face-blind spring

Cheng Feng suddenly proposed to ask the parents of both parties to meet. When Ye Lin told them, they also felt a little sudden.

Mother Ye said: "You two are not married, and you still have to meet your parents? It's such a trouble."

She has been discharged from the hospital and went home. Except that she cannot eat too much greasy food and is prone to diarrhea after eating greasy food, her life is no different from usual.

Father Ye retorted her: "I think it's a good thing to meet, it shows that Xiao Cheng's parents recognize our son, and it also shows that the two of them are serious about dating, not just playing around."

"Yes, yes, yes, what you said makes sense." Mother Ye waved her hand and asked, "What should I wear that day?"

"That's a problem. It's the first time we've met each other's parents, and Xiao Cheng's family is so rich. We still need to pay attention to this meeting and dress appropriately."

After all, Mother Ye had already started to rummage through the box: "I have to look for the dress I bought for a friend's wedding a few years ago, I don't know if it will fit or not."

Father Ye also stood up: "You can help me find where is my suit."

Although Ye Lin repeatedly emphasized that it is fine to wear the clothes you feel most comfortable without being too nervous, Father Ye and Mother Ye found out their best clothes and told him that this is what they feel most comfortable wearing.

What Ye's father prepared was a custom-made suit that he spent thousands of yuan a year when he was working, and he bought it for attending important workplaces.But in fact, he does not need to wear a suit for his work, and he has never met several important occasions, and he has been reluctant to wear it. This suit has been lying in the closet for more than ten or 20 years. I can count them all.

Mother Ye prepared a cheongsam, which was custom-made at the clothing store on West Street, and every time she wore it to attend the weddings of relatives and friends.Back then, to match this cheongsam, she took the train to Pearl City in Suzhou to get a pearl necklace, but she was reluctant to buy seawater pearls, and finally bought freshwater pearls, which cost a total of several hundred yuan including the train ticket.

Before going to the appointment, the two polished their shoes, ironed their clothes, and wrote their self-introductions on paper, practicing each other over and over again.

Ye Lin laughed at them: "Before you thought it was troublesome and didn't want to meet, why are you acting like you are going to a wedding now?"

But in fact, Ye Lin was infected by their anxious state and became a little nervous.In addition to being nervous, he also felt a little guilty. Neither of his parents liked to attend such occasions. He knew that everything they did was for him.

Finally the day came, on a sunny Saturday, Ye Lin drove his parents to the appointment.

The meeting place was on the third floor of a five-star hotel. After reporting Cheng Feng's mobile phone number, the service staff took them into a box.Ye Lin has never seen such a spacious and luxurious private room. In addition to a round table for 12 people, there are also sofas, coffee tables, screens, and display cabinets. Every piece of furniture reveals a complex and luxurious atmosphere. smell.

When they arrived, Cheng Feng and his parents had already arrived.

None of the three members of the Cheng family wore suits or cheongsams. In fact, they dressed casually.Cheng's father wore a thin beige casual jacket with a simple style, and a pure white polo shirt inside.Ms. Zhou wore a light blue waist dress with a white hollow knitted cardigan.They seem to come out with casual clothes at home, but when they move their hands and feet, they exude an inadvertent sense of high-end, and at the same time demonstrate good taste. Perhaps this is the charm of big-name clothing.

Seeing the three members of the Ye family, Cheng Feng stood up immediately: "Linlin, you are here. Auntie, uncle, sit down quickly."

Father Ye and Mother Ye smiled innocently, and found a place for them on the overly spacious round table.However, Ye Lin was keenly aware that Ms. Zhou and Father Cheng had naturally occupied the main seats at the table.The main seat in this room looks different from other chairs, except that it is taller, wider, and the decoration on the back of the chair is more complicated.

But it's nothing to worry about, Ye Lin said to himself, they have money and status, and they booked this venue, so they should really be the chief seats, there's nothing wrong with that.

