Chapter 939 Another Encounter with a Mama's Boy (5)
Finally, I chose the license plate ZG888. I was glad that I could still choose a license plate at this point, because the lottery for license plates was about to begin.
After registering the car, the couple started arranging to buy clothes for their daughter.
"Mom, tell me the truth, what exactly are you planning?"
Zuo Yuzhen laughed and said, "It's nothing, it's just a junior member of your Aunt Qiu's family. She's already twenty-seven this year and still doesn't want to find a partner."
Your Aunt Qiu thinks you two are a good match and wants to arrange a meeting so you can get married soon if things go well.
"She's only 27 and you're already pressuring her to get married? Won't the guy have some issues?"
"What's the problem? I've met that guy twice. He's good-looking and polite. Otherwise, why would I agree to let you go on a blind date? You're not in a hurry."
"But I work in Beijing, and he lives in his hometown. If we really get together, won't we have to have a long-distance relationship?"
"I forgot to tell you, this younger generation in Aunt Qiu's family is also from Beijing."
Otherwise, I wouldn't have waited until you had a job before bringing this up.
Ning's father was a little reluctant, "If she really becomes a daughter, she'll have to marry into this family. We wouldn't even know if she gets mistreated."
"Can't you say something nice? Does our daughter have to suffer? Besides, does marrying you guarantee she won't be mistreated?"
Marriage is all about character. Even if you make a mistake in the future, you can always get a divorce.
"We can afford to raise our daughter."
At least my daughter has two houses, a car, and a stable job. Even in Beijing, these conditions aren't bad anywhere else.
Ning's father fell silent. He was a big shot outside, but at home he basically listened to his wife. If his wife spoke up, he would usually support her.
"Your job is basically on a downward spiral. I estimate that your company will have to lay off employees soon. If you're lucky, you might be the one who gets the highest pay."
Don't struggle, just take N+1 and leave.
"If you're worried about your daughter, come to Beijing. I think opening a big supermarket there would be a good idea; you could easily make over a hundred a year."
The company owner was retiring and handed the company over to his son, who had returned from studying abroad.
In the past six months, even Ning's father, the top salesman, has had a tough time. He used to never have to clock in or attend meetings. After all, salespeople are always busy with clients, so who has time for those pointless meetings?
The boss never asks him to do anything; as long as his performance is stable, that's enough.
As a result, after the new boss took over, he was constantly imposing rules and regulations and holding meetings all the time.
He lost his perfect attendance record, his business was taken away, and his bonuses were reduced. If it weren't for the fact that this job was really lucrative, and his wife was telling him to wait until he was laid off, he would have quit long ago.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. But do I really have to come to Beijing? Are we going to be living apart when we're old?"
Besides, someone who's spent most of their life working outside really doesn't want to open a supermarket.
This job is clearly not suitable for him.
Zuo Yuzhen said, "See? I told you, you're lucky. If you're unlucky, you'll have to work for another two or three years."
She was already thinking about what the couple could do after retirement. She had barely managed to rise to the deputy director level at work, and at 49, there was basically no room for further advancement, since she only had six years left before retirement.
With seniority pay and various subsidies, the annual salary is only around 100,000 yuan.
Ningxia Huai: He can be proud of saying one thing to people and another to ghosts, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to maintain his position as the company's top salesperson for over a decade. But in terms of vision, he is truly inferior to his wife.
Could it be that he really has to endure this miserable life at the company for several more years?
"Don't be sad. You can take advantage of these two or three years to learn some new things."
"You learn something, and someone even pays you a salary. Thinking about it that way, doesn't it make you less angry?"
"Honey, I'm already this old, do I still need to learn new things?"
"Yes, one is never too old to learn."
Ningxia Huai stopped talking and quietly helped his daughter pick out clothes. In his heart, he was already thinking, if he can't do sales, what can he do? What can he learn?
While admiring her mother's sharp mind, Ning Yan couldn't help but glance at her father a couple of times.
Ning's dad: "What are you looking at?"
"I think I'm so smart, I must have inherited my mom's intelligence."
Ningxia Huai immediately laughed, "Of course! Your dad only graduated from a junior college, but your mom has a bachelor's degree!"
In the 1980s and 90s, having a junior college degree was quite impressive, but Zuo Yuzhen was a graduate of a top-tier university.
He is definitely a highly intelligent person.
Zuo Yuzhen smiled. She wasn't tall, but she was definitely a little bit taller than her husband. They used to be father and daughter, but now, it seemed like her daughter was gone.
The family of three happily picked out several outfits for their daughter, and Ning Yan also bought two cheongsams for her mother. "Wear them as you like," she said. "I published three papers in SCI journals, and the school gave me a bonus. With the scholarships I've received over the years, I've saved up a small amount. Buying clothes for my mom is nothing."
Of course, since we bought one for Mom, we couldn't forget Dad.
So, Ning's father received a belt and a pair of socks from a certain brand.
Yes, the socks were a free gift.
But this made Ning's father very happy, and he said that he would always wear the belt that his daughter gave him!
Socks are really unnecessary.
After all, no one can wear the same pair of socks forever.
The following afternoon, Ning Yan went to the coffee shop she had arranged to meet, wearing her usual floral dress.
A man was already sitting in seat number 12 at the very back. He was looking down at the computer in front of him, wearing frameless glasses, and his hands were typing rapidly. He looked very busy.
As soon as Ning Yan approached, the other person looked up, and the movement of their hands paused for two seconds before stopping.
"Hello, I was introduced by Aunt Qiu. My name is Ning Yan."
The man closed his laptop, never expecting that he would meet her again on a blind date a few years later.
He was unusually nonchalant, standing up and extending his hand to Ning Yan, "Hello, Yi Qiansheng."
Ning Yan lightly shook hands with the other person. "Qian Sheng, whose name means 'a thousand mountains cannot hinder the music and moonlight'?"
Yi Qiansheng raised an eyebrow. "Yes. I heard from my aunt that you studied paleontology, but I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable about classical poetry as well."
Ning Yan gestured for him to sit down and talk, and then sat down opposite him.
"I don't know if you are the same person. When I was a freshman, I heard that there was a senior in the previous year who had won many awards and had started a business while still in school. I think his name was Yi Qiansheng."
Yi Qiansheng took off her glasses and placed them on the computer: "If you're talking about the class of 2004 graduates, then it should be the same person."
The waiter came over and asked Ning Yan what she wanted to drink. Ning Yan replied, "Water, and one of your signature cakes, please."
The waiter took the order without changing his expression.
Yi Qiansheng: "White water."
Ning Yan: "You don't like coffee either?"
Yi Qiansheng: "I prefer the things passed down from our ancestors."
Ning Yan wanted to laugh: ...So, why did they meet at a coffee shop?
What kind of tea do you like to drink?
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