??193 Chapter 193
◎ Extra Chapter 10◎
Xu Shengya and Fang Zhibin finally confirmed their relationship shyly and began dating secretly, meeting at Xinhua Bookstore every Sunday. Fang Zhibin no longer pretended and finally let herself go.
"I can't understand those math books. My head hurts just by looking at them."
Xu Shengya had guessed long ago that this person was pretending to be serious and didn't understand at first glance, "Then how much of my time did you waste explaining that to you?"
"If you learned it but didn't succeed, you can't blame me!"
As he was talking, Fang Zhibin took Xu Shengya to his elder sister's place to buy some brine. This time, his elder sister quickly sliced the meat for him and arranged it, correcting her previous mistake - she had misunderstood that the two of them were having an affair.
"You guys are here to buy again. Here, take it. I was wrong last time. Is this your brother? Do you and your sister both like to eat my pig offal?"
Fang Zhibin's eyelids twitched when he heard this. Why did the elder sister say that they were brother and sister when she should have been referring to them, and speak so loudly when she shouldn't have been referring to them?
"Sister, this is my partner!" He said it as if he was uttering some bold words, causing Xu Shengya's face to flush.
"Ah? Another target?" The elder sister looked at the little girl in front of her, shyly saying nothing but smiling.
After the two walked away, the elder sister couldn't help but mutter, "This young man is really hard to figure out. Last time I said they were a couple and they insisted they weren't. Now they say they are siblings and they are a couple again..."
The two puzzled young people were preparing to go home. Fang Zhibin was going to send them to the entrance of Chunri Hutong. They had not yet told their families about their relationship, mainly because Xu Shengya felt it was a little awkward.
Fang Zhibin is a good friend of his second brother.
"Let's tell my brother and the others later." Xu Shengya prepared to prepare herself mentally and get to know Fang Zhibin better.
"Okay!" Fang Zhibin agreed quickly and took out two movie tickets from his pocket. "Then let's go to the movie together next week."
"Okay." Xu Shengya nodded.
The young man and woman stood facing each other, with an ambiguous feeling spreading in the air. Fang Zhibin held the movie ticket tightly.
Seeing his confused look, Xu Shengya raised the corners of her lips and said, "Then leave the movie tickets to me, okay? You must be clumsy."
"Oh, okay!" Fang Zhibin handed over the movie ticket, chatted with the person for a long time, and then went home.
The pace of going home is naturally brisk.
Liang Baozhen went to the TV station to record a program today, and happened to be returning home at the same time as Xu Shengya. She had just put down her bag when Xu Shengya came in.
"Xiaoya, are you going to the bookstore again?"
Xu Shengya's smile was still on her lips, she just tried to purse her lips and said, "Yes, sister-in-law."
"Please help me look through it some other day. I am going to choose some books for Shanshan. She wants to read story books, but some of the articles are not suitable for her age."
Xu Shengya stuffed the movie tickets into her bag and walked to her sister-in-law. "Okay, I know a few children's books and picture books that are suitable for Shanshan."
The aunt and sister-in-law talked for a while and then went to accompany their grandmother. Zhou Yun was recently worried about her grandson's marriage. The failed blind date more than a year ago left a big shadow on her grandson. This time she had to think it over carefully and make good arrangements.
Look, now she is holding a book with some words written on it, asking her granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law to help her take a look.
"Baozhen, Xiaoya, you guys follow and watch. Xiaoya has never dated before, so she probably doesn't understand. You'd better listen to Baozhen's opinion." Zhou Yun called the two of them over.
Xu Shengya subconsciously wanted to refute, but she remembered that she hadn't said anything yet, so she could only pretend that she didn't understand anything. "Then I'll listen. After all, she will be my second sister-in-law in the future, so I'll help."
"Okay." Zhou Yun flipped through the pages, counting the information he had learned from the matchmaker, "This girl is a female worker in a thermos factory. She has a good job, a formal job, and only has a junior high school education. Her family is simple..."
On the one hand, his family was planning a blind date for Xu Shengwei, while on the other hand, Xu Shengwei was still focusing on his table tennis teaching career.
Inside a textile factory, a group of workers are sweating profusely during training.
"Coach Xu, we have made a lot of progress, right?"
"Yes, I have made great progress. I have no rivals now!"
Everyone was recognized by the coach and had proud smiles on their faces.
During the break in training, Lao Xue and Xu Shengwei came close to talk.
