Xu Nannan has been waiting for the second child to come to her to settle the score, but nothing happened for a week. She had to wait until she herself was getting engaged.
The day before the engagement, Lin Qingbai didn't know where he got the rice noodles, vegetables, and a few catties of pork belly for the Yu family's treats.
The two elders stared straight at the things he brought. Isn't it the responsibility of the engagement party? Why let the man take things here? Still take so much.
"It's okay, I usually can't eat much by myself, so I have saved a lot. I asked the canteen master to store these things for me a long time ago. I still have some left over from the county party committee, and I can also hold a table at that time. "
Hearing what Lin Qingbai said, the more the two elders of the Yu family looked at their grandson-in-law, the more they liked him very much. You can't find young people who can live like this. Which man doesn't come back from work to eat and drink, and women have to worry about everything at home.
Grandma Yu said with emotion, "Xiao Nannan, you have to worry about these things."
Xu Nannan was speechless. Why didn't she worry about it? She didn't have a chance. Before she said she would treat guests, she was planning to find a name to buy things from Taobao...
Lin Qingbai smiled, "It's rare for me to worry about someone."
This sounds okay, but it makes people feel sad. Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu didn't hear it, but Xu Nannan felt uncomfortable when he heard it. No wonder the rush to get married, this is the lack of family warmth.
The engagement banquet at Yu's house is on Friday night. There is no way, because it has to be staggered with the time of the county party committee, and the treats cannot be divided into two weeks. So simply have a meal in the afternoon. Anyway, they are neighbors, not far away. After eating, go home.
This time, Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu didn't let anyone follow him, they just came here for a free meal, which can be regarded as a testimony. In the future, if you see the two getting married again, don't gossip.
No one is not willing to come if they can eat a meal of fine grains. When the evening came, everyone came. Grandpa Yu took Lin Qingbai to entertain guests, smoking and chatting. Make it like getting married.
In the kitchen, the workshop director's daughter-in-law was helping to cook, and she looked outside from time to time, "Nan Nan is a good match, look at this, the boys in our factory can't compare at first sight."
Xu Nannan smiled. She really didn't pay attention to any gay men, and she didn't know how much worse he was than Lin Qingbai, so she couldn't respond.
The workshop director's wife asked again, "How much is this gay man's monthly salary?"
Xu Nannan was stunned, "I don't know."
"Ouch." The director's daughter-in-law looked resentful, "We've been together for so long, and we're engaged, why doesn't the other party know his income? You're still too young, you have to know that. Even if it's an engagement , you also have to manage the money, you can't let it be wasted. Otherwise, how will you raise your children when you get married. You young people just don't know how to live. I think today's treats cost a lot. Look, this If you don’t know how to live, you can just cook a few dishes, and if you can’t do it, you can go to the cafeteria to buy some meat and vegetables, and you can deal with it.”
Seeing Xu Nannan's bewildered face, she sighed, "The income needs to be clarified, but don't think that they will take the initiative to say it when they get married. If you don't ask clearly when you're dating, don't even want to know when you get married. Men think carefully. There are too many, if you don't care about it, he can stuff money in the insoles of his shoes."
When Xu Nannan heard this, he thought about the scene of Lin Qingbai stuffing money in the insole, and shivered.
When the food was on the table, Xu Nannan was arranged to sit with Lin Qingbai, subconsciously looking at Lin Qingbai's shoes. Pointed-toe leather shoes, the uppers are shiny.
Regardless of what Xu Nannan thought, after a meal, all the neighbors, including those in the textile factory, knew that the retired deputy factory manager's eldest granddaughter was engaged.
The man is tall and energetic, and he is in the county party committee.
As soon as the news came out, those who had thought about it before finally stopped thinking about it. They're all engaged, which is no different from getting married.
The next day, Xu Nannan was wearing a newly made blue Lenin suit, combing the two braids so that they were smooth and smooth, not even leaving bangs, showing a healthy oval face.