Cheng Feng's parents did not stand up, but sat down and smiled politely at them.

Ms. Zhou said: "Hello!"

Cheng's father said, "Thank you for coming all the way here."

Father Ye immediately said that it wasn't hard work, it was the two of you who did the hard work, we were all embarrassed to make an appointment at such a good restaurant and to arrive so long early.

Ye's mother said that when I saw them today, I didn't expect the two to look so young, and their looks were first-class. No wonder my son is so handsome.

Ye Lin knew that her mother was deliberately flattering Cheng Feng's parents, but what she said was not all lies.Cheng Feng's father didn't have any white hair, of course it should be because he was oiled. He looked very energetic and tall, and he didn't look like an old man at all.Not to mention Ms. Zhou, she kept her figure very well, and because of the makeup, she looked like a beautiful young woman from a distance.

The four old people began to exchange pleasantries in a strange way, and they talked about everything from traffic conditions to the weather, but finally they couldn't continue talking.

At this time, Ms. Zhou caught a glimpse of the necklace on Mother Ye's neck: "Mother Ye Lin, do you like pearls too?"

Mother Ye smiled and nodded: "I like it."

"I like it too!" Ms. Zhou fiddled with the necklace around her neck, which happened to be a pearl necklace. The pendant was a large thick gold bead with an equally large diamond inlaid on it, dazzling under the light. "Mother Ye Lin, this string of necklaces costs at least tens of thousands of yuan, right? Oh, no, each one is quite big, and you can't buy it without 10 yuan."

"My string of inexpensive ones are all freshwater beads." Mother Ye smiled awkwardly.

"Oh, looking at it this way, it doesn't seem too bright, so it's no wonder."

"Hmm..." Mother Ye also looked at Ms. Zhou's neck, "Mother Cheng Feng, the one you are wearing should be expensive, right? This one looks like a sea pearl."

"Damn! It's a sea pearl, but it's very cheap. It only costs a few thousand yuan for such a big one. If you like it, I'll take you to buy it next time." Ms. Zhou continued to fiddle with her big pearl, "You never imagined that this The most expensive part of the necklace is this diamond, which is about 1 carat and cost [-] to [-] yuan. At that time, the clerk told me that if one day I don’t like this pearl, I can remove the pearl and hang other things below it. , I thought it made sense, so I bought it. After buying it, I realized that I was cheated. I bought the diamond for pearls, so how could I throw away the pearls, don’t you think?”

Mother Ye nodded: "Yes, yes."

At this time, Cheng's father cleared his throat: "We'll talk about buying pearls later, why don't we introduce ourselves first?"

Father Ye and Mother Ye: "Okay."

So Cheng's father started: "I am 59 years old and I am about to retire. I graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree, majoring in business administration. Later, I went to Waseda University in Japan to study economics and got a master's degree. After graduation, I He just worked in the program group... and has served as the chairman of the board so far."

Ms. Zhou was followed by the introduction. She had no experience of studying abroad, but she was also a top student who graduated from Fudan University. She modestly said that she was not good at studying, and she was embarrassed to say so.Then tell them that since she married her husband, she has stopped working and has become a full-time wife. Only occasionally when the company is really overwhelmed, she will help her husband manage the company together.

After Ms. Zhou finished speaking, she brushed her hair with her hands. At this time, the thick gold bead ring on her finger glowed warmly under the light: "Ye Lin's father, Ye Lin's mother, we have finished talking, now it's your turn .”

Although Ye's father and Ye's mother have practiced many times at home, the manuscripts they prepared are useless, because they originally planned to start from retirement.

Father Ye stammered: "I, what about me... We didn't have a university to go to at that time..."

Cheng's father: "Excuse me, Mr. Ye, how old are you?"

Father Ye: "Me? I'm 61. At that time, after we finished high school, we jumped in the queue and settled down."

Cheng's father: "It would be nice to be born two years late."

