Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute-Chapter 89 Whose Child?

Last time, it seemed she heard Old Lady Liu calling Zhou Lanfang’s daughter ’Mianmian’. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Fine! She finally caught who it was. Little missy, at such a young age and not learning good things, is actually learning from others to gossip.

Maybe it’s taught by adults.

Matchmaker Li was already grinding her teeth.

Xu Haiyang stared at Zhou Siyu and asked, "Who are you? Whose child are you?"

This matter had nothing to do with her, yet she actually came to tattle, which was quite strange.

Zhou Siyu kept a watchful eye, "I’m not from this village, I came here to play with classmates, I just happened to hear what you said and knew the story, so I blurted it out. I won’t chat with you any longer, I am going to my classmate’s house now."

Fearing her identity would be discovered, Zhou Siyu deliberately circled around the village before heading home.

As Matchmaker Li turned her head, she walked back, still cursing under her breath, "I’m going to find that dead girl and ask her where I’ve offended her, doing such undermining things behind my back, how Zhou Lanfang educates her daughter."

"Auntie, there’s no rush for this matter," Xu Haiyang quickly held Matchmaker Li back, "Look, it’s getting dark, it’s more appropriate to come back tomorrow."

Matchmaker Li thought about it and agreed, it was getting dark and the road would not be easy to navigate, but she was seething inside!

Having been a matchmaker for so many years, no one had dared to undermine her like this.

Why would a little girl meddle in these matters? It’s probably adults telling her to.

She turned her head and continued walking towards home with Xu Haiyang, "Tomorrow you don’t need to come, I can go by myself."

Xu Haiyang’s reputation was now out there, finding another girl nearby wouldn’t be easy.

The Xu Family had indeed promised her match that they would introduce her man to work at the kiln factory, where wages were high, and working there could turn their fortunes around quickly.

Xu Haiyang’s gaze flickered as he said half-truthfully, "Auntie, I think Mianmian, that girl, also looks quite nice. Since she messed things up with Erni and me, why not just compensate me with her?"

"That little girl is short like a radish stub, can your parents agree?" Thinking Xu Haiyang was joking, Matchmaker Li didn’t take it seriously.

"I think she’s not very old, still growing, right?"

"Are you serious?" When Matchmaker Li thought about it, Xu Haiyang seemed to have eyes only for Shen Mianmian that day.

She grew serious, "Haiyang, your parents wouldn’t approve of such a match, and you should find someone better than Erni, otherwise, they would laugh at you if it turned out otherwise."

She still had to settle accounts with Zhou Lanfang and Shen Mianmian, how could she still propose a match for them?

"Auntie, you’re the one who’s mistaken here," Xu Haiyang said with a slight smirk at the corner of his mouth, "That girl will be much prettier than Erni in a couple of years."

"That won’t do either, I can’t make this match. The girl is still in school, only fourteen or fifteen years old."

If this got out, wouldn’t people say she was causing harm?

Even if she was justified, she would end up seeming in the wrong.

"Auntie, you don’t have to worry about this," Xu Haiyang said, determined, "You just need to cooperate with me a bit."

"Cooperate with you?" Matchmaker Li was puzzled.

Xu Haiyang leaned in and whispered a few words to her. At first, Matchmaker Li didn’t understand, but then she praised him with a smile, "You young people! You sure are sly."

Not to mention the little girl Shen Mianmian, even an old woman like her felt tempted upon hearing it.