Chapter 43. The Bug Catcher Seduces Me into Marriage Again (1)
The braised pork weighs almost three pounds, which is quite a lot.
Taotao, Song Zhi, Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin didn't finish the braised pork because they also had grilled steak, hand-rolled noodles with tomato sauce, milk mushroom soup and other dishes.
Of course, Song Zhi ate a lot, Taotao couldn't eat anymore because she was too full from the steak and tomato noodles, and Uncle Qin and his wife were trying hard to hold back...so there was a large plate left.
Seeing that it was almost time for Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin to go to work, Taotao and Song Zhi prepared to say goodbye. Aunt Qin took out a bag of things she had bought at the supply and marketing cooperative early in the morning and handed it to Taotao, "Here! Take it! You two left last night and left, but you came back to give me things! You two are too polite!"
Taotao quickly shook her head.
Aunt Qin said angrily, "Just take it if I tell you to!"
Then she lowered her voice again, "Your uncle and I don't have any children, and we don't have any elderly people at home. We don't even have to pay for their support... We can't even spend the cloth coupons and soap coupons we save every month! You girls are so pretty... These things are worth it! Take them now! If you don't, your aunt will be angry!"
As she spoke, Aunt Qin opened the cloth bag and Taotao took a look.
——There were six very bright, thin silk scarves with floral patterns, two bulging packages of things wrapped in kraft paper with red paper saying "one pound of brown sugar" on them, two tri-fold umbrellas made of floral fabric, three or four elastic ropes wound into balls, a pair of black high-top rubber rain boots, and a dozen batteries for flashlights, etc.
Some things are industrial hard goods that cannot be bought even if you have money. You must have tickets to buy them from the supply and marketing cooperatives.
Taotao immediately said obediently: "Thank you, Auntie!"
Aunt Qin laughed out loud!
The four of them went out together.
Uncle Qin was holding a tin lunch box in his hand, which contained the braised pork that he had missed eating at noon.
He looked at Taotao and smiled, "I'll bring it back to the restaurant for them to eat and see if I can convince them... If I can conquer their stomachs with this box of braised pork, then let them go to your dad to buy a live pig!"
Then he sighed, "Buying your live pigs is also a hassle, because our company does not buy live pigs. If you really want to sell your live pigs to the city, you have to find a licensed slaughterhouse and butcher."
Aunt Qin said angrily, "You haven't even started yet, why are you saying all this?"
She was mainly afraid that if things didn't work out, it would give Taotao some thoughts, and she wouldn't even be able to interact with people in the future.
Thinking of this, Aunt Qin suddenly realized - she had only known Taotao for two days, but she already liked Taotao so much?
Taotao smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry about this. With the powerful Xiao Zhuzi here... these things are no problem."
Aunt Qin became more and more curious. "Why do I always hear you say 'little bamboo'? How can this child be so capable despite having such a hard life?"
Tao Tao nodded, "Aunt, I'll take you to find her! She might have done it! There's nothing she can't solve!"
Song Zhi, who was walking at the end, couldn't help but smile.
——Cheng Zhujun is more mature than her peers, can endure hardships, and is indeed very capable. But there are also many things she cannot do. For example, she almost failed to keep her late father's job and was kicked out of the Red Star Factory's family compound. She has been homeless until now. Cheng Zhujun did have a talent for doing business and making money, but before she met Taotao, she had not been able to improve the living standards of herself and her brother.
She changed after she met Taotao.
But from another perspective, this is Taotao's charm - she can always see the advantages and shining points in others.
A group of people went downstairs chatting and laughing.
The neighbor who lived downstairs saw Uncle Qin and his wife and greeted them. Because Uncle Qin and his wife worked in a state-owned restaurant, they asked, "Old Qin, do you cook braised pork so early in the morning? It smells so good! Everyone in our building is craving it... You've made it before, but it didn't smell this good!"
Uncle Qin protected the lunch box in his arms, laughed a few times, and ran away as fast as if he was on Hot Wheels.
Taotao took Aunt Qin to find Cheng Zhujun.
When Aunt Qin saw that Cheng Zhujun and her brother lived in such a shabby shack, her eyes turned red. There were still a lot of inventory piled up in the shack, but it was tidy inside and out. Although Cheng Zhujun and her brother were poor, their clothes and pants were all patched, but they were carefully mended and washed clean...
