"My niece is so outstanding and very filial. She often buys gifts for me and her uncle during festivals. She also has a good temper and never loses her temper. She is very well-educated." The aunt enthusiastically promoted her niece.
Xia Zhi's mouth was stiff, and he laughed dryly twice. He used to think that he was good at speaking, and he could make students stunned when he talked about profound principles, but he didn't expect that his eloquence was completely useless in front of this eloquent aunt.
The aunt spoke very fast, and her Mandarin had a local accent, so Xia Zhi could only understand a little bit of what she said, but he did not miss any key information. In short, this seemed to be a matchmaking conference.
The aunt looked up and asked expectantly, "What do you think, Xiaoxia? Do you want to meet and talk?"
"No, no thanks." Xia Zhi quickly refused, "I'm not ready to date yet."
"When it comes to dating, there's no need to prepare. If you like each other, you can just start dating soon." My aunt advised tirelessly.
The smile on Xia Zhi's face became increasingly awkward, and he glanced for help at the cameraman who had been following them. However, the cameraman seemed to think that this was an excellent material, and he watched the show with great interest while filming, with no intention of helping out at all.
Xia Zhi was extremely embarrassed.
The aunt was very pleased with Xia Zhi and almost regarded him as her future niece's husband. She asked all kinds of questions about him: "Xia, where are you from? Do you teach in elementary school or middle school? How many people are there in your family? What do your parents do?"
Xia Zhi was in great pain, but the man was about the same age as his mother, so he couldn't be rude, so he had to bite the bullet and answer, "I'm from Y City, I teach at a university, there are four people in my family, I have a younger sister, and my parents are also teachers, and they are retired."
“Hey, a university teacher!”
When they heard that she was a university teacher, the two aunts beside them immediately brightened their eyes and showed regretful expressions on their faces. It was a pity that there were no girls of the right age in their families, so Aunt Niu's niece got her for nothing.
Aunt Niu had obviously thought of this as well, and she was so happy that her teeth were showing.
One of the aunts couldn't bear to see her so happy, but at the same time she didn't want to let go of such a good and wealthy son-in-law, so she gently touched Xia Zhi's arm and whispered in his ear, "Xiao Xia, can you accept a boy? My grandson is twenty years old this year, and he's very good-looking. He's also studying at a university in Y City, so it's close!"
"Ahem!" Xia Zhi nearly choked to death on his own saliva. He was afraid that the old lady would also start to introduce him to a man, so he waved his hands to refuse, "This is not appropriate! I'm almost thirty years old, and I'm almost ten years older than you! It's really not appropriate!"
"Ah? He's already thirty years old?" The three aunts were shocked. "He looks so young. I thought he was only twenty-five or twenty-six."
"Well, I'm 29." Xia Zhi explained with a smile. He thought that revealing his age would discourage the aunts from matchmaking, but the aunts became even more excited.
Aunt Niu held his hand and kept saying, "You are already 29 years old, it's time to find a partner! If you put it off any longer, half your life will be gone! When you are older, you won't be able to have children!"
Xia Zhi: “…”
"Don't talk nonsense!" The third aunt, who had been silent, probably thought Aunt Niu's words were a bit rude, so she tried to make amends, "Xiao Xia looks so young, and she can give birth at first glance!"
"… "
The aunt obviously wanted to comfort Xia Zhi, but unfortunately she failed.
"Xia Xia, what's wrong?"
At this time, the people in the house probably heard the voices in the yard and came out to see what was going on.
Xia Zhi finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly introduced the four teammates: "They are the aunties from the village. They heard that we were filming a show here and came to take a look. This is Aunt Niu, this is Aunt Hua, and this is Aunt Qingxiang."
The four people who just came out obviously didn't quite understand the situation, but they still greeted the three aunts politely.
"Hello, hello." The three aunts were now looking straight at the four new young people, smiling as lovingly as possible.
Aunt Hua covered her mouth and laughed: "Just say that people who appear on TV are better looking than ordinary people."
Aunt Qingxiang and Aunt Niu were a little frustrated because Xia Zhi refused the blind date, but now they became more interested when they saw the four people in front of them. They looked at each other, walked over hurriedly, took each other's hands, and asked with a smile: "Young man, are you married?"
The two people who were pulled by the two happened to be Sang Luo and Cheng Yunan. They were stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, nodded at the same time, and replied: "It's done!"
Sang Luo raised her left hand to show them the wedding ring on her ring finger and said with a smile, "We got married a long time ago, five years ago!"
Cheng Yunan also nodded repeatedly: "We're married, our daughter is almost three years old!" As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone to show the aunts photos of his daughter and wife.
The three middle-aged women squeezed their heads together to look at the baby, and exclaimed in unison: "Oh, this baby is so pretty, the mother and daughter look so alike, both are beauties."
"Is that so?" Cheng Yunan looked pleased and happy, and said proudly, "My wife followed me when she was 22 years old. She was very smart and beautiful. There were so many people chasing after her at that time."
The aunties looked envious, looking at Sang Luo and then at Cheng Yunan: "Look, look, outstanding people get married early."
Aunt Niu walked up to Sang Luo and asked, "Do you have a baby?"
"Nope."
"You've been married for so long and you're still not planning on having a baby."