Father Ye: "Yeah, I didn't catch up with the good times... After I came back, I was assigned to work in a ceramics factory. Because of my good performance, I was promoted by the leader and sat in the office. I think people still have to study, so I went to work , While studying at night university, I got a junior college degree."

Father Cheng: "Oh."

Father Ye: "At that time, no one was willing to study. They were playing hard while they were young, and my colleagues thought I was stupid. Afterwards, the factory closed down, and those people were laid off. As for me, I was employed by another company in the group with my education. Find a job in a company, do financial management, and work until retirement...Among my peers, it’s actually not bad.”

Father Cheng: "Yes."

Father Ye pushed Mother Ye with his elbow, Mother Ye looked a little ashamed, Father Ye smiled and said, "I worked in the same factory with her at the time, and she was laid off at that time, but she was employed again later..."

Cheng's father: "Oh? What kind of occupation?"

Mother Ye: "My friend opened a musical instrument company, and I'll help look after the store."

Ms. Zhou cut in: "The musical instrument is good, I can listen to people playing the piano every day..."

"It sells guitars." Mother Ye corrected.

Ms. Zhou nodded: "Speaking of piano music, I think of Beethoven's "Fur Elise". Not too good, if you don't mind, I'll play it for you if I have a chance... What kind of musical instruments do you know, can we communicate with each other when we have time?"

Father Ye and mother Ye looked at each other, and decided that Father Ye would answer: "We all like music, but we don't know how to play musical instruments. You guys are laughing at me."

In fact, Ye Lin himself doesn't know any musical instruments. The only thing he ever learned was the melodica taught by his music teacher when he was in elementary school, but he only learned it for one semester.

Ye Lin looked at his parents, and saw that they were like students being reprimanded by the dean, blushing, bowing their heads, and even their bodies began to bend.Ye Lin suddenly felt very distressed, my parents have lived their lives upright, why are they so unable to hold their heads up in front of my boyfriend's parents.

At this moment, Cheng Feng stood up: "I'm sorry, I'll walk away and go to the toilet."

Ms. Zhou looked up at him: "Isn't there a toilet in the box?"

"It's not convenient here, I'll be back soon." Cheng Feng said as he pushed open the door, and blinked at Ye Lin before going out.

Ye Lin stood up understandingly: "I also want to go out for a while."

Father Ye frowned and looked at him: "Can't you go again later?"

"I have something urgent to attend to, and I'll be right back."

Cheng Feng was waiting for him at the door, and the two walked towards the other end of the corridor for a while, making sure that the people in the box could not hear their conversation, and then stopped.

Cheng Feng said to him: "I'm sorry, Linlin, the atmosphere is not very good today."

Ye Lin said, "I know."

Cheng Feng: "My parents don't have bad intentions, they are that kind of people, especially my mother, she can't talk but brains..."

"Actually, they didn't say anything excessive, and they were very polite to us, but why did what they said sound so harsh?" Ye Lin lowered his voice, trying to restrain his emotions.

Cheng Feng: "Now is not the time to lose our temper, we have to think about how to remedy it."

Ye Lin: "How do you remedy it?"

Cheng Feng said: "First of all, let's rush the food first, and ask the hotel waiter to bring the food as soon as possible. Once we start eating, we will talk less."

Ye Lin: "Well, yes."

Cheng Feng: "After we go back to the room, we can bring the topic to another direction, preferably to us - this is a topic that both parents are interested in, and we can talk for a long time."

"For example, how did we meet? How do we plan for the future?"

That's right.After dinner, we can add another activity to let the two sides get acquainted... My parents usually like karaoke, what do your parents like? "

"My parents also like K songs, they are happy when they sing."

"Then let's divide into two groups immediately, one to urge the food, and the other to order the karaoke hall."

"it is good."

As soon as the two returned to the door of the box, they heard a fierce quarrel coming from inside.