Chapter 137

The early-ripening orange varieties in the orange grove, the batch of tribute oranges sent to the government, were safely transported away, and the batch ordered by Fusheng Trading Company was also successfully traded. The remaining few were sold by Lu Bo and other managers. Gu Ran no longer had to run to Dunzi Island as diligently as he had in the past few days, so he stayed in the small house and played with the cat leisurely.

Since Gu Ran was not going to the orange grove, Pei Liu naturally didn't need to follow him. It happened that the three female cats had recovered after giving birth, so they were killed to prevent them from getting pregnant again in the spring of next year.

The offspring of the big orange cat raised in the house now have four or five generations. The female cats of each generation are like this. After they become mothers, they are sterilized to avoid giving birth to too many kittens that they cannot raise.

Like this time, there were only three female cats, but they gave birth to twelve kittens at once. It was the largest number of kittens ever, almost half of the number of cats that moved into the cat house.

If you don't control yourself, your cat will become a nuisance.

Pei Liu was tidying up the last female cat in the house, putting it in its nest in the yard, when he heard voices outside. It sounded like a visitor. He walked over and took a peek. It was Fu Po. He frowned. What was she doing here? Was she trying to be his matchmaker again?

Fu Po is a matchmaker, so naturally she came to propose marriage, but this time, it was not because of the lady from the Pei family.

"Boss Gu, you found me at the right time. That's why I came to your Xiaxi Village!"

"Whose family are you matchmaking for?" Gu Ran asked as he sat under the osmanthus tree, holding a two-month-old kitten in his arms.

"Yes, we have been commissioned by many families recently to help matchmake for the people in your Xiaxi Village." Mrs. Fu said, looking enviously at the windmill in the distance, the Dayu Lin Road, and the houses being built nearby.

In just two or three years, Xiaxixi Village has changed a lot. Roads have been built and there are ferries, making it much more convenient to get in and out. People from all over the place like to come to Xiaxixi Village because of its convenience.

I heard that the miasma forest that was scary a few years ago, now many people dare to go into the forest. They can find a lot of mountain products all year round and exchange them for money. People in other villages are all envious!

Especially now that Xiaxi Village has a Mr. Gu.

When she was asked by the Tian family of Donglin Township to act as a matchmaker for her, who would have known that the Gu family would have such great luck?

At that time, I knew that she had the courage and means to enter the miasma forest to hunt. It turned out that she was really capable and was even good at growing oranges. She bought an entire island and used it to plant orange trees.

When the trees were first planted, many people secretly wanted to make fun of the Gu family, but they managed to grow them well. Unlike the Liu and Zhu families' orange orchards, which could not bear fruit, they had a bumper harvest year after year. After seeing them moving the orange trees to the island several times, we knew that the Gu family's orange trees were growing better and better. Otherwise, why would they buy so many orange trees?

That would be fine, but the Gu family is really lucky. Planting some orange trees can save General Qiao. This matter has spread throughout the area, and many people have come to Xiaxi Village to inquire whether they have seen the general on the island. Fu Po is from Donglin Township. After all, a matchmaker must be well-informed. Since she is close to Xiaxi Village, she naturally came to inquire.

If it is confirmed to be true, then Xiaxi Village will be publicized along with the reputation of the Gu family.

Xiaxi Village suddenly became a Feng Shui treasure land. Not only did many people like to move to this village, but many people were also willing to marry into the families of Xiaxi Village.

Most of the workers hired by Mrs. Gu for her orange grove on Dunzi Island were from the same village. Working in the orange grove already earned more money than working in ordinary places. What's more, the island was a famous island where General Qiao had lived. Mrs. Gu was General Qiao's adopted granddaughter. When she went to the capital, she brought a lot of silver to reward the guards working in the orange grove.

Seeing that Xiaxi Village was gradually prospering, and being able to get a job at Gu's tribute oranges was better than the ordinary families in other villages, so at Fu Po's place, not only were there many families willing to marry their daughters here, but there were also families willing to marry women from Xiaxi Village.

But today, thanks to matchmaking by Po Fu, both families are from Xiaxi Village.

"It's the Li family who works in your orange grove, Mr. Gu. It's the nephew of the great hero Li, Li Silang. You know him, right?" Grandma Fu was polite to Gu Ran.

"Oh, it's Li Si?" Gu Ran was surprised.

Li Si was actually talking about marriage, which made her curious.

"Li Si wants to talk to you about whose daughter?"

"She is the second wife of the Yang family, who works in the orange grove of your boss Gu's family!" Grandma Fu smiled.

"It's her!" Gu Ran didn't expect it.

Li Si actually fell in love with Yang Jinling!

At first, Yang Jinling had a fight because her relationship with Lin San didn't work out. Later, she went to Dunzi Island to work for him. I haven't heard anything about her marriage. But now she is still unmarried, so I'm afraid the marriage arranged by the Yang family didn't work out.

"That's right, they are a perfect match!" said the lucky woman, feeling regretful.

In fact, the young man of the Li family is the man of the hero Li, and he is originally popular among the girls in the surrounding area. Especially when it is heard that the hero Li was also a person who went to Beijing to receive rewards and meet the emperor, and was also a manager in the orange grove, the Li family was even more respected. Unfortunately, there was only one unmarried person in the Li family, Li Si.

Even so, there were many families who secretly asked the fortune teller to ask Li Si about his intentions for their daughters. Even the widower Li Ji had many families who wanted to meet him.

However, Li Si already had a lover, and Li Ji rejected all those who tried to introduce him to someone else.

"Then Yang Erniang, are you willing?" Gu Ran asked.

"Yes, the Yang family agrees." Grandma Fu nodded happily. The marriage was settled, and she, the matchmaker, earned some money from matchmaking.

