Moreover, this man didn't even ask the girl's family for their opinion, but directly brought a matchmaker to propose marriage. How confident must he be
For a moment, even Mingyue was a little overwhelmed. She didn't know whether she should blame the man for being too confident, or should she doubt her own reputation outside
However, the matchmaker's words soon cleared up Mingyue and the Zhou family's confusion.
The matchmaker stepped back swiftly, but she was not idle either. She started talking loudly: "Brother Zhou, I know Da Jun doesn't look good, but you can't just look at a person's appearance! Da Jun is a down-to-earth person with a good temper. He is willing to accept that Mingyue will not be able to give birth to a child for him in the future. He is really here to ask for marriage. Why can't you give him a chance?"
"I know you love your daughter, but I have to say something unpleasant. It's hard to marry a woman who can't have children these days. It will cut off the family line. It's not a marriage, it's an enmity."
"But Dajun told me directly that his family doesn't mind Mingyue's inability to have children, as long as Mingyue is willing to live a good life with him in the future. Brother, such a sincere son-in-law, you will never find him again if you miss this opportunity."
It turned out that someone outside spread a rumor that she would not be able to have children after this month, and it was obvious that many people believed this rumor.
Nowadays, women who cannot give birth to children will be pointed at and despised. After all, every family wants to give birth to a football team. If your family cannot give birth to any children, you are considered to be a failure, incompetent, and you are sorry to your ancestors.
However, the more Old Man Zhou listened, the angrier he became. He had originally just pretended to use the broom to chase people away, but now he really picked up the broom to hit people.
He beat her and cursed her: "You're talking bullshit. Who told you that my Mingyue couldn't have children? If I knew who was gossiping behind her back, I would smash his hall. And you, you brought a short guy over here and said he was a good son-in-law. If you think he's good, why don't you ask your daughter to marry him? Huh? Get out of here, both of you."
Liu Hui, who had been standing by the courtyard wall for a while, couldn't help but join the battlefield.
Liu Hui rushed forward, grabbed the matchmaker's shoulders, slapped her face, and cursed: "You black-hearted matchmaker Tang, why can't my daughter Mingyue have a baby? Are you a doctor or a nurse? Are you sentencing my daughter to death? My daughter's reputation has been ruined by you. Today, I will fight you to the death."
The man who came to propose marriage saw this scene, how could he dare to say anything about proposing marriage? He was so scared that he didn't care about the matchmaker, and ran away with the two bottles of white wine he bought.
The matchmaker didn't notice this. She just covered her face and screamed. She was also irritated by the Zhou couple.
But seeing that the Zhou family was so powerful, the matchmaker didn't dare to take action. She just yelled at the top of her voice: "Zhou Tieshu, Liu Hui, do you still have any sense of reason? I'm introducing you to a son-in-law with good intentions, why are you hitting him? Someone, someone is beating him, someone is being beaten to death! Zhou Tieshu is going to beat me to death..."
Old man Zhou was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead and he really wanted to beat the matchmaker to death.
It was Zhou's eldest and second sisters-in-law who saw that the situation was not right and rushed to pull those who were fighting together or to try to stop the fight.
Mingyue felt a headache watching what was happening in the yard, so she asked her two brothers to let her go and to separate the two to prevent anyone from getting hurt.
Fortunately, it was the busy farming season of spring ploughing, and everyone in the village was busy plowing the fields and planting rice. Otherwise, the matchmaker's loud voice would have called everyone in the village!
However, Zhou Chengming, a lazy man known for his idleness in the village, heard the noise and rushed over to watch the fun.
Seeing Mingyue standing at the door, Zhou Chengming whistled at her and asked with a playful smile: "Hey, Mingyue is back? What happened in your family?"
Mingyue glanced at him, recognized who he was, and ignored him. Zhou Chengming didn't care either, after all, the villagers thought he was a rogue, so it was normal for Zhou Mingyue to look down on him.
Zhou Chengming smiled self-deprecatingly and continued to walk towards the courtyard in a swaggering manner, asking nonchalantly, "Uncle Tieshu, Aunt Liu, do you want my help? Just a meal will do."
At this moment, with Zhou Lao Da and Lao Er blocking her way, Tang the matchmaker was so scared that she ran away, and she didn't forget to say harsh words as she ran: "You dare to offend even a matchmaker like me, I don't know how your daughter will get married in the future, you can just wait for her to die of old age in your house."
Liu Hui was so angry that her eyes turned red, but she couldn't avoid her two daughters-in-law, so she could only yell at the top of her lungs: "You damn matchmaker Tang..."
"Big brother and second brother, let go of my hands, or I'll beat this conscienceless old man to death." Old man Zhou angrily pried open his sons' hands, but there was still one left. He was instantly furious.
It was not until he heard Zhou Chengming's words that Old Man Zhou's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed, "Okay, Chengming, uncle will provide you with food, and you slap that old woman hard in the face. I wonder if she dares to curse my Mingyue again."
When Matchmaker Tang heard this, she was so scared that she ran away very fast. However, she couldn't outrun Zhou Chengming, who had long legs, and was pulled back by Zhou Chengming, who grabbed her arm.
Tang the matchmaker looked at the tall and strong Zhou Chengming and was so scared that she stuttered: "You, you, you can't hit me. If you dare to hit me, I will sue your village chief and your team leader..."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Chengming raised his hand and slapped Tang Matchmaker twice, hard and decisively, one slap on each side of the face, very symmetrical.
After the slap, he relaxed his hands, spat into his palms and rubbed them, then smiled at Old Man Zhou and said, "Uncle Tieshu, when will we have dinner?"
Matchmaker Tang was angry, panicked and scared, but she really didn't dare to stay in the Zhou family any longer. She didn't even dare to say anything harsh and turned around and ran out.
Seeing Mingyue standing at the door leaning against the wall, Matchmaker Tang glared at Mingyue fiercely, but she was afraid that the Zhou family would go crazy again, so she didn't dare to do anything extra and ran away in shame as if she was escaping for her life.
Old Zhou was really relieved, and he didn't care whether Tang the matchmaker ran away or not. He just said to his two sons in a bad mood: "Why don't you let go?"
Then he gave Zhou Chengming a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Chengming, well done. Tell uncle what you want to eat and I will ask your aunt to make it for you."
Liu Hui also had a good impression of Zhou Chengming and greeted him warmly, "That's right, just tell me what you want to eat, and don't be polite to me. You just beat up Matchmaker Tang, and you helped me vent my anger."
"I'm not picky, uncle, aunt, I'll eat whatever your family cooks." Zhou Chengming said with a smile.
The old couple liked him even more.
Old Man Zhou even asked Boss Zhou to get a pot of wine, saying that he wanted to have a couple of drinks with Zhou Chengming.
(End of this chapter)