My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Chapter 137 The Gu family also hired a matchmaker to arrange a marriage.

There were only three people in Yang Fenglan's family, but Du Meiniang said she had important business to attend to.

She never imagined it would be anything important.

To get the answer as soon as possible, she led Du Meiniang to sit down in the main room.

Shen Yu also returned, and upon seeing the guests, she proactively poured two bowls of water.

"Among the villages under Qingshui Town, Qingshui Village has the best life. Today, three families asked me to be their matchmaker, and I've been talking until my throat is dry."

Du Meiniang took a sip of water and continued, "Let me tell you, I'm absolutely furious. I went to the Xu family first. It turned out that Xu Qianshi sent someone to invite me, saying that she wanted to find a companion for her old age, so I looked for a widower of her age."

"Everything had been agreed upon with the man, but when they got home, the old witch kicked her granddaughter out, saying she was looking for a husband for her granddaughter and that as long as she was old, she could get married."

“The other party is an old widower. He hasn’t been married for many years. How could he push a young girl into a fire pit? Then I scolded that Qian woman. If she was going to arrange a marriage for the girl, why didn’t she make it clear in advance that it should be done in her name?”

“She said I was talking nonsense, that she was an old woman, what was she looking for a companion for? She said I had tarnished her reputation and even had people lock the door so I couldn’t come out!”

Du Meiniang was quick to speak, and she immediately explained the whole story.

Du Meiniang believed that Old Lady Xu was playing a trick on her;

Old Mrs. Xu believed that Du Meiniang was fooling her.

"In the end, it was her eldest granddaughter who kicked the door to let me out."

As she spoke, Du Meiniang spat again, "In all my years as a matchmaker, I've facilitated hundreds of marriages, and I've never seen such a unreasonable person!"

"He wants a second spring in his life but doesn't dare admit it, and instead blames it on me. How can there be such a person in the world!"

Hearing Du Meiniang recount the events, Yang Fenglan could imagine the intensity of the battle at that time.

"That person is just unreasonable, Mei Niang, don't take it to heart," Yang Fenglan casually advised.

"That won't do. I'm not only going to hold it against her, but I'm also going to spread her disgusting behavior around so she can deliberately mess with me!"

"That would be wonderful... uh, I mean..." Yang Fenglan accidentally revealed her true thoughts, and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

“No need to explain, I understand.” Du Meiniang didn’t mind. “Then I went to the Gu family. I had heard that your Qingshui Village had produced a scholar. Today I saw him and he was indeed extraordinary. Such a young man will surely not be bad in the future.”

"You mean Gu Ming?" Yang Fenglan asked.

"Yes, that's him!"

Shen Yu was helping to cook in the kitchen when she heard Du Meiniang cursing, so she pricked up her ears to listen to the gossip.

When she heard Gu Ming's name, her heart skipped a beat. She stood by the door, wanting to hear more clearly.

But at this moment, Du Meiniang was not so angry, and her voice was lower, so it was hard to hear clearly.

Shen Yu then filled a gourd with water and went to the main room to refill the guests' water.

Upon arrival, I heard Du Meiniang say, "The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family has fallen ill. She is afraid that if she passes away one day, there will be no woman to take care of the family. So she sent someone to invite me to arrange a marriage for her son, Gu Ming."

Shen Yu's hand trembled, spilling some water on the ground. She used both hands to hold the ladle, added water to the two bowls, and then turned and left.

After putting down the ladle, Shen Yu picked up a broom and wandered around the yard, her ears always pointed towards the main room.

Yang Fenglan said, "That's a good thing. That child is enthusiastic and hardworking."

“He’s a good person, but his family…” Du Meiniang shook her head.

The Gu family is all well, but they are so poor that they leave two grains of rice even when a mouse comes.

"Mei Niang, do you mean this marriage is not going to go well?"

"It's not that it's hard to say. I know a family here who don't ask for a bride price, but the girl has a leg problem and can't do farm work. Aunt Gu said she doesn't mind and asked me to ask the girl's family what they think."

“In my opinion, that girl shouldn’t refuse. The reason I shook my head is because I felt sorry for her and it was a pity,” Du Meiniang said.