Chapter 170 Asking Mother-in-law for Help
"Cui'e, are you home?" At this time, Zhang Honghua's voice came from the yard.
Jiang Xinbai and his mother looked at each other and hurried out.
"Hey, I'm at home, Honghua, what's the matter? Sit down and talk." Chen Cui'e handed over a stool.
Zhang Honghua smiled at Chen Cui'e and said, "Well, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Cui'e. I'm doing this for my family! Wenwen is seventeen this year and will be eighteen soon. I want to find her a partner." Then she glanced at Jiang Xinbai and continued, "Since Xinbai is back, I'm wondering if I can help introduce her to someone. Xinbai, don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing, no matter if it succeeds or not. How about this, if it works, I'll give you ten yuan, and if it doesn't, I'll give you two yuan for your hard work. What do you think?"
When Jiang Xinbai heard this, he looked at Zhang Honghua in a different light. She was really generous.
But she still refused with a smile, "Aunt, it's not that I don't want to help, but I really don't know anyone, let alone an unmarried young man, I don't know him at all..."
Zhang Honghua waved her hand to interrupt Jiang Xinbai and explained, "Xinbai, Auntie knows. See if your mother-in-law has any connections. Wenwen has a rural household registration, but everything else is pretty good. She graduated from high school and is tall and pretty. We will even give her a sewing machine as a dowry."
When she heard that she would be given a sewing machine as a dowry, Chen Cui'e's eyes lit up and she said with a smile, "Oh, Honghua, you are really generous. I think Wenwen is so good, she will definitely find a suitable one. Xiaobai, why don't you ask your mother-in-law to introduce someone to you?"
"Ah, I," Jiang Xinbai hesitated for a moment before replying, "Aunt Zhang, we agreed in advance that my mother-in-law may not have a suitable candidate."
Zhang Honghua clapped her hands and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, just give it a try. Hey, if Wenwen really couldn't do farm work, I really wouldn't want her to marry into the city. If she married someone nearby, I could take care of her."
"That's right. The work in the fields is tiring. We've never let our daughters work in the fields. At most, we just let them look after our private plots." Chen Cui'e's family has many laborers, so she would not force her daughters to work in the fields.
Jiang Xinbai thought about it but still couldn't think of any suitable candidate, but she thought of asking the woman's requirements first, so that it would be convenient to find the mother-in-law directly.
So she smiled and looked at Zhang Honghua and asked, "Zhang Hong, has Sister Wenwen said what kind of man she wants to find? She still has a long life ahead of her, so she must find someone who suits her taste."
Zhang Honghua thought for a while and replied, "She doesn't have any requirements, except that the man can't be too short, as it will affect their offspring. Also, he must be a healthy man. I know that people in the city don't want to marry a rural daughter-in-law because they are afraid that there won't be enough food. You should talk to them about this. Our Wenwen will have to provide her own food." Anyway, their family has a lot of labor force, so they can still afford Wenwen's food alone.
Jiang Xinbai immediately gave Zhang Honghua a thumbs up when he heard this, "Aunt Zhang, you are really this, this way, there will be more suitable candidates, so, I will tell my mother-in-law when I go back, okay?"
"Okay, then I'll wait for your news. Take these eggs back and feed them to your children." Zhang Honghua said and ran away.
Jiang Xinbai looked down at the eggs in the small basket, estimating that there were about ten of them. She said in embarrassment, "Mom, isn't it bad to take someone else's eggs before we've even done this?"
Chen Cui'e took the basket and smiled, "What's wrong with this? People will feel relieved if you take it! Okay, I've saved some too, you can take it all away this afternoon."
"Oh, okay!"
After lunch, Jiang Xinbai took her things and went straight home. It was just past three o'clock when she got home. After thinking about it, she decided to go to her mother-in-law's house.
As soon as she entered the family compound, she saw her mother-in-law chatting with her aunts. She walked up to her with a smile and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? You look so happy."
"Hey, Xinbai, why are you here? Didn't the third brother say that you went to your mother's house today? You're back so soon?" Sun Erni was interrupted by Jiang Xinbai when she was talking to her old friends. She turned around and smiled when she saw that it was her young daughter-in-law.
"Oh, I just came back after lunch. Mom, are you okay? I want to talk to you about something."
Sun Erni waved her hand and said, "It's okay. What can I do? Let's go home and talk." Then she went upstairs first. Jiang Xinbai, who followed behind her, smiled at the aunts and said, "Aunts, you guys chat. My mother and I will go home first."
"Go back, go back," several aunts said with a smile.
"Hey, you said that among the three daughters-in-law of Erni's family, Xinbai is the most polite. She always smiles when she sees us."
"That's right. She always calls me auntie. I just love talking to her."
Jiang Xinbai had no idea that the aunts behind her had such a high opinion of her. As soon as she followed her mother-in-law into the house, she poured herself a glass of water and drank it down in gulps.
After drinking, he wiped his mouth and said, "Mom, I want to ask if there is any unmarried young man around you who is good in every aspect?"
Sun Erni was delighted when she heard this and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Who are you going to be a matchmaker for?"
Jiang Xinbai clapped his hands, "That's right. This time when I went back to my parents' home, an aunt asked me to introduce a date to her daughter. I thought, how could I do that? But when I thought about the reward she offered, I was very tempted. That's why I thought of you. Can you see if there is a suitable one? My sister from the same village has a pretty good family. She is the only sister among five brothers. Her mother said that if the relationship is successful, she will give a sewing machine as a dowry."
"Wow, what a big deal!"
"That's not true. Although it's popular to get married with three big items in the city now, how many families can afford all of them? Most people only get one. My sister's dowry is very heavy. In my opinion, the money at the bottom of the box will not be small."
"Well, let me think about it first," Sun Erni stroked her chin and thought for a while, "By the way, how old is that girl?"
"Seventeen, almost eighteen!"
"You just said that the reward made you excited. How much did you offer?" Sun Erni was very interested when asked this. Matchmaking is for fun and for money.
Jiang Xinbai held up two fingers, "Aunt Zhang said that no matter whether it succeeds or not, I'll give you two dollars for your hard work. If it succeeds, I'll give you ten dollars. Mom, if we can make this match, you'll get seventy and I'll get threety. What do you think?"
Sun Erni shook her head. "No, I can't take advantage of this. How about half and half each of us?"
"Okay, let's put it this way, Mom, think about whether there is anyone suitable."
Sun Erni thought about it, then asked hesitantly, "Well, can it be okay if he is six years older? Don't worry, he is a very nice person, and his family is well-off. But his luck is not very good, the two I mentioned before all failed."
Jiang Xinbai had an idea after hearing this. She hesitated and said, "Mom, you are not talking about my cousin Aijun from my uncle's family?"
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