Chapter 8- The Matchmaker Arrives
When Wei Cheng had time, he went to the county town, bought a few bags of candies and preserved fruits on the side of the road, and carried them to his parent’s house in the outer county.
His parents lived in the north of the outer county in the county seat. It was an ordinary folk house in a densely populated alley, with a small patio and yard. There were rooms on the left and right of the main room, two rooms outside, and an independent kitchen.
He used to live in the outer room, but now it is his nephew’s bedroom, and there is another room where his sister stays or receives guests when she comes back.
As soon as Wei Cheng entered the door, his sister-in-law Wei Wu sneered at him.
“Isn’t this the second brother, why are you here!? The blind date has failed several times, and this time it was a disgusting attempt even for a countryman. You are a shame to the Wei family, and now, you still have the face to come here!? Why, do you still want the parents to continue to arrange blind dates for you and continue to shame us?!”
Wei Cheng ignored her and greeted his sister-in-law as usual, and passed her, but someone stopped him again.
Standing in front of him was his elder brother’s son, Wei Dabao, a chubby little fat man.
Wei Dabao’s eyes were sharp, and when he saw something in his hand, he went to grab it without saying a word and didn’t even greet his second uncle.
Wei Cheng was not used to him, so he stopped him from snatching things, raised his hand to hold things, and blocked it with one hand. His strength is not like those who had never worked. The little fat man with good food and drink at home cannot move to pull away things.
The little fat man couldn’t grab it, so he sat down on the ground, and immediately burst into tears, “Mom, I want to eat, I want to eat, please ask him to give me something.”
Wei Wu immediately pulled up her son with distress, “My dear, don’t cry, Mother will give it to you.”
Wei Cheng didn’t care about Wei Wu’s concerns, so he went straight into the house.
His father, Wei De, was sitting in the main room, drinking tea, when he saw Wei Cheng coming in, he reprimanded him, “Second son, you are so big, yet you still bully your nephew.”
He must have heard the commotion in the yard.
Before Wei Cheng could speak, the little fat man ran past him and threw himself in front of his grandfather to complain.
“Grandpa, he bullied me and pushed me to the ground. You should avenge me and drive him out!”
Wei Wu immediately pointed at him and scolded, “Second brother, you’ve got a lot of skills, and you bully people all the way to the house. Dabao is your nephew, and you still push him. If I offend you as a sister-in-law, you can’t take your anger out on the child.”
Wei Cheng rolled his eyes in his heart, he didn’t even bother to respond to the mother and son who falsely accused him.
That kind of bear child can only be because of this kind of mother, so why should he reason with someone as arrogant and unreasonable as a bear, wasting his saliva in vain?
“What’s with the noise?”
Mother Wei, who heard the crying sound coming out of the back room, saw Wei Cheng, and asked, “Second son, why are you here?”
When Wei Wu and her son saw Mother Wei, they complained again.
Wei Dabao threw himself on his grandma, crying and saying that his second uncle pushed him to the ground, and his butt hurt so much, which made Mother Wei’s heart cry out for her grandson.
Wei Cheng stopped rolling his eyes this time, put the pastry box in his hand on the table, stood there, and said in a flat tone, “I remember that Dabao went to school, the school should have taught etiquette, it’s fine if you don’t greet when you see your second uncle, but it’s not polite to rush forward to grab something, I stopped him with my hands, and the rest of what he said has nothing to do with me.”
Mother Wei couldn’t bear to see someone say that her grandson was not good, and both Wei Wu and she were angry.
“Second, what nonsense are you talking about, Dabao is your nephew and is a child, he just asked you for something, and yet you still don’t give it to him, are you still the second uncle?” After scolding Wei Cheng, Mother Wei continued to coax her grandson.
Wei Cheng didn’t want to argue with the unreasonable Mother Wei, let alone argue with the naughty sister-in-law, he came because he had something to do.
Wei Cheng cast a cold glance at his sister-in-law who wanted to curse, since his gaze was too serious, Wei Wu was immediately caught by his cold gaze, and forgot to say the words to curse, stuck in her throat.
Only then did she realize that her brother-in-law seemed to be different from usual today, he was no longer dull, his back was not hunched, and he was dressed upright.
“I’m here this time to ask you two elders to help me propose a marriage.”
