32. Propose marriage
Although the second young master indignantly insisted on not wanting to marry Zhang Douyao's daughter, he finally nodded under the coercion of the eldest young master. At this time, there is no such thing as "free love", whether it is a man or a woman, they don't pay much attention to their marriage, as long as the elders arrange it, in the end, whether they want it or not, the supremacy will agree.
The next day, the eldest young master sent five henchmen to Chengcheng * County with gift boxes and quickly went to Chengcheng * County to have a relationship with Zhang Douyao. The trip was extremely smooth, Zhang Douyao was actually baffled by the relationship between the Ma family and the shirt family, and thought that he had offended the eunuch party, and was panicking. Hurriedly welcomed the five knife hands into the house to eat and drink, and when the knife hands showed their intentions and said that they wanted to marry each other's daughters with him, Zhang Douyao didn't think about it, and agreed in one bite.
The rest of the matter was logical, and the relationship between the two families suddenly became better, as if they had never fought before, and they had stumbled each other, and the correspondence began to become frequent. Today you send me a gift box, tomorrow I will send you a gift box, the horse in front of the gate of the Ma family is galloping, either the swordsman of the eldest young master, or the henchman of the Zhang family......
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it coldly and decided not to mix it up anymore.
In the blink of an eye, March is the most beautiful time of the year. But this year's spring was not very comfortable, the temperature was still very low, as if the winter had not ended, and the air was very dry. Normally, there would have been several spring rains at this time of year, but this year there was no rain...... It was supposed to be the season of revival, but as far as the eye could see, the earth was still an earthy yellow.
Occasionally, there is another color in this yellow, and it will not be green, but the figure of farmers in sackcloth working in the fields. What else is there to plow in this field? Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The drought has begun for many years, and no matter how good your experience in planting crops is, you can't grow crops without drinking water.
On this day, a team of people from the Zhang family visited, and among them there was a matchmaker wearing a big red robe, which turned out to be the Zhang family who came to propose to the third lady. Marriage matters, according to the orders of the parents, through the matchmaker, the first step is to propose. Swap "Geng sticker", this thing is the birth of the eight characters, the matchmaker will get the "Geng sticker" in hand, press to the bottom of the net teacup in front of the statue of the Stove Jun, in order to measure the divine will, there is no abnormal situation within three days (the bowl is broken, the food is rancid, the family quarrels, the cat and the dog are uneasy), it means that the Stove God agrees to this marriage, so it enters the next step, "row the eight characters", and compare the male and female Nian Geng and the zodiac to see if there is a "conflict" situation.
There are many particularities in this, such as the chicken and the dog, why? Because as the saying goes, chickens and dogs are restless! If the rooster and the dog become married, the house will be restless in the future. For example, the tiger and the tiger and the sheep cannot be married, why? Because the sheep fell into the tiger's mouth, one party was destined to have a short life.
After the matchmaker came to the Ma family, she first asked the eldest young master for the third lady's "Geng sticker", pressed it in front of the statue of the stove king, and walked around the entire Ma family compound casually, presumably to observe whether there was any abnormality in the house. Because she was not familiar with her life, Ma Qianjiu took Zhu Yuanzhang to accompany the matchmaker, and the three of them walked around the courtyard together.
The three of them walked all the way, and the matchmaker was full of happy words, praising the luxury of the Ma family's compound for a while, praising the majesty of the Jinshi pole in front of the door for a while, praising the second young master for being handsome, and praising the third young sister for being virtuous...... Anyway, the matchmaker's mouth is not reliable, she has never seen the third young sister at all, how can she know that she is virtuous?
The three of them turned to the inner courtyard, which was very quiet, and a few maids walked under the porch with wooden basins, which were filled with water and looked very heavy. One of the maids is actually the third young sister's underwear little maid purple heart, she is very small, and she brought a large basin of water, seeing the matchmaker, Ma Qianjiu, Zhu Yuanzhang three people coming, she seemed to be a little flustered, stumbled under her feet, and fell to the ground with the basin, "bang", the wooden basin broke, the water in the basin splashed in all directions, wetting the boss a piece of land, and the water almost splashed on the matchmaker and Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Oops!" Purple heart suddenly cried: "Oh no, I spilled the water...... Woohoo......"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes are so sharp, he can hear it in just a moment, there is no sadness in this little girl's crying, this is fake crying, right? Why did she come here to fake a fall, and then fake crying?
Oh, got it! Looking at the matchmaker standing in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately realized that the matchmaker was deliberately throwing it to the matchmaker, so that the matchmaker felt that something unusual had happened in the Ma family when she was "measuring the divine will", and Zao Junshe did not agree to this marriage...... It seems that the third young sister doesn't want to get married yet, so she sent purple heart to act, right?
