difficult for the two to have a common language.

But Sister Lian, you at least have a high school degree. In addition to professional knowledge, he knows everything else, and you know everything else, so naturally there won’t be any miscommunication or things like playing the lute to a cow.”

Guan Fenglian smiled and said, "That makes sense, then go on."

“He is 23 years old.”

Jiang Feng had just said one sentence when he was interrupted by Guan Fenglian: "No way, he is only 23 years old? That's younger than me, isn't this a sister-brother relationship?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Sister Lian, people who are within ten years of age can be considered peers. You and him are only one or two years apart, which is not worth mentioning at all. I guess you don't care about this sister-brother relationship, right?"

Guan Fenglian ate at the same speed she had during the war, finishing the porridge in the lunch box in less than a minute. She wiped her mouth with a tissue and said with a smile, "I don't mind that he is younger than me, but I'm afraid he will mind that I am older than him."

"Don't worry about that. He won't mind."

At this point, Jiang Feng took out his cell phone, pulled out Su Donghe's daily life photo, handed it to Guan Fenglian and said, "Sister Lian, this is the daily life photo of my college classmate. Do you think it suits your taste?"

When Guan Fenglian saw the phone in front of her, she did not reach out to take it immediately. She deals with seafood all day long, and although she wears gloves most of the time, her hands should still smell like seafood.

Regardless of whether others find it objectionable or not, she had to pay attention to this aspect, so she tore off a few tissues to pad the phone before taking it to look at the photos.

In the photo, there is a young man full of vitality. He is not handsome, but he is pleasing to the eye. His smile seems sunny and cheerful. This first impression is not bad.

While Guan Fenglian was looking at the photo, Jiang Feng continued to introduce her, "My classmate is 1.74 meters tall. He was born in a working-class family. His parents both work in the city and have bought a house in the city. His grandfather is a retired teacher.

My classmate has never been in a relationship, and he is very serious about relationships. If you think it’s okay, Sister Lian, I will arrange for you to have dinner together after you close your stall in the afternoon.”

Guan Fenglian handed the phone back to Jiang Feng and nodded, "We can make friends first."

Jiang Feng took the phone and said, "Okay, then what time do you usually close the stall in the afternoon?"

“We usually close the stall at five or six.”

"Then I'll give you my classmate's contact information and I'll ask him to contact you later."

"Can."

…

After leaving the vegetable market, Jiang Feng saw that it was still early, so he bought a ticket to the imperial capital. On his way to the airport, he called Su Donghe.

As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Feng said directly: "Donghe, I have already set you up with her. I will send you her phone number later. It's the same number on WeChat. You can add her yourself. She will close her stall at around 5 or 6 in the afternoon. You can ask her out for dinner."

Su Donghe asked quickly: "What's going on? Brother Feng, aren't you going to accompany me?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "I'm already on my way to the airport, ready to fly to the imperial capital. Anyway, I've already arranged everything for you, so it doesn't matter whether I accompany you or not, just follow your own feelings."

Su Donghe said: "This... I feel a little guilty without you here. I'm a straight man and I'm not very good at talking. What if I mess up?"

Jiang Feng said: "Don't worry, you and her are a perfect match. Even if you have nothing to say, you can still chat with her about shit and fart. You don't have to worry about messing up."

"Khan, is it that exaggerated?"

"This is not an exaggeration. She is the most suitable match for you that I picked out from hundreds of millions of girls of the right age. As long as you have the chance to meet, you will be attracted to each other like magnets, and no one can stop you from falling in love."

"Fuck, so awesome?"

“It’s just that awesome!”

"Then I feel relieved."

"Then I'll hang up first. Call me if you have anything else."

"Yeah, okay, bye."

"goodbye."

…

Friday, October 13, 2023.

A noble Rolls-Royce Phantom and a luxurious RV set out from the imperial capital. The two vehicles split into two groups, the Rolls-Royce headed towards Guangdong Province, and the RV headed towards Inner Mongolia.

