Before Huangfu Biao could finish speaking, Tang Cuixiang directly touched her goosebump-covered arm and said...
"Brother, we're not a good match. You're such a good catch, why don't you find a girl from your local area? Although my family has many sisters, we insist on not marrying far away, so you should give up!"
“Cuixiang, these are things that can be overcome. You are still a student now. After you graduate, where will you be assigned? How about this? I will wait for you to graduate and find a way to transfer you to wherever you are assigned. Truck drivers can find suitable formal jobs all over the country.”
Tang Cuixiang pursed her lips. This guy is really honest. He knows you truck drivers are awesome, but you can't just say it so bluntly.
He must have a good job and a good family background, otherwise he wouldn't have arranged jobs for all his children.
He's good-looking, and with those qualities, he shouldn't have trouble finding a wife. So why did he choose her?
Men are straightforward when they talk to each other. If you're thinking this way, just ask: "What do you see in me?"
Huangfu Biao answered honestly, "You cook well, you're good-looking, and you're a college student, isn't that enough?"
"I'm a good cook? Who told you I cook?" Before Tang Cuixiang could finish speaking, Meng Dalong couldn't help but interrupt.
"Cuixiang, they've come here many times. You cooked for them months ago. You might not have noticed, but they have! Brother Biaozi is a real foodie. He loves to enjoy good food. Maybe he learned from me that it was your cooking that suited his taste!"
Tang Cuixiang now wished she could sew Meng Dalong's mouth shut. Why did this brat have to talk so much?
"If you don't believe in my character, you can ask around at my workplace. I earned three third-class merits while in the army, and I was a battalion commander before I transferred to civilian work. If I hadn't been injured on a mission and had to retire, I wouldn't be working as a driver. Even as a driver, I'm a model worker."
Cuixiang was annoyed by this person's persistence and simply hid in the kitchen and refused to come out.
Then he overheard the kitchen helper saying to Huangfu Biao, "You're too direct. The girl is embarrassed."
Excuse me?
Oh, I'm so sorry!
When she got off work, the auntie handed her a big cloth bag and asked, "What's this?"
Smelling a strong fishy odor, Tang Cuixiang frowned: "Did Huangfu Biao give this to you?"
"Of course! They even gave me a pound of dried snail and clam meat, and told me to make sure I pass it on to you. It's all good stuff, don't be silly and refuse it. Huangfu Biao's offer is really good, you should think it over! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don't blame me for not warning you."
“I have plenty of these things at home, I don’t care for them, I don’t want this.”
Tang Cuixiang tried to retreat, and the aunt quickly took a step back.
"If you want to return it, wait until they come next time. I won't accept it; I've already delivered it."
Besides, you don't live by the sea, how could you possibly have these things? Stop pretending, these are really good stuff, most people can't even buy them. He's a truck driver, he's never short of these things, and you'll definitely get them after you marry him.
Listening to the aunt's rambling, Tang Cuixiang was speechless. These dried-up, tiny things were hardly anything, and she called them good stuff?
The pearls her fourth sister brought out were large and fresh. Her family not only had no shortage of food, but they also collected pearls of all sizes and colors in baskets and water tanks. Why would they be interested in these tiny, low-quality pearls the size of a little fingernail?
Stop kidding! I really don't care.
Since the person had already left, Cuixiang could only lock the locker in her locker for now, and return it when she saw the person again.
She's not the type to open her eyes to everything she sees; at least, she won't marry anyone casually until she's psychologically unable to accept men.
Of course, she wasn't interested in girls. Spending so much time with girls and seeing so many of them had actually caused her visual fatigue.
She's content with simply admiring the scenery; she has no interest in any romantic relationship like a lesbian one.
——
During lunch, Zhao Lingli quietly asked Tang Cuilian.
"You really aren't going to meet her? I heard she's an elementary school teacher!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Cuilian decisively shook her head. "Forget it, I'm too lazy to meet him. Ever since I told Chen Jianjun that I have to support eight or nine people by myself, he's spread the word. Under these circumstances, anyone who still comes to me to propose marriage is probably not a good match. Rather than settling, I'd rather not look for anyone at all! Besides, I think I'm perfectly fine on my own."
If they didn't live in the dormitory, who knows how many difficult mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationships these female workers in the factory would have to deal with every day!
People like Zhao Lingli, who don't have a mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship, either outlive their mothers-in-law to death or become the legendary wicked daughters-in-law.
There are genuinely sincere people, but they are extremely rare to find.
She wanted to find someone who had no parents and no messy siblings. There were such people, but after getting to know them, things didn't seem like that.
Most of them are selfish, insecure, and lack love. These people are too independent by nature and are not suitable for marriage at all.
"Godmother, don't worry about us. We're already this age. My sister and I have discussed it, and we'd rather stay single than settle. We'll just live our lives on our own, what's the big deal!"
That's true, but in this day and age, women are expected to get married eventually. This isn't a stereotype, but a tradition that has lasted for thousands of years.
It's said that even the ugliest woman can get married, while those who can't are labeled as 'problematic' in the eyes of others.
You may not care about these labels, but nobody wants to have them slapped on the head. Because of their relationship, some people in the factory who ran into trouble with Cuilian would come to Zhao Lingli and try to persuade her to give in.
But now, after being successfully brainwashed by her sisters, Tang Cuilian has long since disregarded these so-called rumors.
“I don’t quite agree with what you guys are saying about making do. You have to consider your reputation first. There are so many single young men in our factory. If they talk to us married women for a few minutes, no one will spread rumors. But if they talk to you unmarried young women for a few minutes, there will be gossips spreading like wildfire. I even heard that when you went to the canteen to get food, the canteen worker gave you an extra spoonful of meat soup, and then people started spreading rumors that Da Liu had taken a liking to you.”
Tang Cuilian looked at Zhao Lingli in disbelief: "I didn't ask for it. He called it directly to me. Really, I didn't ask for it."
"This is because someone is jealous of you and deliberately framed you. The key point is that Da Liu really doesn't have a wife."
Tang Cuilian's face flushed red with anger.
"It's not that he doesn't have a wife. His wife is said to have died in childbirth, but many people say that he beat her so badly that she was hospitalized, had a premature birth, and died from severe bleeding. How could I possibly give a second glance to someone like that? No way, I'll have to go to a different window next time!"
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