On the third day after Zhao Meiying's mother-in-law was sent home, Qiu Zhen came to visit.
She came for no other reason than to act as a matchmaker, and her client was Xu Guoqing.
After dinner yesterday, Xu Guoqing came to the door and said that he wanted to ask Qiu Zhen to be a matchmaker for him. The Liang family was confused.
"Why do you want me to be a matchmaker? I've never been a matchmaker before. Aren't you afraid that I won't say anything good?"
Xu Guoqing smiled without any embarrassment. This young man always did things in such an open and honest manner.
"Aunt, you'll understand once I tell you which one it is."
Dahua and Xiaojuan also became interested. They sat around the table and their mother poured a bowl of hot water for each of them.
"Who is it? Tell me quickly, kid."
Dahua was very curious. Xu Guoqing was a really strange person. He was a well-known good young man, but he was still single at such an old age. His parents worried about him but he was not interested at all.
"It's Zhao Meiying!"
“…”
"Well, you've come to eat my nest!"
Dahua punched him, and the two of them started fighting with laughter. Xu Guoqing hooked his arm around Dahua's neck and asked, "How did I end up next to you?"
The two of them let go and sat down. Dahua took the bowl and drank water. After he finished, he said: "Zhao Meiying and Qiuhua are my sisters who have been worshipped. They are my sisters. How can they not be my neighbors?"
"Hahaha, that's why I asked Auntie to be my matchmaker. Your two families are so familiar with each other, so Auntie will definitely make it happen if she asks."
Xu Guoqing is very confident about this.
"But this is too sudden. Will Meiying's family agree? Also, do your parents know about it?
Why did you come here by yourself?"
Qiu Zhen was unsure and didn't dare to agree easily.
"They know I told them this morning, and they agreed to my statement. I handle my own affairs myself.
I didn't act on impulse. I thought about it for several days after returning from Zhao Meiying's house. I've thought it through!"
Xu Guoqing's firm attitude reassured Qiu Zhen. He had watched the child grow up, and he said he had thought it through, so it must not be a spur-of-the-moment decision.
Then go for him!
Zhao Meiying and her family were eating noodles with great gusto. When Qiu Zhen told them the purpose of her visit, the room immediately became quiet.
"This guy is not young anymore, why does he like my sister?"
The first person to speak was Zhao Meiying's elder brother. No one in the family thought that Qiu Zhen came here for this matter.
"Yes, maybe it's fate. You guys have known each other since childhood, so it's not surprising."
There was a hint of joy on Haopo's face. Xu Guoqing already had a good reputation in this area, and he had braved the freezing weather to send her back a few days ago. She really liked this young man.
But then he thought about it and said worriedly, "But this matter still depends on Meiying's mother and father. They are in Shanghai now and won't be back until the Chinese New Year!"
"He has considered this as well. He mentioned it during the National Day holiday. He just wanted me to tell him today that he would come again after the Chinese New Year.
Isn't he afraid that someone else will take over first? But Meiying is still studying, I wonder if she is willing to do it?"
Qiu Zhen looked at Zhao Meiying. She had finished her noodles while they were talking, and her expression was serious, which made Qiu Zhen even more uneasy.
The three members of the Zhao family fell silent.
After a long while, Zhao Meiying said, "Okay, Auntie, I'll talk to Mom and Dad when they come back for the New Year. I'll make sure they agree!"
“…”
Is it done in just a few seconds?
Qiu Zhen was still in a daze and hadn't figured out what was going on. Mei Ying touched his short hair and said:
"Have you thought this through?"
Zhao Meiying nodded, and he thought about it and nodded too. Seeing that they both nodded, Haopo nodded with satisfaction.
Qiu Zhen's first matchmaking in life was accomplished smoothly with just a few words. Even after she returned home and explained everything, she was still a little confused.
Everyone thought that this matter went so smoothly that it was unbelievable, and they also felt that Zhao Meiying was a little hasty.
But what they didn't know was that Zhao Meiying had only one person in her entire youth, and that was Xu Guoqing. She had waited too long for this moment.
Every time she met Xu Guoqing by chance on the street, she always mustered up the courage to go up and say a few words to him, even if it was just a trivial one.
However, each time she didn't have enough courage to speak.
When Qiu Zhen told her purpose, she used a serious expression to suppress her inner joy and make herself look less frivolous.
She was afraid that if she wasn't careful, her heart would be like a bird flapping its wings outside the house and fly out in the next second.
Happiness came so suddenly, didn't it? It was like a dream.
In the dream, there was a matchmaker who came to propose marriage, and Xu Guoqing appeared later.
But this was not a dream. As soon as Zhao Meiying stepped into Qiuhua's house, Xu Guoqing followed.
Both of them were stunned. They didn't expect that the parties involved would meet each other just two days after the engagement.
Zhao Meiying was in a daze, feeling her face burning, and she didn't pay any attention to what Qiuhua was saying.
"Meiying, Meiying! Can you hear me?"
Qiuhua slapped her hard and she came back to her senses. Qiuhua looked at Zhao Meiying and then at Xu Guoqing, and understood everything.
The sun was shining brightly today, so she took out two benches and a bag of pumpkin seeds from the house.
"You two can chat first. I'll go get something from the house."
He said he was going to get something, but he didn't come out for a long time. Xu Guoqing coughed lightly, handed over the pumpkin seeds, and asked:
"Is it rude of me to ask Auntie to go to your house?"
Zhao Meiying shook her head and looked up at him again, her eyes sparkling. Xu Guoqing's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but want to get closer.
"Why aren't you talking or eating pumpkin seeds?"
"I don't know what to say. My throat is dry from eating pumpkin seeds."
Xu Guoqing immediately got up and went into the house, and soon brought her a bowl of boiled water.
"Don't you have anything to say to me? Did you say what Auntie said willingly?"
"Of course!"
After Zhao Meiying finished speaking, she felt that she was being a little frivolous and lowered her head again.
"That's good. Since you're too embarrassed to talk to me, then I'll talk and you'll listen, okay?"
Xu Guoqing leaned on the bench with his hands, his knuckles slightly white. He waited for Zhao Meiying to nod before speaking:
"I'm grateful that you don't mind my age, and you don't think I'm rude either. I know what's going on.
That day, when I sent my mother-in-law home, I saw you and it felt like there were stars in my eyes inexplicably in the daytime, shining so brightly that I was dizzy.
All I could think about was that year when I was in the hospital and you came to see me. This scene stayed in my mind for two days, and I thought I was finished.
I'm not young anymore, but I've never been married, and I've never met anyone who makes me dizzy. Now I know that person is you."
Xu Guoqing said a lot in one breath, and the sweat from his palms slowly soaked into the long bench.
Every word he said was like a small hook, hooking her memories and firmly hooking her heart.
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