Girls are generally reserved, and so are their families. Therefore, when a matchmaker visits for the first time, the girl's family is unlikely to agree immediately. That would make their daughter seem too eager, and they worry that doing so might lead to her being looked down upon by her future in-laws.
After seeing the matchmaker off, Yue Jiuyue told Lin Chaobei about the matter that evening. When she heard that the other party had not agreed, Lin Chaobei's face turned extremely ugly.
This guy probably thinks the same way she does; when he first hears someone refuse, he assumes they're just messing with him.
Yue Jiuyue quickly repeated the matchmaker's explanation to Lin Chaobei, and the boy's expression improved.
Damn it, this face changes so quickly, it's even more unpredictable than the weather in June.
Everything went smoothly after that. After exchanging the wedding decorations, we also chose an auspicious wedding date, which was in late autumn or early winter of this year.
After all, Lin Chaobei's conditions are really quite good!
My mother was a ninth-rank Jade Lady, which alone puts me ahead of the vast majority of people.
Even without mentioning Yue Jiuyue, Guang Lin Chaobei's own conditions are excellent. He owns his own mountain with a courtyard on it, and he also manages the shop in his family home. He must be a capable person.
Therefore, as long as the woman's demands are not too excessive, her living conditions after marriage with Lin Chaobei will at least not be bad.
Yue Jiuyue followed the matchmaker's steps through those procedures. After this experience, she would have a better understanding of the marriage arrangements for the third brother, Lin Chaonan, and the second brother, Lin Chaoxi, once they returned. It wouldn't be as confused as it was this time.
Lin Chaobei would come home very late every day, and most of the time he wouldn't come home at all. Yue Jiuyue didn't care too much about this. Anyway, her future fourth daughter-in-law's family was in the town, and they wouldn't let their child suffer. So Yue Jiuyue wasn't worried that Lin Chaobei would make a mistake.
With all this busyness, summer is almost over.
The ladies and young ladies who came to the mountain to escape the summer heat, as well as the gentlemen and young masters who came occasionally, all made a small fortune for the villagers of Linjiagou Village. Yue Jiuyue made the most money, but how much she made was, of course, a secret.
From the village entrance to Yue Jiuyue's house, all the residents along the way had opened doors and windows on the wall facing the road, mainly to facilitate the buying and selling of goods. This was, of course, Yue Jiuyue's suggestion.
The shops in the town were all simply renovated, and most of the villagers only rented them for one winter and then didn't renew their leases. The shops were all empty, which felt a bit of a waste, and with no people around, the houses were prone to decay.
So Yue Jiuyue opened the shop door and asked them to sell things in the shop. Each time, they only needed to give a little something as rent. This forced Lin Chaonan and Lin Chaobei to send one of them home once or twice a day to deliver things. Vegetables, fruits and meat were all delivered directly to the hot pot shop. Of course, the accounts had to be kept.
The more things they have at home, the better their lives are going. For Yue Jiuyue, who has experienced several years of natural disasters, this is of course the happiest thing. She has the nature of a hamster.
Her eyes lit up, especially when she saw the harvest in the fields.
Sweet potatoes, corn, millet, sorghum, cotton, apples, pears...
The peaches in summer weren't very tasty, and the plums were especially sour. Most of them were made into fruit wine, jam, and canned fruit.
The apples and pears in autumn were surprisingly delicious. The apples were sweet and sour and crunchy, while the pears were juicy and slightly sweet with every bite. Yue Jiuyue couldn't bear to sell them.
Of course, you can choose not to sell it, but you can't skimp on giving it away, especially to that person in the capital.
So Yue Jiuyue packed several more cartloads of things and asked their respected Magistrate Tang to send them to the capital.
"Mom, the crops in the fields are almost harvested, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. What are our plans for celebrating this year?"
Lin Chaonan has become more and more mature and stable. With Lin Chaodong not at home and Yue Jiuyue not taking charge, he is definitely the pillar of the family.
"Well, you decide what to do."
As expected, Lin Chaonan nodded in agreement after receiving it.
He asked this question because he was wondering if Yue Jiuyue had any requests. Since she didn't, then everything would proceed as it did last year.
Their family is just a farming household in the village. Even if Yue Jiuyue has a higher rank, that won't change. So, there's no need to be too ostentatious about some things. It's fine to just have a simple Mid-Autumn Festival like every year.
"Okay, then it'll be the same as last year."
After discussing the Mid-Autumn Festival, we still need to talk about Lin Chaobei's wedding. After all, the Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here, and Lin Chaobei's wedding date is less than a month away.
"Mother, what's still missing for the fourth son's wedding?"
Everything is ready, we're just waiting for that day.
Lin Chaobei's wedding had been in preparation for two or three months, and everything was quite complete, so there was no room for discussion.
Yue Jiuyue couldn't help but ask a question:
"Third brother, you really don't have a daughter you like? Fourth brother got married much earlier than you!"
She remembered telling herself that she shouldn't be the kind of mother who pressures her children to get married, and that once a year would be enough.
But Lin Chaobei, the youngest, is about to get married, which isn't good for Lin Chaonan.
After all, Lin Chaonan is older than Lin Chaobei, yet Lin Chaobei got married first. People who don't know the situation might mistakenly think that Lin Chaonan has some kind of unspeakable problem...
Yue Jiuyue couldn't say these words directly, but she believed that Lin Chaonan understood what she meant.
"Mother, it's alright. When I find a girl I like, I'll definitely tell you first!"
Lin Chaonan didn't feel pressured by being urged to get married, nor did he think that Lin Chaobei's marriage would damage his reputation. He genuinely didn't care about these things, since he hadn't met a girl who moved him yet.
However, the fourth brother was very lucky to encounter it.
We can't let the fourth brother wait for several years just because of him, can we?
Or perhaps, for the sake of the fourth son, he should be allowed to marry any woman he doesn't like?
That's all impossible, so things are fine as they are now.
As for the bad reputation, that's just hearsay. He believes that girls who truly like him won't believe those rumors.
If you like him, why don't you believe him?
Perhaps his thinking is too arbitrary, but neither he nor Lin Chaobei would sacrifice themselves for the other, which would be unfair to either of them.
As for the girl who likes him but is concerned about the rumors, perhaps she doesn't like him enough.
"Alright, as long as you know what you're doing."
Despite saying that, Yue Jiuyue wanted to sigh.
This is because of the different times that have led to this problem.
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