Chapter 140: Be an old bachelor for a lifetime

The matchmakers were worthy of being people who relied on their mouths to eat, and they quarreled for more than half an hour before they decided the winner.

The winner flicked her handkerchief, twisted her bucket waist, and entered the room triumphantly.

After a quarter of an hour, she came out, her face as black as charcoal.

"Bah, he's just a student, not even a scholar yet, what's he arrogant about? This won't do, that won't do. I see, he's clearly the one who's not good!"

The other three matchmakers were guarding outside waiting for news, and when they saw this, they hurriedly gathered around and asked one after another.

"What's wrong, Master Jiang isn't satisfied?"

"The girl you mentioned wasn't quite good, virtuous and beautiful, and still a fresh young girl."

"Is his vision too high? Even yours he doesn't like, then the little widow I mentioned doesn't even need to be brought up..."

The winner sneered. "I think you all should go back as soon as possible, don't waste your efforts. This Master Jiang is probably planning to be an old bachelor for a lifetime."

"How do you say that?" Another matchmaker asked hurriedly.

"How do I say that?" Speaking of this, the winner had a belly full of complaints. "I said that girl was seventeen or eighteen, he said no, too young."

"Fine, then I'll say another one. Anyway, I have plenty of candidates. I said a second one, who had a lot of burdens at home, but was capable. He said she was too capable, no."

"Since the young one won't do, and the capable one won't do, I can only take out my treasure. I said a widow in her forties, who couldn't do anything, couldn't eat anything, but guess what? He said she ate too much, no!"

"You tell me, isn't this clearly playing with people!"

Several matchmakers looked at each other, and then spat on the ground together.

"What a thing, he's old and still picky, he deserves not to marry a wife!"

After saying this, they left without looking back.

The two people eavesdropping not far away had long been unable to hold it. Du Ruo laughed until her stomach hurt. "Third Uncle is too funny."

Yao Yulan laughed until tears came out. "Let me tell you, don't look at Third Uncle acting serious, he's actually the smartest in our family."

Du Ruo agreed with this point of view.

Just looking at how Master Jiang dealt with Gou Laoqi before, his brain turned fast, he was a person with hills and gullies in his chest.

After watching the fun, Du Ruo went back.

Zheng Shi saw that she had been gone for so long, and asked casually. Du Ruo acted out the matter to her mother.

Of course, she didn't mention the part about Master Jiang's thing being frozen.

After listening, Zheng Shi also felt it was funny. "It seems your Third Uncle Jiang is determined not to marry a wife."

"If he doesn't marry, he doesn't marry. It's not bad to live alone."

Du Ruo laughed. "Mother, aren't you alone too? And you feel your life is beautiful."

Zheng Shi tapped her daughter's forehead unpleasantly. "How is Mother the same? Mother has you, and will have grandchildren to hold in the future, so it doesn't matter whether I marry or not. Your Third Uncle Jiang is alone, it looks fine now, but when he gets old and can't walk, other people's children and grandchildren are all over the place, and he's the only one left cold and clear, how pitiful."

There was some truth in what she said.

However, Du Ruo comforted Zheng Shi a few words. "Don't worry, Third Uncle has so many brothers and nephews, naturally someone will provide for him in his old age."

The mother and daughter were sitting in the hall eating melon seeds and chatting, and Jiang Zhan walked out of the room.

"Sister-in-law, I plan to go back to the academy in two days, and I still have to prepare for the Prefectural Exam two months later."

"Fine, go back." Du Ruo nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "The weather is getting colder, I'll prepare some winter clothes and socks for you to take."

Jiang Zhan hurriedly said: "No need, sister-in-law, I'm not cold."

"Even if you aren't cold, take them." Zheng Shi took over the conversation. "Now that the family's life is better, we don't lack the money for a few clothes. It would be terrible if you catch a cold. Not only is it uncomfortable, but it also delays your studies, right?"

Jiang Zhan had no choice but to agree.

Looking at the beautiful youth entering the room to read again, Du Ruo had a proud little expression. "This child is just obedient, not making me worry at all."

Zheng Shi rolled her eyes at her.

"What child? How old are you, how old is Azhan? You only ate one more year of rice than him, why are you talking like an old person?"

Du Ruo laughed awkwardly. "Yes, yes, I was wrong."

Although her physiological age was only seventeen, psychologically, she really treated Jiang Zhan as a child.

By the way, Jiang Zhan also became a scholar, and he was the Prefectural Top Scholar. Would there be matchmakers coming to the door?

Thinking about it, there shouldn't be.

Jiang Zhan was still young, only sixteen, and he was at the critical moment of sprinting for the exam. He couldn't be distracted, and one could imagine that the family would definitely not agree.

Unless they were brainless, who would come to find trouble?

Du Ruo took out the few pieces of fine cotton cloth she bought before, gave one to Zheng Shi, and took the rest to the neighbor, entrusting the women of Clan Leader Jiang's family to make clothes and socks.

To keep warm, she also bought a few catties of good cotton from there and sewed it inside to prevent sudden weather changes.

She couldn't do these things herself, so she started to ponder about building a house.

After buying the Gu family's house, Du Ruo was busy with this and that, and hadn't had time to look at it, so she simply took this opportunity to measure the size.

Although the house looked quite new, Du Ruo didn't want it, it was uncomfortable to live in. Another thing, it was indeed too small. With so many people in the family, they couldn't live in it at all.

The system said that it had to have a land area of no less than 500 square meters to get points.

Since she planned to build a new one, of course, she had to build it well.

Du Ruo counted the silver in her hand, estimated the approximate cost of building a house, and finally decided—build a two-entry courtyard!

The outer courtyard could be smaller, used to park carriages and place some sundries.

The inner courtyard was for living and for the dog, there were more than ten rooms, so even if there were many guests, they wouldn't be afraid of not having enough space.

Just thinking about it was beautiful.

Du Ruo immediately called Jiang Wan, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law drew the design drawings together.

Of course, Du Ruo wasn't an architect after all, so this drawing had to be shown to professionals to make sure there were no problems before construction could begin.

Hmm, go to the town tomorrow and ask Qiu Zhanggui.

Qiu Zhanggui had a wide network and definitely knew many capable people, so it was most appropriate for him to recommend a reliable foreman. ===== CHAPTER 141 =====