Wang slapped Tang Chunya across the face: "What's wrong with her holding a grudge against you? Every time she comes, she causes trouble. Back then, everyone was thinking about how to sell chickens, and you took more than twenty of them. They all ended up in your stomach, didn't they? Now you're making things difficult for Lanzhi!"
"Mom, how could I possibly sell chickens? I don't know how!" Tang Chunya complained.
Wang Shi felt increasingly that Chun Ya lacked common sense, and scolded her, "Isn't it because you can't do it that Lan Zhi doesn't dare to assign you any work? Look at yourself, where are we going to put any more people here? The people we're using now are the ones who have shared our hardships!"
Seeing that her mother-in-law had played the bad cop for her, Xu Lanzhi switched to the good cop, saying kindly, "Sister, you haven't come recently, so I thought you looked down on our business. We were short-handed back then, and now everyone's in their positions. You asked your niece and nephew-in-law to wait. They're all family, how could I not think of them?"
"Can Jianchang still go to Lanling with his family?" Tang Chunya knew she was in the wrong, and with Wang Shi suppressing her, she softened her tone.
Xu Lanzhi was still a little worried, and added, "Let him run around with those two brothers first. But let me be clear, once Jiaping and Jiahe are familiar with the area, Jianchang, although older, will have to rely on Jiahe and the others since this is just the beginning!"
After seeing Tang Chunya off, Xu Lanzhi rubbed her temples wearily and prepared to go check on the progress of digging the foundation for the new house.
The village chief's wife, Madam Shen, brought an unfamiliar woman with her. Upon seeing Madam Wang, Madam Shen instinctively shrank back.
After exchanging greetings, Madam Shen explained her purpose: the woman was a matchmaker from the county, and she had been asked to propose marriage to Zhao Di on behalf of someone else.
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It turns out that Zhao Di was looking after a shop in the city when she caught the eye of Mr. Wu, the son of a cloth shop owner on the same street. It is said that the two had already taken a liking to each other, so Mr. Wu asked the matchmaker Lai to sound out Zhao Di's parents.
Xu Lanzhi was surprised to realize that her eldest maid, Zhao Di, was already sixteen years old and of marriageable age.
The matchmaker spoke eloquently, describing how wealthy and powerful the Wu family was, how much Mrs. Wu liked Zhaodi, and how the two children hit it off immediately. She said that if Xu Lanzhi agreed, the Wu family would prepare betrothal gifts and come to propose marriage.
Wang Shi and Xu Lanzhi knew nothing about Zhao Di's affair with the Wu family's young master. Xu Lanzhi said politely, "Thank you for making this trip, sister. However, a child's marriage is not something to be taken lightly, so I cannot agree to this marriage for the time being!"
The matchmaker smiled brightly: "As Madam Wu knows, Zhao Di is beautiful and capable, and Madam Xu will certainly not agree to her easily. She called me here to ask Madam Xu for her opinion, so that the children can get to know each other better. If Young Master Wu can catch Zhao Di's eye, then we can formally propose marriage through proper matchmaking."
Xu Lanzhi was a little confused. What kind of approach was this?
Fearing that Xu Lanzhi might misunderstand, the matchmaker explained, "The two shops are not far apart, and the children have plenty of opportunities to meet. Madam Wu felt that this was impolite, so she sent me to make this trip."
Madam Wu originally intended to visit in person, but fearing it would be too abrupt, she sent me instead.
After hearing what the matchmaker said, Xu Lanzhi roughly understood. In other words, the Wu family was quite serious. However, marriage is a major event and should not be taken lightly.
Xu Lanzhi then said, "In that case, it's not a problem for the children to meet normally, but they shouldn't overstep boundaries. Our reputation as young women is of utmost importance!"
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Afterwards, Xu Lanzhi told Wang about this matter, but she was still worried and wanted to go and see for herself what kind of person that Young Master Wu was.
Before they even set off, Tang Xiahe returned in person.
It turned out that it was all because of Zhao Di. One day, Young Master Wu came to the shop to buy eggs, saw Zhao Di once, and then came every few days.
Tang Xiahe saw through Young Master Wu's intentions and worried that Zhao Di, being young, would be deceived. So, whenever Young Master Wu came, Tang Xiahe would watch him coldly the whole time, making both Zhao Di and Young Master Wu very uncomfortable. Gradually, Young Master Wu stopped coming as often as possible.
For some reason, Young Master Wu has been coming more often these past two days. Since the shop is open for business, Tang Xiahe couldn't be too blunt, but she still said quite a lot of things indirectly.
But Young Master Wu paid no attention. He had previously come under the pretext of buying things, but in the past few days he had actually sent gifts. Today he sent snacks, tomorrow he sent fruit, and this morning he even sent a bolt of cloth, saying it was for Zhao Di to make clothes.
Zhao Di naturally confiscated the gifts, but the girl had been acting all shy and bashful these past few days, looking like she was being completely bewitched. That's when Tang Xiahe came to tell Xu Lanzhi about it.
Wang felt that this young master Wu was being a bit presumptuous, and she became somewhat displeased.
Xu Lanzhi recounted the visit from the Wu family a few days prior and then inquired about Tang Xiahe's opinion of Young Master Wu.
Tang Xiahe couldn't explain it either, so Xu Lanzhi went back to the shop with Tang Xiahe, wanting to meet Young Master Wu herself.
Since things were still far from settled, and to avoid causing unnecessary misunderstandings, Xu Lanzhi did not show herself. Instead, she secretly observed from behind, and even Zhaodi and Yindi were unaware that their mother had arrived.
After a while, Tang Xiahe deliberately went out, saying she was going to buy groceries.
Zhao Di and Yin Di inside the room both chuckled. As soon as Tang Xiahe left, Yin Di said with a grin, "Sister, I promise, before I even count to ten, your Young Master Wu will be here!"
Zhao Di blushed and scolded, "You little hussy, don't talk nonsense all day long! What do you mean, 'my Young Master Wu'!"
Yindi wasn't annoyed and continued to ridicule Zhaodi: "So what if he's not your Mr. Wu? Why are you blushing? You're just trying to hide something. I think he's bewitched you!"
Zhao Di was furious and chased after him, hitting him: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Yindi ran around the room laughing, saying, "Sister, you dare hit me? Be careful, I'll go back and tell Mother, and see what you do then!"
"You little hussy, have I been too good to you or what! If you dare to gossip about me to your mother, I'll tell you, you'll be going to South Street to look at handsome guys all the time!"
The two sisters were laughing and playing when a young man suddenly walked in, beaming, and said, "What are you talking about that's so fun? Why are you all so happy?"
Yindi turned her head and said, "We said that as soon as Auntie left, you would definitely rush over to find your sister!"
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Zhao Di blushed immediately and said shyly, "Don't listen to my sister's nonsense, she's always causing trouble!"
The young man said to Yindi, "Yindi, your sister is gentle, so don't bully her!" He was speaking to Zhaodi, but he was staring intently at her.
Zhao Di felt her face turn red and her heart pound, and she dared not look at that young master Wu again!
Yindi deliberately wailed, "I can't live like this anymore! Now it's two against one of me. Fine, I'm not in your way anymore. You two can enjoy your lovey-dovey time!"
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