Chapter 44: Love at First Sight

The story begins when Mai Sui first came to the city to eat at Mai Xiangbei’s house.

The man’s name is Lu Chengye, the son of the director of Xiangxi Machinery Factory, and he is 23 years old this year.

It was relatively late to have not found a partner at this age in the 1960s and 1970s.

The reason is that Lu Chengye has high standards and does not like ordinary girls. He must find a girl that he likes the most.

So he kept delaying until he was 23 years old.

His family was also very anxious about this, but they could not do anything about Lu Chengye.

Lu Chengye has three older sisters, all of whom are married and have children. He is the youngest in the family and also the only son.

His parents were looking forward to Lu Chengye getting married so that they could have grandchildren sooner.

Lu Chengye could be said to have fallen in love with Mai Sui at first sight.

That noon, he happened to come back to have dinner with his parents and accidentally saw Mai Sui.

At first, he was too embarrassed to ask about it, thinking that he would get to know her the next time he “ran into each other”.

For this reason, he would wait at the gate of the family quarters of the machinery factory almost every time he had time, wondering when he would see Mai Sui again.

However, Mai Sui never went to find Mai Xiangbei again after that time. Lu Chengye waited and waited, and couldn’t wait any longer, so he asked his mother Meng Peishan to inquire.

When Meng Peishan heard that her son had a girl he liked, she was so happy that she couldn’t sleep that night, and went out early the next morning to inquire about her.

Mai Sui was outstanding, and everyone remembered her even though she had only been to the family quarters of the machinery factory once.

Meng Peishan found out about Mai Sui with almost no effort.

However, the neighbors in the family quarters didn’t know that Mai Sui had a mental illness, and Mai Xiangbei and Lin Shuhua wouldn’t take the initiative to go out and talk nonsense.

Meng Peishan learned that the other party was a relative of Mai Xiangbei, a second-level technician in the factory, and she went to the factory to inquire about Mai Xiangbei’s character.

She was very satisfied to learn that the other party was honest and had strong skills, and might be promoted to a first-level technician next year.

The most important thing was that her son Lu Chengye liked her.

Therefore, as long as the other person has decent character and is not the kind of fickle girl, Meng Peishan can accept it.

if her family is from the countryside, Meng Peishan doesn’t care. When she marries into the family, it will be a piece of cake to get a city hukou with the relationship of her family.

When her husband Lu Qingquan comes home from work, Meng Peishan immediately tells him all the news she has found out.

After listening to it, Lu Qingquan also thinks it is feasible.

After all, her son Lu Chengye is already 23 years old. It is rare for him to take the initiative to say that he likes a girl. Lu Qingquan is still waiting to hold his grandson.

So, Meng Peishan went directly to Mai Xiangbei’s house the next day.

Mai Xiangbei was not at home at the time. He was still working in the factory. Only Lin Shuhua was at home.

Meng Peishan did not beat around the bush with Lin Shuhua, and directly explained her intentions, wanting to arrange a formal blind date for the two children.

When Lin Shuhua heard that the factory director’s son had taken a fancy to Mai Sui, she was surprised and happy.

I don’t know whether it was out of vanity or wanting to get in touch with the factory director, Lin Shuhua briefly introduced Mai Sui’s situation, such as family conditions, education level and so on.

But she didn’t tell anyone that Mai Sui had a mental illness.

When Meng Peishan heard that Mai Sui had only attended a literacy class for one year, her smile paused for a moment, then she smiled and said, “It’s okay, it won’t affect our lives anyway.”

There are a lot of illiterate people in the countryside who can’t read a single word, and Meng Peishan had already made mental preparations before she came.

The situation she learned now was similar to what she had imagined, and she could accept it.

But Lin Shuhua didn’t agree to meet immediately, and only said that she would wait for her husband Mai Xiangbei to come back to discuss it.

Meng Peishan was also a reasonable person, and she wouldn’t force others to agree. She smiled and said,

“Of course, such a big thing should be discussed carefully.

