allonlinenovel Chapter 449: Marrying someone higher up is like swallowing a needle, marrying someone lower down is
Chapter 449: Marrying someone higher up is like swallowing a needle, marrying someone lower down is
Nini carefully wrapped the peeled melon seeds with paper. Not long after she and Liao Jindong walked out of the unit, they met Chen Zhan Ning, who had just finished his business outside and was about to return to the unit to report.
Nini seemed to have seen a savior and quickly shouted, "Brother Zhan Ning!"
Chen Zhanning stopped his bike and asked, "Where are you going? Do you need me to take you?"
Nini pointed at Liao Jindong and said, "This is our Director Liao's nephew, Comrade Liao Jindong. Our unit was originally holding a social gathering, and his aunt insisted that we come out for dinner and a movie. My mother was busy, so I didn't even have time to say hello before I came out."
Chen Zhan Ning heard the hidden meaning behind Nini's words. This was a forced date!
"Where are you going to eat or watch a movie? Take me with you! Jiangcheng has changed a lot in recent years. I don't recognize many places anymore. Let me go and broaden my horizons!"
Nini looked at Liao Jindong expectantly: "This is my brother, can he go with us?"
Liao Jindong: "Yes...Yes."
Nini and Chen Zhan Ning thought that Liao Jindong was too nervous and spoke like that.
As the three of them walked and talked, and as they had more topics to talk about, Nini and Chen Zhan Ning discovered that he had a stutter.
Chen Zhan Ning used his eyes to ask Nini if she knew about Liao Jindong's shortcoming.
Nini shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.
Chen Zhan Ning felt that the matchmaker was dishonest and deliberately concealed Liao Jindong's shortcomings. After thinking for a while, he said, "I remember that Uncle Qi Guang asked me to go over for dinner today. Do you want to go with him?"
Nini: "Of course! I haven't eaten the food cooked by my uncle for a long time. Let's go now!"
Then, Nini said to Liao Jindong with an apologetic look on her face: "I'm sorry, we have something going on at home, so we can't go to dinner and watch a movie with you."
Liao Jindong knew that Nini didn't like him, so he made up an excuse and said sadly, "No...it's okay, you guys...go and do your work, I'm going home."
After Liao Jindong left, Nini said, "Thank you for helping me out. I'll treat you to a meal to repay you for saving my life!"
Chen Zhan Ning smiled and said, "Okay, I won't be polite then."
When Nini and Chen Zhan Ning went to have dinner, Zhou Rong found an opportunity to tell Liao Bowen about Ding Chunhua's plan to act as a matchmaker.
Liao Bowen knew that Zhou Rong would definitely look down on his honest and simple-minded nephew who also stuttered, so he made the matter clear in the hope that Zhou Rong would prevent the incident from happening further.
Liao Bowen laughed and said, "My Jindong has too many shortcomings and is not suitable for Zhou Xue. My wife likes to randomly match people up. I will talk to her when I get back."
Zhou Rong: "Thank you, Director Liao. My daughter's mind is just like a child's. I want to raise her for a few more years and wait until she matures before considering finding a husband for her."
Liao Bowen: "I understand. Parents all hope for the best for their children."
After returning home, Liao Bowen blamed Ding Chunhua for provoking Zhou Rong.
Ding Chunhua said unconvincedly: "How did I provoke her? I just saw that her daughter had no partner, so I wanted Jin Dong and Zhou Xue to try dating. I didn't force them to do anything, so why are you so angry?
Besides, whose nephew is Jin Dong? I worked hard for your Liao family, but I didn't even get a word of praise. Your kindness is really taken for granted!"
Liao Bowen: "...Don't you know what's going on with Jin Dong? He and Zhou Xue are not a good match at all. If you want to be a matchmaker, at least find someone with similar conditions!"
Ding Chunhua: "What do you know! Marrying someone higher up is like swallowing a needle, marrying someone lower down is the best fate!"
If Zhou Xuezhen and Jin Dong get together, wouldn't your Liao family treat her like a treasure?
Besides, your brother's family is not bad either. All of them work in good companies and have no worries about food and drink. If your sister-in-law hadn't been so picky and insisted on finding a daughter-in-law with a good personality and a good family background, I'm afraid the people lining up to propose marriage would stretch several kilometers from our house!"
Liao Bowen: "Comrade Zhou Rong loves this daughter very much. She has been selecting suitable in-laws for these years, fearing that her daughter will be wronged. The situation of the second son's family is not to her liking. You should stop interfering. This matter ends here.
I will retire in a few years. After the Lantern Festival, I will be transferred to the Municipal Party Committee to take up a sinecure. Comrade Zhou Rong will take over the position of director. You must not do anything to offend others, or our whole family will suffer."
Ding Chunhua muttered quietly, "I just saw that you were going to retire and she was going to be the director, so I thought of finding a new big tree for the children to rely on, but you didn't appreciate it. My efforts were really in vain."
Liao Bowen heard what Ding Chunhua muttered. His children were of mediocre qualifications and had not made any outstanding contributions in their respective units. They had always been in mediocre positions, but this was because of his face that the leaders of various units took good care of them.
Once he retires and loses his power, his children's future will probably come to an end.
But he was unwilling and dared not to plot against Zhou Rong.
Zhou Rong's methods of playing tricks on people were always unexpected and hard to guard against. Liao Bowen knew his own limitations and felt that he was definitely no match for Zhou Rong.
Moreover, the Zhou family now has a huge network of relationships, so it would be easy for them to deal with the Liao family, which is on the decline.
He is already half buried in the ground. It is not a wise move to offend Zhou Rong at this time. It is better for him to stand guard for the last time and retire peacefully.
As for the children, how far they can go depends on their own luck...
With Liao Bowen's obstruction, Ding Chunhua no longer interfered in the affairs of Liao Jindong and Nini, and let them develop on their own.
After Liao Jindong returned home alone that day, he didn’t dare to look for Nini, and their story ended like that.
Whenever Nini is free, she goes to play with Chen Zhan Ning.
The two have known each other since childhood and are familiar with each other's personalities and hobbies, so they feel no psychological pressure when getting along with each other.
The neighbors in Chang'an saw them often going out together and jokingly asked Zhou Rong if he was going to marry his daughter off.
Zhou Rong said dejectedly that no, the two of them were just having fun.
But she secretly began to collect all the fashionable items in the market...
January 75, 2 was New Year’s Eve.
Qiao Dongjing fell ill at the end of the year, and Zhou Qingping and Zhong Jiawen needed to take care of her and had no time to come back. They sent Zhou Rong a letter and 200 yuan, as well as a family photo of the three of them.
In May 74, Fish Leong gave birth to a daughter and named her Zhou Xinxin.
Zhou Qing'an is on a mission outside and has not returned home yet. Liang Jingyi also has work to do and cannot bring the children back to Jiangcheng to visit Zhou Rong.
In 75, Zhou Rong and Nini still spent the Spring Festival together.
Chen Xiaowei applied for 45 days of home leave this year. Her husband had to go on a mission, so she had to take her children back to Jiangcheng to celebrate the New Year alone.
On the sixth day of the New Year, which happened to be a Sunday, Chen Xiaowei left her child in the care of Xu Man and came with Chen Zhan Ning to wish Zhou Rong a happy new year.
When childhood friends meet, they always have endless topics to talk about.
In front of Chen Zhan Ning and Chen Xiaowei, Nini is like a carefree child.
Seeing this, Zhou Rong gave the space to the three of them and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch...