Chapter 7: My Mother's Family



Matchmaker Gu was very snobbish.

When she heard Chen Xuanxuan say that she had no money and no food, and the whole family was waiting for her to bring some food back, she secretly cried out in her heart.

These goods that are raised by the rich are not good goods!

Especially the third sister in front of her.

She hasn't been back to her parents' home for several years. She suddenly came back with a basket of rotten vegetable leaves. She must be borrowing money and food.

Thinking of the daughter-in-law in front of her, who will shamelessly ask her for money later, and may even pester her for it, Matchmaker Gu couldn't help but change her face at that time.

Although she still has some spare money on hand.

But where can she lend it to her? !

Knowing that she was a poor ghost, if she still wanted to lend her money, then all the money she made from matchmaking every day would be thrown away like a meat bun to a dog, and it would never come back.

Gu the matchmaker knew that she could not get any benefits from Chen Xuanxuan, a poor ghost, but would also be stained with the fishy smell. After laughing at her a few times, she just said that she had something urgent at home and ran away.

Seeing that Gu the matchmaker walked very fast, as if there was a wolf chasing after her ass, Chen Xuanxuan could not help but snorted coldly.

Then, Chen Xuanxuan lowered her head again and looked at the basket in her hand.

Fortunately, before she came, she put a lot of wild vegetables in the basket.

The wild grass on the mountain is now vegetables. Don’t you eat what you can eat?

The people in the village would not care about worthless things!

If she carelessly took out the white pearl rice and fine white flour, these people would not only be disgusted, but they might also splash dirty water on her in secret.

For example, someone would deliberately say that she was selling things outside...

It's not like the original owner had never seen such things when she was very young.

The people in this village all hate others for having and laugh at others for not having.

When they see others living a good life, they all want to drag those people who live a good life into hell.

Gu the matchmaker is a big mouth.

She is also a person who especially likes to gossip about others.

Chen Xuanxuan hasn't even arrived at her parents' home yet, but everyone in Chenjia Village basically knows that she's coming back to beg for money.

What kind of time is it now?

It's a time of scarcity!

Even at this time, she's still coming to borrow money and food. What's the point of keeping a married daughter?

Hearing Gu the matchmaker gossiping everywhere, some people nodded in agreement.

When Gu the matchmaker said that it was useless to keep other people's daughters, it didn't take long for her to start showing off her own daughters.

Especially the daughter she had with her ex-husband.

"My little girl is a very lucky girl. Didn't she take Chen Deli's ox cart to the county town more than ten years ago?"

"She was walking on the street and had no money to eat. The eldest son of the Zhenbao Restaurant fell in love with her at first sight. At that time, he insisted on inviting my daughter to dinner. My daughter refused. As a result, he fell in love with my daughter after going there and back."

"After he fell in love with her, within a few days, he invited Aunt Liu, the most famous matchmaker in our county, to come to our house. He took out five taels of silver as a betrothal gift and asked my daughter to become his wife. Although she is a concubine, she gave birth to a second son for my son-in-law last year. With two sons, my daughter will have a rich and prosperous life and a bright future..."

The gossiping women in Chenjia Village were almost terrified by what Gu the matchmaker said.

Although they almost memorized all of Gu the matchmaker's words, they would be lying if they said they were not jealous.

After all, last year, Huang Xiaohua, the eldest daughter of Gu Matchmaker, rode a donkey cart, held her child, and brought a lot of gifts, returning to Chenjia Village in style.

The scene at that time was so grand!

Everyone who saw it would give a thumbs up and praise Gu Matchmaker for raising several good daughters.

With these daughters, Gu Matchmaker would not have to worry about her life.

Thinking of Gu Matchmaker's daughters, those gossipers who liked to chat together began to shift the topic to Chen Xuanxuan.

"These children are all debts!"

​​"As parents, they will worry for the rest of their lives after raising such a useless daughter-in-law."

"Decai's family is not living a good life either! Didn't his eldest daughter-in-law give birth to a son last month? Having a new baby is supposed to be a good thing, but his eldest daughter-in-law is really disappointing. After doing a little work, she accidentally caught a postpartum disease. At that time, they invited Doctor Liang from the town to come to the house, and it cost their family 50 coins!"

Hearing that it cost fifty coins to treat a daughter-in-law's postpartum disease, the villagers present felt as if the money was spent by their family, and they all looked heartbroken.

"Why does it cost so much to invite a doctor from the town?"

"Does this include the medicine money?"

Upon hearing someone say this, the talkative Ba Gong curled his lips in disdain and said speechlessly, "How does this include the medicine money?"

"Fifty cents is the money to invite Doctor Liang to come and take a look at what's wrong with his eldest daughter-in-law. Want medicine to treat it? You have to take the money and go to the pharmacy to buy it."

After saying this, a playboy named Chen Mazi couldn't help showing off in front of the villagers, "Do you know how expensive the medicine prescribed by those doctors is?"

Without waiting for those people to answer, he said excitedly, "A few ordinary prescriptions will empty our family's coffers. Spending one or two silver coins, Even the postpartum disease may not be cured!"

After knowing the situation of Chen Decai's family, some people immediately laughed with schadenfreude, "Then this time, will his third sister still be able to get away with it?"

When Gu the matchmaker heard this, she slapped her thigh excitedly and said, "With her miserable look, her father will only give her a meal of stir-fried meat on a bamboo board. Maybe, she won't even be able to enter the door today!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone present laughed happily.

While they were laughing at Chen Xuanxuan, Chen Xuanxuan had already walked slowly to the door of Chen Decai's house according to the original owner's memory.

Chen Decai's family, like most of the villagers in Chenjia Village, lived in thatched houses.

However, his thatched house had six rooms, presenting the form of a quadrangle courtyard.

However, his house had no courtyard wall.


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