"I mean, Yang Erniang herself is willing?" Gu Ran asked.

"That's right. Li Silang said he was 80% sure, so that's why he asked me to propose marriage to him," said the wealthy woman. "How could he be 80% sure if Yang Erniang didn't want to?"

But Grandma Fu knew that the second wife of the Yang family had been proposed to several men in the past few years, but she refused to marry. The Yang family saw that she was a manager in the orange grove and could make her own decisions, so they let her go. Now that she was willing to marry today, and the man was from the family of Hero Li, they were very happy!

Gu Ran thought about it and agreed.

I'm afraid that Li Si and Yang Erniang might have fallen in love with each other while working in the orange grove.

"Well, Mrs. Gu, you are going to take care of your husband's family. Do you have any requirements?" Mrs. Fu looked at Gu Ran and said with a smile.

Things are different now. In the past, any hunter family would dare to ask her to find the Gu family as a matchmaker, but now the status of the Gu family has risen, and ordinary families really don't dare to ask her to marry them.

Besides, she had tried to arrange a marriage for Mr. Gu a few times before, but all ended in failure, so Mrs. Fu had given up hope. Unexpectedly, today Mr. Gu came to her in person to look for a suitable husband. Mrs. Fu was both surprised and happy. If she could really arrange a marriage for Mr. Gu, Mr. Gu had accumulated such a huge fortune, so the matchmaker's money would be indispensable.

Gu Ran smiled and stroked the well-behaved fur ball in his arms. He quickly glanced at the courtyard gate from the corner of his eye and said, "Of course, he needs a man with a clean family background, good character, and a handsome appearance."

"Hey, Mr. Gu, you have such good conditions. Since you are interested in getting married, I, Fu Po, will definitely introduce you to someone of equal status even if it costs me my life. I will never let you down."

"Mrs. Fu has introduced so many good families to the people in our village, so naturally I trust her."

"It's rare that Mr. Gu trusts me, so I have to put in more effort." Mrs. Fu was flattered.

Gu Ran nodded, and first pinched out a tael of silver and gave it to the Fu Po: "Then I'll trouble you to go to a few more places and meet more families!"

"Okay, okay." Grandma Fu nodded hurriedly.

Inside the house, Pei Liu had deliberately hidden in the courtyard because he was afraid that Fu Po was here to arrange a match for him. However, when he secretly heard what Fu Po and Gu Ran said, Pei Liu's face gradually became ugly and his heart sank.

Is Er Niang asking for help from a fortune teller to find a husband?

Pei Liu's brows were tightly furrowed together, almost knotted.

Hasn't Erniang always been reluctant to consider marriage? Why is she suddenly looking for a fortune-teller to look for someone?

Pei Liu panicked and clenched his hands. His heart was like on the surging sea, up and down.

After Gu Ran sent Fu Po away and carried Mao Tuanzi into the house, he saw Pei Liu with a subtle expression. Gu Ran pretended to be fine and called out sweetly, "Hey, Liu Niang, you're here!"

"Well, I just finished dealing with Fuqi and the others, so I'm late." Pei Liu pretended to be calm and looked at Gu Ran and said, "Was it Grandma Fu who came just now?"

"How do you know?" Gu Ran also pretended to be surprised.

"I heard her voice in the house," Pei Liu explained, then asked, "What is she doing here?"

Gu Ran smiled and looked at him, without answering, he carried the furry ball in and put it into the cat yard.

Pei Liu followed Gu Ran closely, walking to the cat yard. Seeing her waving to Daju and Xiaoju to come play, as if she was avoiding his question, he couldn't help but ask, "Second Mother?"

Gu Ran looked up at him and picked up Xiaoju who was standing next to him: "It's nothing, I just want to ask you, if there is a suitable family, please keep an eye out for them for me."

Although he had heard it just now, when he heard Gu Ran directly tell him that she wanted to find her husband, Pei Liu still felt like a heavy blow to his heart, causing him to feel a dull pain.

Gu Ran grabbed Daju, then pretended not to care and glanced at Pei Liu. Seeing his expression change, he was secretly happy.

She came here on purpose to find Fu Po.

By asking her to help her find a husband, she tried to figure out Pei Liu's thoughts.

"Why? Aren't we living well right now?"

"Of course it's good. I'm looking for a husband's family because I'm living well!" Gu Ran picked up the big orange and explained in a serious tone, "Look, we've planted such a large orange grove together. We've gained the reputation of being the imperial tribute orange, and our business with merchants has stabilized. As long as there are no major problems, we can produce so many oranges every year. Our future will be stable, and you and I won't have to worry about money anymore."

Pei Liu nodded.

"It's because we're doing well. That bastard I divorced earlier would come looking for me to get back together. Then there will definitely be people who want our money coming to us in the future. Instead of that, why don't we take the initiative and choose someone first? Maybe we can find some candidates with good character and choose one of them as our husband." Gu Ran explained, "By the way, Liu Niang, you should also look at it."

Pei Liujun's face darkened.

"Do we have to choose now?"

"Sixth sister, you are only sixteen, still young, so of course you can take your time to choose. As for me, I am already twenty this year, so naturally I have to start looking now. Once I find someone I will be twenty-one next year, which will be just the right time for me to get married." Gu Ran said meaningfully, glanced at him, and went into the hall holding Daju. "Daju, Daju, can grandma find you a good-looking grandpa?"

Pei Liu, who was left behind, had an increasingly dark complexion. He looked at Gu Ran's back with a resentful look in his eyes.

What a good-looking grandpa?

Isn’t he grandpa?

Could she find a more handsome grandpa than him?

No, she must be stopped.