The ancient life of a master craftsman

In July, the heat is unbearable, and the village and fields are filled with heat. If someone walks through the village at noon, they will sweat profusely without a cup of tea. The villagers have avoided the hottest day at noon At this time, someone was driving a carriage back from the official road. After a closer look, it turned out to be Yunhe.

Back then, when Yunhe failed in the factory recruitment, some people laughed at him, and even his own brother didn’t help him, just watched him suffer from poverty. Now the people who said these words have already slapped their mouths and their faces are swollen.

Where is he not helping, he prepared the property for his brother alone, the owner of Yunmu Garments, the busiest clothing store in the town, is Yunhe, and there is also the Qianxiu Pavilion custom-made store, the owner is Yunhe's elder brother-in-law, Specializing in tailor-made clothes, at least one tael of silver for a piece of clothing, thieves make money.

The villagers only need to count how many people went to the tailor shop to buy clothes in a day, and how many people went to Qianxiu Pavilion to order clothes, and they would feel jealous.It was white silver, gushing into his pocket like running water.

There is no marriageable child in the family, and there is no one who does not want to be in-laws with the Yun family or the Mu Xiaozhu family, but the Yun family has only two children, both of whom are already married, and the Mu Xiaozhu family is the same, so Yunli's friends became friends. He became the most sought after brother and girl in the village.

Especially for the three people who have not been engaged, countless people come to ask every day, even from other villages. Brother Qing couldn't take it anymore, and ran to Yunli's house for refuge every day, or Mu Xiaozhu's house .

Mu Xiaozhu's stomach is already very big now, and I don't know if it's because of the bad image at the beginning. It's much more difficult for him to raise this baby than others. The sour preserved fruit that came back allowed him to eat.

But the symptoms of nausea didn't subside until mid-June, but Yunli accidentally noticed that he was frowning when he was wearing shoes. After checking, he found that his feet had swelled to one and a half widths, and his legs were also swollen. The shoes were already thickened. It's too big, but his feet will swell even more, and it hurts even when he walks.

Hu Zhicheng had to massage Mu Xiaozhu for a long time every day, and occasionally helped Mu Xiaozhu relieve his cramps at night, and when Mu Xiaozhu fell asleep, he had to remember to turn him over to save his back from being unbearable.

Brother Xue and the others often come over during the day to help take care of Mu Xiaozhu, and at the same time take the opportunity to avoid those who are courting them.

Their parents are not the kind of parents who would go against their children's wishes. After knowing clearly that they have no intention of getting married, they rejected the matchmaker's visit early, and occasionally some relatives and friends who pretended not to understand the meaning would politely say people sent away.

It made many people in the village feel sad and lost a chance to get rich, but the blind date has become more and more popular. Now every family has some money in their hands, and it’s okay if they don’t get married. Work, a little longer is enough.

At this time, Matchmaker Zhang became the most popular person in the village, because she was able to find portraits of more than [-] girls for the Hanzi's family to choose from, and arrange a meeting if she liked them.

The girls in the portraits are all fresh and fresh, just like the girls raised in a larger family, and they immediately captivate the souls of men who have never seen such girls.

Listening to Zhang Matchmaker's praise, how is this girl so good, what is she doing at home, from which village, she has a gentle personality and respects her parents, not only the blind date man is fooled, but even the man's parents are fooled. up.

"Don't miss such a good girl. If you want me to tell you, you should meet with her first to get to know her better." Zhang Matchmaker persuaded.

The man's family is inevitably moved, so let's meet up, Zhang Matchmaker immediately smiled brightly, "Big brother, there are not many girls like this, I will give you an address, you go and meet first, But I also want you to take a sneak peek for the love of the same village, so don't ruin the girl's reputation recklessly."

Matchmaker Zhang explained how to meet the woman with the man in detail. For the sake of the woman's reputation, they did not go directly to the woman's house, but made an appointment at a teahouse in the town. When the time came, the man would sit at the same table and the woman Sitting at a table, it looks like meeting by chance, as long as you keep quiet, no one will know.

At first, the man thought it was a bit troublesome to do so, but after hearing Zhang Matchmaker say that it was for the woman's consideration, he could only admit it.

So one after another, men of marriageable age in Huaimu Village went to a certain teahouse in the town. At first they came back with smiles on their faces. look.

"Hey, I'm here today to tell you about this, young man, you really don't know how to behave, and the girl doesn't like you." She raised the red cloth scarf, "But it's okay, you are still young, and you are still young." If you can find another good one, don’t worry too much.”

After speaking, he shook his head regretfully and left.

Originally, a blind date depends on whether the two parties have a good relationship. It’s not surprising that the woman didn’t like the man, but the teahouse where they went on a blind date was very expensive. A cup of the most common tea costs two hundred cash. This makes many people feel distressed up.

I couldn't help but accidentally brought it out while chatting outside. I thought I would be laughed at, but the other party slapped me, "I feel bad too, my silly boy even ordered two cups of tea, and the four hundred coins were gone in a flash." , the daughter-in-law didn't see it either, but it made me mad!"

