In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

"We have enough partners now, next we need to find Brother Dao and Uncle Chen..."

Chen Gou looked up at the sky and decided not to disturb Chen Dao and his wife now. Instead, he chose to return home first to report the good news to his parents.

…………

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The next day.

As dawn broke, the entrance to Chenjia Village was already crowded with bustling crowds.

The villagers, their faces beaming with joy, chatted happily despite the cold weather.

"Brother, what are you planning to buy in town?"

"I plan to buy some cloth and some meat for the kids at home to help them get better."

"That's what I'm planning too. I'm also thinking of buying some salt, because we're almost out of salt at home!"

"..."

The villagers smiled as they talked to others about the supplies they had purchased.

At this moment, Chen Da had already driven over in his donkey cart. Upon seeing Chen Da arrive, the crowd gathered around him.

"Chen Da, have we set off yet?"

"Uncle Chen, shall we leave now?"

"Uncle Chen, let's get going!"

"..."

Under the eager gazes of the crowd, Chen Da glanced at Erhuang on the donkey cart and waved, "Let's go!"

So the donkey cart slowly started moving and embarked on the official road.

On both sides of the donkey cart were a large number of villagers. Because the number of people that could ride in the donkey cart was limited, most villagers could not ride in the donkey cart and had to walk to the county town on their own two feet.

Of course, the villagers didn't care about this. They walked along the official road with smiles on their faces, talking to the people around them as they went, and were quite content with themselves.

While most of the villagers were heading to the county town, Liu Yan also left her house at Chen Cheng's home and walked towards Chen Dao's house.

"Aunt Liu, what brings you here?"

As soon as Chen Dao opened the front gate, he looked at Liu Yan waiting outside in surprise. As far as he knew, most of the villagers would be going out of town today, while the remaining few would be taking care of the wheat in the fields under the command of the village chief, Chen He. It was rather strange that Liu Yan would suddenly come to the door at this time!

Chen Cheng hasn't arrived yet, but his mother Liu Yan has come first. Could something have happened to Chen Cheng?

Just as Chen Dao was having a bad feeling, Liu Yan spoke up: "Brother Dao, I've come to see Sister Ping!"

When facing Chen Dao, Liu Yan's face was full of smiles, with a hint of gratitude in her smile.

For her family, Chen Dao was definitely their greatest benefactor. It was Chen Dao who gave them the opportunity to have enough to eat, and it was also Chen Dao who made them wealthy, giving them spare money to find wives for their three children.

"Looking for my mother?"

Chen Dao was somewhat surprised, but still led Liu Yan into the house, and then called out to the kitchen, "Mother, Cheng-ge'er's mother is looking for you."

"coming!"

Li Ping, her hands still covered in flour, came from the kitchen into the living room and looked at Liu Yan, saying, "Sister Liu, you were looking for me?"

"Pingmei."

Liu Yan smiled and nodded, then said, "I would like to ask you to help me be a matchmaker."

"Matchmaking?"

Chen Dao, standing to the side, was stunned, only then remembering that his mother also worked as a matchmaker...

It might seem a bit far-fetched that Li Ping is a matchmaker, since her verbal skills are only so-so; she doesn't have the ability to talk a dead person back to life, so she doesn't seem like the type to be a matchmaker at all.

In fact, Li Ping was indeed a matchmaker in the past.

The reason why Li Ping was able to become a matchmaker is quite simple: because she comes from Xiahe Village!

Although the people of Xia Kingdom did not know the underlying logic of the dangers of inbreeding, they were aware that close relatives were more likely to give birth to unhealthy children.

Therefore, it is rare for men and women from Chenjia Village to marry each other. The men in the village mostly marry girls from other villages, and the girls in the village also marry girls from other villages.

In this situation, Li Ping, who married into the village from Xiaohe Village, has a natural advantage as a matchmaker!

Li Ping's connection to Xiahe Village naturally earns her the trust of the villagers when she goes there to arrange marriages, greatly increasing her chances of success.

In fact, there are quite a few young couples in the village who were brought together by Li Ping herself.

Li Ping used to raise Chen Dao and Chen Fei through her job as a matchmaker. However, in recent years, as the villagers have become more difficult, fewer and fewer people have sought Li Ping's help to arrange marriages, and some have even stopped doing so altogether. This is why Chen Dao has forgotten about Li Ping's role in the family.

"Matchmaking?"

Li Ping was also taken aback for a moment, and said, "Sister Liu, are you planning to play matchmaker for Cheng-ge?"

Chen Cheng is over 25 years old. In Xia Guo, where early marriage is common, he can be described as an older single man. In fact, when Chen Cheng was working at home before, Li Ping jokingly asked him if he wanted her to find him a wife. Chen Cheng just scratched his head and smiled, seemingly not interested in that.

It seems that Chen Cheng wasn't without the idea, but he was just too shy to say it!

Sure enough, Chen Cheng's mother has come looking for him.

“It’s not just Cheng-ge’er.”

Liu Yan replied, "My sons Shi and Mu are also looking for wives."

After saying that, Liu Yan took out three taels of silver from her pocket and said, "Pingmei, this is the money I prepared. Do you think it's enough?"

"Sister Liu, what are you doing? Quickly put the money away!"

Li Ping hurriedly pushed the money Liu Yan had given her back: "Your Cheng-ge'er works so diligently in my house, how can I accept your matchmaking fee? You should put the money away quickly."

In the past, when Li Ping helped others find a match, she would always accept some money or food. But now that the family was not short of food and drink, and Chen Cheng was Chen Dao's bodyguard, he worked diligently at home, so how could she accept money from Liu Yan?

Moreover, Li Ping knew about Chen Cheng's family situation and knew that they were not wealthy, which made her even more embarrassed to accept Liu Yan's money.

"This……"

Looking at the silver that Li Ping had pushed back, Liu Yan couldn't help but feel moved. The Chen family had truly been incredibly kind to them. They had not only provided them with enough to eat, but also given Cheng Ge a job that would earn him two taels of silver a month. They even refused to accept money when acting as matchmakers...

At that moment, Liu Yan felt that Chen Dao's family was definitely the best people to her family, apart from her deceased husband!

"Sister Liu."

Li Ping then said, "Keep this money for the wedding! As for the bride..."

Li Ping frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I'll go to Xiahe Village right now and I'll definitely find beautiful wives for your three boys!"

Li Ping was also a decisive person; after speaking, she immediately set off for Xiahe Village.

Chen Dao quickly stopped her, saying with a wry smile, "Mother, don't rush, let's have breakfast first before we go!"

"what!"

Li Ping then realized she was a little hungry, so she turned around and said to Liu Yan, "Sister Liu, since you're already here, why don't you have a meal at our house before you go back?"