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Chapter 68 Something went wrong
Seeing that her grandson disliked her best friend for being unreliable, the grandmother spoke up to explain for Mrs. Meng:

"Of course you know that both families' conditions and requirements for finding a partner have already been discussed with both families. But you can't tell us where the girl is or what her name is. That's the rule. You have to wait until both parties are satisfied with each other today before revealing it. Otherwise, if the girl doesn't want to, but you do, you know where she lives and go to see her every day, what if you cause trouble for her family?"

Xie Hushan thought he was going on a blind date, but it turned out not to be the case. It was a pre-blind date activity called "seeing each other" as his grandmother called it.

Before the formal blind date begins, the man and woman are introduced by a matchmaker, just like they would meet by chance on the street. They take a look at each other to see if the other person is disabled, a fool, or has a facial defect. Generally, the family members of both parties will also accompany them to examine each other.

This chance encounter process, which lasts no more than a few minutes, is called seeing each other. After seeing each other, both parties will combine the information they have previously learned about the other party's family conditions to study whether they are willing to this marriage. Whether they are willing or not, they will tell the matchmaker and the message will be conveyed through the matchmaker.

If both parties feel satisfied with each other during this meeting, the matchmaker can basically arrange a formal meeting between the two parties within a few days, which is a formal blind date.

If the woman feels that Xie Hushan looks like Ximen Qing, handsome and suave, and that her own appearance is not good enough for him, she will tell the matchmaker, and the matchmaker will help her reject the marriage.

In this way, both parties are unaware of each other's information, and there will not be a situation where the woman knows Xie Hushan's address and runs to Xie Hushan's door with an evil intention, shouting "I XXX will not marry anyone else but Mr. Xie from Ximenqing, Zhongping."

The place where I met with the introducer, Old Lady Meng, was at the entrance of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. When we arrived, Old Lady Meng was already jumping up and down in anxiety, and she was so angry that she called grandma by her nickname:
"Xiangyu, Xiangyu, you are really patient! Are you acting like a big shot in front of me? The mother and daughter have almost walked back and forth on the street of our brigade. If I hadn't persuaded them and given the driver a box of cigarettes to ask him to wait a little longer, they would have left long ago!"

Grandma straightened her back and said, "Come back to me for the money for the cigarettes. Where's the man?"

Old Mrs. Meng pointed to the gate of the cooperative and said, "We just entered the cooperative. Let's go in too."

"Keep your head up high, don't make a fool of yourself, and don't talk nonsense. Do you hear me?" The grandmother looked at her grandson beside her and warned him worriedly.

Xie Hushan nodded obediently and took the initiative to stand beside the two old men to open the curtain and let them go in first.

As soon as the three of them entered the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative, grandma and old lady Meng began to look for the woman and did not pay attention to Xie Hushan who followed in.

However, the salesman who was painting a cart not far from the door saw the new customer coming. When he looked up, he saw Xie Hushan at a glance. Out of kindness, he loudly reminded Grandma and Old Lady Meng:
"Old lady, please keep an eye on your child. It's best to hold him by the hand. If he loses his balance and falls in the house, I'll stain his clothes with the paint I just put on!"

The supply and marketing cooperatives of this era were the kind of buildings that made people subconsciously feel very small in such an empty environment as soon as they entered the door. At least this was the case with the cooperative in Zhongping Commune. It was equivalent to connecting six rooms, and the ceiling height was almost twice that of a bungalow. There were not many customers inside, and when this person spoke, his voice almost echoed in the room.

Everyone in the room, including several sales clerks and the only couple of customers, came over following the sound, and grandma also turned her head.

Then everyone saw Xie Hushan standing behind his grandmother, dressed like Wu Laoer, with a crooked mouth, his right hand making the number six, and his left foot making circles as he walked forward.

"Xie Husan'er! You are going to piss your grandma off to death! What did I tell you?" Grandma was so angry that her walking stick almost poked a hole in the ground. She didn't care that she was outside and swung the walking stick several times as if to hit him, but her hands were shaking so much that she finally couldn't bear to put the walking stick down.

Instead, he turned around and carefully looked at the woman and her husband who turned around and looked at him. Finally, he paused with his walking stick in anger and whispered to the dumbfounded old lady Meng beside him:
"You should talk to him nicely. This brat is just trying to piss me off. He's not a snob. You know what kind of kid Hu San'er is. Apologize to him on my behalf and say nice things. If you need anything to buy, come back to me."

Old Mrs. Meng came back to her senses and nodded, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, I'll give it a try. I can't guarantee whether people will believe it or not. After all, your grandson is more like a real person in pretending to be a cool guy."

Grandma glared at Xie Hushan and said, "Come home with me!"

After saying this, he leaned on his crutches and walked out of the cooperative first. He felt that his grandson had disgraced him and he couldn't stay there for even a second.

I praise my grandson like a flower, but he behaves like shit outside.

