I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 29: Matchmaking

Two hours passed quickly. Fang Qingye and Liu Dong politely said goodbye to the two girls, then went to take a shower, change clothes, and left the badminton hall.

"Liu Dong, I saw you talking and laughing with the girl who played ball with you. Do you know each other?" Fang Qingye asked.

"Not really, I know her. Her name is Bi Huanhuan. She works in a government office. I've met her before. We have similar jobs, so I think we have common topics." Liu Dong explained.

Fang Qingye said "oh" and said nothing.

"Her cousin, the girl who played ball with you, is called Du Juan. She is a physical education teacher at Chaoyang Middle School." Liu Dong said again.

"Then you also introduced me to others?" Fang Qingye asked.

"of course."

"Okay, as you wish."

Liu Dong smiled and asked, "Ye Zi, I don't have time tomorrow night. How about we play the day after tomorrow, which is Saturday at noon?" Liu Dong asked again.

"Okay, I'm willing to sacrifice my life for a gentleman now." Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"Then let's make an appointment. Three o'clock in the afternoon. I'll buy you a beer after playing ball."

"Forget it, I'll treat you. You paid for the venue, and I'm afraid I'll go bankrupt if I keep asking you to treat me." Fang Qingye replied.

Liu Dong chuckled twice and said nothing.

His salary is not low, more than 2000 yuan per month. He receives his salary from the Elderly Affairs Committee. The Propaganda Department provides travel expenses for going to the countryside, but there is no overtime pay for overtime work within the system. He can get about 2400 yuan a month.

I live in a dormitory building for government employees, so I don't have to pay rent. The food in the canteen is also cheap, and if I don't buy clothes in a month, I won't spend much money.

But due to his poor family background, his family was in debt from paying for his college education, so he had to give his family 1500 yuan every month, leaving less than 1000 yuan.

Normally it’s enough to spend, but now I have to practice basketball and treat guests at the same time, so it’s really tight.

So when Liu Dong heard Fang Qingye wanted to treat him to a meal, he didn't refuse.

They are all good friends, and the other party knows his current situation, so there is no need to pretend.

On Saturday afternoon, Fang Qingye took a nap. When she got up, she saw that it was almost time, so she carried her badminton on her back and rode her scooter straight to the badminton hall next to the stadium. Liu Dong had already arrived, and the two began to practice.

After a few minutes, Fang Qingye suddenly noticed two girls, one tall and one short, carrying badminton bags, coming in from the door.

Oops
It was those two I met two days ago!

The girl named Bi Huanhuan saw Liu Dong, smiled and waved to him from a distance, and Liu Dong also hurriedly waved and greeted her.

Seeing this, Fang Qingye asked Liu Dong: "Hey, did you guys make an appointment?"

"No, it's just a coincidence. I really didn't make an appointment with them." Liu Dong explained hurriedly.

Ok
I believe you.

The two girls went to the locker room to change into sports clothes and started playing badminton on the vacant court next to Fang Qingye and the others.

At first, they played separately, but after an hour, Du Juan suggested switching partners. Before Fang Qingye could even speak, Liu Dong readily agreed.

Could it be that this guy has taken a fancy to Bi Huanhuan?

Fang Qingye complained in his heart.

That’s fine, it’s good to play basketball with Dujuan, we are evenly matched.

Just like last time, the two of them started fighting without chatting. On the contrary, Liu Dong and Bi Huanhuan on the next field were very happy chatting and laughing while playing.

After another two hours of training, both sides left.

This is how Fang Qingye spent the period from the second half of May to the beginning of June. Apart from work, he was often pulled out by Liu Dong to practice basketball. Under his training, Liu Dong's basketball skills improved greatly.

When playing basketball, I often met the cousins, and we became familiar with each other. The last time after playing basketball, Liu Dong even invited the two girls to a milk tea shop for a cup of milk tea.

Licking dog.
Fang Qingye complained silently, then picked up his milk tea and took a sip.

By mid-June, the Jinghai area where Nanxin County is located entered the plum rain season. Compared with last year's violent "Mei Chaofeng", this year's plum rain is relatively gentle.

But the rain makes its presence felt from time to time, either as a downpour or a drizzle. The temperature is not that high, but my body always feels wet and sticky and very uncomfortable.

It rained all morning today, and there was still no sign of it stopping at noon. Fang Qingye was feeling a bit irritated. After lunch, he went back to the office. Just as he was walking up the stairs, his phone rang. He took it out and saw it was Liu Dong. Could this guy ask me to play basketball again?
Fang Qingye was thinking about answering the phone, and sure enough, Liu Dong asked him if he had time to go to the stadium to play basketball in the evening.

He didn't want to go, so he said.

"I have something to do tonight, I'm afraid I can't go."

"Is it true?"

"Why would I lie to you? You might as well go find Bi Huanhuan, Du Juan and the others. You are all friends, and your level is not bad now." Fang Qingye came up with an idea.

"I don't know if they have the time or are willing to do it. I'll give it a try."

"It will definitely work!" Fang Qingye encouraged him.

As soon as Fang Qingye hung up the phone, he heard someone behind him say, "Xiao Fang, are you going to play ball with your friends?"

He turned around and saw Xia He. He didn't know what was behind him.

"A friend of mine asked me to play badminton, but I was busy today so he asked him to find someone else." Fang Qingye answered truthfully.

The two walked upstairs as they went.

Xia He asked curiously, "Badminton? Xiao Fang, how good are you?"

"Just so-so."

"Really? How about we go play ball when we're free?" Xia He suddenly asked.

"You like playing badminton?" Fang Qingye was a little surprised.

He had never heard of Xia He playing badminton.

Xia He replied, "Yes, I played badminton often when I was in school. Later, when I worked in Huijing, I often went to the badminton hall with friends to play. Sometimes I went alone because there were sparring partners there. But when I came to Nanxin, I didn't know many people. I heard that there were no sparring partners in the badminton hall here, so I couldn't find anyone to play with."

Fang Qingye nodded after hearing this.

Indeed, badminton is considered a niche sport in Nanxin. There are only two indoor venues: the stadium and Yikanyuan Sports and Leisure Center, and there are no sparring partners.

"Okay, I found a partner this time." Xia He's pretty face was full of smiles.

Judging from Xia He's tone, her badminton skills don't seem to be very bad?

Fang Qingye also became interested.

"Okay, let's go have a fight when we have time."

"Well, then tonight?" Xia He said.

"Not tonight, I have something to do." Fang Qingye immediately refused. It would be unfriendly to refuse Liu Dong's promise to Xia He.

Xia He didn't insist: "Then let's do it the day after tomorrow night."

"Row."

Two days later, the rain was still falling intermittently. Shortly after getting off work in the afternoon, Fang Qingye was still eating at home when he received a call from Xia He.

"Xiao Fang, don't forget to play ball tonight."

"I'll remember to be at the stadium on time at 7:30." Fang Qingye said while eating with his mobile phone.

"Let's go play ball at the Yikangyuan Sports and Leisure Center. I heard the conditions there are better. I'll drive over to pick you up. Do you live in the teachers' residential complex on Wenhua Road?"

"Yes."

"Then I'll wait for you at the gate of your community at 7:15."

"Ok."

After the call, Zhang Meili, my mother who was eating next to me, asked, "Xiao Ye, did Liu Dong ask you to play basketball again?"

"Yes."

Fang Qingye originally said it was Xia He, not Liu Dong, but then she thought it was too much to explain.

(End of this chapter)