The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 234 Finding a Matchmaker

Han Qianluo wandered casually in the market, and always paid attention to the things sold by the small vendors on the left and right, most of which were more common goods, such as selling meat, vegetables, eggs and other agricultural and sideline products, as well as firewood. carbon.

Han Qianluo was walking leisurely with a rabbit in his hand, and suddenly saw a very young peddler on the side of the road, saying that he was too young, he could only be called a teenager.There were only a few pots in front of this young peddler, she felt a little strange and curious, so she walked over and asked, "What's in this pot of yours?"

The peddler was very happy when someone came to inquire, and quickly replied: "These two jars contain honey, and the jar contains my own pickled fruit with honey. Ma'am, would you like to buy some?"

"Pickled fruit by yourself?" Han Qianluo couldn't help but raise his voice and asked back.

"Yes, they are all the fruits grown by myself. Madam, please taste them. They are very sweet and delicious." The young peddler hurriedly sold them, untied the cloth covering the jar, reached out and took out a pickled fruit and handed it to him. To Han Qianluo, "Madam, you can try it."

Han Qianluo took it and put it in her mouth and tasted it. It was indeed very sweet, but she didn't think it was very delicious, not even as delicious as the one she made herself, because this one was only sweet and had no other taste at all, so it was not good. No matter how delicious it is, I will naturally not buy it.

"How about it, ma'am, do you want to buy some?" The young man asked quickly, looking at Han Qianluo expectantly.

Han Qianluo shook her head and said that she would not buy it, and then she saw the young man's face collapsed and looked very disappointed, which made her feel a little funny, but even so, she would not buy it, but she was right The honey was very interested, so he asked, "Where is the honey, how do you sell it?"

"Three hundred coins a jar." The boy replied hastily, rekindled his hope.

"Three hundred Wen, is it too expensive?" Han Qianluo said habitually, bargaining habitually.

The boy's eyes widened immediately when he heard it, and he looked a little disbelieving: "Ma'am, how can three hundred Wen be so expensive, and I collected it from the wild. It takes a lot of bees to have such a big jar of honey." Woolen cloth."

Originally, Han Qianluo planned to bargain again, but when he heard the young man say that it was picked from the wild, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​bargaining: "I bought these two jars of honey." After speaking, he handed the six hundred coins to the young man.

"Thank you ma'am." The boy said with a bright smile on his face.

Seeing such a bright smile, Han Qianluo's gloomy mood improved a lot since she came out. She returned to her usual indifference, and decided to go back with the rabbit and honey. On the way home, she suddenly thought that, in fact, She can also make candied fruit herself and sell it, maybe it will sell well.

Back home, Han Qianluo hurriedly went to her mother's house to find her elder brother after putting down her things. She felt that she had to remind her elder brother to prevent Han Shui'er from making any troubles.

"Brother." Han Qianluo shouted as soon as he entered the door.

"Xiao Luo, what's the matter with calling me?" Han Qingquan asked as he came out of the room.

Han Qianluo looked around, and said in a low voice, "Brother, you should pay more attention to the second sister, I don't think she is the same Han Shui'er as before."

"Is it because she stabbed Xiao Sun with a needle in the morning?" Han Qingquan asked.

Han Qianluo nodded, and said in surprise, "Brother, how did you know that the second sister told you?"

"The long-term workers working in the yard next door told me, but Shui'er also told me." Han Qingquan said lightly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

But Han Qianluo was still a little angry when he thought of this incident, so he became a little emotional: "Brother, don't you think Han Shui'er like this is terrible, he is so kind to the servant in front of us, so polite that he said Thank you, it's really..."

Han Qingquan put his hands on her shoulders: "I know all this, Xiao Luo, don't worry, Big Brother will watch her."

Now that the eldest brother has said so, Han Qianluo is relieved. In her opinion, Han Qingquan is much better at doing things than her, and is much more reliable. Since he agreed, there will be no problem, so he Feel free to go back and prepare lunch.

During lunch, Han Qianluo talked about this incident and recounted the period.Liu Linchu paused after listening, and then replied: "I think you should first find out what kind of mistake this second sister made to be sent back, and whether it is possible to go back, and if it is not possible to return to Yushifu , then she will definitely live at home for a long time."

When Han Qianluo heard it, it seemed that they really didn't know why. They didn't think to ask, and Han Shuier didn't say anything. She nodded and said, "I see. I'll go over after dinner."

