Chapter 30: Xu Damao went on a blind date?

In the evening, Li Shengli had dinner in the cafeteria as usual, cleaned up the kitchen with everyone and went off work.

Li Shengli stopped and walked along the way, and was not in a hurry. When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he watched a few old men playing chess as usual. This was much more interesting than the people in the compound.

"Seungri, what are you doing?" Just as he was watching with fascination, a familiar voice came from behind. Li Seungri raised his head and turned back.

"Da Mao, I'm watching a chess game." Xu Damao stood behind in a well-dressed manner. Li Shengli looked at Xu Damao's attire and his happy face and asked casually, "Da Mao, are you going on a blind date?"

"Hey, you guessed right." Xu Damao was not annoyed. Today's blind date was quite successful. Lou Xiao'e's mother asked the two of them to look around first.

Just based on my, Xu Damao's, words, this matter is a sure thing, Xu Damao thought happily in his heart.

"Congratulations, Damao. Whose family are you from?" Seeing Xu Damao's smug smile, with his teeth showing, Li Shengli complimented him calmly.

"She's not a young lady at all, she's just an ordinary person." Xu Damao immediately became alert when he heard what Li Shengli said. This kid looks good, but he's afraid he'd ruin my good thing. He was alert in his heart but didn't show it on his face, instead he smiled brightly.

I didn't think I said I was a young lady, did I? Li Shengli was puzzled.

"Seungri, you keep watching. I'm leaving first." Seeing the confusion on Li Seungri's face, Xu Damao quickly left, fearing that Li Seungri would notice something.

If it weren't for the recent unpleasant situation at the top, how could I have possibly gotten the chance to be the young lady, Xu Damao thought to himself.

Li Shengli is also the son of three generations of hired farmers. He is tall and strong, with a very handsome face. What if the Lou family finds out and replaces him? It seems that we have to hurry up and deal with this matter. Will we still be afraid that the eldest daughter of the Lou family will run away after the matter is settled?

Thinking of this, Xu Damao showed an obscene smile on his face.

"Da Mao, what are you thinking about? You have such a smile on your face." Xu Damao was thinking about something when he heard the voice of his third uncle Yan Bugui from behind him.

The third uncle Yan Bugui had just come back from the toilet and saw a man standing at the gate of the compound from a distance. When he got closer, he saw that it was Xu Damao standing at the gate with a silly smile on his face.

So the third uncle walked up and shouted, interrupting Xu Damao's silly smile.

"No, nothing, Third Uncle." Xu Damao responded with a stutter.

"Then why are you standing at the door instead of going into the yard?" The third uncle Yan Bugui saw that Xu Damao was thinking about something and didn't care. Xu Damao was the projectionist in the factory. He often dealt in some things when he went to the countryside to show movies. Sometimes, he would give the third uncle Yan Bugui some benefits when he met him.

"It's nothing, Third Uncle. I was just thinking about something." Xu Damao calmed down and decided not to publicize his blind date in the hospital. There were few good people in the hospital.

"Third uncle, I'll go in first." Xu Damao smiled and greeted Third uncle Yan Bugui and stepped into the courtyard, leaving Third uncle Yan Bugui behind with his eyes raised in surprise.

After watching them play chess for a while, Li Shengli returned home. Xu Damao had started going on blind dates, so he thought he should hurry up as well. However, both his parents had passed away, and he didn't have many relatives, so this was both a good thing and a bad thing.

After a good night's sleep, Li Shengli gets up early as usual the next day. He has always maintained a good living habit.

The uncle did not take Qin Huairu to the steel rolling mill this time. After all, she was his apprentice's wife, and a widow at that, so it was better to avoid suspicion.

Qin Huairu silently followed the group to the factory and continued to learn locksmith skills from Chen Hong. However, Qin Huairu was not very strong and her education level was not high, so it was still difficult for her to learn the locksmith skills.

After a whole morning of hard work, and with everyone's rations not enough to eat, the workers in the factory were already hungry. As the lunch break bell rang, everyone put down their work and prepared to go get food.

"Huai Ru, stop working. Let's go get some food first. If we wait any longer, there will be no food left in the third canteen." Chen Hong came over with a lunch box and greeted Qin Huai Ru.

"I'll be right there." Qin Huairu responded, took out her lunch box and followed.

"Sister Hong, why are we going to the third canteen to eat?" Qin Huairu came up to Chen Hong with a lunch box.

Chen Hong glanced at Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu had a hard life as her husband died while she was pregnant.

"Our workshop is a little closer to the third canteen, and the third canteen has dishes cooked by Chef Li." Chen Hong explained with a smile, "Chef Li's cooking skills are impeccable."

"Yes, yes, Master Li is handsome and has great skills." A young female worker nearby came up with a smile.

"Why, are you attracted to Master Li?" Chen Hong joked.

"No, no, I was just joking." The young female worker blushed and waved her hands.

Qin Huairu didn't laugh, thinking to herself, the chef of the third canteen should be Li Shengli. I seem to have heard from Sha Zhu that Li Shengli's cooking skills are very good.

Following everyone to the third canteen, Qin Huairu looked around and saw Li Shengli at the food counter.

At this time, Li Shengli was eating as usual and didn't see Qin Huairu at all.

Qin Huairu lined up at the window where Li Shengli was, wondering if Li Shengli would give her a little more credit because they lived in the same compound.

Li Shengli finished a meal and handed it to the person at the window. Before he could shout, another lunch box was handed to him.

"What do you want to eat?" Li Shengli took the lunch box nonchalantly.

"One serving of Chinese cabbage and two steamed buns." A familiar female voice came to Li Shengli's ears. "Shengli, please give me more."

Li Shengli looked up in surprise and saw Qin Huairu leaning against the window and looking at him with a smile. It turned out to be Qin Huairu. Li Shengli was a little puzzled. Why did Qin Huairu come to the third canteen to eat? Shouldn't she go to Shazhu's?

Li Shengli didn't shake the spoon for Qin Huairu, nor did he take extra care of her. The spoon was just a little full. Just treat Qin Huairu like an ordinary person. If she gets dirty, she can't get rid of it.

Chen Hong, who was standing behind Qin Huairu, was a little puzzled. Qin Huairu knew Master Li from the third canteen, but she had never heard of him.
"Next." Li Shengli handed the lunch box back to Qin Huairu with an expressionless face.

Qin Huairu saw that Li Shengli didn't take much care of her, but she remained calm, just a little sad in her heart. She took the lunch box and turned to leave. Li Shengli was still unmoved.

Chen Hong didn't have time to think too much. She glanced at Qin Huairu's back and quickly handed her the lunch box.

Li Shengli ignored the gossipy looks from others and continued to get his meal in an orderly manner. As long as he behaved properly, he would not be blamed for this mess.

(End of this chapter)