18. Passive blind date

If you want to select excellent programs, the excerpts from the program "Red Women's Army" of the Tea Garden Department should be regarded as the best. It can't be said to be the first though, because it's not an original show. But its response is bigger than the first. First of all, ballet, there are very few people who dance ballet, it belongs to the spring and snow, although the dance is average, but this is generally not simple. Many people have never seen ballet, it is very strange, rare things are expensive, and things are strange. This is one of them; Secondly, the character dancer actor, as mentioned above, is not an ordinary beauty, a real ballet dancer, slimmer and thinner than Zhao Jinju's figure. Because she often has to be lifted by male dance partners. It's too heavy, the actor is very hard, I'm afraid it won't work for a long time. Besides, dancers are fat and not suitable for ballet, and they have to stand on tiptoe, because they are too heavy, and their toes will be too heavy. In contrast, amateur dancer Zhao Jinju does not have these constraints, she only focuses on "beauty". This beauty will attract the favor and envy of many people. In a pejorative sense, it is to attract bees and butterflies. From a positive point of view, it is enviable. The tea garden has produced a pair of fake golden boys and girls. In the whole department, in the whole school (and even the scope is larger, there are many students from all over the country!) The fame of the ) is great, and it can be said that it became an overnight success.

Lin Jie is a native of Shanghai, with good family conditions, her father is a researcher at a research institute (now it belongs to the category of stinky Lao Jiu), and her mother is a music teacher in a middle school. Lin Jie has an older brother who graduated from Fudan University in Shanghai and has been working in a research institute under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau for more than a year. Lin Jie loves activities, is influenced by her mother, and also loves music. If you don't work hard to study, you can't get into a prestigious university like your brother. Reluctantly admitted to the Academy of Forestry, this is not her ideal, but there is no way, it is obedient to the assignment. Regardless of the major, the ambition to love literature and art has not changed. Originally, she wanted to learn ballet from her aunt. The first is that his body is not suitable, and the second is that his aunt dances in general, people say: Famous teachers produce high apprentices, teachers are not famous, where can apprentices be famous? This is what Lin's father said, and he persuaded his daughter to do something honest and do something serious. This caused Lin's mother to be disgusted. She doesn't think that if she engages in music and literature, she is not doing the right thing. But Lin Jie is not angry, she can only nest in the Forestry Academy, and there is no way to be a mother.

I heard her daughter say that she has a classmate who is good-looking, not to mention her natural beauty, but she is better than herself. She understands her daughter's character, and if she is not stronger than her, she will not be convinced. My daughters all said that they looked good, and they must look good. She wanted to work for her son. told Lin Jie that she wanted her to bring a classmate to her house to "look white and white", and don't let her know that it was Lin's mother's idea.

Lin Jie listened to her mother, but she also had troubles. Since becoming famous, the notes and letters received are no less than Zhao Jinju, and both of them feel embarrassed, and there are many of them who can be communicated, and it seems too high to refuse all of them. Friends are always looking for, but who to promise and who to reject, I can't make up my mind. Lin Jie can discuss with her aunt. Calling my aunt is not a few years older than herself, like a sister. Qin Qin said that he would let it go in advance. Say: It's because you can't run away, it's not that you don't care if you lose it. Besides, Lin Jie is still young, so she is not in a hurry to talk about friends, and the school has regulations, so it is inconvenient to talk about friends. She advocated settling the matter raised by the eldest sister first.

Besides, Zhao Jinju was confused, he didn't expect that performing two shows would cause so many things, is it good or bad? I can't tell. There was no one to discuss, and suddenly remembered that the fellow Zhang Ping'an came, but the fellow returned to the villager, and the matter between men and women was not easy to talk about with a man. Why didn't he come to me again? Or do you have to break your thoughts? Alas! Suddenly remembered that Zhang Ping'an had been assigned, where did he go, and he didn't say a word, forget it, at this moment, Zhang Ping'an's letter came.

After Zhang Ping'an was assigned to Leping Middle School, the school also had no classes to attend, and it seemed idle if there were no students and teachers. It's not that I don't know anything about the school, it's that I'm not interested.