If it weren’t for the words of the matchmaker, who said that the elders and parents had to come forward to propose a marriage- and Zhou Yuan, who couldn’t be wronged, he would have wanted to go by himself.
Father Wei glanced at the two sons, “Propose marriage? Which girl do you like?”
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“It’s not a girl. The last blind date was from the Zhou family in Qinghe Village, that ger.”
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Mother Wei and Father Wei remembered that they also came and left hurriedly that day. It was because the second child was dull-tempered, and he didn’t say anything that day. Although he is a ger, the Wei family doesn’t like it, but since they can settle the marriage for the second child, and won’t worry about it, they no longer care if the other party is a ger or not.
Mother Wei, “You have made up your mind, you want to marry the ger of the Zhou family.”
“Ok.”
“Okay, I’ll find a matchmaker to propose marriage tomorrow.”
Wei Cheng is satisfied, so he still wants to mention, “Before proposing marriage, you should ask the matchmaker to come to me first, I have something to explain.”
Mother Wei was also puzzled by Wei Cheng’s request. It was a trivial matter, so she ignored it and waved her hand, “Okay, you can go back, and don’t bully your nephew as soon as you come, and don’t come here later if you have nothing to do.”
After Mother Wei finished speaking, she was so concerned with coaxing her eldest grandson with the candies bought by Wei Cheng that she didn’t even ask anyone if he wanted to stay for dinner. She treated her second son as if she were an outsider.
Wei Cheng definitely won’t stay, and it’s even more satisfying for him to come here less in the future.
Less than a quarter of an hour after Wei Cheng left, Wei Liang, the eldest brother of Wei Cheng, came home from the shop to have lunch. He was surprised to hear that the second child had come, but he didn’t pay attention to Wei Wu’s complaint about him.
“The second child was here? What was he doing here?” Wei Liang stopped washing his hands.
“It’s about his marriage, he was here to find our parents and a matchmaker to propose marriage.”
“Which girl does the second child like?”
“What girl, it’s ger!” Wei Wu looked disgusted.
Hearing that Wei Cheng wanted to marry a ger, it would be difficult for him to give birth. She was also worried that Wei Cheng would give another grandson to the Wei family. The two elders of the Wei family might subsidize Wei Cheng because of this grandson. Now it’s all right since it’s a ger, she doesn’t need to worry about her family’s big treasure being divided out.
Wei Cheng didn’t go out of the county directly, he turned to a corner and went to the shop in the county, tomorrow the matchmaker goes to propose marriage, so he had to buy some pastries for her to bring over.
This is why Wei Cheng wanted the matchmaker to talk to him before proposing marriage.
There is a Baixiangzhai in the county town, which specializes in selling pastries. It is an old shop. There are other shops in the county and outside the county but the pastries in this shop can only be bought by wealthy families, and the price is not cheap.
The pastry he bought for Zhou Yuan in the suburbs last time, he went to buy a piece to eat later, but after eating, he couldn’t say anything.
If he hadn’t been busy with family affairs, he would have done it himself.
When he arrived at Baixiangzhai, Wei Cheng went straight in. The guy who greeted him was neatly dressed, and the quality of his clothes was better than Wei Chengs’. The guy still greeted him warmly without any contempt.
“Honored guest, what cakes do you want to buy?!”
Baixiangzhai’s pastries are all placed on the shelf cabinets, and there are various varieties on them. The palm-sized delicate pastries are a circle smaller than those bought in the suburbs.
The shelf cabinet smells like sweet desserts, and there are red bean cakes, mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes, rice cakes, white sugar cakes, and various shortcakes on it.
Wei Cheng asked about the prices of several types of pastries, and after listening to them, he clucked his tongue secretly. Each pastry was worth more than a dozen wens, and the more expensive ones cost twenty or thirty wens a piece. Suburban pastries were only seven or eight wens a piece. The pastry is smaller than that one.
However, it tastes good!
Wei Cheng ordered a box of red bean cakes, a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and a box of sugar cakes, eight pieces in a box, he paid the money, and went home with them.
Wei Cheng was looking forward to the matchmaker coming to talk about marriage tomorrow, but he didn’t know that since he didn’t show his face for a few days, the Zhou family thought he didn’t care about their ger, and planned to match him first.
