Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 213: Matchmaking, telling Lu Daqing a stupid person?

After lunch, Yao Qingnian took the long strips of bean dregs that were drying in the winnowing basket, cut them into pieces, and continued to take them to the yard to dry. Lu Huaijin took the initiative to come over to help, but Yao Qingnian ignored him and neither of them spoke.

When she finished all these, it was already late. She got up, washed her hands, poured two cups of milk tea and sat in the yard. Since he helped her with the work, she poured him a cup as well.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the courtyard gate. Widow Wang arrived before she did, but her voice was first: "Yao Qingnian, do you have anything to do tomorrow?"

"What's the matter?" Considering that Widow Wang had not caused him any trouble recently, Yao Qingnian asked her to come in and sit down.

"Are we going up the mountain to pick fir mushrooms tomorrow?"

In October, fir fungi are rampant. They generally grow at the roots of trees such as pine and fir, hiding under light brown pine needles or among tender grass. They are rich in nutritional value.

"Picking mushrooms?" It sounded like fun, and since she had nothing to do tomorrow, it would be nice to go into the mountains and take a look, so she agreed.

"If you want to go, you have to go early, otherwise it will be gone if someone else grabs it first!"

At this time of year, picking mushrooms and selling them in the city can bring a considerable income to ordinary families.

"Well, let's meet at the village entrance tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go back first." Widow Wang wanted to say a few more words to Yao Qingnian, but when she saw Lu Huaijin sitting nearby, she felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so she left after the two of them had their say.

As soon as she left, Lu Daqing came over: "Huai Jin, are you going hunting in the mountains tomorrow? You've been at home all day since you came back. You haven't been active for a long time, and you feel uncomfortable all over."

"Ok!"

"Brother Daqing, can you help me ask Shuangshuang if she wants to go pick mushrooms tomorrow? I have an appointment with Widow Wang. If she wants to go, she should meet at the entrance of the village at dawn tomorrow."

The embroidery workshop happens to be closed tomorrow, so we can invite more people into the mountain to help out, so that they can be taken care of if anything happens.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask her later."

"Then sit down and I'll pour you a cup of milk tea."

"Okay!" The milk tea tasted sweet and he quite liked it.

At dinner time, Lu Daqing was kept by Liu Shuyue.

Everyone sat together to eat and chat, and talked about Lu Daqing's lifelong event. Without Ge, there was no one to worry about it. Lu Minghai mentioned this matter and asked Liu Shuyue to help worry about it and see if there was a suitable one. Lu Daqing was getting old, and if he didn't get married, no one would be willing to come to their house.

In fact, Lu Daqing is only two years older than Lu Huaijin. He is in his twenties and is in the prime of his youth. However, people in ancient times got married early, and those who are still unmarried in their twenties are considered to be older single men and women. It is usually difficult for such people to find a partner, as others would think that there is something wrong with the person or that his family conditions are not good enough.

In fact, Lu Minghai also asked famous matchmakers in the area, but when others heard that Lu Minghai was divorced and Lu Daqing was so old, they were unwilling to let their daughters marry him.

"Daqing, I heard that the matchmaker found a marriage for you, how is it going?" Liu Shuyue asked with a gossipy look on her face.

"Aunt, don't mention it!" Lu Daqing sighed and told them everything.

A few days ago, the matchmaker finally found a girl and asked Lu Daqing to go over and take a look. The girl was pretty good-looking and he was quite satisfied at first. However, he never expected that the girl didn't say anything for a long time and just kept grinning at him foolishly. What a fool! It turns out she is a fool.

Lu Daqing was unhappy on the spot. Although he was a little old, he had been to the battlefield and had hunting skills. He would not marry a fool. His younger brother was a scholar. If he told others about it, would his younger brother still have dignity in the future?

He walked away, and the matchmaker was also annoyed, pointing at his nose and scolding: "At your age and with your family's conditions, it's good enough that you can get a wife, but you are still picky, you can do it, what's wrong with being a fool, a fool looks handsome, isn't it enough for him to be able to have children."

"She's so good, why don't you let your son marry her?"

"You..." The matchmaker was so angry that she was fuming.

Lu Daqing directly offended the matchmaker, who threatened that she would never help the Lu family to be a matchmaker again.

"Daqing, it's okay. Auntie will keep an eye out for you and will definitely find a good one for you!" Liu Shuyue comforted him.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Lu Daqing originally thought that Huai Jin had only been married for two days, and was no different from him as an old bachelor. However, he never expected that Huai Jin not only had a wife, but also a son. His wife was also very skillful, made money and took care of the family. He could only envy her.

So he was a little anxious. He agreed to give it a try when the matchmaker introduced him to someone, but the matchmaker actually introduced him to a fool, so he just gave up and thought to just let things take their course. At worst he would be alone!

"Do you have any requests?" Liu Shuyue asked with a smile.

"Aunt, what can I ask for? Just be not a fool!" Lu Daqing was already disheartened and had no requests.

"Hahahaha!" This made Yao Qingnian and the others burst into laughter.

The next morning, just after dawn, Yao Qingnian had breakfast, packed up his things, and went to the village entrance with Lu Huaijin. Widow Wang was already waiting there.

"Yao Qingnian, why do you have to bring your husband with you when you pick mushrooms? You two are really in love." Widow Wang teased.

"There's nothing I can do! He just loves to stick to me." Yao Qingnian said shamelessly, while Lu Huaijin on the side was secretly delighted.

"Oh my! You're not ashamed. Let's go! Many people have already set off." Widow Wang urged.

"Let's go!" The two prepared to set off.

Lu Shuangshuang ran over with a basket in her hand: "Sister-in-law, wait for me!"

"Shuangshuang, I thought you weren't going."

"I got up late, hehe! Good morning, brother Huaijin, my elder brother is behind me."

"Well, you guys go first! I'll wait for him here." Lu Huaijin asked them to go first and stayed there waiting for Lu Daqing.

The three of them walked up the mountain and came to a pine forest. Widow Wang bent down skillfully and pulled away the fallen pine needles, revealing a yellowish-brown mushroom.

"Look! No one has been here before, we're sure to have a good harvest today!" Widow Wang excitedly held up the mushrooms in her hand. The three of them agreed to act separately and not go too far. They should stay in this area and gather here when they have picked enough mushrooms.

So the three of them walked in different directions.

Yao Qingnian first imitated Widow Wang and picked away the fallen pine needles. Just at the beginning, she saw a pile of several mushrooms close together.

"Oh my, this is a great gift pack for beginners. I see so many mushrooms right away."

Yao Qingnian squatted down excitedly, picked the mushrooms carefully and put them into a basket covered with grass.

With the temptation of these flowers, Yao Qingnian became interested and continued to bend down to look for mushrooms. After a while, he found some more...