Aunt Qin has a good impression of Cheng Zhujun.
Cheng Zhujun didn't understand why Taotao brought the Qin couple here, and thought it was some business. She treated Aunt Qin very warmly and spoke very cleverly. Finally, it was discovered that Taotao had brought Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin here to teach her Kung Fu self-defense...
Cheng Zhujun's eyes were red. She held Taotao's hand and said, "It's all my fault yesterday. I took you on a shortcut to save time and walked through an empty alley, which is why I ran into Du Pangguai! If you don't blame me, you can ask Uncle Qin to teach me self-defense skills... Taotao, I don't know how I can ever repay you for what I owe you!"
Taotao: "Then you have to work hard to make money!"
Song Zhi stood aside and couldn't help but chuckle.
Uncle Qin felt bad, so he said to Cheng Zhujun, "Xiao Cheng, if you and your brother have any problems in the future, come find us! We work in the state-owned hotel. If you can't find us there, just come to our house... We live in the family compound of the Red Brick Factory, on the fourth floor of Room 3, the innermost one on the left! By the way, we still have to go to work today, so let's make an appointment and we'll teach you a few tricks some other day!"
Cheng Zhujun nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Uncle Qin, and Aunt Qin!"
Tao Tao asked Cheng Zhujun, "Xiao Zhuzi, I am discussing the live pig sales business with Uncle Qin. I want to ask you, if our Ruyi Village reaches a purchasing intention with the state-owned restaurant and sells a batch of live pigs to the state-owned restaurant every quarter, can you find a way to find a slaughterhouse? The restaurant does not buy live pigs, but only pork."
Seeing that Aunt Qin was a little uneasy, Taotao explained to Cheng Zhujun, "We haven't even started discussing this matter yet, so it may not work out, but we just want to know how to solve it if we encounter this problem."
When Cheng Zhujun heard that there was business to be done, she immediately became excited, her eyes sparkling, "Taotao, this is a good thing for the slaughterhouse! In this case, Ruyi Village, the slaughterhouse and the state-owned restaurant must sign a three-party contract! Ruyi Village sends live pigs to the slaughterhouse, and the slaughterhouse sends the pork to the state-owned restaurant after slaughtering! If Ruyi Village is willing to leave the pig offal and part of the pork to the slaughterhouse, it can offset the entry fee..."
Then he lowered his voice again, "Of course this is the open way. There is another way, which is to entrust the slaughterhouse to sell the pig offal. The money earned can not only cover the entry fee, but also the transportation fee from Ruyi Village to the city! In addition to these, I have other ways to make money! Taotao, if there is such a good thing, you must introduce it to me!"
Taotao nodded seriously.
The Qin couple also looked at each other.
One person thought: Okay, now we can even solve the transportation cost of live pigs, then it depends on whether the restaurant manager is willing to change the pork and buy it from Ruyi Village.
The other person looked Cheng Zhujun up and down and felt that Taotao's praise was indeed correct. This little Zhujun was really capable. If you give her some resources, she will be able to soar to the sky!
Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin were in a hurry to go to work, so they said a few words to Cheng Zhujun and Taotao respectively and left in a hurry.
Taotao also made an appointment with Cheng Zhujun and asked her to order ten pounds of pork belly, three pounds of pure fat and five pounds of large bones early tomorrow morning because she had to go home with Song Zhi early tomorrow morning.
After explaining everything to Cheng Zhujun, Taotao and Song Zhi left.
The whole day today is free time for them.
Taotao asked Song Zhi how he was going to spend his day.
Song Zhi had already made plans, so he replied, "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first to see if there's anything else we want to buy, and then watch the movie at noon. In the afternoon... I'll borrow a bicycle and teach you how to ride one."
Taotao's eyes sparkled and she nodded!
She has never been to a supply and marketing cooperative, never seen a movie, and certainly can’t ride a bicycle…
That’s great!
Taotao's excitement directly affected Song Zhi, and he also smiled.
——In the past, when he was in school or at work, he, like other classmates and colleagues, longed for and enjoyed the arrival of weekends or holidays.
However, other people take vacation to go home and reunite with their parents, wives, children, and girlfriends; Song Zhi takes vacation to study hard and recharge himself...
It wasn't until today that he realized how normal people feel about taking a vacation.
So this is what I expected!
