Chapter 351 The blind date turned out to be her

Chapter 351 The blind date turned out to be her

Chapter 351 The blind date turned out to be her
"Uncle Liao, if you want a live chicken, why don't you just catch it from my cage?"

Li Jia's family has always raised chickens, and quite a few of them, but they are just raising them for show.

Of course, sometimes when Li Jiayi is not at home, he can still kill and eat them.

"No need. You raise them for laying eggs, and you've been raising them for such a long time."

"What's this?"

"No, you better get me a few! I'll keep them later too."

"Okay then! I'll bring it back to you tomorrow. How much noodles do you want? Is fifty kilograms enough?"

"That's enough, that's enough. If fifty kilograms isn't enough, then how much is enough?"

"Okay, I see."

The good thing about Liao Kai is that he is more easily contented, even though he gets things from Li Jiayi for free.

But they never let Li Jiayi down, and always compensated him in other ways, such as giving him some small gifts.

Maybe Li Jiayi no longer values ​​those little gadgets, but Liao Kai still gave them to him.

After dinner that night, Li Jiayi went upstairs. After entering the space, he first went through his daily routine and then brushed his teeth and washed his face.

Then I took a shower and went back to my room to sleep.

The next morning after breakfast, when everyone in the family had gone to work, Li Jiayi drove his jeep for a stroll outside again.

At noon, Li Jiayi did not go home, but drove to the bakery.

When the security guard saw that it was Li Jiayi, he let him in without saying a word.

There are not many factories that Li Jiayi can go to now. The woolen mill is one of them, followed by the bakery and Hongye Steel Plant.

Apart from these three, other factories are now in a mess, and Li Jiayi basically won't go there unless necessary.

There is no need to talk about the woolen mill, because the workers are basically all women. Although the security department is composed of men, they are all veterans.

The bakery was similar to the woolen mill, with mainly female workers, so it was not like other factories.

As for the Hongye Iron and Steel Plant, perhaps because it is far away from the imperial capital, nothing has happened yet.

As of now, the third and fifth steel rolling mills have changed, and the former factory directors have gone to clean the factory area.

The machine repair factory is fine. Maybe because Cui Dake was dismissed by Li Jiayi, Liu Feng is still the factory director.

However, the director of the Revolutionary Committee was not him, but someone who came from somewhere else.

But in general, Liu Feng is still the second in command. As for the top leader, it is of course the secretary.

"Hey! Why are you here?" When Li Jiayi arrived at the logistics department, he was seen by Director Liu who was about to go out.

"I say, Lao Liu, are you planning to go out?"

After a long time, the two people can be said to have become very familiar with each other, and now even the way they address each other has changed.

"Why are you going out? Isn't dinner about to start? I'm going to eat."

At this point, Director Liu looked at Li Jiayi and said, "Are you here to eat for free?"

Director Liu is not stupid, and a stupid person cannot be the director of the logistics department.

"Hehehe, I see. That's right, it's noon now! I just happened to pass by your factory, so I thought I'd come in and have a meal."

"Hahaha, you're probably the only one who can talk about eating for free so confidently. Come on, I'll get two dishes from the cafeteria."

"Ok!"

Why did Li Jiayi come to the logistics department? Actually, he just came to get a free meal from Director Liu.

Soon the two of them arrived at the cafeteria, and Director Liu said to Li Jiayi, "Wait for me inside first. I'll go make some arrangements."

"Okay." Li Jia nodded and walked inside.

Director Liu came to the window and shouted, "Old Chen, help me cook a few dishes and send them to the private room."

"Director Liu, are there any receptions today? What are the standards?" A middle-aged man in a white apron came over and asked.

"There is no standard. Today we invited that kid Li Jiayi."

"Oh! I see."

Not to mention Lao Chen, the canteen monitor, there are few people in the entire bakery who don’t know Li Jiayi.

Are you kidding? This is the person who decides whether their factory can eat meat or not!
Not only that, Li Jiayi also provides raw materials to their factory, otherwise their factory would not be what it is today.

"As long as you understand, I'll go over first and bring it over when it's done."

"Okay Director Liu."

When Director Liu came in, Li Jiayi was standing at the door of a private room.

