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Liu Xia didn't expect that what he was worried about for Liu Ling would happen to him as soon as he returned to Rongze: Du Tao's wife, Shi Ruiling, wanted to introduce her cousin to Liu Xia, and the time was arranged for him.

Liu Xia had never connected such things as a blind date with himself, he thought he had heard it wrong, it was unbelievable, why is he going on a blind date?He feels that he is still a child, parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, all the children in the family, baby cat, this is his home, he thinks that the current state of their family is the best, don’t lose one, and don’t want any more One more, just stay together and live slowly.

Now that Du Tao said the name Tan Huiling, Liu Xia felt as if a completely irrelevant person was suddenly going to live in his family. He felt awkward without even thinking about it, so he said without hesitation: "I am a celibate, and I have no plans at all. Get married, Brother Du Tao, please tell your sister-in-law, I won't go."

Yanagawa, who was chopping vegetables, said: "How can a child's joke be taken seriously? If it is taken seriously, I guess there are not even one percent of people in this world who are married and have families now. I know the comrades around me before and the people around me now My friend, when I was young, nine out of ten times I had this kind of thought. I have thought about it for a long time. It is said that girls think about it more often.

You are 23 years old, you should think about it. There are too few girls in your unit. I have started to pay attention to you recently. Anyway, I am idle. Du Tao said that the girl Xiaotan is so nice, go see her There is no harm, go Yaoer, it's all for fun! "

The snow in Kyoto also fell in Rongze, so after Liu Xia came back, he was fine except going to the office every morning to order a meal, cooking for the cat at home every day, and occasionally reading a book. No matter how free you are, it's not for blind dates: "My fifth brother and sixth brother are not married yet, who will get me? Besides, I really never thought about such a thing as getting married and going on a blind date. If I did, I wouldn't." Promise, then what am I going to do?"

Du Tao said: "Xiao Liu, your sister-in-law has already made an agreement with her aunt and Huiling. We are a man here, and he pushed him away without seeing him. How will your sister-in-law explain it in front of her aunt? Right, just tell him Brother Liu Chuan said so, you can just play around and go see it.

Huiling is really beautiful, you will know it when you see her, your sister-in-law is not bad, right?Comparing with her is far behind, Huiling is also tall enough for you, 1.6 meters seven, how about I can introduce you to this handsome guy? "

Liu Xia still shook his head, but Liu Chuan ignored him, discussed with Du Tao with a smile, and agreed for him: on the nineteenth day of the lunar calendar, Liu Xia will meet Tan Huiling at the gate of the trade union.

There is an open-air dance hall in the courtyard of the trade union. There are many people who go to dance every night. It is not easy to attract attention there. Small talk is good for both sides.

It was an unofficial blind date, the type often used when young matchmakers make introductions.

After Du Tao left, Liu Chuan found it very amusing to see Liu Xia completely unable to react.

If the parents are kind and caring, no matter how caring the older brothers and sisters are, the youngest child will usually mature late psychologically. This is the case with Liu Xia. He looks like an adult at work, but in life, apart from being considerate and thinking about his family This obsession engraved in his bones seems to be more mature, most of the time he is a child at all, very freewheeling, he will never endure things he doesn't like, maybe he himself thinks he is already very sensible. When he was enduring, it was actually very obvious, just like now, Liu Xia puffed up, looking like he was wronged.

Liu Chuan scratched his face: "Boy, boys and girls, they all have to get married and start a family when they grow up. Now parents are worried about their children's puppy love. You have worked after graduating from college, why are you still not enlightened? You have nothing but Data and drawings, nothing else?"

Liu Xia complained: "Who stipulated that you must get married when you grow up? I don't want to get married. I like the way I am now. I go to work and my cat goes to school. We both eat enough and the family is not hungry. We can do whatever we want. Others Don't worry about anything."

Liu Chuan said: "This is what you think now. In three years at most, when you are 25 and don't have a girlfriend, no marriage, don't talk about others, the cat will have to worry for you, don't you worry about your fifth brother now? Is it? And when I was not married, didn't you always worry about letting me save money to get married, for fear that I would be single for the rest of my life. "

Liu Xia thought about it, yes.

