003: Back to the old business
"Where are you going?" An indifferent magnetic male voice came from inside the car.
I thought it was some kind of uncle sitting inside, but I didn't expect it to be a young man with a nice voice.
"Whatever! I'll go wherever you go! As long as I can get out of this hellish place, I can go anywhere! Of course Xiao Jiu doesn't pick so much, and besides, she doesn't know what areas are in this space, so she can only live with fate.
After a while, I only heard the man inside say to the coachman, "Take her for a ride." ”
"Thank you, big brother, thank you, big brother!" Seeing the man compromise, Xiao Jiu was very happy, jumped into the carriage and sat next to the coachman, and shouted sensibly inside: "I guess the eldest brother definitely doesn't like outsiders to sit with you, so don't worry!" I'll just sit outside! ”
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After a long journey of about an hour, Xiao Jiu had already fallen asleep in front of the car, and when the car stopped, the coachman was about to wake up Xiao Jiu.
"Wait." The man inside gently lifted the curtain at this time and said to the coachman: "Uncle, you can wake her up when I leave, and give her this by the way." ”
After the words fell, the man gave the coachman a bag and got out of the carriage.
The coachman allowed the man, and the man finally thanked him, glanced at the sleeping Xiao Jiu, turned his head and left.
After seeing the man walk away, the coachman woke up Xiao Jiu according to what he promised: "Girl, girl, it's here, wake up!" ”
Xiao Jiu was woken up, rubbed his eyes and looked at the streets full of people, his heart was happy, and he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, uncle, thank you, big brother!" She thought the mysterious kind-hearted man in the car was still there.
Seeing this, the coachman smiled, and put the things the man gave him into Xiao Jiu's hand, "This is what the boy gave you just now, you can take it and leave!" ”
Xiao Jiu's face was full of doubts, and after the carriage left, she opened the so-called bag given by the man.
Incredibly, it was full of broken silver!
As if he had seen something terrible, Xiao Jiu wrapped it up and hid it in his arms in the next second, and looked around, for fear that someone would see this "huge sum".
"Why are you giving me money?" Hiding in an alley, Xiao Jiu was still puzzled by the sudden money, and he was puzzled.
But after calming down for a long time, she decided not to think about it, and just let the man pity her for the money.
Later, with the ancient times he had learned before, he asked around, and finally found a small house that could be rented, fully furnished, and the price was particularly humane, and the bag of broken silver given by the mysterious man was just enough to rent for half a year.
This means that within half a year, she must start from scratch and make a fortune to continue her survival in ancient times.
went to the pawnshop, stolen the jewelry from Xiao Baoer, and temporarily changed the living expenses for a period of time.
Thinking of the shabby dress on her body that looked like it came from the countryside, Xiao Jiu gritted her teeth and took out some of the money to go to the tailor shop to customize a set of her exclusive "red lady dress"
That's right, from now on, she, Xiao Jiu, will return to her old business and become a matchmaker!
It seems that the matchmakers in ancient times were called matchmakers, and matchmakers were all big mothers.
This original owner, Xiao Jiunian, is only fifteen years old, and I am afraid that no one will believe this face when he goes out to say goodbye.
Okay, then change your name, put on makeup, and pretend to be a little more mature.
In the future, it will be called Xiao Jiuniang!
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"Hello, auntie!"
After settling down and rebuilding his identity, Xiao Jiu began to carry out the first step of the plan: to advertise for himself!
It took two days to get acquainted with the residents within a radius of 100 miles, fortunately, there are quite a lot of residents in this place, every time she walks on the street, looking at the lonely men and women coming and going, Xiao Jiu wishes that this is the gold owner who can give her silver taels in the future.
"Yo, the little girl moved in two days ago, right?" Xiao Jiu finally stepped into the stage of visiting the door, but he didn't expect the neighborhood's lady to be very enthusiastic, and invited her to dinner as soon as she came, "Have you eaten?" Why don't you come in for a meal? ”
Xiao Jiu was frugal, so he naturally entered the eldest mother's house with a cheeky face, and said with a smile: "Hehe, eldest lady, you are really enthusiastic, I did just move in a few days ago, this is not a good few days, and I should also have a relationship with the neighbors, so that we can get along in the future!" ”
Xiao Jiu saw that this eldest lady had a kind face, and her heart was also relaxed, "Auntie, my name is Xiao Jiuniang, you can call me Ah Jiu, you can also call me Jiuniang, in short, you can call it as smooth as you like~"
The eldest lady served the hot dishes and hot rice, and replied kindly: "I see that you are still like a girl's family, your name is Ah Jiu!" Auntie, my surname is Mei, you can call me Aunt Mei! ”
"Okay, Aunt Mei!" After introducing each other, Xiao Jiu sat down and couldn't help but swallow as he looked at a table of dishes that were a hundred times better than his usual ones.
I have been in ancient times for so long, and I haven't eaten a full meal, but now this is a delicacy for Xiao Jiu.
Aunt Mei seemed to see Xiao Jiu's urgency for the food on the table, smiled, handed her a pair of chopsticks, and said, "Are you hungry?" Let's eat first, at this hour, your Uncle Mei can't come back from the takeaway ravioli. ”
"Aunt Mei, your family runs a chaos shop!" When Xiao Jiu heard this, he immediately took the chopsticks unceremoniously and started eating.