The Zhou family waited at home for four days, but they didn’t see Wei Cheng looking for a matchmaker. They all thought that Wei Cheng didn’t like their ger.
Zhou Yuan looked forward with joy from his heart, but in the end, his heart was empty.
It turned out that he had hoped too much.
Also, how could Wei Cheng fall in love with a ger like him?!
If he had never been on a blind date, there would not be much misunderstanding if the man gave him a gift, and he would also go to inquire about whether he intended to get married. But when the two parties have been on a blind date, there is such a relationship, and the other had given things in the street.
The fault lies in the fact that Wei Cheng didn’t fully understand ancient etiquette, so he didn’t come to the door for a long time.
The several sisters-in-law in Zhou Yuan’s family thought that Zhou-ger could marry someone from the county seat, so they all whispered to the women they had good relationships with in private, not only did they say a lot about giving Wei Cheng to Zhou Yuan, but they also added fuel to the story of the Wei family. These two days, he will definitely come to propose.
A few days have passed, and no one has been seen. The marriage must have been a mess. The three sisters-in-law are very dissatisfied in private. It was originally a happy and face-saving thing, but they were all happy in vain if no one came to propose.
Zhou Yuan’s marriage has become a gloomy topic again, and he still has to stay at home for free, and he doesn’t know when he will get married.
They were so focused on complaining that they didn’t even think about whether it would be spread what they told about Zhou Yuan’s affairs with the women they had made friends with.
Gossip spread in Qinghe Village again.
The gossip passed on was still about Zhou Yuan.
The three sisters-in-law privately said that things were given to Zhou Yuan from Wei Cheng, and spread the news that the Wei family had not come to talk about their marriage in the past two days.
People in the village spread gossip, except that what the person who spread the rumor said would only be somewhat true. What was passed on, adding fuel and vinegar, is far from the truth.
“Have you heard that the ger of the Zhou family accepts things from the man in private?”
“No, I just heard that it’s not a big deal to collect things. The Zhou family also said that the man will come to propose marriage in two days.”
“What two days, it’s been several days, and I haven’t seen the matchmaker.”
“Didn’t that guy come to propose marriage?”
“No, my house is close to Zhou’s, and if there is a happy event, how could I not know about it.”
“Oh, so the Zhou family is lying.”
“It’s not a big deal.” A woman whispered, “Someone even saw Zhou-ger flirting with men on the street, and holding hands.”
There was a burst of exclamation!
These words definitely came from Zhou Qingqing and Zhou Xianger.
“They were on a skin-to-skin basis?! Where did you hear that? Don’t spread the word. Zhou-ger really won’t be able to get married if the word gets out!”
“Marry.” The woman who said that Zhou Yuan was flirting with men sneered, “He dares flirt with a man in the street. Who would dare to want a ger who hooks up with others.”
“This…isn’t necessarily true…”
………
Mother Zhou walked into the house with an ugly face.
On the way back, there were rumors and gossip about his ger, and some familiar women asked her if it was true. Her family was going to marry the Wei family from the county town, but the Wei family did not come to propose marriage for several days.
Only her family members know about this matter, and no one should’ve spread it.
If Wei Cheng gave gifts on the street and let the villagers know, she would still think that someone saw it and spread it, but Wei Cheng didn’t come to the door to propose marriage, so they only talked about it at home.
Apart from her and the head of the family, her sons will not spread the news that is not good for their ger’s reputation, and it is impossible for the children in the family to know about it when they play outside all day. Only her three daughters-in-law can spread the word.
If they really ruin her ger’s reputation, she will never spare them.
Zhou Yuan’s three sisters-in-law were also outside, and they were all frightened when they heard the rumors, and they all thought to themselves— broken, his reputation is broken!
Father Zhou and the three brothers of the Zhou family were still working in the fields and did not know the rumors in the village.
Zhou Yuan stayed in the room and didn’t know anything about the village.
Zhou Qiu, who heard the rumors outside, rushed to Zhou Yuan’s house.
Mother Zhou was furious, so she sat at home and waited for Zhou Yuan’s three sisters-in-law to come back.
The Zhou family’s aunt gloated over her misfortune, so she purposely ran home and told Zhou Yuan’s grandparents what had happened, letting them know how much his grandson had embarrassed the Zhou family, and planned to let the two elders go over and scold them.
