On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Old man Xiao asked Xiao Dalang to accompany him to the grain store outside to buy food.

It’s good to save a penny, so definitely shop around.

Mrs. Xiao came back to rest for a while. Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Wu were still staying in the restaurant. Only the Xiao sisters and the Lin sisters were at home.

No, Xiao Sanlang also stayed, and he preferred to stick to Xiao Xiao.

Knowing that Jiang Yu was coming later, everyone did not go to the back room to make soap, but simply freshened up.

The main thing was that Xiao Xiu would definitely feel embarrassed if she was asked to change clothes alone.

Although there is no relationship between Jiang Yu and Xiao Xiu now.

But seeing as Jiang Yu continues to persist, this move should be possible.

They wear short skirts for convenience in work, and skirts and shirts to please themselves and look good.

When they heard the knock on the door, everyone thought it was Jiang Yu. Xiao Lian pushed Xiao Xiu to open the door: "The visitor is a guest. Don't close the door."

Xiao Xiu pretended that she didn't see their teasing smiles and opened the door pretending to be calm.

But unexpectedly, the person standing outside the door was not Jiang Yu, but a matchmaker wearing a dark red shirt and a green skirt, with a red flower pinned to her temples.

Xiao Xiu was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Auntie, did you find the wrong one?"

If your parents order a matchmaker, you must not offend the current matchmaker, otherwise who knows what the matchmakers walking around the streets will say about you.

Therefore, even if the matchmaker fails, he will not speak ill of the matchmaker.

What a matchmaker likes to see most is a pretty girl. There is no young man who doesn’t like a pretty girl, and it will be much easier to talk about the bride price.

She said with a smile on her face: "Is this the Xiao family?"

Xiao Xiu nodded, feeling a little embarrassed and a little panicked: Jiang Yu, an unreliable person, said he was sending puppies, so how could he ask a matchmaker to come?

My father hasn't come back yet? Even if a matchmaker comes to visit, how can the family agree?

However, she has also heard that in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in order to make the girl's family look precious and hard to find, they will specially ask matchmakers to visit more times.

So she opened the door anyway: "Auntie, please come inside."

The matchmaker entered the door and saw three other pretty and bright girls. She couldn't help but open her eyes wide, took a breath, and exaggeratedly said: "Oh my, I'm really lucky today. I saw a room full of gods. Pretty girl."

There is no need for money to say good things. The moment the matchmaker saw them, she decided in her heart that she must have a good relationship with this family and ask their parents to arrange the marriages of their children and grandchildren.

No one dislikes hearing good words. Xiao Lian smiled and called her grandmother, and Lin Xuan also poured her tea with sugar.

Madam Xiao also walked out quickly, unable to conceal her excitement as she greeted her: "We are really an honored guest. Please take a seat!"

Fortunately, she stayed in the restaurant these days and let her eldest daughter-in-law teach her a few words.

It's not quite standard yet, but it's not hard to understand, and it's not like chickens and ducks talking.

Nowadays, even if a matchmaker is invited to propose marriage, the elders of both parties have basically agreed.

Seeing how happy she was, the matchmaker thought that the two parties had already communicated with each other and she was just here to go through the motions.

She also smiled and flattered Xiao Lao Niang, saying that if the family is good, it will be blessed, and the family will be full of children and grandchildren. Finally, she started to get down to business: "Today, Mrs. He specially asked me..."

Mrs. Xiao's smile paused on her face, and she suspected that she heard wrongly: "Whose family did you say asked you to come?"

Previously, she thought it was inappropriate for her granddaughters to listen to the marriage when the matchmaker came, so she asked them to stay outside.

She also thought that the matchmaker was just here to enhance her presence.

Even if I don’t speak Mandarin well, I can still understand it. But what did she hear now?

She may have overestimated herself, and she couldn't understand the official language.

So she shouted outside: "Second and third girls, come in."

These two granddaughters are sharp-tongued, can speak Mandarin well, can make up their own minds, and can be helpful when needed.

Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lian have also been paying attention to the movements inside.

The two sisters hurried in, and Mrs. Xiao said to them: "I don't understand, please listen and tell me."

Xiao Lian smiled at the matchmaker: "Auntie, we just moved here not long ago. My grandmother's Mandarin is not very good. Could you please say it again."

The matchmaker didn't mind either: "It's okay, I was asked by Mrs. He to come to your house to ask for a wife..."

"Is it the He family who runs a bamboo strip shop?" Xiao Lian interrupted her, and when she nodded, her smile disappeared instantly: "We don't agree!"

She gritted her teeth angrily: "The He family is really disgusting. They asked people to make trouble in our restaurant, and now they invite you to come to our house to kiss us. How could there be such a shameless person?"

Mrs. Xiao heard it clearly now and slammed the table angrily: "I'll go find them! I can't scold them to death!"

Xiao Xiao quickly grabbed her: "Grandma, don't worry, even if you knock on the door, you have to wait until my grandfather and the others come back?"

Then he smiled apologetically at the matchmaker: "You must have never heard of the grudge between our two families. If you go to the dumpling shop, rouge shop, and teahouse on the street in front of you and ask about it, you will know that someone came to our restaurant to cause trouble today."

"The ones who have a problem with us are the He family."

"This fellow countryman meets his fellow countrymen, laughs and laughs at each other, then stabs him in the back. This is very consistent with our current situation."

Now the matchmaker also understood that he had been tricked by the He family.

It's no wonder that Mrs. He didn't send any gifts to the Xiao family. It turned out that she knew that the marriage would not happen.

She was also full of complaints, so she stood up and forced a smile: "It's my fault for not being well-informed. I'm disturbing you."

Xiao Xiao quickly took out a dollar of silver from his purse and stuffed it into her hand, and said sincerely: "It's a waste of time to trouble Auntie. This is our little kindness. Please treat Auntie to a cup of tea."

Before the matchmaker came to Xiao's house, she had already received a tael of silver from Mrs. He.

That's already considered a high price. Usually, Xie Yin will be given two taels of silver only after he has said it's done.

At that time, the matchmaker also took a tael of silver to feel that the He family was sincere and that the two families had reached an agreement.

Therefore, even if the marriage cannot happen now, she will not lose anything.

But it is true that I feel unhappy.

But now that she heard the little girl speak so nicely, she felt much more comfortable.

At this moment, Jiang Yu came in carrying a big basket. When he saw the matchmaker, he immediately became alert: "Are there guests at home?"

One look at her outfit and she knew she was a matchmaker.

But the Xiao family had just moved to the city, so why did the matchmaker get wind of it and come here?

He didn't know who the matchmaker was, but the matchmaker would also get sick and had been to the Huichun Hall. How could he not recognize Jiang Yu?

She smiled like a chrysanthemum in an instant: "Hey, isn't this the young master's house? I also watched you grow up. You see, you haven't gotten married yet. Are your grandmother and mother worried?"

These matchmakers are secretly competing with each other, hoping that if they can be a matchmaker for Jiang Shaodong's family, they will definitely receive a generous thank you gift.

You can also be famous among your peers, play matchmaking for others, and brag for a lifetime.