Still very excited! ! !
Tao Tao asked, "Do we really have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative? But we don't have tickets!"
Song Zhi took out a stack of bills from his pocket, handed them to Tao Tao, and explained, "I asked someone from the Red Star Factory to exchange them for them."
Taotao took it and looked at it. Most of them were tickets for cakes and candies, and there were also several tickets for ready-made clothes.
She nodded happily and took him to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The employees in the supply and marketing cooperative are all very arrogant and don't talk much to others. But Taotao still walked around all the counters and looked at them all carefully. Finally, she carefully selected two pounds of cakes and candies and bought five pounds of white sugar.
As for ready-made clothes, Taotao looked directly at men's clothing.
According to Song Zhi, he actually wanted him and Taotao to buy a set each, and she could use the remaining clothing tickets to buy whatever she wanted.
Tao Tao said, "I'd better buy you a few more pairs of trousers. I can make your clothes for you, but I can't make good trousers... Hey, I see there are irons in the tailor shop. It would be nice if we had one at home. We can use it to iron our clothes and trousers, and they will look straighter. But we don't have electricity at home, so it's useless to buy them."
Song Zhi showed a thoughtful expression.
He was in a daze for a moment and didn't pay much attention to what Taotao picked. It was not until Taotao went to hand in the bills and money that he realized...
With four clothing tickets, Taotao bought him three pairs of trousers and a coat!
The pants are western trousers, the fabric is thick and special; the outer coat is a blue windbreaker, which is obviously made of chemical fiber fabric, thick and strong. The surface should be waterproof and windproof, best worn in winter.
Taotao wanted the largest size. Song Zhi is 1.86 meters tall. When he tried on the windbreaker, he somehow looked naturally fashionable.
Of course, this dress is also very expensive. Even with the clothing ticket, it still cost Taotao twenty-one dollars!
Song Zhi, who usually never cared about spending money, deeply felt the importance of money after coming to Taotao's house. I heard that he spent twenty-one dollars on this piece of clothing? He felt a little distressed and wanted to persuade her not to buy it.
Tao Tao said, "What's the big deal! As long as it's something I can't make, it's worth the price!"
After saying that, she ran to the side to look at the household appliances.
There were not many types of household appliances in the 1960s, only refrigerators, televisions, tape recorders, washing machines, and electric fans. But Taotao didn't recognize any of them, so she looked around curiously.
The waitress in the supply and marketing cooperative had a bad attitude. She glared at Taotao with a sidelong glance, "Can you afford it? Do you have an industrial ticket? If you can't afford it, don't even look at it! Can you afford to pay for it if it breaks?"
Taotao felt a little embarrassed.
Song Zhi glanced at him coldly.
The waitress felt a little cold for some reason. Plus, Taotao had just bought the most expensive men's suit in the supply and marketing cooperative in one go, so she shut up and silently took a few steps back.
Song Zhi explained to Taotao in a gentle voice what these home appliances were used for and how to use them.
What Taotao is most interested in is the washing machine!
There are many people in the family, and most of them love cleanliness. Taozi and Xingzi have to do a lot of laundry every day. If they can solve this problem, they can do other more meaningful work!
It’s a pity that washing machines waste water, electricity, and detergent.
Forget it.
Song Zhi understood Taotao's expression.
He didn't say anything, but just kept it in mind.
After visiting the supply and marketing cooperative, the two first put the bags they were carrying back to the guesthouse. Then Song Zhi took an enamel lunch box and took Taotao to the cinema.
There was still about an hour before the movie started, but the two of them had just eaten at Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin's house at 10:30, so they couldn't eat anything at all.
Song Zhi first bought two movie tickets, then took Taotao for a walk nearby, bought some snacks, and filled the enamel bowl to the brim. I bought two cents a cup of roasted melon seeds and peanuts, two cents for six pieces of sorghum candy, and a bunch of sweet and sour pickled white radish for a penny...
The cinema in the small county town was packed with people.
The environment is not that good - the cinema is open-air, the simple concrete wall is the screen, and the chairs are backless concrete benches. As soon as Song Zhi and Tao Tao sat down with their tickets, a young woman came over and asked, "Hey, can you two make way and sit a little to the side? We're all together..."
Taotao took one look and refused to give in.
——The other party only had three tickets in his hand, but there were eight or nine people who came with their children, the elderly and the young!
