Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

Matchmaker Li looked guilty.

"Don't say that, Aunt Li. This is just our speculation. We need to investigate whether it is true or not."

"Yes, Sister Li, how can I blame you for this? Isn't this matter still undecided?"

Shen Yue comforted him, saying that she could see that Matchmaker Li was an honest person, and maybe she could help with the boss's marriage.

"Don't worry, big sister. I'll definitely give you an explanation about this. I'll go back and check on her right away."

Matchmaker Li stood up and walked out of the courtyard with a calm expression.

"Mom, this matchmaker Li seems quite honest."

"Well, I've heard about her from others. Most of the matches she makes are good and there are rarely any problems."

Shen Yue nodded. She didn't know much about Matchmaker Li, she only knew that she had a good reputation in the matchmaking world.

"Mom, I'm going to go find a friend and ask him to help check it out. Maybe we just misunderstood. It would be bad if we missed out on big brother's good marriage."

"Go ahead, you really need to take a good look."

Jiang Fan went out and headed straight for the scrap collection station.

"Hey, Uncle Cao, you're still standing guard here in this cold weather? Come, have a cigarette and warm yourself up."

"Why are you here? Are you here to exchange things again?"

Uncle Cao took the cigarette and lit it with Jiang Fan's help.

"How could that be? I have no place to put all these things at home. I came here to ask Brother Li for help. I'll go in first."

After putting down the bottle of wine for Uncle Cao, Jiang Fan came to Li Dajiang's office.

"buckle"

"Enter."

"Brother Li, are you busy?"

"Brother Jiang, come in quickly."

When Li Dajiang saw Jiang Fan, a sincere smile appeared on his face. My God of Wealth is here.

"Brother, come and have some tea. This is the authentic Longjing tea I asked someone to buy for me."

"It does have an indescribable smell."

"What is the taste?"

“It tastes expensive.”

"Hahaha, brother, you are really interesting. What brings you back to me this time?"

Li Dajiang was amused by Jiang Fan.

"I have something to do, but the main thing is to send you two bottles of wine. It's almost Chinese New Year, so I should go visit you."

Jiang Fan placed the wine in front of Li Dajiang.

"You said you were coming, so what did you bring? The one for Maozi?"

"You know it all?"

Jiang Fan said in surprise. He didn't expect that this matter would spread so quickly.

"Hey, don't look at the rag collector as unreputable, but it's still easy to get some information."

"Isn't this a coincidence? I came here to ask my brother for information. This is what happened...

Jiang Fan recounted what had happened. "So I wanted to ask my brother to help me investigate and find out what was going on."

"That's it? You've found the right person. Come over tomorrow afternoon, and I promise to thoroughly investigate their family."

Li Dajiang patted his chest and promised Jiang Fan that he would do this job perfectly.

"Thank you, brother."

"We're brothers, why are you being so polite? Come on, go see your two apprentices, they've missed you. Don't leave at noon, I'll treat you to a meal."

Li Dajiang dragged Jiang Fan to the warehouse to see Wang Zhong and Yang Xiong.

Jiang Fan did not refuse and gave the two some technical advice, solving some problems.

"You two should read more books in the future. You have good comprehension skills and your skills are decent now. Read more books, they will be useful in the future."

Wang Zhong and Yang Xiong naturally agreed and said that they would read more books in the future.

Had dinner at noon.

Jiang Fan went home. It was winter and he didn't want to run around outside.

In the evening, Jiang Daniu and Jiang Ping'an returned home.

Shen Yue told them about this.

"Well, Boss, what do you think?"

Jiang Daniu asked Jiang Pingan, "After all, this is Jiang Daniu's marriage. As parents, we should analyze the pros and cons and offer suggestions. The choice is up to the child. Ultimately, it's Jiang Pingan's turn to live."

"I don't have any objections, Dad. Didn't the second brother say he'd get someone to investigate? Let's wait until the results come out before we say anything."

Jiang Pingan ate his meal while holding his bowl. He was not in a hurry to get married. If finding a partner made his family uncomfortable, it would be better not to find one.

"Okay, second brother, you need to pay more attention to this matter and show your big brother a good look."

"I know, Dad."

Had a meal.

Jiang Daniu asked Shen Yue, "Wife, according to what you said, that matchmaker Li is quite reliable?"

"Well, I'll go and ask around this afternoon. Matchmaker Li has an excellent reputation. I guess I was just accidentally scammed this time."

"That's fine. This matchmaker can either break up a marriage or make it happen. Her character should be acceptable. Since Matchmaker Li has good character, no matter what the girl from the Wang family is like, if it works out in the end, then we'll leave the eldest brother's marriage to Matchmaker Li. What do you think of a daughter-in-law?"

"I think so too. Matchmaker Li has let down the boss this time. If she is asked to find a wife for the boss next time, she will definitely put her heart into it, and we won't treat her unfairly."

Shen Yue shared the same opinion. These days, a matchmaker's words can really be fatal.

Back then, blind dates didn't require a lot of formalities. You could meet once, if you liked each other today, you could get married tomorrow. If you dated for seven or eight years and then said you weren't suitable and broke up, you'd get scolded.

Chapter 37: Three families from the Intermediate Court celebrate the New Year together

The next day.

Jiang Fan got the news from Li Dajiang that the Wang family did favor boys over girls.