Fortunately, there was a classmate Wang Xinghe who came to play with Cheng Fengjiao, and for the teacher who had taught him, when he first came, after visiting him, he had no contact. Some teachers have become the target of criticism from students, and some have become carefree. He thought it was better to stay away, so as not to cause a commotion. As for writing a letter to Zhao Jinju, it was also a whim, it was terrible to make friends, it was a pity to abandon it, and it was better to leave a way back for yourself than to block yourself.

But when Zhao Jinju got the letter, it was as if he had caught a life-saving straw, and he hurriedly opened the letter, and when he saw it, he was disappointed! A few dry greetings, just a few words of mailing address.

It's still Lin Jie, and she actually took the initiative to invite her to her house to play. She knows that Shanghainese people are a bit stingy and not easy to socialize. Especially when you go to someone's house to play, it's a bit troublesome. If you have trouble with your own affairs, no one will discuss it. She was afraid of the countrymen, so she went to Shanghai to play, and the Shanghainese looked down on her and would be boring, so she was a little unhappy to go. Lin Jie didn't explain directly, so she didn't want to be reluctant, so she asked her aunt to come out. Qin Qin and Zhao Jinju are not classmates, but they can be regarded as masters and apprentices. Jin Ju can't refute the teacher's face.

Qin Qin said that Lin Jie's mother is a music teacher. She wanted to ask her eldest sister to teach Zhao Jinju to practice her voice and learn to sing with her. said that if Zhao Jinju can practice noise, or maybe, he will become a singer in the future - not a singer, let alone a singer, which is the object of criticism of the Cultural Revolution. Except for the word "red" in front. Zhao Jinju thought: Being idle is also idle, and there is nothing wrong with learning something. Besides, don't pay tuition, pay tuition, Zhao Jinju will never do it, she has no money. She has been in Shanghai for more than a year, and there are many classmates in Shanghai, but no one has ever invited others to his house to play, she thought: I heard that Shanghai people are stingy, I want to experience it. So she agreed.

In August of the solar calendar, the weather is still hot. This is especially true of the big city of Shanghai. There are a lot of people in Shanghai, and a person's body temperature is at least 36 degrees or more. The beginning of autumn is in the past, but the autumn tiger is still there, as long as it is sunny, the sun is still in danger, and it is not worse than being a tiger.

Lin Jie led Zhao Jinju to squeeze the bus, turned left and right, seven up and eight down, making the two people scattered, and finally came to an alley, which was called Li Lane by Shanghainese. Lin Jie said that, so both of them tidied up their clothes. Lin Jie went to the door of the room and knocked on the door (she had a door key, and knocking on the door meant to give a signal to the house), and the door opened, it was Qin Qin. "Auntie, you're here!" Lin Jie called her aunt first, and took Zhao Jinju to the door.

Zhao Jinju was about to shout "Teacher Qin", but was interrupted by Qin Qin: "A guest is here!" This voice shouted to the kitchen, and said to Zhao Jinju: "Please come in!" Come and sit inside, come and blow the wind. ”

Zhao Jinju saw a middle-aged woman, coming out of the kitchen, with fine skin and white flesh, and she looked lean and lean. Zhao Jinju must be Lin Jie's mother, and without waiting for Qin Qin's introduction, she shouted: "Auntie!" ”

While taking off her apron, Mother Lin said to Zhao Jinju, "Lin Jie, make tea for your classmates." ”

"Sister, what kind of tea are you making, didn't you prepare herbal tea earlier?" Qin Qin said as he brought a cup of herbal tea to Zhao Jinju and said, "Ah Ju, sit down!" ”

Zhao Jinju took the teacup, sniffed it first, then took a sip lightly, then swallowed it slowly, and then said softly: "Good tea!" So he took another big sip and gently placed the cup on the table.

"This is the best chrysanthemum tea, clearing heat and detoxifying!" Mother Lin heard Zhao Jinju praise her tea for being good, so she boasted about it.

"Mom! People know that her name is Jin Ju, and she is a fine chrysanthemum. She knows better than you that her mother sells tea. Inadvertently, Lin Jie told her all about Zhao Jinju.