Song Zhi ignored the woman.
The young woman looked at Tao Tao and Song Zhi and snorted, "Outsiders? Are you from the countryside? When you come to our city, you must abide by our city's rules..."
After saying a lot of things, Taotao and Song Zhi remained unmoved?
The young woman got angry. "Hey, you two country bumpkins, I told you to move aside! You are so young, are you deaf?"
Tao Tao was angry and said loudly -
"What's wrong with me being a country bumpkin? Which law stipulates that country bumpkins can't go to the city to watch movies? I am a country bumpkin and I paid for the movie tickets! You are a city person, how many people are you going to the movie with? How many tickets did you buy? Which unit are you from? Tell me, I will go to your unit to ask, who taught you to look down on the proletarian peasants? Who taught you to buy three tickets and lead nine people into the theater? Even if the children get half-price tickets, where are your half-price tickets? You only have two children! There is also a problem with the ticket inspector at the cinema! Who in the cinema did you collude with? Who let you in? Does the county committee know that you are fleecing the socialist collective here? Tell me who you are, and which unit are you from?"
Taotao spoke quickly and loudly, spitting out long paragraphs without taking a breath.
The noisy surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Many people turned their heads and stared at the big family.
The young woman tried to retort several times...
At the end, she heard Taotao asking her name and work unit?
The young woman stopped and was obviously scared.
A middle-aged woman following the young woman looked at Tao Tao grimly and said, "Young people should be kind-hearted, otherwise you will go to the eighteenth level of hell after you die, where you will be skinned, have your tongue pulled out, and have your nose cut off!"
Taotao smiled, pointed at the young woman, and said to the middle-aged woman: "Looking at your appearance, you must be her mother-in-law...right?"
"So what?"
Tao Tao, "Not so good, I don't want to talk to the dead, you should just go away!"
The middle-aged woman was furious, "What did you say, little bitch?"
Tao Tao explained patiently, "Look, there are nine people in your family, but your daughter-in-law only bought three tickets. Obviously, she only bought three tickets for herself, her husband, and that...she looks like her, so it should be her mother! In other words, among the nine of you, only three are alive, so the three of them should follow the rules and buy tickets. The others are dead, so they don't need to buy tickets?"
Tao Tao showed a sympathetic expression and said to the middle-aged woman: "It looks like you are less than 50 years old this year, right? You died so young... It's a pity!"
The people sitting around burst into laughter.
The middle-aged woman's face darkened instantly.
The young woman said anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense!"
——The young woman just now had already worked hard with the people around her to make room for her family. If it's just to make room for two skinny kids of four or five years old, everyone would be willing to do it. It's just a matter of squeezing together!
But the problem is that besides the two children, there are four people who are obviously in their 40s or 50s, but not too old, and look obviously strong...
No one is willing to give up the seat they bought with their own money to someone who didn't pay for the movie ticket.
After hearing Taotao's words, everyone started to discuss with laughter -
"You still have the nerve to call her a country bumpkin. Her own parents and in-laws are also country bumpkins! We are all country people, why do you look down on country people?"
"She bought three tickets and brought nine people in. She still dared to bully others. She is really amazing!"
"You can sue her. She and her husband will both lose their jobs if they dare to fleece the collective!"
"This kind of person has no quality!"
The young woman's husband was furious. He slapped his wife in public and yelled, "What the hell are you doing? Go buy a new ticket!"
The young woman covered her face and cried, "One ticket costs five cents, and three full tickets and two half tickets cost twenty cents. You have to pay for them!"
The man was depressed.
The young woman covered her face and cried, "Today your parents brought your aunt's family, tomorrow your sister brought her family, and later your brother brought a bunch of people... They came here just to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. They were not willing to eat in the dining hall with us, and wanted to eat in the state-owned restaurant; they were not willing to watch TV in the unit compound, and insisted on paying to watch it in the cinema... These are free? How much do you earn a month? Oh, I haven't told you yet, your parents borrowed 20 yuan last year, your sister borrowed 25, your brother borrowed 15, and your aunt borrowed 10 yuan from us... We agreed to pay it back by the end of last year, but it's almost the end of this year, where is the money?"
The man looked around, his face flushed and he scolded the woman, "Shut up!"
At this time, the movie is about to start.