Ma Qianjiu didn't see that the little maid faked a fall, and thought that something abnormal had really happened at home. There was a hint of nervousness on his face, for fear that the matchmaker would be unhappy, if the relationship between the Zhang family and the Ma family could not be negotiated this time, the relationship between the Zhang family and the Ma family would deteriorate, which was not what the eldest young master wanted to see. He couldn't help but hate Purple Heart Vegetable angrily, if it weren't for the matchmaker in front of him, he might have scolded her.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the purple heart deeply, and he didn't pierce it, but thought to himself: A woman's way to solve the problem is really naΓ―ve and ridiculous, do you think this fake fall can dissolve the marriage? It's too much to underestimate this kind of marriage with family interests. Don't say that you just broke a basin of water, even if you broke the family heirloom, the matchmaker will pretend not to see it.
Things were as Zhu Yuanzhang expected, the matchmaker was also instructed by the Zhang family, no matter what, she had to negotiate this marriage, how could she care that a little maid broke the basin, raised her head, as if she didn't see the purple heart, walked over gently and skillfully, and said happy words in her mouth: "Yo, what a cute little girl, your Ma family even has such aura, and Miss will not be bad, I think this marriage can be done." β
Purple heart cabbage lying in the sewage, with a look of disbelief on her face, she has fallen like this, and she is still cute? Nimbus?
The three of them crossed the puddle that the purple heart fell out of, continued to walk forward, and after a few steps, a big dog came out from behind the door, barking wildly, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the dog was a maid who rushed over after deliberately whipping it, and it seemed that he was creating "cat and dog uneasiness" to show the matchmaker.
However, the matchmaker didn't take it seriously at all, and smiled: "Your Ma family's dog is really in good spirits!" β
After a few steps forward, two very beautiful maids were fighting in the flower courtyard, and they were very messy, their clothes and hair were very messy, their heads were unkempt and their faces were black, and they were completely unorthodox. A maid's bun was torn open, and her long silky hair was draped and scattered over her shoulders. The buttons on the chest of the other maid actually tore off two, fortunately it is not summer, the body is thick, although the buttons of the coat are gone, the small jacket inside is still protecting the spring, otherwise it will be a shame and a big loss.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly in his heart: These three young ladies don't seem to want to get married, and they actually launched so many maids to act, it really hurts her, but unfortunately, it's still too naΓ―ve, even if you kill someone, the matchmaker will pretend not to see it.
The matchmaker really didn't care about the maids fighting, but smiled: "These two maids have a really good relationship!" β
As soon as she said this, the two maids who were fighting suddenly couldn't fight, and stood dumbfounded, with a deep sense of disappointment projected in their eyes......
The matchmaker turned to Ma Qianjiu and smiled: "Steward Ma, I have seen the situation of the Ma family in my eyes, and the Zao Jun Society obviously agrees to this marriage, let's go and test the eight characters now." As long as the eight characters do not clash with each other, the marriage can be decided. β
Ma Qianjiu was overjoyed and said, "No problem, please ...... here Let's go to the antechamber to talk. β
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Steward Ma, I won't go to the front yard, Miss's birthday, I'm not easy to mix, I'll go back to the side yard." β
"Okay, you're on your own!" Ma Qianjiu led the matchmaker to the front hall in a hurry.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, waved his hand at the two maids who were still standing in a daze, and said, "Go and tidy up your clothes and hair!" β
"Yikes!" The two maids only reacted now, they were too involved in the fight just now, and the buttons of their clothes were torn off a few times, which was indeed a little indecent, and the two girls ran away like rabbits with arrows.
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and whispered to a small bush next to him: "Come out, don't hide there." β
The bushes shook lightly twice, and a dirty little maid came out, the corners and sleeves of her clothes were wet, and her knees were also wet, which turned out to be purple cabbage. After she faked the fall, she didn't even bother to change her clothes, so she secretly followed the matchmaker, wanting to see the matchmaker's reaction, but he was very disappointed, no matter what means the maids used, the matchmaker was indifferent at all.
"Purple heart, did the third young sister arrange for you to come out to act?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
"yes...... Pity...... Completely useless...... Woo woo...... "Little purple heart is really crying this time."
"Don't make a fuss, little kid temper." After saying this, he was a little funny in his heart, Zixincai is only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and the third lady has just turned fifteen this year, the master and servant are originally two children, and it is normal to have a child's temper. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "If two big families want to marry, how can you destroy it with such a small means?" Go back and persuade the third lady to wait for the marriage. β
"However, the third young sister doesn't want to get married." Purple heart became anxious: "Miss's son was originally doing well, but she suddenly married into another family, which is too unreasonable." Brother Zhu, everyone said that you have a great plan, and even the county master can't win against you, so you can help the third lady find a way. β