Matchmaker Jiang nodded. "It might be a bit late today. I'll go to the educated youth settlement to find Shen early tomorrow morning. If I go now, she might already be asleep."
Mother Hu glanced at the clock on the wall of Matchmaker Jiang's house; it was only a little past seven o'clock.
But Hu the matchmaker didn't want to go now, and she didn't force her.
Since it's only one night apart, pushing them too hard will only annoy them.
"Alright, Aunt Jiang, it's settled then. You have to keep this in mind and don't forget."
"No, no, I will never forget. I will go first thing tomorrow morning and discuss it with Shen Zhiqing. I will get back to you immediately, so don't worry."
"Okay, okay."
The couple said goodbye to Aunt Jiang and left the Jiang family home to return to their own.
Aunt Jiang had been running around all day trying to find a match and was quite tired. She wanted to go to bed early, but as soon as she closed the door, someone knocked on it.
"Who's this time, trying to play matchmaker for me?"
She muttered to herself, hoping to earn some money for matchmaking, and opened the door again. Standing outside was her niece-in-law.
As soon as her niece-in-law saw her, she said, "Auntie, my Guoqiang has taken a fancy to a girl in Liulin Village. Could you go and do some errands for him tomorrow and put in a good word for him?"
Matchmaker Jiang asked her to come inside and talk.
My niece-in-law seemed very anxious: "Auntie, to tell you the truth, there's another young man who's taken a liking to this girl, just like our Guoqiang. You'd better hurry up and propose to him, or that guy will beat you to it and Guoqiang won't get a chance."
Matchmaker Jiang said, "We need to hurry, we need to hurry. How about tomorrow morning? We can't go now in the dark."
"Alright, alright, let's do it tomorrow morning. How can I let you go to arrange a marriage in the dark? Auntie, once we've arranged Guoqiang's marriage, I'll give you a big gift."
"Alright, alright, I got it. I'll go as soon as I get up tomorrow."
"Okay, Auntie." After giving her instructions, the niece-in-law exchanged a few more pleasantries with the matchmaker, Jiang, and then left.
After finally getting some peace and quiet, Jiang the matchmaker wanted to go to sleep, but then she suddenly realized that there seemed to be a conflict in the timing between arranging a marriage for her nephew and arranging a marriage for Hu Haiquan.
She had originally planned to go to see Shen Man first thing tomorrow morning, but since she had to go to Liulin Village tomorrow morning to arrange a marriage for her nephew, she decided to go to see Shen Man now and resolve this matter first, whether it worked out or not.
When she arrived at the educated youth settlement, it was already closed. She knocked on the door and called out Shen Man's name from outside. Sure enough, it was Shen Man who opened the door.
Shen Man had already gone to sleep. When she heard someone calling her, she put on a coat over her pajamas and came out.
When she saw that the person who came was Granny Jiang, she knew that she was there to arrange a marriage for her.
But Aunt Jiang should understand the conditions she was asking for. Why did she come to her on her own initiative? Could it be that she found a family that met her conditions?
"Aunt Jiang, you've come to see me at this hour, have you found a suitable family?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Hu Qingquan from our village is a twenty-two-year-old young man. He's good-looking and tall, but his family isn't well-off. However, they have a family heirloom. I heard his mother say it's a white jade pendant. Shen Zhiqing, is this heirloom alright? Seeing that I've had a long day, you still rushed over to tell me. I really care about your affairs."
Shen Man barely heard the matchmaker's flattering words; she was overjoyed just to hear the words "white jade pendant."
Jewelry or pendants, such as jade pendants, were what she was looking for.
Because these objects are most likely to contain space, the white jade pendant that Matchmaker Jiang mentioned might indeed contain hidden space.
She immediately grabbed Aunt Jiang and excitedly walked outside: "Auntie, there's no time to lose, let's go to their house now."
Aunt Jiang was stunned for a moment when she saw how impatient she was.
Which girl is as anxious about going on a blind date as Shen Man?
Even if you're anxious inside, you should pretend to be shy and reserved on the surface.
These educated youth from the city are just different from the girls from the countryside here.
“Shen Zhiqing, it’s so late now. They’re probably already asleep by the time you get there. Besides, what are you wearing? Can you even go to their house like that? It’s not proper clothing.”
Shen Man then realized that she was wearing pajamas. "Aunt Jiang, I'll go back and change now."
Aunt Jiang still disagreed, "Shen Zhiqing, are you sure you want to go now? What if they're already asleep? You're a virgin, knocking on a man's door in the middle of the night won't be good for you."
If someone sees this and spreads it around, they'll think you two did something in the middle of the night, and they'll probably say something about you behind your back.
"You're shameless! Going to someone's house and crawling into their bed so late at night? No way, absolutely not now. I just came to say hello. If you're going, it'll be tomorrow during the day."
Shen Man thought about it. What if she got bad rumors because of this and was labeled as a promiscuous person by the people here? What if there was no space in the Hu family's heirloom? Then no one would be willing to go on blind dates with her in the future, and she would no longer be able to use this method to access the villagers' treasures.
Her reputation in the village has been ruined, which will affect her chances of returning to the city and being recommended for admission to a worker-peasant-soldier university.
She didn't know when she would get the space, so she needed to leave herself a way out.
After analyzing the pros and cons, she decided to listen to the matchmaker, Jiang.
"Auntie, I'll listen to you. If we can't go now, then let's go tomorrow morning."
"Tomorrow morning won't work either. I have to go to Liulin Village to arrange a marriage for my nephew. His mother is pressuring me a lot. Otherwise, you can meet with his family heirloom tomorrow afternoon. Oh, no, I mean, you should meet with Hu Qingquan again tomorrow afternoon."
"Tomorrow morning, ma'am. You've been matchmaking for others in the morning, so you should be free then."
Shen Man was already very anxious; the longer she waited, the more agonizing it became.
"Okay, okay, tomorrow morning it is, let's do it this way. I've been running around all day, I'm tired and sleepy, I'm going back to sleep, I'm off."
"Okay, ma'am. Take care, ma'am."
After Aunt Jiang left, Shen Man was reluctant to go back to her dormitory to rest.
She wished she could rush to the Hu family right now to see if there was any space inside that jade pendant.
But after thinking about it for a while, I managed to control that thought.
For the sake of the long term, she had to be patient.
We can just wait another night. We'll see it after breakfast tomorrow. There's no rush.
Even with all that planned, she couldn't bear to go back to her dorm immediately. She stood at the door for almost ten minutes before Chen Lu called her back.
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