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Chapter 232 Matchmaker
The sharp-eyed Zhang Chengyuan saw a piece of silver that his grandmother gave when she sent someone out, which was enough to show how high the cost of breeding pigs was in ancient times.

After this incident, the adults started going out to chop trees, and after a winter, the firewood supply was replenished.

Zhang Chengyuan and his older sister and brother went to the mountains to collect grass for pigs and feed chickens and rabbits.

Suddenly one day, a matchmaker came to the door.

Grandma and the others greeted the visitors with a smile and drove all the children into the house and did not let them come out.

However, Zhang Chengyuan had sharp ears and she heard that the matchmaker came to propose marriage to Sister Daya.

After listening for a long time, I felt that the Liu family's second son's family that the matchmaker described was good in every way except that it was poor.

However, she also knew that the matchmaker's words were deceptive. The matchmaker could make the dead appear alive, so she couldn't trust them completely.

She planned to make an assessment later to see what kind of character the matchmaker had. If she had good character, she would consider the candidate she mentioned.

All seven sisters were eavesdropping. The others were excited and looking forward to the future, but the eldest sister was shy and worried.

Although the family situation is relatively good, my father is a strong and hardworking man. His one rare shortcoming is that he is a nagging person, but he just likes to talk, so it is not a big deal.

My mother is gentle and quiet. My second uncle and my younger uncle never beat women. Although my grandmother is fierce, my grandparents have never hit her.

But she had more or less heard gossip about couples fighting or husbands abusing their children in many families in the village.

She didn't know who she would marry in the future, but besides being shy, she was more worried and timid about the future.

She is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, but she is afraid that she will suffer a lot without any hope, and will be tortured besides hard work.

Zhang Chengyuan noticed Sister Daya's expression and knew she was worried. She held Sister Daya's hand, attracted her attention, and looked up with an innocent look on her face: "Sister Daya, if you get married, will you still be a member of the Miao family?"

Upon hearing this, Sister Daya hesitated and said nothing. Although she had never heard the female elders in her family say things like "Once you get married, you are a guest of your natal family, and a married daughter is like spilled water," many aunties and grandmas in the village have said these words.

Maybe they didn't say that to her, but she was afraid it was the truth.

Zhang Chengyuan didn't get an answer, so he shook Dayajie's hand and asked her to look at her.

Daya gritted her teeth. Perhaps it was the uneasiness in her heart that made her say this: "Maybe not. I often hear people say that after a daughter gets married, she belongs to her husband's family in life and becomes a ghost of her husband's family in death."

Zhang Chengyuan looked puzzled and asked, "Why do you belong to someone else after you get married? Aren't you coming back? My aunt and the others will all come back. Don't you want a home anymore?"

Sister Daya was stunned when she heard this. How could she not want a home? She was born here, raised here, and grew up here since she was a child.

Qi Ya was right, she was just getting married, not abandoning her family. Why should her life and death depend on her in-laws? If she could live well, she believed that her parents would not ignore her.

Besides, my grandma is such a protective person, how could she know that she was wronged and not feel sorry for her?

Seeing that Daya had come to her senses, Zhang Chengyuan continued to pay attention to the conversation outside. Her aunt soon came out from the main room, ran over quickly, knocked on the door, and pulled Daya out.

She wanted Daya to show off in front of Qian the matchmaker. Although the matchmaker Qian was looking for was not very good, she was definitely a very honest person and would not match couples randomly. As long as it was a marriage she helped to arrange, there were rarely any bad things to say about it. Not all of them were harmonious, but they were definitely able to live a peaceful life.

After a long time, she was finally able to identify Qian the matchmaker. She saw that this matchmaker was actually a real person who would never cheat or deceive anyone. As long as she was a matchmaker, she was always truthful and had a clear conscience.

It seems that Sister Daya’s future husband will at least not be a domestic abuser or a gigolo, so she has nothing to worry about.

In the following period of time, in addition to Matchmaker Qian, there were several other matchmakers who came. However, Zhang Chengyuan didn't like them very much after his assessment. They only wanted to make money and rarely accumulated reputation like Matchmaker Qian did.

I guess grandma and the others knew what was going on. They would politely tell some matchmakers that the girl wanted to stay for a few more years, while they would simply refuse some other matchmakers, or they would start cursing at the matchmakers with bad tempers on the spot.

During this period, three aunts also came back once for this matter. They all introduced people from their side, saying that the people were honest and capable, and their family background was also good.

After investigation, it was confirmed that they did not have too many selfish motives, but it was impossible to say that they had no selfish motives at all. However, they would definitely come back to harm their own families.

However, grandma neither agreed nor refused. She just said that it depends on whether they can wait. They want to look around first and then decide if they can find anything good.

The three aunts did not insist too much. They came back not only for Daya's marriage, but also to come back more often.

They married not too far away but not too close either, so it's difficult for them to come back. Besides, their family conditions are not very good, and they are busy with work every day. They can only come back a few times a year, and they miss their parents too.

But after resting for a night, I had to go back early in the morning.

Grandma also felt sorry for her daughters. The three daughters brought back a lot of things. She would not let them go back empty-handed, so she packed a lot of things for them.

By the way, Qiya's luck is getting better and better. In the past, she could occasionally pick up some pheasant eggs, and later she could gradually pick up pheasants and rabbits. Now she can occasionally dig some medicinal herbs, and her family is getting better and better.

The sow is pregnant. Her belly is about to drag on the ground. There are probably at least six or seven babies inside. We can raise them for four or five months before selling them.

We already have twenty or thirty chickens. If we didn't kill one for food from time to time, we would have more.

The hare gave birth to two more litters, with seventeen in total. When they grow bigger, I can eat one from time to time...

After more than half a year, Daya's marriage was finally settled. The parents of the family were still alive and were honest people, so Daya would definitely not be tortured when she got married. The man was the eldest in the family, and he had a younger brother and two younger sisters, all of whom were already teenagers.

They are all able to work, and as long as they are well fed, nothing else matters. Besides, their family conditions are similar to those of the Miao family in the past. They can't eat much, but they will definitely not starve to death.

Once Sister Daya gets married, she will be the head of the family. The house is not far away, just in the next village.

After the eldest sister's marriage was settled, some people turned their attention to the second sister, hoping to settle it first, but grandma didn't agree.

At this time, the Miao family had undergone tremendous changes compared to when Zhang Chengyuan first arrived.

The sow has given birth to another litter and is raising it. The previous litter has already been sold. There were eleven puppies in that litter. No wonder the sow's belly was so big at that time.

Their family kept two pigs and sold the rest, earning a total of more than 14 taels. Although they did make more money, they had put a lot of thought into raising eleven piglets at the time and were afraid that their previous investment would be wasted.

After finally getting through half a month, the sow's appetite became bigger and bigger, and the grass the children collected was no longer enough for the pigs. Whenever someone in the family had time, they would go all over the mountains and fields to collect grass for the pigs.