Matchmaker Zhao returned to the town angrily, walked to the east end of the town, and went to the door of a small courtyard in an alleyway. She banged the door hard, and there was a woman who looked roughly like Chen Zhaodi. The door opened.

Matchmaker Zhao complained with a dark face when she saw her, "I followed your advice and went to Li's house. As soon as I raised my head, I was kicked out by that girl. She didn't even give me a sip of water. Your family didn't fight anyone beforehand." Did you say hello?"

Mrs. Chen handed over a bunch of money in a nonchalant manner, "I'm sorry, old sister-in-law, I thought that girl hated marrying. I don't like a person who has been renounced. Since she doesn't want to, forget it!"

After matchmaker Zhao got the money, she was no longer angry and said with a cheerful smile: "It's time for your Chunsheng to marry him. There are many children at his age, and that girl is only a little older. I'm afraid even Kui The water hasn’t even come, so you have to wait a few years to get married and have grandchildren, so I’ll help you look for it again.”

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you."

"What's the matter? Just look for me from now on." Matchmaker Zhao left happily.

After Matchmaker Zhao left, Chen Zhaodi walked out of Chen's room. Chen looked at her and said lightly: "Cousin, you heard it! It's not that I don't want to, but the Li family doesn't agree."

Chen Zhaodi looked at Mrs. Chen impatiently, "I told you last time I came here that you should ask Chunsheng to go in person. That girl has liked my Guisheng since she was a child. Your Chunsheng is also somewhat similar to Guisheng. She I’m sure I’ll be tempted after seeing it.”

Mrs. Chen glanced at her cousin, lowered her head, and thought to herself: Could it be that your son is precious? My son is also my treasure. Why should I marry someone your family doesn't want?

Chen Zhaodi gritted her teeth when she saw Mrs. Chen lowered his head and said nothing, "You and Chunsheng will discuss it. After the matter is completed, I will give twenty taels of the money to your family."

Mrs. Chen's heart moved and she laughed, "Cousin, how much money did you pay to her family?"

Chen Zhaodi said angrily: "Eighty taels, all the silver my family bought in the autumn will be given to her. Forget it, it's useless to talk to you. You and your mother can discuss it carefully when Chunsheng comes back." Chen Zhaodi looked at Chen Zhaodi He looked reluctant and curled his lips, "It's not that I look down on your Chun Sheng. You see, your Chun Sheng has everything to eat, drink, whore and gamble. Which girl would be willing to find such an uncle? The girl is also pretty and pretty." If you are diligent, you will get twenty taels of silver for nothing when you get married, and you will also get a daughter-in-law."

Ms. Chen said to Chen Zhaodi with some displeasure, "Okay, when my Chunsheng comes back, I will discuss it with him and then come to you."

Mrs. Chen sent Chen Zhaodi away, closed the courtyard door, and spat, thinking: My family has many people and efforts, but when the matter is settled, your family needs sixty taels before giving me 20 taels. Are you and your wife the only ones who can settle accounts?

Mrs. Chen went back to her house to get the key, locked the door and went to the gambling hall in the town. She found her son Qi Chunsheng. When she got home, she told Qi Chunsheng what Chen Zhaodi had said.

Qi Chunsheng's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Mom, why did you only give us 20 taels of eighty taels of silver? If I can really deceive that girl, she and the money will be ours."

Mrs. Chen looked at Qi Chunsheng with some worry, "Son, Chen Zhaodi and his wife are treacherous and cruel. I'm afraid that their family will cause trouble for us."

Qi Chunsheng looked disgusted, patted the table and said, "Mom, what are you afraid of? He is nothing on his own. When the time comes, that girl from the Li family and I will be a family. Why should the Zhang family divide us?" silver."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen said happily: "Yes! My son is still smart."

After Qi Chunsheng thought about it, he said to Mrs. Chen: "Mom, who does Chen Zhaodi have to plot against our family? We can't just take advantage of her family. You can go to Chen Zhaodi early tomorrow morning and say that you want me to seduce that girl. That's fine. Let's They bought me an outfit, but they can’t let me dress like a beggar to seduce people!”

The mother and son hit it off immediately, "That's true. I will go to the county to find Chen Zhaodi early tomorrow morning."

Li Yu didn't know yet that the Chen sisters were using her family's money as a bargaining chip to plot against each other for those dozens of taels of silver.

Li Mei bought a bathtub, a bamboo plaque and a bamboo basket from a bamboo craftsman's house and a carpenter in the village. She also bought a bamboo cupboard. When Zhao Di said that a matchmaker had been here and was driven away by Li Yu, she felt a little sad. Worried that Li Yu still couldn't forget Zhang Guisheng.

Li Mei picked up the needle and thread and started working with Zhao Di. Zhao Di looked at Li Mei and said, "Mom, are we really not going back?"

"Do you want to go back?" Li Mei looked at Zhao Di's thin body and felt heartbroken, "Your cousin is so thin because she was tortured in the Zhang family, but you and Laidi are following your mother and kissing me. You are also skinny and sallow, it’s my mother who doesn’t have the ability to let you suffer along with her.”

Zhao Di looked at Li Mei and smiled softly, "Mom, as long as we follow you, we won't be afraid. I am worried about dad..."

Li Mei looked at Zhao Di angrily, "Why are you worried about him? He is your grandma's biological son. When I leave, I will see her find him a son who can have a son."

Li Yu and Li Qing carried a bundle of bamboo, and Laidi carried a load of mugwort. As soon as the three of them arrived home, Li Mei asked Li Yu, "Yu'er, which matchmaker did you invite to propose marriage? Did you say what it was?" What kind of family?"

"I think the Zhang family is here to do this. Aunt, I won't think about marriage in the next few years. At worst, I will be an old aunt at home from now on."

"Nonsense, my fish look so beautiful. When they are raised in a few days, the matchmaker won't break the threshold of our house!" He pointed to the bamboo pole again, "What are you doing here after cutting so many bamboo poles? ?”

"When the wolfberry seeds are picked back, they will be used to put the basket." Li Yu said and Li Qing tied the bamboo frame with vines together, and Li Mei also put down her sewing to help.

Several people tied up five rows of four-story bamboo frames and put them in the yard. Li Yu went to clean up the side room, spread it with straw, mattresses and mats. He came out of the house and called Li Mei, "Aunt, you know. When my son sent Ah Qing to school early in the morning, he went to town to buy a mosquito net, and tonight the three of us slept together."

"Didn't you say you wanted to go up the mountain to pick those wolfberries? I'm afraid it will be too late when I come back from the town. You can just go and deliver the prey and bring it back!"

Li Yu thought about it and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'm going to cook." After dinner and washing up, they rested early.

Li Yu woke up early in the morning. Li Mei had already prepared a meal. After dinner, Li Qing looked at Li Yu and said, "Sister, I went to school and you must be careful when going up the mountain. Don't go into the deep mountains and old forests."

"Okay, you can study with peace of mind. Sister knows what's appropriate." Li Yu sent Li Qing to the door and watched him and Li Mei walk towards the village.

After less than half an hour, Li Mei came back. Li Yuqi said, "Aunt, why are you so fast?"

Li Mei smiled and said, "Ah Qing asked me to come back. He asked me to watch you and be afraid that you would run away to the deep mountains and old forests."

Yuwei, thank you for your encouragement.

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