Xie Husan, on the other hand, remained calm and maintained the self-cultivation of an actor. Under the watchful eyes of the public, he drew a circle in and walked out in the same way, leaving the mother and daughter with a deep impression of a man drawing a circle for others.

……

Grandma sat cross-legged on the kang, facing the wall and meditating.

Xie Hushan stood at attention obediently against the wall, not daring to breathe. Auntie Chen Chunxiang stood in front of Xie Hushan, clapped her hands loudly, and cursed viciously:
"You little bastard, you've grown wings! You've even rebelled against me! Just wait and see how I'm going to beat you to death! I'll make you so angry!"

"Call her twice? How can you be soft-hearted if you don't call your grandma?" Seeing that Xie Hushan didn't respond, the auntie winked at him and reminded him in a low voice.

"Grandma, my mom and my brother are conspiring to deceive you! She didn't even hit my brother!" Before Xie Hushan could shout, Daxiu, who was eating a cucumber and watching the show, shouted first. Chen Chunxiang turned her head and glared at her daughter, then winked at her husband Xie Qimao, who was sitting on the edge of the kang, and quickly found a way out for her nephew.

Xie Qimao sighed and spoke loudly to his mother: "Mom, don't be angry. Hu San'er is not an ignorant child. He must have done this because he didn't like it."

Then he looked at Xie Hushan again: "Don't you like him, Hu Saner?"

"Well, uncle is right, I just don't like her. You can tell at one glance that she can't live. She's as thin as a kitten that has been hungry for three days. If she really wants to marry in, have you seen our Daxiu? As her sister-in-law, I can beat her eight times a day. Within two months, I will definitely bully her to the point of hanging herself. You find a wife for me, grandma, you have to consider finding one who knows martial arts and can handle Daxiu, right?" Xie Hushan reacted immediately, rushed to the kang in a few steps, and said to his grandmother with a smile.

By the way, he didn't forget to say a few bad words to his sister who had just taken advantage of his misfortune.

The aunt who was originally speaking for Xie Hushan immediately lost her temper and pointed at her nephew’s forehead with her finger:

"Xie Husan'er, you have made a difference. Your grandpa and aunt came to you to speak well of you. At this critical moment, you still don't forget to beat your sister? Why did she bully your wife? You bastard, you have no conscience! You even found someone who knows martial arts. What? Are you going to fly up and beat your sister?"

Grandma turned around and looked at Xie Hushan, taking a deep breath and said, "Chunxiang, help me pack my bedding later. I'm going to live in the eldest brother's courtyard."

"Grandma, I was wrong, I was wrong! Please don't move away. I will be obedient in the future and won't make you angry anymore. Otherwise, I will meet the girl again. This time I will definitely not act cool. I am willing if you are willing..." When Xie Hushan saw that his grandmother was really anxious, he quickly admitted his mistake.

Daxiu was quite surprised to speak:
"Grandma, if you move to my house and live with my mom, can I move to your house by myself? I don't want to live with her."

"Get out of here!" Chen Chunxiang angrily scolded her daughter who didn't give her any face.

"If you can't talk, just hold it in. How can a grown-up girl be so aggressive? Are you dissatisfied with your brother for not giving you enough energy to lie down? Why are you trying harder? Can't you see that your brother is just saying that out of anger?"

Xie Qimao also began to persuade his mother:

"If you ask me, dating is something that requires both of us to agree. If you don't want to, then don't want to. Mom, didn't I... Chunxiang's father didn't agree when I was with her? You asked people to introduce several people to me, but I didn't agree either. In the end..."

The aunt looked even angrier than grandma, and glared at Xie Qimao:
"Xie Damao, are you stupid? Your daughter is up to you! You're just bringing up all the irrelevant things. Are you afraid that I don't know that you dated several girls before you married me?"

"You still can't forget it after all these years, right? Apart from my mom and I, the other three people from the Xie family in the room all say things that are irritating. What the hell has changed?"

"What immoral things did I do in my previous life that I have to suffer the fate of you three in this life!"

Just as the auntie was getting angrier and angrier and was about to start domestic violence against the uncle, the voice of Mrs. Meng rang out from outside the courtyard gate:

"Xiangyu, are you home? I'm coming in."

Grandma quickly calmed down and turned around to sit down. Auntie also put away her expression and hurried out to greet Old Lady Meng: "Second Aunt, come in quickly."

"Second aunt."

"Second wife."

Xie Qimao, Xie Hushan, and Daxiu all greeted each other. Old Lady Meng smiled and nodded to a few people, then sat sideways on the edge of the kang and met Grandma's disheartened gaze:

"After the meeting, they gave their words and were quite satisfied with Hu Saner."

The expressions of Xie Hushan and his grandmother exchanged almost instantly. His grandmother's face was full of energy, while Xie Hushan was stunned.

His cool look, comparable to Wu Laoer's, should be impeccable, so what went wrong?
Are the girl and her mother both blind, and did I act in vain?

(End of this chapter)