peasant girl wedding

Chapter 193 Matchmaker
Tong Zhiyi bit her lower lip and didn't speak.

After packing up some good things, Tong Zhiming wrapped them in a cloth and walked towards the door.

However, when he opened the door, he was stunned.

"Fourth brother, you haven't left yet?"

Tong Zhiming said with a normal expression.

Tong Zhixin glanced at the things wrapped in his hands, said nothing, pointed to the people behind him and said, "This is Mrs. Wang next door to our house. From now on, she will cook for mother."

"Fourth brother, you are really thoughtful." Tong Zhiming said with a smile, but Tong Zhixin didn't smile, and soon, the smile on Tong Zhiming's face couldn't hold back.

"Go ahead, I'll go first."

Tong Zhixin left a word, turned around and walked towards the door.

Aunt Wang glanced at Tong Zhiming and asked, "Boss Tong, what else do you have in your kitchen?"

"Aunt Wang, go and see for yourself, I still have things to do."

Holding the things in his arms, Tong Zhiming hurried back to his room.

After a while, Aunt Wang came out of Tong's old house, and when she got home, she told her family what she had just seen.

"The boss of the Tong family really can do it. He lost all the things that the second child and the fourth child of the Tong family brought to the old lady."

"What's so strange about this? Mrs. Tong is stupid now, and she can't take care of these things. There are only him and Tong Lao Wu in the Tong family. Neither of them works. One is too young to do it, and the other is If they don’t want to do it, how can they live without relying on what they give to the old lady?” Uncle Wang retorted.

Aunt Wang sighed, "It's true, but the man just left, and he went into the house to get things, and what he said was very annoying. It's fine if he took things, but you Look, was there a time when he sold his valuables and bought something to honor the old lady?"

"I've never seen that before."

"That's right! The boss of the Tong family..." Aunt Wang shook her head and sighed for a while, "However, the second child and the fourth child of the Tong family are also very conscientious people. They don't care about the excessive things the old lady did back then. Forget about it, the old lady is stupid and sick, and they didn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, they just come to see it during the holidays... The old lady is lucky to have these two sons."

People in the village ran from house to house, and within two days, the whole village knew about it.

After dinner, everyone was talking about the brothers from Tong's old house.

To Tong Zhiming, it is natural to be disdainful and sarcastic.

Regarding Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin, some said they were stupid, and some said they were just pretending to be superficial. However, most people said that the two of them had a conscience and were grateful.

So, on the day when Tong Zhi'er and Ji were born, more people went to Tong Zhixin's house.

Most of these people have sons who are the same age as Tong Zhi'er in their families, or have relatives.

Tong Zhi'er is smart and good-looking, and her parents are conscientious and grateful. Who would not be happy to marry such a family?

Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei didn't expect so many people to come, and they were very happy.

Immediately, I went to the county, bought enough fish and meat, and greeted everyone nicely.

Tong Zhi'er is also very generous and decent when treating guests.

Everyone came here full of expectations, and finally left happily.

Tired all day, Tong Zhixin's family lay on the bed early.However, the lights of other houses are still on at this moment.

"Mother, how's it going? Is Tong Zhi'er not bad?"

Tie Sheng, who rushed back from Qingzhou, looked at his mother nervously.

Tie Shengniang stared at him, covered her lips and smiled and said, "Tell me the truth, have you seen this Tong Zhier before?"

Tie Sheng blushed and nodded.

"She's a nice girl. She speaks, behaves, and behaves in a way that pleases her mother. It's just that she may not be willing to be our daughter-in-law."

Hearing Tie Shengniang's frustrating words, Tiesheng was a little unhappy, "Mother, you haven't asked someone to go to Tong's house to tell, how do you know she is unwilling?"

"That's right!" Tie Sheng's father responded from the side, "Tong Zhi'er is not bad, we Tie Sheng are also scholars, and when the list is published this time, maybe we will be candidates, with a bright future, how could she not agree?"

"father……"

What Tie Sheng's father said was a bit outrageous, which made Tie Sheng feel a little unhappy.

If Tong Zhi'er heard what Tie Sheng's father meant, he would definitely be angry.

"Just say what you said in front of our mothers. When you go outside, don't let other people hear it." Tie Shengniang continued.

"Got it, got it." Tie Sheng's father replied in a low voice.

Tie Shengniang pondered for a while, then looked at Tie Sheng and said, "Mother will find a matchmaker in the early morning of tomorrow, and go to Tong's house to ask what they mean."

Tie Sheng smiled and nodded.

When he was lying on the bed, he was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep.

For a while, he thought, if Tong Zhi'er agreed, he would have to prepare the dowry carefully in the future; for a while, he was worried, if Tong Zhi'er still refused to agree to him, just like two years ago, what should he do?
The more he thought about it, the more irritable he became. Tiesheng tossed and turned on the bed until dawn, when the rooster crowed, he couldn't resist sleepiness and closed his eyes.

