Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 504: Was this also fate?

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

 

Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian also needed to make proper arrangements for Luoshishan.
After a month of planning, they would go to Nanchang to hire some professionals who worked in printing, dyeing, and embroidery, as well as a few experienced shopkeepers, accountants, and workers.

If everything went well, they could also buy a few shops and Nanchang to decorate.
After the cotton was mass-produced, they could sell them in the shops and make their brand famous.

Yuhe count was too small on its own and the publicity would not be effective.

At the same time, Aunt Zhang’s house was still being finished and would take another month.
However, Lian Fang Zhou was too impatient to wait and went over to congratulate her early with a glass of wine.

With Third Aunt around, they had enough people to support Aunt Zhang and give her family face.

Everything was going well and Lian Fang Zhou’s plans were bearing fruit.
She just didn’t expect that a few days after returning from the Yang family village, a matchmaker would come to their door!

Lian Fang Zhou did not have a good impression of the business instincts of matchmakers.

Although matchmakers were eloquent and thick-skinned, they still didn’t outright lie.
They wouldn’t praise a girl with bad skin as looking like a fairy and they absolutely wouldn’t dare to describe a poor family as wealthy.

Because if they did, it would be tantamount to smashing their own brand and ruining their job!

A matchmaker like this, who would dare to hire her?

However, a plain girl could be praised for being kind and good natured while a poor girl could be called handsome and honest, all extremely motivational.

All in all, they worked hard to lure people into traps.

So it was true that these types of people were not very popular, especially the uninvited ones.

However, there was no marriage without a matchmaker and these people were indispensable.

It was a really weird contradiction.

The matchmaker who came to the Lian house was surnamed Liu.
Like many other matchmakers, she wore a big, red silk flower, which was the matchmaker logo.
She was also wearing a relatively new purple dress, which the combination of made people feel a little disgusted.

At first, Lian Fang Zhou thought that the woman was here to propose a marriage to Lian Ze.
After all, he was fourteen now and it was not too early to make a match.

But Matchmaker Liu turned her eyes to Lian Fang Zhou.
Smiling, she praised and complimented, comparing her to a flower, until Lian Fang Zhou was too embarrassed to listen.
Third Aunt was so happy, she laughed.

Seeing that neither Lian Fang Zhou or Third Aunt seemed to have any irritation, Matchmaker Liu felt very confident.

She flicked her handkerchief and finally got to her main purpose.
Smiling, she said: “Miss Lian is very blessed! I came here specially to congratulate Miss Lian today! With a character and appearance like Miss Lian, she should be matched with a good-looking and talented gentleman! I’ve found just the one—”

“What did you say?” Lian Fang Zhou and Third Aunt said together, their faces immediately changing.

Annoyed, Lian Fang Zhou interrupted the matchmaker without waiting for her to answer: “Are you here to match me?”

Matchmaker Liu was taken aback.
She had not expected Lian Fang Zhou to have such a firm personality.
Which young girl didn’t blush and run away when she heard a matchmaker’s words? Even if she didn’t run away, shouldn’t she still be a little shy?

At least don’t ask me so bluntly, okay!

Matchmaker had spoken to countless people and could tell at a glance that Third Aunt was an easier target than Lian Fang Zhou.
It had been her wishful thinking that Lian Fang Zhou would run away shyly and leave Third Aunt to handle the matter.

She was 99% sure that Third Aunt would agree to the marriage.

It was just a pity that reality was too far away from her plans.

So much so, that Matchmaker Liu didn’t know how to answer.
She opened her mouth a few times but said nothing, only managing to keep her smile on her face.

“Please go back.” Lian Fang Zhou said politely, holding back her annoyance.
“I have no plans on getting married right now.”

“That’s right! You go back first, we will naturally hire a matchmaker when we need one!” Third Aunt agreed.

However, matchmakers were best at wrapping their words.
If one or two words were enough to dismiss them, could they still be called a matchmaker?

Moreover, Lian Fang Zhou and Third Aunt had not given a complete no and the hope in Matchmaker Liu’s heart still took root, almost unbreakable.
There was absolutely no reason to just leave!

“Oh!” Matchmaker Liu twittered, flicking her handkerchief again.
“Even if you don’t plan on getting married now, you still plan on getting married later, right? Besides, isn’t it better for Miss to get engaged now? Make the engagement first and it doesn’t matter if you get married a year or two later! This kind of thing, it’s not bad to settle early and make preparations!”

She was like a dogskin plaster, you couldn’t even drive her away with a broom!

After thinking about it, Lian Fang Zhou asked: “Which family are you here for?”

Matchmaker Liu felt like she was choking again.

Smiling dryly, she looked at Lian Fang Zhou and then at Third Aunt.
“This, this, Miss Lian, don’t you want to step outside for a moment? I will explain everything to your third aunt in detail…”

“Don’t be troublesome!” Lian Fang Zhou rebuffed her right away.
“You can say it in front of me.
Whether you are successful or not is my decision!”

“I’m just afraid you will be too embarrassed to ask me about these things in person!” Matchmaker Liu smiled in desperation but she had no choice but to continue.
Smiling, she said: “Then I will tell you, Miss Lian! In fact, this family is very good and very wealthy, they are—”

“Tell me who they are first.” Lian Fang Zhou interrupted her again, smiling without humor.
“As for the kind of person and their family’s situation, I will send someone to inquire.
I’m not afraid that I can’t find out more then what you can tell me.”

Matchmaker Liu could not refute these words.
Obviously it was too easy for Lian Fang Zhou to inquire about people now.

Her heart frozen, Matchmaker Liu smiled sarcastically and said: “It’s fate that this family is destined to be with Miss Lian, you can’t hide from it! The family is Old Man Wu from the Yang family village and his youngest son, Yuan Huai He! Didn’t Miss Lian almost marry his older brother, Yang Huai Shan earlier? It’s a pity that this marriage fell through.
Yang Huai He is a good boy, very good! It’s fate!”

 

Lian Fang Zhou actually listened calmly to Matchmaker Liu’s words without getting angry.
However, even after she finished speaking, Lian Fang Zhou did not say a word, which made Matchmaker Liu’s scalp feel numb.

“It’s fate, right? The heavens have destined Miss Lian to match with the Yang family! Miss Lian also thinks this marriage is good, right?” Matchmaker Liu forced herself to laugh alone.

“You actually dare to bring an offer from the Yang family!” Third Aunt was so angry, she cursed.
“That old woman of the Yang family actually dares to send over another offer? She thinks we’re too easy to bully, is that it? How did you become a matchmaker, what’s wrong with you!? Our Fang Zhou and the third child of the Yang family exchanged letters back then, what nonsense are you talking about with your eyes open?”

Third Aunt slapped her thigh.
“Back then, that bitch did a lot to ruin that marriage and scolded Fang Zhou over nothing! Now we are living a better life and she’s doing such a shameless thing, trying to replace the third child with the fourth, she really thinks the men of the Yang family are made of gold!”