The bus loaded with agricultural and sideline products drove towards Rongcheng. It first wandered on the sandy dirt road outside Heather Town for half an hour, and then drove onto the smooth cement road.
The bus was very lively. Everyone knew Aunt Wu, and everyone greeted her and asked her whose daughter she was, whether she was pretty, whether she had a boyfriend, etc.
Aunt Wu, who was open-mouthed and able to deal with seven or eight people by herself, said she didn't have them yet and asked Youjun to introduce them.
Someone asked them what they were doing in the city, and Aunt Wu said that Li Manjun was accompanying her to visit her aunt in the city, without even mentioning the blind date.
Even if it doesn't work out afterwards, it won't delay Li Manjun from talking about the next one.
Li Manjun was responsible for smiling. When she was tired from laughing, she even squinted halfway.
Aunt Wu pushed her and said, "Manjun is awake and here she is."
Li Manjun opened his eyes and saw that Rongcheng Passenger Terminal had arrived. He picked up the small cloth bag he had brought with him and got off the bus with Aunt Wu.
The passenger terminal in Rongcheng at this time was far inferior to that of later generations. The ticket hall was a mess and the boarding point was crowded with people. Everyone was carrying large and small bags, some went out to work, and some came to Rongcheng to work.
Security at the station was also poor at this time, and Aunt Wu told Li Manjun to keep an eye on his bag and beware of thieves.
Li Manjun had once seen Rongcheng, a city with many tall buildings. Now he looked around and saw a cluster of low-rise buildings. Further away, there were several construction sites waiting to be developed.
The two squeezed out of the passenger terminal along the flow of people, and a European-style retro high-rise building came into view first. This was the tallest building in Rongcheng in the past, with a 12-story elevator room, and the most upscale foreign hotel in Rongcheng.
There were very few people driving private cars at this time, and two big black Crowns were parked in front of the hotel.
The well-dressed driver got out of the car and opened the door. The boss had a beeping machine hanging on his waist and walked out of the car with a black brick-like big brother in his hand. He had a toad mirror hanging on his shirt. The doorman knew he was a big boss at a glance.
Went forward to greet him warmly.
The boss was generous and gave a casual tip of 100 yuan.
In the 1990s, there were not many Big Brothers in mainland China. The most popular one nowadays was the pager, also called a BB machine. If you wanted to find someone, the paging station would help you communicate and send a message to the other person. It was a bit like a text message, but there was no text message.
So convenient.
Aunt Wu had never seen Big Brother before, and she complained funnyly, "Why is that big brother holding such a big brick?"
Li Manjun smiled and said he didn't know.
I was guessing that the big boss was either a Hong Kong businessman or a Taiwanese businessman, and he was probably a heavyweight.
But this has nothing to do with her being a small citizen. The two of them took a taxi in front of the bus station, which is a caravan modified from a three-wheeled motorcycle. Because of its slow speed, it was shaky when running, and the common people took it for granted.
It was nicknamed "swimming slowly".
This kind of car is cheaper than a taxi. At that time when Li Manjun was a child, there were almost no such cars in big cities, and they gradually disappeared in small counties after two thousand years.
However, later on, when tourism development was carried out in various places, this kind of caravan was introduced as a special local means of transportation, attracting many foreign tourists.
Sitting in the caravan again, Li Manjun was in a trance and couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality.
After a while, the car stopped and Aunt Wu asked her to get out of the car. Then she came to her senses and realized that she had really traveled back to the 1990s!
Moreover, she is going on a blind date with a strange man she has never met before.
It's so magical.
"Don't be nervous. We'll meet first in a while, and you young people can chat among yourselves. If you think it's appropriate, we can continue." Aunt Wu comforted Li Manjun in case she was nervous.
Li Manjun smiled and nodded, "It's okay, I'm not nervous."
Aunt Wu said oh and pinched her sweaty palms. She herself became nervous.
However, this was not the first time that matchmaking had been done. Aunt Wu soon adjusted her mentality and pointed to a barber shop in front of her and said, "My little aunt has opened a barber shop of her own. Let's meet at the barber shop."
Li Manjun was still calm and glanced towards the barber shop. There were two customers in the shop having their hair done. On the small sofa next to the glass door, there was a person sitting, who looked a bit like the blind date she was going to meet.
Zhao Yong went to his neighbor's mother-in-law's barber shop half an hour ago and sat there. Mother-in-law Qiao also gave him a free blowjob and told him to look more handsome. After a while, the girl was satisfied with it.
After finishing his styling, he was busy giving instructions on various things, such as remembering to smile more and greet people more enthusiastically when you meet them. In short, he seemed to be more positive than the real owner.
Zhao Yong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he also knew that his mother-in-law had good intentions and allowed her to do whatever she wanted, so she accepted everything.
The two of them worked together until about nine o'clock, when a customer came to the shop, and Granny Qiao put him down to do the customer's hair.
Zhao Yong was sitting and waiting on the small sofa where the guests were resting. The small rose-red single sofa accommodated his tall figure, making him pitifully petite.
While waiting, Zhao Yong looked at the clock on the wall and outside the glass door to see if anyone was coming.
This time at half past nine, he looked out the window again and saw two people walking towards him from a distance.
One was a middle-aged woman, holding a cloth bag in her hand, pointing to the barber shop and talking to the young girl wearing a white dress next to her.
Zhao Yong's heart tightened. Could this be the person who came for a blind date today?
Originally he just wanted to deal with it and not waste his mother-in-law Qiao's concern, but as he saw the beautiful white figure getting closer and closer, Zhao Yong suddenly felt that the rose-red sofa under his buttocks was a little hot, and even his face felt a little hot.
"...Grandma Qiao!" There was a hint of helplessness in Zhao Yong's deep voice.
Qiaopo, who was giving potions to the guests, turned around and saw Zhao Yong's strange expression. She knew what she was looking for. She looked out and saw two people walking up the stairs. It was her eldest niece!
"Auntie, I'm busy, business is good!" Aunt Wu said hello with a smile.
Qiao Po quickly glanced at the girl in the white skirt and responded, calling Zhao Yong, "Xiao Yong, quickly get your aunt and this girl a glass of water!"
"Why are you here so early? It's not in a hurry to get some more sleep before coming back. We'll be here now. You can get up before seven o'clock. The little girl is so diligent." Qiao Po couldn't keep her hands free and asked the two of them to sit down.
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Zhao Yong moved the small sofa out of the way, brought another stool over, and turned around to get two glasses of water. His tall figure walked around the small barber shop, with a strong sense of presence.
"Drink water." He handed the water glass to Li Manjun, pointed to the small sofa behind her, smiled politely, "Please sit down."
Li Manjun nodded with a slight smile, pressed the hem of her back skirt with her left hand, sat down slowly, and then reached out to take the water glass, "Thank you."
There was still residual heat in the sofa. Li Manjun felt it as soon as he sat down and moved unaccustomedly.
When I looked up at Zhao Yong in front of me, I felt completely different from the one in the photo.
He wore a lapel shirt with blue vertical stripes on a white background, a pair of retro blue jeans, and casual leather shoes. His hair was specially combed, and his face was fresh and refreshing, without leaving a single stubble.
The clothes are young and fashionable, and the figure is taller than it looks in the photo. He is about 1.85 meters tall, which gives people a sense of oppression.
Especially his eyes, which were extremely aggressive, met her gaze and only looked away after two seconds.
Maybe it was because the store was too narrow. Li Manjun felt that the air around her was a bit hot. She picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. It turned out to be lukewarm.
Turning around to look at Aunt Wu, hers seemed to be warm too.
