blind date
Of course, not everyone in this world is sensible.
Zhao Juan didn't want to earn this matchmaker's gift; plenty of others would.
Moreover, Aunt Zhang also works at the sugar factory, and her husband's surname is also Zhang. Uncle Zhang has already retired, and his job has been passed on to his eldest son.
However, they don't live in the dormitory area; their whole family lives on the street outside.
The family has two sons. The elder brother, Zhang Ping'an, is the successor, and the younger brother, Zhang Pingkang, is also a worker. However, the younger son seems to be in poor health.
Although Zhang Dama's family always told others that the child was healthy, everyone could see that he had a pale face and thin limbs.
I just won't call them out on it.
Zhang Pingkang is a production scheduler at the glass factory, responsible for coordinating the production process and arranging production tasks.
He should have been a desirable marriage partner, but a little inquiry revealed his health condition.
The family's concealment added another layer of gloom to the situation.
If it's just a minor illness, then there's no need to be so superstitious, is there?
It's impossible to find a partner who is a good match for Zhang Pingkang. Those who are willing to be with Zhang Pingkang either come from extremely poor families or have significant shortcomings.
Or perhaps some girls from rural areas are willing to endure hardship so that at least the next generation won't have to suffer from mud on their feet.
However, the Zhang family's requirements were that the girl be from the county town and not be unemployed; she had to have a job.
Zhang Pingkang, of course, agreed.
The reason I'm interested in Wang Shuitao now is because I really can't find anyone else, so I've lowered my standards.
It wasn't until the matchmaker came to her door that Wang Shuitao realized she had reached the age to get married.
In her mind, she's going to school in September, and she's still a baby. No matter what, it's not like she's suddenly jumping to marriage.
The matchmaker was the mother of one of the factory workers. She took one yuan from Aunt Zhang and immediately became very eloquent.
They described Zhang Pingkang as someone who was unparalleled in the world.
“Peach, listen to what your auntie says. Zhang Pingkang is young, handsome, and most importantly, he has a job and doesn’t look down on you because you’re from the countryside.”
Wang Shuitao rolled her eyes: "Auntie, those are his exact words. It's not appropriate to make class-based arguments in public."
She was already tired after work, and still very sleepy after dinner. She just wanted to go inside and lie down to rest for a while, but she was blocked at the door and bombarded with news about Zhang Pingkang. She was absolutely annoyed.
He was also belittled for no reason, so people spoke very rudely to him.
The hat immediately made the old lady's voice sound weaker.
“Look at you, saying all this. You’re from the countryside, aren’t you? Hey, Auntie misspoke, it’s all Auntie’s fault. Workers and peasants are one family, okay?”
Seeing the two of them arguing and pulling at each other at the door, some gossipy eyes had been lingering around them for quite some time.
Even without malice, Wang Shuitao still doesn't like it.
Moreover, just hearing the name Zhang Pingkang made Wang Shuitao want to sneer.
Isn't this the younger sister's boyfriend in the TV series "Reunion Year"?
He died less than three years after marrying the original owner of the body.
The original owner was left alone to raise her child who was not yet one year old.
Putting aside the troubles the Zhang family caused after his death, just the fact that he died young means that even if Wang Shuitao wanted to marry in this era, she wouldn't choose Zhang Pingkang.
No way.
Meng Songying, who was three meters away, had been pacing back and forth for a long time, and kept hearing the people around her whispering about whether the old lady could make this match.
She often acted as a matchmaker to supplement her family's income; everyone in the factory knew this.
Although they couldn't hear, everyone could guess what it was about, since Wang Shuitao was a young woman.
Meng Songying could see the impatience on Taozi's face and thought to herself that this must be a rejection.
I felt a secret joy, yet I was also at a loss as to what to do with it.
The book says that a gentleman helps others achieve their goals.
Even if he already knows that he admires Taozi, he should not be happy that Taozi has not yet found a good man before they have confirmed their relationship.
On the contrary, the matchmaker's choice of a suitable candidate for Taozi was not good enough; he should feel sorry for Taozi.
But the joy in my heart is like a soap bubble blown into the air when I was a child, sparkling and translucent in the sunlight, radiating colorful light.
They danced lightly and gracefully in the wind.
"Bang!"
It was the sound of the door closing; the old woman had already turned and left, and Wang Shuitao had also gone inside.
Meng Songying lingered at the door for a long time, reluctant to leave.
But after a day's work, I felt that I must look terrible and look haggard.
He didn't want to appear in front of Peach right after she had been introduced to a potential partner.
I decided to take a step back and go home.
I opened the wardrobe, and inside were shirts neatly hung up.
The scent of camphor wood had faded, leaving only a faint smell of soap.
The shirts were bought for him by his adoptive parents, and since he came here, Meng Songying has just kept them at the bottom of his trunk.
People should try to be more sociable.
Especially someone like him who carries a secret.
However, after Wang Shuitao arrived, these clothes were inexplicably moved out of the box and hung in the wardrobe to dry.
Normally, Meng Songying only wears plain, understated shirts in black, white, and gray. But now, she hesitated in front of her wardrobe for a long time.
Slender, long fingers brushed across the fabric, fluttering the sleeves of each shirt before finally settling on a patch of military green.
Wang Shuitao, of course, had no idea of Meng Songying's tender feelings. Lying in bed, she found herself wide awake, her mind filled with thoughts of Zhang Pingkang.
In the drama, the sister-in-law was not introduced to Zhang Pingkang at the beginning. Instead, she went on blind dates with the children of two workers from the same factory. After those failed, she hit it off with him.
Before this, the news that the original owner's family had angered the leaders had already spread throughout the factory.
So, a worker who cleans toilets, who is unlikely to be fired and has little room for advancement, is thinking about finding a wife with a job for his son.
He also said that once the two of them finish their business, the job will go to their son, since he only has one child.
The original owner didn't like it.
Wang Shuitao also felt that the situation was understandable.
Another reason was that the family had too many sons, and they were born nearby, so they were afraid that the sons would be sent to some unknown place as educated youth, which is why they were in a hurry to find someone.
Of course, he was an unemployed son. Not only that, his family also criticized the Wang family for their bad family style, believing that the original owner should have given the job to their own son.
Aside from suffering at the hands of her own parents, the original owner of this body was not someone to be trifled with.
He could bully his sister-in-law and exploit his older brother with ease.
Completely unsuspected, they turned and left, even giving them a good shout-out for their "wishful thinking."
No matter how much that family explained, they eventually even said that it was only directed at the original owner of the body, but they still couldn't convince anyone else.
The third one is Zhang Pingkang.
This person did not appear on screen; we only know from the original owner's occasional descriptions that he had at least regular facial features, but was physically weak.
However, the original owner was quite satisfied at the beginning because of the comparison with the first two.
Later, he gradually started complaining more about the relationships between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and elder brother and sister-in-law.
In short, apart from her husband, there was no one good in the Zhang family.
At that time, Wang Shuitao held her phone and, based on her years of experience watching dramas, judged that Zhang Pingkang was definitely not a good person either.
Even though, in all the lines spoken by the actress playing the sister-in-law on screen, not a single complaint was directed at her husband.
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