And it's not just a case of favoring boys over girls. Wang Qiang and his wife attach great importance to their two sons and give them whatever they want. They are even more generous than Jia Zhang and Yu Banggeng.

Wang Yi, on the other hand, was treated at the other extreme. She was subjected to beatings and scolding from a young age, doing all the dirty work, and it was only natural that she didn't have enough to eat. In the middle of winter, Wang Yi didn't even have a thick coat.

Wang Yi is now 18 years old and her wedding day is coming soon. Wang Qiang and his wife are thinking about marrying their daughter off and collecting a dowry.

It just so happened that Jiang Daniu's family was well off, so they thought of marrying their daughter to him so that she could help their two sons in the future.

After Jiang Fan found out, he immediately went home and told Shen Yue and Jiang Yu about the situation.

"This girl is such a poor person, having to deal with such a family."

"That's right, he's even more hateful than Liu Haizhong!" Jiang Yu said angrily.

"Mom, this is the situation here. Let's wait for Aunt Li to come and see what she says."

Jiang Fan drank some water and went back to his room to read.

He felt very sympathetic towards Wang Yi's situation, but that was all.

After a while, Matchmaker Li came to the door, and her face darkened as she entered.

"Big sister, I've found out everything about this. The Wang family is really a piece of shit. Let me tell you..."

Aunt Li finished her story and apologized to Shen Yue again, "Sister, I'm really sorry. I didn't investigate it clearly. I handled this matter poorly."

"Sister, please don't say that. Who can live their whole life without being deceived? Fortunately, we found out in time and didn't see each other, so there was no loss."

"Ah, sister, you are right. Fortunately, we didn't meet. Otherwise, with the behavior of that family, who knows what trouble would have happened.

Okay, I won’t talk to you anymore, I have to go back, there is another one waiting for me.”

Matchmaker Li came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

"This matchmaker Li is truly honest."

Shen Yue looked at the back of Li the matchmaker as she left, thinking that she could leave the boss's marriage to her.

night.

Shen Yue talked about what happened today at the dinner table.

Jiang Ping'an immediately said that he could not let his personal influence affect the family, and he was unwilling to do so regardless of whether Wang Yi was a good girl or not.

"Dad, this city is so big, it's hard to find a good girl. Just take your time to find one."

"Okay, it's your turn to get married, so you make your own decision. But your mom is going to find you a blind date, so you still have to go on the blind date."

"Ok, I know."

……

In a blink of an eye, it was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was also the day when the steel rolling mill collected its wages.

The steel mill provides very good welfare this year, with one pound of meat and five pounds of flour per person.

Jiang Daniu and his son came back with meat and noodles, which made Yan Bugui very jealous.

Unfortunately, he wanted to talk to Jiang Daniu these days, but Jiang Daniu ignored him. Jiang Pingan even stretched out his fist in front of him, which frightened his old bones.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, everyone is preparing for the New Year, and the yard is full of joy.

There were children setting off firecrackers on the road, and from time to time you could hear angry curses, obviously because the firecrackers hit someone.

When Jia Dongxu returned home, Jia Zhang set her eyes on the meat in his hand.

"Mom, this meat is for making dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Don't even think about eating it now. We don't have many meat coupons at home."

Jia Dongxu knew very well what kind of person Jia Zhang was, so he told her in advance, hoping that she would not secretly cook and eat the meat. This actually happened.

"Dongxu, Mom can't do this."

Jia Zhang swallowed and looked away from the meat.

"Mom, it's not that I don't want to buy you meat, it's just that I don't have any tickets."

Jia Dongxu was also helpless. He wanted to be a good son and eat meat, but he just didn't have a ticket. Could he buy meat without a ticket? Yes, he could, but it was too expensive.

"Dongxu, how about this, let's discuss and spend the New Year with Uncle and the others?"

Qin Huairu suggested while holding Xiaodang. Although Yi Zhonghai had not yet resumed his position as the eldest master, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi both called him that in private.

"Yes, Dongxu, we used to celebrate the New Year together with your master and his family. Let's celebrate together this year. And call Shazhu and let him cook."

When Jia Zhang thought of Sha Zhu's craftsmanship, she couldn't help but drool, and Qin Huairu did the same.

Although Sha Zhu has not officially helped Qin Huairu yet, he is kindhearted and cannot bear to see Sister Qin looking wronged.

So whenever Sha Zhu's family had a good meal, Qin Huairu would carry the clothes and wash them in the middle courtyard.

When Sha Zhu saw this, he thought, of course he had to take good care of Sister Qin. What? Sister Qin hasn't eaten yet, how could this be possible?

Sha Zhu quickly served the cooked rice to Sister Qin. If He Yushui hadn't left some in advance, she wouldn't have been able to eat a single bite.

"Okay, I'll go tell the master. Mom, go outside and call Banggen back. It's so cold, don't let him catch a cold."

Jia Dongxu watched Jia Zhang leave before he went to Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Master, Master."

"Dongxu is here, sit down."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Dongxu and smiled even more. What a great disciple!

"Master, I came here this time to discuss the New Year with you. I thought it would be better if our two families celebrated the New Year together, so that you and your wife could have a good time."

"Okay, I would have come to you about this even if you hadn't mentioned it. This year, our two families will come together, plus the old lady in the backyard, and invite Sha Zhu as well. It will be more lively with more people."