Wang Shuning walked beside Song's mother and started counting on his fingers.
"First, my current salary is 40 yuan a month. The other party's salary cannot be lower than mine, otherwise it will affect my future living standards."
"Second, she cannot be shorter than me. She must be at least half a head taller than me, over 1.75 meters tall, preferably 1.80 meters tall, otherwise it will affect the height of the child in the future."
"Third, he can't be too bad looking, he has to be handsome, otherwise it will be hard to bear to see him in daily life."
"Fourth, it is best to be an only child, otherwise brothers and sisters will support one and favor another, which will lead to conflicts."
"Fifth, the man must have at least graduated from high school, and his parents must be literate. Educated people are easier to communicate with and easier to reason with."
"Sixth, every family member has a job."
"Seventh, it is best to have two houses close to each other so that you can live separately from your parents-in-law. The houses are close to each other and they can help take care of the children."
"Eighth, the man must be ambitious and have a goal to strive for. Otherwise, he will not be able to keep up with me in the future, which will easily lead to inferiority complex and the relationship between husband and wife will break down."
"Ninth, be mild-tempered and don't hit women."
"Tenth, it's closer to our home. If anything unexpected happens, I can go back to my parents' home in time to find someone to help."
"Stop." Song's mother spoke to stop her little daughter from continuing.
She patiently recorded the first two items, but now she has said too much and it's endless.
"All the conditions you mentioned are fine, but if they are all concentrated in one person, it will be difficult to find one. Just your two conditions, having two houses, not living with your parents-in-law, and having an only child, are just wishful thinking. How can an only child not live with his parents? What do you think?"
Wang Shuning blinked, "That's why I said we should have two houses close to each other, so that we can take care of the elderly and reduce conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law."
If I hadn't been a little more critical, how could I have made you give up?
Song's mother clenched the paper in her hand. According to her younger daughter's way of choosing a partner, none of the people on the paper met her requirements.
She calmed down and said patiently, "Xiao Ning, after all, you have to live apart from your partner after four years of marriage. This is a big disadvantage. We should not be too picky. Just about anything will do."
"Mom, you can't just settle for something good. You have to get better. Be patient and find a few more matchmakers to introduce you. At most, you can give them more things. You will definitely find someone who meets my ideal image of a husband. Mom, I'm a little hungry. Is the meal ready?"
Song Guiying shook her head blankly, "I thought you and Chang Zhen had lunch at the state-owned restaurant, so I didn't do it."
Wang Shuning asked: "You're not going to eat lunch?"
Song Guiying pointed to the covered plate on the table and said, "There are still two tortillas left from this morning. I'll just make do with this."
Wang Shuning frowned, "Mom, this is your fault. You can't make do even if I don't come back for dinner. You've worked hard all your life, and now it's time to enjoy life. How can you make do for lunch? I'll make noodles, stir-fry beans with minced meat, and two poached eggs."
Seeing her rush to the kitchen, Song Guiying sat down on a chair and went to look for her.
My younger daughter is used to spending lavishly now, and she will definitely not agree if she is asked to suffer after marriage.
I have to find someone whose conditions are twice as good as hers. After she gets married, she can't be the only one in the family who eats so well while everyone else just watches.
While eating noodles, Wang Shuning saw that Song's mother looked thoughtful and absent-minded, and he knew that it had succeeded.
Go find him. When you finally find him, your vacation is over and you’ve gone back to Jinshan Island.
In the afternoon, Song Guiying hurried out of the house. She had to go to work the next day, so she had to ask a few matchmakers to look for one.
Wang Shuning sat in his room flipping through books introducing Chinese herbal medicine.
Snow lotus grows in cold, oxygen-deficient mountains and is extremely rare. In the 21st century, this wild snow lotus seems to have become an endangered medicinal material protected by the state.
There is also ginseng. Wild ginseng is expensive, and the older it is, the higher its medicinal value.
If you want to quickly accumulate huge amounts of start-up capital after the opening up, you have to start with these expensive things.
There are also antiques. Looking up at the capital city, there are countless dignitaries living there. In the chaos of recent years, some have been lost or destroyed, and many have been traded on the black market. So they might as well get a batch and hide them in the space. When they are taken out ten years later, they will be worth hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions.
Song Guiying went to several matchmakers' homes and told them her little daughter's request. The looks they gave her were indescribable, but the gifts Song's mother sent were not cheap. She even told them that if the match could be successful, the matchmaker's gift would be at least ten yuan.
The next day, the newspapers published reports about the conflict between China and North Vietnam on the maritime border. At present, the Chinese navy has blocked the North Vietnamese troops outside the border. Only a few of the other side's troops have withdrawn, and the troops coming to support them have been firing at the Chinese army from time to time to provoke them.
After only three months of fighting, politicians had already guessed that the war would end in the defeat of North Vietnam.
The other party's current provocative behavior is actually intended to force China to release the prisoners.
The Chinese leadership was willing to release the prisoners, but put forward specific requirements.
North Vietnam's unprovoked invasion caused heavy losses to China, and they must pay compensation for the deaths and losses caused by the war.
Wang Shuning put the newspaper aside. Once the ceasefire was reached, there would be no more fighting for at least a few years, and the troops that left Jinshan Island might be coming back soon.
Since the others were not at home, Wang Shuning was too lazy to cook and simply went out to eat at noon.
Wang Shuning had just ordered the food and was about to sit down when he saw an acquaintance.
Chang Zhen and a girl were eating at the table where they had sat.
We were less than three meters apart and could hear each other talking.
I took a look at the food on the table: two bowls of vegetarian noodles with vegetables, gone.
When Wang Shuning heard the window clerk ordering dishes, he stood up and ran over to get the plates.
A small plate of delicious braised pork, a dish of spicy and sour potato shreds, a bowl of kelp and egg soup, and a full bowl of rice.
Chang Zhen saw her when Wang Shuning came in.
Seeing her ordering dishes so luxuriously and eating quite fast with the corners of her mouth turned down, which man could afford to support a woman like this?
The girl who was chatting with Chang Zhen also noticed Wang Shuning and swallowed subconsciously, "He eats so much and is still thin, I'm so envious."
Chang Zhen stared at her and said, "That's why I ordered vegetarian noodles. If you don't eat meat, you won't gain weight. If you feel that the noodles are too much, give me some and I'll help you finish them."
Wang Shuning, who was chewing, almost spit out a mouthful of rice. It was weird that he was even thinking about the noodles in the woman's bowl.
The girl was dumbfounded and said tactfully: "I can eat it all and won't waste food."
The matchmaker clearly said that the blind date candidate was not bad, but when ordering food, there wasn't even a single piece of shredded pork. Do they really want to be so frugal?
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