Chapter 66
Despite all the unpleasantness that happened, Matchmaker Liu still stayed at her daughter's house. She didn't want to go back to her poor family. Her son and daughter-in-law ignored her all year round except during the Chinese New Year, when her grandson brought her a bowl of dumplings. Her daughter and son-in-law lived in the house.
The family had no worries about food and drink. After Erlang got married, he took his daughter-in-law to Inner Mongolia. In this family, the only daughter and son-in-law were by her mother's side. As long as the family didn't dislike her, Matchmaker Liu always planned to stay there.
The life of the son-in-law's family is considered good in Guo Yucun. The four sons of Granny Wolf are all the kind of men who live by the rules. They never spend the money they earn and leave it all to Granny Wolf for safekeeping. Granny Wolf is also reasonable in doing things. Her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
The two have a harmonious relationship, and Funnelzi basically has no say in the family. The family's life is flourishing under the care of Granny Wolf.
Her daughter Chunhua's belly was getting bigger again and she basically stopped working in the fields. That day, matchmaker Liu and her daughter were sitting around, while their granddaughter was leaning on the Kang wall to learn to walk. Chunhua quietly told her mother: her parents-in-law wanted to ask her mother-in-law to be a matchmaker for the three wolves, but they couldn't do it.
mouth.
It seems that she is used to playing matchmaker, and she has contracted that kind of occupational disease. As soon as Matchmaker Liu heard that she was playing matchmaker to the three wolves, she immediately became energetic. She immediately picked up the conversation and asked: "I don't know whose daughter the three wolves have fallen in love with?"
Chunhua looked at my mother with a bit of anger: "Mom, look at you, you have been a matchmaker all your life, you have been scolded all your life, you still haven't restrained yourself when you get old, and you get so excited when you hear about matchmaking."
Matchmaker Liu looked a little sad: "Without a matchmaker, how could so many men and women get married? We can't care what others say, as long as we don't do anything wrong, it's all about our mother-in-law, so we have to talk about it."
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While the couple were talking, they saw several horses running past on the official road in the village. A woman in red was riding a white horse. She was holding a riding pole, aiming at the neck of a green horse and flicking it steadily.
The green horse lived there. Matchmaker Liu was heartbroken when she saw it, and asked her daughter: "Whose girl is that riding on the horse?"
Chunhua told her mother: "That is a new resident in Guoyu Village. His surname is Zhang. The shopkeeper is called Zhang Dashan. The woman just now is Zhang Dashan's daughter. Her name is Zhang Dongmei. That Zhang Dashan was brought back to the village by the three wolves. Her mother-in-law said
, the three wolves have taken a liking to Zhang Dashan’s daughter.”
Matchmaker Liu was an impatient person and hurriedly put on her shoes and got off the kang. Chunhua asked her mother: "Mom, what do you want to do?" Matchmaker Liu replied: "The woman was riding on a horse just now and didn't see clearly. Please tell me where she lives.
, Let mother go and see what that girl looks like." Chunhua pulled the sleeves of mother's jacket and complained to mother: "Look at you, the wind is like rain. You have to ask your mother-in-law to come back and entrust you with this matter in person.
Go and talk." Matchmaker Liu shook off her daughter's hand and walked out while saying, "I just went to take a look. What's wrong? I can't even take a look." Chunhua shouted through the window: "Mom, you can't go there.
"Nonsense"! Matchmaker Liu's figure has already left the door: "I know..."
In front of a row of newly built huts, two middle-aged women were drying bedding. It seemed that the two families were well off. The quilts were all made of foreign cloth, and the mattresses were either dog or fox skins. There were more than a dozen horses and cows in the stables.
, several children were brushing the horse's hair with a brush. Suddenly, a horse shook its body and roared to the sky. Almost all the horses followed suit. Just as the horse's neighing ended, the cows pulled out their babies again.
's cry.
When the two Northeastern women saw Matchmaker Liu walking toward them, they stopped what they were doing and shouted to Matchmaker Liu together: "Auntie, come and sit here."
