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Chapter 118 How do rumors spread?
Matchmakers are a special profession, generally divided into official matchmakers and private matchmakers. Private matchmakers are further divided into folk groups and individuals. Official matchmakers usually do business with wealthy families and are registered with the government.

If state media has problems, they will be imprisoned, and their families may also be implicated.

Private brokers are different. Wealthy families never hire them; they mainly deal with ordinary people. Sometimes they also cooperate with local brokers.

Families who were struggling to make ends meet might sell their children through matchmakers.

"When we went to the county government office to collect our grain, we encountered a matchmaker who wanted to make Ayu a child bride..."

Seeing that her family didn't understand, Old Mrs. Wang recounted the incident from back then, including the conflict with the matchmaker.

Before Old Mrs. Wang could finish speaking, Wang Chuanman exclaimed, "It's outrageous! How could they do that?! Are you alright? Did you suffer any losses? I haven't heard you mention it since you came back!"

Many villagers went with them at the time, but after they returned, none of them mentioned it, so the rest of the Wang family didn't know either.

Actually, it was Village Chief Hu who spoke to those people, saying that Xiao Ayu is still young, and it's best to keep this conflict with the matchmaker a secret.

To avoid affecting Xiao Ayu's marriage in the future.

A child's reputation needs to be cultivated from a young age. If it is ruined by carelessness, it can take many years to rebuild. It is not easy to have a good reputation.

The other villagers also knew about this, but they didn't say anything more.

Grandma Wang rolled her eyes at Wang Chuanman: "Who would dare to let your old mother suffer a loss? Do you think everyone is like you? You're just a stupid idiot."

However, Liu was a little worried. They had a conflict with the matchmaker at the county government office, and many people in the county must know about it. Would they spread the word about Ayu?

Although Liu hadn't considered that Ayu would marry someone from the county town, ruining Ayu's reputation would definitely have a significant impact on her future.

Madam Feng was even more anxious: "Mother, what should we do! We can't delay Dalang. He is our eldest son and grandson. If even his marriage is in trouble, the other younger brothers and sisters will also be affected."

The in-laws are looking at more than just your family's financial situation; they're also considering the character of each member of your family.

It can be said that if a family has a person of bad character, the marriage prospects of the entire family may be affected.

Perhaps she could have married into a well-off family, but because of problems with other relatives' marriages, she might end up marrying a useless poor man.

Dalang didn't realize the importance of this matter, and simply said, "Could it be that the matchmaker who introduced us is the same person as the matchmaker in the county town back then?"

At worst, they can just find another matchmaker.

Madam Feng shook her head: "It's not that simple. Matchmakers are all connected to each other."

Generally speaking, offending one matchmaker is equivalent to offending all the matchmakers in the vicinity.

Unless all these matchmakers die, or they occasionally encounter one or two who are not sociable, their marriages will definitely be affected.

These days, marriage is based on the arrangement of parents and the words of matchmakers; neither can be omitted.

Even if the Wang family could find a good wife for their eldest son, it would be absolutely impossible without a matchmaker as a guarantor; the matchmaker step cannot be skipped.

Without a matchmaker, people will say you're having an affair, and your child will be ashamed.

If the Wang family wants to take the imperial examinations, and they find out that someone in the family doesn't have a matchmaker, then they can forget about continuing the exams.

"Back then, your fourth uncle offended the matchmaker..." Madam Feng was anxious and almost blurted out a past event.

Grandma Wang glanced at her, and Madam Feng was instantly rendered speechless, like a rooster being strangled. These were indeed things that couldn't be said in front of the children.

The Wang family's reputation was considered good within Hujia Village, as the village's overall customs were quite good. However, once outside Hujia Village, all sorts of rumors circulated about them.

This is because when they first came here to settle down, they inadvertently offended the matchmaker, just as Wang Chuangui was about to arrange a marriage.

Old Mrs. Wang, wanting to avoid trouble, finally bowed her head once.

Later, when Wang Chuanman was arranging a marriage, he offended a matchmaker, but it wasn't their family's fault after all, and Old Mrs. Wang refused to back down no matter what.

That matchmaker was also stingy; while she was arranging the marriage, she went out of her way to spread as much negativity as possible about the Wang family.

They said they were poor, hungry, and cunning, a group of robbers from outside who had seized the land of Hujia Village and bullied this person and that person every day.

It is said that he has even killed someone.

As a result, Wang Chuanman's reputation was completely ruined, and the old lady's bad reputation also spread.

In addition, some people were impressed by Wang Chuanman's character and, not believing the matchmaker's words, planned to come and see for themselves.

Just then, Aunt Hu and Old Mrs. Wang had a big argument, and the man came over and asked Aunt Hu, "How are Old Mrs. Wang's family?"

Aunt Hu was furious and immediately launched into a tirade of nonsense, portraying Old Mrs. Wang as an absolute shrew.

They say she's mean to everyone, that she gets along with everyone in the village, and that she spends her days carrying a broom, hitting this person and that person.

Upon hearing this, the family was terrified and immediately went back home.

They embellished the story, passing it from one person to another, and with the matchmaker's interference, it eventually became a tale of how the Wang family had tormented several daughters-in-law to death.

Why is the Wang family poor? Why do they only have grandsons?

It was because that old hag forced her daughter-in-law to have children, and she had to have a grandson. All the granddaughters were drowned, but the grandsons were kept.

Several daughters-in-law were tortured to death, and the Wang family had to pay compensation to settle the matter. The more they paid, the poorer they became.

Some people even had the idea of ​​marrying their daughters into the family, and then extorting money from them after their daughters died.

But then the matchmaker said that the Wang family wanted a dowry of ten taels of silver, and everyone cursed Old Mrs. Wang as a heartless person.

This delay meant that Wang Chuanman went from being 16 to 20 years old. His family was extremely anxious, but the rumors circulating outside were impossible to clear up.

One day, a little girl suddenly appeared in Hujia Village. She timidly approached Old Mrs. Wang and said, "My family is very poor. We can't afford a dowry of ten taels of silver, and we don't have one. I'm marrying into your family as your daughter-in-law. If I die, I won't extort money from you. How much dowry are you willing to give?"

Old Mrs. Wang had long since given up hope on Wang Chuanman's marriage, and said irritably, "What a load of rubbish! Ten catties of grain is the most you can offer!"

Unexpectedly, the little girl's eyes lit up, and she mustered up her courage to say, "Then, I'll marry into your family!"

This young girl was Liu, who was 18 years old at the time.

Now, just as the Wang family is trying to find a spouse, they've offended another matchmaker.

The Wang family was in despair.

Is their family incompatible with matchmakers?
(End of this chapter)