When there were still three days before the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Zhang wrote out the list of talents in the city that she had scavenged in the past few days, and specially called Mrs. Zhou, ready to discuss with the other party to see which one was most suitable for Zhou Xiaoxiao.

"This Sun family is a scholarly family, and his little son is about the same age as Xiaoxiao, and he has already become a waiter at a young age, and his future is unlimited." Mrs. Zhang pointed to the first place on the list and introduced with a smile.

This Sun family is also Mrs. Zhang's most optimistic family, and the relationship between the Zhang family and the Sun family is not bad, if Zhou Xiaoxiao thinks that the other party can, she can help make peace.

I thought that such a person could make Mrs. Zhou's heart move, but I didn't want the other party to smack my lips with disgust, "Reading people are not good, chewing words all day long, sour and sour, there are so many brothers and sisters in the family, Xiaoxiao will definitely suffer if she marries in the past." ”

After speaking, she caught a glimpse of Mrs. Zhang's slightly embarrassed expression, and immediately gathered her disgust and held the other party's arm, "Sister, you are helping us Xiaoxiao choose a better one, don't want these readers, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Okay, let's take a look at the next one." Mrs. Zhang laughed and crossed out the Qian family on the paper with a brush.

Mrs. Zhou laughed twice, leaned on the other party's shoulder affectionately, pursed her lips and continued to look down.

Mrs. Zhang coughed lightly, pointed to the Qi family under the list, and introduced: "The Qi family is in business, and most of the children in the family are also in business, and they also have a lot of friendship with the people in the officialdom. ”

"Tut-tut, people who do business are all good at calculation, and their families are so rich, they must look down on us! In this way, if Xiaoxiao marries in the past, even if she does not suffer, she will definitely be looked at. As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou shook Mrs. Zhang's arm and begged, "Sister, can you find us a better one?" ”

"Okay."

Mrs. Zhang crossed out the Qi family, looked at the few talents left on the paper, sighed secretly, and continued to introduce Mrs. Zhou.

But unsurprisingly, all the people introduced, Mrs. Zhou did not have a satisfactory one, there were many brothers in the family, too rich did not want, and the poor naturally did not consider it, and finally there was a person who had no elders in the family, and was in the officialdom, and had a similar background to the Zhou family, and Mrs. Zhou disliked the other party's age......

In the end, the names of all the people on the list were crossed out one by one, and Mrs. Zhang was completely helpless, and couldn't help complaining: "Sister, you are so picky and thin, when will you find a suitable person for Xiaoxiao?" ”

"Sister, I know it's hard for you to go around to find out about the situation of these people, but imagine that these people can't even pass my level, how can they get into Xiaoxiao's eyes? You're right? Mrs. Zhou hugged Mrs. Zhang's arm and kept begging: "You have worked hard, find some more people, so that you can pass my pass, right?" ”

"Sister, most of the young men from good families in this city are here, where can I find you again? Sister, I really can't help it. Mrs. Zhang sighed, pulled out the arm held by Mrs. Zhou, got up, and said a little angrily.

After working hard for so long, I didn't get a word of thanks, but I was disgusted, and no matter how good Mrs. Zhang's temper was, she couldn't bear it.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou's eyes rolled, she hurriedly changed her tone, and said aggrievedly: "Sister, you don't know, why am I so harsh?" That's not because I've suffered so much over the years, I don't want Xiaoxiao to follow in my footsteps! ”

Seeing that the other party turned his back to her, but still refused to turn back, Mrs. Zhou bit her lip, pinched her thighs fiercely, forced out a little tears, and whimpered and said: "Sister, if you dislike the trouble of our mother and son, just say it, let's go back!" It's a big deal, let Xiaoxiao never marry for the rest of her life......"

As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou cried genuinely and falsely, covering her eyes with a handkerchief, and her shoulders trembled slightly.

Listening to the sound of continuous sobbing behind her, Mrs. Zhang softened her heart, she turned around and walked into the other party, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said in a low voice: "Sister, don't cry, I didn't mean that." ”

"Sister, I know we're bothering you, but if I can help Xiaoxiao find a good family, why should I sell my family's house and come here to find you?" As she spoke, Mrs. Zhou wiped her tears, raised her eyes to look at each other, and bit her lip aggrievedly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang's heart softened completely, she helped the other party to sit down, and comforted: "I know it's not easy for you, don't worry, I'll ask again, and by the way, I will go to the matchmaker to inquire, and I will definitely find a good family for Xiaoxiao." ”

Mrs. Zhou sniffed, nodded with red eyes, "Thank you, sister." ”

"It's all a family, say no thanks." Mrs. Zhang wiped the tears from the other party's cheeks, "Okay, go and wash your face, don't let Xiaoxiao see you like this." ”

"Hmm."

