Chapter 60: Money Matchmaker
"I know. As for the betrothal gift, our family gave two taels, which is not too much, nor too little. I don't ask to find a wealthy family. It doesn't matter if the family is poor, as long as the person is hardworking and has a pure heart. I despise those who think crookedly all the time. To be honest, my eldest grandson just broke off the engagement a few days ago..."
Lianshan Town is only this big.
The two villages are not too far apart, and if a girl is willing to inquire, she can find out everything.
Zhang Jinlan didn't want to keep it secret.
She talked about her engagement and breakup with the Zhou family a few days ago.
He told her everything.
"It's not your fault. Matchmaker Zhou is really going backwards. She doesn't even make inquiries before introducing someone to someone else. Isn't that what we matchmakers rely on to make a living? Right? At least we should help to make inquiries. That's called fulfilling our responsibilities. If she introduces someone to someone who is not a good person and something goes wrong after the marriage, her reputation will be ruined. Who will dare to ask her to be a matchmaker in the future?"
You should have come to me directly at the beginning. I won’t mention anything else about Qian’s matchmaking, but we have never had a divorce. Both parties are very satisfied. Don’t worry, leave this matter to me. I will give you news within three days.”
Matchmaker Qian patted her chest and said confidently.
They are all from the same town and the matchmakers know each other.
After hearing what Zhang Jinlan said, Matchmaker Qian pouted in disgust.
She has always looked down upon that matchmaker Zhou.
A money-grubbing person.
Two years ago, Matchmaker Zhou was acting as a matchmaker for a girl. A widower found her and gave her one or two taels of silver in private, and Matchmaker Zhou brought the two together.
But which family would be willing to marry their daughter to an old man whose wife had died?
As soon as Zhou the matchmaker said this, she was beaten out by the girl's family and had to pay a lot of money before the matter was kept secret.
As for how Qian the matchmaker knew this, it was because the girl's family finally found her to help with matchmaking.
"Who says it's not true? When we first approached Zhou the matchmaker, wasn't it because we were close to each other and wanted her to help us find out? We don't have any connections. Alas, it's really a random introduction. Fortunately, my mother-in-law is from Zhoujia Village, otherwise my family would really be stupid and raise someone else's child for nothing."
Mentioning Matchmaker Zhou.
Zhang Jinlan was extremely angry.
She, Matchmaker Qian, and Matchmaker Zhou chatted for a long time.
It was not until half an hour later that she got up and left Qian the Matchmaker's house.
"Then I'll trouble you. Please help me keep an eye on her. My family doesn't ask for a very beautiful woman. As long as she is honest and not too frivolous, it's fine. It doesn't matter if she is a little ugly."
After that incident, Zhang Jinlan was scared.
Especially since the granddaughter is blessed by the immortals, strange things happen in the family from time to time. If you marry a man with ulterior motives, I am afraid the secret of the granddaughter will be exposed.
"Don't worry. I'm different from that matchmaker Zhou. I will definitely find you someone you like. Don't worry. Although I have a few girls of the right age, I have to let you know their temperaments. As soon as I find a suitable one, I will send my son to Jiangjia Village to find you. We can make an appointment and go to the girl's house to meet, or you can come to my house."
Matchmaker Qian said this as she personally escorted the three members of the Jiang family out.
"Okay, thank you very much. I'll go home now."
After saying this, Zhang Jinlan left Qianjia Village.
evening.
Jiang Dahe came back from the town.
The eggs had been sold, and the old bricks and tiles had also been bought. Three days later, the shop delivered the goods to my door.
The whole family then sat down in the main room and prepared to eat.
"Dad, I found four to help me. Is that enough?"
At the dinner table, Jiang Eryong, who was in charge of finding help, asked his father.
"Who are you looking for?"
Jiang Shoujia raised his eyelids, picked up the bowl and drank some rice porridge.
"There are Liwen and Liwu from Aunt Chunxia's family next door, and there are Jiangzuo and Jiangyou from Aunt Taohua's family."
The Jiang family has average relationships with people in the village.
The relationship with the three families is pretty good.
The helpers will naturally be selected from the three companies.
Jiang Shoujia had already guessed his son's answer, so he continued, "It's enough. The house is not big, and Jin and I are not engaged yet. It doesn't matter if it takes a little longer. Have you agreed on the wages?"
"It's agreed that each person will be paid 10 wen per day, working from the beginning of the chen hour to the beginning of the you hour, no meals are provided, and you can take a 25-minute break at noon and go home to eat."
When Jiang Eryong spoke, he stared at his father's face, fearing that he had been paid too much.
Dad will be unhappy.
"It's a bit too high. The wages of casual workers in town are lower than this. Working in our house doesn't require you to rush to town early. But our family has a good relationship with theirs. Let's make it like this. Starting tomorrow, you go to the mountains to cut wood, and wait for the bricks and tiles your eldest brother bought to arrive, then start digging the foundation."
After Jiang Shoujia finished speaking, he picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and started eating.
Tonight's dish is fried eggs with shepherd's purse. I added a spoonful of pork fat, and the dish was shiny with oil and smelled amazing.
The rice porridge is cooked into a mushy consistency, but it doesn't irritate the throat at all.
Jiang Fubao was eating quietly when he heard that someone was coming to build a house at home.
She plans to be more restrained during this time.
Lest the secret be discovered by outsiders.
At night when the Jiang family was asleep.
Taking advantage of the night, Jiang Fubao put eggs in the chicken coop, then went to the kitchen to add rice to the rice jar and noodles to the noodle jar. She even put her little finger's worth of salt in the salt jar. As she left the kitchen, she looked up.
There were only two pieces of extremely tattered linen hanging from the linen rope on the wall.
It was the towel that the Jiang family used to wash their faces.
There were black stains on it that couldn't be washed off, and it had a sour smell.
Jiang Fubao looked away in disgust.
She carried the chair, climbed up, took down the linen and threw it on the ground, hung up two unbranded white towels, and took out a board of toothbrushes from the space.
There are only four in it.
She gets one, grandma gets one, and grandpa gets one. Who should get the rest?
To mother, she was afraid that father would be jealous.
I want to give it to dad, but I'm afraid mom will be unhappy.
After thinking about it, I just put one back in the space.
I only took three and put them in the basin.
Wait until she has saved enough and then take them out, so that everyone in the family will have a toothbrush.
Then she took out two tubes of toothpaste. There was a black person on the paper with his mouth open, revealing a mouthful of clean white teeth. There were also a lot of words on the back, which were too conspicuous.
Jiang Fubao had no choice but to go back to the kitchen and find a bamboo tube.
Squeeze two tubes of toothpaste into the bamboo tube.
Fortunately, the bamboo tube has a lid, which allows you to use it continuously as long as the toothpaste is not dry.
After finishing everything, she went back to her room and went to sleep with satisfaction.
A new day has arrived.
I was still awakened by the rooster's crowing.
Jiang Fubao put on his patched linen clothes and skipped into the yard.
Children's bodies are more useful than adults'. As long as they get enough sleep, they will be full of energy.
"Fubao, come and brush your teeth and wash your face. Look at this soft towel. I don't know what kind of cloth it is made of. Why is it so soft?"
Zhang Jinlan held the white towel gently, not daring to rub it vigorously, for fear that her rough fingers would scratch the towel.