Chapter 1 How to deal with the lack of morality
(Due to the needs of the plot, the ages of some supporting characters vary by two or three years. This article uses the currency denomination system of 1955 to facilitate the understanding of most brothers. The tall, rich and handsome readers are understanding. This is the highest etiquette of the four-nine city underworld. Thank you! I can't say more, so let's move on to the main text... I declare again that there are special skills but no immortal cultivation, no technology, no business empire, just for fun. Those who don't like multiple female protagonists, please don't read)
Put aside personal qualities and enjoy a bad life. Rather than wronging yourself, it is better to embarrass others. Refuse to sacrifice yourself for others... (Brothers who mind, please stop. I don’t want to waste your precious time. I will scold you later...)
End of October 1951
Outside Dongzhimen
The Lou Steel Rolling Mill is bustling with activity, as a donation and renaming ceremony is being held.
In another hour, Lou Bancheng will donate the steel mill to the organization and serve only as an honorary director.
Steel mill infirmary
"Xiao Lin, everyone is going to watch the donation ceremony, aren't you going?"
Lin Chen shook his head: "Sister Li, you guys go ahead! I just asked for leave to go back and do something."
"Well, okay! You go ahead and do your thing. We'll go over and take a look..."
After packing up his things, Lin Chen put on his army green shoulder bag and left the steel mill.
Lin Chen doesn't have time to watch the donation ceremony now. It has nothing to do with him. He only earns a little over 20 yuan a month, so he doesn't need to worry about it. His own affairs are more important...
After leaving the steel mill, Lin Chen went straight to the East City Bus Station. Today was the day when Qin Huairu came to the city for a blind date. He couldn't miss this opportunity...
I couldn't travel to the world of Siheyuan and lived in the famous No. 95 Courtyard. I also awakened a system that intercepted me. The system didn't allow me to be a human being! The concubine system was just abolished. Isn't this just hitting a nail on the head?
"System, if you succeed in intercepting it today, can you activate it?"
[Yes, the Sijiu City here is a parallel world of multiple movies and TV shows, and the people who intercept are all specific. Once activated, you can receive the novice gift package. ]
"Okay, I'll trust you this time. Anyway, without you, I wouldn't be reborn now, and you won't kill me. Whether I can enjoy a good life in the future depends on you..."
[If people with a system are hungry, it only proves that the system is useless. ]
"I like this sentence! But isn't it a bit unethical for us to intercept it?"
[People with morals can be immoral. Do you have morals? Do you want this system to help the host recall how you came here? ]
Lin Chen thought about his life of debauchery before he came here.
"No, no, I get it. You are the system without morals."
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In fact, Lin Chen had already been to the Qianmen Bistro and the clothing store, but at that time, Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru were not yet eighteen years old...
At present, the only suitable person is Qin Huairu.
Sijiucheng Bus Station
After Lin Chen arrived, he easily found the matchmaker Li who came to pick up Qin Huairu.
"Hello, Aunt Li!"
Matchmaker Li had seen countless people, but when she saw Lin Chen, her eyes lit up. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this young man is so handsome!
"Little comrade, are you calling me?"
Lin Chen smiled: "Yes, Aunt Li, I came here specifically to see you."
Matchmaker Li looked for a long time but couldn't remember who the other person was.
"you know me?"
"Of course I know you. You are a famous person in our East City. The young man and the young lady don't know your ability, Aunt Li..."
Lin Chen praised the other party with a lot of compliments, and Matchmaker Li was so happy. He was handsome and good at talking, such a young comrade was really good.
"Young man, you are here to matchmake with me, right?"
Lin Chen saw that the other party had taken the initiative to get to the point.
"Aunt Li is really amazing. She guessed what I was thinking right away."
Matchmaker Li thought to herself, this is what I do.
"No problem. Just leave me your address and I'll take care of it. For a handsome guy like you, all the pretty girls in the city will line up to pick you."
Lin Chen stuffed a pack of cigarettes and a handful of fruit candies that he had prepared in advance into Matchmaker Li’s hands. Gifts always work.
But forget about the good girl, this is a courtyard world. If you bring someone else here, no matter how good he is, it won’t work if the system doesn’t recognize him!
"Aunt Li, you're only half right. I only like the girl you're waiting for now. Can you think of a solution for me?"
Matchmaker Li looked at the things in her hand, then looked at Lin Chen. She seemed to understand something...
"Young man, do you also live in Nanluoguxiang?"
Lin Chen just nodded to show his acknowledgement, but Matchmaker Li hesitated.