She went there after lunch, and when she got there, she found that Han Shui'er was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, embroidering flowers with an embroidery needle in her hand, as if she was embroidering a peony, and when she saw her coming, she showed a gentle look She smiled and said, "Xiao Luo is here, what's the matter?"

"No, I'm just a little bored, so come and have a look." Han Qianluo said as he went into the room and pulled out a chair, sat opposite her and watched her embroider.

Although Han Shuier's movements are still as proficient as before, the embroidered things are obviously worse than before, probably because he has not practiced in the past two years.

But these are not what Han Qianluo cares about. She just wants to know what mistake Han Shuier made, so she asks after a while: "Second sister, where have you been for the past two years? My eldest brother and I have been looking for not you?"

"I didn't go anywhere, but at the mansion of a big family in the city." Han Shui'er didn't raise her head when she spoke, but the movements of her hands were a little slower, as if she was distracted from speaking and made her movements unsteady. So coherent.

"Really, that's really great, I've never been there before." Han Qianluo pretended to be envious and said.

Han Shui'er smiled, and looked a little proud: "The big family is completely different from the people we usually see. The rules are very strict. If you make a mistake accidentally, you will be kicked out of the house. I am He was driven back like this." Speaking of this, Han Shui'er had a sad face.

It's just that if you say this sentence, you don't say it. Han Qianluo naturally knows that Han Shuier was kicked back because of a mistake, but what kind of mistake did she make, but she can also hear it. I won't go back. It seems that Han Shui'er will live at home for a long time.

Han Qianluo thought, since Han Shui'er is going to live at home for a long time, it is better to quickly find someone else to marry her off, but she still needs to ask for her opinion on this matter, so she said: "Second sister, you will also marry her this year." I’m 17 years old, and I’ll be fine after another year.”

"Yeah, it's going to happen in the blink of an eye, and Xiaoluo, you are also married." Han Shui'er sighed.

Han Qianluo immediately took it and said, "Second Sister, you should get married too. You should have gotten married before you went out, but it's not too late now, why don't I go tell Matchmaker Sun?"

"No need." Han Shui'er immediately objected, and seemed to realize something was wrong after she finished speaking, and quickly added, "Those ladies from rich families only get married when they are around 20 years old. I think it must be wrong for them to do so." Because it is better to get married later, so I think we should also get married later."

Han Qianluo would not be troubled by this reason, she immediately said: "Second sister, you are almost 20 years old, and after all, we are not a rich family, we are just ordinary common people, we all get married early, and the better ones are also It was all settled early on.”

"Our family's conditions are not bad now, and we are different from those people. If we still marry those common people, we will be looked down upon by others, so we should find those rich families to marry." Han Shui'er said.

Although Han Shuier's words sound good, but Han Qianluo will not be deceived by her. Doesn't she just want to marry a nobleman? Whether it was before or now, she just wants to marry a nobleman.

"Whether you're looking for a rich family or someone else, you should act early, otherwise you won't be able to find a reliable one. Well, I'll go find a matchmaker tomorrow." Han Qianluo said firmly.

Afterwards, Han Qianluo told her eldest brother about this matter, and her eldest brother did not object, so she went to the city to find a matchmaker the next day, and easily found a matchmaker named Xiong, who was said to be very powerful. The success rate is quite high, so I decided to find this bear matchmaker.

According to the address given by others, Han Qianluo found the matchmaker's home. The door was rarely open. A young woman was weaving in the yard, and beside her was a two-year-old boy who was stumbling around on the ground. .

"Excuse me, is this the home of Matchmaker Xiong?" Han Qianluo asked loudly standing at the door.

Startled by the voice, the young woman weaving raised her head, so she came to the door and asked, "Yes, ma'am, what can you do with my mother-in-law?"

"I'm here to see Mrs. Xiong for something. I don't know if she's at home?" Han Qianluo asked again.

Only then did the young woman come to her senses, and quickly invited Han Qianluo into the room, poured her a glass of water and said, "Mother-in-law will be back soon, madam, please sit here and wait for a while." He sat down next to her and chatted with her.

After a while, a hale and hearty old lady came in from the outside. Seeing the old woman, the young woman stood up quickly and said, "Ma'am, this is my mother-in-law, the person you are looking for."

"Who is this lady?" The old woman also saw Han Qianluo and asked with doubts on her face.

(End of this chapter)