"Ahh Your mother has met an insider, it's really a joke! Zhuan Er asked, "So what does your dad do?" This is a sentence asked in passing, and it will not arouse suspicion among the guests.

"My father was a member of the commune and farmed in the mountains." Zhao Jinju told Mother Lin innocently and without concealment.

"Who else is in the house?" Qin Qin asked on behalf of Lin's mother.

"And grandparents, they're all in the countryside!" Zhao Jinju simply finished speaking, saving himself from answering.

The living room was cold. It's as if this is not a job to learn from a teacher, but to be investigated. Zhao Jinju became alert. Lin Jie saw it, and immediately said to Qin Qin: "Little aunt, the house that Nong asked, check the household registration?" ”

"Ah, Nong saw Allah ask She?" This is a semi-Shanghainese dialect, and Zhao Jinju can understand it.

"Ah Qin, you sit with the guests, I want to go to the kitchen!" After that, while taking the apron, he turned back to Lin Jie and said, "Ajie, leave your classmates to eat at home." Then he nodded slightly at Qin Qin and went into the kitchen.

Qin Qin understood her sister's actions and asked her to go to the kitchen too, so she said to Lin Jie: "I'll go and help your mother get a few dishes, Ajie!" You just accompany Ah Ju to the neighborhood for a walk, and then come back for dinner! "For good reason, I went into the kitchen.

Lin Jie knew in her heart that her aunt was going to discuss with her mother and help them out! So Lin Jie sent an invitation to Zhao Jinju: "Aju! I'll take you out to familiarize yourself with your surroundings, so that you won't know the way when you come alone. ”

Zhao Jinju is honest, doesn't he want to learn art? It's coming. Shanghai has a large population, living is tight, the alleys are small, the alleys are similar, it is easy to make mistakes, since you are here, it is good to familiarize yourself with the door first, and follow Lin Jie out.

Qin Qin saw that the two of them were going out, so she said to Mother Lin: "Sister! What do you think people look like? ”

Mother Lin was washing vegetables when she heard the door knocking, and she also knew that her daughter had gone out. Seeing Qin Qin asking, he paused for a while before saying, "People, I can't say how good I look, I'm really beautiful." is even better looking than Ajie (actually said that she is even better looking than her own daughter). ”

It can be seen that Mother Lin is not picky about Zhao Jinju's appearance. "It's just that the family background is too bad, a family of farmers, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with!"

What kind of dealing, to put it bluntly, is afraid that rural people will come to her door. Some people in Shanghai are a bit poor and exquisite, and they love cleanliness and tidiness. Many residents' homes are only a little bigger, but they can be cleaned up very cleanly, and what things are placed and where are they placed are clear, and there is no chaos. And it's good to be poor and pay attention to hygiene, don't spit. Some people spit on their handkerchiefs and put them in their pockets. Won't phlegm get wet on a handkerchief? Fearsome! Sometimes you forget that the handkerchief is filled with phlegm and use it to wipe your face, don't you feel nauseous? Are you still hygienic?

Farmers are different, they come in the door, no matter how clean your house is, if you want to spit, you may spit on the ground or on the ground next to it. If he is particular (if he is exquisite) a little, he will vomit and then step on it, and turn around by the way, as if the phlegm is gone. But where does the phlegm go? It's not on the sole of your shoe, so if you walk around again, there will be phlegm everywhere, which is about hygiene, and Shanghainese people don't like it the most.

"Then what should I do, I mean someone who came to learn art and teach her to practice vocal singing." Qin Qin was a little embarrassed, because she hadn't discussed this matter with her sister, and she was only trying to deceive Zhao Jinju. She thought that if her sister saw Zhao Jinju, she would definitely like it. She didn't even think about her background. Fortunately, if Zhao's father was still a kidnapper, he would definitely not let Zhao Jinju enter the door.

Both of them felt a pity for how a flower could grow in the damp earth. Since people have been attracted, it has not yet reached the point of being out of control. Lin's mother had already considered it and didn't let her son know that the time she chose was noon, and Lin's father and son would not come back at noon. She has a hand, or a way out. In a situation like this, if the son takes a fancy to it, it will be troublesome. The two of them quickly came up with a way to make Zhao Jinju retreat by himself.

