But before she could tell her about going to Luocheng, Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "Tomorrow happens to be your eldest brother and second brother Xiu Mu, and those matchmakers came to our house several times, and I was thinking about the day when we would meet each other.
It’s scheduled for tomorrow. You should clean up after yourselves when you get up.”
Zhang said this to Jiang Zhiyue, Jiang Dalang, and Jiang Erlang, because they are the only three people in the Jiang family who will see each other tomorrow.
Jiang Zhiyue's words were stuck in her throat, and she whispered, "I originally planned to go to Luo City."
She spoke in a low voice. Zhang couldn't hear what she said for a while, so she asked again.
Jiang Zhiyue said: "I originally planned to go to Luo City with Bai Yifeng to do some things. Since I have something to do tomorrow, let's wait for another day."
She looked like all her energy had been drained from her body. She sat limply on the stool, her upper body leaning on the table, and her fingers poking at the table little by little.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Mrs. Zhang thought it was not important, so she pulled Jiang Dalang and explained the matter of seeing each other in the future with great interest.
Mrs. Sun also took Jiang Erlang to talk about the meeting.
Even Mrs. Jiang and the others followed Zhang and Sun to make arrangements for them.
Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang are both almost twenty years old, and Mrs. Jiang has long wanted to have a grandson.
She clapped her hands cheerfully and said, "When you go to see each other tomorrow, everyone in our family can't come with you. You have to brighten your eyes."
"As an old woman, if I close my eyes, I might be able to help you take care of your children, and our family can have four generations living under one roof."
Mrs. Jiang said this, and Jiang Zhiyue answered: "My grandma is in good health, and there will be no problem when the fifth generation comes under the same roof."
The old lady smiled and patted Jiang Zhiyue's hand and said, "We are still good at talking."
Ming Yuanqing sat aside and watched them talking about their mutual love, and said with bright eyes: "Can I follow you too?"
Old Mrs. Jiang paused, thinking that she also wanted to see him.
She smiled and teased Ming Yuanqing: "You are still young. In two years, if you are still in our house and you have a boy that you like, grandma will also make the decision to help you look after him."
Ming Yuanqing was very similar to Jiang Zhiyue about this matter and was not shy at all.
She said bluntly: "If I like a man, I will kidnap him and make him my husband."
The Jiang family were all shocked by Ming Yuanqing's speech. How come this little girl was not shy at all when talking about this matter, and she actually wanted to kidnap someone back!
Ming Yixi looked at the shocked expressions of the Jiang family and coughed twice in embarrassment.
He reprimanded in a low voice: "Ming Yuanqing, don't talk nonsense."
Ming Yuanqing pouted and ignored him. She was so favored in the Jiang family that she didn't want to pay attention to her brother who always disciplined her.
She looked at Old Mrs. Jiang eagerly again: "Grandma, let me go and have a look. I haven't seen what it's like to look at each other."
Mrs. Jiang smiled and agreed. They didn't have a custom that women couldn't follow each other when they looked at each other.
Moreover, they don't need to leave the house, Ming Yuanqing can see it at home.
If a man wants to see each other here, he has to go to the woman's home, but if a woman wants to see each other, she only needs to wait at home.
After all, on weekdays, there are many girls in the family, and the girls are all waiting at home, while the men line up to go to the girl's house. Sometimes there are too many people, and it takes a long time to wait.
But now the situation is reversed.
The Jiang family only has two men, Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang, who need to see each other, while the Wang family has Wang Hao.
But the matchmaker came to talk about more than twenty women.
So the precedent was changed and the women came to Jiang's house in turn.
Of course, there is another way, if both parents go together and take their children with them, they can get along and see each other. But there are too many of them, so they can only see each other at home.
Jiang Zhiyue lay paralyzed in boredom, listening to what they said about meeting each other.
However, Jiang Yuchao noticed what Jiang Zhiyue just said about going to Luo City, and asked: "The thing you said about going to Luo City, is it what you have been planning for the past few days?"
Jiang Zhiyue became interested and talked about what she had been busy with these past few days.
When Jiang Zhiyue talked about this, he looked completely different from when he had just asked her to look at him.
Just now she looked uninterested, but when she talked about making paper and building a workshop, she seemed to be full of energy.
While talking, Zhang and Sun, who were arranging for Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang, also stopped talking and listened to Jiang Zhiyue talking about papermaking.
Little Wang is now out of confinement and is sitting aside with a baby in her arms, listening to their conversation.
Hearing Jiang Zhiyue talk about papermaking, she couldn't help but asked curiously: "Zhiyue, are you really good at papermaking?"
Jiang Zhiyue said confidently: "Of course, and my method is more convenient, the cost is much lower, and the paper produced will not be worse than what we see today."
Everyone in the Jiang family was amazed.
Jiang Yuchao sighed and said: "If the cost is reduced a lot, ordinary families like that won't be able to afford writing paper."
Mrs. Sun also answered: "Yes, the paper in that bookstore is really expensive. Just that small pile of paper is more expensive than eating meat."
Little Wang smiled and continued: "It happens that there are many people in our family going to school, so we don't have to spend that money to buy them in the future."
The little baby in pink swaddling clothes she was holding saw everyone in high spirits and thought they were teasing her, so she happily stretched out her hands and waved them, shouting baby words.
Little Wang was afraid that she would be cold, so she quickly stuffed her hands into the swaddling clothes.
On the other hand, the gray-blue infant Qilang held by Jiang Yulai was quiet, staring at Jiang Zhiyue with his big eyes, not making any fuss at all.
Jiang Zhiyue liked it so much that she took the little baby from her third uncle's arms and teased it.
Another little baby saw his brother being carried away by Jiang Zhiyue, and cried unhappily. His hands came out of the swaddling clothes and stretched out in the direction of Jiang Zhiyue.
Little Wang tapped her little fleshy hand and said jealously: "I know I'm jealous of your brother at a young age."
But the little girl kept making noises, and it looked like she had to let Jiang Zhiyue hug her too.
Jiang Zhiyue teased the obedient Qilang in her arms and handed him to Jiang Yulai, then quickly took the little girl into her arms and coaxed her.
As soon as the little girl arrived in Jiang Zhiyue's arms, she really stopped crying. A pair of small fleshy hands grabbed Jiang Zhiyue's hanging hair and played with it.
Her eyes were still misty from crying just now. She turned her head and glanced at Qilang, as if to demonstrate.
After dinner on the second day, the matchmaker led the girl to Jiang's or Wang's house.
Jiang Zhiyue has also witnessed the huge scene of blind dates in ancient times.
As soon as one girl left, the next girl would come back. When everyone entered the Jiang family yard, they couldn't help but look around in admiration, with indescribable enthusiasm in their attitude.
Jiang Zhiyue hadn't even looked at the excitement for a while, but she was already busy herself.
Most of the men who came were from Guhuai Village, and Jiang Zhiyue looked at them with little interest.