The rumors and gossip in the village became more and more outrageous.
The gossiping women in the village read the jokes and waited for Zhou-ger to come out, but they didn’t know that the matchmaker who came to Zhou’s house to propose came to the entrance of Qinghe Village with three gift boxes of cakes printed with Baixiangzhai.
Matchmaker Zhang was dressed festively, with a big red flower in her hair. Villagers in Qinghe Village could tell at a glance that she was a matchmaker.
Which one is having a happy event!?
Matchmaker Zhang didn’t know the way, so she asked an aunt for directions.
“Excuse me, how can I get to Zhou-ger’s house, in Zhou Yuan’s?”
Zhou Yuan?!
This aunt also heard Zhou Yuan’s rumors in the morning, and now that the matchmaker came to find Zhou Yuan, someone really came to their door to propose marriage!
The aunt inquired, “Is the Wei family in the county going to the Zhou family to propose marriage?”
Matchmaker Zhang laughed happily, “It’s the Wei family in the county town, and this eldest sister knows it too.” She wondered how the people in Qinghe Village knew that the Wei family came to talk about marriage.
It’s really a kiss to Zhou-ger!!
The rumors circulating in the village are not all false!
The power of rumors can really kill people- whoever spread rumors, if the Wei family came to the door a few days later, wouldn’t it be forcing the ger to die?!
Aunt Chun is also an enthusiastic person. She hurriedly took her to Zhou’s house. She would be happy to see the villagers being slapped in the face with her own eyes.
“I’ll take you to the Zhou’s house, this way for Zhou’s house…”
Aunt Chun brought Matchmaker Zhang to Zhou’s house. The door of Zhou’s house was open, so she opened the door and shouted, “Mother Zhou, a happy event is coming, hurry up and greet her! Greet Matchmaker Zhang to come in.”
Mother Zhou heard the sound, someone came to announce the good news, and she walked out of the house.
The anger in her heart is still not gone, and she was still wondering what kind of happy event was coming, where did the happy event come from!?
As soon as Mother Zhou came out, Matchmaker Zhang cheerfully went up to meet her, “This is Aunt Zhou, right? I’m Matchmaker Zhang, and I’m here to congratulate you.”
Mother Zhou didn’t even understand the situation, so she met the matchmaker’s festive face, “Yes, yes, who are you congratulating?”
Matchmaker Zhang waved her handkerchief, “Of course, it’s a happy event between the Wei family in the county town and your ger. Wei Cheng, the second son of the Wei family in the county town, has taken a fancy to your ger and has asked me to propose marriage.”
Mother Zhou was stunned!
The Wei family really wants to propose!!
There were several women outside the gate of the Zhou family’s courtyard. They had gathered at the gate of Zhou family’s house because of the rumors, and they also heard what Zhang Matchmaker said.
They were stunned –
The Wei family really came to propose marriage!
They were originally talking about Zhou-ger’s rumors, but those who talked in that tone took the rumors seriously.
Now the matchmaker is at the door.
How can it be a fake rumor?!
Thank you for this chapter❣️ This is a very enjoyable story to read❤️💜🥰
❣️ I’m eagerly waiting for the next chapter❣️
Sadly gossip travels faster than anything
Gossip is beating the speed of light (｡ŏ_ŏ)
Why is this so true hahaha 😂😂😂
Do these women have nothing better to do other than make fun of someone’s misfortunes? Geez, I’m sure if something happened to them they wouldn’t be laughing anymore! 🙄
The matchmaker came though! Still wondering how much money Wei Cheng has left! 😭
Slap slap slap time!
Thank You for the new chapter(♡ ὅ ◡ ὅ )ʃ♡
Thanks for the chapter!
so far so good.. i hope it updates everyday.. hehe
well looking forward to the wedding.. ♥️
hmm
Not sure who I dislike more, the sisters-in-law or the rumor mill biddies of the village. Thanks for the update ❤️
Wei Cheng is so good in making himself look richer than he is. It’s a talent! 👏🏻
Dang that slap !!! Lolol.. Satisfying indeed..
I’m afraid the gossip is faster than the speed of light, it’s scary. I’m in for the face slapping!!!
He need to separate from the family, don’t give them a single penny just give little bit to his parents