books44 Chapter 45 Two Matchmakers, Performing a Grand Show
Chapter 45 Two Matchmakers, Performing a Grand Show
There always needs to be a reason for a matchmaker to bring two families together, and Meng Fuqing wanted to know why the two matchmakers had come to her house.
As if grasping at a straw, the matchmaker Wang said very enthusiastically, "I was sent by the Li family. They said that their fourth master has taken a liking to you, so I came."
The matchmaker, Tian, hesitated for a moment, then looked at Shan Qiyu and said, "Your aunt came to me and asked me to be your matchmaker, little sister. Actually, I don't think this marriage is a good match, but your aunt said that you chose it yourself, so I came. If I had known you didn't know, I wouldn't have come."
Wang the matchmaker gritted her teeth and glared at Tian the matchmaker. This woman was always good at this kind of thing!
Hearing this, Shan Qiyu remained completely unmoved. "I am from Mengjia Village, and I always will be. Let them save their energy!"
For no apparent reason, she didn't want to say she was a member of the Meng family, only that she was from Mengjia Village.
Being a resident of Mengjia Village means she has harmonious neighbors, helpful fellow villagers, and three lovely children.
The matchmaker, Tian, stammered in agreement, not daring to utter another word.
"I see." Meng Fuqing nodded, then turned to the villagers and said, "Please, fellow villagers, escort these two old ladies out of our Mengjia Village properly. It would be best if you were very hospitable, so that they don't hold a grudge and speak ill of our Mengjia Village when they leave the village."
The villagers immediately became lively.
Someone shouted, "Qingya is right! The people of Mengjia Village are the most hospitable. Please, you two!"
"Our whole village saw us off. Do you two think that's warm enough?"
When Wang and Tian, the matchmakers, saw the men from Mengjia Village standing in the courtyard, at the gate, and on the wall, eyeing them menacingly, their desire to leave vanished instantly, and they trembled, not daring to take another step forward.
Is this a farewell? Or is it sending them to their deaths?
Tiger and the others barely managed to suppress their laughter. They exchanged glances, then pushed through the crowd. Tiger, with a straight face, made a "please" gesture.
The two swallowed hard, exchanged a glance, and took a step forward as if facing certain death. When they finally managed to squeeze out of the crowd, their neatly combed hair was now disheveled.
The onlookers followed the two towards the village entrance. Some even went home during the standoff and threw rotten vegetable leaves at the two.
"We don't have much meat at home, so we'll just have some vegetable leaves to serve you two. Please don't mind!"
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Seeing the people who wanted to take her mother and older sister being escorted away by the villagers, Meng Ali followed them.
He frowned, not quite understanding why the villagers had been so angry before, but then became so...enthusiastic after the older sister said something. He was a little angry.
He only cheered up again when he saw someone throwing rotten vegetable leaves at the two old women, and he walked with the person towards the village entrance with his head held high.
Halfway there, the crowd was blocked by the village chief, and Meng Ali was also blocked by Meng Ranran.
Meng Ranran asked anxiously, "What happened? Did something happen at home?"
She was still at her master's house listening to his teachings when a figure ran past the door, then retreated back to the door and shouted at her, "Ranran, what are you doing here? Aren't you going home to check on things? Something's happened at your house!"
One sentence instantly reminded Meng Ranran of the night her father died. She was so terrified that she couldn't speak, and tears streamed down her face. She wanted to go home, but her legs were too weak to move.
Her appearance startled everyone in the courtyard, and it took Dr. Zheng two acupuncture treatments to calm her down.
After that, Doctor Zheng gave the boy who had spoken a thorough dressing-down. The village chief wanted to take her back to see what had happened. From a distance, they saw a group of people on the road and followed them.
“Nothing happened, Second Sister,” Meng Ali said proudly, pointing to the two grandmothers wearing red flowers in their hair. “We’re seeing the guests off!”
From the front came Meng Bochang's incredulous voice, "Seeing guests off? Is this how you see guests off?"
Everyone hurriedly offered their explanations, and when Wang the matchmaker and Tian the matchmaker heard someone call out to Village Chief Meng Bochang, they immediately tried to exonerate themselves as if they had grasped at a straw.
It sounded like dozens of ducks were quacking in his ears. Meng Bochang had to shout at them to come one by one. It took him a long time to figure out what was going on.
He was furious after hearing this. Of all people to mess with, he had to provoke Meng Fuqing!
The two matchmakers thought that the village chief of Mengjia Village, who had patiently listened to their complaints, was a reasonable person, and their worries eased a little.
In the blink of an eye, they saw the village chief with a stern face say to the two of them, "Shao Yuan is dead, but our Meng clan is still here. As long as they, the orphans and widows, live in Mengjia Village, we will protect them."
“You two should go back to where you came from. Our small temple in Mengjia Village cannot accommodate such big shots as you! I have seen you this time. You had better think twice before stepping into our Mengjia Village again!”
After saying that, he told the villagers, "Alright, everyone stop making a fuss and let them leave."
With the village chief intervening, the villagers, no matter how reluctant they were, had no choice but to disperse.
On this day, both Wang and Tian, the matchmakers, had completely lost face. After this incident, it was uncertain whether they could keep their jobs as matchmakers. At the moment, they couldn't think about that; they only wanted to leave this village as soon as possible.
Seeing that no one was blocking their way, they carefully walked towards the village entrance, glancing back every now and then, afraid that someone might catch up with them.
Seeing that no one was chasing them, they quickened their pace and eventually started running, like unlucky souls who had been kidnapped by bandits and barely managed to escape down the mountain.
After crossing the bridge to the river, the two matchmakers, panting heavily from exhaustion, glanced at each other and simultaneously felt a surge of relief at having escaped a calamity.
Having gone through thick and thin together, the two embraced and wiped away their tears, calling each other "older sister" and "older sister" repeatedly.
After crying, Wang the matchmaker wiped away her tears, and remembering what Tian the matchmaker had said earlier, her face changed faster than the summer sun.
"What kind of talk was that? Are you trying to impress me? You say you didn't know anything? You don't know anything my ass! You think that old woman from the Shan family didn't come to me? If I hadn't had the conscience to refuse, would you have gotten this job?!"
The matchmaker, Tian, was stunned by the insults directed at her. When she came to her senses, she put her hands on her hips and spat all over Wang's face.
"Bullshit! Do you have a conscience? It's clearly because the Li family's red envelope was too generous that you couldn't bear to part with it. If you accepted the Li family's, would you accept the Yang family's? You, Wang Guifen, should thank me. If it weren't for me, would you have been able to leave Mengjia Village unscathed?"
The matchmaker was shocked by her words, "Is there any more shameless old woman in the world than you? You don't want the red envelope from the Li family? Do you think they would even look at you?!"
The two matchmakers started arguing back and forth, and when they couldn't decide who was right, they started cursing at each other. In the end, they tore each other apart, and the old sisterhood was completely wiped out with their tears.
Until the laughter reached their ears, they turned around and saw that the people of Mengjia Village were really idle, now standing on the other side of the bridge watching them fight to relieve their boredom.
This time, the two dared not linger there and ran away quickly.