Under the gaze of Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu, they sat on the back seat of Lin Qingbai's bicycle.
Seeing the reluctance of the two elders, she coughed.
Isn't it just to get engaged? It's like getting married.
On the way, Lin Qingbai told her about the situation of the county party committee.
The best relationship with him is Lao Gao, that is, Director Gao of the Public Security Bureau. Director Gao's daughter-in-law also assisted in organizing the treat this time.
County Magistrate Sun doesn't talk much, he's a peacemaker. His wife is also a smart person. Secretary Jiang is about to retire, and he basically doesn't care about things. Liu Jianjun's family is no stranger, and the family does not need to be close friends.
Anyway, it was a table, that is, the leaders of the county party committee had a meal.
When I arrived at the county party committee compound, the first person I saw was the guard master. Seeing Minister Lin coming back on his bicycle, Master Ke came over. "Minister Lin is back so early."
Lin Qingbai got off the car, and Xu Nannan also got off from the back and stood beside Lin Qingbai.
"Master Ke, this is my partner. Yu Nannan works at Nanjiang Iron Mine."
Xu Nannan greeted with a polite smile, "Hello, Master Ke."
"Oh, it's Comrade Yu, I'll remember it. Next time I come to look for Minister Lin, I will come anytime." Old Ke said with a smile. Aunt Sun was still talking bad things about Minister Lin's partner in front of him before, but now she saw a real person coming, how can she still say it.
The two went upstairs to see Lin Qingbai's house.
This was Xu Nannan's first visit to the county committee, and also the first time he came to see Lin Qingbai's residence, and he was still a little nervous.
Originally, I was thinking that the place where a big man lives must be a bit messy. Should she show her virtuousness properly, but when she entered the house, it was even tidier than her room.
Lin Qingbai lives in a suite, which can be used as a room outside and inside. But now there is a small wooden sofa outside, which is used as a living room.
There are not many things in the room, there is nothing on the large items, and the desk is also tidy. The shoes at the door are all in shoe suits.
Lin Qingbai pulled her to watch in the house, "This is the living room for the time being. After getting married, there will be a place to entertain guests. If you have a child, put a bunk bed here, and the child can sleep. When the house was divided, there was no After thinking so much, I want this small apartment, and when the child grows up, I should be able to get a slightly bigger house to live in."
There was a bit of annoyance in his voice.
Xu Nannan's ears itch.
He didn't have any family values at first, but hearing him say that, he couldn't help but imagine. There is a family, with children, with parents, a complete family. It doesn't matter if the house is a little small, they live together, and in the small space, there are pots, pans, clothes, shoes and socks.
The banquet was held in the canteen of the county party committee. Director Gao's daughter-in-law personally took charge of the cooking. When Xu Nannan came, this guy was still busy. Seeing Xu Nannan coming, Director Gao's wife looked at her with a smile, "No wonder Minister Lin is in such a hurry to get engaged, a handsome girl, if you don't settle down sooner, you will feel uneasy."
Xu Nannan blushed when she heard her joke. While talking, the wife of County Magistrate Sun also came to help. After seeing Xu Nannan, he smiled and said, "I've heard Minister Lin talking about you a long time ago, but Minister Lin has been hiding it all the time and won't show it to us..."
Director Gao's wife smiled, "I've seen enough today, I know her face well, and I'll go out later, don't miss it, otherwise Minister Lin will be in a hurry with us."
Listening to the jokes, Xu Nannan also imitated the shy smile of other girls. As for talking... don't talk nonsense if you are not familiar with it.
Xu Nannan still dare not underestimate the family members of these cadres. People learn political tactics from men, who knows what is meant after a sentence.
Soon, the men outside also came together. Liu Jianjun's daughter-in-law couldn't bear it either, and ran to the kitchen to make friends with Xu Nannan, intentionally or unintentionally asking about her relationship with Li Jing.
