Chapter 135: Driving the Vixen Out of East Market
Wang Mingfeng didn't expect Zhou Jiuniang to turn hostile so quickly. She immediately lost her temper and spat heavily at her, "Bah! If you don't want to have any contact with me, then don't have any contact with me. Do you think I care? In the future, when you get beaten by your man or tortured by your wife, don't come to me."
If it were usual, Zhou Jiuniang would have to take it to heart if someone scolded her like this, but today she couldn't care less.
She has even hired a matchmaker and is going to the Lu family to propose marriage! She can’t delay any longer.
Zhou Jiuniang didn't argue with her. She turned around and went back to her room to wash up, then took the matchmaker to the Lu family.
There were not many customers at the cake shop at the moment, and everyone in the shop rarely had a break, so Su asked everyone to take turns going back to the kitchen to eat.
She sat behind the counter and sorted out today's bills.
While I was busy, I saw a fat woman with eyebrows drawn and powdered face walking in with a smile on her face.
The woman didn't wait for Su to speak, and said with a festive look on her face: "Master, there is a pregnancy!"
Su was confused by her, "Why should I be happy?"
The woman said, "I'm here to propose marriage to your daughter. Isn't this a sign of pregnancy?"
When Su heard that he was here to propose marriage to her daughter, she actually thought it was a happy event.
She had long been worried about her children's marriages.
Su quickly put down the account book in her hand and invited the person in to sit down.
Jiang Tangtang originally decorated the shop according to the standards of a modern milk tea shop. Although the tables, chairs and benches were simple, they looked very trendy in that era.
Add to that the flowers and plants, carvings, and other decorations along the walls, and everything exudes elegance. Zhou Jiuniang followed the matchmaker in, and looking at the furnishings of the shop, a look of satisfaction appeared in her eyes.
Su invited the two to sit down, and after calling Li Xiangchen to serve tea, she asked, "I wonder what family the man is from?"
"He is the son of the Zhou family in the west of the city. Mr. Zhou is very handsome and is now a student of Bailu Academy. He not only has good character, but also good knowledge. If your daughter marries him, she might become an official's wife in the future." The matchmaker thought about the two taels of silver given by Zhou Jiuniang and boasted about it.
Su asked, "Is he a scholar now? Or a Jinshi?"
The smile on the matchmaker's face froze instantly. "That's not the case, but I'll find out after I take the exam!"
"She's not even a scholar or a jinshi, so what about a tongsheng?" Mrs. Su didn't necessarily want her daughter to be an official's wife in the future, but the matchmaker highlighted this point and praised it, thinking that this aspect was the most outstanding.
The matchmaker chuckled and said, "Mr. Zhou is well-educated, so it's only a matter of time."
"I wonder how old Mr. Zhou is?" Su still had a smile on her face, but she no longer had any thoughts about this family.
When they came to propose marriage, they were very secretive and didn't seem like a good family.
The matchmaker grinned, "She's only twenty this year."
"You're twenty years old and you still haven't told me?" Su pretended to be surprised, but in her heart she couldn't help but despise him. At the age of twenty, he wasn't even a student, yet he came to brag about his knowledge in front of her! Did he really think she was an ignorant country woman?
The matchmaker said, "Scholars tend to marry late. Their families are afraid that marrying too early will delay their studies."
"So now you're not afraid of delaying your studies?" Su said.
The matchmaker said, "Isn't it time to get married? Besides, when you take the exam, you should have someone who understands your well-being and looks after you, right?"
Su said tactfully, "My daughter wants to stay for a few more years, but Mr. Zhou is too old to afford it. Mr. Zhou should just talk to someone else!"
"Your daughter is not young anymore. If she stays any longer, she will become an old maid." The matchmaker said, "This young man from the Zhou family is really good. It would be a pity to miss him. If it were up to me, I would choose an auspicious day and arrange the marriage."
"Then I'll tell you the truth. I'm afraid my daughter is not suitable for that Mr. Zhou. She was raised in pampered condition. On weekdays, the laundry and cooking are all done by the servants. She can't do those rough jobs, and I can't bear to let her do it."
Su stood up and wrapped a package of inexpensive cakes for the matchmaker, saying, "This marriage is not suitable. I'm sorry to bother you with the trip."
"What kind of girl gets married and doesn't take care of the housework and take care of her husband?"
Seeing that her marriage was about to fall through, Zhou Jiuniang was anxious and hurriedly advised, "Sister, you can't spoil your daughter like this. If you dote on her like this, you're not doing her a good deed, you're harming her!"
Su originally wanted to not offend the matchmaker and send the person away properly, but she didn't expect that someone would be unwilling.
Her eyebrows raised: "Who are you? She's my own daughter, I can spoil her as I please, what's it to you?"
Zhou Jiuniang took Su's hand and said frankly, "I'm Zhou Jize's sister. Listen to me, my dear sister. Women are born to serve men, to do the laundry, to cook, and to honor their parents-in-law. You can't spoil your daughter. Can you still support her for the rest of her life? Even if you wanted to, could your son and daughter-in-law tolerate it? Your son is your biological son, but your daughter-in-law is from outside!"
"Where did this stray dog come from to sow discord in my house for no reason?"
Jiang Tangtang had just returned from outside when she heard Zhou Jiuniang's long speech. She immediately said angrily, "Who says women are born to serve men and do laundry and cooking? If you like to serve men, like to do laundry and cook, then do it yourself. Don't come to my house and bark. My sister wants to find a man who understands and loves her. If we can't find the right one, I will take charge of raising her for life."
"Sister-in-law, you are so nice!" As soon as Jiang Tangtang finished speaking, Lu Zhixi threw herself into her arms like a young swallow.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang's firm stance, Zhou Jiuniang realized that the marriage was impossible, so she simply launched into a rage, "You stand in the shop every day selling your body. Any man who comes in to buy something can touch you. What's so great about that? If you don't want to, my brother won't marry you!"
Jiang Tangtang pulled Lu Zhixi aside, walked over, and slapped Zhou Jiuniang in the face. "We're doing business seriously, and we can't tolerate your foul mouth slandering us! Kneel down and apologize, or I'll send you to the government office right now!"
"Who slandered you? Who on this street doesn't know that your shop relies on you women selling your bodies to attract customers?"
Zhou Jiuniang covered her face and angrily said, "You vixen, if you want to open a brothel, go to Liuxiang Hualou instead of coming to the East Market to seduce men. You're ruining the business in the East Market! Take your old vixen and get out of here."
"Right, right, right! Everyone, hurry up and kick this vixen out! I don't know what kind of alluring substance she put in the food that keeps us coming back to her house again and again."
Wang Mingfeng had been hiding in the shadows, watching the fun unfold. Seeing Zhou Jiuniang's marriage proposal fall through, she was secretly laughing. But then, seeing the two arguing, she suddenly had an idea and stepped forward, shouting, "Everyone, don't let them get you into trouble! Those pastries might have been conjured up by a fox spirit using stone."
People of this era were superstitious, and the food in the pastry shop was really delicious. People had never eaten such delicious and novel pastries.
Wang Mingfeng's mysterious and fox-like words really scared a lot of people.
The person who had walked to the door and was planning to buy something suddenly looked hesitant after hearing her words.
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