Matchmaker Liu didn't lie. She walked over and started talking to the two women: "You just came here to settle down?"
The younger woman went into the house to boil water for the guests. The older woman talked to the guests: "We have just been here a few days, and the people in your village are so kind. They helped us repair these huts."
Matchmaker Liu said: "We are all seeds blown by the wind. We came here to take root and took root. We helped and looked after each other, and the days became more and more prosperous."
The older woman immediately echoed: "That's right, we are new here and we have to rely on everyone to help each other."
While she was talking, the young woman had already boiled the water, left the house and asked Matchmaker Liu: "Auntie, do you want tea or sugar?"
Matchmaker Liu smiled with yellow teeth and said, "Whatever". Then she asked, "Are you two sisters-in-law"?
The younger woman pointed to the older woman and said, "There, this is my sister, and I am her sister-in-law."
Matchmaker Liu patted her head and thought for a while, and suddenly understood: "You call each of your men brother-in-law, right?"
The older woman corrected her: "In our hometown, we don't call you brother-in-law, we call you brother."
Matchmaker Liu immediately echoed: "Yes, some people here also call their brother-in-law brother, and calling him brother is affectionate."
While she was talking, the woman in red rode into the yard on horseback. She carried a fire gun (also called a gun) on her back and a hare in her hand. Her dismounting movement was graceful and graceful, which made Matchmaker Liu dumbfounded.
Especially the two big feet, which looked like a foot long, like a man. The girl was not timid at all when she saw Matchmaker Liu, and asked carelessly: "Mother-in-law, where do you live? Let me come here."
Why haven’t I seen you for a long time?”
Matchmaker Liu replied: "My daughter's name is Chunhua, and my son-in-law's name is Dalang. How old are you this year, girl?"
The girl was not shy at all, and replied as usual: "My name is Zhang Dongmei, I am sixteen years old." Then the girl pointed to the older woman and said, "This is my mother," and pointed to the younger woman and said, "This
She is my sister-in-law.”
Matchmaker Liu saw that the girl was speaking openly, so she asked directly: "Woman, have you told me about your husband's family?"
Zhang Dongmei stared at her mother: "What does this mother-in-law mean by 'mother-in-law'?"
The girl's concubine answered on her behalf: "Silly girl, your husband's family is your husband's family. This aunt asked you if you have found a son-in-law?"
Dongmei's mother answered on behalf of her daughter: "We are close to the Mongolian grassland. This girl grew up on the grassland. She is crazy and wild, and she still doesn't understand the customs and habits here. The girls on our grassland all make their own food for themselves.
When it comes to a partner, as long as the girl likes it, parents generally don’t have any input.”
Matchmaker Liu then used her eloquent tongue and spoke eloquently: "Girls here have to follow their parents' orders and the matchmaker's words when looking for a partner. I think your girl has reached the age of marriage.
, the mother-in-law has found a son-in-law for this woman. In terms of looks, family status, personality, and ability, he is a perfect match, a man with talent and a woman with good looks..."
Before Matchmaker Liu finished speaking, the girl had already bent over with laughter. After finishing her laughter, she asked: "Mother-in-law, why didn't you offer such a good match to your daughter?"
Matchmaker Liu said sternly: "You are right about this woman. My girl married his big wolf, and I introduced you to his three wolves."
Everyone stopped talking and looked at each other. After a pause, Dongmei Niang asked: "Did the Three Wolves entrust you to be a matchmaker?"
Matchmaker Liu danced with joy as she said, "As long as your family has no objections, it's easy to talk to the Sanlang family."
Dongmei turned and walked away. Dongmei's mother said tactfully: "The child's father went to Chang'an with his uncle. We will discuss it after the child's father comes back. We all know the three wolves, and it was the three wolves who brought us here.
Anjia, whether this marriage happens or not, we will all be grateful to the Three Wolves."
