Li Mai nodded. "I asked, but Mother didn't know either. She just said that Aunt Zhou came directly to your door to arrange a marriage for you. That was when you were feeling very down. When she heard that someone was willing to marry you, she readily agreed. When she heard that I only had my grandmother and granddaughter, she didn't hesitate to give ten taels of silver as a betrothal gift."
After listening, Zhou Quan fell silent. At that time, he was also somewhat dazed and didn't believe that anyone would be willing to marry a disabled person like himself.
Unexpectedly, God sent wheat, which he had such a deep connection with, to his side.
Now that Li Mai is talking about this, he suddenly feels that there seems to be something wrong with their marriage, or rather, there is a secret behind it.
Therefore, the only way to find out is by meeting Zhou the matchmaker.
"How about we go back to the village later?" Zhou Quan asked.
“Okay, let’s go straight to Aunt Zhou’s house.” Li Mai suddenly had a feeling that Aunt Zhou seemed to be avoiding her and Zhou Quan.
After descending the mountain, they took the several jars of wine and snacks they had bought and visited the elderly people who were still alive.
The elderly people were surprised that Li Mai would come to visit them and bring wine and snacks, and they were all very happy.
Li Mai inquired about their health and, relieved to find they were both in good spirits, chatted with them for a while before leaving with Zhou Quan.
As they left, the elderly people were deeply moved, realizing that their own granddaughter hadn't even brought back a jar of wine or a box of pastries to visit them.
Unexpectedly, the orphaned girl they had once looked down upon had returned to visit them. The reason was simply because they had helped her through her grandmother. When they heard Li Mai say those words, they felt a pang of guilt and dared not mention the past.
Ah, people, you never know what the future holds.
Finally, Li Mai and Zhou Quan accompanied Li Dong back to his home, where they had lunch. Li Mai left them two boxes of pastries and a jar of wine before leaving Li Family Village.
They went straight back to Zhoujia Village.
Upon returning to the village, they did not go straight home, but instead went to the home of Matchmaker Zhou first.
The courtyard her son chose was on the south side, in the same row as the clan chief's house.
Aunt Zhou has two sons, both of whom are married. The elder son asked for a large courtyard to live with Aunt Zhou, while the younger son asked for a small courtyard to live in the row behind them.
Aunt Zhou's husband died of illness a few years ago, which is why she is often away from home. She is either at her daughter's house, her parents' house, or traveling around. Aunt Zhou has quite a wide network of connections.
Li Mai and his companion made a wasted trip; Aunt Zhou was still not home. His eldest daughter-in-law asked them anxiously what was wrong. Li Mai shook his head and said he wanted to ask about some past events. He asked Aunt Zhou to tell her that she could come to Hongshiliu Garment Shop to find him whenever she was free and went to town.
After returning home, both Zhao and Old Man Zhou were busy at the dyeing workshop.
During the busy farming season in spring, villagers first go back to work in the fields, and only after planting everything do they return to their farm work.
Now, six months later, the project is only nearing completion.
They are currently tidying up the house, paving the yard and the road.
Upon seeing the two of them return, the two elders stopped looking this way and accompanied them back home to see the clothes that the embroiderers had handed in.
Old Zhou also said that the dye shop would be ready in a few more days, and asked Li Mai when she planned to use it.
Li Mai said there was no rush. Once this area was tidied up, she would lock the door and prevent anyone from coming in. She was going to start collecting the raw materials for the dye.
At this time, the dyeing materials that can be used include plants, flowers, trees, and various stones, all of which are raw materials for dyeing.
She has prepared many kinds of spaces, but these things require several skilled people to handle, so she plans to buy people and train technicians herself.
Her current knowledge of this dyeing technique comes only from the books she has and the documentaries she has watched before.
Moreover, she decided to learn it herself first, and then teach the skilled workers she trained.
We also need to teach my mother-in-law and father-in-law.
The villagers were asked to do things like hanging thread or weaving. At first, she couldn't do the scale of the Zhang and Jiang families, so hanging thread and weaving were left to the villagers.
That work is meticulous and slow. As long as the women in the village work hard at weaving cloth to supply her, she can give them a good price so that each family can live a good life.
But there's nothing she can do for those who don't want to work hard.
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Seeing that it was almost the end of June, Zhao Huanhuan urged Chu Yan and Zhong Hui to return to Beijing.
They each have their own identities; they can't just stay here with me and do odd jobs forever!
In the past two months, she taught them a sword technique and a fist technique, and also gave them spiritual spring water to drink many times. However, since they did not have spiritual roots and would not awaken their spiritual veins, drinking the spiritual spring water only helped to strengthen their bodies.
The two were immediately unhappy when they heard that their master didn't want them and wanted to send them back.
"Master, we'll be pressured to get married if we go back, we don't want to go back." The two of them looked at Li Mai with mournful faces, begging their master to take them in for another year.
"Go back now. Your parents must be missing you. You should practice the kung fu I taught you often. You will become top masters in the capital in the future," Li Mai comforted them with a smile.
"Alright, Master, then we'd like to eat your braised pork."
"I also want to eat boiled fish, fish with pickled cabbage, and grilled fish."
I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs!
"Stop, I got it. I'll make it for you two tomorrow. Head back to Beijing the day after tomorrow."
"Yes, Master." The two replied, somewhat unhappy, but the thought of having a meal of fish and meat cooked by their master before leaving made them happy again.
After speaking with them, Li Mai walked towards the street where Jin Yu Ge was located.
She went to Master Niu's place to pick up Zhuzhu.
A while ago, she brought Zhuzhu to Master Niu's place every day to identify medicinal herbs. Zhuzhu has a good memory, and in just a few days, she recognized all the medicinal herbs in Master Niu's medicine cabinet.
Because she is young, Li Mai does not plan to have her memorize the properties of the medicines now, but will let her watch her master treat patients.
Most of the time, she would come to keep her company. Today, she had something to do, so after lunch, Li Dong took Zhu Zhu there.
Master also liked Zhuzhu very much, saying that Zhuzhu was a promising talent and that he would personally teach Zhuzhu pulse diagnosis.
These past few days, Dr. Niu has been teaching Zhuzhu to take her pulse.
Just now, a patient left in Limai.
"Mom, Zhuzhu just tried to take a patient's pulse," Zhuzhu said happily to Limai.
"Wow, our Zhuzhu is so amazing!" Li Mai patted Zhuzhu's head and praised her with a smile.
"To be honest, Xiaomai, your daughter is more talented than you," Dr. Niu rarely praised Zhuzhu.
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