Zhao Chunlian looked up at the pretty Shu Zhenmeng. Only then did she realize that the mother and daughter had misunderstood. She quickly explained, "Sister-in-law, the relative I'm talking about isn't your youngest daughter, but your eldest daughter, Shu Jiaying."
"You want to be a matchmaker for the ugly girl?"
When Mrs. Ke heard that someone actually wanted Shu Jiaying, her mouth opened so wide in surprise that she could have put down a fist.
Shu Zhenmeng was also startled. She asked in disbelief, "Auntie, could you be mistaken? Shu Jiaying is a notoriously ugly girl in our Guangming Village..."
"She wears a mask all year round, right?"
Seeing that both Mrs. Ke and Shu Zhenmeng had expressions of disbelief, Zhao Chunlian simply stated Shu Jiaying's characteristics.
After hearing this, the two of them nodded quickly and said, "It's our Shu family's ugly girl, but sister, I don't know which man has such a strong taste that he actually fell in love with our Jiaying?"
Zhao Chunlian knew that her negotiation would be smooth sailing, but she didn't dare tell the truth. She lied, "My husband has a relative who lives in Luonan and is forty and unmarried. My husband thinks your daughter is quite virtuous, so we're planning to bring her together with our relative. What do you think, sister-in-law?"
When Mrs. Ke heard that Shu Jiaying was able to get married, and to a place as far away as Luonan, she was of course very happy, but she was also a little worried.
"Sister, none of your relatives have ever seen my ugly girl. What if the ugly girl really goes to Luonan and your relatives return her?"
"How is that possible? Luonan has everything except women. If my relative knew you were willing to marry his daughter to him, he would be so grateful to you that he would never return her."
"Seriously? Hahaha...Okay, I agree to this marriage!"
The Ke family immediately made the decision. If Shu Jiaying could marry him this time, the house and land in the back mountain would be back in their hands, which would be a good thing.
No longer stingy with a meal, Mrs. Ke invited Zhao Chunlian to the dinner table.
"Girl, come and eat with us, we'll eat and talk."
Zhao Chunlian glanced at the several big steamed buns on the table, a plate of blackened fried vegetables, a plate of burnt tofu, a bowl of pickled vegetables and homemade chili sauce. There was an indescribable disgust in her eyes. How could this compare with her family's white rice, braised pork trotters and pork trotter soup?
Waving her hand, she politely refused: "No, I really have eaten, you guys eat."
"Really?"
One more mouth to feed means one less food for the family. Zhao Chunlian said it was not necessary, and Mrs. Ke did not force her. She opened her voice and shouted into the house.
"It's time for dinner. Why don't you guys come out quickly? Old man, come out quickly. We have guests."
Hearing Mrs. Ke's voice, Old Man Shu, Shu Guozhong and his wife, and Shu Guoyi came out of the house one after another.
Seeing the unfamiliar Zhao Chunlian, the family was stunned at first. But when they knew the purpose of Zhao Chunlian's visit, they looked at her as if they had seen the savior of the galaxy.
Old Shu asked excitedly, "Sister, are you really not kidding?"
"Brother, am I just bored? How could I joke about something like this?"
"Then...when will my girl go to Luannan?"
"Miss Shu told me that her marriage must be arranged by her parents and a matchmaker. As long as everyone in your family agrees, she can go to Luonan tomorrow."
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