At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Aunt Jin, a famous matchmaker in Shuangshan Town, came to Chen Mingyu's house, and Chen Mingyu's mother naturally gave a warm welcome.

When the two chatted for a while, Chen Mingyu's mother stuffed a flower bag into the hands of Aunt Jin, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Chen Mingyu still has some understanding of the blind date customs in his hometown, under normal circumstances, the matchmaker first takes a fancy to a pair of marriageable men and women with suitable conditions, and then finds the parents of both parties to chat, and after the parents of both parties agree, the matchmaker arranges a blind date for both parties.

Before the blind date, the matchmaker came to the man's house first, and the man's parents wanted to wrap a flower bag for the matchmaker, which was nothing more than some peanuts, red dates, walnuts, sugar cubes and the like, which was a gift from the matchmaker. But if the matchmaker can say it, the man and the woman will each have to prepare a gift money, and the man will also give the matchmaker two fried big carp on the wedding day, which is called "eating carp", in order to express gratitude and blessings to the matchmaker for making a bunch of good marriages.

The specific process of the blind date is that the matchmaker takes the man to the woman's house, and the woman's parents and family first compare the man, and if they think it is appropriate, they let the man enter the woman's boudoir and talk to the woman in detail. And if the woman's parents and family do not like the man, they will tell the matchmaker directly, and the matchmaker will take the man away, and the matter will be blown up.

This way of blind date is an old custom that has been passed down in their hometown for hundreds of years, although there have been some changes with the times, but the main process has been preserved.

Although Chen Mingyu and Cao Man's blind date today is not the matchmaker's initiative to pull the thread, but the matchmaker that Chen Mingyu and Cao Man's parents talked about first and then found, but the blind date process is still the same.

After Chen Mingyu's mother finished telling Aunt Jin, Aunt Jin came to Chen Mingyu with a flower baggage, looked Chen Mingyu up and down seriously, and praised him: "Look, Mingyu is tall and handsome, and he is a public security, what a good young man!" Mingyu, don't worry, your marriage will be wrapped up in my second aunt! ”

Chen Mingyu smiled awkwardly and said, "Thank you, second aunt." ”

Second Aunt Jin said very excitedly: "Let's go, Second Aunt will take you on a blind date!" ”

Chen Mingyu turned his head and glanced at his mother, who gave him an encouraging look, Chen Mingyu smiled bitterly and followed Second Aunt Jin out of the yard.

When she came to the alley, Aunt Jin asked very gossipy: "Mingyu, do you have any people to talk to?" ”

Chen Mingyu didn't know how to answer, so he smiled and didn't speak.

Second Aunt Jin understood very well and said: "Even if you fall in love, it's nothing, young people nowadays, it's normal to fall in love freely, your second aunt and I are not old-thinking people." But ah, Mingyu, your second aunt and I have been a matchmaker for so many years, and I have seen a lot of all kinds of things. Today, I'll tell you a few words of sincerity, this marriage, to put it bluntly, is a man and a woman live together, since it is two people to live, then if you want to live a good life, less friction, then these two people's family conditions, character, education, etc. must match, otherwise, just like a machine, an imported parts and our own domestic parts, even if they are forced to cooperate together, can there be less friction? After a long time, can you still live this life? In our country, in the event of marriage, we have always respected the four words "the right person", some young people think that this is the old feudal thinking, but in fact, I think this is very reasonable, there is great wisdom in it! When your second aunt and I match people, we pay attention to the use of these four words, so your second aunt and I have a high success rate! In our neighborhood, who dares to say that I am a matchmaker? Mingyu, your second aunt and I are not rough in what I said, you are a college student, and you are a public security officer, you know more truth than me, you should think about the words of the second aunt yourself, right. ”

After listening to Aunt Jin's words, Chen Mingyu knew that it was estimated that his mother dragged Aunt Jin to persuade him, but Chen Mingyu admitted that Aunt Jin's words were indeed reasonable.

It's just that Aunt Jin doesn't know that no single truth is universally applicable to all situations! If this question is to be debated in detail, it will involve the dialectic of materialism.

Chen Mingyu was not interested in debating this with Aunt Jin, so he just listened silently, indicating that he had listened to her words.

After Aunt Jin finished saying this philosophy of life, she smiled and said: "Mingyu, in front of your mother just now, I was embarrassed to say that with your conditions, in the future generations of our Shuangshan Town, you are absolutely top-notch!" Among the unmarried girls in our town, you must be picking! So, Mingyu, don't worry, let's meet the daughter of the old Cao family today, if you can fall in love, it's best, if you don't fall in love, your second aunt and I have a lot of beautiful and good girls, I'll pick a few of the best ones for you to see, I will definitely satisfy you, how about it? ”

Chen Mingyu smiled bitterly: "Then thank you second aunt!" ”

Second Aunt Jin waved her hand and said, "What am I polite to your second aunt!" We are all villagers in the township, second aunt, I can say that I look at you! I still remember, when you were two or three years old that year, it seemed that you had just cut the wheat, and you didn't know why you were scared, and you cried when you didn't sleep at night, or your mother found me and asked me to give you back your soul! When you were a child, I gave you a soul, when you grew up, I found you a daughter-in-law, let's this fate! ”

Chen Mingyu didn't remember that he had lost his soul when he was a child, he smiled and said, "It turns out that there is such a thing, hehe, fate!" Fate! ”