"Why don't you go in and wait?" Director Liu came over and asked.

"Is there a difference?"

"Ugh! There really is no difference."

After the two people came in, a female cafeteria worker brought them a pot of tea.

This is a treat, so of course there is tea! And it is specially prepared by the factory for entertaining guests.

"Come on, Jiayi, have some tea first."

"Ok!"

The tea is jasmine tea, which is pretty good to be honest. You know, this tea can't be bought with just money.

Now that the debt owed to the Russians has been paid off, all goods that were previously sold at a premium will no longer be sold at high prices.

Now you need a ticket to buy anything. If you don’t have a ticket, I won’t sell it to you no matter how much money you offer.

For example, bicycles. Now you can only buy them with tickets or industrial coupons, and you have to pay several times the price, but that is no longer the case.

The same goes for Moutai liquor. Now, to buy Moutai liquor, you can only use the Moutai liquor ticket plus 2.97 yuan.

Before, you could buy it for 16 yuan without a ticket, but now that is impossible.

"Old Liu, is everything going on at your bakery?" Li Jiayi asked after taking a sip of tea.

"It's okay! What could be the problem?"

"I'm glad you're alright. Many factories are in a mess right now, but your factory is pretty good the way it is now."

"Add one! Our factory is also going to set up a reform committee. The higher-ups want me to be the director, but seeing other factories doing the same thing, I'm a little panicked!"

"Huh! You are allowed to be the director?" Li Jiayi asked Lao Liu in surprise.

"Yes."

In fact, the director of the Revolutionary Committee is not the highest-ranking official in the factory; the highest positions are still held by the secretary and the factory director.

But the director of the Revolutionary Committee has great power! This is mainly because he is given great power by the higher-ups.

"So what do you think?" Li Jiayi asked.

Director Liu smiled bitterly and said, "Looking at the current situation of other factories, to be honest, I don't want to do this."

"No! You still have to do this." Li Jiayi said quickly.

"Uh, why?"

"Hey, Lao Liu! Just do your job. Just don't act like other factories."

"But if that's the case, will the higher-ups agree?" Old Liu said, pointing towards the roof.

"Hey, this is easy! It's all about making a lot of noise but doing little. Do things in a high-profile manner to the outside world, but be gentle and cautious at home. The most important thing is not to hurt others. You must remember this."

Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Lao Liu frowned and asked, "Is this really okay?"

"Why not? No one will come to investigate."

"From what you said, it seems that you are not optimistic about this matter?" Old Liu asked Li Jiayi.

"Of course! You feel the same way, or you wouldn't want to be the director."

"Hahaha, okay, I understand."

As soon as the two finished chatting, the food came up. Although there were only two of them, the canteen still prepared four dishes and a soup.

Not only that, all four dishes are meat dishes, which also shows the canteen’s attitude towards Li Jiayi.

"Wow, this Old Chen is really good. He served four meat dishes at once. Last time the district came to inspect, although there were also four dishes, there was only one meat dish."

"This is all because of Director Liu," Li Jiayi said jokingly.

"Come on! I don't have that much face. I also eat in the cafeteria every day. I guess you're the only one who can enjoy this treatment."

"No, I need to eat more today, otherwise I will feel sorry for myself."

"Yes, yes, yes, eat more." Li Jiayi said quickly.

Of course Li Jiayi knew what was going on! Otherwise, he wouldn't have joked with Director Liu.

The meal was finished quickly. Although both of them ate a lot, they still didn't finish the food.

The portions in the factory cafeteria are huge. There are four dishes for two people, plus a soup. Not to mention the staple food, even without the staple food, it is impossible for two people to finish it.

"Let's go to my office and talk." After coming out of the cafeteria, Director Liu said to Li Jiayi.

Of course he knew what Director Liu wanted to talk to him about. He thought about it and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'll go to your place for some tea."

"Ok!"

No one knows what Li Jiayi talked about with Director Liu, and neither of them would tell anyone.

Anyway, within a few days, Director Liu became the director of the Revolutionary Committee.

But as a director, he is only strong to the outside world; he is like a transparent person in the factory.

The work done is the responsibility of the director of the logistics department, but that is a story for later and we will not discuss it for now.

