It has started to get cold in T city in November, the north wind is biting and the wind is biting.
The trees on both sides of the road were like bald old men, swaying in the cold wind. Without the colorful colors of summer, the days are short and the nights are long, a typical northern climate.
Lin Zhixia glanced at her phone. It was already six o'clock, it was completely dark, and all the children in the garden had been picked up by their parents. She walked around the classroom, closed the doors and windows, and got ready to get off work.
Before Lin Zhixia walked out of the kindergarten gate, her mother's phone called. She didn't need to guess the purpose of the call.
As soon as the call was connected, my mother's clear voice came, "At 7:30 in the evening, at the restaurant of the Huayue Hotel, your Aunt Chen has introduced you to someone. Go and meet her."
Lin Zhixia frowned and took a few deep breaths: "Mom, can you stop saying this every time you call..."
She is really afraid of her mother. As long as someone offers her a matchmaker, she can accept it.
"Lin Zhixia!"
Mother Lin suppressed the anger in her heart and sighed, "Do you know how old you are this year? You are already 28, and this year will pass soon. Besides, let alone age, you will be 30 next year. Do you think you are still 18? Years old, your mother and I are almost sixty, can you please stop making me worry so much!"
Lin Zhixia listened helplessly to her mother's words, "Mom, I'll go. I'll be there on time at half past seven."
Mother Lin relaxed when she heard Lin Zhixia relax, and even though she was happy, she did not forget to remind her: "You are close to where you live, go home and change into nicer clothes first. Your Aunt Chen introduced me this time, saying it was because of your character." Very good, if you like it, you go first."
"I got it, Mom, if you keep telling me like that, I can't guarantee that I'll be there on time." Lin Zhixia let out a sigh of relief after hanging up the phone, and walked towards the house she rented a little distractedly.
Jingchang's childhood was in the north of the city, and her home was in the south, so Lin Zhixia rented a small apartment near the kindergarten.
At first, Lin's mother had always disagreed with her moving out, saying that it was not safe for her as a girl. It was Lin Zhixia and Lin's father who talked to her several times before Lin's mother reluctantly agreed to her proposal.
Lin Zhixia returned to her small apartment. Instead of cleaning herself up as Lin's mother said, she sat on the sofa and read the blind date messages sent by her mother. Zhao Xu, a native of T city, graduated from university, is 170 years old, has no bad habits, and works in the municipal party committee.
Lin Zhixia looked at this information with a headache, looked out the dark window, and was stunned for a moment.
It's not that she hasn't thought about getting married, but it's harder than ever to find someone she likes.
But the only time she was tempted ended in failure.
After that, she no longer had any interest in the matter of men and women. If her mother hadn't told her sincerely every day, she would not have taken the initiative to go on a blind date.
At 7:20 in the evening, Lin Zhixia arrived at the entrance of Huayue Hotel in a taxi on time. As soon as I entered the hotel, I received a strange phone call, "Hello, I'm Zhao Xu. I was introduced by Aunt Chen. Are you here?"
"Already arrived," Lin Zhixia said anxiously, secretly thinking that she seemed not to be late!
"I'm in seat 6. Please hurry up." Zhao Xu hung up the phone after saying that.
"It's really not polite at all. What's so great about civil servants." Lin Zhixia muttered angrily and walked towards the restaurant on the third floor.
On the third floor, Lin Zhixia was led by the waiter to table No. 6.
From a distance, he could see that the other person was wearing a pair of glasses, a crew cut, and a dark blue striped sweater. He was a bit fat and not good-looking. Lin Zhixia just thought he was a bit polite and had an obvious cadre style.
Seeing Lin Zhixia walking over, Zhao Xu stood up, stretched out his hand to shake Lin Zhixia's hand, "Hello, Miss Lin, Zhao Xu."
"Lin Zhixia," Lin Zhixia said and sat down opposite him.
"Ms. Lin, you look very beautiful!" Zhao Xu said and handed her the menu. "I arrived a little earlier than you, so I ordered first. You can see what else you want to eat."
Lin Zhixia took the menu, looked through it for a while, picked a dish she liked, and handed the menu to the waiter.
For a moment, no one of them spoke first. Lin Zhixia drank the tea that had been brewed in advance.
In the end, it was Zhao Xu who took the lead and asked, "I think Aunt Chen should have said that I work in the city government and I don't know what kind of job Miss Lin is engaged in."
"I work as a teacher in a kindergarten," Lin Zhixia was saying when the waiter came over and served the dishes.
Lin Zhixia looked at a table of sweet dishes and was secretly glad that she ordered a spicy dish that she liked, otherwise she would be hungry again tonight.
Even though Lin Zhixia is a girl, she has not been able to eat too many sweets since she was a child. As long as she eats sweets, her stomach will feel uncomfortable.
So whenever she had cake for her birthday, she only dared to taste a little bit.
"Then Miss Lin has to get along with children, so she must be very tired all day long!" Zhao Xu said and handed her a tissue.
Lin Zhixia took the tissue and said to him with a smile, "How come, the children are very cute, and it's a pleasure to get along with them!"
Lin Zhixia told him, picked up the food she ordered and started eating. She had played some outdoor activities with the children this afternoon. Her energy had been almost exhausted and she was really hungry.
Zhao Xu saw Lin Zhixia only eating that one dish, and then said to her with concern, "Why only eat this, try the others, it tastes very good."
Lin Zhixia suppressed the urge to blurt out that she didn't like eating, took a few symbolic bites, and didn't move again.
She secretly thought to herself that she had almost eaten anyway, and she was still hungry, so she would have some snacks when she got home.
Zhao Xu looked at Lin Zhixia, who occasionally ate a few bites of food. He was still very satisfied, but her work was a bit poor. Otherwise, with her good appearance and condition, how could she end up settling for a blind date to solve major life issues.
Then I heard him say calmly, "Ms. Lin, don't you have too high standards? Otherwise, if you are so beautiful, why would you need to go out on a blind date?"
This was the second time tonight that Lin Zhixia heard Zhao Xu praise her for being beautiful. She knew that her face was beautiful. In the words of her mother, "You are good-looking and kind-hearted. You have nothing but a dull personality." Stubborn and content with the status quo.”
"No, it's just that I usually deal with children and never take care of my own problems, so I've reached this age." Lin Zhixia said a little helplessly.
Zhao Xu smiled and nodded and said, "To tell you the truth, Miss Lin, I am very satisfied with you."
Lin Zhixia was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to reply to him. Then she heard him say again, "Add us on WeChat. We can try to get along first!"
Lin Zhixia looked at Zhao Xu opposite, and the first thing that came to her mind was rejection, but when she thought about facing her mother's torture when she went back, she had a headache, so she picked up her phone and found the QR code for adding friends and handed it over. Think of finding other reasons to refuse later!
Zhao Xu added WeChat and saw that the meal was almost done, so he said to Lin Zhixia, "I have some work to do later tonight and I have to rush back before 8:30."
Lin Zhixia nodded slightly to express understanding.
Zhao Xu raised his hand and called the waiter to come over and pay the bill, and then they walked out of the hotel together.
It seemed to be extremely cold in T City at night. As soon as Lin Zhixia went out, she felt the biting cold wind blowing towards her from all directions. She folded her arms and wrapped her clothes tightly.
Zhao Xu didn't say anything about seeing her off, he just said, "Be careful on the road," and drove away.
Lin Zhixia was waiting for a taxi in the cold wind. Her mood could not be said to be good or bad, but there was a faint sense of loss in her heart, as if she was walking in the darkness without light, not knowing when she would find the one that belongs to her. beam.
