"Thank you, Brother Bei."
Huang Erniu told Yang Xiaobei about the recent chaos in the Yang family.
Because of Lin Huahua's work, Yang's parents went to make trouble with Lin's parents, and the two families almost got into a fight.
What a fight between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days.
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Yang Xiaobei just listened but didn't take it to heart, so he didn't express any opinion.
Wouldn’t that home be just as uneasy without me?
On the other side, Zhao Cuihua learned that Yang Xiaobei had beaten Yang Xiaodong. She was so angry that she cursed Yang Xiaobei and threatened to go and settle the score with Yang Xiaobei. But her three sons joined forces to suppress her and told her not to make trouble.
Two days later, every manager of the state-owned restaurant knew why the state-owned restaurant's performance soared.
Everyone was dumbfounded, as they had never imagined that this matter was actually related to the matchmaker. Zhao Jun, Zheng Fei, and Sun Shi all scolded Zheng Dayong for being so cunning, saying that he was so desperate to increase sales that he could even come up with such a bad idea.
But cursing did not stop them from making trouble. Sun Shi and Zheng Fei also planned to follow suit. After all, no one wanted to lead this group of people to prepare four meals a day for hundreds of people?
Time passed day by day.
Three matchmakers took turns visiting the house. Originally, the window seats were fully booked every day, but they suddenly became quiet in the past few days, and sometimes they were vacant for several hours.
At first I thought there were fewer people going on blind dates, but when I asked around I found out that the State-owned Hotel South and the State-owned Hotel North followed suit and started the matchmaking business, which was why they took away a lot of their customers.
Everyone was worried and put forward their own opinions, but none of them had any obvious effect.
Jiang Shushu originally wanted to take advantage of the New Year's holiday to use Zhang Yao's cooking skills to canvass votes at the factory and strive for an early New Year's Eve dinner for the factory leaders. However, as soon as he proposed it, he was rejected by Zheng Dayong. Because the factory has a chef, the factory leaders, whether for the sake of cohesion or because they don't want to offend the canteen chef, will not eat the New Year's Eve dinner outside, and will only eat it in the factory canteen.
Zheng Dayong comforted him, "Okay, don't worry. The holiday is only four days away. Let's go home and have a good New Year's holiday. When we return to work next year, we'll work together to find a solution. We're sure we'll find another solution."
It seems the only option is to do what we thought before: expand, strengthen, and refine the blind date industry, striving for a one-stop service, from blind dates to marriage, to childbirth, and finally to family life. However, this will put a strain on staff, and I wonder if they are happy with it.
"Manager, I have an idea."
"Xiao Jiang, go ahead."
"We can expand our blind date business, strengthen it, and refine it, striving for a one-stop service. Don't we record the addresses and names of every successful blind date couple? The earliest successful blind date here is over a month old, and there will definitely be couples who want to get married after the Chinese New Year... We can go door-to-door and persuade them to hold their wedding banquet here... If we do a good job, they might come to us for a meal when they have a big event and want a good meal... But doing so would be very labor-intensive and tiring, with all the hassle of visiting people's homes, asking questions, and persuading them. And then there's the wedding day, which needs to be both simple and lavish. It's all very tiring."
Did Zheng Dayong think Jiang Shushu's method was feasible? However, it would require a lot of extra work, and even though he was the leader, he couldn't make the decision on his own. "What do you think of Xiao Jiang's proposal? Tell me what you think."
Everyone looked at each other, discussed in low voices in groups of three or four, and finally unanimously agreed to Jiang Shushu's proposal.
Zheng Juanjuan: "Getting married doesn't happen every day. It's okay if it's hard. As the old saying goes, I'd rather work hard for a few months than for decades."
Qian Xiaoni: "Me too, and I don't want to be too far away from home. If I give it a try, I can still stay in the city. If I give up like this, I will definitely have to transfer to another position."
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Then after a detailed discussion, everyone decided to use the 28th and 29th of the New Year holiday to divide up the list of successful blind dates on hand. Several people would go and investigate separately to see if there were any who were about to get married or wanted to get married. Once the target was identified, they would bring a matchmaker to their house to persuade them.
At the Hualing Brigade, Jiang Mingwen announced with a loudspeaker: "Tomorrow, the 27th, is our official holiday. Work will resume on the 6th. Those who want to work are free to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis. We only need 100 people. Everyone else, please rest well. If you want to go home, please come to me and write a leave application... I wish everyone a happy New Year in advance! May the coming year be smooth and healthy. Adjourned."
As soon as Shen Yijun heard that he could go home for the New Year, he immediately went to the team leader to write a leave request. The next day, he got up early to pack before dawn, and set off for the city with his luggage as soon as the sun rose. It can be seen how eager he was to go home.
Shen Yijun returned to the Shen family exhausted, and when he stood at the door, tears flowed unconsciously. When everyone in the Shen family saw Shen Yijun who had suddenly returned, they found that he had become thinner, darker, and more vicissitudes of life, and they immediately felt distressed.
Lin Ping hugged Shen Yijun and cried loudly: "My poor son, wuwuwu... Why are you so thin and dark? Tell me, how did you live in Hualing Brigade?"
When Shen Yijun thought of the suffering he had endured in the past few months, the tears that he had just held back flowed again, "Mom, please think of a way to transfer me back. Life in the countryside is too hard. I feel I can't stand it anymore. There is endless farm work to do every day. After work, I have to wash clothes, clean, chop wood, and fetch water. If this goes on, I will die. I can't stand rural life for a day. Why don't you ask my uncle to go back? Let him help me arrange it, wuwuwu..."
Chen Zhong: "Old woman, go make something for Yijun. The child will surely be hungry when he comes back."
"good."
Shen Zhong looked at Shen Yijun with heartache in his eyes. He didn't expect that his originally fair and handsome grandson had lost so much weight and darkened so much after just a few months in the countryside. His dissatisfaction with Jiang He and his wife reached its peak.
"Yijun, tell grandpa, what's going on with the Jiang family's old couple now? What's their attitude towards you now? Are they deliberately trying to cause trouble for you?"
Lin Ping said angrily: "Dad, the Jiang family is too much, too cruel. After all, we are relatives, and they actually saw Yijun become like this..."
Seeing his father's cold face, Chen Yuanjun quickly interrupted Lin Ping, "Okay, let's listen to what Yijun has to say."
"The Jiang family has a daughter who works in the city. She treats them very well, often buying them food, drinks, and daily necessities. They live a very good life. I went to look for them, and they didn't give me any trouble, but they treated me like a stranger. Even when we met on the street, they didn't even say hello. No matter how I tried to get close to them by calling me my uncle or cousin, it was useless."
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