Two hours later, Li Jiayi came out of the bakery and drove to a gathering place.

It was not until around seven in the afternoon that Li Jiayi drove his jeep home.

Now the days are long and the nights are short, and it is still light at seven o'clock. Li Jiayi parked his jeep on the right side of the gate, and got out of the car with a bag of flour and five old hens.

He locked the car door and went into the yard carrying his things.

Yes, in this situation, the truck is still here with Li Jiayi. He had thought about sending the truck back to the factory before, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

With these two cars parked here, the yard is much quieter. I wonder if this can be considered as people taking advantage of their cars.

Seeing Li Jiayi carrying so many things into the yard, many people showed envious expressions, but no one said anything.

Because everyone knows that Li Jiayi is a purchasing agent of the woolen mill, it is normal for him to go out and purchase some things.

Besides, Li Jia's family is the one that is least short of money in the entire No. 7 Courtyard. Who can say anything if they spend money to buy something for themselves?

"Uncle Liao."

When he arrived at the backyard, Li Jiayi shouted loudly. He did it on purpose to let everyone know that he was not buying it for himself.

"Coming." Liao Kai hurriedly ran out of the house.

When he saw what Li Jiayi mentioned, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Oh! You got it back so quickly?" Liao Kai quickly took it and said.

"How dare I neglect what you want?"

"Okay, Xiaokai, you're such a dishonest guy that you didn't even tell me when you did something." Nan Yi came out of the house and said.

"You better stay away! You didn't tell me last time you asked Jiayi to bring you something!"

"I see that you two are both free, yet you're still arguing." Liang Ladi came out with the dishes to wash, and said something when she saw the two people arguing.

"No, no, sister-in-law, Brother Nan and I were just joking." Liao Kai said quickly.

If he wasn't holding something in his hands, his hands would probably be exposed.

"Has Jiayi eaten?" Liang Ladi ignored the two of them and turned to ask Li Jiayi.

"Not yet. I'm just about to go back and eat."

"Well! Then go back and eat quickly!"

"it is good."

There are still six families in the backyard, four of which are related to Li Jiayi.

There is no need to talk about Liao Kai and Nan Yi's family. Uncle Sun is the father-in-law of his eldest cousin.

Qian Guoliang is He Yuzhu's father-in-law.

Only the Zhao Yi family who lived in the southernmost room of the west wing and the Liu Aiming family who lived in the two easternmost rooms of the main house had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Yi is a bachelor in his thirties. To be honest, Li Jiayi doesn’t understand!
Because Zhao Yi is a fitter! And he is a level 4 fitter, with a monthly salary of 52.8 yuan.

Although there weren't so many in the past, but when you are twenty-four or twenty-five years old, you should be at least a second-level fitter!
You know, a second-level fitter earns 38.6 yuan a month! With his conditions, it shouldn't be difficult for him to find a wife.

But he is single, and has been single until now, and no one has come to propose marriage to him.

Of course, this may have something to do with his personality, because he doesn't like to talk usually. He only chats with people in the courtyard. Outside, he rarely says a few words a day.

As for Liu Aiming's family, he has a wife and children. Although the house is not very spacious, it can still accommodate the whole family.

"Uncle Liao, Uncle Nan, I'm going to go back and eat first."

"Well! Go back quickly!"

When Li Jiayi returned home, the family was having dinner. Needless to say, they were waiting for him.

Probably because they heard him talking in the backyard, they brought the food over.

"Son, why are you back so late today?"

"I helped Uncle Liao get a bag of noodles and a few chickens, so I came back late."

"Okay! Come back earlier next time."

"I know, Mom."

Time passed quickly, and Sunday came in the blink of an eye.

After breakfast in the morning, Li Jiayi was ready to run out with his schoolbag, but as soon as he reached the door, he was pulled back by his mother.

"Smelly boy, where are you going?"

"Mom! I have to go out for something." Li Jiayi said quickly.

"You can't go anywhere today. Just stay at home." Ye Xin glared at him and said.

"Uh! Mom, I really have something to do."

"Don't give me that. I know you. I don't care if you have anything to do today. You can't go out anyway."

Li Jiayi is helpless!

