Since the beginning of the first month of the year, the weather has started to warm up.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, the sun was so warm that people had to take off their thick cotton-padded jackets.

Zhou Ruilan came to ask Qin Hanshu to go to the county to play the day before.

When in the capital, the Spring Festival is not celebrated, and all traditional activities during the Spring Festival, such as pasting Spring Festival couplets and setting off firecrackers, are also not allowed.

But perhaps because the county is located in a remote area and the situation was not that tense, on the Lantern Festival, the county still held the temple fair which had been going on for who knows how many years.

On the day before the Lantern Festival, Zhou Ruilan asked Qin Hanshu to go to the temple fair.

Qin Hanshu originally planned to invite other educated youth, but Zhou Ruilan shyly tugged at her sleeve.

"Um..." Zhou Ruilan's cheeks flushed, and she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "I'm going on a blind date, and I want you to come along and help me take a look."

Qin Hanshu opened his mouth in surprise, "Blind date? So sudden? I haven't heard you mention it before."

Zhou Ruilan twisted her braids shyly.

"It's not that sudden. I'm old enough and my mom has been talking about it for a long time."

Zhou Ruilan is one year older than Qin Hanshu, and will be 19 this June. Blind dates don't lead to marriage right away, you still have to spend some time together. If you're not satisfied with something during the process, the deal will fall through, and you'll have to look for the next one.

If everything goes well, it will take at least a year and a half to get married.

This is a normal marriage age for local girls.

Only some families who do not value their daughters may marry them off earlier, such as when they are fifteen or sixteen years old.

Qin Hanshu asked: "Who introduced you to this blind date? What kind of person is he? Tell me about him first."

Zhou Ruilan said, "My mother had previously found a prostitute from the east of the county, hoping to find a wife for my third brother, but my third brother was unwilling to go on a blind date."

Hearing this, Qin Hanshu's eyes flashed.

Zhou Ruilan continued:

"My mother thought, since she had already found Hua Pozi, she might as well solve my problem first. Hua Pozi was also very efficient. Within two days, she brought a stack of photos to my mother."

"My mom and I picked one and we'll meet tomorrow to talk about it."

Qin Hanshu asked: "What does the other party do? What's the situation at home?"

Zhou Ruilan replied: "His family is from the county. His parents are both cadres on the railway. He also graduated from a railway school and joined the railway."

The conditions are still good.

Qin Hanshu thought about it and asked, "Do you want to get married?"

Zhou Ruilan was at a loss for a moment, then said uncertainly: "You thought about it, right? I had long imagined that I would marry a handsome man, give birth to a beautiful baby, and our family of three would live happily together, but..."

Zhou Ruilan was silent for a while, "But if I think about getting married, leaving my parents, and living in someone else's home, I feel reluctant. At the same time, I think it's good not to get married."

"This mentality is normal," Qin Hanshu patted Zhou Ruilan's shoulder, "Let's see tomorrow."

The next day, not only Qin Hanshu, but Zhou Weiguang also went together.

Before leaving, Zhao Chunmiao carefully instructed the three people on what issues they should find out clearly when they meet.

He mainly gave instructions to Qin Hanshu and Zhou Weiguang because he was afraid that Zhou Ruilan would become shy and dizzy when meeting people.

Zhou Weiguang rode his bike with Zhou Ruilan, while Qin Hanshu rode by herself.

Make an appointment with your blind date to meet at the entrance of the temple fair.

A temple fair is actually a larger market.

There are more people than the big market in the commune, more small items are sold, and there are more entertainment activities, such as shadow puppetry and monkey shows.

Qin Hanshu and the other two arrived at the entrance of the temple fair. As soon as they stopped the car, a middle-aged woman wearing black-framed glasses came to meet them.

The middle-aged woman looked at Zhou Ruilan and asked with a smile: "Are you Zhou Ruilan? Lanhua?"

Zhou Ruilan nodded, not understanding why.

The middle-aged woman smiled and waved behind her.

A gentle and handsome young man walked over shyly.

