Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 113: Stealing the Matchmaker’s Job

At this moment, Yu Mu finally understood why Yi Chichi dared to charge such a high price of three hundred.

This skill is indeed worth it.

The three of them discussed the embroidery for a long time and even pulled Yi Chichi over to ask her how she did it.

However, when it came to technical stuff, they didn’t understand even when she explained.

But there was one thing they understood, and that was that embroidery isn’t easy.

At least, they had never heard of the needlework techniques she mentioned.

Because she was satisfied with the clothes, Yu Mu was very generous with the payment.

Aunt Ma looked at the banknote in Yi Chichi’s hand, and marveled, "Anyone who marries Chichi in the future will be lucky."

Yu Mu nodded; that was true.

Just by her skill in making clothes, even if she doesn’t do embroidery and simply works as a master at a garment factory or embroidery factory, her salary couldn’t possibly be low.

Her craftsmanship is too good.

The stitches are dense, the work is solid, the pattern retains elegance, and it fully displays beauty.

Thinking of the new master at the factory, Yu Mu was tempted, "Mr. Yi, have you thought about what kind of partner you want to find?"

"No, I’m still young."

The universal excuse made another appearance; anyway, she wasn’t planning to find a partner anytime soon.

She would wait and see until after the economic reforms.

Yu Mu made a noise in response, probing, "I have a nice young man here, would you like to meet him?"

Probably not expecting the old lady to have matchmaking intentions, Yi Chichi hadn’t even had time to respond when Yu Ritang’s eyes suddenly opened wide, "Mom, why are you taking the matchmaker’s job? Be careful, Aunt Cao might find out and fight with you."

Moreover, being a matchmaker isn’t that easy. Even if it goes well, people might not be grateful, and if it goes badly, they could resent you for a lifetime.

She didn’t think Yi Chichi would agree to meet.

The person is from Lin City, a well-educated youth, not a girl from a small rural place.

She has seen the world, and maybe going to the countryside is just a phase. It won’t be long before she finds a way to return to the city.

So, why bother inviting trouble?

"I just think Xiao He is outstanding, and Mr. Yi is outstanding too, so I thought I’d give it a try."

Aunt Ma showed interest, "How outstanding is this Xiao He you mentioned?"

"He’s a master borrowed from Beijing, young, promising, handsome, and charming, a native Beijing resident. If it works out, Mr. Yi can go back to Beijing with him."

Aunt Ma sized up Yi Chichi and said, "I think it could work."

She hadn’t paid much attention to the girl’s looks before but now realized that the young girl wasn’t any less attractive than her own daughter. Especially her eyes, which were clear and shining when still.

When she smiled, they sparkled enchantingly.

"Why not give it a try?"

She asked, smiling widely.

Yi Chichi smiled and declined, "Thank you, Aunt, for your kind intentions!"

Not wanting to continue the topic, she looked at Aunt Ma, "Aunt, it’s getting late, shouldn’t we be heading back?"

"What time is it?"

"Almost one o’clock."

Time to leave, then.

Aunt Ma pulled Yi Chichi to say goodbye, but Yu Mu and Yu Ritang disagreed, insisting on keeping them for a meal and even an overnight stay.

But that was out of the question.

"Why be so formal with me? I also want to go to the department store to buy two cans of malted milk for Miao Miao."

Speaking of malted milk, Aunt Ma took out twenty yuan, "Sister, change me some sugar coupons."

Yi Chichi’s eyes lit up, eager to exchange and see how the money and tickets were traded.

If it was a good deal, she’d like to exchange some coupons herself.

Yu Mu didn’t exchange anything but instead went inside to fetch some sugar coupons and industrial coupons to give to Aunt Ma, "Are these for Niu Niu?"

"No, Miao Miao is pregnant."

"What?"

Yu Mu’s eyes widened, "When did Miao Miao get pregnant?"

"Not long, with twins."

She was delighted.

Yu Mu and Yu Fu exchanged a look, saying nothing more. As the elders, they knew they had to show some generosity for their niece-in-law’s pregnancy.

So, in the end, Aunt Ma left with five yuan, over a dozen coupons given by Yu Mu, and under the enthusiastic send-off from the Yu family mother and daughter, promising to visit again. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Ten minutes later, the two appeared at the department store.

"Chichi, do you need to buy anything?"

"Yes, I do."

Yi Chichi nodded with a smile, "Aunt, how about we meet at the entrance in half an hour?"

"Sure."

Taking advantage of being in the county, Aunt Ma planned to take a good look around.

So they split up to do their own shopping.

Yi Chichi headed straight to the fabric counter to see Du Chunhua.

"Aunt, I’m here to see you!"

At the counter, Du Chunhua, who was knitting a sweater, heard Yi Chichi’s voice and looked up.

She was surprised and delighted, "Chichi, you’re here, come in and sit down; I thought you had forgotten about me since it’s been so long."

"Listen to you, even if I forget anyone, I can’t forget my aunt."

Yi Chichi came up to her, casually handing over the cloth bag she held, "Aunt, these are some pine nuts and black fungus I exchanged with villagers. They’re for my big nephew."

Originally intending to refuse, Du Chunhua’s hand retracted when she heard this.

"Then Aunt won’t be polite with you."

She opened it to see and found the pine nuts full and carefully selected.

The black fungus were also large and well-dried.

The quantity was decent, about two or three jins of pine nuts, and one or two jins of black fungus, enough to last a while.

Especially the black fungus, great for stir-frying with meat slices, braising with big bone pieces, or stir-frying with green peppers and eggs, tasted wonderfully delicious.

"Thank you, Chichi."

She continued, changing the topic, "Got any defective goods? Want them?"

Her voice was low, as if afraid of being overheard.

"Yes, I want them."

No matter what they were, she would take them first.

Of course, one must not be too greedy. She planned to leave half with Du Chunhua and pay what’s due.

"Come on, I’ll take you to the warehouse to have a look."

"??? I can go to the warehouse?"

This place was considered one of the department store’s core areas, how could she take an outsider inside?

"No problem."

Since there was no problem, Yi Chichi naturally wouldn’t refuse.

The department store stocks were taken from the supply station; whatever the supply station had, the store sold.

The purpose wasn’t to profit but mainly to meet the needs of the people.

The warehouse had quite a lot of goods, neatly categorized.

When Du Chunhua led Yi Chichi in, there were people picking out merchandise inside.

Upon hearing footsteps, two aunts and a young person who were huddled together whispering looked over, appearing a bit flustered.

Seeing it was Du Chunhua, one of the aunts breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Chunhua, you scared me to death."

"What’s there to be scared of? This is my big niece visiting me; I brought her along to buy some things."

Du Chunhua pulled Yi Chichi over for introductions, looking natural and confident, without a hint of guilt.

"Girl, this is your Aunt Ye, say hello."

The other aunt and the young fellow weren’t introduced; probably, Du Chunhua didn’t know them, most likely Aunt Ye’s relatives or friends.

Yi Chichi smiled and greeted, "Hello, Aunt Ye."

"Hello, hello, Chunhua, your big niece is truly striking!"

Du Chunhua chuckled, "Takes after me."

Yi Chichi was a bit embarrassed, thinking to herself that she hoped not to be like her.

After a brief chat, Du Chunhua led Yi Chichi to the shelves, picking a bunch of so-called defective products with the momentum of sweeping the shelves.

"Pick for yourself, don’t choose too much, two of each kind."