Lin Manyi looked up and saw her mother smiling. She felt a little embarrassed. She was reluctant in the morning, but now she was talking to her. It seemed that she was a little fickle.
She fumbled for water to wash her hands and face. Chen Yu knew she was embarrassed, so she didn't point it out. She smiled and continued to mix the meat filling. Lin Zhongrong leaned over to thank her, "Thanks for calling me here. Otherwise, Xiaoman wouldn't know how long I would have been fighting with her."
The mother was a little unhappy. Her daughter could speak up, but no one else could. "What do you mean by arguing with you? It's like she's being unreasonable. How dare you say it wasn't you who made her unhappy?"
Lin Zhongrong quickly pleaded for mercy: "It's my fault, it's all my fault. I'm so grateful that you're willing to forgive me."
He was so eager to admit his mistake that Chen Yu was at a loss for words. He stirred the meat filling with his chopsticks and was silent for a moment before saying, "You can't say you were wrong. It's not a matter of forgiving or not forgiving."
Then he added, "But you're quite good with your daughter. I haven't even done anything yet, and you've already coaxed her."
Lin Zhongrong rubbed his nose. "I didn't have to coax her much. Xiaoman is very understanding." He looked at Chen Yu's calm expression, and his throat felt bitter. But he wasn't someone who would be easily discouraged. If Chen Yu had asked him to come over this time, he could make further progress next time. He rolled up his sleeves and asked, "What can I do?"
Chen Yu looked at him and said, "Just knead the dough." This was the only thing he could do.
The atmosphere in the kitchen was quite harmonious. On the other side, Lin Man washed his hands, read the letter again, and then began to think about whether he should reply.
Lin Cheng has written to me, so I have to reply.
She trotted out of her room again and asked Lin Zhongrong in the kitchen, "Dad, are you going to send anything to Lin Cheng soon?"
Lin Zhongrong was silent for a moment, then turned around and said, "I'll have to send a batch of supplies in ten days or so. Otherwise, I'll have to send that warning talisman over as well once it's made. What do you want to do?"
Lin Man waved the letter in his hand, said nothing, and went back into the room.
Lin Zhongrong's face darkened silently. This girl, isn't she going to write back to Lin Cheng? Is there something she can't let him pass on? He still uses a communicator to communicate, isn't that more convenient and direct?
He increased the strength of kneading the dough, as if he was treating the dough as someone's face, which made Chen Yu look at him twice.
Lin Man suddenly ran out again: "Dad, how many days will you stay here this time?"
Lin Zhongrong paused: "Two or three days?"
"Oh, then there's no rush." Lin Man muttered to himself and went back into the room.
What's the rush? Are you in no hurry to reply? He won't bring the letter!
He used more force and kneaded the dough into a shapeless state.
Chen Yu was a little amused: "Is there any need to be so angry?"
Lin Zhongrong was incredulous: "Aren't you angry? Our daughter is almost kidnapped!"
Chen Yu said, "Xiao Man is still young, what can she understand?" She paused, as if recalling something, "Besides, I think Lin Cheng is a good kid."
Lin Zhongrong's eyes lit up. "Not bad, what's so good about it? You've only met him a few times, and you've already noticed that?"
"You don't need to do it several times. Once is enough." Chen Yu didn't really know Lin Cheng very well, but she had heard her daughter talk about him several times. The boy had a clear vision and a handsome appearance, and he was indeed quite likable. Of course, more importantly, she trusted Lin Zhongrong and her daughter's judgment. As someone who was most valued by Lin Zhongrong and trusted by Lin Man, she believed that Lin Cheng would definitely not be bad.
Lin Zhongrong was particularly indignant. He had never received such high praise back then: "Does he have the word 'good guy' written all over his face?"
"Then give me a better example than him."
Lin Zhongrong choked for a moment, racking his brains but finding nothing. Just as he was very pleased with Lin Cheng, so satisfied that he wanted him to be his heir, he couldn't find anyone more suitable. Either he was too imaginative or lacked the ability, and now he had to consider his appearance, his history of sexual activity, his character, and whether he was a playboy...
He thought of countless conditions for a partner in a flash, and found out... that boy was actually pretty good in all of them. No, there was one thing that was not good, that boy was too cold, too dull and boring. Wouldn't it be boring to be with him?
Lin Zhongrong felt better. Who would have thought that Chen Yu would say, "At least he doesn't have such complicated family relationships, and he doesn't have a mother who would make things difficult for her daughter-in-law. He's all alone. Anyone who can become his partner will get his full attention and love."
Lin Zhongrong: ...It hurts.
He said gloomily, "You still mind the past..."
"No, I'm just talking about the facts."
"You have."
"I don't."
"You have."
"Lin Zhongrong, do you want to quarrel?" Chen Yu stuck the chopsticks into the meat filling.
Lin Zhongrong shrank his neck and kneaded the dough like a quail.
Chen Yu went to wash the cabbage and started to cut it. Lin Zhongrong quickly took over: "You want to chop it up, right? Let me do it."
Lin Man had no idea that the two people outside almost had a quarrel because of her. She hesitated on the paper for a long time, and really didn't know how to start writing. She simply put down the pen and decided to wait a little longer.
She began to actively make new warning signs, and was so focused that she didn't notice the passage of time until she was called to eat outside.
