The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Chapter 125 Old 3 Blind Date

In late autumn, the sky is high and peaceful. The soft sunlight shines on the ancient stone pavement of the alley, like a beautiful and warm painting. A faint fragrance of flowers paints a picture of the quiet and beautiful days of the town.

Darong originally thought that the third brother and the girl were just going out for a walk as a courtesy, but she didn't expect that she would wait at her cousin's house for more than an hour.

"It seems like these two kids are a success." The old cousin looked at Darong with a teasing expression.

From the moment Darong and the third brother came in, the old cousin could tell that Darong didn't like the girl, so when the third brother and the girl didn't come back, there was a hint of teasing in the old cousin's words.

Darong was off work today, and happened to accompany the third child to her cousin's house for a blind date. The girl came with two sisters. When Darong first entered the door, she took one look at the two sisters and her heart sank.

Although she didn't know who she was going on a blind date with, she didn't like either of the two sisters in front of her. But after comparing them in her mind, she could barely accept the younger sister.

However, when the cousin introduced that it was her sister who came for a blind date, Darong thought there was no hope. After all, her sister's appearance was really hard to describe.

But what Darong didn't expect was that when the cousin asked the third son to go out for a walk with the girl, the third son gladly accepted it, and it seemed as if he had forgotten that there were two people waiting for him at home, and he didn't come back for more than an hour.

After leaving her cousin's house, Darong began to tentatively ask the third brother what he thought.

"Sister, she is average looking and doesn't know how to dress up, but she is simple-minded and innocent. I think she will listen to me in the future."

After saying this, the third brother smiled a little embarrassedly.

Darong sighed deeply. Although the third brother was not a handsome man, he was still considered a relatively outstanding boy in the dormitory. However, it was this vision that really made Darong a little difficult to accept.

"You're back? How was it? Why did you take so long?"

Darong's mother had just coaxed little Ruyi to sleep and was still holding little Linlin in her arms. When she saw Darong and the third child come in, she hurriedly asked about the result.

"Anyway, I don't like it, alas..." Darong smiled, sighed, and turned to look at the third brother.

"Hehehe, I think it's okay, just a little average looking."

The third brother grinned, took little Linlin from Da Rong's mother's arms, and carried her to the alley to coax her to sleep.

"Why don't you like it? Does Huazi like it?" After the third child left, Darong's mother asked Darong again.

"Mom, she really looks... too ordinary, and she doesn't know how to dress up. She wears dark green pants, a pink top, and a red pigtail... Oh my, I really don't like her!"

Darong kept shaking her head and smiling bitterly when she recalled the girl's clothes.

"You are so beautiful. You are getting more beautiful every day! Huazi has a crush on you, but he is not going out with you!"

After listening to Darong's description, Darong's mother also smiled.

"Okay, okay, Huazi has the final say on marrying a wife. When he brings her home, just don't lose your composure in front of her."

Darong was not exaggerating at all. At that time, the third brother's wife really didn't know how to dress up. Just like the third brother said, she was a simple person with simple ideas. She had never left school from studying to working, and she didn't know how to dress up or make herself look better.

After the third brother had been with the girl for some time, Darong's mother asked him to take some time to bring the girl to their home for dinner, firstly to get to know her family, and secondly because Darong's parents also wanted to meet her in person.

But when the third child brought the girl home, Darong's father just took a look at her, turned around and left the yard, and did not come back until dinner time.

"Come...come and sit down." Darong's mother also stuttered for a while before asking the girl to sit down.

"Aunt, my name is Liu Yuxiu, you can just call me Yuxiu."

The first time Yuxiu went to Darong's house, she was extremely nervous and uneasy. After putting down the things in her hands, she stood by the door.

After meeting Yuxiu, Darong's mother finally realized that Darong was not exaggerating. Yuxiu's facial features were okay, but the key was that the pimples on her face really affected her appearance.

After dinner in the evening, the third brother sent Yuxiu home. Darong's mother looked at Darong's father who was sitting on the bed in a depressed mood, and she didn't know what to say.

"The child wants to do it herself, why are you hanging your head?" Darong's mother said to Darong's father with a wry smile.

"Look at this kid... none of his sisters, his younger sister, or his sister-in-law are ugly! What's that word called? Ah, yes! He must be aesthetically fatigued..."

Darong's mother was so amused by Darong's father's words that she couldn't stop laughing.

"The child is not ugly, just an average-looking one. Maybe it will be fine after he gets married, and the pimples on his face will go away." Darong's mother said with a smile.

Now that the third brother has found a girlfriend, Darong's mother feels more at ease. She used to worry that this stubborn boy of hers wouldn't be able to find a girlfriend. Now, no matter what Yuxiu looks like, she can keep the third brother from getting angry, and that's her ability.

The days passed slowly, and before we knew it, it was the end of the year and the cold winter season had arrived.

Today is the traditional northern festival Little New Year. After packing up her things, Darong went to the street and bought a lot of things to take to Erdaohezi to celebrate the festival.

This is the education that Darong and her generation received since childhood. During festivals, they would always buy a lot of things and then go to their elders' homes to celebrate the festival together.

Zhong Yunxing was on the early shift that day, and Darong told him to go there directly after get off work. After buying things, she went straight to Erdaohezi.

There are rice fields in Erdaohezi. Darong took a shortcut from the town and walked along a small dirt road beside the ridges. There were small ditches on both sides of this small dirt road. Although the water in the ditches had dried up in winter, they were still ditches after all, and there was a height difference between them and the dirt road.

When Darong turned, she saw a car coming from the opposite direction in the distance. The path was not short so she couldn't see it clearly. The path was only wide enough for two bicycles to pass each other, so Darong drove very slowly.

When they reached the middle of the road, the distance between the two people was closer, and Darong could see clearly that the person coming towards her was Erlangzi, who lived in the same ditch with her.

This fool was slapped twice in the face when Darong got married. Later, when Wu Meifeng married into the family, he still didn't learn his lesson and continued to act foolishly without any sense of propriety.

But Wu Meifeng was someone who was not easy to deal with. She pulled out a pair of scissors from the drawer and cut a big hole in Erlangzi's clothes. Although no one was hurt, all the young people in the room who were making trouble were scared away.

From then on, Erlangzi seemed to be completely afraid of the two daughters-in-law of the Zhong family, and he would stay as far away from them as possible on weekdays.