Chapter 43: The Most Dashing Old Man On This Street!
Xiao Shahe Urban Village.
In a room within a dormitory building, on the first floor with the largest area, the balcony was filled with various flowers and plants.
Lu Qian, idly spinning a beaded bracelet that was almost polished smooth, was lying on a lounge chair listening to the radio.
His eyes were half-closed, and he hummed along to the Jing Diao opera tunes coming from the radio.
From time to time, he would reach out and take a sip of wine from a ceramic mug placed on the small coffee table beside him.
Listening to a Jing Diao opera tune, taking a sip of wine.
The retired life of an old man in the capital city, with no worries about food or clothing, was truly boring and dull.
Ring ring ring—
A mobile phone ringtone interrupted Lu Qian’s mellow mood.
Picking up the mobile phone, he saw the caller ID displayed the name “Xiao Jiang.”
Among the tenants renting in their building, only Jiang Tao had the surname Jiang; there was no one else.
“Hello, Xiao Jiang.”
Lu Qian swiped to answer the phone, and Jiang Tao’s voice came through the other end.
“Landlord, do you want a wife or not!”
Lu Qian chuckled and cursed, “You rascal! Are you messing with your elder brother? I’ll deal with you when you get back.”
On the other end of the phone, Jiang Tao didn’t waste words with Lu Qian.
First, he told Lu Qian some of Ma Dongmei’s personal information.
Then, he forwarded the photo He Jing had just sent him to Lu Qian’s WeChat, telling him to handle it himself.
If he liked her, he should come; if not, then forget it.
Ding dong!
Sure enough, as soon as Lu Qian hung up Jiang Tao’s call, he received a picture sent by Jiang Tao on his WeChat.
“You brat, you’re joking with your elder brother.”
Lu Qian cursed with a smile, but couldn’t help but curiously click into the WeChat chat with Jiang Tao.
The moment he saw Ma Dongmei’s photo, Lu Qian first froze, then suddenly sprang up from the lounge chair.
His movements were so agile that it didn’t seem possible for someone his age.
He looked at the photo for a long time, becoming more and more excited as he looked. He immediately found Jiang Tao’s number and called back.
After getting the address from Jiang Tao, Lu Qian hurried into the room where he slept.
Rummaging through boxes and cabinets, he pulled out his most expensive suit from the wardrobe and put it on, with a white shirt underneath.
He also took out a Rolex watch that had been gathering dust in his wardrobe for years.
After changing his outfit, the previously relaxed old man from the capital city instantly transformed into a dapper, modern elder.
As he opened the door, the cold wind blew, and Lu Qian couldn’t help but shiver, but he resolutely walked out.
His hair was entirely white, he was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and a rather flashy dark gold tie.
Walking on the street of the urban village, Lu Qian instantly became the most eye-catching elder on this street!
At a flower shop in the urban village, he spent over 300 yuan to buy a large bouquet of roses.
After buying the flowers, Lu Qian got into a taxi at the village entrance and headed straight for the Hongxing Second-hand Furniture Wholesale Market!
In fifteen minutes, the taxi arrived at the market entrance.
Lu Qian saw Jiang Tao through the car window and signaled the taxi driver to stop.
He directly handed the driver a hundred yuan banknote and said, “No need for change.”
Lu Qian pushed open the car door, got out, and strode towards Jiang Tao.
“Xiao Jiang! Where is she! Where is she!”
Lu Qian asked Jiang Tao impatiently as soon as they met, “Where is she?”
“Whoa… Landlord, aren’t you cold?”
Seeing the landlord dressed in a suit, Jiang Tao was completely stunned!
Young people go for style over warmth; at over seventy, why are you getting involved in this nonsense!
“No, no, no, I’m not cold! My, my, my body is strong, I, I can, can withstand this bit of cold!”
The landlord’s words were truly stubborn, stubborn as in stiff!
On such a cold day, dressed so flashily, it would be strange not to be cold!
“She’s over there roasting sweet potatoes. Let’s go, let’s head over there.”
Jiang Tao stopped joking with the landlord and, smiling, pointed in Ma Dongmei’s direction before leading him over.
For some reason, Lu Qian felt his heart rate quicken, and he was incredibly nervous.
“Xiao He, this is the landlord I told you about that I introduced…”
“Cough cough cough!!!”
Jiang Tao was about to say “landlord” when Lu Qian coughed loudly beside him, giving him a frantic look!
“Elder Brother! That’s right, I am Xiao Jiang’s landlord brother, Lu Qian!”
Seeing that Jiang Tao wasn’t getting his hint, Lu Qian started introducing himself.
“Uh…”
Jiang Tao found it amusing and perplexing that Lu Qian was calling himself a brother. What was going on!
Lu Qian was a couple of years older than Jiang Tao’s grandfather!
“Lu Eld… Brother, hello, my name is He Jing, and this is my Aunt Ma Dongmei. She is deaf and mute and cannot speak.”
He Jing looked at Lu Qian, who claimed to be Jiang Tao’s elder brother, and her expression was also one of surprise.
His hair was all white, he was in a sharp black suit and black leather shoes.
He had to admit, this elder looked quite cool!
Moreover, what surprised He Jing was that her Aunt’s eyes lit up when she saw this cool elder.
It seemed her Aunt also had a good impression of this elder!
Hearing He Jing say Ma Dongmei was deaf and mute, Lu Qian was not surprised.
Jiang Tao had already mentioned this situation to him when he called earlier.
What was surprising was Jiang Tao!
After Lu Qian greeted He Jing normally, he, to everyone’s surprise, skillfully used sign language to greet Ma Dongmei!
The landlord’s sign language was nothing like Jiang Tao’s previous amateurish attempts; it looked quite practiced, and he began gesturing with Ma Dongmei.
He Jing watched them communicate happily through sign language, and a look of immense surprise, but also joy, spread across her face.
“Um, Xiao He, can you translate synchronously and tell us what they’re talking about?”
Among the four people present, only Jiang Tao didn’t understand sign language and couldn’t understand the landlord’s gossip!
“Ah! No way? You agreed, you agreed already??”
He Jing looked at the content of the gestures between her Aunt and Lu Qian and couldn’t help but exclaim softly.
“Agreed to what? Agreed to what?”
Jiang Tao, who didn’t understand sign language, was as anxious as a newborn infant unable to get milk.
“Just now, your landlord brother invited my Aunt to dinner tonight, and my Aunt said yes!”
He Jing translated the content of Lu Qian and Ma Dongmei’s sign language conversation to Jiang Tao, and even she found it hard to believe!
The two people who had just met were getting along so well.
Lu Qian and Ma Dongmei had already put He Jing and Jiang Tao aside and entered one-on-one private conversation mode!
“Is this the power of a 97% match?”
Jiang Tao looked at the landlord… brother and Ma Dongmei, who were chatting animatedly, and couldn’t help but sigh softly.
“I wish lovers a happy union. If they can spend the rest of their lives together, it might also be a good choice.”
With the task of matchmaking for the landlord and Ma Dongmei complete, Jiang Tao felt he could gracefully withdraw.
As for whether the two would end up together, it would depend on their fate!
As for whether he would receive that 88888 red envelope, it would depend on the landlord’s conscience.
Jiang Tao wasn’t pushing for it.