Hearing Li Jing's name, Xu Nannan's face turned a little bit bad, "It used to be related, but I've already passed away, and the two families don't communicate."
Then stop talking.
Director Gao's wife next to him came over and pulled Liu Jianjun's daughter-in-law, "What are you doing on such a happy day?"
Liu Jianjun's wife also saw that Xu Nannan didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more. Anyway, it has already been asked from others, this is really breaking the relationship with the Xu family. That's good, if Li Jing comes to the door in the future, she doesn't have to be polite.
When the meal was served, the hosts and guests formed a table. County Magistrate Sun said with a smile, "Although it is Xiaolin's engagement, not a marriage, I still have to say, in the future, Xiaolin will be a member of our county party committee. Come and walk around more, and your sister-in-laws... it's the sister-in-law, alas, Xiao Lin's seniority has taken advantage of it. Just communicate and learn more with your sister-in-laws."
Lin Qingbai stood up, "Nannan is young, and she will need the help of her sisters-in-law in the future. I will do it here as a respect."
Xu Nannan quickly stood up and toasted with him.
After drinking it into his mouth, he tasted the taste of boiled water in a sip. Xu Nannan looked at the calm person beside him, and narrowed his eyes with a smile.
After the banquet was over, Lin Qingbai drank a little on his face, his neck and face were red.
Xu Nannan seems to have heard it said before that the more handsome a person is, the less drunk he is. It's just that the drunken look on his face is too bluffing. It was the house where Director Gao and Liu Jianjun sent people back together.
Officially engaged, there is no need to avoid suspicion. Director Gao's wife fetched hot water and asked Xu Nannan to take care of Lin Qingbai.
It was the first time Xu Nannan took care of a drunk person. He looked at someone lying on the bed pretending to be dizzy, walked over to take a towel and twisted the water, walked to the bed, stretched out his hand, and put the handkerchief directly on his forehead, " Everyone has left, so what are you pretending to do?"
"Puff." The person on the bed finally moved. He held the towel on his face in one hand and propped it up with the other, his eyes were bright, and he looked like he was drunk.
"I still want to enjoy the care of my fiancée, but it turned out to be so inconsiderate."
Xu Nannan squinted at him, "Who said to take care of me and not let me worry about it."
Lin Qingbai smiled helplessly, and looked at Xu Nannan with bright eyes, which was not bad at all.
Xu Nannan felt a little uncomfortable being watched by him, "What are you looking at?"
She didn't even bring a flower today. So simple. The vermicelli in clear soup seemed dull to myself.
"See when you grow up." Lin Qingbai reached out to hold her hand, not letting her resist, "Nannan, we are already engaged, and marriage is a matter of time. If you have anything, you can tell me Don't have other worries. I know, you are young, you may not understand some things, and you will listen to what others say. As long as you don't like it, no one can force you. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, I will protect you. "
Xu Nannan was a little guilty at the beginning, worried that what he was talking about was about Taobao, but after hearing it, he became confused. Why not willing to force.
"I will protect you, so don't worry about it in the future." Lin Qingbai said seriously, keeping his eyes on Xu Nannan.
Xu Nannan: "..."
Seeing that Xu Nannan didn't respond for a long time, Lin Qingbai was secretly relieved. "Forget it, tell me when you want to talk to me in the future. You just need to remember that no matter what happens, we are one family.
We're engaged, we're family.
Xu Nannan also looked at him, then nodded.
She thought, if someone in this life really knows her secret in the future, it must be this person who will spend the rest of her life with her.
Xu Nannan didn't hide the engagement from the people in the mine. According to Lin Qingbai's thinking, if he didn't worry about being too conspicuous, he would have wanted Xu Nannan to invite the people in the mine to dinner. But there are too many people in the mine, if you invite a table, people don't know how much jealousy they will ask. It is not good to invite this or not.