She ran out, and there were steaming hot dumplings on the table. She was actually looking forward to eating dumplings. She and her mother often made a lot at once and kept them in the space to eat slowly, but she just couldn't get tired of them! Last time they had leeks and meat filling, and the time before that they had celery and meat filling, and today they had cabbage and meat filling again. The meat was chicken, which was tender and delicious, and the cabbage was also tender enough. The dumpling wrapper was fragrant and chewy. She could taste several things in one bite, which was simply wonderful.
She loved to eat it, and Lin Zhongrong loved to eat it too. The main reason was that it was quite rare for him, or it had been more than ten years since he had eaten really delicious dumplings. He ate several big bowls in a hurry. Fortunately, Chen Yu had prepared in advance and made enough dumplings.
…
The arrival of one hundred couples had a huge impact on the Peace Base, much greater than Lin Man had expected.
First of all, these one hundred couples were carefully selected by Lin Zhongrong. They were truly model couples, either wealthy, educated, or well-mannered. Most importantly, they were well-matched. In short, the people at the Peace Base were curious and envious. Those who lived together just to have a child unconsciously learned their behavior, and those who were still hesitant to find a partner also began to look for one. For a while, the Peace Base was filled with the sour smell of love.
Oh, maybe it hasn’t reached the pure height of love, but the possibility of dating has greatly increased.
But it has shrunk before. There are more men than women in the base, and there are always some who have particularly good conditions or particularly bad conditions and have to remain single. There is nothing the particularly bad ones can do, and those who are better off are a little depressed.
For example, many young people with special abilities did not want to settle for a good relationship, but were eager to find a partner. So they held a small meeting among themselves and pushed Yue Wenshang out.
Yue Wenshang felt that as an older youth - actually a middle-aged man, it would be awkward for him to talk about this with a young girl, even if the girl was the leader. It just so happened that he and the girl's mother were colleagues, so he went to talk to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu was a little surprised: "Are you asking if there will be a policy in the future to allow women of marriageable age from the reunion base or other bases to come here?"
"Right, right." Yue Wenshang was still a little embarrassed. "Nowadays, couples come here in pairs, but with the conditions of our base, we can definitely attract people to live here permanently. If there is a proper social gathering or something, and if they are attracted to our young people, we can even keep them here, which will also be good for the development of the base."
While this was a challenging undertaking, such as whether the other base was willing to release them, it was manageable. With this direction, everything was possible. In fact, if it weren't for their unique and sensitive identities as psychics, preventing them from leaving their base easily, and the sheer distance, several of them would have wanted to return to their original base and look for the girls they had a crush on or had a crush on.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "I'll go back and talk to Xiaoman about it, but I don't know if it will work out."
Yue Wenshang nodded repeatedly in thanks.
Chen Yu asked, "Teacher Yue, do you have someone you like?"
Yue Wenshang was a little embarrassed, but he spoke frankly, "I've seen so many people start families, and I'm quite tempted too. I'm not young anymore, and the Peace Base is so good. Living here for a long time, finding a partner and having a child would be the best... Originally I just wanted a stable and better life, but now I'm becoming more and more greedy."
"How can this be considered greed? It's human nature."
Yue Wenshang just smiled, but halfway through his smile he suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if he was being stared at by a wild beast. The hairs on his body immediately stood on end, but when he turned his head to look, he saw nothing.
Chen Yu was surprised: "What's wrong with you?" Why did his face suddenly turn pale? Was it too fast?
"It's okay, it's okay." The thorny feeling in his back became stronger. Under the scorching sun, he couldn't help but rub his arms: "Well, I'll go first."
Then he ran away quickly.
Chen Yu: "..." Teacher Yue usually looks very steady, why does he look like a frightened rabbit now?
In the dark, Lin Zhongrong sneered in his heart, where did this pretty boy come from? No, an old pretty boy, is this a toad wanting to eat swan flesh? Are you tired of living?
Thinking about the two of them chatting and laughing, he felt like he was going to explode. They didn't smile much at him, but they laughed heartily and sincerely at others. Lin Zhongrong was sour and depressed. His old friend, the one who had used his connections to get the 1% quota this time, came over and bumped into him while farming: "Hey, when are you going to do anything? My wife and I are trying to have a baby. When are you going to reconcile? Aren't you being rejected?"
Lin Zhongrong said coldly, "Is it glorious to have a child at such an old age? My daughter is already capable of standing on her own!"
Hiss, such a boastful tone.
My old friend was a bit depressed. When he was young, he was as cold as ice, never showing off to anyone. Everyone said he was destined to be lonely. But who knew he got married first, had a child soon after, and flaunted it in the group chat every day, like a winner in life. Although his years of sorrow stemmed from this, compared to his comrades who had gone through untold hardships to find like-minded partners after the apocalypse, he was indeed several steps ahead.
The author has something to say: Today's update is a little late, and there is a reason. I went to see a movie in the morning, and suddenly a small car came out. The driver braked suddenly, and I flew out from the back seat of the bus and hit the handrail of the exit door. At that moment, I had no idea what happened. When I came to my senses, there was a huge swelling on my forehead, leg, and lip. The traffic police came... There were more than a dozen passengers in the car, all fine, but I was the only one who flew away. I was really... depressed and funny. Fortunately, I took a video and nothing happened, so this is the reason why I am late - no wonder.
The truth is that I missed the movie because I went to the hospital. Since it was a special show and I couldn't change my ticket, I was so angry that I watched it again. Then, with a big bag on my forehead, I ate, drank, played, and shopped all afternoon to make up for it. I came back very late orz
Now that I think about it, I have a big heart.
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