Seeing Mrs. Zhou leave, Mrs. Zhang sat on the chair, looked at the messy list on the table, leaned back on the chair very weakly, closed her eyes and sighed softly, thinking: If the sister of the person she is looking for is still not satisfied, what should I do?

I can't go on like this forever, and Xiaoxiao can't really not marry for the rest of her life, right?

Otherwise, I should go to a proper matchmaker and ask now?

Mrs. Zhang, who was silently calculating in her heart, had already pinned her last hope on the matchmaker.

Inside a greenhouse in the suburbs.

A lot of vegetables have grown in the greenhouse, and they are growing well. In order to test whether this greenhouse can grow crops, Xiaoman also specially opened up a small area in the greenhouse and planted a few wheat, corn and so on.

It's not a big place, so there are only a few of them planted in each of them, after all, it's just an experiment.

Originally, he thought that the land of Canglan was not suitable for Donglan's crops, but looking at the wheat and corn seedlings that had grown strongly, Xiaoman was still very pleased, thinking that if such a technology matured, it could be promoted to the entire Canglan, and then they would no longer have to spend high prices to buy rice, noodles and other things.

"Madame!" Emerald trotted in from outside beaming, "The carriage is ready, let's go!" ”

The Lantern Festival is about to start in a few days, and Xiao Man wanted to go back to the house to prepare the day before the Lantern Festival started, but because more and more people signed up one after another, Wang Dacui and He Miao in the house couldn't support it, so Xiao Man had to go back early to preside over the overall situation.

Xiao Man nodded, patted the soil on his hands, and said, "Okay, Jade, you can come with me." ”

Saying that, Xiao Man leaned sideways and instructed Pearl, "Let's go first, I don't have time to come back in the past few days, you must guard the greenhouse, if outsiders come these days, you must be vigilant and vigilant, don't let him mess with things, you know?" ”

"Madame, don't worry, I'm sure I'll be able to keep it, so you can rest assured to go and play." Pearl waved goodbye to the other party.

She went back to the house and changed her clothes, and then took her own sachets, handkerchiefs, and other knick-knacks, and got into a carriage with Jade and drove to the city together.

These handkerchiefs and sachets were all made by Xiaoman when she had nothing to do, and she originally wanted to give them to Mrs. Zhang, but after seeing Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Xiaoxiao, she felt that it was not appropriate to just give Mrs. Zhang, so she made a few more so that she could give them together.

On the way back to the city, Jade couldn't suppress her excitement, the corners of her mouth were curled, her eyes were filled with joy, she was so excited that she looked like she wanted to jump up in the carriage.

Seeing this, Xiao Man couldn't help but quip: "Look at you like this, it seems like you have never entered the city in your life." ”

"Madame only takes pearls back every time, and every time she puts me in the suburbs, I haven't been in the city for several years!" Jade pouted and complained.

"I know, I'll take you with me in the future, are you satisfied?" Xiao Man smiled.

Jade smiled, got up and playfully owed, "Mrs. Xie." ”

While the master and servant were talking, they also entered the city of Bei'an, sat down for a while, and the carriage drove to the gate of the county lord's mansion.

Because she had already learned the news that Xiaoman would come back, a group of people in the house greeted her at the door early, and when Xiaoman got out of the car, she and Jade were really taken aback.

I saw that there were people standing in front of the county lord's mansion, but except for Wang Dacui and He Miao, who were standing at the forefront, and the maids in the housekeeper's family, she didn't know any of the people standing behind, and they looked very raw.

"It's... What does this do? Xiao Man frowned a little uncomfortably, stopped in place and didn't dare to move forward.

The housekeeper took the initiative to step forward and said with a smile: "Madam, you haven't come back for too long, everyone misses you very much, no, everyone heard that you were coming back, so they all took the initiative to come out to greet you." ”

As he spoke, the housekeeper made a gesture of please, "It's windy outside, madam, please come in, go back to the house and sit." ”

Xiao Man nodded, and then pointed to the girls standing behind Wang Dacui and the others, and said suspiciously: "These people are ......?"

"These are all the girls selected this time, and they are all going to learn the craft from the embroidery girls, because they happened to know that the lady was coming back, so they all came out to greet them." The housekeeper stepped forward with Xiaoman and said, "Madame, take a look, are you still satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied, satisfied." Xiao Man nodded, then hurriedly put away the shock and surprise on his face, and smiled at everyone.

With so many people, they have already been selected, and it is conceivable how many people have signed up before, no wonder Wang Dacui asked the maid to send a message saying that he couldn't support it.

Thinking about it, Xiao Man and Jade returned to the main hall of the courtyard, rested for a while, and then sent someone to call Wang Dacui and He Miao.

When the two arrived, she sat down in her seat, frowned, and asked, "Are you sure you all chose people according to my criteria?" How can there be so many? ”

"Madame Hui, these people have been screened according to your requirements." Wang Dacui said.