Chapter Twenty-Four: Little Aunt's Blind Date

  The rare winter sun is no longer scorching and dazzling, but has become gentle. The sunlight shines on your face like a mother's hand gently stroking your cheek; the sunlight spills on your body like a warm bed that comforts all things; the warm sunlight shines on your body, making you feel drowsy.

  Liang Zi quietly walked into Fang Mo Nan's home, and as soon as he entered, she led him to the north room. Liang Zi carefully locked the door and checked that no one was eavesdropping or peeking outside before unbuttoning his military coat and cotton-padded jacket, then pulled out a large package from inside his clothes and handed it to Fang Mo Nan: "Nan Nan, this is the income from selling goods over the past few days, totaling 9124 yuan. The receipt is also inside."

  "Sold for so much money?" Fang Mo Nan was somewhat surprised, she knew they would make a profit but didn't think it would be this much.

  "Isn't it?" Liang Zi said excitedly, "You don't know how hot our electronic watches are selling. In just over half a month, I've sold over 1,000 watches. But calculators sell less individually, so I went out to promote them and peddle them to the merchants on our West Street, even the vegetable vendors were convinced by me and bought one. They do small business, it's easy for them to get started, much faster than mental math and abacus calculations, and they're not prone to errors. In total, I sold 10 calculators. Only 3 radios were sold."

  "Next, we plan to take the calculator to the unit to sell it. The public will pay for it, and it should be easier to sell." Liangzi looked at her with a smile, without any displeasure, and said boldly: "As for the radio, I plan to transport it to the city to sell it. They probably will buy it. Our county town has fewer rich people now."

  "Great! Liangzi's idea is not bad, it's very good, this is the right stuff." Fang Mennai said excitedly, patting him on the shoulder. "And with the New Year approaching, the sales of radios should be pretty good, let's make some New Year's goods and say some auspicious words to make it even better."

  Liang Zi heard her praise and became even more confident.

  "Continue to work hard" Fang Mo Nan opened the cloth package, first picked up the bill and took a look. Seeing the words was like seeing the person, Liang Zi's handwriting gave him a very different feeling from his rough and wild impression, the font was very neat, the accounts were recorded very clearly, at a glance. It can be seen that he is very clear in financial matters, not willing to mix up even one cent, it can be seen that he is a meticulous person in his heart. Indeed, there is refinement within coarseness!

  Fang Mo Nan finished looking at the bill, then looked at the stack of cash tied up with a red string. He counted out 300 large denomination bills and handed them to Liang Zi, saying: "Liang Zi, this is yours."

  "Nan Nan, I really can't take that much." Liang Zi seemed to be scalded by fire, backing away with his hands behind him, dodging.

  "We didn't agree on this beforehand? All the income, after deducting costs, you take 30% and I take 70%. This time it's over 9,000 yuan, you take 3,000 first. The rest can be settled later."

  "But I also can't want that much." Liang Zi said persistently, "Nan Nan, when you first told me, we thought it would take a month to earn a few hundred yuan. We thought I'd take 30%, but we didn't expect to make so much money. Who knew this watch would sell so well and make money so quickly? We just put in some effort, how can we suddenly take 3000 yuan?" He paused for a moment and continued: "Besides, you found us a way out, otherwise we'd still be wandering around on the streets, idle and drifting everywhere! You even cured my injured arm, how can I take that much from you? No way, no matter what."

  Fang Mo Nan smiled and said, "Liang Zi, look at this stuff I got. If I told others about it, they wouldn't believe me. If not for you guys, I wouldn't be able to make any money either. We share the good fortune together, we share the difficulties together. When there's money, everyone makes it together. I didn't even exert a bit of strength, and yet I'm getting the biggest share."

  "If you can't even take this small lead, how can we go on?"

  "But this is 3,000 yuan!" Liangzi said with a trembling heart. Even if he and the thin monkey split it evenly, each person would get 1,000 yuan. And to think they had only worked for less than half a month!

  10,000 yuan was equivalent to 20 months' salary for a state-owned enterprise employee at that time. If converted to today's salary of 2,000 yuan per month for state-owned enterprise employees, 20,000 yuan back then would be equivalent to 400,000 yuan now.

  "Besides, it's already divided into three parts, and now it shouldn't be divided so much," said Liang Zi.

  "How will you, Skinny Monkey and Fatty divide that 30%?" Fang Mo Nan asked curiously.