However, he still doesn't want to go on a blind date or get married!He hasn't had enough fun yet, he just graduated and can stay together with the cat at ease, so soon someone will be sandwiched between them, he is uncomfortable and unwilling!

Liu Xia knew that Mao'er was more uncomfortable and unwilling.

Rongze High School is far away from the hydrology team, and it’s been extremely cold these days, the roads are covered with lumps of ice, and it’s not safe to ride a bicycle. In the past few days, Liu Chuan has eaten at Liu Xia’s place every night, and then the two of them will go together for a while. Drop by the county to pick up Liu Rui, send him back to the old town, and then bring the cat back, and finally Liu Chuan drives home alone.

After Mao'er got in the car, he heard Liu Chuan say that Liu Xia was going on a blind date, and his face puffed up, exactly the same as Liu Xia's aggrieved look just now.

Liu Chuan laughed: "I see, your brother-in-law and this Tan Huiling will definitely not be able to make it together, she is a fairy, you and your brother-in-law have to run her out."

In fact, Mao'er behaved quite normally in front of Liu Chuan, and when he got home, he completely revealed himself, hanging on Liu Xia's neck to protest: "You said that you are not married, you are not allowed to go on a blind date with that woman, I don't want to see her, Uncle, let's not let her come to our house."

Liu Xia held his butt and let him put his legs around his waist, and just took him to serve him a meal: "Yes, no, your third uncle Fascist, you agreed to Du Tao without listening to me, I can't help it Now, let's go pretend, and when I come back, I will have an excuse to refuse, come on, eat first, and we will discuss this matter after dinner."

Although Liu Xia said that the meeting was just to help Du Tao's wife's face, Mao'er was still unhappy, and even ate one of the buns, and Liu Xia coaxed him for a long time before he made up for another half.

Liu Xia watched Mao'er do her homework, and Mao'er was still unhappy after finishing her homework, which made Liu Xia already bored with her before seeing Tan Huiling, nothing made Mao'er feel so uncomfortable.

While sleeping, the cat was wrapped around Liu Xia like an octopus, and he patted the cat on the back and said, "Baby cat, don't think about it, it's over as soon as my uncle sees her the day after tomorrow, and he won't let her come to us." Home."

The cat nodded after a while, and said in a muffled voice, "Yes."

Liu Xia has indeed always had the mentality of a child. He loved Maoer since he was a child, but the two of them were forced to separate most of the time, so he especially cherished the days when he and Maoer were together, and almost never thought about it. He still hasn't given much thought to the matter of getting married.

He is the youngest at home and the youngest in the dormitory of the school. He was under 20 years old when he joined the work unit. Yue Desheng, Li Jiyue, and even younger seniors such as Zheng Chaoyang and Gao Qun, who he often worked with at work, treated him well at work. I trust him very much, and treat him like an older child at other times, so Liu Xia has never realized that he has grown up and is an adult.

He is still the same as when he was in high school and college, he just wants to spend as much time with the cat as possible, to make him happy, to let him live the best life. For the rest, he can only talk about it with other young people in the unit. When it comes to topics related to love and marriage, the idea of ​​"what will my future girlfriend be like" will occasionally flash across, but it really flashed, flashed, and never seriously considered this issue. Not to mention feelings of anticipation.

If you must find someone who Liu Xia used to be somewhat similar to looking forward to love or marriage, it is Momoe Yamaguchi. When Liu Xia watched her TV series or movies, he liked her very much, but that was far from him. People who live thousands of miles are still Japanese, so Liu Xia's liking is still far from the real expectation of the other party in the marriage.

Because Liu Xia knows that he has control over the final outcome of this matter, and Du Tao's words "it's all for fun" are there to lay the groundwork, so he doesn't have any pressure in his heart, and he becomes very relaxed without pressure , and relaxed people tend to be more careless, so this time, he, who has always been sensitive to the cat's emotions and meticulously, did not notice the cat's abnormality because of the cat's deliberate suppression in front of him.

On the afternoon of the nineteenth day of the lunar calendar, at 06:30, it was already dark.

Liu Xia stood there, fiddling with Liu Chuan like a puppet. The leather shoes had been oiled and polished long ago. He put them on first, and then combed his hair. There is nothing to do with a simple parted hair, but Liu Chuan combed it carefully. Comb, this is the attitude.