The two of them have the best relationship. Of course, it is mainly because Lao Xue loves this sport very much. Although he is older, his athletic heart is still young and he works very hard and seriously when training.
"Old Xue, especially you. I think you are one of the best among the people over 40 or 50 years old in the city."
"Hey, hey, how can I be that awesome!" Xu Shengwei's words made Old Xue blush.
But he had other things to do today. In a few days, Xu Shengwei's teaching work would be over and he would leave. He was worried that if he missed this opportunity, he would miss it.
"Xiao Xu, you're so focused on table tennis all day, don't your family urge you to get married?"
"My grandma is pushing me so hard." Xu Shengwei was speechless. "I am still as smart as before. I have managed to live a peaceful life for another year."
"Your grandmother is definitely doing this for your own good. Have you ever considered having a date?" Old Xue thought that Xu Shengwei was a really good young man. At first sight, he looked tall and strong, with a good appearance. After getting to know him for more than 20 days, he seemed to be a good person, down-to-earth and polite.
This is absolutely the perfect choice to be a son-in-law!!!
Ever since he had this thought a few days ago, there was something wrong with the way he looked at Xu Shengwei, as if he was looking at a family member.
"Let's talk about it later." Xu Shengwei has not yet fallen in love and is not very enthusiastic about this.
"To be honest, I want to introduce you to someone!"
"Ah?" Xu Shengwei looked at Old Xue in front of him, wondering why he had the same idea.
In fact, he has been going to the textile factory every day recently, and many people have wanted to introduce him to potential partners, but he has rejected them all.
I didn't expect that Lao Xue, who has the best relationship with me, would have the same idea.
"Old Xue, who asked you to introduce me?" Xu Shengwei and Old Xue had a good relationship, and they even had a feeling of being friends regardless of age. Neither of them acted like an uncle, and the other was also open in teaching, and they even had a feeling of being brothers.
"She's not from another family, but my daughter! She's not married yet, and I think you two are a good match!"
Xu Shengwei: “…???”
I treat you as a brother, and you actually want to be my father-in-law?
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After finishing his training, Lao Xue happily went home. His wife was setting up the dishes and preparing for dinner.
When the daughter-in-law He Siqi saw her father coming back, she winked at him. Old He immediately understood that his wife was in a bad mood today and the house had to enter a level one alert state.
"Mr. Hua, the food today tastes delicious." Lao He praised his daughter-in-law with a honey-like mouth.
He Siqi followed up, "Yes, mom's cooking is the best, even better than the food cooked by the chef in the factory cafeteria."
Dong Huajun was upset today. Her husband was obsessed with playing table tennis every day, and she, as a girl, was not getting married at the right age. She was so angry.
"You two grandpas, stop trying to fool me. He Weimin, why are you still playing ball at your age? People who don't know you would think you are some young man who practices ball every day. If you have time, you might as well spend it watching your daughter instead of going on a blind date!"
He Siqi didn't say a word. Now that her mother was angry, she decided to let her father go and join the fire-fighting team.
Lao He put down his bowl and chopsticks, looked at his wife with a happy face and said, "Hua Jun, you are wrongly accusing me this time! I just found a marriage for Qiqi!"
Dong Huajun didn't believe it at all. He glanced at her suspiciously, "Have you really found a girl for your daughter?"
"Of course not. He's a good-looking guy, very handsome and tall. He's the table tennis coach hired by the factory this time. He's amazing! He has a good relationship with me. His name is x..."
"Dad!" He Siqi felt that Comrade Lao He had betrayed the organization, "Why are you on the same side as Mom?"
He Siqi was dissatisfied, and Dong Huajun was also dissatisfied.
"Playing table tennis? No, no, the guy Qiqi dated last year was a table tennis player. He's so blind!"
"Hey, you can't generalize. They all play table tennis, so they are definitely different. He is a really good person. I have been observing him for almost a month. He is very popular. Many women in the union are eyeing him and want to introduce him to a partner..."
"Really?" Dong Huajun didn't think much of it at first, but when he heard that many people in the factory were watching it, he thought it must be good.
It is better to trust the judgment of other older women than your own man. Can you still introduce bad people to your own children?
After thinking it through, Dong Huajun made the decision, "Then Qiqi, go meet him, but it doesn't have to be a formal blind date. He teaches table tennis in the factory. Go see your dad tomorrow and take a look at him."
He Siqi was prepared to resist vigorously, but when she heard this idea, she thought it was a good idea. It would be nice not to have to go on a formal blind date. She could just take a look at the person and say that she was not attracted to him/her.
