12dz Chapter 52 The matchmaker's entire operation was witnessed by others.
Chapter 52 The matchmaker's entire operation was witnessed by others.
"Hahaha, Zhang Cuihua, you're only fit to date these people who are missing arms and legs after leaving me!" Wang Tiezhu pointed at the group of people who were missing arms and legs, and instantly bent over laughing.
If he exerted even a little more force, he would laugh himself to death.
Zhang Cuihua's approach to things was different from his.
As long as a man is useful, she doesn't care if he's not good-looking.
After all, she can earn money herself; what she lacks is someone to help her manage household affairs.
It's much better than having all four limbs intact but no money, no skills, and no emotional value.
Dou Weiyi stood to the side, his face crinkled with a smile, enthusiastically "selling" to Zhang Cuihua, "Cuihua, don't let their missing limbs fool you, they're strong, healthy, and hardworking, otherwise they wouldn't be here..."
At this point, Dou Weiyi paused for a moment, but it didn't stop him from continuing, "In short, they are good-looking and capable of doing housework and taking care of children. It's just that the dowry they're offering you is only one tael of silver, you see..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Cuihua glanced at Wang Dazhu and sneered, "Hmph, I could find anyone better than you. Unlike you, who is physically capable but lazy and self-righteous."
Then she looked at Dou Weiyi and those people who were missing arms and legs, and pondered for a moment: "One tael of silver is fine, let's just take this lame guy. As long as he sincerely wants to live a good life and can help me manage the household, I can accept it."
The young man who was called out for his limp was overjoyed and immediately stood next to Zhang Cuihua amidst the envy and admiration of the other young men.
The uncle was overjoyed and immediately took out two marriage certificates from his pocket. He took the dry brush from Dou Weiyi's hand, wrote something on it, and the dry ink on the brush did not leave a trace.
He frowned, then turned around and shoved the calligraphy brush into Dou Weiyi's mouth, which was beaming with smiles. After spinning it around once, he finally wrote their names on the marriage certificate with satisfaction.
Dou Weiyi quickly took out the red clay again, afraid that Zhang Cuihua would change her mind.
He grabbed Zhang Cuihua's wrist before she could react and pressed his mud-covered fingers onto the marriage certificate.
Ruan Dan quickly came out, handed the county government seal to Dou Weiyi, and then bent over.
Dou Weiyi quickly placed the two marriage certificates on Ruan Dan's back, stamped them with the government seal, dried them, closed them, and handed one of them to Zhang Cuihua with a smile.
Although the process was tedious, it was completed quickly and efficiently with the cooperation of the group.
Before the person involved could even react, she had already gotten married.
"Zhang Cuihua, keep the marriage certificate safe. Congratulations on finding a good match!"
Zhang Cuihua stared at the marriage certificate in her hand, still somewhat dazed. Looking at her clean-looking "husband" beside her, she felt that everything had happened too suddenly.
The lame young man grinned excitedly at Zhang Cuihua, but his expression was sincere: "Cuihua, I promise I'll treat you well from now on. Leave everything at home to me. You can focus on your work outside. I promise I'll raise the children like my own, making sure they're healthy and chubby!"
Zhang Cuihua smiled and nodded slightly, quite satisfied. It seemed that changing men wouldn't be bad either.
He immediately took the lame young man back to his house next door!
Wang Dazhu objected, saying the house belonged to Zhang Cuihua.
Now that she's quickly "remarried," what will happen to him? Where will he live?
He was about to make a scene, but Ruan Dan knocked him unconscious with an elbow. The newlyweds were enjoying their honeymoon, so he should stop causing trouble.
So they carried the unconscious man, leaped away, and disappeared without a trace.
Dou Weiyi looked at his "after-sales service" with satisfaction and nodded.
Turning to look at Qin Shen Shen who was with him, he said, "This is your job responsibility. It just so happens that you came across one, so consider it your uncle handing over the work to you."
Qin Shen was speechless. This guy had gone deep into the mountains and forests to drag him back, saying he wanted to make him a secretary. His family had forced this person on him—the younger brother of his wife's aunt's cousin's father-in-law, a scholar, who was called his uncle, so that he could be sent back to his hometown to retire.
On the surface, he was made to be a secretary, but in reality, he was to act as a matchmaker.
Qin Shen looked resistant. "This 'matchmaker' advisor... is too embarrassing. Can I refuse?"
Dou Weiyi, however, didn't take it to heart. She patted Qin Shen Shen on the shoulder and comforted her, "Hey, practice makes perfect. There are no performance requirements. You'll get the hang of it after a few tries. You'll feel relaxed and at ease without any psychological burden! And what's there to be ashamed of? Nobody's watching!"
The uncle stroked his beard and nodded in agreement.
After Dou Weiyi finished speaking, she turned around and was about to walk out of the alley when she realized that the alley entrance was crowded with onlookers.
Dou Weiyi was stunned, and the smile on his face froze. He looked at the dense crowd at the alley entrance, and his heart skipped a beat.
My attention was focused on Wang Dazhu and Zhang Cuihua, and I didn't realize that they were being caught red-handed "doing their business".
Wait, why are there so many people?
This amused Gao Mengli and Lin Xi, who were watching the gossip unfold; it must be the government doing their job.
However, the fact that the government officials would take on the role of "matchmaker" and act as "matchmaker fathers" was truly an eye-opener for the two of them!
Seeing the man who had just been comforting others by saying no one had seen anything, turn around and see a group of onlookers, his smile shattered and his face cracked, the two found it even more amusing!
Gao Mengli felt that the man should be accompanied by a song of torment in this situation.
My eyelids twitch, and my heart begins to pound with anxiety, every minute, every second…
Once the excitement was over and there was nothing more to see, the crowd dispersed, leaving a few people bewildered in the wind in the alley.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi left the "scene of the incident" and went to the blacksmith shop. They planned to order a stove for making jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) because the round iron plate on it needed to be fitted with a handle, and the forging process would take a long time.
Seeing that the blacksmith didn't understand the verbal explanation, Gao Mengli drew the design she needed on the ground for the blacksmith to see. Just like that, three taels of silver were gone.
This iron is really expensive.
As the two walked back, they passed a fabric store and, thinking about how their old quilts were worn out, decided to replace them.
As soon as the two entered the store, they discovered that the price of the cotton quilts was painfully high, at 180 coins per catty.
After all, the Northwest, with its abundant sunshine and scarce rainfall, is the ideal place for cotton to grow.
The mountain roads here are rugged, and transporting goods here requires a lot of manpower, resulting in high costs and prices.
Gao Mengli thought that spring was coming and the weather would be warm, so the two of them ordered two 6-pound thin cotton quilts.
As for Da Niu's, they'll just have to make do with the quilts they took off and deal with it in a few days, since they've run out of money today.
The two, who were not blessed with good fortune but insisted on enjoying life, adhered to the idea that no matter how hard life was, they could not suffer themselves and that their son should be raised frugally, so they had no mental burden at all!
Da Niu should understand his parents' good intentions.
The two strolled along the street for a while when suddenly, Lin Xi felt a sharp pain in his stomach and a feeling of impending death.
He tugged at Gao Mengli beside him, "Mengli, I need to use the restroom..."
"Huh? Going to the outhouse?"