Chapter 70: The Strange Old Man
"What do you mean, you won't give me a blind date too, will you?" Li Zhang couldn't help but show a vigilant expression when he heard Jin Shan's words, Lu Wu had already made him feel very tired when he forced him to go on a blind date, and now he finally stopped, but he didn't expect Jin Shan to ask such a thing again.
"This ...... Hehe~" Jin Shan didn't expect Li Zhang's reaction to be so big, and it was the first time he had done this kind of thing, not as cheeky as a professional matchmaker, so he was a little embarrassed to speak at this time.
Originally, Li Zhang was just guessing, but now that he saw Jin Shan's performance, he immediately confirmed his guess, which made him a little speechless: "It seems to be true, but I really want to know, who can invite you, the Jin official, to be the matchmaker?" ”
"Actually, it's not an outsider, last time my mother liked you very much, and it just so happened that my sister was the same age as you, so I wanted me to ask if you were engaged, if not, our two families may be able to get married." At this time, Jin Shan finally adapted to the role of a matchmaker, and immediately told his intention for today.
"Your sister?" Li Zhang's face was bitter when he heard this, what the hell is the age and age, he admits it, but the appearance is quite unspeakable, although he is now starting to grow his body, he is still thin and small, and Jin Xiaomei is tall and fat, one can top him three, this is not a match at all?
Of course, Li Zhang thought so in his heart, but he didn't dare to say so, after all, Jin Shan spoiled Jin Xiaomei endlessly, if he dared to say that Jin Xiaomei was not good, I am afraid that Jin Shan would have to fight with him.
"What's the matter, looking at your appearance, do you think my sister is not worthy of you?" Seeing Li Zhang's embarrassed face, Jin Shan couldn't help but change his face.
"No, don't get me wrong!" Li Zhang hurriedly denied it, "I ...... I'm mainly worried that we're not compatible. ”
In a hurry, Li Zhang couldn't think of any good reasons, so in the end he could only use eight characters to prevaricate, anyway, the ancients believed this. However, as soon as his words fell, he saw Jin Shan sneering and said: "Why don't the eight characters match, my mother has already let people test the eight characters of you and my sister, which belongs to a pair made in heaven, and you belong to a sheep and my sister are a horse, and even the genus is very compatible!" ”
"Huh?" Li Zhang even broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, he didn't expect Jinshan to come prepared, and even took his own eight characters to test, this road couldn't go at all, which made him dumbfounded all of a sudden.
Fortunately, Li Zhang was still a little anxious, and quickly regained his composure, and then pretended to sigh and said, "That's it, then I'll be honest with you!" ”
"I know that you kid didn't tell the truth, don't you think my sister is not worthy of you?" Jin Shan said angrily again at this time, he and Li Zhang, like Li Zhang, are people who suffered when they were children, at that time, Mrs. Jin took care of their brothers and sisters with hard work, so the relationship between their brothers and sisters is also extremely deep like Li Zhang's brothers and sisters.
"Not really!" Li Zhang hurriedly denied it again, and then said with a heavy expression, "Actually, just a few days ago, my father and Uncle Wu forced me to go on a blind date, I didn't have any preparations at that time, and I didn't usually think about getting engaged so early, so I refused when I arrived at the place, which made Uncle Wu angry with me." ”
"Great, you rejected that family, just enough to be engaged to my little sister!" Jin Shan slapped his thigh when he heard this, he thought he was late just now, but he didn't expect Li Zhang to refuse the last engagement, which made him overjoyed.
"Jinshan, why are you confused, my father and Uncle Wu joined forces to engage me, and I refused, but now that you come, I agree, what do you want my father and Uncle Wu to think?" Li Zhang showed an embarrassed expression at this time and said, although this was his delaying plan, it was indeed the truth.
