Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 203 Matchmaker Zhang doesn't care about that

Mrs. An chimed in, "Our grandmother, grandfather, and mother are all sick from anger and are now lying in bed. Our daughter is crying in the house out of anger! Folks, think about how our little girl would feel if someone came to propose marriage to her."

The villagers around were also talking about it: "If this happened in my house, I would beat him out with a broom."

"Isn't this equivalent to selling the child? Not to mention the Su family, even if our family is so poor, we would not agree to it."

"Widow Zhang is really cruel. She is just after other people's money."

"Everyone knows her little tricks, and she doesn't even consider her own situation."

"I didn't expect the Su family to be so powerful. I didn't realize it before. When honest people get angry, they can be scary."

"The Su family has done so many good things for the village. We must not learn from Widow Zhang's ungratefulness."

Village Chief Li said to Widow Zhang with a bad look on his face, "Gou Sheng's mother, this is your fault. You could have asked privately in advance, but you shouldn't have asked a matchmaker to come directly to your house. You are ruining someone's daughter. We are from the same village. You did the wrong thing. I hope the villagers will not follow her example in the future."

Then he said to Su He's father, "Your family is angry now, so let's leave it at that! If you are not allowed to go out, what will happen if your family is angry? From now on, this matter will be over and no one will mention it again."

One shouted to the surrounding villagers: "No one is allowed to mention this matter in the future. If anyone does this shameless thing again, I will not clean up the mess. It is up to the victim to beat or scold him. You all have children, so put yourself in their shoes before you speak out."

The villagers all started to make a noise, saying: "We won't talk about this kind of thing..."

"Don't worry! Village chief, everyone knows what to do if they don't have children..."

"We are not so shameless as to do such a thing..."

"Let's stop here. I won't talk nonsense..."

Su He's father bowed to the village chief to thank him, and called his people to go back. They turned around and left quickly. They didn't listen to the villagers' discussions anymore. Anyway, they had done their job today to scare the monkeys, and no one would be blind in the future!

The village chief said to Gou Sheng in a bad tone: "Talk to your mother. This is an ill-considered thing. This is the Su family. If other families in the village do this, they will fight with your family."

Gousheng smiled bitterly and apologized: "Yes, yes, Uncle Li, I will talk to my mother about it later."

Widow Zhang stopped crying and making a fuss. She still didn't dare to make a fuss in front of the village chief. She would have to ask for help from others in the future. She just cried and propped up her table and stool to see if they were broken. She felt very lucky.

The village chief waved his hands around and shouted, "Everyone, go away! Go do what you need to do."

Seeing that there was nothing more fun to watch, everyone followed the village chief and went home. I still had a lot of work to do at home, so I hurried home.

Widow Zhang was so angry that she cursed and tidied up the yard with Gou Sheng, and then she went back to her house to rest. When she opened the door and saw Matchmaker Zhang still in her house, she was furious and said, "Matchmaker Zhang, you just hid in the house and watched me being scolded, and you didn't come to help?"

Matchmaker Zhang said awkwardly, "I was scolded just now. If I go out, they will beat me. I am just helping to matchmake, and I can't sacrifice my life for it. Besides, you only gave me one or two taels of silver, and you didn't give me the rest. I have already done what I should do."

Widow Zhang was so angry that she had a headache. She hurriedly chased them out: "Alright, you haven't done anything yet. I think one ounce of silver is not enough. Go away! Our family is in chaos now."

Matchmaker Zhang was not ashamed. She brushed her hair and said with a smile, "Gou Sheng Niang, I'm leaving now. Come to me if you have any problems in the future. This is not a big deal. Just think positively. If this family doesn't work, there are other families. Let me find another one for you. There will always be one who is willing."

Widow Zhang became even angrier and didn't want to talk anymore. She waved her hand and told her to leave quickly, saying that she had been troubled all day.

Matchmaker Zhang said nothing more, pinching her handkerchief and turning away. She was very happy in her heart, no matter whether it was successful or not, at least she got a tael of silver. This matchmaking was done well, and I hope to meet more people like widow Zhang in the future.

Not far from Zhang's house, Matchmaker Zhang started walking happily. This was not a big deal. As long as she could make money, she didn't care what happened between the two parties.