During Liu Xia's struggle, he wiped MAXAM on his face, pulled the collar of the sweater that was not faulty at all, and finally, Liu Chuan put a leather jacket on him.

Yes, it is the kind of leather jacket that Chen Zhenbei wears. Liu Xia and Liu Chuan each have one now. Chen Zhenbei’s friend Su Jin gave it to Zeng Guangtong’s family on the afternoon Liu Xia left Kyoto, saying that he took each jacket from the factory the year before last. One hundred and seventeen, the price was raised last year, two hundred per piece, Liu Xia gave Su Jin five hundred, saying that this is the rule, Su Jin's favor belongs to Su Jin, they have already taken advantage of it, and the extra hundred is Su Jin's errand fee may be called hard work fee. If Su Jin doesn't accept it, he doesn't want the clothes.

Chen Zhenbei took the money and passed it on to Su Jin.

Now, Liu Chuan’s leather jacket has been worn for three days, and a group of young people in the unit are envious. This is the first time Liu Xia wears it today. He originally planned to leave it for the cat to wear in a few years. Liu Chuan said: “In a few years The style is outdated, just like you, would you still have the heart to let the cat wear it?"

Liu Xia thought for a while, and acquiesced to this reason.

"Okay, let the third brother take a look again, oh, my youngest son is really handsome! Go ahead, meet a beautiful girl and make our uncle and mother happy." Liu Chuan turned Liu Xia around in satisfaction, Push it to Du Tao.

Du Tao said with a smile: "Liu Xia, I don't even want to stand with you anymore. I think I was considered a handsome guy back then. After meeting someone from your family, I feel like I'm a cripple."

Liu Xia walked out on his own: "Hurry up, you said, just this once, tomorrow you will ask your sister-in-law to tell her that I don't want to."

Du Tao winked at Liu Chuan and followed Liu Xia out.

Tan Huiling is indeed very beautiful, with an oval face, big eyes and a high nose bridge, and a crab braid that is very fashionable now. On top is a bright red short down jacket, a knee-length white scarf, and a long black woolen skirt with a big swing underneath. With a tall figure and wearing high-heeled boots, Rongze's most fashionable attire is present all over his body.

Wearing skirts in the winter is the last year or two when Rong Ze began to dance ballroom dancing like crazy. He looks beautiful when he dances in circles.

Liu Xia was a little tempted, but after he strictly followed the routines taught by Liu Chuan according to the procedure, he had nothing to say.

Tan Huiling was more mature and generous, she asked Liu Xia: "Is it because the snow has melted, and when the weather gets better, you should go out again?"

Liu Xia nodded: "Yes."

"I heard from my sister Ruiling that your leader values ​​you, why don't you talk about going to the administrative department? My unit has some contacts and I don't leave the workshop. I just sit in the office! It's beautiful to not do anything every day. "

"I majored in surveying and mapping. My major is only meaningful if I go to the front-line construction site. My unit is about to retire and the old engineers are often outside the field. I can't ask the leader for such a request; besides, my unit The logistics department also has a lot of work to do, and no one in your unit does nothing and sits in the office all day long."

"I mean, if you go out all day in the future, how can we talk about it?"

Liu Xia was surprised: "Many old engineers in my unit have been like this all their lives. They all fell in love when they were young!"

Tan Huiling pursed her lips slightly and looked around the sky.

She has never met a person like Liu Xia who can't understand her words. The people who chased her before, as long as she showed some doubts or worries, would immediately explain according to her words, such as changing shifts, if she needed It doesn't matter if you can ask for leave for pick-up or drop off, or even say that you are absent from work or absent from work for a while.

There are even more empathetic ones who will take the initiative to hint to her that if she doesn't like it, she can separate the family as soon as she gets married and not live with her parents; what kind of relative is the leader of which awesome unit, she has a bright future, and she can Transfer her to the office or even the embroidery factory, and so on and so forth.

It was the first time she met Liu Xia who was so incomprehensible.

Although there was no wind, it was very cold. Across a wall, the flashing neon lights and melodious dance music could not alleviate Liu Xia's feeling of being bitten by cold toes in his shiny leather shoes.

Cat bites?cat?That's right, his baby cat must have frozen feet like this sitting in the classroom now.

Liu Xia took out the pager to check the time, and it was half an hour before Mao'er left school.