Of course he didn't really have anything to do, he just didn't want to go on a blind date, but looking at his mother's attitude, there was no way he would go out today.

"Go back to your room. If you leave this room today, I will break your legs."

"Mom, do you have to be so cruel?" Li Jiayi asked with a sad face.

"Humph, I have to be a little cruel to you."

"Oh!" Li Jiayi sighed, then returned to the house dejectedly.

I hung my schoolbag on the clothes hanger behind the door and went straight upstairs. Since I couldn't go out, I might as well hide upstairs for a while!

When he came upstairs, he didn't dare to enter the space because he didn't know when Director Xu would bring people over.

I guess by then either my mother or my elder sister will come up to call him, but he won’t be able to enter the space.

After going upstairs, Li Jiayi turned on the electric fan and then lay down on the bed.

At this time, downstairs, the whole family was busy. Today, everyone in the family was very complete! Not only did the eldest brother and the second brother come, but even the eldest sister-in-law Sun Qingmin was there.

My mother asked my eldest sister and sister-in-law to wash the fruits, while my second sister and cousin put snacks on the table.

Including peanuts and melon seeds, there are more than a dozen kinds of snacks, as well as seven or eight kinds of fruits.

Bananas, oranges, apples, grapes, cherries, tangerines, lychees and watermelons.

To be honest, Li Jiayi was speechless. You know, these fruits are rare!
Although it is summer now, it is obvious that some fruits are not available now.

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye it was ten o'clock in the morning.

Just at this time, Director Xu came in from outside pushing his bicycle.

Ye Xin had been staring at the door, so she was the first one to see Director Xu come in, and she quickly ran out.

"Sister Xu, you're here."

"Ok!"

Ye Xin looked behind Director Xu, her eyes suddenly lit up and she asked, "Sister Xu, this is what you said..."

"Yes, how about it? Pretty, right?"

"Beautiful, beautiful, so beautiful, and she is white and tall." Ye Xin nodded with a smile on her face.

"Girl, call someone!" Director Xu said.

"Hello Auntie."

"Okay, okay, come in."

Director Xu tied up the bicycle and walked into the house with his people.

"Jia Qi, go call your brother down." Ye Xin shouted as she entered the room.

"Okay, I'll call you right away." Li Jiaqi ran upstairs in the morning.

"Come here, Sister Xu, and girl, have some fruit." Ye Xin said as she brought over the fruit plate.

"Okay." Director Xu was not polite at all.

"Sister Xu, please sit down first." Li Aimin said at this time.

"Ok!"

After Li Jiaqi came upstairs, he knocked on the door a few times and shouted, "Little brother, come down quickly, mom asked me to call you."

"Got it, I'll be right there." Li Jiayi shook his head with a wry smile, turned off the electric fan, and opened the door.

"Hurry up! Mom will be angry soon." The eldest sister said to Li Jiayi.

"Big sister! If anyone is going to be angry, I should be the one getting angry. Isn't this forced? And it's an arranged marriage."

"Didn't mom tell me? I just want you to see it first, and we'll talk about it later if it works or not."

Li Jiayi shook his head and said, "Big sister, you believe what mom says! Just wait and see! After we meet today, you will see how mom will urge you every day!"

"No way! Mom said it was just a meeting."

Hearing what his elder sister said, Li Jiayi shook his head, feeling that his elder sister was still too naive.

When he came downstairs, Li Jiayi saw a girl sitting with her back to him.

"Come here, son, meet someone first." Ye Xin hurried over to pull Li Jiayi.

Perhaps she heard someone! The girl stood up quickly and turned around.

"Li Jiayi?"

"Lin Ling'er?"

The two people shouted almost at the same time.

"What's going on?" Ye Xin asked.

"Yeah! What's going on?" Director Xu was also confused.

"Do you know each other?" the eldest sister asked at this time.

"Yes! I know him."

"Yes! I know him."

They said it again at the same time, and in unison.

To be honest, Li Jiayi's brain was no longer sufficient at this time. He didn't understand why Lin Ling'er would come out for a blind date.

Also, Director Xu said that she was the daughter of her good sister.

One is the director of the street office and the other is the wife of a capitalist. How could they be good sisters?

