"What do you want to do?" When he heard that there was silver, Yu Hanshan immediately became alert, sat up and asked.
Seeing how excited he was, Zhao said with a gleam in her eyes, "My mother and I have an idea. Let's open a pork shop. You go and get the second son to join us. As long as he is willing to join us, we will definitely be able to get money out of that damn girl Meng Yujiao."
Zhao and Yu Hanshan had a long discussion. Yu Hanshan was so excited that he couldn't sleep. His mind was full of thoughts about how to win over Yu Mengshan.
The next day, Zhao invited Mrs. Wang to her home for tea and to propose marriage to Yu Jinshu. When Mrs. Zhang, the eldest wife, heard about it, she also sat in the main hall and talked with Mrs. Wang. The old man and the old lady were only considering Yu Jinshu's marriage and not Yu Zhizhou at all. She had to plan more for her own son.
"I've been wanting to invite you over for a long time. You've been busy harvesting wheat recently, so you finally have some free time." Zhao smiled as she poured tea for Mrs. Wang and brought two plates of melon seeds as snacks.
Zhang said, "My third brother's wife didn't go to the fields much during the wheat harvest, so what are you busy with? Aren't you always free?" Without waiting for Zhao to argue, she smiled and said to Mrs. Wang, "We will sow wheat seeds in two days. I don't know if I have disturbed Aunt Wang. The autumn examination is coming soon. I want to arrange a marriage for him before the Zhizhou County Examination. I hope Aunt Wang will worry about it."
"No trouble, no trouble." Mrs. Wang pinched a piece of bean paste cake and put it into her mouth. When Zhao invited her here, she knew that she wanted to arrange a marriage for Yu Jinshu. Now she heard that Zhang was also planning to arrange a marriage for Yu Zhizhou.
She smiled and said, "Your brothers are all scholars, so marriage is easy to arrange. Doctor Yu is well-known in our villages for his medical practice. Any girl who can marry into your family is blessed."
After all, she was a matchmaker. Zhao and Zhang smiled when they heard her words. Zhao said hurriedly, "Aunt Wang, please keep an eye out for girls from good families. You have seen our Jinshu. Even if he failed the imperial examination this time, he can read and write. He will have no problem being an accountant in the future."
The young lady from the Liu family who broke off the engagement with Yu Jinshu earlier was the one who was introduced by Mrs. Wang. However, what Zhao said was a bit timid. Saying such things before the provincial examination would make people look down on her.
Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Your second brother is a handsome man with a sense of humor. I like him, not to mention the little girl."
Hearing this, Zhao smiled even more happily.
Zhang said, "My Zhizhou has a good personality. Although he doesn't talk much, he is a down-to-earth person. As long as the girl gets married, I will make sure she doesn't suffer any grievances. I am not picky. As long as the girl has a good personality and lives a down-to-earth life, it's fine. Aunt Wang, please take the trouble to find out more."
Mrs. Wang smiled and replied, "I've been keeping an eye on all the unmarried girls in the surrounding villages. There are three or four families with girls of marriageable age. One family's parents died early and she grew up with her widowed sister-in-law. She's hardworking and capable, but she doesn't look very good. Another family's mother is sick, and the girl is pretty, but she's a little old. She delayed getting engaged because of taking care of her mother. She's seventeen this year. The last one's mother died early, and her father married a second wife. The stepmother is a troublemaker. The previous few times they didn't get engaged were because the betrothal gifts were too high. Your family is in a good condition, so it shouldn't be a problem."
After listening to all that Wang Po said, Zhao was not satisfied with any of it. It was far from the Liu family girl she had been engaged to.
Zhang was quite fond of them all. She smiled and said, "It sounds like the first girl is capable and sensible, the second girl is filial, and the third girl is suffering from following her stepmother. I wonder which farm these families are from? If they are cheap, I'll take a look first."
Mrs. Wang dealt with people all day long. When she saw Zhao's face, she knew that she looked down on these families. She started chatting with Zhang warmly and decided that in a few days, she would find an excuse to let Zhang go to see these girls. Zhang was very happy and sent Mrs. Wang out the door.
Just as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, a donkey cart stopped outside the Yu family's house and Zhang Zhuangtou, wearing a short brown robe, jumped off the cart.
He came to the house several times. Zhang recognized him and turned around to call Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao was learning embroidery with Yu Fuling in the room. When she heard the noise, she put down her needlework and came out. Seeing Zhang Zhuangtou coming in a hurry and sweating, she asked, "Why is Zhang Zhuangtou here? Could it be that Qi Ge'er's epilepsy has recurred?"
"Brother Qi is fine." Zhang Zhuangtou wiped the sweat off his face and said anxiously, "Miss Meng, my lady's engagement has been cancelled!"
Seeing that he was breathing heavily, Yu Jiao hurriedly led him into the main room and poured him a cup of herbal tea.
Zhang Zhuangtou gulped down the liquid, took a deep breath, and said hurriedly, "I don't know how the news of you curing the young lady's private illness got out, and happened to be known by the young master of the Shen family. The Shen family came to cancel the engagement today, accusing my young lady of having an unclean body, which made my master and mistress very angry. I happened to be at the mansion today, and when I heard about this, I hurried over to tell you the news."
Yu Jiao raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, and felt uncomfortable. She said calmly, "The news about your young lady's illness didn't come from me. You came here to report the news. Are you saying that your master has put the blame on me?"
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