The middle-aged woman said, "I am Yang Guangyu's cousin. I came here with him."

Zhou Ruilan immediately became serious and shouted, "Hello, cousin."

Yang's cousin smiled and nodded.

Yang Guangyu is Zhou Ruilan’s blind date.

When Yang's cousin saw her cousin coming over, she lowered her head and blushed, but didn't say anything. She couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"Guangyu, say hello to them."

Yang Guangyu quickly raised his head, glanced at Zhou Ruilan, and whispered, "Hello, Comrade Xiao Zhou."

Zhou Ruilan was a little nervous and shy before coming, but after seeing Yang Guangyu like this, her shyness suddenly disappeared.

"Hello, Comrade Xiao Yang."

The male comrades kept their heads down and their chests hunched, while the comrades were proud and generous.

Yang's cousin smiled and said, "My Guangyu has a simple personality since he was young. He doesn't have any fancy ideas. When he sees a female comrade, he doesn't know how to talk."

After only seeing him for a few minutes, of course I can't tell what his personality is like.

Qin Hanshu said: "Cousin Yang, why don't we go into the temple fair and take a look around."

Seeing the confused expression of Yang's cousin, Qin Hanshu hurriedly introduced himself and Zhou Weiguang, saying that they were Zhou Ruilan's brother and sister.

Yang's cousin immediately smiled and said, "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

There was no place to park the bicycle, so I could only push it while walking.

The crowd was crowded and shoulder to shoulder.

Qin Hanshu would be bumped into by someone from time to time.

Zhou Weiguang reached out from the side and grabbed the front of her car, "I'll help you push it."

Before Qin Hanshu agreed, he snatched the car away.

Push one with each hand.

But he was tall and conspicuous, so fewer people bumped into him.

Qin Hanshu looked at Zhou Weiguang and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhou San."

"Well." Zhou Weiguang walked without looking sideways and said in a deep voice, "It's not hard."

Qin Hanshu's eyes curved.

At first, Yang's cousin was walking with Zhou Ruilan, and Yang Guangyu was left behind alone.

After Yang's cousin said a few words to Zhou Ruilan, she consciously pulled Yang Guangyu to the front, and quietly stepped back to be with Qin Hanshu.

The young people who had been on a blind date for two years walked in front, and a few people who were accompanying their blind dates followed behind.

Yang's cousin couldn't stand loneliness, so she started chatting with Qin Hanshu.

Qin Hanshu responded to her words, and occasionally asked a question to learn about the situation of the Yang family from the side.

After a while, Zhou Ruilan, who was sitting in front of us, turned around and asked, "They're selling candied haws. Do you want any?"

Qin Hanshu looked at the bright red candied haws and said, "I'll have one."

Yang's cousin shook her head: "I don't eat sweets, so forget it."

Zhou Ruilan looked at Zhou Weiguang, "Third brother, what about you?"

Zhou Weiguang actually loved these sweet snacks, but his two hands were full, so he shook his head.

Qin Hanshu said, "Give him one too."

Zhou Ruilan naturally knew her brother's preferences and agreed with a smile.

Originally, Zhou Ruilan wanted to buy it herself, but Yang Guangyu, who was standing next to her, had already stood on the paralytic selling candied haws while she was asking the people behind her.

When the order was finally finalized, he quickly said to the stall owner, "Give me four skewers."

And rushed to pay.

This made Zhou Ruilan feel quite embarrassed.

"Thank you."

Yang Guangyu blushed and shook his head, distributing the candied haws to several people.

I thought he bought four strings of candied haws and asked for one string for himself, but he didn't eat it himself and gave two strings to Zhou Ruilan.

At the end, he even explained shyly, "I was afraid you wouldn't have enough to eat."

Zhou Ruilan felt so happy that she pursed her lips and tried hard to hold back her smile.

Qin Hanshu glanced at the expression of his cousin Yang and found that she did not show any dissatisfaction, so he nodded secretly.

Although candied haws are not expensive, some people may feel that they are being taken advantage of.

One thing may be that your family is rich, but whether they care about you or not is another matter.