The next day, Xu Shengwei came to the textile factory. This was his second to last day of coaching because the competition was approaching. In recent days, Xu Shengwei has been coaching two games, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
However, he found that there was something wrong with the way Lao He looked at him. How to put it, he used to be quite frank and open-minded like brothers, but today he looked a little more kind.
Xu Shengwei felt guilty seeing this.
"Lao He, I've thought about what you said yesterday. I'm worried about delaying your daughter. Tell me, if it doesn't work out, wouldn't it be embarrassing for us to say hello to each other when we meet in the future?"
Xu Shengwei really thought about it and was worried about the impact on everyone's relationship.
"Hey! Young people, don't have too much mental baggage!" Lao He really thinks this young man is good and will definitely be a good match for the lady. "Just go and do your thing, there's no rush."
It will be dinner time soon, so he asked his daughter to come over and have lunch.
As they waited, the other workers went to eat, and Xu Shengwei was about to leave. Lao He stopped him and said, "Xiao Xu, wait a minute, let's eat together."
Xu Shengwei looked around and saw that everyone had left. "What are you waiting for?"
"Wait... Hey! Here she comes! Qiqi, over here!" Lao He waved vigorously when he saw his daughter Shan Shan who was late.
When they got closer, he introduced them to each other, "This is my daughter Qiqi, He Siqi. Qiqi, this is our table tennis coach Xu Shengwei, Xiao Xu, whom my father mentioned to you!"
Xu Shengwei: “…?”
He Siqi: “…?”
Although the last time they met was half a year ago, they recognized each other immediately, with shock and surprise in their eyes. Is this something they could possibly encounter?
In a flash, Xu Shengwei remembered that he seemed to have mentioned during the blind date that the girl worked in a textile factory. He Siqi and Lao He were actually father and daughter!!!
He Siqi came reluctantly to meet the nice guy her father mentioned, but she never expected to meet an acquaintance.
In fact, they were not very familiar with each other. As the only person she had ever had a blind date with, He Siqi still had some impression of Xu Shengwei. Of course, it was mainly out of guilt.
"Come on, let's go to the cafeteria to eat! It's my treat!"
Old He Hao walked in front, and the remaining two young men were silent, and no one knew what to say.
When the two of them went on a blind date, Lao He was busy working in the factory and didn't even pay attention to the name of the gay man his girlfriend was dating. Now that he is preparing to introduce them, how come he is introduced to the same person?
He Siqi was eating, and occasionally looked up at Xu Shengwei opposite her. Their eyes collided, making her feel even more embarrassed!
Lao He ate his meal happily, talking to his daughter for a while, then to Xu Shengwei, and trying hard to get the two of them to communicate.
He was very satisfied! Seeing the two of them sitting opposite each other while eating, he felt that they looked a perfect match.
Moreover, he was sensitive to the fact that something was wrong. Normally, his daughter was not such a reserved person. Now she was shy and silent when she saw Xu Shengwei. Xu Shengwei was such a generous guy, but now he had changed when he saw his daughter and just ate quietly.
This look is exactly the same as when I first met my wife, so shy!
There's hope!
He Siqi and Xu Shengwei tacitly pretended not to know each other, or rather, they didn't know how to explain it for the moment, so they just went with the flow.
Who can tell him/her why it is her/him again!!!
The meal was tasteless, but fortunately the afternoon work saved the two. He Siqi, who was rarely reserved, fled back to the Publicity Department, while Xu Shengwei continued to go back to teach table tennis. Old He silently took note of the performance of the two and prepared to go back and report to his wife!
After finishing the afternoon instruction, Xu Shengwei left in a hurry. He did not dare to stay in the textile factory for even a moment. He felt guilty!
Instead of going home directly, Xu Shengwei rode his bicycle to Yueya Hutong to find Fang Zhibin.
At this time, I have to talk to my buddies.
However, there was something clearly wrong with Fang Zhibin today.
"No, did you hear me?" Xu Shengwei felt that this person was daydreaming too much.
"I heard you. Isn't it just another blind date with your blind date?" Fang Zhibin hooked his arm around his friend's shoulder and encouraged him, "What do you call this? This is called fate! You can still see each other after more than a year, which means that this is how God arranged it!"
"Superstition! You are practicing feudal superstition!"
"Believe it or not, if you don't cherish such a coincidence, you might end up being single for the rest of your life!"