"Well, since you know each other, that's easy." Director Xu said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes." Ye Xin also nodded in agreement.

"Mom and Dad, Aunt Xu, Ling'er and I have something to talk about. Let's go upstairs first." After saying that, Li Jiayi pulled Lin Ling'er and went upstairs.

Looking at their backs, Director Xu smiled and said, "It looks like this will work."

"Yes! I didn't expect that the two of them not only knew each other, but also seemed to have a special relationship."

You have to know that this was a very conservative era, and it was rare for men and women to walk side by side on the street.

But just now the two of them were holding hands, and they seemed very familiar with each other.

Li Jiayi certainly didn't know what his family would think of Director Xu, and he didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to figure out what was going on.

After arriving upstairs, Li Jia brought a chair over and said to Lin Linger, "Sit down first. I'll turn on the fan."

"Ok!"

After Li Jiayi turned on the fan, he sat on the bed, looked at Lin Linger and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you out on a blind date?"

"I..." Before she could finish her sentence, Lin Ling'er's eyes turned red and tears began to flow.

Li Jiayi panicked and said quickly, "Don't cry! If you don't know, it's because I bullied you."

"Plus one, I...my father and mother..."

After listening to Lin Ling'er's story, Li Jiayi realized that something happened in her family half a month ago.

Not only her parents, but also her brother, sister-in-law, sister and brother-in-law were sent away.

As for where to send it, she doesn't know now.

She had just turned eighteen and was young, so nothing happened.

This was also because she had just turned eighteen. If she was younger, she would definitely have been sent away with her parents.

If she were older, needless to say, she would also be sent away, and not even to the same place as her parents.

In the past, her family was a well-known businessman who often donated money and materials to support the War of Resistance. It was Director Xu who contacted her parents at that time.

However, Director Xu was still a soldier at that time, so when something happened, her parents asked her to find Director Xu.

After Director Xu found out, he tried many ways, but failed to change the outcome.

Since the ending cannot be changed, of course we have to find a way to settle Lin Linger! Live up to your trust.

If you want to settle Lin Linger down, then you have to find a good family for her to marry into, and we can talk about the rest later.

Director Xu thought about the entire street and thought of Li Jiayi.

In Director Xu's opinion, Li Jia's family is the only good family in the entire street.

Both my parents are cadres in the woolen mill. My eldest sister is also a cadre in the district bureau, and my second sister also works in the woolen mill.

Even Li Jiayi himself is a capable person!

And if he has the ability, maybe he can help Lin Linger's parents, which is why the idea of ​​blind dates came about.

Originally Lin Ling'er disagreed, but Director Xu told her that if it worked, it might help her parents and brothers and sisters, so Lin Ling'er agreed to meet him.

But she never expected that the blind date partner was actually Li Jiayi. If Director Xu had told her earlier that the blind date partner was Li Jiayi, there wouldn’t have been so many problems.

"Ling'er, Director Xu doesn't know where your parents are?" Li Jiayi asked with a frown.

"I don't know." Lin Ling'er shook her head.

"This shouldn't be the case! Didn't she go and ask?"

"I have asked around, but I don't know where it is."

"Okay! There's no rush. You can take your time to find out. I'll ask someone later."

"Ok!"

Li Jiayi looked at Lin Ling'er and asked, "What are your plans now?"

Lin Linger shook her head and said, "I don't know either. My mind is very confused right now."

"Don't think too much. Don't worry. Your parents, brothers and sisters will be fine."

What Li Jiayi and Lin Ling'er didn't know was that while they were talking upstairs, people downstairs were discussing their marriage.

Lin Linger's parents are not around, and they entrusted her to Director Xu, so Director Xu represents her parents.

As for Li Jiayi, his mother also made the decision for him.

"Brother, come down and eat."

Before I knew it, it was already noon. It went by so fast.

"coming."

After the eldest sister went downstairs, Li Jiayi stood up and said, "Let's go downstairs to eat first."

"Ok!"

When the two of them came downstairs, the eight-immortal table was already filled with food, and it was an especially sumptuous meal.

Because of the special circumstances today, Ye Xin called three chefs over to prepare this large table of food.

