Mind reading, taking the rental house through the whole village crying

"I know. As for the betrothal gift, our family will give two taels, which is not too much, nor too little. I don't ask to find a wealthy family. It doesn't matter if they are poor, as long as they are hardworking and have pure intentions. I despise those who have crooked ideas all day long. To be honest, my eldest grandson just broke off the engagement a few days ago..."

Lianshan Town is this big.

The two villages are not too far apart, and as long as the girl is willing to inquire, she can find out everything.

Zhang Jinlan didn't want to hide it.

She talked about her engagement and breakup with the Zhou family a few days ago.

He said it clearly.

"It's not your fault. Matchmaker Zhou is really going backwards. She doesn't even investigate thoroughly before introducing someone to someone else. Isn't that what we matchmakers rely on to make a living? Right? At least we have to help investigate carefully. That's called fulfilling our responsibilities. If she introduces someone to someone who is not clean, and something goes wrong after the marriage, her reputation will be ruined. Who will dare to ask her to be a matchmaker in the future?

You should have come to me directly. I, Qian's matchmaker, have never had a divorce, and both parties are very satisfied. Don't worry, leave this to me. I will give you news within three days."

Matchmaker Qian patted her chest and said confidently.

They are all from the same town and the matchmakers know each other.

Hearing Zhang Jinlan's words, Matchmaker Qian curled her lips in disgust.

She has always looked down upon that matchmaker Zhou.

A money-hungry person.

Two years ago, Matchmaker Zhou was matchmaking for a girl. A widower found her and gave her one or two taels of silver in private. Matchmaker Zhou then brought the two together.

But which family would be willing to marry their daughter to an old man whose wife has died?

As soon as Zhou the matchmaker said this, she was beaten out by the girl's family and had to pay a lot of money before the matter was kept secret.

As for how Matchmaker Qian knew this, it was because the girl's family finally found her to help with matchmaking.

"Who said it wasn't? When we first approached Zhou the matchmaker, wasn't it because we were close by and wanted her to help us find out? We don't have any connections. Oh, it was such a random introduction. Fortunately, my mother-in-law is from Zhoujia Village, otherwise my family would have been fools, raising someone else's child for nothing."

Mentioning Matchmaker Zhou.

Zhang Jinlan was extremely angry.

She talked for a long time with Matchmaker Qian and Matchmaker Zhou.

It was not until half an hour later that she got up and left Qian the Matchmaker's house.

"Then I'll trouble you to help me choose one. My family doesn't ask for a very beautiful woman to marry. As long as she is honest and not too cunning, it's fine if she's a little ugly."

After that incident, Zhang Jinlan was scared.

Especially since my granddaughter has the protection of immortals behind her, strange things happen in the family from time to time. If I marry someone with a scheming mind, I am afraid that the secret of my granddaughter will be exposed.

"Relax, I'm different from that matchmaker Zhou. I will definitely find you someone you like. Don't worry. Although I have a few girls of the right age, I have to get to know their personalities for you. Once I find a suitable one, I will send my son to Jiangjia Village to look for you. We can make an appointment and go to the girl's house to meet her, or you can come to my house."

Matchmaker Qian said this as she personally escorted the three members of the Jiang family out.

"Okay, thank you very much, I'll go home first."

After saying this, Zhang Jinlan left Qianjia Village.

evening.

Jiang Dahe came back from town.

The eggs had been sold, and the old bricks and tiles had also been bought. Three days later, the shop delivered the goods to my door.

The whole family then sat down in the main room and prepared to eat.

"Dad, I found four helpers. Is that enough?"

At the dinner table, Jiang Eryong, who was in charge of finding helpers, asked his father.

"Who are you looking for?"

Jiang Shoujia raised his eyelids, picked up the bowl and drank some rice porridge.

"There are Liwen and Liwu from Aunt Chunxia's house next door, and there are Jiangzuo and Jiangyou from Aunt Taohua's house next door."

The Jiang family has average relations with others in the village.

I get along pretty well with those three companies.

As for the helpers, they would naturally be selected from among the three families.

Jiang Shoujia had already guessed his son's answer, so he continued, "It's enough. The house is not big, and Tong Jin is not engaged yet, so it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer to build. Have you agreed on the wages?"

"It's agreed that each person will get 10 coins a day, and will work from the beginning of the chen hour to the beginning of the you hour. Meals are not provided, and you can take a -minute break at noon and go home to eat."

When Jiang Eryong spoke, he stared at his father's face, fearing that he was paid too much.

Dad will be unhappy.

"It's a bit high. The wages for casual labor in town are lower than this. Working in our house doesn't require you to rush to town early. But our family has a good relationship with them. Let's make it like this. Starting tomorrow, you go to the mountains to cut wood, and wait for the bricks and tiles your eldest brother bought to arrive, then start digging the foundation."

After Jiang Shoujia finished speaking, he picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and started eating.

Tonight's dish is scrambled eggs with shepherd's purse. I added a spoonful of lard, and the dish was shiny and smelled delicious.

The rice porridge is cooked into a mushy consistency and does not irritate the throat at all.

Jiang Fubao, who was eating in silence, heard that someone was coming to build the house at home.

She plans to be more restrained during this period.

Lest the secret be discovered by outsiders.

At night when the Jiang family was sleeping.

Taking advantage of the night, Jiang Fubao put eggs into the chicken coop, then went to the kitchen to add rice to the rice jar, flour to the flour jar, and even put her little finger's worth of salt into the salt jar. She left the kitchen and looked up.

There were only two pieces of extremely tattered linen hanging on the hemp rope on the wall.

It was the towel that the Jiang family used to wash their faces.

There are black stains on it that can't be washed off, and it has a sour smell.

Jiang Fubao looked away in disgust.

She carried the chair, climbed up, took down the linen and threw it on the ground, hung up two unbranded white towels, and took out a board of toothbrushes from the space.

There are only four in there.

She has one, grandma has one, and grandpa has one. Who should get the rest?

To mother, she was afraid that father would be jealous.

I want to give it to my dad, but I’m afraid my mom will be unhappy.

After thinking about it, I simply put one back into the space.

I only took three and put them in the basin.

Wait until she has saved enough and then give it out, so that everyone in the family will have a toothbrush.

Then she took out two tubes of toothpaste. There was a black person on the toothpaste with his mouth open, revealing a row of white teeth. There were also many words behind it. It was too conspicuous.

Jiang Fubao had no choice but to go back to the kitchen and find a bamboo tube.

Squeeze two tubes of toothpaste into the bamboo tube.

Fortunately, the bamboo tube has a lid, so as long as the toothpaste does not dry up, it can be used continuously.

After finishing everything, she went back to her room and went to sleep with satisfaction.

A new day has arrived.

Still awakened by the crowing of roosters.

Jiang Fubao put on his patched linen clothes and skipped into the yard.

Children's bodies are more useful than adults'. As long as they get enough sleep, they will be full of energy.

"Fubao, come and brush your teeth and wash your face. Look at this soft towel. I don't know what kind of cloth it is made of. Why is it so soft?"

Zhang Jinlan held the white towel gently, not daring to rub it hard, for fear that her rough fingers would scratch the towel.