The middle-aged woman glared at the young woman fiercely and said coldly, "Okay, stop making trouble and watch the movie first!"
The man lowered his voice and asked, "Mom, but there are nine of us and there are only three seats..."
The middle-aged woman said unhappily, "Three seats? Just squeeze in. We'll sit with your aunt and uncle, and you, your wife, and your wife's sister can sit on the floor. The child can sit on your laps, that's all!"
——Sitting on the ground and watching? See the backs of the heads in the front row?
The young woman took her sister's hand and said to the man, "We won't watch it anymore. You can watch it with the children. My sister and I will wait for you outside!"
With that, the two of them left.
The man wanted to chase after them, but was stopped by his mother. In the end, he had no choice but to sit down on the concrete floor at his parents' feet, staring angrily at the back of the heads of the people in the row in front of him.
The movie has begun to play the prologue.
This movie was "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" which had been shown a few years ago, but Taotao had never seen it, so she stared at the screen intently.
Because we watched it during the day, the projection light was projected onto the cement wall, so the image was quite blurry. There were no subtitles or dubbing, only the original sound. The scene was quite noisy... There were couples arguing, people fighting for seats, people scolding their children, people just chatting instead of watching the movie, people laughing and crying...
Various sounds emerge one after another.
Taotao found it very difficult to see.
And the family sitting next to her...the two children were sitting on the ground held by their father, unable to see anything, and started to make a fuss.
The old woman was also staring at the screen watching a movie. She was annoyed by the two noisy kids and said, "Stop it! Look, the sister next to you (Tao Tao) has some food. Go ask her for some!"
The two children were a little scared because they had just seen Taotao scold their mother so much that she was speechless.
The older boy said, "Granny, she's so fierce..."
The old woman rolled her eyes at Tao Tao and said, "What are you afraid of? Just take it. She can quarrel with your mother because your mother is an adult. You are a child, what can she do to you?"
Taotao was engrossed in the movie and didn't notice it.
The two children really came over. The older boy quickly reached out his hand, took a handful of melon seeds from Taotao's enamel lunch box, and ran away. The younger boy was a step slower...
Taotao came back to her senses, quickly closed the lid of the lunch box, and glared at the younger one, "How dare you snatch it?"
The little boy's hand froze in mid-air.
Taotao glanced at the older child again and saw him standing not far away, with two tubes of yellow snot hanging from his nose. He was sticking his tongue out at her proudly, and deliberately eating the melon seeds that he had snatched from her?
It's quite annoying.
Tao Tao cursed: "If you eat something stolen, be careful not to choke! Be careful not to get beaten!"
As soon as the words fell——
The older boy was suddenly choked by the melon seed shell and started coughing violently. He coughed until he spit out the melon seed shell with a red face. Then he angrily threw away the other roasted melon seeds in his hand and walked to his father.
As a result, he was beaten by the old woman, "You were eating melon seeds and the shell got stuck in your throat. That's stupid! Why did you throw away the other good seeds? If you don't want to eat them, give them to me! Your aunt wants to eat them too!"
The older boy had just been stuck and then beaten, and he started crying loudly.
Taotao laughed, "Really? This is what happens when you eat something you stole!"
The older boy glanced at Taotao, lowered his head, and his crying gradually stopped.
The old woman glared at Bai Taotao with a fierce look in her eyes, and cursed in a low voice that her whole family would be wiped out...
Taotao was angry.
Seeing that the little boy was standing timidly aside, she opened her lunch box, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, and motioned for the little boy to come over and take them.
The little boy didn't dare.
Taotao smiled at him.
The little boy came over again as if possessed by a ghost.
Tao Tao handed over the melon seeds and peanuts and whispered, "Take it and eat it. This is a gift from me for you. Eat it slowly so you won't choke or get beaten."
The little boy held it.
Tao Tao lowered her voice again and said, "This movie is not good at all. Why are you and your brother here to make a fuss? You might as well... ask your grandma for money and go out to buy some popsicles. Wouldn't that be nice?"
The little boy licked his lips and replied, "Grandma has no money, and she won't give us money."
"She has money!" Tao Tao said, "Her money is all in her trouser pocket! You and your brother go around behind her, take the money out of her trouser pocket, and then run away immediately... She is old and can't catch up with you!"
The little boy looked a little hesitant, "Then...what if grandma hits us?"
