Song said this to Shen Yu'an, Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang, because they were the only three people the Shen family would see tomorrow.
Shen Yu'an's words got stuck in her throat, and she whispered, "I was planning to go to the prefectural capital."
She spoke in a low voice, and Song didn't hear clearly what she said, so she asked again.
Shen Yu'an said, "I was planning to go to the city with Ji Xun to do some things, but since I have something to do tomorrow, let's wait until another day."
She looked as if all the energy had been drained out of her body. She sat limply on the stool, her upper body leaning against the table, poking the table with her fingers.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Song thought it was not important, so she pulled Shen Dalang aside and excitedly talked about the meeting tomorrow.
Zhao also pulled Shen Erlang to talk about the matchmaking.
Even Old Lady Shen and her family followed the Song and Zhao families to make arrangements for them.
Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang are both almost twenty years old, and Old Mrs. Shen has long wanted to have a great-grandson.
She clapped her hands cheerfully and said, "You guys go and see it tomorrow. We can't all follow you, so you better keep your eyes open."
"I, an old woman, might be able to help you take care of your children before I die, and our family can have four generations living under one roof."
Mrs. Shen said so, and Shen Yuan continued: "Grandma is in good health, and there will be no problem waiting until five generations live under one roof."
The old lady patted Shen Yu'an's hand with a smile and said, "Our Yu'an is still good at talking."
Hua Ling sat aside and watched them talking about dating. Her eyes sparkled as she asked, "Can I go with you?"
Old Mrs. Shen paused, thinking that she also wanted to meet someone.
She smiled and teased Hua Ling: "You are still young. In two years, if you are still in our family and there is a boy you like, grandma will help you find one."
Hua Ling was very similar to Shen Yu'an in this matter and was not shy at all.
She said bluntly: "If I like a man, I will kidnap him and make him my husband."
The Shen family was shocked by Hua Ling's remarks. How could this little girl not be shy at all when talking about this matter? She even wanted to kidnap the person back!
Hua Nan looked at the shocked expressions of the Shen family and coughed twice in embarrassment.
He scolded in a low voice: "Hua Ling, don't talk nonsense."
Hua Ling pouted and ignored him. She was very favored in the Shen family and didn't want to pay attention to this brother who disciplined her in everything.
She looked eagerly at Old Lady Shen again: "Grandma, please let me go and have a look too. I haven't seen what it's like to see a physiognomist."
Old Mrs. Shen agreed with a smile. There was no custom in their place that women could not follow a wedding ceremony.
Moreover, they don’t need to leave the house, Hua Ling can see them at home.
Here, if a man wants to see a girl, he has to go to the girl's house, while a woman just needs to wait at home.
After all, on weekdays, if one family has a daughter, hundreds of families will seek her out. The women will wait at home, and the men will line up to go to the woman's house. Sometimes there are too many people, and they have to wait for a long time.
But now the situation is the opposite.
The Shen family only has two men, Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang, who need to be seen, and the Zhang family has Zhang Wendong.
But the matchmaker came to introduce more than twenty women.
So the precedent was changed, and the women took turns coming to the Shen family.
Of course, there is another way, which is that if the parents of both sides go together and bring their children with them, they can get along with each other.
But there were too many of them, so they could only watch each other at home.
Shen Yu'an lay there bored, listening to them talk about dating.
However, Shen Rong noticed what Shen Yu'an had just said about going to the capital city, and asked, "The thing you said about going to the capital city is what you have been planning these days?"
Shen Yu'an became interested and started talking about what she had been busy with these days.
When Shen Yu'an talked about this, he looked completely different from when he had just let her look at him.
She seemed to have no interest just now, but when she talked about building a papermaking workshop, she seemed to be full of energy.
As they were talking, Song and Zhao, who were originally arranging Shen Dalang and Shen Erlang, also stopped talking and listened to Shen Yu'an talking about papermaking.
Little Zhang is now out of confinement and was sitting beside them, holding a baby, listening to them talk.
Hearing Shen Yu'an talking about papermaking, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Yu'an, do you really know how to make paper?"
Shen Yuan said confidently: "Of course, and my method is more convenient, the cost is much lower, and the paper produced will not be worse than what we see now."
Everyone in the Shen family was amazed.
Shen Rong sighed and said, "If the cost is reduced a lot, ordinary families like that won't be unable to afford even writing paper."
Zhao also said, "Yes, the paper in that bookstore is really expensive. Just that small stack of paper is more expensive than meat."
Little Zhang smiled and continued, "It just so happens that many people in our family go to school, so we don't have to spend that money to buy it in the future."
The little baby in the pink swaddling clothes she was holding saw that everyone was so excited and thought that they were teasing her, so she happily stretched out her hands and waved them, babbling baby words.
Little Zhang was afraid that she would get cold, so she quickly stuffed her hands back into the swaddling clothes.
On the other hand, Qilang, who was in the gray-blue swaddling clothes held by Chen Yun, was very quiet. He just stared at Chen Yu'an with his big eyes and was not noisy at all.
Shen Yu'an liked the little baby very much and took it from her third uncle's arms to play with it.
The other little baby saw his brother being taken away by Shen Yu'an, and he cried loudly in unhappiness. He pulled his hands out of the swaddling clothes and kept stretching them towards Shen Yu'an.
Little Zhang tapped her little fleshy hand and said jealously, "You're so young and yet you're jealous of your brother."
But the little girl kept making noises, and it seemed that she had to let Shen Yu'an hug her as well.
Shen Yu'an teased Qilang, who was well behaved and quiet in his arms, twice, then handed him to Shen Yun, and then quickly held the little girl in his arms and coaxed her.
As soon as the little girl was in Shen Yu'an's arms, she stopped crying and her little hands grabbed Shen Yu'an's hanging hair and played with it.
Her eyes were still misty from crying just now. She turned her head and glanced at Qilang, as if in protest.
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After dinner the next day, the matchmaker brought the girl to the Shen family or the Zhang family.
Shen Yu'an also witnessed the grand scene of blind dates in ancient times.
As one girl left, the next one came over. Everyone who entered the Shen family's yard couldn't help but look around in admiration, with an attitude that was indescribably enthusiastic.
Before Shen Yu'an had time to watch the excitement, she started to get busy herself.
Most of the men who came were from Longxian Village, and Shen Yu'an really had no interest in them.
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