Chapter 92 Blind Date
"What's wrong with a girl settling down early? When you get older, all the good men are picked up.
I originally thought Liang Zicheng was pretty good, but now that you've broken up, I can help you find someone who has a suitable boyfriend."
My mother didn't care about my objections at all and made the decision for me.
I rolled my eyes and didn't want to pay attention to her. If she asked me to go on a blind date, I could choose not to go, but she couldn't force me to go.
During dinner, my mom told my dad about Liangzi and I breaking up. My dad didn't seem too concerned: "It's okay if we break up. That guy's family is too poor, and I never liked him anyway. I'll pick a good one from my dad's friends' kids and introduce him to you."
My mother was unhappy. "Don't look down on the poor youngsters. What's there to be afraid of if your family is poor? You only know how to pick on those money-grubbing businessmen. I think Sisi's cousin is a good choice. He graduated with a degree in literature and works as an editor at a magazine. Although his family is not well off, he is educated."
My mother is very efficient. She has already chosen a candidate, Deng Sisi’s cousin, who is my uncle’s nephew.
My uncle was a literary youth when he was young. He could write poetry and essays. My aunt always said that he was talented and would become a famous writer sooner or later.
Not only my aunt said so, but my mother also said so. Even the fact that Sisi's Chinese grades were slightly higher than those in other subjects was attributed by my mother to her inheritance of my uncle's talent.
But the uncle I saw was just a somewhat decadent middle-aged man, but he was thin, good-looking, and had a scholarly air.
He worked as an editor for a local evening newspaper. Because he was aloof and didn't get along well with his colleagues, he was never given a chance to get promoted.
Actually, my father is also good-looking, but compared to my uncle, my father is more rugged and has the shrewdness unique to businessmen.
My mother always enjoys the financial freedom my father brings her, but at the same time she dislikes my father's businessman temperament which is full of the smell of money.
After hearing what my mother said, my father asked, "Xinrong's nephew? Have you seen him? It seems he has never been to our house."
My mother looked a little uneasy. "Oh, I haven't been here. I saw him at the old man's funeral. He was a well-mannered and good-looking young man. You could tell he was well-educated. He was a few years older than Mengmeng. What was his name?"
She turned to look at her cousin, and Deng Sisi immediately understood, "Auntie, you are talking about Brother Wen Yan, right?"
"Yes, Deng Wenyan, that's him." My mom seemed to be in a good mood again. She discussed with my dad, "Invite that kid to our house for dinner in a couple of days and let him meet Mengmeng. If they're a good match, we can get engaged after graduation."
My dad was still hesitant. “What’s his family situation like? What do his parents do?”
My mom was upset and rolled her eyes at my dad: "Can you please stop being so snobbish? You're asking other people's parents right away. The key is to see the child's own ability, right?"
My dad said patiently, "You can't ignore the family background. If the family is too poor, will Mengmeng suffer if she marries him?"
"Why don't we just give more dowry? Think about it, if you marry into a wealthy family, how much dowry do you have to give to impress them? You might even end up being bullied by them after you marry into the family.
It’s different if you marry someone from a poor family. If you give her some dowry, they will treat her like an ancestor.”
The two of them were chatting animatedly, treating me, the person involved, as a invisible person.
I coughed twice. "Ahem~ Have you ever considered the possibility that I don't plan to go on a blind date?"
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