Matchmaker Liu wanted to continue talking, but suddenly she saw Chunhua waving to her outside the fence, so Matchmaker Liu had to say goodbye. When she came out, she saw that her daughter's face was already angry: "Mom! Do you have any memory? All three wolves have done this.
"It's not urgent, why are you anxious?"
Unexpectedly, Matchmaker Liu actually cried: "I get jealous when I see other people's lives. Do you think your mother is willing to do this? Talk nonsense, run bad things, and end up with someone else's hot meal. Your father is such a rotten guy,
I left early, leaving my mother alone in this world, in unbearable sorrow..."
Chunhua turned over again and advised her mother: "Mom, I'm afraid that you will ruin other people's good things."
Matchmaker Liu wiped away her tears and said: "My mother has been a matchmaker all her life, and she will not cut off a child's penis as an umbilical cord (there is no mistake in the local dialect). I think this marriage will probably happen."
First of all, that woman’s mother has a good impression of the Three Wolves.”
Chunhua said to her mother: "Don't mention this matter when you get home. Let's see what my mother-in-law says."
Matchmaker Liu scolded her daughter: "I don't need your advice on this matter, I know how to do it."
The two women walked and talked back like this, and unknowingly they came to the door of their house. They saw the wolf woman standing in the yard with her little granddaughter, complaining to her daughter-in-law: "Where did you go just now? You left the baby at home and cried."
Unexpectedly, Matchmaker Liu, who had been telling people about matchmaking all her life, could no longer control herself. When she met her mother-in-law, she gushed out everything she had just seen and heard: "Oh, mother-in-law, I say you are a blessing. You have given birth to a child."
The four sons are all trying their best. I just met your three wolves’ wife. She can ride a horse and shoot a gun. She is Mu Guiying who is both civilized and military! That girl’s mother has a good impression of us three wolves. I think this marriage is very promising.
Eighty-nine times it will work.”
When the wolf lady heard what Matchmaker Liu said, her wrinkles on her face turned into a chrysanthemum smile. People love to wear high hats and love to hear compliments. When the wolf lady heard her biological mother praising her four sons, she felt so happy.
Like honey: "What are you telling me, why didn't I see you mother and daughter when I came home? It turned out that she was there to help the three wolves find a match. In fact, I have met that woman a few times. She didn't have anything to say. She was just a little crazy and worried about the three wolves.
I won’t be able to control my wife in the future. But as long as she is willing, we won’t say anything.”
Matchmaker Liu knew that her mother-in-law was trying to show off her abilities, so she echoed her words: "My mother-in-law, I said that you are blessed with good luck, and marriages are always on the line. You see, the second wolf married a daughter-in-law from Inner Mongolia. The third wolf in our family also said that the next girl from Northeast China will be ours."
The fourth son of the family may bring home a foreign woman in the future, and then the four sons will tie you up in a sedan and carry you around Fengqi Street, which will be called scenery."
The wolf woman waved her hands hurriedly: "I don't expect it, I don't expect it. As long as the children live smoothly, that's better than anything else. Mother, please go to the vegetable garden to cut some leeks for us. There is still some wheat flour left during the Chinese New Year. Let's eat it for lunch today."
Chive dumplings, anyway, I estimate that the three wolves will be back soon in the next few days. It will take seven or eight times to be a matchmaker or not. This time, the three wolves’ wife depends entirely on you."
Matchmaker Liu was also a man who loved to wear high hats. When she saw Lady Wolf praising her, she immediately slapped her chest and promised: "No problem (no problem), I will be the daughter-in-law of the three wolves"! The two mothers flattered each other, almost bringing down the house.
Lifting it up, Chunhua pursed her lips and smiled, feeling that the two old people were like two living treasures.
As soon as the meal was ready, Hopper and Dalang came back from Wagou Town, bringing back an explosive news: Guo Mazi had imprisoned Shopkeeper Lin’s cavalry, and found big smoke (opium) in the goods. He was working for Shopkeeper Lin.
All the men were detained by Guo Mazi...
Chapter completed!