Jin Shan's face also stiffened when he heard this, Li Zhang said that it was indeed reasonable, Li Yonghe and Lu Wu were Li Zhang's elders, and the two of them joined forces to make Li Zhang agree to the engagement, and he was an outsider, if Li Zhang agreed easily, this made him unable to explain to the two elders of Lu Wu at all.
"There is another thing, that is, before my mother died, she once asked me to promise to take care of the raccoon, and I also swore in front of my mother that I would never consider my marriage until the raccoon's lifelong event was decided!" Li Zhang said solemnly again at this time, but compared to the above reason, this reason was made up by Li Zhang, in fact, Li Zhang's memory of his mother is very vague, and he can't even remember her appearance.
Jin Shan also showed a solemn expression when he heard Li Zhang's words, and he had no doubts about his words, because the ancients attached great importance to filial piety and rarely lied to their parents, not to mention that Li Zhang's reason was also very reasonable, after all, his father was a gambler, and Li Zhang, as the eldest brother, should take care of his younger sister.
"Well, since you have such an oath, I can't force it, then I'll report it to my mother when I go back, and I'll do my best anyway!" Jin Shan sighed at the moment and said, he temporarily gave up his plan to marry his sister to Li Zhang.
Li Zhang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, not to mention how Jin Xiaomei looks, he really has no plans to get married now, in addition, he has always heard Lu Wu say that the backer behind Jinshan is likely to be unlucky, Li Zhang also reminded the other party last time, so he can be friends with Jinshan, but he doesn't want to have a kinship relationship, so as not to get burned, this can't be blamed on Li Zhang, after all, people are selfish, not to mention that he still has Tanuki and Douzi to take care of, so naturally he doesn't dare to risk himself.
In the next few days, the business of the early shop also slowly prospered, and many people rushed to the store to eat breakfast every morning, but more people still liked to buy it early and take it back to eat, mainly because Li Zhang's shop was too small, and there were only seven or eight tables in it, so it was not enough to sit at all.
This morning, Li Zhang was still helping in the morning shop as usual, and now the braised meat shop has been handed over to Huozi and Ugly Niang to manage, he and Douzi, Xiuxiu and others are all in the morning shop, mainly because it is more complicated to make it early, such as filling soup dumplings need to be steamed freshly, and fried fritters, Xiuxiu and their girls are not very skilled, so Li Zhang also needs to cook in person these days.
"Big brother, look, that old man is here again!" Just when Li Zhang was busy frying fried fritters, suddenly Douzi came to Li Zhang's side and pointed to a table in the middle of the store, only to see an old man sitting behind the table, although his hair was gray, but his spirit was strong, his waist was straight, and he did not have the old age of his age.
"Come on, come on, he's an old customer in our store, wait for a cold dish to be delivered!" Li Zhang didn't care about it, this old man also noticed that on the third day of their opening, the other party came to the store for dinner for the first time, and then came every day, the breakfast in the store was not cheap, and it seemed that the other party was also a person who was not bad for money.
"I'm not talking about this, there are few tables in our store, but this old man's style is not small, I have been paying attention to him for several days, every day when we don't open the door, he sends servants to wait outside the door, and then helps him occupy the table, and he sits at the innermost table every time, and often looks at the eldest brother you when eating." Douzi whispered again at the moment.
"Oh?" Li Zhang was also a little surprised when he heard this, if he just sent a servant to occupy the table, it would be nothing, at most it showed that the other party was not only not bad for money, but also a very particular person, but it was a little strange for him to look at himself?
Just when Li Zhang was surprised, the old man really turned his head to look at Li Zhang as Douzi said, and when he found that Li Zhang was also staring at him, the old man showed a warm smile, as if he was expressing kindness to Li Zhang.
Seeing the smile on the other party's face, Li Zhang secretly frowned, and his intuition told him that this old man should not be an ordinary guest, which made him curious, so he immediately asked Xiuxiu to replace him, and then took a plate of cold dishes to give to the other party, and by the way, he also tested the identity and intention of this old man.