"Hey? Your kid also met at the teahouse in the town? Mine did too!"

"What a coincidence? Who introduced your family?"

"Matchmaker Zhang, she said that she is the daughter of a tofu seller in the town, and she wants to find an honest man to marry, so she thought of my boy, let her look at her."

"My house too!"

"You were all introduced by Matchmaker Zhang? My house is the same. Which teahouse did you go to? Is it the Pearl Teahouse?" Another woman who heard it came over and asked.

In the last chat, they were all brought together by matchmaker Zhang, and they all went to the Pearl Teahouse to see each other. In the end, it was the woman who didn't like the man.

As soon as the news spread, more and more people had this experience, and some even went to the Pearl Tea House to visit each other two or three times. Every time they went, they paid at least [-] Wen for tea. A lot, who is willing to spend this money?

Some people reacted, "This matchmaker is not colluding with others to cheat us of money?"

"what?"

"Can't you?"

But the more the man thought about it, the more he felt that her son was good-looking and had a job to earn money, and every brother in the family was fighting for property. If he really wanted to marry his daughter, wouldn't they be the best family?As a result, in Zhang's matchmaker's mouth, it became that the woman felt that her son was rude and was not happy.

Then listen to the reasons why other people were rejected, they are not too different, isn't this just a scam?

This statement gradually convinced every family who was led by Matchmaker Zhang. One family found out that they might have been cheated, and went straight to old man Yun to complain.

"Village chief, you have to decide for us, this matchmaker Zhang is too much!" The woman was filled with righteous indignation, but old man Yun was still smoking his pipe calmly.

Old man Yun waited for her to finish complaining, put out the dry cigarette, and put it on the table, "Dashu's family, is your family rich? You dare to go to a teahouse with a cup of tea for two hundred yuan. Your monthly wages for Xiaoshu are enough to drink." How many cups of tea?"

The old man of Dashu's family blushed. Her son was reluctant to go in at first, but when he heard the price that Xiaoer said, he wanted to leave even more, but she was stopped by her eagerness to marry a daughter-in-law, and lost two hundred coins money.

Now that he had heard the village chief's lesson, he was even more troubled, muttering and not daring to make excuses, and old man Yun knew from her unwillingness to give in that she definitely didn't think he was at fault.

Shaking his head helplessly, "It's done, you go back, I've made a note of this, don't talk nonsense when you go back."

The Dashu family had no choice but to go back first. One person came to the door, and the others were not far behind. They all came to old man Yun to make decisions, and some went to Mu Laosan, who was scolded by Mu Laosan and told to go back. Home and other news.

The next afternoon, Mu Laosan came to Old Man Yun's house full of anger, "Mu Sheng, what do you think about this matter? We haven't found evidence, so it's hard to say that Matchmaker Zhang cheated money."

The old man Yun was also worried about this. He originally wanted people to follow Matchmaker Zhang quietly to see if she had discussed with others about cheating money, but Matchmaker Zhang didn't know if she had heard the news, so she hid at home and did not go out. If someone with a bad temper comes to settle accounts with her, she has a lot of reasons to wait.

People like the matchmaker are eloquent, and they can turn black into white, not to mention that no one has caught her, so she can't be blamed.

Now the upsurge of blind dates in the village has subsided a lot, and even those who have been engaged before have calmed down now, and many of them regret it in their hearts.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. After the new year, although the factory did not recruit permanent workers, it recruited short-term workers a few times, basically once every half a month. Day laborers moved the goods in the warehouse to the carts that came to take them away.

Although it only takes one day at a time, the number of people needed is quite a lot, 20 people each time, which has an extra income of [-] yuan a month, and Li Enbai hired many villagers to build the house. , the wages are fifty cents a day.

Calculated in this way, the income of about half of the people in the village this year is much higher than that of previous years. Looking at the savings, every household can spend the New Year in peace and stability, but they are a little dizzy.

On the contrary, the incident of being cheated on a blind date made many people calm down. Seeing that their family was only able to eat enough, they stopped showing off all day long and went to work in a down-to-earth manner.

But the cheated money can't just be forgotten!

The old man Yun thought for a long time and found no good solution, so he went to Li Enbai to discuss it. With the fame of being a child, Li Enbai's image in his father-in-law's mind has grown a bit taller.

Hearing old man Yun's difficulties, Li Enbai also immediately said, "Father, let me investigate this matter, just wait for my news, don't worry, if Matchmaker Zhang really does such a thing, there will always be loopholes, I will Found it."

"Hey! If you find out, come and tell me. We haven't had this kind of food in Huaimu Village for many years. If you really must teach Matchmaker Zhang a lesson, the villagers will also improve their memory. How much do you save, and you dare to go to a teahouse to drink a cup of tea for [-] Wen, do you think it is plausible?"

"It's really outrageous, I will go to the factory to remind the workers." Li Enbai comforted the angry old man Yun.

After seeing old man Yun away, Li Enbai called Shuangzhong, "Close the Internet cafe."