The siblings brought jujube paste and yam cake. Tian Xiaohua said modestly, "This jujube paste and yam cake is very good for the stomach. Eating some of the ones in the display case will make your stomach feel better."
Lying still for too long makes it hard to digest food. Eating something soothing to the stomach can improve one's mood.
Qin Xiaozhou was pleased; as expected of the capable young girl she valued. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhao Fang also took out a piece of wild boar meat for the siblings.
After seeing the two off, Qin Xiaozhou ate a piece of yam cake and said, "Send three chickens to the threshing ground and say that the Lu family is treating everyone to chicken."
Zhao Fang thought for a moment, "Let's send another basket of winter bamboo shoots, so at least we can have a full meal tonight."
The Lu family are outsiders, and now so many more outsiders have come to live in this village. Building good relationships can save a lot of trouble.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the Lu family, which had been bustling all year, quieted down. Doctor Li returned home with his apprentice and daughter-in-law. Lu Yunfeng and his two siblings were all in the county town. The old woman the Lu family had hired to take care of Shitou was a quiet and steady woman who rarely spoke.
Unexpectedly, a matchmaker from Chenjia Village came to their door. Qin Xiaozhou happened to be watching Qin Jinxiu barbecue in the outer courtyard. Lu Xiaosi was the most enthusiastic. Zhao Fang had no choice but to hold her youngest son herself. The child was only two years old. If he lost his balance and got burned, it would be terrible.
Stone is sleeping again, and the old woman is washing clothes in the corner of the yard.
Matchmaker Chen smiled broadly. Zhao Fang was puzzled, as there was no one suitable to propose marriage in her family right now, and Er Yun's marriage wasn't in a hurry. Matchmaker Chen, however, looked around the courtyard and exclaimed, "Wow, this house is really big. It could even accommodate several concubines and children."
Qin Xiaozhou laughed and said, "The Lu family doesn't take concubines, you can go back now."
The matchmaker, Chen, clutched a handkerchief and sized up Qin Xiaozhou. She had heard that the young mistress of the Lu family had injured her leg, which was why the eldest son of the Lu family had kept the girl in the county town. It seemed that this was the one. "Oh, you are the eldest mistress of the Lu family? Eldest mistress, the girl I'm here to arrange a marriage for is a well-behaved and obedient person. She will never take your place."
"I told you, the Lu family doesn't take concubines." Qin Xiaozhou frowned. How could this person not understand human language!
If this marriage goes through, she'll have no worries about her business. Matchmaker Chen is doing her best. "The Lu family is quite wealthy now. The eldest son of the Lu family owns a brothel and a shop in the county town. It's only a matter of time before he takes a concubine. But instead of taking a concubine with children, it's better to find a clean daughter from a respectable family in the village..."
Zhao Fang was furious. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did my grandson ever date someone with children?"
Qin Xiaozhou said coldly, "Matchmaker, have you finished?"
"This..." Even the matchmaker Chen couldn't sense anything amiss. Could it be that the eldest son of the Lu family was disrespectful to his wife's status? "It's nothing, I just came..."
Zhao Fang also figured something out and hurriedly advised Qin Xiaozhou, "Xiaozhou, it must be someone outside spreading rumors, don't believe it!"
Qin Xiaozhou stared at Matchmaker Chen and said, "Finish what you just said about having children."
Matchmaker Chen hadn't expected a woman sitting in a chair to be so intimidating. She stammered out the news that had spread throughout the county: "Before the New Year, Young Master Lu took in a mother and child. The woman was originally a refugee, looking like a beggar. But after she was washed and changed into clean clothes, she turned out to be as beautiful as a peach blossom. Young Master Lu kept her in a separate courtyard in the backyard of the trading market."
With a face as beautiful as a peach blossom and raised in a small courtyard, isn't she just a mistress?!
Qin Xiaozhou had never heard Lu Yunfeng mention a single word about these matters.
Qin Xiaozhou suppressed her anger and said, "You've gone to all this trouble, you should go back now."
Too many questions were stuck in my mind. Since they were refugees, they should have been resettled in the villages. There was no reason for them to be kept in a small courtyard near the trading market.
She renovated the trading market, and the four separate courtyards in the backyard were all converted into separate courtyards accessible from the street. However, she hadn't been to the trading market for a long time and didn't know who was renting or using them now.
These things should be clarified.
Matchmaker Chen fled as if her life depended on it, while Qin Xiaozhou continued grilling the meat, though her heart was in turmoil.
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