  "Of course it's one person per room." Liang Zili said matter-of-factly.

  "That's it, how can we split it fairly if I don't give you 3,000 yuan?"

  "This is 3,000 yuan! So much." Liang Zi said, looking at the money in Fang Mo Nan's hand.

  "Is 3,000 yuan a lot? This is just a small amount of money. Later when you earn more, you will think that this little bit of money is not much." Fang Mo Nan said.

  "But I've got this money, where am I supposed to go?" Liang Zi took the money, feeling a bit dazed.

  To be honest, in the past few days, although he had handled nearly 10,000 yuan, he always thought that this money didn't belong to him, he was just passing it through, so there was only a concept of numbers in his mind. Now, when Fang Mo Nan personally handed over 3,000 yuan to him, he has become the owner of this money, and for a moment, "In the past, I had no money and could only think about making a lot of money, now that I have money in my pocket, I don't know what to do?"

  "This is easy, first go buy a stove for home, it's cold and chilly all day, like an ice cellar. Although no one is at home during the day, but can't freeze Lian Nainai at night when sleeping. Add some decent furniture to the house. The New Year is approaching, this year we will prepare more goods for the festival, are you afraid that the money won't be spent?" Fang Mo Nan counted on his fingers and said.

  "Alright, you guys haven't gone out to cause trouble and fight again, have you?" Fang Mo Nan warned: "I'm telling you upfront, if you, Skinny Monkey, and Fatty are still hanging around on the streets or get caught, then don't follow me anymore." She was doing this for their own good. "Look at what Nannan said, we have a proper job now and earn more than our parents, if they go out to cause trouble again, I'll be the first one to not forgive them." Liang Zi hastily guaranteed.

  "That's good. Get along well with the police on Xijie (Business Street)." Fang Monan reminded him.

  "Police!" Liang Zi listened with a puzzled expression, what does it mean.

  "It's the police!"

  "I get it! We went to pay our respects to the dockworkers before we opened, and from time to time, we'd invite them for drinks and cigarettes. With the three of us around, those street punks wouldn't dare cause trouble in front of us." Liangzi said with a knowing tone, the liquor and cigarettes were all smuggled goods bought from the black market in Yangcheng, it was just surprising that Nannan was also familiar with these street affairs, could only say she really knew everything.

  Liang Zi left Fang Mo Nan's house, carrying the money to the storefront and dividing it up. Skinny Monkey and Fatty both cried, they were so excited that they didn't know what to do.

  Liángzi then solemnly warned the two of them, "Since we have a chance to turn back, whoever dares to fight and cause trouble outside again, affecting the store's reputation, I won't forgive him first."

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  The skinny monkey and the fat boy hastily said: "Big brother, rest assured, we absolutely won't do stupid things again." With proper things to do, who would still take a wrong path.

  Not long after Liangzi left, Fang Mennai heard voices talking outside in the courtyard.

  "Is big sister at home?" The voice arrived before the person did, and it was the voice of Auntie coming from the courtyard.

  Grandma heard the sound and came out of the kitchen, "Ah! How did you come? It's so cold outside, what are you running around for?" Pulling her arm, "Come...come..., hurry up and go inside to warm up."

  "This is..." Everyone went into the house and sat down, Grandma poured water for them, and then carefully looked at the young man sitting next to Second Sister, who was tall and thin, with a straight haircut, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a half-new olive green coat that didn't look bulky at all.

  "Sister, take me to the toilet first." Auntie turned to the young man beside her and said: "Qiushi, wait a moment, we'll be right back."

  The aunt held her grandmother's hand and they walked towards the backyard together.

  Grandma didn't recognize who he was, but Fang Mò Nán recognized him as her younger aunt's husband. Fang Mò Nán stood at the bedroom door and carefully sized him up, being stared at by the flashlight, he felt a bit awkward and took a sip of water to calm his nerves, pretending to look around the room.

  Standing in the backyard, Auntie said, "Sister, you're really doing great! You're living a pretty good life." Listening to her son's account and looking at her rosy complexion, full of energy, she felt happy for her sister. "It should be like this, if not for the kids, we've got to live for ourselves too."

  "Cut the nonsense, what's with all these young people in the house?" Grandma scolded. Weren't you supposed to send Da Chengzi a message? Why did you bring everyone here?

