After sending her son to kindergarten, Su Qingmeng had free time during the day. She went out to collect materials for her new book, experiencing Beijing's urban life.
He Rui went shopping with friends on the weekend. She was pregnant, so she called Qiu Ling and said, "Qiu Ling, are you free tomorrow? Let's go play together."
Qiu Ling readily agreed, and they agreed to meet in Xidan.
On Sunday, Su Qingmeng took Kang Kang on Lin Xiuyao's motorcycle to the women's clothing store in Xidan. Kang Kang was with his father today, and Zhou Laosan was also in the store. "Sister Su is here today too?"
He started doing business with Lin Xiuyao last year and is now in charge of the wholesale market. Zhou Laosan is called Zhou Hai. He originally engaged in the business of reselling agricultural products, but the villagers soon discovered the business opportunity and moved to the city on their own.
Later he went to the south, but was unfortunately cheated. When he was penniless, he happened to meet Lin Xiuyao. After that, he became Lin Xiuyao's assistant. He is very smart and is now in charge of all the stalls in the wholesale market.
Su Qingmeng was familiar with him and asked, "Zhou Hai, how was your blind date?"
Zhou Hai frowned, "Don't mention it, it's not appropriate."
Su Qingmeng was curious, "What happened this time?" Zhou Hai's blind date history was full of "talented people". She admired the matchmaker who set him up. She didn't know where she found so many weirdos.
"Alas, halfway through the blind date, her boyfriend showed up. The two of them were tugging and tugging, and they walked away together. The woman even apologized sincerely, saying that she went on the blind date just to force her boyfriend to propose marriage."
"Pfft, hahaha," Lin Xiuyao couldn't help but said, "Why don't you find another matchmaker?"
Zhou Hai looked disillusioned with the world and said, "Forget it, this is already the third one. Changing it again will be the same. I give up."
Su Qingmeng kindly comforted her, "Fate always comes unexpectedly. Maybe you will meet your soulmate soon."
Zhou Hai shook his head and went to tease Kang Kang. Lin Xiuyao said, "You can write his story into the book. It's quite interesting."
Su Qingmeng hesitated, "This isn't a good idea. If Zhou Hai saw it, wouldn't he be even more sad?"
"It's okay, he's a grown man and he's not that fragile." Lin Xiuyao felt it was his honor to contribute to his wife's new book. Okay, he kind of wanted to watch the fun, but he wouldn't admit it.
Soon Qiu Ling arrived, "Sister Qingmeng." Su Qingmeng greeted the father and son and went shopping with Qiu Ling. Xidan is now more prosperous and has developed business. The two chatted and strolled around.
Qiu Ling now works at a publishing bureau and has matured considerably. She's dating someone, but it's not the man who pursued her two years ago, who gave up after a few months and started looking for someone else.
Her boyfriend is a Peking University student from the class of 1978, also majoring in Chinese. He's a year older than her and currently works as a screenwriter for a television station. They're from the same province and met at a hometown reunion during college. They'd been friends for a while, but this year, when Qiu Ling was considering a lifelong commitment, he confessed his love.
Qiu Ling's face was full of sweetness when she talked about him. "A few days ago, he gave me a bouquet of roses and took me to a Western restaurant for Western food."
Su Qingmeng was happy for her. A good love can bring happiness and Qiu Ling met the right person.
But if you meet the wrong person, your life will be miserable. Qiu Ling said of Huang Xi, "I saw her last month. Sister Huang Xi is even more haggard than when she was in college. She looks like she is 40 years old."
Over the past two years, Su Qingmeng had also heard about Huang Xi's married life from mutual friends. Huang Xi had elderly parents and two younger brothers-in-law. She also had to take care of the housework after get off work and was responsible for feeding and clothing her family of five. She heard that she miscarried her first child due to overwork. Su Qingmeng sighed, "I wonder if she regrets her choice."
"Everyone tried to persuade her at the beginning, but she refused to listen. The current situation is the result of her stubbornness." Qiu Ling's thinking became mature and rational.
Su Qingmeng asked her about the troubles and interesting things at work. Her new book was about the life of a big family. Her second daughter-in-law worked in a publishing house. She had no work experience herself, so she asked her friends for advice.
Qiu Ling was also happy to share, "My colleague..."
When Su Qingmeng said goodbye to her friends and returned to the store, Kang Kang was sitting behind the cashier with a full mouth. She asked, "What are you eating?"
Kang Kang spoke unclearly, "Aunt Zhao gave me some candy." He still had a lot of candy in his pocket, and Su Qingmeng took them out and confiscated them. "How much have you eaten?"
Kang Kang felt guilty, and his mother stipulated that he could only eat one a day. "Mom, I love you the most."
Su Qingmeng remained unmoved, "Tell the truth."
Kang Kang whispered, "Three."
Su Qingmeng was a little angry, and Kang Kang quickly said, "Mom, I won't eat tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
She suppressed her emotions and said, "Then remember what you said. If you do it again next time, you will lose your candy. Where's your father?" She was going to settle the score with Lin Xiuyao.
"Dad and Uncle Xiao Zhou are talking in the back."
When Lin Xiuyao came out, he was still surprised to see his wife's anger. Su Qingmeng scolded him when she got home, "Kang Kang ate three candies today, why didn't you do anything about it?"
Although Lin Xiuyao felt that it was a bit too little for his wife to let his son eat only one candy a day, because he had wanted to eat it when he was a child, and to protect his teeth, he just needed to brush his teeth well after eating candy, he did not dare to resist Su Qingmeng's authority and repeatedly promised to pay attention in the future.
That day, Tian Ke suddenly appeared at her door. "How is it? Surprise, right?"
Su Qingmeng was indeed surprised. "When did you come to the capital? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I'm here on a business trip and I came to see you by the way." Tian Ke was proud. She deliberately didn't tell her in advance just to scare her.
After not seeing each other for many years, both of us have changed. We are both 26 years old this year, and it has been nine years since we separated and went to the countryside.
Su Qingmeng welcomed her into the house. "Your yard is great. It's much bigger than the building."
The two of them sat down in the living room. Su Qingmeng poured tea and brought snacks. Tian Ke said, "Don't bother. I'm not thirsty or hungry. Are you the only one home?"
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