mesbooks Chapter 560: Give up the choice
Chapter 560: Give up the choice
Just a few days after we moved, someone came to our house.
"Oh, these two open gates, the high walls and courtyards that can be seen from a long distance, the mountains and the water, the small buildings with flying eaves and tiles, make people feel happy when they see them.
How can this not be a long-lasting blessing? It’s time to come, it’s time to come, is there anyone at home?”
The combination of singing and talking, coupled with the twists and turns of the sentence, made Mr. Shen, who had just stuck his head out, understand what was going on.
She was dressed in fancy clothes and wore a big red peony hairpin made by their family on her head.
First, she must be delicate, second, she must be pretty, and third, she must be eloquent. What else can she be but a matchmaker?
In fact, as early as when he just moved in, several people came to his door, and the old man was no longer surprised.
"you are?"
"My husband's last name is Zhou. Old man, you may not know me, but I'm not bragging. You can ask around in the surrounding villages. If you have grown-up children, they will all go to me to register.
As the saying goes, there will be no rain without clouds in the sky, and there will be no marriage without a matchmaker.
My family worships Yue Lao seriously. Unlike some people, they force marriages even if they are not meant to be.
Well, right now in Shuntian Prefecture, there is no one who doesn't know your family.
Hehe, that is the loyal and righteous family bestowed by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan. I was thinking that the more kind-hearted our family is, the more carefully we will choose our son-in-law and daughter-in-law. "
The old man was so headached by her chattering and singing that he just asked one question!
This person is not at fault for being a matchmaker, this is something that can be said.
“Yo yo ah!”
Shen Youyou, who happened to be passing by, was drafted: "Hey, great grandfather!"
However, Shen Youyou also had a headache when she saw the matchmaker. She didn't know why, but all the people who came these days were coveting her sisters. Why didn't they touch their hearts?
Introduce more wives to your brothers, she will definitely welcome them.
But seeing her great grandfather's face that looked like he was about to take her away, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the matchmaker to find someone.
In this kind of matter, it would be more appropriate for the old ladies to come forward, but this matchmaker came at an inopportune time. It was broad daylight, and weren't all the grandmothers at the supermarket?
However, she had also heard some news from the grandmothers before, saying that there was a matchmaker named Liu, who was indeed good at matchmaking. So, this was the person.
She could only find Aunt Mazi, Aunt Xiaosi, and Aunt Fugui to receive her.
These are all eloquent daughters-in-law in the clan.
When the young Yangs and the others heard the matchmaker's surname, they took it very seriously.
Shen Youyou asked: "Is she a conscientious matchmaker who speaks the truth?"
As a result, Xiao Yang smiled and slapped her head: "Matchmakers are not honest at all. They are all born with a three-inch silver tongue."
"Then why are you doing this?"
Several aunts walked to the reception room and told her:
"I can only say that she has a good reputation in several villages. It is said that she can tell fortunes. I have heard the old ladies in Tangjia Village mention her before. She knows how to weigh the pros and cons."
As for how to weigh the pros and cons, several aunts explained it clearly.
That is to say, when a matchmaker comes to your house for the first time, she will first ask you if there are any men or women of the right age in your family.
The second is to find out what kind of person you are looking for and what your family conditions are like.
What do you plan to give when you marry your wife or daughter, and what do you plan to ask for?
Once the matchmaker has figured out the answers, she can choose from among her own candidates, which is more similar to the big data surveys of later generations.
The key point that makes this matchmaker important is that if the conditions of the man and the woman are very different, the matchmaker will be knowledgeable and tactful and will not bring up the impossible.
Sure enough, as soon as the aunts came into contact with Liu the Matchmaker, Shen Youyou also realized that she was a sensible person.
Shen Youyou was about to leave after bringing the girl home, but the matchmaker stopped her and asked, "This girl looks like she's old enough to wear a wedding brocade, right?"
But she was stopped by Xiao Yang, who said that this was not possible, as she was just an errand boy and her father was Shen Zhiqiu.
When Matchmaker Liu heard this, she immediately understood that her father was the official, what a pity.
This girl is pretty and makes people happy, but her father is an official, so she is a daughter of an official, so she probably has to find a man who is an official.
Then she really can't find a matchmaker, so she has to find an official matchmaker.
...
As a result, Shen Youyou started changing clothes as soon as she got home, because she decided not to wear women's clothes recently:
"Mom, you don't know, the matchmaker's eyes sparkled when she looked at me, as if she wanted to eat me."
Li Jingshu snatched the men's clothes from her hand and said, "Don't talk to me about that. When you get older, it won't look good if you always wear men's clothes."
As a result, when the mother and daughter were arguing over a piece of men's clothing, Shen Zhiqiu suddenly entered the yard.
The mother and daughter didn't even bother to care about what to wear and hurried downstairs to take a look. It seemed like he had only been gone for a few days, so why did he come back again?
The two were really surprised. The first thing Li Jingshu said when she saw Shen Zhiqiu was, "Is this another vacation, or are you giving him money?"
"What kind of leave is this and what kind of money is this?"
OK! As soon as I heard Shen Zhiqiu's tone, I felt unhappy.
But no matter how unhappy you are, getting angry at your wife will definitely not bring you any benefits.
Because Li Jingshu's face changed immediately: "Who are you rushing at? I see you don't know who is who after you've been gone for two days?"
Seeing that her mother was about to lose her temper, Shen Youyou quickly winked at her father, asking him to speak nicely.
Shen Zhiqiu then sat down on the sofa like a deflated balloon: "I quit. I quit."
"Ah? Resign?"
"Yes, it's just that little crappy position. Whoever wants to do it can do it. Anyway, I won't do it anymore."
Shen Youyou saw that something was wrong. Normally, his father would not hold himself back. If a colleague tried to trip him up, he would definitely fight back.
And she also didn't believe that his father didn't have such intentions.
"Calm down, Dad, talk to your daughter and tell her who offended you. I will find a way to avenge you!"
Speaking of this, Shen Zhiqiu became even angrier.
"Before, I went to the Warehouse Office, which was considered an airdrop. It turned out that the head Lu had set his sights on this position. He had been trying to trip me up before, and I had a fight with him. And yesterday he was trying to trouble me again. I won't stand that anger."
Although Dad said so, Shen Youyou knew that he must be hiding something.
But she was an adult now, so she naturally understood that no matter how long that man had worked in the Warehouse Office, he was still her father's subordinate, and he definitely didn't quit for such a simple reason.
But everyone has their own private space, and since Dad doesn't want to talk about it, there's no need for her to dig into it.
She also realized that her father had said something to her mother, so she found an excuse and went back to the room.
It was not until Li Jingshu and Shen Zhiqiu returned to their own room that Shen Zhiqiu told the truth.
"Damn it, I'm just a small official, but everyone is thinking about my daughter and talking about her. I'm really a piece of shit..."
It turned out that many people had recently hinted at Shen Zhiqiu and inquired about Shen Youyou's marriage.
But in Shen Zhiqiu's eyes, his daughter is only how old, and you want to become my relative?
Naturally, I declined them one by one.
As a result, the man surnamed Lu privately said to his colleagues in the warehouse office: "How did he get that official position? Can you easily marry him?"
What does this mean? Does it mean that Shen Zhiqiu got his official position by currying favor with Duke Fu's Mansion?
It is said that he will flatter others, and the girl is to be kept for marrying into a rich family in the future?
In ancient times, rumors could kill people, so Shen Zhiqiu simply quit.
Li Jingshu sighed: "If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. It's good for us to live a stable life."