Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

The third canteen of Red Star Steel Rolling Plant.

"What a rare guest! Have you had breakfast?"

Nan Yi saw Yi Bufan walk into the kitchen and asked with a smile.

"You still understand me!"

Yi Bufan smiled, looked around, picked up half a cucumber and started eating it.

"What do I mean by understanding you? Every time you come to see me, you always come at mealtime. Why would you come to see me so early after breakfast?"

"Sit down, I'll make you a poached egg."

Nan Yi glanced at Yi Bufan and sent the others in the kitchen to do other things.

"Be particular about it."

"By the way, how did you confess your feelings to Ding Qiunan last time?"

"How far has it progressed now?"

Yi Bufan asked while chewing a cucumber.

Nan Yi paused as he listened to what he was doing: "Comrade Ding Qiunan didn't agree."

"You're so polite, Comrade Ding Qiunan!"

"If you don't agree once, you can't come a second or third time."

"Perseverance, you know?"

"To pursue a woman, you have to be persistent and never give up until you get what you want!"

Yi Bufan felt that he had guessed it right.

Lesbians of this era, if they are already taken, will rarely talk and laugh with others, and will inadvertently keep a distance.

"Well, that's not good."

"Besides, Qiu Nan said she doesn't want to get married yet!"

Nan Yi skillfully made poached eggs for Yi Bufan.

"Don't want to get married?"

"I saw Ding Qiunan chatting enthusiastically with another man yesterday. Don't let a third party interfere."

Yi Bufan took a pair of chopsticks and waited to start eating.

"I know that one. It's Cui Dake. He and Qiu Nan are just ordinary friends. They are in logistics, not looking for a date."

Nan Yi brought the fried egg to Yi Bufan and explained with a smile.

"You believe this too?"

"Do you want to develop a relationship with Ding Qiunan?"

Yi Bufan stir-fried the poached eggs a few times, and Nan Yi added some soy sauce.

"I definitely want to!"

Nan Yi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Then listen to me, just buy some cigarettes and alcohol and go over to propose marriage."

"With your job and salary, you're still worried that her parents won't agree."

"Don't marriages these days rely on the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words?"

"You can bring a matchmaker when the time comes."

"As long as we take down his parents, it will be the same as taking down Ding Qiunan."

Yi Bufan suddenly felt that it was actually a good thing for such an idea to be passed down.

What's the point of free love?

After decades of development, freedom has finally been eliminated, and everyone has become a victim of marriage.

"Ah, then Qiu Nan will be angry."

"I think she might not like me!"

Nan Yi's emotions fluctuate a bit.

"Didn't I just say that? In this era, marriage is decided by the parents and the matchmaker."

"Since you're listening to your parents and the matchmaker, you naturally don't have any free time to spend time together. How can you talk about whether you like each other or not if you haven't even spent time together?"

"You make people like you, a stranger, all of a sudden?"

"Don't you think about it? How many times have you met Ding Qiunan? Have you ever gotten along well with him, had a good chat with him, eaten with him, watched a movie with him, taken a walk with him, visited the park with him, or walked around the street with him?"

Yi Bufan ate the fried egg, and it was worthy of being cooked by a great chef, with the heat controlled just right.

“Ah, so many things to do?”

"I've only talked to Qiu Nan twice."

"We've met hundreds of times."

Nan Yi felt a headache listening to what Yi Bufan said. He hadn't done all these things, let alone accompanied Ding Qiunan to do them.

"How many times have you met?"

"You've known each other for a long time? Childhood sweethearts? Or neighbors?"

Yi Bufan felt that this way it would be easier to take down the enemy.

"No, we met at the factory. Didn't I tell you that before?"

"I saw him when I was eating in our cafeteria."

Nan Yi shook his head, lit a cigarette and handed it to Yi Bufan.

"It hasn't been that long, how come we've met hundreds of times?"

"That means Ding Qiunan is also very interested in you, otherwise she wouldn't have met you hundreds of times."

Yi Bufan thought, this means that the two of them meet almost every day, maybe even several times a day.

"It's not that she meets me, but sometimes I secretly look at her."

"When I come to eat, and when I go out, I will specifically pass by their workshop."

"Hey, Bufan, where are you going? We haven't finished eating yet!"

As Nan Yi was talking, he noticed that Yi Bufan just stood up and left.

However, when he heard Nan Yi say "I haven't finished eating", Yi Bufan went back, ate the remaining poached egg in one bite, and drank the soup.

When he left, he didn't forget to say, "You are hopeless!"

Watching Yi Bufan leave, still looking very angry, Nan Yi scratched his head and frowned: "I'm not sick, how can I be hopeless and angry?"

"Chef Nan, that's called peeping, that's called meeting!"

"Captain Yi is right. If you like her, just go for it and propose marriage directly."

Xiaoliu came in with the washed potatoes.

"Propose marriage directly?" Nan Yi muttered, and then his face changed drastically: "You little brat dare to eavesdrop, I can't kill you, what is peeping!"

......

At noon, when Sha Zhu was carrying the deaf old lady back, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

My shoulders hurt, and I've been working quite hard in the workshop lately. I even felt that the deaf old lady was a bit heavy and I couldn't carry her anymore.

Fortunately, Liu Haizhong was there to support him.

Originally, Liu Haizhong was planning to pull a flatbed cart, but Sha Zhu thought he could just carry it on his back since the old lady was so kind to him.

I regret it now.

"Zhu Zi, take a leave this afternoon and carry me to Lou's house!"

"It's been so long, it's time to propose marriage!"

Although the deaf old lady felt that Lou Xiao'e was pregnant and no one would marry her, she couldn't delay it for too long.

What if something else goes wrong?

"Second uncle, please make a wheelchair for the old lady, so that she can sit more conveniently."

Sha Zhu turned his head and looked at Liu Haizhong.

"Ah, a wheelchair?"

"It's not impossible, but it will probably take several days to find the materials and make them."

Liu Haizhong has never done this before, isn't this forcing the issue?