Her only concern right now is finding a space.
She arrived here last year, and six months have passed. According to the plot of the original book, she only has a year and a half left before she is diagnosed with uremia.
She has less and less time. Almost all of her time is spent thinking about how to find and gain space. She hasn't thought about finding a partner or marriage at all.
“Shen Zhiqing is beautiful and capable. Who in the village wouldn’t want her? She’s sure to find a good husband.”
Upon hearing Lin Sisi's words, Shen Man's face immediately fell.
This means she can only find a husband in the village, and a good husband? Can there be any good husbands in this village?
Lin Sisi really knows how to be sarcastic.
However, she didn't care.
Lin Sisi, you'd better watch out for that thing around your neck; it might just become your own personal space.
Shen Man pondered whether she should prick her finger now, then suddenly pull out the thing from Lin Sisi's neck and smear her own blood on it.
If that thing really has a space inside, then when your blood gets on it, that space should be able to instantly enter your body.
But she was also afraid that the thing would suddenly disappear, and if Lin Sisi saw it, she would suspect that she was a monster.
Forget it, let's wait until we get that thing from her first.
As they were talking, a middle-aged woman in her fifties suddenly came in from outside. As soon as she entered, she called out, "Shen Zhiqing, Shen Zhiqing, I have good news for you."
In the educated youth settlement, only Shen Man had the surname Shen. Chen Lu and Hu Jiajia recognized her; she was none other than Jiang, the famous matchmaker from Mopantun Brigade.
Matchmaker Jiang, her face beaming with joy, called out again in a high-pitched voice, just like a magpie on a branch.
"Shen Zhiqing, I have good news for you, it's wonderful news!"
Shen Man's face darkened inside the house. When she was bored, she often met with Matchmaker Jiang. In addition to arranging marriages for the men and women in the village, Matchmaker Jiang also kept an eye on them, the educated youth.
However, most of the educated youth looked down on the girls and boys in the village, so Matchmaker Jiang didn't come here often to arrange marriages for them.
She only wants space; she has no interest in finding a husband.
Outside, the voices of the female educated youth and the matchmaker Jiang could be heard arguing: "Aunt Jiang, you're here to arrange a marriage for Shen, right? Which family's man is he?"
"Oh dear, I haven't seen Chen Zhiqing yet, so I can't tell you. I want to give Chen Zhiqing a surprise."
"So, this guy must be really good. Okay, we'll wait for you to say it in front of Shen Zhiqing, then we'll know who he is."
When the matchmaker, Jiang, didn't see Shen Man in the courtyard, she hurriedly asked, "In the end, I need to see Shen, the educated youth, first. Where is she? Is she at the educated youth settlement?"
"Yes, I just got back to the dormitory," Hu Jiajia said, then called out to Shen Man in the dormitory, "Shen Zhiqing, Aunt Jiang is looking for you."
Shen Man originally wanted to go out and refuse Jiang the matchmaker by saying that she didn't want to find one, but then she suddenly had an idea.
I've been here for more than half a year and still haven't been able to find a space. One important reason is that I haven't come into contact with many special items like jewelry.
If you can make more contact with others, your chances of gaining space will increase accordingly.
One cannot hang oneself on a crooked tree, nor can she rely solely on that thing on Lin Sisi. More choices mean more possibilities.
If the man that the matchmaker Jiang told me about has some family heirloom or something similar, maybe I can find the space inside.
For the sake of space, and for the sake of her future health and longevity, she decided to meet this matchmaker, Jiang.
She walked out with a smile: "Aunt Jiang, I heard your voice from inside the house. Now you've remembered to play matchmaker for me."
"Oh dear, I remember I mentioned to you last year that I wanted to find you a husband, but you said you were still young and there was no rush. Now that the New Year has passed and you're a year older, I figured you must be nineteen by now, which isn't young anymore, so I brought it up with you."
As for why I proposed this matchmaking, it was the man's family who contacted me. They took a liking to you first and specifically asked me to come and talk to you. "Shen Zhiqing, this man is not only handsome and strong, but his family is also well-off."
Shen Man looked down on these peasants from the bottom of her heart and asked, "Aunt Jiang, just tell me who it is."
"That's Qin Dagang from the east end of our brigade. That young man is twenty this year. You've met him. He's good-looking, isn't he? He's tall and has a decent appearance. He's a good match for Shen, the educated youth."
Shen Man's mind wasn't on Qin Dagang; instead, she walked up to Matchmaker Jiang and pulled Aunt Jiang aside.
"Auntie, let's talk alone."
The two walked to a corner, at least twenty or thirty meters away from the others, and lowered their voices to ensure that no one could hear their conversation.
"Shen Zhiqing, what's going on? Why are you being so secretive?" Matchmaker Jiang couldn't help but frown.
Shen Man asked Matchmaker Jiang, "Auntie, I've met that man before, and I know a little about his family's circumstances from what people are saying. But, Auntie, you know we educated youth all come from the city; we're knowledgeable and cultured. I can't just look at his appearance if I marry a rough man from the village."
"That young man is probably working hard; he can earn full work points in the fields."
"Auntie, you still don't understand what I mean."
"No matter how much you earn from farming, can you ever earn as much as a factory worker?"
"You, you want to marry a worker?" Matchmaker Jiang frowned. "Workers are looking for other workers in the city, but they don't want you."
Shen Man finally couldn't help but reveal her true thoughts.
“Auntie, his family and his own circumstances are just so-so, it’s not that I’m absolutely unwilling to agree. However, I have another request.”
What are the requirements?
Shen Man paused for a moment before saying, "I want you to ask them if they have any family heirlooms or anything like that. If they do, show them to me. If I'm satisfied, I might consider dating them. If not, then forget it, and you won't need to make the trip, Aunt Jiang."
Upon hearing her words, Aunt Jiang's face twitched involuntarily a few times.
“Shen Zhiqing, I’ve been a matchmaker for most of my life, and I’ve never encountered anyone who sets conditions like this before. You insist on having a family heirloom, and if you don’t have a family heirloom, you can’t get a wife?”
“Auntie, what others do is none of my business. Anyway, I have these conditions. If they don’t agree, I won’t force them.”
"No, no, no, this condition isn't unreasonable. It's just a family heirloom. Don't worry, I'll go back and ask around for you right away."
"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Shen Man immediately beamed with joy.
Jiang, the matchmaker, immediately went to the Qin family to inquire about the family heirloom.
After Shen Man finished giving her instructions, she turned around and saw Lin Sisi standing in front of her...
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