Also because of the special circumstances, the three chefs did not stay for dinner and went back directly after cooking.

The person who was most surprised when seeing the food on the table was Lin Linger, because the food was so sumptuous that even her family had never eaten like this before.

The most important thing is that these meals do not look simple at all and are definitely not home-cooked meals.

"Come on, girl, sit down and eat." Ye Xin said as she pulled Lin Ling'er to sit down.

"Ling'er! You haven't eaten well during this period. Have a good meal today." Director Xu also said.

"Yes, yes, yes, eat more. Tell me what you want to eat next time." Ye Xin said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you auntie."

"Hey, kid, why are you being so polite here? It's like being at home."

"That's right. If your brother bullies you in the future, just tell me and I will help you deal with him." said the second sister.

Li Jiayi rolled his eyes at Li Jialin and said, "You stay away! There is no children's table today, otherwise you would be at the children's table."

"you……"

Li Jialin is overdoing it. She is originally at the bottom of the social class, but she is still trying to act big.

"Come on Ling'er, eat more food. I'm your eldest sister. If Jiayi bullies you in the future, tell me and I'll help you deal with him."

Li Jiayi looked at his eldest sister speechlessly. He could say those words to his second sister, but he couldn't say those words to his eldest sister.

However, the words of the elder and second sisters made Lin Linger blush so much that she didn't dare to raise her head.

"That's right, Ling'er. If this brat dares to bully you, wait and see how I deal with him."

"That's right..."

Dad wanted to say something, but before he could say anything, Li Jiayi interrupted him and said, "Just drink your wine! Don't drink too much before you even start."

"How dare you talk to your father, little brat?"

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Lin Ling'er felt that this kind of family was very warm.

The meal took more than an hour. Although Li Jiayi finished the meal, he was not happy with it.

Because throughout the entire meal, everyone had something to say to him, which made him speechless.

After dinner, the eldest sister made a pot of tea, and the family sat down and started drinking tea.

At this time, Li Jiayi asked, "Aunt Xu, didn't you get any news?"

Director Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "No, I've asked everyone I know, and no one knows."

"It's okay. This will take time. No news now is actually good news." Ye Xin said to Lin Ling'er.

It seems that Director Xu has already told her about the matter, otherwise she wouldn't say that.

"That's right." Director Xu nodded in agreement.

"Yes! I understand, Auntie."

"Son! You are so capable, please help Ling'er to find out." Ye Xin turned and said to Li Jiayi.

"Got it, Mom! I'll go ask around later."

"Yeah! That's right."

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Ling'er left with Director Xu.

As soon as they left, Ye Xin pulled Li Jiayi aside and asked, "Son, you said before that you had someone you liked. Was it Ling'er?"

Li Jiayi could only nod and say, "Yes."

"Hahaha, that's good, that's good. I like this girl very much, but she has a bad fate."

"Okay, mom, how can my life be so bad? I have never suffered from hardship since I was a child, so how can my life be so bad?"

"Uh! That's right!"

"Son, if you two really get married, there won't be any problems, right?" Li Aimin asked worriedly.

"No, she was just born when her father was a businessman. When the public and private sectors were merged, her father donated his property. She hadn't even started school at that time!"

"That's right! In that case, she is at most similar to your Uncle Liao." Li Aimin said.

"Dad, she is much better than Uncle Liao. How old was Uncle Liao at that time?"

Liao Kai is not only the descendant of the imperial chef, but his family also runs a restaurant business, and Liao Kai has been helping out at home since he was a child.

It looks serious, but it's actually not a big deal.

"Son, in this case, you two should go get the certificate later!" Ye Xin said.

"Ah! No way! Mom, I'm not old enough yet."

"Bullshit, it's already this time, why do you still care about whether you are old enough? Besides, didn't your Aunt Xu say that this is not a problem?"

"But……"

"No buts, that's it, unless you don't like her."

Li Jiayi was speechless! What the hell was going on?

"Mom, I'll go out and ask around."

It’s better not to stay at home at this time.

"Go ahead! Just ask around, but be careful."

"Yeah! Don't worry! I know."

With his mother's permission, Li Jiayi ran away from home, feeling relieved.

(End of this chapter)