"Well, I'm sorry, my little nephew is about to leave school, I have to pick him up, let's go first." Liu Xia said and walked to the place where the bicycle was parked.

Tan Huiling put her hands in the pockets of her down jacket and watched Liu Xia disappear quickly on the bike.

The night air was as cold as a knife, and Liu Xia's face was aching from the cold. When he turned up his fur collar to warm up, he saw that the lights were still on in a biscuit shop by the side of the road. Put away the sign of "Daohe Braised Pork".

As soon as Liu Xia turned the handlebars, he turned over and asked with one foot on his feet, "Hey, master, do you still have meat and pancakes?"

The shop owner turned around and said, "Well, the meat is still hot, and there are only six pancakes left. I have to save some for myself."

Liu Xia got out of the car and walked over to the sugar, tobacco and wine shop next door: "Five will win, each with half a catty of meat, and one of them will be skinny."

Tangyan Hotel has a public phone, and Liu Xia sent a page to Liu Chuan: "I'll be home soon, wait for me."

Liu Rui covered his face with his hands and ran out of the school gate. As soon as he got in the car, Liu Xia stuffed him with a biscuit clip: "Eat it while it's hot."

Liu Rui warmed her hands with the hot biscuits, and then took a big bite: "Oh, it's delicious. Once Chinese New Year, there is nothing on the street, and no noodle shop is open until now. When I come back, I will eat it." Grandma stewed a big bowl of stewed pork for me, otherwise I would be dying of anxiety in the past few days."

When Liu Rui was a child, her physique was poor, and she felt uncomfortable if she ate a little more. Now that she is older, her health is better, and she is so greedy that she can't eat enough meat.

Liu Xia said: "See you and eat. From now on, my uncle will buy it for you every day. You can eat less at noon tomorrow, and you can eat two at that time."

Liu Rui took another big bite: "Don't dare, uncle, if you eat like this, ordinary people's monthly wages won't be enough for me to eat sesame seed sandwiches, let my uncle know that he won't beat me to death.

Hey, uncle, my third aunt went back at night and said, our cat didn’t know what to do these two days. There were two times when the teacher asked him questions in class, but he didn’t hear them. I know, but I was still dazed and wondered what the teacher asked. My third aunt went to ask Maoer, and he said he was fine, and said that he would stop distracting himself in class, so he told my third aunt not to tell you. "

Liu Chuan stretched out his hand and knocked Liu Rui on the head: "Third Aunt didn't ask you to tell me?"

Liu Rui felt very wronged: "I'm afraid that if the boy is not strong enough, the boy is in high school, and he just wants to be admitted to the best university, so that he can earn more money for his uncle in the future. He can study hard. The third aunt said she The principal said, our cat is the same as my uncle. He can play games after class, but he is very serious in listening to lectures in class. I feel sick all the time, and I don't want to ask for leave to delay my homework!"

Liu Xia panicked. When the car arrived at the intersection of the old city, Liu Rui got out of the car and hadn't stood still. He urged Liu Chuan to drive faster. Mao'er couldn't even concentrate on class. He couldn't think of other reasons except being sick.

The cat was holding the schoolbag, and as soon as he ran to the school gate, the uncle lifted off the leather jacket and half-wrapped it, and reached out to touch his forehead.

The cat was startled: "Uncle, what's wrong with you? Why are your hands so hot? Do you have a fever? Every day you are told not to let you come or not, you are just disobedient, and you have a fever from the cold?"

Liu Chuan untied the plastic bag, put the biscuit clip on the cat's face and touched it: "Your uncle kept your hand covered all the way to keep it warm. He thought you were sick and had a fever!"

Liu Xia felt that Mao'er's forehead was cold, and hugged him into the car: "Mao'er, are you not feeling well? Let's go to the hospital now, third brother, you ask third sister-in-law to take a leave of absence for Mao'er tomorrow."

The cat said: "I'm not sick, who said I'm sick?"

Liu Xia touched his forehead with his own: "Little Rui, your head is so cold, you must be sick."

The cat rubbed hard on Liu Xia's face: "Uncle——, in such a cold day, I ran here with my forehead exposed. It must be a little cold. It's like this every day. Why are you so stupid today? Brother Rui What did I tell you?"