"It's not our family, it's my son-in-law's family, this old man sees the hard work of the little couple, and goes to help every day." Aunt Mei looked at Xiao Jiu, who was a little wolfing, and asked, "Ah Jiu, you shouldn't be a local, right?" Isn't it afraid that a girl's family lives here alone? What about your loved ones? ”
Xiao Jiu paused for a meal, pursed his lips and replied: "Don't hide it from my aunt, I'm an orphan, and there is no money to be made in the place where I stayed before, so I thought about changing places, so I came here." ”
"Well... Then you're quite pathetic? By the way, how do you make money as a girl? ”
Finally got to the point! Xiao Jiu swallowed the food in one bite and hurriedly replied: "Auntie, I am a matchmaker, and I specialize in pulling red threads for people!" Do you know anyone who has unmarried children at home? Can you help me preach and publicize, so that I can take over some business earlier~"
"Oh, you're a matchmaker at such a young age? Really? When Aunt Mei heard this, it was really incredible, and she looked Xiao Jiu up and down, "You don't look like you're eighteen, right?" Do you really talk about matchmaking? ”
Xiao Jiu was a little embarrassed, if he really couldn't really show his makeup skills under today's capital, "Hmm...... Oh, you can't look at the surface, auntie! Although I look young, I've been a matchmaker for a long time, so believe me! ”
Aunt Mei smiled, "It's not that I don't believe it, it's incredible, at a young age, I didn't expect that my ability to speak is not small." seemed to think of something, and said to Xiao Jiu: "By the way, the son of the Jiang family ten miles away has no marriage match over the age of twenty, and he has found us here when he finds the matchmaker, but he still hasn't succeeded." I heard that there is a lot of money for the matchmaker, and if it succeeds, it will be ten times more rewarding, if you think you can, why don't you try? ”
When Xiao Jiu heard this, he instantly became interested, and hurriedly asked, "Is it really fake?" I found so many matchmakers and didn't say that they were successful, what is the reason? Is the man too old, or too ugly, or has a hidden illness? ”
"There is no hidden disease, and the appearance is okay, if you want to say that you are old, in fact, as long as the family background is good, there are girls who will follow you no matter how old you are, the main reason is that Jiang Dagongzi is unwilling, and his attitude is so tough that the people around him wonder if he doesn't like women, so his family is getting more and more anxious, even as long as it is a woman, as long as Jiang Dagongzi will want it!"
"Oh~ Say it like this~" I heard that there was a place to make money, Xiao Jiufan didn't have the heart to eat, put down his chopsticks and thought for a while, and finally decided to take this seemingly difficult list.
"Auntie, how can I find them?"
"If you really want to try it, I'll tell Aunt Xi in front of me that she and the Jiang family's housekeeper are cousins, and then you will wait for the Jiang family to come and invite you to be the matchmaker!"
"Ahh Thank you, Auntie! ”
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I thought that this first list would wait a little longer, but I didn't expect Aunt Mei's help to be so fast, and on the second day, the Jiang family found Xiao Jiu.
"May I ask who is Xiao Jiuniang?" Steward Wu knocked on the door cautiously and politely.
After a while, Xiao Jiu opened the door, and when she saw a group of people dressed differently outside, she realized that it was someone from the Jiang family, "I am Xiao Jiuniang, may I ask who you are......"
Steward Wu saw that Xiao Jiu was so young, and he was obviously a little suspicious when he saw it, but the name was not right or wrong, and Steward Wu didn't say much, so he could only do what he was told, "I am the housekeeper of the Jiang Mansion ten miles away, I heard your name from afar, my lord specially sent me to invite Jiuniang, can you say a family affair for my eldest son Jiang Heng?" ”
When Xiao Jiu heard this, he was suddenly happy in his heart, but he was steady and mature on his face, and he was not shocked, so he pretended to think about it, and then replied: "Then please ask the housekeeper to take me to understand the basic situation of your son." ”
"Okay Jiuniang, Jiuniang here, please."
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Chiang Mansion.
It's been a few days since ancient times, although Xiao Jiu has seen some rich people's mansions, but this is the first time he has actually entered it.
As soon as he entered the Jiang Mansion, looking at the construction and planting around him, Xiao Jiu already understood why the Jiang family could give so much money to Jiang Heng to say goodbye, because their family was not short of money!
"Master, Xiao Jiuniang is invited."
Entering the living room, the housekeeper first arranged for Xiao Jiu to sit down, and then called Master Jiang.
"Serve tea to the guests!" Master Jiang's face was extremely kind, "It's really Lao Jiuniang who came all the way to come in person." ”
Xiao Jiu learned the etiquette of the ancients and shook his head slightly: "It's all trivial, I like to pull the red line all my life, pray for good fate, and I can't say how happy I can look at the people I have pulled up." ”
Master Jiang smiled, and did not question Xiao Jiuniang's appearance too much, thinking that people should not be good-looking, and pinned his previous expectations on Xiao Jiu: "Jiuniang, the old man sees that you are the same age as my unfilial son, I believe that you can have common words with him at that time, persuade him a lot for the old man, let him obey the marriage as soon as possible, and marry a good daughter-in-law for our Jiang family as soon as possible." ”
"Naturally, Master Jiang, don't worry, wait for me to meet Jiang Gongzi, have a deeper understanding, and give me a few more days to find a good girl, and strive to let you fulfill your wish as soon as possible." Xiao Jiu swore that he seemed to be angry enough to be able to successfully complete this list.