After a while, Lin Jie came back with Zhao Jinju. In broad daylight, it's hot outside, so it's not good to walk around for a long time. The two of them took a sip of herbal tea, then helped clear the teacups on the table and began to serve.

Four women, each at a small table. Mother Lin was quite polite and made five dishes and one soup. However, the bowl is very small, and the dish is a little bit, in line with the style of "Allah small belly", more is not finished, and the belly will be big if you eat too much. But Zhao Jinju is a rural person, and it is customary to eat big food. Looking at a little bit of food in the bowl, it's not good to coerce more. Zhao Jinju was also polite, and the fast son stretched out a little bit. However, Lin Jie was still polite and gave Zhao Jinju a few dishes, but it was just a little bit. Otherwise, if you don't take three or two clicks, you won't have a bowl of food, and you won't say anything substantive when you eat.

After the meal, Zhao Jinju wanted to help Mother Lin wash the dishes, but was stopped by Qin Qin and said, "You are a guest today, how can you wash the dishes?" "I rushed to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Lin Jie doesn't do things, she is used to being a young lady, it is the same whether she has guests or not, Lin Ma stopped and took the initiative to talk to Zhao Jinju.

"Listen to her aunt, Ah Ju's ballet is good, right?"

"I just learned, what's so good, what's not there, learn to jump and play." Zhao Jinju doesn't think that he can dance well, that's objective. I have only studied ballet for more than a month, can I say that I can dance well? Coaxing the common people, just a layman.

"Listen to Ajie, Auntie is a music teacher?" Zhao Jinju's words are straight to the point.

"Yes, I'm a middle school music teacher!" Without waiting for Jin Ju to speak, Mother Lin picked up, and the countermeasures discussed with Qin Qin must be used as soon as possible. "I heard you want to learn to sing?"

"Yes, I heard Teacher Qin say that you are willing to take students."

"Yes, I've taken a few students, and there used to be a fee. After the Cultural Revolution, I didn't dare to bring it. "This is the first pass, don't bring it!

"But I think it's right to charge a fee, but it must be a labor and a paycheck for work, shouldn't it?" Qin Qin came out of the kitchen and set up a second pass: charge!

"Auntie, then you taught Ah Ju to dance, did you charge a fee?" Lin Jie also participated, and she was looking for trouble for the charge.

"Ajie, how can I charge, isn't it for your sake? Wouldn't it be nice if I was idle? ”

"Then my mother can't charge anymore, and she has to give me face!" Lin Jie seemed to be a little coquettish.

"Ajie, how could my mother take Aju's money? You're classmates, I'll give you enough face. "Mother Lin is very good at turning, since Qin Qin teaches Zhao Jinju without charge, then she teaches Zhao Jinju, of course, she can't charge for it." However, Aju, let me tell you that practicing voice is very hard, you have to get up early every day, can you rush to my house from school? ”

Undoubtedly, this is the third hurdle: the difficulty! It takes more than an hour to get from the College of Forestry to the Lin family. It's not difficult to get up early, but a girl on the road is afraid that it won't be safe, it's difficult! Mother Lin continued: "During the day, I have to work, although the school is closed, the teacher still has to work. There is time only in the evening. ”

This is the fourth hurdle: no time! It's true that she works during the day, and the students she brings also come at night. But none of them mention Sunday, and the teacher always has to rest on Sunday, right?

Zhao Jinju understood, and asked her to come to learn art, obviously under the guise of having another purpose. What is the purpose? Is it a "blind date"? The first thing young people think of is a blind date, but with whom do they go on a blind date? It's all women! Hasn't the actor appeared yet?

Zhao Jinju felt that Mother Lin said this, obviously unwilling to take her. If you don't bring it, you won't bring it, and she doesn't have any big hopes, if she has the opportunity to learn a little, forget it if she doesn't have the opportunity. When I came today, I didn't give any gifts, and even the tickets that came were bought by Lin Jie in a hurry, and I also ate a meal from others. Although there are few dishes, it is the custom of other people, and they follow the customs of the locals. When you enter the city, you have to follow the customs of others. I finally experienced the life of a Shanghainese.