So the two didn't invite them at all, but Lin Qingbai still managed to get some fruit candy, which can only be bought after marriage, and I don't know where he got it, so Xu Nannan took it to the mine to distribute to others. .
Candy sent to several offices, and not long after, everyone in the mine knew about it.
When Director Zhu went to the mine to find someone to do ideological work, he met Xu Jiansheng and said something along the way.
After Xu Jiansheng found out, he didn't speak for a long time. At noon, I took the food stamps to the trade union to exchange some industrial tickets and cloth tickets, and took them home to Li Jing.
Li Jing, who hadn't held economic power for a long time, suddenly looked at these tickets, her eyes were dazzled.
Before he could be happy, he heard Xu Jiansheng say, "Go and buy some good materials in the afternoon. If you have leather shoes... Forget it, you don't know what size she wears. Just buy some materials for big girls."
Hearing what Xu Jiansheng said, Li Jing asked, "What should I buy for the big girl? For Honghong? She is in the country. It's not suitable to wear this material in the country."
The point is that she doesn't want to go back to her hometown to deliver things, and it will be bad if the old lady catches her and refuses to come back.
Hearing her mouthful of red, Xu Jiansheng frowned, "I bought it for Nannan."
"What, why did you buy it for her?" Li Jing was surprised and reluctant.
"She's engaged, so let's show it anyway. You don't have to worry about this matter, just go shopping and come back, and let Xiaoling deliver it when the time comes."
Li Jing bit her lip, "She's engaged and didn't tell us, why should I buy it for her?"
Xu Jiansheng said unhappily, "If you want to buy it, just buy it. There are so many words."
After being yelled at by Xu Jiansheng, Li Jing immediately dared not say a word. Just holding the ticket in my hand, I feel uncomfortable. It has nothing to do with her, why use her ticket.
After Xu Jiansheng left, Li Jing pulled Xu Ling, "If your father asks you if you have given anything to that girl Nan Nan, you can just say yes, you know!"
The voice was full of threats.
Xu Ling looked straight at her, then nodded. Silently carrying the schoolbag and walking away.
He just went out and looked back at Li Jing pocketing all kinds of tickets, his eyes drooping, revealing an indifferent expression.
In the procurement department's office, Xu Nannan was preparing to work when there was another ding ding in his head.
Another note I am the second child.
Xu Nannan's heart trembled. I haven't seen this kid for a while, and I thought it was okay. Now that I ran out, could it be that I want to settle accounts with her
Xu Nannan only felt guilty for a moment, and then became hardened. To be honest, they are not in the same time and space, so are you afraid that he will fail
So I closed my eyes and entered the Taobao store.
[I am the second child]: Do you still have that kind of bottle? Find some more for me. The price is not a problem.
Xu Nannan: "..."
What's going on, this doesn't look like he's trying to settle accounts with her. Looking for something like that, maybe it's too little to be cheated by a million.
[I am the second child]: "To be honest, the price is not an issue, find me some more."
Xu Nannan: "Are you sure it's the real thing, without holes?"
[I'm the second child]: "No, it's pretty good."
Now Xu Nannan is depressed, could it be that Wei Xiaodong punched his eyes? impossible. How can Wei Xiaodong study such a gorgeous thing? Say it's not true, then it's definitely not true. Unless the high imitation level is too high, the opposite side did not find it.
Looking at the joyful message sent by the other party, Xu Nannan suddenly felt that it really is a good reincarnation. The person who drilled the eye was still so happy, and asked to do it again.
She smiled, "Okay, next time I meet something good, I will definitely keep it for you."
The second child came over with a smile on his face.
Just turned off the news, and new news came. It's old fashioned.
[Old Antique]: "Did you sell the second child an eight-treasure vase for one million?"
Xu Nannan raised his eyebrows, he was looking for a place, "I persuaded him not to buy it, but he insisted on buying it."
[Old Antique]: "I don't want to blame you, that thing is indeed fake, but his purpose has been achieved. I just want to ask you... who are you?"