When Tie Shengniang prepared breakfast and went to call him, she met two blue and black eyes.

Tie Shengniang felt very distressed immediately.

"Why didn't you sleep well all night?"

Tie Sheng shook his head.

Seeing his appearance, Tie Shengniang sighed, "Hey, I said you kid..."

After breakfast, Tie Shengniang took her things to the matchmaker's house.

In fact, she originally didn't want to go to a matchmaker early in the morning, but Tie Sheng's two black eyes made her unable to bear it.

Things have come to a conclusion early, so my son can feel at ease.

.........

Fang Cuiwei hasn't stopped smiling in the past two days.

The people who came to Tong Zhi'er's door these two days to say goodbye almost broke the threshold of her house.

What the matchmaker introduced was not an ordinary farmer. Either they had some property in their family, or they had passed the examination of a scholar and had certain potential.The most important thing is that they are all docile and nice to others, which speaks to Fang Cuiwei's heart.

When the matchmakers saw her like this, they even talked about the protector of the matchmaker.

Of course, it was one thing to hear what they said, but Tong Zhixin had to inquire about the facts before he could find out.

After such inquiries, Tong Zhixin told Fang Cuiwei, and Fang Cuiwei had several candidates in mind.

One is a young man named Tiesheng from the Tie family in the neighboring village. He is seventeen years old and has a reputation as a scholar. He took part in the imperial examination this year.

One is the Cui family in this village, the young man of Cui Shi, a famous family, is eighteen this year and runs ten shops of his own.

There is also a master book recommended by the county magistrate's wife, named Wang Mian, sixteen years old, although the official position is not high, he is a down-to-earth and hardworking person, and he is willing to study, and his future development is also unlimited.

Fang Cuiwei told Tong Zhi'er about these three people, Tong Zhi'er thought about it, and said, Tie Sheng sounds pretty good, but I have to meet in person to know.

Fang Cui nodded slightly, and returned to the matchmaker the next day.

"Big sister of the Tie family, good news."

The matchmaker shook a red cloth in his hand, and shouted in the courtyard with a smile.

Hearing the sound, Tie Shengniang turned around, "Sister Zhang? What good news is that?"

"The Tong family gave me news that they want to meet your Tiesheng in person."

"It's done?" Tie Shengniang was surprised.

"That's not true. The girl in his family hasn't made up her mind yet. She said that she can only find out after seeing Tiesheng. Big sister of the Tie family, is your Tiesheng okay?"

"No problem, of course it's no problem." Tie Shengniang smiled, "Sister Zhang, thank you for your hard work, please go sit inside the room for a while."

"Hey."

Matchmaker Zhang followed Tie Shengniang into the room, and after a while, Tie Sheng came out.

"Aunt Zhang."

"Tiesheng, Madam has brought you some good news today."

Tie Sheng's eyes lit up, "The Tong family agreed to my family's marriage proposal?"

"As long as Tong Zhi'er is satisfied after seeing you, I think it will be done."

Although it wasn't the Tong family who agreed to his family's marriage proposal directly, Tie Sheng was still very excited that Tong Zhi'er could ask to meet him.

It was much better than rejecting him straight away.

"Ms. Zhang, when and where did they say?"

"Don't worry, let the aunt drink some water first, and I'll tell you later."

"Ma'am, it's because I didn't take good care of you, just wait a moment," Tie Sheng said, and walked towards the door, just in time, Tie Sheng's mother brought hot tea from outside, and after he took it, he handed it to matchmaker Zhang superior.

"Ms. Zhang, drink tea."

"Hey! This is the tea served to me by Xiucai Lang. It must taste very good."

Matchmaker Zhang took it with a smile, took two sips, and praised: "It really is good tea."

Both Tie Shengniang and Tie Sheng were a little ashamed.

All the money in the family was used for his education, and apart from the daily necessities, it was rare to have any good things.

The crude tea that was brewed for Matchmaker Zhang just now is Tie Shengniang's homemade tea, it is extremely rough, not comparable to the ones sold on the street.

Matchmaker Zhang held the tea in his hand, looked at Tiesheng with a smile, and said, "The Tong family said that if you have time, you can meet at the Yage on the second floor of the Tongji shop in the county in three days. There is no time." It's too early, and I won't bother you."

"Ms. Zhang, I'm sorry to trouble you. I'll take you out."

Tie Sheng sent Matchmaker Zhang to the door and entered the house, but he did not see Tie Shengniang.

Hearing a sound from his room, Tie Sheng walked in, and seeing Tie Shengnian rummaging through boxes and cabinets for things, he asked in confusion, "Mom, what are you looking for?"

"The clothes you wore that day."

"Mom, I'll just wear the clothes of the academy and go."

The first few clothes at home are coarse linen clothes, which are not comparable to Tie Sheng's thin shirts in the academy. They are neat and tidy, so as to give a good impression to the Tong family.

Tie Shengniang nodded, and took out Tiesheng's thin shirt from the academy, "Mother will wash it for you later."

(End of this chapter)