So Zhao Jinju spoke: "Auntie, it's okay, I'm just having fun, come out for a walk." Zhao Jinju looked at Qin Qin again and said: "Teacher Qin knows, we don't have anything to do, and I can't make trouble about the things in the school, and I don't like to be lively, and I'm even more afraid of rushing and killing." ”

She didn't go on... In public places, there is generally no speech. Doing sports in class, she follows the crowd. What do you say, she only nodded, and if she had to speak, she was just like everyone said, her tone was softer, and her voice was lower.

"Mom, don't you still have time on Sunday?" Lin Jie finally broke her mother, and she really couldn't figure out her mother's rejection! She felt that business was not benevolent. If you can't go on a blind date, is it still okay to learn from a teacher? Or really lose face for yourself.

"Yo, who's so busy? I don't have time on Sundays! It was a male voice who spoke, and it was the actor Lin Feng who came in.

"Ah Feng, why are you back!" Mother Lin was a little surprised! Why did my son come back at this time, I was really afraid of something, something happened!

"Didn't you attend a city convention today? As soon as the meeting is over, go home! Lin Feng glanced at his sister and found that there was a student sitting next to his sister, and the one who was with his sister must be a classmate. Mother! Got a guest at home? ”

"Yes, it's my student." Qin Qin answered for her sister.

"Yo, my aunt is also taking students!" Lin Feng thought that his aunt was a student like his mother, so he said, "Do you want to make a fortune in the country?" How do you bring the students! "He is most disgusted with his mother taking students, he is not very promising, and he still takes students." Remember: Don't mislead people! ”

"Ah Feng! Be careful when you speak, who wants to get rich? I didn't take any money! Qin Qin looked at Lin Jie and said, "I don't believe you asked your sister, did I accept other people's banknotes?" ”

"Brother, don't talk nonsense, my mother didn't take money from others, what kind of fortune! What are you stimulating? Lin Jie's words were also settled for her mother.

"I'm just joking, whether I collect money or not, whether I get rich or not, what does it have to do with me? Your brother is young and promising, can eat and sleep, what stimulates him? After that, he looked at Zhao Jinju again.

"Brother, come and get to know, her name is Zhao Jinju, my classmate." Lin Jie found that her brother's eyes kept secretly glancing at Zhao Jinju, so she simply introduced her brother.

"Hello! Welcome, welcome! I wanted to reach out to shake my hand, but when I saw my mother's eyes, my hand quickly retracted.

Zhao Jinju, facing Lin Feng, just raised his head and glanced at it, without any words. But her face is flushed, and the girl's face is booky, which can withstand the direct gaze of the young opposite sex. All of a sudden, my mind was stuck in a daze. I had to whisper to Lin Jie: "Ajie, when are we going back to school?" ”

"Why do you have to go back to school as soon as I come back!" Lin Feng's ears were very pointy: "What did I say to offend you?" This is for Zhao Jinju.

Zhao Jinju reacted again: "Could it be that this is the male protagonist, the object of a blind date?" "This is what Zhao Jinju thought in his heart, how can he say it, it seems that he was really deceived into going on a blind date today, and he has to make up his mind to leave quickly. So he didn't talk to Lin Feng, nor did he discuss it with Lin Jie, so he said directly to Lin's mother: "Auntie, I really bothered you today, thank you for your hospitality, it's a long way, I want to go back to school early!" With that, he stood up.

Mother Lin saw that her son had taken a fancy to someone else. The last thing she wanted happened, she didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of her, and when she heard Zhao Jinju propose to go back, it was the best solution. Immediately stood up and said, "Alas, Ah Ju is polite, the hospitality is not good, please understand!" She didn't care whether others agreed or not, so she said to her daughter: "Ajie, you should accompany Aju back to school, people are not familiar with the road!" In this way, Lin Jie had no choice but to stand up.

Originally, Qin Qin wanted to speak, but was stopped by Mother Lin with sign language. As for Lin Feng, it was not good to say anything, so he could only watch his sister and the guests leave in a daze.