The direction of the matter is too weird, and the address is also false. The key is that things are getting weirder and weirder.
Seeing his weird question, Xu Nannan frowned, "The owner of the Taobao store."
[Old Antique]: "... Forget it." Do you want to use your family relationship to investigate carefully.
When the other party went offline, Xu Nannan was still in the fog.
No wonder these two are friends, look at this chatterbox, it's like birds of a feather flock together and people divide into groups.
But this one million can be spent with peace of mind.
Xu Nannan was secretly happy.
Since November, the mine has been busy. Even Xu Nannan started to get busy. The department cooperated with the finance department to clear the accounts and submit various year-end reports. At this time, there is no computer, and all the lists are handwritten.
Get busy, the whole department is busy.
Xu Nannan sometimes feels dizzy when he leaves work. Sitting in Lin Qingbai's car drowsy.
"Nannan, why don't you change your job, change it, and change it to something easy."
Xu Nannan woke up suddenly, "Women can hold up half the sky, how can they retreat in the face of difficulties, they must face up to difficulties." She was also thinking about picking up mistakes when she was on a business trip. Relying on Wei Xiaodong alone is not enough.
Hearing her words, Lin Qingbai didn't even know what was going on in her head. But I was also worried that she was young and energetic now, and it would be bad to be in a hurry, so I didn't talk about this topic again.
"Let's go back to the capital at the end of the month, and spend the Chinese New Year in Nanjiang."
"Ah, so soon?" Xu Nannan knew that Lin Qingbai was going to take her to the capital, but he always felt that it was still early.
"It's not fast, I have already sent a telegram to that side. I also wrote a letter to the Northwest side. They should know about our engagement."
Xu Nannan hummed. She also secretly sent things to Teacher He. I don't know if Mr. He has received it.
When she got home, Lin Qingbai stuffed her with a book with a simple binding. When Xu Nannan saw the large characters above, he almost stared.
"Why give me this?" Xu Nannan asked.
"Improve books, read more." Lin Qingbai said casually, "Read more when you have nothing to do, there is no harm."
Xu Nannan nodded.
Of course she knew there was no harm. This book is to be read sooner or later, but when Lin Qingbai took it out, she was shocked. Thought it was early. Why would Lin Qingbai let her read this book? Is it a coincidence or... it should be a coincidence.
Back in the room, she took out the book and looked at it, and decided to start reciting it from today.
Well, not only her, but also Xiaoman, also want to recite together.
I originally thought that when I returned to the capital at the end of the month, the weather would be fine. As a result, when I got on the train, the further north I went, the colder it became.
Slowly, the scenery outside is full of snow.
Xu Nannan shivered from the cold, and Lin Qingbai on the bed next to her covered her with a thick military coat, which relieved her. Lin Qingbai next to him was wearing a not-so-thick padded jacket, reading the newspaper by himself. I don't know what to look at, let alone look serious.
"Brother Lin, um, is your dad in Beijing easy to talk to?" Xu Nannan asked lying on the bed.
Lin Qingbai looked up at her. He chuckled, "What, are you nervous?"
"That's not true." Xu Nannan shook his head, "You know, that aunt of yours doesn't seem to like me very much. If you are a father, you won't want to see me. Am I here to find anger?"
"Then why don't we go back?" Lin Qingbai said seriously.
Xu Nannan couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "It's already out, how can I go back. Besides, I have to deliver letters for Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu."
After knowing that she and Lin Qingbai were coming to the capital, the two elders wrote a letter early, saying that it was for the old head of Yu Hai's father who died for her. Xu Nannan thought it was more convenient to send it out, but the two elders said that it was more important for her to send it in person.
Anyway, they are all going to the capital, so it's good to pay a visit along the way.
Xu Nannan didn't know what was written in the letter, but she didn't listen to the request of the two elders, so she had to do it.