Chapter 59: Thunder
Jia Dongxu in the next carriage was also in high spirits, holding a bag of packaged four-color steamed buns in his hand, with the words "Zhengmingzhai, Dashilan, Qianmen, October 7, 1951" printed on the front.

After finding a seat according to the ticket and putting down the steamed buns, Jia Dongxu carefully checked his Zhongshan suit, straightened the corners of his clothes to make them look smoother, and then sat down carefully.

"Comrades, please make way."

"Hey, please put this package under the seat."

"Woo!"

The train started slowly. Listening to the sounds coming from the carriage, Jia Dongxu suddenly felt a little uneasy. After all, the result of his first blind date was not so good. Qin Huairu obviously did not like him because he was not a formal worker yet.

Although he is still an apprentice, this time he has his master with him to testify that he will be able to become a full-time employee soon.

Then Qin Huairu’s family will definitely agree, right?

But wouldn’t it be too abrupt to just show up like this?
Jia Dongxu looked at his master Yi Zhonghai, who was sitting opposite him with his eyes closed, leaned forward, and asked in a low voice: "Master, you said that we should just go there directly this time, and we didn't ask a matchmaker to accompany us."

"Will Qin Huairu's family think that we are acting too suddenly?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at his apprentice with an uneasy expression and a hint of desire in his eyes. A hint of tenderness appeared on his usually serious face, and he said in a gentle voice: "The purpose of our visit today is to meet each other's parents directly."

“This shows more sincerity.”

"Once her parents agree, let the matchmaker propose marriage directly."

"So, it doesn't matter whether there is a matchmaker or not."

"Oh"

Seeing his apprentice's body relax a little, Yi Zhonghai added: "Dongxu, you don't have to worry too much."

"Although we are not a particularly good family in the capital, we are not bad either."

"Didn't the union teach us this in class? We are the working class and the masters of the country. We have our monthly expenses and don't have to worry about food and clothing. Our treatment will get better and better in the future."

"The country girl doesn't understand, but her parents definitely do. I'll just take out 10 yuan when the time comes. Haha."

"Ok!"

Although Yi Zhonghai spoke very obscurely, Jia Dongxu still understood it. He became cheerful again and had already started imagining how he would behave after meeting the beauty.

Seeing his apprentice happy, Yi Zhonghai was also happy, with a slight smile on his face.
After coming out of Changping Railway Station, Wang Deming called a donkey cart in front of the station, put the package on the straw of the donkey cart, helped his godmother sit on it carefully, and said to the driver: "Wayao Village"

"Please sit tight, both of you!"

"drive"

After receiving the order, the little donkey immediately trotted out of the asphalt road in front of the station and came onto the dirt road, raising a cloud of dust and running out of Changping County.

Jia Dongxu felt that Wang Deming's disappearing back looked familiar, but he didn't think much about it. Yi Zhonghai also saw it, but he was moved. It turned out that this boy was really from the country!

Then where does he get the money to dress so well in the city?

"Xiao Ru!"

At the doorstep of his house, before the donkey cart even stopped, Wang Deming shouted loudly into the yard.

Qin Huairu appeared at the door in an instant, leaned against the doorpost and trotted out quickly, greeted them with a bright smile, and helped her godmother out of the car with Wang Deming, "Deming, Mom, you're back!"

"Well," Wang Deming helped his godmother get off the donkey cart, "Xiao Ru, take the package."

"There are some colorful fabrics that Mom picked out especially for you. Do you like them?"

Qin Huairu's eyes smiled into crescents, "Thank you, Mom!"

"I'm sure you like it."

The family returned home happily, and the bricklayer next to them also greeted Wang Deming and his mother loudly: "Deming, Aunt Yan, you are back from the city!"

"Well, I'm back."

"Thank you all for your hard work!"

The blue bricks have already come out of the kiln, and the bricklayers are working very quickly, and the new house has been built to halfway up.

“Haha, it’s not hard!”

"Mrs. Yan, your daughter-in-law is really capable. Not only does she help us boil sugar and salt water and cook meals every day, she also helps us push carts and pull bricks."

"Haha, I, an old woman, have good taste."

"You are enjoying yourself." "Yes."