In the Rolls-Royce sat Jiang Feng, Huang Lingwei, Jiang's father, Jiang's mother and aunt. The driver was Baili Wutong, one of the two bodyguards. The purpose of this trip was self-evident: to visit Huang Lingwei's parents.

After all, Jiang Feng and Huang Lingwei have reached the stage of discussing marriage, and it is time for the parents of both parties to meet.

Sitting in the RV were grandma, grandma-in-law, eldest brother and his wife, and two nannies. The driver was Guo Bingbing, one of the two bodyguards. It was a rare opportunity to bring the elderly out for a trip, so naturally they had to visit more places.

The distance from the imperial capital to Shenzhen is more than 2,200 kilometers. Jiang Feng and his companions were not in a hurry, so it took them two full days to reach Shenzhen. They rested in Shenzhen for one night and paid a formal visit the next day.

…

Huang family.

Huang's mother was preparing lunch and Huang's father was helping her.

The old hen that was raised for six or seven years and was hard to buy had been simmered over a slow fire for more than three hours. The rich aroma of the chicken soup had already wafted around, and just the smell made people's appetite increase.

The future in-laws were preparing to visit, which made the couple look very happy.

When their daughter first started dating a boyfriend, the couple were nervous for a long time because they didn't know his background, fearing that their little girl would be taken away by a pig.

It was not until their daughter brought her boyfriend back and formally introduced them to each other that they realized how awesome this future son-in-law was. He started from scratch and earned hundreds of millions of dollars in less than a year, which shocked even them who were well-informed.

And this is not the most amazing thing. The most amazing thing is that their future son-in-law has woven a network of relationships across the country in such a short period of time. The power he possesses is simply unimaginable.

After Huang's mother had finished all the preparations, she turned to her husband and said, "Old man, can you give your daughters a call and see where they are now?"

Father Huang smiled and said, "You look anxious. Didn't my daughter say before that it would take about half an hour to get there? Now it's been 20 minutes. It should be here in another 10 minutes."

Huang's mother smiled as she washed her hands: "Isn't this just thinking about timing the steaming and cooking?"

Father Huang said, "The preparations have already been made. Steaming and frying dishes don't take much time. It won't be too late to start when the guests arrive. There's no need to be so strict about the time."

Huang's mother nodded and said, "That's right, let's wait until someone comes before doing it."

Father Huang said, "I can boil the water first. When the guests come, the water temperature will be just right for making tea. Where did you put the box of premium Longjing tea that I treasured?"

Huang's mother rolled her eyes at him and said, "I think you are getting old and confused. When have I ever touched your tea leaves? They are right where you put them."

Father Huang chuckled and went to the living room to boil water.

Huang's mother looked at the kitchen and suddenly remembered that there was still some dipping sauce that had not been prepared, so she started to busy herself with preparing it.

The dipping sauce is also called the flavor sauce in Guangdong and Guangxi. The white-cut sauce here is world-famous, and the soul of the white-cut sauce is the flavor sauce.

Huang's mother first took out a large bowl, poured in an appropriate amount of oyster sauce, added a little water to dissolve the oyster sauce, then poured in enough light soy sauce, then turned on the fire, and when the pot was smoking, poured in an appropriate amount of peanut oil.

When the oil is heated, pour the evenly mixed juice in the large bowl into it, and use the temperature of the pan and the oil to fully bring out the aroma of the light soy sauce and oyster sauce.

The sauce was ready. Next, Huang's mother cut some onions, coriander, and chili peppers, and crushed some garlic and sand ginger. She put them all in small bowls, so that everyone could mix their favorite dipping sauce according to their taste.

After finishing the seasoning dish, Huang's mother felt that it was about time, so she put the plump big blue crabs, prawns, mudworms, grouper and other seafood into the steamer one by one.

After doing all this, the doorbell rang.

…

Twenty minutes later.

The Huang family and the Jiang family sat at the table together.