"This...but I have already promised Jia Zhang to bring the girl home today."
After hearing this, Lin Chen immediately used his ultimate move and took out a handful of bills.
"Aunt Li, I will give you double the matchmaking gift of the Jia family. After the marriage is completed, I will come to your house to thank you during every New Year or festival..."
Matchmaker Li saw Lin Chen's sincerity and compared it with Jia Zhang's harshness yesterday. She thought for a moment and took a deep breath.
"Okay, young man, let's do this. But you can't go back and tell anyone, otherwise my reputation will be ruined by Jia Zhang."
Lin Chen directly counted out four dollars as a matchmaking gift to the other party.
"Aunt Li, this matter is beneficial to me, how can I spread it everywhere? Only heaven and earth know it, and you and I know it."
Matchmaker Li put the money in her pocket and said, "When the girl comes, I will introduce you to each other, and then I will go back and find another one for the Jia family."
Lin Chen still smiled: "This is the best, as long as you connect us, I will take care of the rest."
For a young man with 21st century thinking, it would be easy for him to deal with a young girl who just came out of the old society.
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After the two discussed some details...
Ten minutes later, a bus heading into the city from Changping slowly pulled into the station.
"Xiao Lin, look, the girl is here!"
Lin Chen looked towards the direction of the bus and saw Qin Huairu, wearing a new cotton-padded jacket with a red background and small flowers, getting off the bus.
"It's Aunt Thirteen, the system never lied to me."
Matchmaker Li hurriedly waved to Qin Huairu who was looking around.
"Huai Ru this way!"
Qin Huairu walked over with a smile after hearing this, and her pace suddenly slowed down when she noticed Lin Chen next to Matchmaker Li.
"Hey, Jia Dongxu is so handsome! How could he be interested in a girl like me from the countryside?"
Thinking of this, Qin Huairu became a little nervous again, and Lin Chen and Matchmaker Li took a few steps forward to greet her.
"Aunt Li, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Matchmaker Li smiled and said, "It's okay. We just arrived too. Let me introduce you to Comrade Lin Chen. He is the doctor of the steel mill. He is not an apprentice. He earns 28 yuan a month!"
Qin Huairu was stunned for a moment after hearing this: "Aunt Li, isn't this the Jia..."
Matchmaker Li understood what Qin Huairu meant and immediately continued, "Don't mention the Jia family. I just found out last night that the old woman in the Jia family has a problem with her character. She had a quarrel with the whole courtyard and even the whole alley. I thought all night that I couldn't push you into the fire pit. So at dawn I found Xiao Lin for you again. I can't let you make a wasted trip. You can talk to Xiao Lin, it will definitely be better than the Jia family."
Lin Chen saw that it was his turn to go on stage...
"Hello, Comrade Qin Huairu, my name is Lin Chen."
Qin Huairu looked at the hand that the other party extended to her, and after a moment's hesitation, she also extended her hand. This was her first time to hold the hand of a strange man, and the other party was a young man.
Lin Chen took the initiative to hold Qin Huairu's slightly cold hand.
"Hello, Comrade Lin!"
Matchmaker Li winked at Lin Chen.
"Hey, that's right. You guys can chat! Just leave lunch to Xiaolin and let him take you around the city. I have other things to do so I won't delay you young people's chat..."
Matchmaker Li happily left with the matchmaking money, leaving all her time with Lin Chen.
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"Comrade Qin Huairu, I'll take you to Wangfujing Street first. After lunch, let's go to Beihai Park... There are a lot of people there and it's lively." Lin Chen thought about walking on other people's paths and leaving them with no paths to walk...
Qin Huairu was still shy about the handshake just now and was a little embarrassed to look at the other person.
"Well, I'm not familiar with the city, so I'll follow your instructions."
In this way, Lin Chen took Qin Huairu to stroll along Wangfujing Street.
Everyone also bought a string of sweet and sour candied haws to eat.
"Comrade Lin Chen, who else is in your family? What's your current situation?"
"Oh, I don't have many people at home. I am an orphan who grew up with my grandfather who was a doctor. He passed away last year and I am left alone. So you don't have to worry about being bullied by your parents-in-law after we get married. Because my grandfather saved the old man of the Lou family many years ago, I was arranged to work as a factory doctor in the steel rolling mill."
After listening to Lin Chen's self-introduction, Qin Huairu's face turned red.
"You... who would want to marry you? We just met and you're already thinking about marrying someone. You city people are so straightforward..."
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