"For lunch, we'll have pork fat and cabbage stew. Deming and I specially bought a piece of meat from the capital!"

"Haha, thank you, Mrs. Yan."

"It should."

As soon as she entered the house, her godmother Wang Shuqin pretended to be stern and taught Qin Huairu, "Xiaoru, how can a woman like you do rough work? Pushing a cart and pulling bricks!"

"What if it flashes?"

"Did you choose the water tank at home yourself?"

Qin Huairu quickly explained: "Mom, the masons and bricklayers helped to carry the water. I just felt bad so I helped push the cart."

"Don't worry, Mom. I didn't delay feeding the chickens and ducks at home."

Wang Shuqin took Qin Huairu's hand, looked at the palm and back of her hand carefully, patted it gently, and said softly: "Xiaoru, Mom is worried that you will be alone at home and get tired. What should I do?"

"Mom is still waiting to hold her grandson"

Qin Huairu blushed when she heard this, and her big watery eyes turned slightly to look at Wang Deming, then she lowered her head and said "hmm" softly.

Master Jia Dongxu and his apprentice also took a donkey cart to Qinjia Village, and asked along the way to find Qin Huairu's parents' home.

"Is anyone home?"

Aunt Qin lifted the door curtain and came out of the house. She saw two men in Zhongshan suits standing outside the gate, one middle-aged and one young.

Thinking that it was a village cadre, she wiped her hands on her apron, walked quickly to the gate, and asked cautiously with a timid voice, "Comrade, my husband is out in the fields and not at home."

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Yi Zhonghai took the initiative to explain his and his apprentice's identities: "Oh, sister-in-law, you must be Qin Huairu's mother, right?"

"I'm Yi Zhonghai, a senior technician at the Lou's Ironworks in Beijing, and this is my apprentice Jia Dongxu."

"Haha, didn't Huairu go to the city to meet Dongxu last time? Dongxu's family, as well as I, are very satisfied with Huairu."

"But it seems that Huairu has some misunderstandings about Dongxu. So Dongxu specially asked me to come with him to your house to explain to you and Huairu's father: Dongxu, he must be a formal worker in the factory!"

"Ah" Aunt Qin opened her mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time.

She never expected that the visitor was the family that Huairu went to the city for a blind date.

What I didn't expect was that the other party actually came to my door.
Aunt Qin unconsciously looked at the young man standing next to Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu, and unconsciously compared him with Wang Deming in her heart.

The young man was not tall, with slightly curly hair. He looked quite fair and handsome. His khaki Zhongshan suit was neatly dressed, and he was wearing tight leather shoes. He was holding a steamed bun wrapped in oil paper in his hand.

This was the first time Aunt Qin had encountered such a situation. She looked left and right and couldn't make up her mind. She wanted to just say that her daughter was already married, but somehow she still felt a little unwilling in her heart.

He secretly glanced at the oil-paper bag in Jia Dongxu's hand and asked tentatively, "How about you two come in and sit down first, and I'll ask the villagers to bring the head of the household back?"

"Haha, then I'll trouble you, sister-in-law."

Aunt Qin directly called the child next door and asked him to ask Old Man Qin and Qin Baogui to go home, saying that relatives from Beijing had come to the house, and then welcomed Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu into the house.

After a while, Old Man Qin and his son Qin Baogui rushed home.

As soon as I entered the room, I found that I didn't know these two people either. Aunt Qin pulled me aside and explained in a low voice.

Old man Qin glared at Aunt Qin, then sat down opposite Yi Zhonghai, politely offered her a drink of water, and then fell silent.

Then he filled his pipe with dry tobacco, took out a piece of firewood from the stove, lit it, took two puffs, exhaled a long breath of smoke, and told the truth: "I'm sorry, I made you come here for nothing. We are far away from the capital, and we haven't had time to tell the matchmaker yet."

".Our Xiaoru is already married!"

"what?"

After hearing the news, Jia Dongxu was shocked and sat on the stool in a daze.
Yi Zhonghai was also shocked by the thunder. It has only been a few days. How could she get married so soon? He quickly asked, "How could she get married so soon?"

"Where did you marry?"

"It's the old Yan family in Wayao Village next door."

(End of this chapter)