The food on the table was extremely rich, including steamed blue crabs, steamed prawns, steamed grouper, steamed mudworms, Mao's braised pork, braised lion head, sweet and sour pork, boiled chicken, boiled duck, boiled goose and other hard dishes.

The vegetarian dishes include home-cooked tofu, stir-fried lotus root, spicy and sour shredded potato, and stir-fried bok choy.

Plus there’s the pot of old hen soup that has been simmered for nearly four hours.

Wow, even the New Year’s Eve dinner isn’t this sumptuous.

"Thank you for your hard work, mother-in-law. This table full of dishes is so delicious and tasty. Just looking at it makes people hungry. Your cooking skills are really great!" Jiang's mother praised.

Huang's mother said with a smile on her face: "It's not hard, everyone drink the soup while it's hot. This old hen has been raised for six or seven years. It's hard to find one in this era. It's luck to buy one."

Everyone nodded and started drinking the old hen soup.

This was the first time that Jiang Feng had drunk this kind of old hen soup in his life. As soon as he drank a sip of the soup, the rich aroma exploded in his mouth. The taste was to borrow a classic line from Stephen Chow: Absolutely amazing!

Even the ancients said that chicken soup was delicious, but when Jiang Feng drank chicken soup before, he felt it was just so-so. Although it tasted good, it was not as delicious as it was hyped up to be.

It was not until now, after drinking the old hen soup cooked by his future mother-in-law, that Jiang Feng realized that the chicken soup was indeed worthy of its reputation.

Jiang's father and mother's eyes lit up as they drank the soup. It was the first time for them to drink such delicious chicken soup. When Jiang's mother was in confinement after giving birth, the family had killed an old hen that had been raised for several years, but that was used to make ginger soup, not soup.

In Qinghe Town, after a woman becomes pregnant, her family starts raising a group of chickens. The number depends on the family's financial situation. When the baby is born and the mother begins to recuperate after the baby is born, chickens are killed every day to stew ginger wine, which is used to replenish energy.

Just like now, Jiang Feng’s sister-in-law is pregnant, and Jiang’s mother has already raised dozens of chickens. When the sister-in-law is in confinement, it will be no problem for her to eat two chickens a day.

That's going too far.

After tasting the delicious old hen soup, the three members of the Jiang family praised it highly and said it was the best soup they had ever tasted since they were born.

Huang's father and mother were naturally very honored to hear this. After they finished their bowl of chicken soup, the couple invited Jiang's father and mother to eat.

I have to say that Huang's mother's cooking skills are really good. After all, her family is well-off and she doesn't have to do anything all day long. She just thinks about how to cook. And she can use any ingredients. Over time, as long as anyone is normal, they can hone their cooking skills.

After praising for a long time, the topic shifted from the food to Jiang Feng and Huang Lingwei.

It was also Jiang's mother who started the conversation. She was the first to praise, "My dear relatives, you are really role models as parents. You have educated Weiwei so well. It is a great honor for my Xiaofeng to be favored by Weiwei."

If it were a year ago, Jiang's mother would not have been able to say such words given her level of education. But in the past year or so, she has been running around as a matchmaker, helping men and women to get together. She has gained a lot of experience and her speaking skills have improved dramatically. Now she can say words like this fluently.

Huang's mother smiled with a rosy face and said, "Mother-in-law, you are really too kind. My daughter is okay compared to ordinary people, but she is far behind Xiaofeng. You are the ones who truly educate everyone. It is a blessing for Xiaofeng to like my daughter."

"Mother-in-law, you are so modest. Weiwei is a rare girl. Besides, we are from humble backgrounds and don't have much education. How can we understand education?"

"We are also from the same family, and teaching by example is the best education..."

Jiang's mother and Huang's mother were praising each other and being humble to each other, while Jiang's father and Huang's father started drinking.

Huang's father has a collection of fine wines. Today is the first time that his in-laws came to visit, so he took out his best wine to entertain them.

The two men of the same age originally had a lot of common topics. In addition, before arriving, Jiang Feng had privately informed his parents about the preferences of his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, so they naturally couldn't stop chatting.