"Xiaoxue, let me tell you! Although Accountant Ma is a bit old, he knows how to care for people."
"Besides, he works in a steel factory, with a high salary and good benefits. If you marry him, you can just wait to enjoy the good life for the rest of your days!"
Along the way, Li Tiehua kept talking nonstop, seemingly quite satisfied with Accountant Ma.
As they approached the state-run restaurant, Lin Xue stopped and looked at Li Tiehua.
"Mom, I'm going on a blind date with Accountant Ma, so please don't come along!"
Lin Xue had already figured out what to do; she didn't want Li Tiehua to go and cause trouble.
"How can this be?"
Li Tiehua was about to retort when Lin Xue interrupted him.
"I'll bring the food back later, you can go home first. What's the point of you sitting here watching us on this blind date?"
Lin Xue's reasoning left Li Tiehua speechless.
"Alright then, you'd better have a good talk with Accountant Ma. If we miss this opportunity, we'll never have another one! We have to seize this chance to rise up and sing our own praises; we can't go back to living that miserable life in the countryside!"
"Alright, Mother, I know everything. You should go back now!"
Lin Xue impatiently dismissed Li Tiehua before slowly walking into the state-run restaurant.
Accountant Ma is a middle-aged man in his forties. Although he is middle-aged, he is quite upright and has not gained any weight.
However, this kind of figure is quite common in this era, after all, everyone is poor, and no one can afford to eat big fish and meat every day.
"Accountant Ma?"
Lin Xue walked to Accountant Ma's desk and gently tapped on it.
"It's me. You must be the Lin family's daughter."
"Please sit down, please sit down. I heard that Miss Lin has suffered a lot these past few years as an educated youth in the countryside!"
Accountant Ma gestured for Lin Xue to sit down as he spoke.
"Fortunately, my mother said it's only right for girls to endure some hardship. They're not boys, they're not so precious!"
Lin Xue started by saying, "My mother said," which made Accountant Ma raise an eyebrow.
"I heard that Miss Lin is 23 years old this year. It's not easy for her to have persisted in the countryside for so many years!"
Accountant Ma poured Lin Xue a cup of tea and asked her question calmly.
"My mother said that if I want to marry her, I have to give her a dowry of a thousand or eight hundred. It wasn't easy for my mother to raise me, and besides, I have two older brothers who are still unmarried!"
"If I got married early, how much dowry could they afford in that poor rural area!"
As Lin Xue spoke, a look of disdain appeared on her face at just the right moment.
Seeing this, Accountant Ma frowned even more deeply.
How come this is different from the rumors?
Is this girl a mama's boy? If she becomes a spoiled brat who supports her brother, will he be able to handle it?
At this moment, Accountant Ma was starting to have second thoughts, which was exactly what Lin Xue wanted.
There's a classic saying in Suzhou: "Don't marry a mama's boy, and don't marry a woman who's obsessed with supporting her brother!"
Although Accountant Ma was feeling uneasy, she patiently continued to ask questions.
"Aunt Li should have told you about my situation, right? I wonder what the procedures are on your end?"
Accountant Ma continued to test Lin Xue's bottom line. If she really was a mama's girl who spoiled her brother, Accountant Ma would never dare to marry her.
“My mother said that the bride price should be at least 888 yuan, and the three major gifts should be doubled, because I have two older brothers!”
"We need to prepare double the gold bracelets, gold necklaces, and gold rings, because my brother will need them for his wedding!"
“After we get married, I’ll be in charge of your salary. After all, my two older brothers haven’t found wives yet. If I don’t have any money, how will I take care of them?”
The more Lin Xue spoke, the more cold sweat poured down Accountant Ma's forehead.
Oh my god, he really did run into a sister-supporting demon!
"Miss Lin, I just remembered I have something to do at the factory, so I'll head back now!"
At this moment, Accountant Ma had already made up his mind.
Anyone who wants the Lin family's daughter can have her; he, Ma, can't afford her.
"Sigh, I only came because my mom said you were treating today! Why are you leaving before we've even eaten? Are you still going to treat us or not?"
Lin Xue grabbed Accountant Ma's sleeve, preventing him from leaving.
"Oh, right, right! It's my treat. I wonder what Miss Lin would like to eat? Let's order now, I have something to do and I'm in a hurry to leave!"
Accountant Ma didn't want to spend a moment longer with Lin Xue. Although the girl was fair-skinned and pretty, she was a "brother-supporting demon."
No matter how beautiful such a woman is, Ma would stay as far away as possible and wouldn't dare to provoke her in the slightest.
"One serving of braised pork, one serving of braised fish, and one serving of braised eggplant, please."
"Five more steamed buns and five more dumplings, since Accountant Ma isn't eating them, this should be enough for me!"
After finishing her sentence, Lin Xue smacked her lips, seemingly still wanting more.
Seeing that greedy look on her face, Accountant Ma felt a chill run down her spine.
"Comrade, the bill please!"
Accountant Ma settled the bill with trembling hands, then disappeared like a rabbit in the blink of an eye.
Lin Xue then used her handbag as cover to take out several lunch boxes.
She asked the waiter to pack all the dishes, steamed buns, and dumplings she ordered into a lunchbox and take them away.
The waiter looked at Lin Xue with strange eyes, but didn't say anything.
As Lin Xue requested, all the food was put into the lunchbox.
Lin Xue carried the food and left the state-run restaurant with satisfaction.
She can save these things and eat them slowly later!
However, thinking that she would be leaving Su City tomorrow, Lin Xue felt a little restless and turned to head towards the location of the black market.
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