Chen Afu was delighted to hear this, as she had long wanted to visit the provincial capital and sell some of the jewellery in the space.
The thief stopped committing crimes and the rumors had died down. She thought about selling some of the jewels that Jin Yanzi had stolen to get some cash, buy some land, and become a small landowner.
Chen Ahfu glanced at Chen Ming and asked, "I'm leaving too, what should Dad do?"
Chen Ming smiled and said, "Dad is now in good health and can cook for himself. I just need to ask Agui to fetch water for me every few days to water the vegetable garden."
After hearing this, Chen Dabao also wanted to go and play.
Chen Ming smiled again and said, "Okay, Dabao will go with you, but you have to work hard these days and collect more firewood to store at home."
Dabao was so happy holding A-Lu.
Chen Ahfu suggested again, "Mom, let's go to the county town the day after tomorrow. I'll make some more sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice dates tomorrow and send some to Manager Luo's house. Mom can also give some to Yang Chao and Yang Qian, the young masters of Xile Restaurant. These snacks are sweet and fragrant, and the children will definitely love them."
She had long been thinking about how to maintain a better relationship with the Luo family, and then with the Yang family. Her family was weak, and if she bought land and built a big house in the future, she was afraid that someone would be concerned about her, so she had to have someone to rely on.
She thought about it for a long time. Since both families have children, she decided to make this snack to appease the children's stomachs.
This was something she loved to eat in her previous life, and she didn't know if it existed in this era. Regardless, she felt that what she made should have its own characteristics, and her water tank was filled with Yan Chenxiang's wood residue. The most important thing was that the ingredients for this small dish were cheap, easy to find, and simple to make.
Wang was surprised and asked, "What kind of little thing is that? How can Ah Fu make it?"
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "I figured it out these days, I think it will be delicious."
Chen Ming now trusts Chen Ahfu very much and said with a laugh, "If Ahfu says it's delicious, then it must be delicious."
As he was talking, he suddenly heard a woman's loud voice outside, "Brother Chen, Chen's sister-in-law, are you home?"
A few people looked out the window and saw a middle-aged woman in red and green standing outside the fence. Even from a distance, they could see that her face was painted like she had just crawled out of a flour jar, and her big mouth was also painted red.
A Lu said, "It's Matchmaker Li." After saying that, he glanced at Chen A Fu.
Chen Ming and Wang still hoped that Chen Afu could find a good son-in-law to support their daughter's family. When they saw the matchmaker coming, they happily stood up to greet her and chased Chen Afu, Dabao and Alu to the new courtyard. Alu wanted to eavesdrop, so he leaned on his crutches and went to his west room.
Chen Afu was unwilling to stay here on this occasion. He only whispered, "Dad and Mom, please don't arrange a marriage for me casually. Ask me before making a decision." Then, he took Dabao back to the new courtyard.
Wang ran to open the door with a smile, "Mrs. Li, this is your first time in my house. Come in."
Chen Ming stood under the eaves and spoke in a rare loud voice, "Hey, Mrs. Li, please come in, please come in quickly."
Matchmaker Li took out the red handkerchief from her bosom and threw it, laughing loudly, "Brother Chen, sisters-in-law of the Chen family, congratulations to you, congratulations to you, someone asked me to propose marriage to Ah Fu. If they get married, oh my, they will be a perfect match with talent and beauty."
Chen Ming and Wang were even happier when they heard this, and they invited Matchmaker Li into the east room with a smile, asked her to sit on the kang, poured her tea, and took out some candy and peanuts to entertain her.
As soon as Matchmaker Li mentioned the young man's name, Chen Ming and Wang looked at each other. Their excitement just now fell to the bottom and their faces turned pale.
Several people entered the room and came out less than half an hour later, all with gloomy faces.
Standing in the yard, Matchmaker Li was still saying, "Brother Chen, sisters-in-law of the Chen family, if you want to find a good son-in-law, you should also look at the conditions of your daughter. As the saying goes, gongs and drums go well with clangs, and zucchini and pumpkins go well with each other. We matchmakers can see who is a perfect match for whom. Although your Ah Fu is handsome and has recovered from her illness, she used to be stupid. Everyone in our village saw her at her stupidest and ugliest in those years. Now she has established a female household, and she has a burden. Who would be interested in a good-looking young man with a good family background? Even if he is interested, who would be willing to marry her? Wang Yingjun is not bad. He is just 25 years old, fair-skinned, hardworking, smart, and frugal. He has also bought two acres of land. What a good young man. He said that he is willing to marry Ah Fu with two acres of land, and will treat Ah Fu and Da Bao well in the future. Ah Fu and Wang Yingjun are really a perfect match. They complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. If they really get married, the couple's life will definitely get better and better."
A Lu in the west room couldn't hold it in any longer, and stuck his head out of the window and said loudly, "Matchmaker Li, please go away. My sister will never fall in love with him even if she never gets married. That Wang Yingjun is so ugly and stingy. His face is so dirty that you can't tell the color. Only you say he is fair. Humph, you are really a toad wanting to eat swan meat..."
Matchmaker Li said angrily, "Wang Yingjun doesn't like to be clean because he didn't have a mother to take care of him since he was a child. When he gets married, his wife will take care of him more. Won't he be handsome?"
Chen Ming stopped A Lu and said, "A Lu, what nonsense is the child talking about? You can't say that about others." He apologized to matchmaker Li and said, "The child is talking nonsense, please don't mind it, Mrs. Li. We also know that Ying Jun is a good boy, hardworking and smart. His parents died at a young age, but he bought the land with his own hands. But my Ah Fu is not in a hurry to find a husband now, let's talk about it later."
Wang also said, "Thank you, Sister Li. This matter is indeed not feasible. I will ask Sister Li for help in the future."
Matchmaker Li didn't get the money she thought she would get as a thank-you, so she had to leave unhappily.
The words of several people in the old courtyard spread to the new courtyard.
Chen Ahfu, who was sitting by the window in the west room, was a little confused. He didn't know who Wang Yingjun was, as he could make a gentle child like Ah Lu say those words. He asked Dabao, "Who is Wang Yingjun?"
Chen Dabao's face also turned red with anger, and he pouted and said, "That Wang Yingjun is only a little taller than my uncle, has a lame leg, and is very dirty. You can smell a sour odor on him from a long distance away. He is even more annoying than Liu Erniu. When the young girls and wives in the village see him, they hide far away for fear of being stung by his stench. I heard that he had nothing to eat since he was a child, and he couldn't bear to eat when he grew up, so he didn't grow taller. He was even happy about his height, saying that it would save cloth for making clothes..."
He then went on and on about his stinginess, working hard to make money but not spending it. He didn't even eat an egg, not to mention eating a pound of meat a year. He sewed his clothes year after year, but he didn't want to wash them, saying that the cloth would tear if he washed it too much...
Chen Afu knew who it was. This person often wandered around his vegetable garden. He was only about 1.5 meters tall, very dirty, and smelled very bad. When he came to talk to Chen Afu, Chen Afu held his breath.
It turns out his name is Wang Yingjun.
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