"I'm not planning on having a baby." Sang Luo said calmly, "My partner is in poor health and can't have a baby."
"Oh my," the aunts were shocked, "something's wrong with your body, have you been to the hospital?"
Sang Luo waved his hand: "My partner's condition cannot be cured by current medical technology. We won't bother with it anymore. We are fine as a couple."
The aunts patted his shoulders comfortingly and said, "It's good that you have thought it through. You are also a good husband, unlike those conscienceless men who divorce their wives and find new wives just because they can't have children."
Sang Luo was so excited that he said smugly, "Oh, my partner is good except that he can't have children. I don't plan to divorce him in this life."
The aunts were so moved that they now thought Sang Luo was the best husband in the world. The four teammates who knew the truth were almost speechless and vomited blood.
Cheng Yunan quickly changed the subject, pulled Jiang Zhixia and Xiao Han over, and said with a smile: "Aunt, they don't have a partner yet, do you have any suitable girls to introduce to my two brothers?"
The aunts' attention was easily drawn away.
Aunt Niu and Aunt Qingxiang looked at each other, then reached out to pull Jiang Zhixia and Xiao Han's hands.
Aunt Qingxiang took Xiao Han's hand and looked him up and down: "Oh, the little girl is so beautiful, I thought she was a girl. It may be difficult for her to find a wife. Do you want a boy? My grandson is 20 years old, he is also good-looking, tall and handsome, and he can play basketball."
Aunt Niu pulled Jiang Zhixia to look at them and sighed: "How come kids nowadays are so good-looking, like movie stars. How old is the boy? What kind of girl do you like? My niece is teaching in the city. She is 24 years old this year. She is very quiet and pretty. How about introducing you to her?"
Xiao Han & Jiang Zhixia: "..."
Sang Luo and Cheng Yunan leaned against each other, laughing until tears came out.
Xia Zhi, who had just experienced it, actually thought it was quite funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud, for fear that he would be too conspicuous and the two aunts' attention would be turned back to him. So he quietly moved behind Sang Luo and Cheng Yun'an, deciding not to say a word and just watch the show.
Aunt Qingxiang and Aunt Niu kept asking Xiao Han and Jiang Zhixia questions, but they were the worst at dealing with people. Jiang Zhixia was a bit dull and didn't like to talk, while Xiao Han was slightly socially anxious and didn't like to talk to strangers. So everyone saw the two of them standing stiffly among the aunts, too embarrassed to say a word.
After watching the play for five minutes, Sang Luo and Cheng Yunan finally felt kind-hearted and spoke out to rescue the two Tang monks who had mistakenly entered the spider cave.
"Aunt, it's hot outside, let's go inside and talk." Cheng Yunan suggested.
"Okay, okay." The aunts agreed and happily followed everyone into the house. As soon as they entered the house, they were startled by the crowds of people in the house.
"Oh, why are there so many people?"
"It's a TV show." Sang Luo explained with a smile, "They are all staff members. Don't worry about them. Just pretend they don't exist."
Having said that, the aunts were all ordinary rural women who had never been to a filming site before, so it was hard for them not to care. Therefore, the three of them were obviously much more restrained than when they were outside.
Everyone brought water to the three of them, and after drinking a few sips, the aunts finally relaxed a little and started chatting with everyone. Fortunately, they did not talk about matchmaking anymore, but asked about the filming.
"What kind of TV show are you filming? Are you all actors?" Aunt Niu likes watching TV dramas and knows a little about filming.
"We are not actors, nor are we filming a play." Sang Luo explained, "We are filming a variety show."
"Program?" Aunt Niu thought for a moment, "Oh, it's If You Are the One, right?"
“…” Sang Luo thought about it and agreed, “It’s almost like this, but the content is different. We mainly filmed daily life in the village.”
Aunt Niu is very good at accepting new things, and she quickly understood: "You are here to experience life in the countryside, right?"
"That's right." Cheng Yunan helped answer, "We will live here for half a month. We all grew up in the city and don't have many opportunities to come to the countryside. It's quite interesting."
Aunt Qingxiang waved her hands and said, "You won't be able to experience anything like this. You stay in the house all day and don't see anyone. You should go out more often in the future."
When everyone heard what Aunt Qingxiang said, they agreed and said that they would try to go out more and spend more time in the village in the future.
The aunts immediately welcomed them to visit their homes and said they would treat them to a meal.
The aunts were so enthusiastic that it was impossible to refuse, so everyone had to agree.
At this time, Aunt Hua suddenly clapped her hands and said to the five people, "By the way, my nephew is getting married tomorrow and there will be a banquet in the village. You all should come."
Everyone looked at each other. People were getting married, so was it appropriate for a few strangers to attend the wedding?
"It's appropriate, it's appropriate." Aunt Niu also helped, "There's no need to be so particular in the village, just come!"
Aunt Xiangqing made the final decision: "It's settled then. We'll come and call you tomorrow!"
The five people were stunned. They didn't say a word, so how could it be agreed upon? !
After seeing the aunt off, the five people stood at the door and looked at each other.
After a long while, Xiao Han scratched his head and asked weakly, "Are we really going to have a banquet tomorrow?"
(End of this chapter)