  "Sister, look at your memory, didn't I tell you when we were at my place? The matchmaker for our family's Little Yan. She saw Grandma wanting to interrupt her words, "Let me finish, this child's family has five people, he is the second eldest in high school graduation, and is the same age as our Little Yan, born a month older than Little Yan. I had our village's 'divine woman' match their birth dates, there's nothing wrong with it. Moreover, he works at a state-owned factory in the provincial city, his father is also in the provincial city, his mother stays at home farming, just in the next village over. One sister is married, one younger sister is still in school. The conditions are okay, I've brought him here, no matter what, let's have them meet first and then talk."

  "Alas! You this... big honest child, didn't I tell you about the current situation at home when you came back?!" Grandma looked at her and said. Upon hearing that she had been seen by a 'divine woman', Grandma's heart skipped a beat, but this still depends on the children's opinions.

  "Even if Little Swallow studies, she can't delay getting married and starting a family! Think about it, if our Little Swallow really gets into university in the provincial city, someone will take care of her. But after graduation, how old would she be? How can we find a husband for her then?" Auntie continued to persuade Grandma.

  "Come on! It's not right to keep someone waiting all the time."

  They came back and saw Old Man Lin talking with a young man. The old man was Fang Mo Nan, who had been specially brought over to help keep watch.

  They chatted casually, trying to understand his family background and observe his behavior.

  Just then, Little Aunt came home from school. As she entered the house, her brother-in-law sneaked a peek at her and quickly looked away, but couldn't help stealing glances at her again. However, his bright red ears betrayed his shy thoughts, and it seemed that he was captivated by Little Aunt's appearance.

  After half a year of renovation, Xiaoyi's appearance was no longer comparable to before, and her temperament had also undergone changes.

  After lunch, Grandma saw the person off and came back to ask Little Aunt, "How's that young man?"

  "What's going on?" Little Aunt was confused, looking at her mother in a daze.

  "Future brother-in-law!" Fang Mo Nan said with a jest.

  "What? You're talking about that kid." Xiaoyi finally came back to her senses, she just thought of him as a relative brought by Erniang and didn't think much of it. "Mom, aren't you telling me to focus on my studies? This school doesn't allow dating. Besides, 'a horse's strength is known after a long journey, a person's heart is seen over time' what can be achieved with just this one aspect?! Right, Uncle Lin?"

  Old Lin smiled and said: "Xiao Yan is right, but this young man looks quite clever, seems to be very interested in you. I reckon he'll chase after you relentlessly from now on."

  "It doesn't matter if he's far away, we'll talk about it later. I'm focusing on studying now, and this is not the time to be disturbed by other things," said Little Aunt.

  "But you're too old, it's hard to find one." Grandma frowned with worry, in rural areas, girls of Xiaoyan's age already have two or three children.

  "Hehe... don't worry, with your looks and knowledge, you'll definitely find one. For now, focus on studying." Old Man Lin said with a smile.

  "We've just met once, and the eight characters haven't even been written yet! Mom, don't worry about it, when fate arrives, things will naturally fall into place, no need to rush." Little Aunt comforted her.

  Fang Mo Nan thinks that with the current state of his little aunt, her husband's pursuit of her is a long and arduous road, so he should keep going! In their past life, they had a tight and difficult time, but as a couple, they were still quite harmonious. This life shouldn't be much different.

  On the other side, a young man rode a bicycle with his aunt.

  "Qiu Shi is quite capable. How about it? My niece isn't bad, right? She's more than a match for you." Auntie patted his back and said.

  "That's it, Auntie introduced someone who can't be worse than that." Qi Qiushi said, he didn't plan to come at first, but was persuaded by his mother. He thought it would just be a courtesy meeting, but unexpectedly the county town girl is not inferior to those in the provincial city at all. With full confidence, he heard about the other family's situation and became a little afraid that they might look down on him now.

  "Auntie, can you help me?" Bao Sheng said hastily.

  "Hehe... you little rascal, I can only try to speak well of you. After all, she's still my niece, and it's up to her if she agrees. It depends on your sincerity. Let me tell you upfront, this intention must be pure and aboveboard, don't even think about having any ulterior motives." The aunt looked at her now blossoming niece and gave him a preemptive warning shot.

  "Auntie, rest assured I will definitely let you all see my sincerity." Qi Qiushi patted his chest and said.

  "Hey! Be careful riding your bike, quickly put your hands on the handlebars." His aunt shouted out loud.

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