"Master, master, wake up! Something terrible has happened!" Xiao Cui shouted as she pounded on the door.
The person on the bed twitched a few times under the covers, then fell asleep again.
The knocking on the door sounded again: "Master, get up quickly and see what's happening outside!"
The loud knocking on the door was so annoying that Song Ning sat up angrily from under the covers, sporting dark circles under her eyes, a messy hairstyle, and a swollen face.
"Master, master, are you awake?"
If it weren't for Xiao Cui outside the door, she really would have thrown a tantrum.
Song Ning got out of bed in a daze, opened the door with a bang, and said with a gloomy face: "You better really have something important to tell me."
Xiao Cui immediately shrank her neck, then remembered what was happening downstairs: "Master, you should go and see, there are quite a few people downstairs."
Song Ning's room was on the second floor, and as soon as she came out, she could hear the noise downstairs.
What are you doing here so early in the morning?
"They said...they came to act as matchmakers for their employer."
"oh."
He paused, "What?"
What did you say?
“Master, a lot of matchmakers have come downstairs, all here to arrange marriages for you.”
Song Ning instantly snapped out of it, threw on a coat, and rushed downstairs.
Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan were dealing with the matchmakers in front of the door.
In this era, ordinary people are unwilling to offend matchmakers. It is said that there is no rain without clouds in the sky and no marriage without a matchmaker on the ground. Matchmakers are important figures in every household when they are getting married.
The last time the Zhang family in the south of the city got married, they spent a lot of money to find a matchmaker.
Although parents are supposed to make the decisions about marriage, without a matchmaker, the marriage is considered incomplete and unlucky.
Song Ning had a headache from the noise, so she went outside and stood on the steps, shouting, "What's all the commotion about?"
Song Ning's current appearance was hardly attractive, immediately drawing the attention of everyone around her.
Song Ning counted them; there were four matchmakers in total.
The four matchmakers were stunned. What kind of behavior was this?
It's simply outrageous for a young woman to come out like this, with her clothes disheveled, hair messy, and without any makeup or grooming.
One of them, a slightly plump middle-aged woman wearing a dark red jacket, stepped forward and asked with a smile, "You must be Song Ning?"
"It's me, what's wrong?"
The matchmaker smiled: "I'm Matchmaker Jin from Jiangning County. I've come today to arrange a marriage for you. You've heard of the young master Wang from Jiangning County, haven't you? He's dashing and handsome, a bit older than you, but very capable. He used to work for Master Wang..."
"stop."
"Hey matchmaker, don't try to set me up with older people."
Seeing this, another immediately exclaimed in a shrill voice, "That's right, Miss Song is still young, while Master Wang's son is already over twenty. I'm talking about the young one..."
"Me too, me too! This family lives in Xitang Town, they also run a business, and their son has just turned sixteen..."
Song Ning was in a real bind.
"Gentlemen, thank you for making this trip, but I have no plans to get married at the moment. Please leave now."
"We've all heard that. After the New Year, Miss Song will be fourteen, which is the perfect time to discuss marriage. Many families are already making preparations for her when she's twelve."
"That's right. Besides, marriage is a major life event decided by parents. It's not something you can just decide against."
Song Dahai said seriously, "My daughter's marriage will be her own decision from now on. Everyone, please leave."
These women, who had been matchmakers their whole lives, had never heard of parents like this before, and immediately burst into laughter: "I must say, your Song family is quite interesting. Since ancient times, whose daughter can decide her own marriage? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if word gets out?"
Song Ning was still half asleep, and upon hearing this, she couldn't contain her anger.
"Whether I laugh or not is my business, what's it to you? You're being nosy. We still have business to do, you can leave now."
Song Ning's words can be considered quite serious.
Matchmakers have always been objects of flattery from various households, after all, they control a lot of resources.
If you offend the matchmaker, it will be difficult for your sons and daughters to find partners in the future.
“I say, Miss Song, we’ve come here with the best of intentions to arrange a marriage for you, and this is how you behave? A young lady like you, showing your face in public all day long, it’s already a miracle that the Wang family even took a liking to you. When you get older, they might not even want you anymore! Do you think you’re some kind of celestial being? Don’t you even look at the state you’ve become!”
"I really thank him, but I don't need it. Whether I marry or not, and who I marry, is my decision."
And you say I'm showing my face in public, but what about you? Aren't you women too? Don't you also have to show your faces in public and act as matchmakers? We're all just trying to make a living, so there's no need to look down on each other like this.
Finally, what I'm like is none of your business! You all look like monsters in those drawings; don't come out and scare people.
"You! And you have such a sharp tongue! With someone like you, I wonder who would dare to marry you in the future!"
"You don't need to worry about that. Don't think I can't see it. Those who ask you to help them find a match are just after my parents because they don't have a son."
Thinking that once I marry into their family, this Xiangyun Tower will belong to them. Humph, ugly as they are, they certainly have high hopes.
She had met the son of the wealthy Wang family in Jiangning County. What a grotesque fellow he was! He was not just in his twenties, he was almost thirty, so why hadn't he found a wife yet? It was because even the poorest families wouldn't consider him.
She doesn't need to say more about what kind of intentions these families have when they propose marriage to her.
She didn't want to offend these matchmakers, but if they said something unpleasant, she wouldn't hold back.
"Whether or not to marry is a personal choice. I've never seen anyone force a marriage like this before."
Everyone needs to be careful. Who knows what kind of people these people are telling your sons and daughters? Keep your eyes open in the future, and don't let them harm you.
Matchmakers are always eloquent and persuasive. Over the years, they have relied on their silver tongues to matchmake one family after another. They never expected to suffer a loss in front of a young girl.
Just as he was about to retort, Song Ning continued, "Are you leaving or not? If you don't leave, I'm going to report you to the authorities. We have rules in Tianxiang County. If anyone dares to cause trouble, they'll get a seven-day jail sentence."
The news of what happened in Tianxiang County yesterday has spread, and many matchmakers have come to the county today.
These were just the four who came to her place; the rest went home.
At first, many families were quite interested, but after hearing Song Ning's words, they all started to have doubts.
I regret agreeing too soon.
After all, there were only a few women, while Song Ning had a lot of shop assistants standing behind her, all of them strong young men.
Song Dahai said coldly, "Go away, and don't come back again."
"You...you wait!"
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