Xu Shengwei felt more and more upset as he listened to the topic of being single for the rest of his life. "What does it matter? You don't have a partner either. We will be single swordsmen from now on!"
"No, no, no! I don't want to be single with you guys!" Fang Zhibin immediately drew a clear line.
"Binzi!" Xu Shengwei's premonition seemed to come true. There was something wrong with this guy. He couldn't suppress the curled corners of his mouth when he spoke. "Are you dating someone???"
Fang Zhibin was stunned at first, but then he realized that he didn't know who it was, so he simply admitted, "Yes, I have a date, I'm not single!"
"You actually hid it from us!" Xu Shengwei was about to give him a slap, but Fang Zhibin dodged it flexibly. Xu Shengwei was not satisfied, "Why don't you bring him out so we can see him? Let's go to the state-owned hotel for dinner!"
"Don't!" Fang Zhibin showed his true colors in front of Xu Shengwei, but he also remembered what Xiaoya said, and waited until the two of them calmed down before saying, "My girlfriend is shy, let's introduce her later."
"Tsk! How stingy!" Xu Shengwei was too lazy to pay attention to this man! He was hiding his love even though he already had one. What a waste of energy! "Forget it, if you don't want to see it, then don't. By the way, let's get together this Sunday and have dinner at the state-owned hotel."
The few of them who have a good relationship always like to find time to meet, have meals and chat, which is no different from when they were children.
However, some comrades are now planning to betray the organization!
Fang Zhibin waved his hands, somewhat helplessly, "Not this Sunday, I have a date."
"Damn it, you really forget your friends for the sake of beauty!" Xu Shengwei looked down on him. He actually didn't want his buddies when he had a girlfriend! Is he a human being?
"Is it that serious for you? Can you find a fairy?"
"That's about right!" Fang Zhibin laughed happily.
"Humph!" Xu Shengwei naturally didn't believe it. It is said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. This man is really blinded!
After bidding farewell to his good friend, Xu Shengwei rode his bicycle home with a mixture of emotions and contempt for Fang Zhibin in his heart.
At home, after dinner, my sister and sister-in-law were cleaning up the dishes. When they saw Xu Shengwei coming back, they hurriedly greeted him.
"Have you eaten Xiaowei?"
"I ate it. I had a free meal at Binzi's house."
When Xu Shengya heard this, her fingers paused, and she hesitated for a moment before continuing to carry the bowl to the sink.
As a result, the voices of my second and eldest brothers talking kept drilling into my ears.
"Binzi is such a disloyal person. He actually just left us alone when he was dating someone!"
Xu Shengjie laughed at him, "Isn't this a good person? You will understand when you have a wife in the future."
At this moment, Xu Shengjie looked at his younger brother and just laughed at him for being still young and not knowing the benefits of getting married.
"Brother, you didn't see his face. The corners of his mouth were almost stretched to the sky!"
"Who is he dating? Do we know each other?"
Hearing this, Xu Shengya, who was washing dishes, almost dropped the bowl. Fortunately, Liang Baozhen, who was standing next to her, caught the bowl quickly.
"Did they meet through a blind date or did they fall in love?" Liang Baozhen was curious after hearing this. After all, they had been neighbors for several years and they all had a gossipy heart.
"He didn't say anything, saying he was shy and that we should get to know each other after a while. Tsk tsk." Xu Shengwei was quite dissatisfied. This was so boring. "I'll have to take a good look at who this person is who can make Binzi so obsessed."
"Why do you still care about others? Take care of yourself." Xu Shengjie patted his brother's shoulder sympathetically, "Grandma is arranging a blind date for you, this time it will be a success!"
"Ah???" Xu Shengwei let out a long sigh, feeling so tired!
I don't know how, but the image of He Siqi whom I met today flashed before my eyes. Speaking of blind dates, does that mean I have been on two blind dates with her?
"Uncle, you have to work hard! Bring Aunt back quickly, I want to eat some wedding candy!" Shanshan, who was writing furiously at the desk in the yard, took the time to look at Uncle and encourage him.
"Your auntie is nowhere to be seen, but if you want candy, your uncle can still satisfy you."
"Xiao Wei, please don't. She has eaten too much sweets recently and her teeth will be damaged." Liang Baozhen stopped the man. Shanshan sighed, feeling sad.
Fortunately, however, she has her own story to accompany her.
Now her mother allows her to read one story every day, and all the stories are selected by her mother and are suitable for her age.
