64. Who Makes Me an Honest Person?
Usually, at this kind of blind date banquet, Liang Guifen and Yan Chu's aunt, who introduced them, would not sit at this table for a long time. Basically, after heating up the atmosphere for the young people, they would eat a few bites and then find an excuse to leave, go somewhere else to eat something, leaving the space for the two protagonists of the blind date.
Not long after the food was served, the aunt suddenly remembered that she had not bought some things, and pulled Liang Guifen away. Before leaving, Liang Guifen also grabbed her son's hand and gave him an encouraging look.
The two people who originally heated up the atmosphere were gone, leaving only Yan Chu, who had only said one or two words from the beginning to now, and Liang Zhizhi, who seemed quiet. Except for the sound of chopsticks and bowls hitting each other, and the chatter of people eating at several tables nearby, the atmosphere between the two seemed to fall into a dead silence.
"Mr. Yan, forget it, Yan Chu, can I call you that?"
Liang Zhizhi took a sip of the papaya juice she ordered, put down the cup, and said softly to Yan Chu.
She looked at the man opposite her. His appearance was five points, his dress was minus ten points, he was clumsy and awkward, and when they were having dinner together, he actually asked a girl like her to find topics to talk about. His personality was minus ten points. In the past, she would not even look at such a man.
Liang Zhizhi raised her slender neck high, like a beautiful and proud swan, looking down at Yan Chu, the ugly duckling.
"Yes, yes."
The person Yan Chu possessed this time was such a shy person, otherwise he would not have dragged it until he was 28 years old when he had two houses and two shops at home. This is relatively rare in a small county town in the 180th tier where people generally get married early.
"I don't know if Aunt Hong has introduced my basic situation to you. If you want to know, I can introduce it again."
The restaurant they ate at today should be considered a relatively high-end restaurant in the county. In order to show her sincerity, even though Liang Zhizhi was polite and didn't order anything, Liang Guifen still ordered six dishes and some side dishes in one breath.
Liang Zhizhi seemed to be losing weight. Those dishes that others thought were sumptuous were not attractive to her at all. She had hardly moved her chopsticks since she sat down.
With the attitude of not wasting, Yan Chu was different from Liang Zhizhi and basically never stopped eating.
In the eyes of many older generations, big fish and meat are good dishes. Liang Zhizhi did not take the initiative to order dishes. Liang Guifen ordered the dishes she thought were good dishes from her own perspective. They were heavy in oil and salt. Not only did the bowls get dirty, but sometimes if she was not careful, there would be some sauce stains on the corners of her mouth.
Looking at his appearance, Liang Zhizhi hesitated. Even in her current situation, she could not wrong herself to be with such a man.
There was no red wine steak, no beautiful piano performance, just in this messy little restaurant.
Judging from the knowledge of the man in front of him, he probably didn't even know what Lafite was.
Just thinking about her current situation, she struggled for a moment, but finally restrained her urge to get up and leave.
Now is not the time for her to be willful, after all...
Looking at Liang Zhizhi who was trying her best to restrain her contempt that she thought was well hidden, she didn't understand where she got the arrogance that she thought she was superior to him from.
"I am a person who is more sincere about feelings. Since I came for a blind date, I am naturally going for marriage."
Liang Zhizhi looks like a quiet girl. When she said this, it was very convincing to others.
"I used to be a department manager in a foreign-funded company in Shanghai. My monthly salary was about 20,000. I am 28 this year and the same age as you. I originally planned to stay in Shanghai. After all, it is a big city with a lot of room for development."
When Liang Zhizhi spoke, there was a different kind of charm, which made people stare at her eyes.
"In that case, why did Miss Liang come back?"
Yan Chu ate a piece of stewed pork trotter meat. As expected, in terms of taste, the cuisine of Greater China was more delicious.
Liang Zhizhi was not surprised that the other party would ask her this question. After all, the per capita income of this small county where she was born was not high, basically around two or three thousand. Therefore, Liang Zhizhi's decision to abandon a monthly salary of over ten thousand and choose to come back seemed incredible to most people.
"Not long ago, my father had a serious illness. At that time, I was on a business trip abroad, so I missed the moment when my parents needed me the most. We are all children. I think Yan Chu, you should understand my feelings at that time, right?"
Liang Zhizhi's words were a little choked. If Yan Chu didn't know clearly that when her father had surgery, she accompanied the boss of the other company on a cruise to visit most of China in order to negotiate a big project, he really thought that the other party was such a filial girl.
If it was the original young man who was filial at this time, I'm afraid he would have been moved beyond words, thinking that the girl in front of him was so filial, kind and worth cherishing.
"There is no end to making money, so I decided to quit my current job and come back to accompany my parents."
Liang Zhizhi seemed to have sorted out his mood and began to get to the point of today.
"To be honest, I'm not young anymore, so I can cultivate feelings after marriage. Now it depends on whether the conditions are suitable. I don't have too many requirements for my partner, I mainly look at the character. When the introducer Aunt Hong told me about you, she said that you are now a primary school Chinese teacher, so you must be a very gentle and considerate man, right?"
"That's not the case. Even the students I teach like me very much."
It was the first time that Yan Chu heard a girl praise him so frankly, not to mention that it was a beautiful girl who was dating him. He blushed when she praised him like that.
Seeing that he was so easy to deal with, Liang Zhizhi suddenly felt that marrying him was not such an unbearable thing. At least this man was stupid.
Anyway, it would only take two or three years at most, and it would pass if she endured it.
This time Liang Zhizhi came back from Shanghai for a blind date, which was related to the big boss she had accompanied in Shanghai before.