Tao Tao, "Are you stupid? Didn't your mom tell you that your grandma borrowed money from your family and didn't pay it back? You are helping your mom get the money back! Remember, after you get the money from your grandma, run out immediately, then you and your brother each buy a popsicle, and give the rest of the money to your mom! Your mom will definitely protect you and your brother after she gets the money!"
The little boy nodded.
"Go talk to your brother and stop disturbing me while I'm watching the movie." Taotao said.
The little boy went to find his brother with melon seeds and peanuts in his hands.
Taotao continued watching the movie.
This one looked inside--
Just as I was watching with great interest, the old lady sitting next to Taotao suddenly screamed!
Taotao was startled and turned around to see that the old woman had jumped up at lightning speed to chase the two children who had already escaped far away.
Look at the two children again, it seems that one of them is holding a handful of banknotes?
Taotao burst out laughing.
Looking down again, I saw a few crumpled two-yuan, one-yuan, fifty-cent and one-cent bills scattered on the spot where the old woman had been sitting.
The old woman's son reached out and grabbed -
The old woman's sister-in-law also reached out to grab it -
Man: "Aunt, this is my mother's money. My mother's money is my money."
Girl, "Nephew, your mother borrowed twenty yuan from me. It's been so many years and she still hasn't paid me back. Can I consider this as interest?"
Man, "You said my mom asked you to borrow money? Then where is my mom's IOU? We can't just let you talk nonsense, can we?"
Girl: "Your mother herself admitted..."
Man, "Then you should tell my mom, okay? This is my mom's money now, you can't just take it casually, otherwise it would be like robbing... Besides, you live in our house for half a year out of the twelve months of the year, you eat my food, live in my house, and even go out to the movies with us, have you paid?"
Girl: “You…”
At this time, the audience sitting in the back row couldn't help it anymore and went to find the cinema staff.
When the staff checked the tickets——
The man panicked.
His aunt took the opportunity to quickly collect the banknotes scattered on the cement bench and the ground and ran away!
The man was mumbling as he tried to respond to the staff checking his ticket...but when he saw his aunt running away with the money, he didn't care and ran after her.
Only the man's father and uncle were left, and they seemed unaware of what had happened. They just stared at the screen with their mouths wide open, watching the movie intently.
Finally, the world is at peace.
Taotao can finally calm down and watch a movie.
She peeled melon seeds and peanuts while watching a movie, and she also fed Song Zhi a few peanuts from time to time...
Song Zhi sat aside and looked at Taotao calmly.
That family just now was looking for trouble...
He originally wanted to ask the staff to take care of it. There was no need to get angry directly. After all, the other party had a large family with old and young. Once a conflict occurred, he and Taotao were young people and would not be able to stand up to public opinion.
But he didn't expect that Taotao could get rid of the whole family with such a simple method.
So Taotao is not as weak as he imagined.
She didn't need his protection all the time.
Song Zhi looked at Taotao in a trance.
——She seems to lack common sense about the world, but she has her own principles. Take what happened just now for example, she actually didn’t want to suffer any loss. The solution is also very clever, and he is good at taking advantage of the other party's minor conflicts.
——She was actually very smart. She knew her family was poor, so she tried to find a way to trade goods the first time she came to the city, and then she went into business with Cheng Zhujun. Yesterday she came up with the idea of selling ginger, onions and garlic together with stewed meat and herbs to generate income for the village. Although her idea still seemed immature due to her lack of common sense, as long as he helped her improve it, it would be possible.
——At the same time, she is also very brave. When she encountered the kidnapper yesterday, she was neither panicked nor afraid, which created favorable conditions for Cheng Zhujun's counterattack. She also lured the kidnapper to chase her into the crowd, and finally brought the hateful kidnapper to justice.
——Then there is her attitude towards the opposite sex. She undoubtedly likes him, but she seems unwilling to marry him? Every time he brought up the topic of marriage, she showed obvious rejection. Why was that?
Song Zhi sighed.
He knew very well that when Taotao "ate" him for the first time, he had said that he wanted to marry her... He felt very complicated at the time, because he had only known Taotao for a short time and did not have particularly deep feelings for her. Saying that he wanted to marry her was indeed out of a responsible attitude.
Taotao keenly noticed his entanglement and hesitation, and told him that she didn't want to get married either.
