Sun Ziqiang was eating the watermelon happily while telling Song Tan that someone wanted his phone number.
Song Tan instantly perked up: "You mean being with Zhou Tianyu? How's that? Is she pretty?"
Everyone gathered around tacitly.
Sun Ziqiang chewed the watermelon in his mouth slowly, thinking back: "It's okay, I don't remember it clearly, but it's definitely not as pretty as you."
"But he's very generous and loves to laugh. He's of average height, not fat, wearing a floral shirt, with a slightly dark skin and a round face. When he smiles, he has a deep dimple on his cheek, and his teeth are straight—"
Unlike him, his teeth are uneven and ugly.
Everyone: … can’t remember clearly
"So do you think they have a chance?" Song Tan asked a different question.
This time Sun Zhiqiang did not hesitate:
"Then there must be hope! If not, who would go up the mountain in the middle of the day in such hot weather?"
Then he pulled his vest and said, "Look, my skin is all sunburned and peeling. The sun is too strong."
That makes sense, everyone nodded.
After hearing half of the gossip, everyone couldn't help but feel a little itchy. Song Tan was about to receive a call from the other party, so he decided to call in the afternoon to ask what was going on.
However, this half of the gossip has not been eaten accurately!
Because when Aunt Chen and Li Lanhua were wrapping the marinade packets in the afternoon, chatting and laughing, the topic had already turned to the next blind date!
Wu Lan couldn't help but ask: "What? Didn't you like the one this morning?"
Li Lanhua felt sad when she mentioned it: "Don't mention it, the girl is really good! It's just that my son is not up to standard... Alas!"
Li Lanhua was truly heartbroken.
I saw the two people sliding down the mountain and thought there was hope, but I didn't expect the girl to say it directly during lunch.
"Aunt, I feel embarrassed for your hospitality... Mainly because Zhou Tianyu and I have no fate, so I'm sorry to ask you to spend money."
How come we are not destined to be together
Li Lanhua was anxious: "Is it possible that this child can't speak?"
"No, no."
Tian Tian shook her head: "It's my problem."
"I think you are very good at educating children. Zhou Tianyu is a down-to-earth person with a wide range of knowledge. He knows a lot about big cities, and he earns such a high salary in Beicheng..."
Zhou Tianyu, who only agreed with Tian Tian not to talk about himself cracking chestnuts: ... ??? Am I so good
"… I only have a high school degree, which is a bit out of place. Plus, my parents are in poor health and I have to take care of them. If I really date Zhou Tianyu, wouldn't that be putting the burden of our family on yours? That's not appropriate."
Tian Tian sighed: "So, Auntie, don't blame Zhou Tianyu, it's really not his problem. It's because he is so honest that I thought I couldn't delay it."
"I'm so sorry to have delayed you..."
She looked apologetically at the table full of sumptuous food and Aunt Chen who was looking at her with concern.
"I didn't think he had such a bright future and could earn so much... I thought he was about the same as me."
Hear this! Hear this!
Even a bald-headed son is good. Which mother wouldn’t feel flattered when hearing that
Even so, she still felt that this girl was sensible and a good girl, so she wanted to struggle again.
Unexpectedly, Tian Tian explained the situation of her family - her parents were in poor health, the family had debts, and her younger brother was still in school.
If they really get together, the burden on their family is already heavy. If something happens in their daughter-in-law's family and she needs money... they, they are in a dilemma!
No, Li Lanhua is still sighing:
"Tell me, how come it's just fate?! If my family was better off, I would keep her as my daughter-in-law no matter what.
Instead, Wu Lan and Song Tan looked at each other.
This girl was flattering the other person in every word and action, and took care of both the matchmaker and the blind date's family.
So much so that even though the blind date clearly didn't go through, neither party felt awkward at all and people even felt sorry for them.
Wow, with this emotional intelligence and the art of speaking, Secretary Xiaozhu has found his match!
That's it. What did Sun Ziqiang see at noon? This is clearly a world of difference from Zhou Tianyu, okay? How did he see that there was a play? !
Song Tan immediately took out his cell phone.
If you want to talk to a girl with such high emotional intelligence, there must be something real going on.
When I contacted the other party, he said that his family conditions were not good and his schedule might be quite tight. There was no need for her to delay and she should contact him as soon as possible.
On the other side, Tiantian saw the unfamiliar number and her heart ached. She answered the call without saying a word.
On the other end of the phone, Song Tan's voice was clear and direct: "Hello, I'm Song Tan. I heard from Sun Ziqiang that you have something to talk to me about?"
Tian Tian was really surprised.
She didn’t expect the other party to call so quickly. She thought Sun Ziqiang would send her the number after receiving a reply, and she would choose a suitable time to contact him…
But she couldn't care less at the moment, so she quickly responded: "I'm Tian Tian. I want to ask, is your family hiring any workers recently? Is there anything I can do?"
Song Tan thought about it—there was really nothing to do recently, otherwise several cousins wouldn’t have had holidays.
She could only reply: "There should be no shortage of people in August, but we will need help in September."
In September, we built houses on the mountain, planted crops, and harvested crops... There was a lot to do.
Tian Tian was not discouraged, as life in the countryside was not busy at this time of year.
She just asked again:
"I heard that you have fruit trees at home. I saw chestnuts today. Do you need to prune them?"
"I have been following my father into the garden to prune trees since I was a child, so I have some experience. If your fruit trees and chestnut trees need pruning, I will do it for free, but can you give me some of the pruned branches so I can take them back for grafting?"
She was a little embarrassed, and now she quickly added:
"Don't worry, my chestnut orchard isn't very big, only two acres. I do have a dozen peach trees, and I usually carry the fruits back to town to sell."
The purpose of saying this was to tell Song Tan that he had no intention of competing with the other party for business, but only wanted to improve the family conditions and hoped to earn a little more money from the fruits.
Otherwise, with the current market conditions, when the local peaches are on the market, they may not even sell well at 50 cents per pound in their town, let alone chestnuts.
How much money can you earn by working hard on two acres of land
But for Song Tan, pruning and grafting don’t matter at all!
Although these branches will be more advantageous and stronger than before after being nourished by spiritual energy, it is definitely impossible to make a big improvement in the fruit by grafting branches.
At most, the taste is slightly improved.
In Song Tan's plan, this could have been shared with fellow villagers, but each household would not give so much.
But now that someone is giving me a free trim...
She agreed immediately: "Okay!"