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Before the school in the village chief's house opened, Yu Hongdou received news that her eldest cousin wanted to break off the engagement and her second cousin wanted to go on a blind date.

My eldest cousin has been engaged for almost a year. Originally, they planned to arrange a wedding date after the spring plowing season this year.

I don’t know if it’s because of what happened in the Yu family recently, but it seems that both sides are not very friendly.

Even though the reputation of Yu Sanlang and Yu Silang's wealth has spread throughout the surrounding villages, there has been no movement from my eldest cousin's husband's family.

This is a bit wrong. Even if the other party is not trying to curry favor with others, he should not be so cold to the future in-laws.

The wheat seedlings in the field have grown very tall, and the man has not yet sent anyone to ask for a date, let alone send anyone to explain the situation. The people in the first wife's house are getting restless.

Zhang went straight back to her parents' home to look for her brother's wife, but was turned away. It was said that her brother's wife's whole family had rented a house in the provincial capital to accompany her child's study, and the provincial examination would be in half a month.

The fact that her nephew passed the imperial examination was a matter of great importance to her mother's family and her younger brother and sister-in-law's family. Not to mention that Zhang didn't dare to look for him, even if she wanted to, she couldn't go to the provincial capital.

I wanted to find a matchmaker to ask, but my daughter Ginkgo said that asking a matchmaker would make it seem like their family was expecting a lot, so it would be better to find someone to take a look privately first.

Zhang listened to her daughter and went around to find her brother's sister-in-law's nephew, gave him two hundred coins and asked him to help check the situation.

In the end, the other party didn't even bother to look at the child. After receiving the money, he directly told Zhang that her future son-in-law was probably not going to be okay, as his family was in a mess, and he probably wouldn't be able to take care of the marriage for a while.

Zhang was so angry that she was almost exasperated. If she hadn't been unable to find anyone in the city, she would have really rushed over and scolded her matchmaker sister-in-law to death.

The eldest wife is the most powerful one in the family, and neither Yu Dalang nor Zhang have any connections, so they don't know what to do in this matter. However, Yu Dalang is the eldest son who has been pampered after all, so when he is in doubt, he just calls his father.

Even though he was a little annoyed with this son and daughter-in-law who were stupid but thought they were smart, the old man really couldn't ignore this matter.

Firstly, it is not easy for women to survive. If they don't marry well, not only will they live a miserable life, but they may also let down their parents' family. This is very clearly reflected in the old man's two daughters. The eldest daughter let down her parents' family, and the second daughter lived a miserable life.

Secondly, the eldest granddaughter has two granddaughters. Even if the family is divided, you can't write two Yus with one stroke. What if they are affected?

The second wife will arrange a blind date soon because the eldest granddaughter's marriage has been disrupted. I'm afraid that even the most kind-hearted second son will hate the eldest son.

Alas, Grandpa Yu felt sad and heavy. For the first time, he felt that having so many children was not a good thing. But he still resigned himself to his fate and went to find acquaintances in the same industry to inquire about the specific situation of the family that his granddaughter was engaged to.

This colleague had been saved by the old man before because he prescribed the wrong medicine, and he happened to have some relatives in-law with that family, so he told the truth to Mr. Yu.

"That kid was visiting a brothel in the county town with someone and offended a local thug, who beat him up and scared him. When he got home, he was more breathing than breathing. He has been hanging on for days. I heard that his family is hesitating whether to hold a wedding to bring him luck." Speaking of holding a wedding to bring him luck, this person gave Grandpa Yu a knowing look.

The purpose of getting married for good fortune in this situation is obviously to let his granddaughter marry and become a widow. Grandpa Yu no longer likes his eldest son's family and is now angry. This is simply too much!

After leaving behind a piece of aged Polygonum multiflorum and thanking his colleagues, the old man returned home angrily. The first thing he did was to ask his eldest son and daughter-in-law to find someone to cancel the engagement.

Originally, the other party was in the wrong in this matter. If the woman wanted to cancel the engagement, the family who did not want to make a mortal enemy would readily agree, and even give some compensation. After all, if the woman canceled the engagement, it would be somewhat detrimental to her reputation.

But that family seemed to have found someone to support them. Not only did they not cancel the engagement, they also turned the tables and said that the daughter of the eldest wife of the Yu family was unlucky. If the son was fine, it would be fine, but if the son died, they wanted her, Yu Yinxing, to be buried with him.

He was originally not interested in the wedding date, but suddenly changed his attitude and raised it directly.

"You're planning to have a ghost marriage." When the old lady heard what the other party said, she knew that the other party had malicious intentions.

"They dare! Even if I risk my life, I will never let anyone humiliate my Yu family like this." The old man frowned.

"Why don't you write a letter to the fourth brother, and then talk to the third brother? After all, they are brothers. If the eldest brother is not good, will it make their brothers feel good?" The old lady was silent for a while, then looked up at her husband and asked for his opinion.

The old man closed his eyes and exhaled, then opened his eyes, looked at his old woman and nodded.

……

In the third branch of the Yu family, Yu Hongdou was carefully examining the test product brought by Duan Zhuangtou.

First of all, it was the horn soap. Duan Zhuangtou and Duan Yuan were really smart. They did not just stick to the old ways. Instead, they learned from experience and made new molds, added new shapes and patterns to the horn soap, and even dyed it.

"Farmers' clothes are often exposed to the sun, so they fade quickly. Some people use indigo and madder to dye their clothes. I'll let them try." Duan Zhuangtou pointed at the colored soap and was a little hesitant, fearing that the young lady would blame him for acting on his own.

"Well done!" Yu Hongdou nodded in praise, and decided to give Duan Zhuangtou some bonus when he made money.

The soap was made very successfully, but because oil was expensive, during the test, the frugal farmers used the leftover soapnut paste to experiment and unexpectedly discovered that soap could be formed with very little oil, or even no oil.

However, it takes a long time to air-dry, and the horn soap produced is relatively hard, without much foam, but it can be used for cleaning.

"The cost of this method is a little lower. I think I can sell it to ordinary families. After all, there are very few soapberries on the market now, and not every place has soapberry trees available." Duan Zhuangtou was encouraged and expressed his idea.

Yu Hongdou was stunned for a moment. She really didn't expect that soapnut soap could be made without oil.

Because the recipe in the game that she remembered, as well as the bloggers who replicated the recipe on the Internet, all used oil, she naturally assumed that oil was a necessary ingredient.

Yu Hongdou praised Duan Zhuangtou again, and praised the farmers who found new methods because of frugality. She felt that she should express her gratitude, so she said: "You have done a good job. When our horn soap is on the market, I will give you money."

Modern people who have suffered from the beatings of society know how empty this sentence is, but Duan Zhuangtou didn't know it. After hearing this, he was like a chicken with blood injected. His face turned red with excitement. He rubbed his hands and bowed deeply to the lady who was only as tall as his thigh.

Yu Hongdou stepped forward and personally helped Duan Zhuangtou up. This manor and the people in it seemed really useful at the moment!

She decided to give Tan Bailu some more benefits to express her gratitude and also let this young man from Beijing comment on her things.

See if it can be presented as a gift to the Tan family in the capital, and then spread through the Tan family, to build up a reputation first, while also holding up the Tan family's banner, so that it will not be copied or plundered by interested parties as soon as it is launched on the market.