Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 86, Lai San's blind date

While the couple was enjoying their rare time together, an interesting thing happened at Wang Li's home in Kyoto. Wang Li's mother was trying to persuade Lai San to go on a blind date.

At this time, Lai San was already 28 or 29 years old, which was considered a super old bachelor in that era.

Wang Li's mother advised: Lai San, you are already so old, and your sister has grown up, it's time to consider your own personal problems.

You have worked so hard taking care of your sister over the years. Tell your aunt what kind of girl you like. I will ask the aunts from the other three families to help you find one and try to solve your problem as soon as possible.

Lai San scratched his head embarrassedly and replied: Auntie, actually I don’t have any requirements. I just want someone to be hardworking, capable, simple, kind, and good at giving birth to children.

After all, I am the only man in my family, and I want to have more children to carry on the Lai family's legacy.

After hearing his request, Wang Li's mother laughed and scolded him: "Silly child, what are your requests? These are the most basic. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll find someone for you. Just go and meet him."

So the mothers of Wang Li, Zhang Fang and the other four began looking for a suitable girl again, but this time they were not looking for Wang Li, but for Lai San.

Since Lai San was a bit old, his work reputation was not good, and he didn't have parents yet, there would be no one to help take care of the children in the future. This was considered a disadvantage at the time, after all, there was strength in numbers.

Therefore, it was much more difficult for him to find a blind date girl than Wang Li, but the four mothers still found a few girls from the city for Lai San.

After only meeting with Lai San, he refused to meet again after returning home. The reason was not Lai San's appearance, after all, Lai San's sister was so beautiful, Lai San's appearance could not be much different.

The main reason was that Lai San was too old, and also because of his job, when others heard that he worked at a scrap collection station, they all had concerns, as his treatment was similar to Wang Li's at the time.

After several blind dates, Lai San was somewhat discouraged, but with the comfort and encouragement from Wang Li's mother and sister, he regained his confidence.

Moreover, because of his martial arts training, his body functions would delay aging and his physical fitness would be better than that of normal people. Therefore, he started dating with the attitude of slowly looking for someone and was not in a hurry.

Lai San's blind date alarmed a famous matchmaker nearby. After hearing that Lai San had been rejected many times in blind dates, the matchmaker took the initiative to come to Wang Li's house.

She was very familiar with the conditions of Wang Li's family and Lai San. She knew that Lai San had a house but was just living in Wang Li's house temporarily, and that Lai San's income was not low.

After meeting Wang Li's mother and Lai San, the matchmaker analyzed Lai San's current situation and gave him an idea: "Young man, do you mind finding a rural wife? Of course, I will find you a simple, capable, and very beautiful wife."

It turns out that after the promulgation of the Household Registration Regulations in 1958, urban household registration has become more valuable. Rural people also want to marry in cities and live an urban life.

Although it is difficult for Lai San to find a wife in the city because of his age and work reputation, if he were to go to the countryside, with Lai San's conditions, he could basically pick anyone he wanted, so I gave him this suggestion.

After hearing this suggestion, Lai San agreed without thinking, after all, he didn't care about the identity of his wife, as long as she was good and could give birth to children. Wang Li's mother showed a hint of opposition, but when she saw Lai San agreed, she thought that she was also a rural person and it was difficult to refuse Lai San from finding a rural wife, so she didn't say much.

I just told the matchmaker: You must find us a good wife who is beautiful, virtuous, healthy, and has a simple family. If you can meet these requirements, we will not treat you unfairly.

The matchmaker saw that the purpose of her visit had been achieved and she had obtained the promise of Wang Li's mother and the approval of Lai San.

The matchmaker assured: Don't worry, with my ability and connections, I will definitely be able to introduce a satisfactory daughter-in-law to Lai San.

Before leaving, she told Wang Li's mother and Lai San to wait for news. If she met a suitable girl, she would bring the girl to Lai San for him to see. If he was not satisfied, she would look for another one.

The matchmaker was trustworthy. Two days later, she brought a rural girl with a decent figure and appearance to Wang Li's house for a blind date with Lai San.

They had lunch at Wang Li's house at noon that day. Nothing unexpected happened during the meal. After the meal, the two of them chatted alone for a while, and then the matchmaker took the girl away.

Wang Li's mother asked Lai San: What do you think of this girl? I think she is okay, both in appearance and personality.

Lai San replied: I think it’s okay, but I always feel like something is missing.

Lai Xiaomei said: Brother, since you feel it is still not good enough, let the matchmaker bring some more girls to go on blind dates, and I will make sure you are satisfied.

After hearing this, Lai San did not object. He nodded to Wang Li's mother and said, "That's it."

Later, the matchmaker brought several beautiful rural girls to Lai San, but Lai San said he didn't like them all for various reasons.

Wang Li's mother and Lai Xiaomei discovered some problems, but Lai San himself had not yet realized it.

After the two women talked and analyzed, they concluded that it was probably because Lai San had lived in the city for too many years. The women he usually came into contact with were all very beautiful and city people, without the overly simple demeanor of country people.

They thought that Lai San subconsciously did not want to marry a rural woman.

But the two of them did not reveal the matter, they were just thinking about what if there was a suitable one.

Therefore, Lai San had been on a blind date before Wang Li came back. Things only turned around after Wang Li came back.

(End of this chapter)