After watching today's story time, Shanshan started writing in her notebook again. She was also writing a story, and it was an interesting story.
Liang Baozhen knew that her daughter was writing a masterpiece. After all, the little girl had been mumbling about it for several times, and it seemed that there was a blind date plot...
She suspected that the girl had been influenced by her grandmother's urging to get married and Xiao Wei's frequent urging.
"Shanshan, have you finished writing your story? Can daddy take a look?" Xu Shengjie has become more confident since he took over the paper and pen of the young lady. Moreover, the young lady said yesterday that she also wanted to publish her story in the story club. Although she is young, she has great ambitions!
"Finished, finished!" Shanshan read her masterpiece again, and became more and more satisfied with it!
Xu Shengjie took the notebook handed over by his daughter, and several people gathered around him in an instant. Except for grandma, everyone in the family came over, and Baozhen even had dishwashing water in her hand.
Several people read the page quickly, which had about 200 words. Their eyes and mouths opened wider and wider.
Outrageous!
"Shanshan, is this the story you wrote?" Xiaoya looked at her niece, wondering what was in her mind.
"Yes! Does it look good?" Shanshan asked her aunt sincerely. She was very satisfied.
Xu Shengya was speechless for a moment. How should I put it? It's quite imaginative.
Xu Shengwei looked at his niece's masterpiece and couldn't help reading aloud, "Once upon a time there was a big yellow dog. He had beautiful hair and good looks. He was a very energetic dog. One day, he went on a blind date with a big tabby cat. As a result, when the cat and the dog were preparing to get married, they were blocked by the dog's father, the big yellow ox, and mother, the little sparrow. The big yellow dog and the big tabby cat dared to fight and eloped and ran away. They had a baby, a gray little mouse, but the big yellow ox and the little sparrow still didn't agree with them being together. The big tabby cat could only take the little mouse away from the big yellow dog, and the big yellow dog began his difficult journey to find a wife and children... In the end, the big yellow dog found the big tabby cat and the little mouse, and the big yellow ox and the little sparrow also agreed to them, and the family lived happily together."
Xu Shengjie looked at his lady and hesitated to speak. This was too...how should I put it, quite shocking. "Shanshan, how can a dog and a cat be together? Also, can a big yellow cow and a little sparrow be a pair?"
Good guy, it directly crosses species, chaos, he just felt his brain was too confused after reading this story.
"And gave birth to mice?" Liang Baozhen just wanted to hold her forehead, how can a cat and a dog give birth to mice? Anyone who reads this will be silent, "Shanshan, we can write that a big yellow dog and a big white dog are together and give birth to cute puppies."
Shanshan shook her head to defend her composition, "Of course a big yellow dog and a big tabby cat can be together. Mom, you forgot that Xu Xian can even be with a snake."
Liang Baozhen then remembered that during the Dragon Boat Festival this year, while the family was eating rice dumplings, Shanshan listened to the adults talking about the legend of the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar wine, snakes, and the folk legend of the Song Dynasty, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen.
“Is that how you got your inspiration?”
"Yes, isn't this story interesting?"
Everyone was reluctant to discourage Shanshan's enthusiasm and applauded, "It's quite interesting."
Xu Shengya pointed out some typos in the book. It has become an occupational disease for teachers after working for a long time. "Shanshan, the word 攝 in 産 is written wrong. It should be 藍 (blue sky) instead of 藍 (blue sky)."
"Got it. I'll change it in a minute."
Shanshan was in high spirits and started talking incessantly about her masterpiece. Her oral description was much more detailed and exciting than a few hundred words written down. Liang Baozhen watched the young lady chattering non-stop and hurriedly gave her a cup of water.
Xu Shengjie looked at the confident and generous lady. Although the story she wrote broke through his cognition and refreshed his imagination, her appearance alone made her old father proud.
He had to reward the child, so he took out a big gift from his pocket and said, "Shanshan spoke well. Here, take it."
The author has something to say:
Shanshan: Thanks to my mom for irrigating the soil with 1 cup of nutrient solution; thanks to my dad for throwing 10 mines; thanks to my aunt for catching bugs~
Shanshan's masterpieces include a tragic love story between a cat and a dog that transcends species, the classic plot of parents opposing the marriage, the melodramatic story of running away with the baby, and chasing the wife to the crematorium... It's bound to be popular @Jinjiang, come and sign it, this is the great writer of the future!
Thanks to the cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 4 bottles of Xiaoyingzi;
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