Second Aunt Jin said again: "But then again, the youngest daughter of the Cao family, Manman, is indeed a good girl, she wants to have a face, and she wants to have a body, especially the ass is very warped, such a ass is both prosperous and can give birth to a son!" If anyone can marry her, it will be a blessing from eight lifetimes of cultivation! So, Mingyu, if you fall in love with her today, just tell the second aunt, you don't have to worry about anything else, the second aunt, I will definitely tunnel your wishes! ”

Chen Mingyu was very embarrassed to hear it, and said, "Then thank you Second Aunt." Then he quickly changed the topic: "Second aunt, what do you need to pay attention to on this blind date?" This is my first blind date, and I have no experience at all, so you can teach me. ”

Second Aunt Jin was really taken away by Chen Mingyu's topic, so she told him some etiquette that needs to be paid attention to on a blind date, in fact, it was very simple, and Chen Mingyu remembered it at once.

Chen Mingyu's house and Cao Man's house are quite close, only separated by an alley, even though the two of them walked very slowly, they walked in about ten minutes.

When she arrived at the door of Cao Man's house, Aunt Jin stopped and said, "After you go in for a while, you first greet Manman's parents and other elders, and then hand a cigarette to all the men, don't care if they smoke or not, the rest will listen to my arrangement, understand?" ”

Chen Mingyu nodded and said, "Understood." ”

Second Aunt Jin cleared her throat, pushed open the hidden door and walked into the courtyard.

Chen Mingyu didn't know how many times he had been to Cao Man's house before, and he was very calm every time, but this time his heart was very bumpy, and he couldn't even lift his legs!

If the girl who arranged a blind date for him at home this time was a girl he didn't know at all, it would be okay to meet each other and then say that it was not suitable, and it would be over, and it would not hurt anyone's face.

However, the object of his blind date this time is Xiao Man, who grew up together since childhood, childhood sweetheart, and their two families are close friends, but Chen Mingyu didn't want to deal with Cao Man at all, if it is ugly, he is completely deceiving Xiao Man and the two families, if it is not done well, it is likely to hurt the feelings of the two families, and it will hurt Xiao Man's face.

Thinking of this, Chen Mingyu couldn't help but think depressedly that my parents arranged such a blind date for me without my consent, which really dug a big hole for me!

In addition, Chen Mingyu thought again, who told his parents that Xinyue's father disliked their family as a rural person? This guy is really TM mouthy! Once you find this person, you must repair him! He also asked his mother this question at home, but his mother said that she didn't know, so he asked him to ask his father, but Chen Mingyu knew his father's temper, if he wanted to say it, he must have said it, if he didn't want to say it, then he wouldn't say it if he asked, and it would make him angry!

Alas!

Chen Mingyu sighed secretly in his heart, and regretted very much why he had to go home today! There are still so many things to do in the city, so it's good to stay in the city and go to the exam market these few days off!

However, it is useless to regret it now, Second Aunt Jin, who walked into the courtyard, was already beckoning to him and asked him to go in quickly, Chen Mingyu had no choice but to walk into the courtyard with a hard head.

The people of the Cao family have already prepared, not only Cao Man's parents and brother are at home, but also several close relatives. When they saw Chen Mingyu and them coming in, they all came out and welcomed them warmly into the hall. Among them, Cao Man's brother Cao Cheng also winked at Chen Mingyu, but Cao Man was not here, and should have stayed in her boudoir according to etiquette at this time.

Chen Mingyu knew all of these Cao family, although he was very embarrassed, but he still greeted everyone one by one according to the etiquette taught to him by Aunt Jin, smoked, and then sat on the side according to Aunt Jin's prompts.

In the countryside, etiquette is an extremely important thing, this aspect is absolutely not to make mistakes, this kind of thing is closely related to family education, character and other qualities, if the etiquette is wrong, it is not only to appear that they are impolite, their family members are also smeared with their faces.

According to the etiquette of blind date, the woman's family will not ask Chen Mingyu questions directly, but will ask the matchmaker, and then understand the man through the matchmaker, their observation of the man is mainly reflected in some subtle levels, such as his appearance, height, whether he understands politeness, and his attitude is generous and generous. If the woman's family is not satisfied with the information they get from the matchmaker, they will go directly to the man. But if it comes to this point, it already means that the woman's family is not very satisfied with the man, and the probability of the marriage being successful in the end is very small.

Of course, Cao Man's parents really watched Chen Mingyu grow up, and they already knew Chen Mingyu well, and they had nothing to test him, and they were already very satisfied with Chen Mingyu's conditions in all aspects.

Therefore, they just simply walked through the process that should be taken, and Cao Man's mother, Aunt Cao and Aunt Jin, led Chen Mingyu to the door of Cao Man's boudoir, ready to let Chen Mingyu go in directly to talk to Cao Man.

Standing at the door of Cao Man's boudoir, Chen Mingyu's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a little, he really didn't know what kind of attitude to face Cao Man.

Second Aunt Jin seemed to sense Chen Mingyu's nervousness, reached out and pinched Chen Mingyu's arm, and said, "Mingyu, you go in and have a good chat with Xiaoman, Second Aunt I will wait for you in the hall." ”

Aunt Cao also showed a warm smile to Chen Mingyu, but she had a special identity today, so she didn't say anything.

The door of the room was quickly opened, but Cao Man did not show up, and Aunt Jin pushed Chen Mingyu from behind and said, "Hurry up and go in!" ”