Liu Xia pressed Mao'er's head into his neck to warm it, and briefly said what Xiaorui had said, and Mao'er let out a long breath: "Well, tomorrow I will give Brother Xiaorui a suggestion, let him Leave a braid in the future and forget about being a woman, but that mouth is about to catch up with Niu Sannier."

Mao'er is fine, so Liu Xia put [-]% of his heart at ease. Compared with Mao'er's health, studying is not a big deal in Liu Xia's heart. It's normal to be distracted in class. He used to be in Rongze High School. , During class, I often get distracted and miss home and cats.

But what is it that cats are thinking that distracts them?

"I think it would be great if I should take the university entrance exam this year; I think about what volunteer I will apply for when I should take the university entrance examination; I think about what grandma and the others are doing at home now, do I miss us; I think about Xiaoyun, Xiaolei, and Xiaoxuan, going to Kyoto One trip, I'm homesick.

I wonder if Uncle Wu has received our letter, and when will Uncle Wu send back our photos; Uncle Zhenbei, when we come back that day, I feel sorry for Uncle Wu, and I want him to come back with us, but I also feel that , Uncle Wu is back, Uncle Zhenbei will also be pitiful, so I miss them all the time these days, I think that if I go to Kyoto to go to university, Uncle Wu will not be alone in Kyoto, then he will not be so Poor. "

Liu Xia was so jealous that he grabbed the cat's ears and turned his face towards him: "Well, after talking for a long time, you just didn't think about my uncle, right? You didn't think about it, if you pass the exam I went to Kyoto in college, how pitiful is it for my uncle to guard such a big house all by himself?"

Mao'er looked at Liu Xia for a while, then put the chopsticks and buns in his hand on the dining table, hugged Liu Xia's waist, and hugged him tighter and tighter: "Uncle, it would be great if time could stop now, don't you No matter how I grow up, I will not grow up, just like this, always like this... always, always... just like this."

Liu Xia felt that Mao'er's mood was not right, so he raised Mao'er's face in horror: "Baby, good cat, what's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly think like this? Are you really uncomfortable somewhere? You..."

Mao'er suddenly opened his mouth and laughed, and rubbed against his face several times: "Haha, I'm coaxing you, I'm actually watching Brother Xiaowei and they don't even have time to pee every day, and think the college entrance examination is a bit scary, If you want to never grow up, then you don’t need to go to the third year of high school, and you don’t need to take the college entrance examination.”

Liu Xia touched Mao'er's face and forehead again to make sure he didn't have a fever, but he still said worriedly: "If you really don't like to take the college entrance examination, then we won't take it. It's absolutely fine for my uncle to support you for the rest of your life, Mao'er , Let's go to Mr. Wang's to have a physical examination for you tomorrow, I'm not at ease when your little brother Rui said that you scared me like that just now."

Mao'er picked up the chopsticks and steamed buns and continued to eat: "Okay, if you are really worried, then let's go check it out, and ask Third Aunt to ask me for a day off tomorrow."

Liu Xia immediately stood up: "I'll go and call your third uncle."

The cat heard the door of the living room slam shut, put down the steamed bun, and looked out the window.

He is not sick, he just misses his uncle, and he doesn't want to leave him for a minute, but his uncle is going to fall in love.

The third uncle said to the third aunt that he had inquired about the girl named Tan Huiling. Tan Huiling graduated from high school and her family was the most ordinary ordinary family with no extraordinary history; Tan Huiling joined her mother's class the year before last. In the embroidery factory, I had a few boyfriends before, but they all broke up after a short time.

The day before yesterday, Liu Chuan took advantage of Tan Huiling's off-duty time to take a peek in the car. What Du Tao said was true. She is indeed very beautiful and tall. If she stood together, she would definitely be a good match with my uncle. .

If my uncle likes Tan Huiling, Tan Huiling came here and doesn't like me, what should my uncle do?People say that if a biological father marries a stepmother, most of them will no longer like their former children, and many stepmothers will even let their ex-wife's children go away.

I have never heard of anyone who grew up with an uncle. After the new aunt came over, what would happen if she didn't like the children raised by her uncle.

Why am I not my uncle's?If I belonged to my uncle, even if people all over the world didn't like me, my uncle wouldn't want me.

