Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 297

Here, matchmaker Zhou came over happily to propose marriage, thinking that she would facilitate another good marriage this time, but she ended up running back in disappointment.

She went to the mason's wife's house in a rage. When she opened the door, she saw the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and other women in the village sitting under the eaves, talking and laughing.

One of the women smiled and joked, "Don't worry! Everyone in our village knows what kind of person your Yaozu is. You also love your daughter-in-law very much. Look how much weight your eldest daughter-in-law has gained since she got married. I remember she was skinny when she first got married. How well she has been raised in your house!"

"that is!"

Others followed suit and said, "Even Zhou Laoer's wife has been with so many lovers over the years, don't you still not believe her?"

The matchmaker Zhou, the daughter-in-law of Zhou Laoer, happened to hear these words. She pushed the door open and came in, shouting, "Bullshit!"

The laughter of the crowd stopped, and they saw that it was Matchmaker Zhou who came back. No one noticed the curse she said when she came in, and they all stood up and greeted her with a smile.

"Hey! Our Matchmaker Zhou is back! Has she done something good again?"

"Yes! There is no good marriage that cannot be negotiated when you take action. I believe this time is no exception!"

Pulling Matchmaker Zhou, who looked unhappy for some reason, to sit down, everyone started asking questions.

"How is it? Did the girl agree?"

"Yes, is it true as Zhaodi said, that her family lives in a blue brick and tile house, and she also has a workshop and two shops in the town?"

Matchmaker Zhou drank her tea slowly. Seeing that everyone, including the mason and his wife, were looking at her expectantly, waiting for her answer, she couldn't help but feel like teasing her.

"The wedding date is set for next month, what do you think?"

This?

Everyone, look at me and I look at you.

I've never heard of a woman setting the wedding date with the matchmaker right after proposing marriage. Is it the custom there that they don't need to discuss it with the man?

After being happy, the mason's wife asked hesitantly, "How much do they ask for as a gift? If it's too high, we can..."

In her opinion, the bride price is given to the girl's parents. Since your family is so rich, you shouldn't ask for too high a bride price. It should be based on the boy's family conditions.

Although their family has no money, if Zhong Ruyi really marries them, they will definitely treat her well!

How can money be as important as true love?

Matchmaker Zhou randomly said a number, "Fifty taels."

Fifty taels!

Everyone present exclaimed.

The mason's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hu, was so jealous that her eyes widened. Her betrothal gift was only six taels of silver!

If her parents-in-law really gave out fifty taels of silver as a betrothal gift for her brother-in-law's marriage, she would definitely make a fuss!

The mason's wife had obviously thought of this, and she glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law calmly. Seeing that she looked unhappy, she hurriedly whispered in her ear, "Don't worry. If she really marries me, she has so much business that any leak of it will be enough for you to live comfortably. Besides, if she marries me, I will be her mother-in-law. How dare she disobey me? When the time comes, I will ask her to show you a store in town. The most urgent thing is to settle her down first."

Mrs. Hu thought that this made sense. It was impossible for her youngest son to marry a rich wife and rise to the top of the world from then on.

The eldest son is still working hard with his father-in-law to do manual labor, but he doesn't earn much money a day.

She felt relieved when she thought that her mother-in-law would definitely help her husband.

The others on the side looked at the quarrel between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and they all exchanged glances tacitly. It seemed that life would be troublesome after this little daughter-in-law came into the family.

Matchmaker Zhou was not blind, of course. She saw the two people making eye contact and whispering to each other.

She sneered in her heart and continued, "The date is set for the second day of the winter month, which is next month, and there is still more than a month left."

Everyone thought it was a bit strange, but they couldn't tell what was wrong. They just heard Matchmaker Zhou continue, "Oh, by the way, I also saw the future husband of the daughter of the Zhong family. He is so handsome!"

The future husband of the daughter of the Zhong family?

Isn’t that Zhou Yaozu?

Could it be that Zhou Yaozu went there with Matchmaker Zhou in the morning?

But just now when they were talking in the yard, Zhou Yaozu came back from the brothel where he usually worked to get something. What was going on?

The mason's wife was also a little confused. Her youngest son had been busy with her husband and eldest son all day, so how could he have time to go to the Zhong family in Xinghua Village?

"My second wife, what you said makes me so confused. Didn't Yaozu stay at home today? Where did you see him?"

Matchmaker Zhou pretended to be surprised, "Yaozu? What does this have to do with Yaozu? The future husband of the daughter of the Zhong family I'm talking about?"

Everyone was confused after hearing this.

"Second daughter-in-law, aren't you going to propose marriage to Yaozu today? Why are you getting more and more confused as you speak?"

"Confused? What's so confusing about that? Didn't I tell you that the daughter of the Zhong family has already set a date for her wedding, which is the second day of next month, but the groom is not your son, he has already been engaged!"

"what?"

The mason's wife looked incredulous. Didn't you mean my son for all that time?

Such a great thing just fell through, and the wish failed to come true.

She was furious, stood up and pointed at Matchmaker Zhou and asked, "Why didn't you just say it when you came in? Are you treating us like fools?"

Matchmaker Zhou smiled wryly, "I see you are quite confident, aren't you? You've even allocated her future business to her, and you're just waiting for her to come in and give you the money!"

When the others heard this, they were a little angry at being fooled, but then they thought that the one who should be more angry was the matchmaker Zhou. After all, the mason's wife didn't even find out whether the other party was married, but she was asked to come and propose marriage directly, and she also vowed that this would definitely work out.

It's a good thing that Zhou the matchmaker came to propose marriage, but the couple has already been engaged. If you still ask the matchmaker to propose marriage, what if the man who is engaged to the woman has a problem with her because of this matter and thinks she is not serious and indecent? Isn't this a bad marriage?

Thinking of this, everyone looked at the mason's wife with condemnation.

"Zhao Di, you said you are the same, but you didn't find out clearly? It's true that a good girl is sought after by hundreds of families, but she's already engaged and you let your second son's wife go to your house. Isn't this harming people?"

"That's right! What if the man finds out and blames Miss Zhong?"

"Aren't you ruining his reputation? How could you do such a thing?"

The accusations from the crowd came one after another, leaving the mason's wife speechless.

She looked at Hu helplessly. Hu couldn't tell whether she should be happy or angry that this matter didn't work out.

If my brother-in-law really married such a powerful girl, there would be no place for her in this family.

But if I really marry her, maybe she can help me and won't cause as much trouble as other sisters-in-law.

But there was no way to stop her from thinking about it, as he was already engaged. Besides, she felt that even if he wasn't engaged, she wouldn't necessarily like Zhou Yaozu. All those nice words she had said before were just to appease her mother-in-law.

Seeing her mother-in-law was so embarrassed by what others said, she quickly comforted her, "Mom, this only shows that she is not so blessed. Don't be sad. Yaozu deserves better!"

The mason's wife tried to calm down, but she thought that her husband would be angry when he came back and knew that she had not done the matter well. She was already angry because he had told her and Zhong Ruyi that he would no longer cooperate with them after the price increase.

I originally thought that I could marry her smoothly and keep all the wealth within my family, but in the end, this failed.

She sighed, feeling somewhat uneasy. She felt bitter at the thought of facing her husband's complaints when he returned in the evening.