But don’t feel psychological pressure. We are just a normal blind date. Whether it can work out in the end depends on whether both parties like the child, don’t you think?”

Lin Shuhua selfishly hoped that the matter would be successful. In this way, her family and the factory director’s family would be relatives, and her husband’s promotion and her daughter’s regular employment next year would basically be stable.

But she was afraid that Mai Sui’s mental illness would be exposed, so she couldn’t make up her mind for a while.

When Mai Xiangbei came home from get off work and heard about this, his first reaction was to be happy for his niece.

Because he knew Lu Chengye.

Although he was the only son of the factory director, he was not spoiled at all, he was very motivated and good-looking.

Not to mention his family conditions, if it worked out, it would definitely be a good marriage.

However, Mai Xiangbei was a little uncertain. With such good conditions, could Lu Chengye really fall in love with Mai Sui?

It was not that Mai Xiangbei disliked his niece, but it was a fact that he was not smart enough, and he could not lie to others against his conscience.

He asked his wife Lin Shuhua: “Did you tell the other party that Mai Sui was mentally ill?”

Lin Shuhua sat on the bed and folded clothes while pretending to be calm and replied: “Of course I did. How could I not tell such a big thing?”

Mai Xiangbei thought for a while and said: “Since the other party doesn’t mind, let’s arrange a date.

Anyway, it’s hard to say whether it will work out now. It won’t hurt to see it.” Seeing that her husband didn’t doubt it, Lin Shuhua was relieved and agreed:

“That’s right. Men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough. It’s just a normal blind date. Maybe it will work out.”

When Lu Chengye heard that Mai Xiangbei agreed, he was so happy that it was like pie in the sky.

But there was no telephone installed in Lianhua Village. Mai Xiangbei couldn’t notify Mai Laosan to bring Mai Sui to the city for a blind date immediately. He could only wait for him to go back in person during the holiday.

The machinery factory has to work six days a week and only have one day off on Sunday.

And today is Monday. This means that Lu Chengye has to wait for six days before he can see the girl he has been thinking about.

This is torture for him.

So, as soon as the holiday came on Sunday, Lu Chengye couldn’t wait to carry a lot of gifts and planned to go to Lianhua Village with Mai Xiangbei to see Mai Sui.

He didn’t want to wait even a minute longer!

Meng Peishan and Lu Qingquan felt that their son’s rush was a bit cheap, but they couldn’t help Lu Chengye’s desire to go.

Mai Xiangbei felt that Lu Chengye was sincere and became more and more satisfied with him.

So he agreed to take him back with him.

In order to leave a good impression on his future wife, Lu Chengye drove out his father Lu Qingquan’s car.

In fact, he also has a car, but it is provided by the unit and printed with the unit logo. It is not very good to drive such a car when meeting for the first time. Because

Lu Chengye works at the police station.

If you say you drive a police car to a blind date, people who don’t know will think you are arresting criminals.

Therefore, it is safer to drive your father’s car.

Since they have a car, Lin Shuhua and Mai Lin decided to go back together to take a look, which can be regarded as an opportunity to “return home in glory” and show off.

Meng Peishan and Chen Qingquan did not go, so as not to make too many people and look cheap.

When Lu Chengye drove a car to Lianhua Village, it immediately caused a sensation.

You know, people who can drive a car these days are not ordinary.

There are few cars in the village.

The children who were playing at the head of the village came forward to watch, and then saw Mai Xiangbei sitting in the co-pilot.

“Oh, it’s Uncle Mai who’s back!”

“Uncle Mai is back in his car!”

The children cheered all the way and followed the car to the door of Mai Xiangdong’s house.

Mai Xiangbei got out of the car, took out a bag of fruit candies from his pocket, and gave one to each child. Then everyone ran away happily.

Hu Tou heard the voice and ran out of the house to see, then jumped and hugged Mai Xiangbei’s thigh:

“Fourth Grandpa, I want some too!”

“Don’t worry, you can’t miss it. Fourth Grandpa bought you a big bag.”

Mai Xiangbei touched Hu Tou’s head with a loving tone.