The foreign company where Liang Zhizhi worked had many "managers" like her. Their main task was to attract customers for the company. As for how to attract them, what means and methods to use, the company didn't care at all. Anyway, if you want to get a big return, you have to be prepared to pay a lot. The beautiful girls in the company like Liang Zhizhi all have this awareness.
The big boss Liang Zhizhi met this time was not simple. His net worth was at least ten digits. Even though Liang Zhizhi had met many bosses through the company's platform, that man could still be ranked in the top three.
The man's surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Xiuyuan. He was born in an ordinary civil servant family. He could not have had such a rich family without the support of his wife. However, he was lucky. Riding on the rise of the Internet, his Internet company quickly caught up with his wife's family in terms of assets and scale.
This man who had been suppressed for a long time was immediately overwhelmed when he gained power. He had no intention of breaking up with his wife for the time being, but he had to have a show on occasion.
Liang Zhizhi was one of the women he had a fleeting affair with, but this fleeting affair lasted a little longer. After a full month of sea travel, and without taking the necessary measures, Liang Zhizhi had something extra in her belly.
When Zhang Xiuyuan was with his wife, they agreed that the first child would take his surname and the second child would take his wife's surname. At that time, Zhang Xiuyuan had to rely on his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so he naturally agreed. But the bad thing was that his wife gave birth to a girl in the first child and a son in the second child.
Although Zhang Xiuyuan's parents are civil servants, their thinking level is not very high. They feel that their grandson has a surname of an outsider, while they have an extra granddaughter who loses money. They have long been unhappy.
Zhang Xiuyuan wanted to ask his wife to change his son's surname to his, and then his daughter's surname to his wife's, but his wife refused.
The other party is not like the Zhang family who favors boys over girls. When the second child was born, the eldest daughter was already five years old. At this time, she suddenly changed her surname. If the child asks why, should she tell her that because she is a daughter, her father and grandparents want a son with their surname, so her name was changed? For a five-year-old child, she may not understand exactly what this means, but the sadness of being disliked by the elders will accompany her for the rest of her life, and it is not conducive to her getting along with her younger brother.
This incident created a gap between the Zhang family and the daughter-in-law's family. Zhang Xiuyuan's own business is getting bigger and bigger, and he feels more and more that he has no heir.
The daughter will get married sooner or later. If the son has the wife's surname, he is not a member of their Zhang family. Such a big family business cannot be given to outsiders.
Liang Zhizhi clearly understood his idea during the month she spent with him.
She is 28 years old this year. Girls, especially those who use their beauty to please men, have a short blooming period. Although they earn a lot now, the company commission is 50,000 or 60,000 yuan a month, and those big bosses will buy you a bag and some small jewelry when they are in a good mood. Generally, small businesses do not make money as fast as they do, but at the same time, they spend money a lot. If you want to compete with other girls for men, you have to make your face better.
Liang Zhizhi doesn't know how many years she can live like this. She has been accustomed to spending money like water, and she also wants to find a long-term meal ticket for herself and settle down.
Mistresses and mistresses are not long-lasting, and she doesn't expect to be the legally recognized wife of those men. She just wants to give birth to a child for the other party, and use that child to trap the other party's bank card for a long time.
Zhang Xiuyuan's situation is her best target.
But she also has her own little tricks. Zhang Xiuyuan had been having affairs outside for these years without hiding it from his wife, but the other party could make none of those women pregnant, and even if they did, they couldn't give birth. It was enough to show that the woman was not an easy person to deal with. As a woman who had been with Zhang Xiuyuan for a whole month, maybe the other party's wife had already set her sights on her.
So after confirming the pregnancy, Liang Zhizhi resigned without thinking much and returned to her hometown, and then spread the word that she planned to settle down, get married and have children, and stay in the county town in the future.
Now the child in her belly is only more than a month old, and it is not obvious at all. As long as she hurrys up, it will be reasonable to explain it as premature birth.
Now she only hopes that her life will be better. The baby in her belly is a boy. In this case, Zhang Xiuyuan will never treat them badly. As for a girl, Liang Zhizhi doesn't want it either. The man in front of her looks silly and stupid. It is estimated that no other pretty girl except her will be so upset as to marry him.
Marrying him is just a temporary solution. If it's a girl, just give her to the man in front of you. Anyway, to him, this is his own daughter, so it's a bargain for him.
"Miss Liang, since everyone is going to get married, I have to talk about my family situation."
Yan Chu seemed to be embarrassed to speak, and was a little nervous when he spoke, "My father died in an accident when I was very young, so if we get married, my mother will definitely live with me. If you don't agree with this, maybe we are not suitable."
Liang Zhizhi frowned. She didn't want to live with an older woman. Of course, the point was not this. Such a beautiful girl showed interest in him, just because he wanted to live with his mother, if she didn't agree, she would reject her?
Mama's boy, Liang Zhizhi had only this reaction. It's no wonder that she looked down on such a man.
"I think the work and rest schedule of young people is different from that of the older generation. Maybe Auntie also wants to live her own life." Liang Zhizhi said tactfully.
"Different?"
Yan Chu seemed a little puzzled: "No, my mother's schedule is the same as mine. She gets up at 5:30 to exercise, eats breakfast at 7, then I go to work, my mother buys groceries and cleans the house, eats at 6:30 in the evening, exercises for half an hour at 8, then takes a bath, reads books and watches TV, and goes to bed on time before 10. This kind of living habit is very healthy. Miss Liang, you used to be busy working in a big city. Now that you have settled down here, you should also adjust your schedule."
Liang Zhizhi's schedule is very standard for young people in the world of feasting and drinking. He goes to bed at two or three in the morning and gets up at noon. The living habits mentioned by Yan Chu are no different from those of monks in Liang Zhizhi's opinion.
Looking at the honest man opposite with a normal face, Liang Zhizhi was a little doubtful whether he should continue the conversation.