Uncle won't want me now, but if Aunt Hua whom my uncle marries doesn't want me, uncle... no, no, uncle will never want me for the rest of his life, but when I grow up, I won't be able to be with my uncle. Together, my uncle has to get married...

Liu Xia sent a pager and came back. The cat had already washed the dishes and was humming a little tune, opening the book and getting ready to do homework.

Liu Xia saw that the biscuits were finished, and there was not much left over tofu stew, so he was relieved and sat opposite the cat to watch "October".

Mao'er did his homework until 10:30, and the two got under the covers. Liu Xia remembered that Mao'er hadn't asked him about the blind date. One of the bigger things in life, the little guy dares to ignore him so much.

"Brother's blind date today, you actually forgot?"

Cat put his right leg on his waist: "Huh? No, I just plan to ask you!"

"Hey, that's about the same. My uncle told you that Tan Huiling is really beautiful, although a little, a little... a bit not in line with my original imagination of a beautiful love, but my uncle thinks that if she has a good heart, You have a good temper, and it's good to try to talk, maybe you can find a beautiful and super virtuous Aunt Hua for you early, then we two won't have to do laundry in the future, and there will be one more person who likes you."

The cat said: "It's fine if she likes you, I don't need her to like you."

Liu Xia said: "That won't work. The first element of liking me is liking you. I always go out to work. When I'm not at home, she can cook you better meals than me."

The cat said, "Well, she likes me casually, and it's none of my business anyway."

Liu Xia is gearing up: "I must marry the most virtuous and capable daughter-in-law back. From now on, besides earning money, we will have enough to eat when we get home. We don't have to do anything. We only need to look at each other for what we want, okay?" , come on—! It is said that good wives are like this, there is no need to say anything, everything will be OK."

Mao'er hugged Liu Xia tightly: "Okay, if she really told you so well, you will marry her back as soon as Uncle Fifth and Uncle Six get married."

Before the cat fell asleep, he was still thinking vaguely, I don’t really hate washing clothes that much, and if I do it with you, I actually like it very much.

Liu Xia and Mao'er slept comfortably the next day, got up after eight o'clock, and arrived at Wang Junyu's clinic on Sandaohe Road after nine o'clock.

Rongze didn't have many houses to choose from, and the clinic couldn't be opened in too remote a place. Although the house Liu Chuan found for Wang Junyu was only about fifteen square meters, it would be a bit tight for a clinic, but it was just right. At the intersection of Sandaohe Road and Qianheshan Road, it is really good to go north and south.

Wang Junyu already had gray hair on his temples, but he was as calm and elegant as ever. He listened to the cat carefully, pressed and touched the abdomen carefully, and finally took a blood pressure measurement, and came to a conclusion: "Except for being skinny, there's nothing wrong with it."

Mao'er zipped up the down jacket and said to Liu Xia, "Don't worry? Grandma said a long time ago that I'm just a stone egg, so I'm strong!"

Wang Junyu said with a smile: "When the stone egg is blown by wind and rain, there will be a time when it will be sewn off. It is still necessary to check the body frequently. If it is convenient for you, go to the county hospital to have a blood test for several items. Many diseases only pass one test." A stethoscope and simple touch won't tell."

Liu Xia immediately pulled up Mao'er and prepared to retreat: "Resolutely not, I don't want to ask our cat to get another injection in my life."

The sun finally showed its face, it was still the north wind, but it brought a little taste of spring.

Mao'er wanted to walk slowly for a while, so Liu Xia pushed the cart, and the two of them strolled along the sidewalk of Qianheshan Road. Mao'er said, "We only have two cabbages left, or, let's go to Gudukou to see it now." Are all the vegetable shops open, if they are open, buy some green vegetables, celery and spinach are fine, if not, green onions are also fine."

Liu Xia said: "I was also going to say that eating cabbage and carrots and white radishes every day is really annoying. Next year, I will ask the third sister-in-law to buy more lotus vegetables and fry them more. Look at a big bag, three meals will be over , I can’t help but eat it.”

The cat said: "Why don't we go back later and let's fry sweet potatoes..."

Liu Xia's pager suddenly beeped, Mao'er took it from Liu Xia's waist, and read: "I work early today and leave work at three in the afternoon. Do you have time? Call me back** *****, Huiling."