Song Zhi thought she was just speaking in anger, after all, Taotao lacked worldly knowledge.
But after a few months together...
Song Zhi was increasingly unable to control his thoughts about Taotao.
He just likes her and really wants to marry her. But when he overheard the conversation between Bai Zhenggan and his wife, and they revealed their intention to marry Taotao to Zhou Chunsheng...
He panicked!
He spends every day with Taotao and has already decided on her. But suddenly he realized that she didn't actually belong to him yet... He felt an inexplicable sense of uncertainty.
He still wanted to marry her.
I miss her so much that even though I can see her every day, I still think about her and dream about her when I fall asleep at night!
But Taotao still hasn't figured it out...
"Song Zhi! What are you thinking about?" Tao Tao's sweet and puzzled voice rang out, "The movie is over, let's go!"
Only then did Song Zhi come to his senses.
Look around again?
Sure enough, the ending music had already sounded in the cinema, and people were rushing towards the exit like a tide.
Song Zhi stood up and held Taotao's hand.
She was very obedient and did not resist.
When the two followed the crowd out of the cinema, the family from before was still fighting at the entrance of the cinema:
——The mother-in-law beat her daughter-in-law, saying that the child she raised was not a good learner and stole her money.
——The daughter-in-law retorted and scolded her mother-in-law, saying that she was biased and ungrateful, and that she used her eldest son's money to subsidize everyone, and was a vampire.
——The son chased his aunt for money. My aunt was squatting on the ground with disheveled hair, crying and howling.
——Two kids were jumping around and having fun, while dad and uncle were smoking and chatting happily nearby.
Taotao shook her head, "So why do you want to get married?"
Song Zhi held her hand, "Not every family is like this! Look at your family, isn't it a harmonious one? And Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin, they don't have children, but they love each other till old age..."
Taotao was smart enough to shut up.
She knew that if she continued talking, he would definitely bring up the topic of marriage again.
Sure enough, Song Zhi couldn't help but said, "Taotao, if you marry me, nothing like this will happen to us... I don't have many relatives. I have an uncle and an aunt, but they are all abroad, so there's no need to communicate with them. You don't have to worry about other people... Your family is easy to get along with, Taotao, we will live happily after we get married."
[Taotao: Marriage is impossible. Not to mention that I haven't slept with you yet, even if I did, you would still be a cauldron! We, the disciples of Mei Sect, will never get married. 】
However, you can't say such words out loud.
Tao Tao said tactfully: "Isn't it good like this now?"
Song Zhi had already anticipated that Taotao might reject him. However, it was rare that she was willing to tell him this now, so she quickly said, "But we have to get married anyway..."
Seeing Taotao pouting, he hurriedly explained, "Both young men and young women have to get married."
Taotao was stunned.
"Do everyone have to get married?" she asked doubtfully.
Song Zhi nodded reluctantly.
——His aunt is fifty years old this year, has never been married, and is said to have no plans to get married. However, my aunt is abroad now, so it’s better not to talk about it.
Taotao tilted her head and searched her memory carefully.
Uh, it seems...
Is that right?
It seems that all the young men and girls in Ruyi Village, including those in the neighboring Jixiang Village, are all married?
Oh, why are people in this world like this?
It's completely different from her world, Xuan Ye Ancient Continent!
Xuan Ye Ancient Continent is divided into nine realms, from the top realm of gods to the bottom realm of ghosts… It’s not that no one gets married, mortals in the human world still get married, but in the fairyland where Bai Tao Ji lives, only a few ancient fairy gates still maintain marriages. The ratio is about, one in a million?
No immortal or fairy would waste their precious time on married life and family life.
As for feelings? love?
No one would focus on such a trivial matter that does not help improve their strength...
Ah, that’s right.
This world is similar to the human world of Xuan Ye Ancient Continent. Perhaps... the people who stay here really want to get married.
Song Zhi kept staring at Taotao.
Obviously, when Taotao heard that everyone was getting married, her expression was shocked, and then she seemed to accept it a little?
Song Zhi bravely confessed, "Taotao, I... like you very much..."
He was nervous, his handsome face flushed red, and his words became stammering, "Would you...consider marrying me?"
Taotao stared at Song Zhi.
Well, even if all men and women in this world have to get married, Tao Tao will not forget it - her parents don't seem to want it.
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