Chapter 337 Perfect Match
Gu Taohua and Hong got on the carriage.
The carriage rumbled towards Qinghe Bay.
In order to hurry up, Old Mrs. Huang ordered the driver to take the small path along the ridges of the fields.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped moving.
"Old lady, the carriage wheels are stuck in the mud." The driver got off the carriage to check and said.
"Bullshit, where does the mud come from if it's not raining?" Old Mrs. Huang cursed.
Gu Taohua held her forehead with her hand. This old lady Huang looked like a noble lady, but she spoke just like her mother, regardless of whether it was meat or vegetables.
Gu Taohua had a better impression of Old Mrs. Huang.
The coachman looked aggrieved.
"Old lady, the villagers have been watering the fields these days, and there are quite a few mud pits on this path." Gu Taohua explained to Old Lady Huang with a smile.
Old Mrs. Huang said, "What are you waiting for? Pull the wheel out quickly."
The coachman grunted for a long time but couldn't pull it out.
"Let me do it." Gu Taohua said.
She is very strong and pulling a car is easy for her.
Old Mrs. Huang asked the two maids Yuqin and Yuzhu to help push the cart.
Gu Taohua, who had always been confident, found that her strength was useless. No matter how hard she and the coachman pulled, the wheels did not move at all.
Gu Taohua was so angry that she kicked the carriage hard.
"Can I help you?"
After leaving Qinghe Bay with Prefect Yao and County Magistrate Liu, Lu Zhaoyang did not go to the provincial capital immediately. Instead, at the suggestion of Prefect Yao, he went to the surrounding villages to check out the wheat cultivation conditions.
Prefect Yao and County Magistrate Liu were chatting with farmers in the fields. Lu Zhaoyang saw a carriage stuck in the mud from afar, so he left everyone behind and went to the carriage with his entourage.
"Yes." Huang Jingshan said generously after getting off the carriage, "Please help me, young master."
Lu Zhaoyang couldn't help but look at Huang Jingshan twice more.
The girl was dressed like a lady from a noble family, with a cool temperament, and she spoke so frankly and generously.
Needing help means needing help.
She is not shy at all to ask a strange man for help.
Lu Zhaoyang looked around the car.
Gu Taohua looked up and saw Lu Zhaoyang and said in surprise: "Brother Lu, why are you here?"
Lu Zhaoyang was very happy to see Gu Taohua and said, "I came here with Prefect Yao. I just came out of your house not long ago."
Gu Taohua glanced at Lu Zhaoyang and said, "Brother Lu, you want to help push the cart? You are as weak as a chicken, how can you push this cart?"
Lu Zhaoyang: “…”
Gu Taohua had despised Lu Zhaoyang for being weak more than once. Lu Zhaoyang had never refuted before, but this time he retorted: "I'm not weak!"
Then he pointed to the wheel and said, "You can't use brute force to push this, you need skills."
After saying this, he waved his hand to call his followers.
Lu Zhaoyang asked his followers to pick up a board and put it against the wheel. He explained the techniques of pushing the wheel to his followers and personally supported the wheel.
The wheels quickly rolled out of the mud.
Gu Taohua said: "You are a scholar after all, Brother Lu you are really great."
Lu Zhaoyang wiped the sweat off his face and said, "I've already told you that I'm not weak."
Gu Taohua burst out laughing.
Lu Zhaoyang's hands were covered in mud when he was pushing the cart just now. He didn't pay attention to it, and when he wiped off the sweat, the mud got on his face.
"Your face." Gu Taohua said in the face of Lu Zhaoyang's puzzled look.
Lu Zhaoyang stretched out his hand and saw that it was covered in mud.
"Mr. Lu, this handkerchief is clean." Huang Jingshan handed over a snow-white handkerchief.
Lu Zhaoyang didn't want to take it at first, but seeing Huang Jingshan's generous attitude, he reached out his hand, took it and wiped his face.
Mrs. Huang said, "Thank you, Mr. Lu."
Lu Zhaoyang said: "You're welcome."
Old Mrs. Huang took Huang Jingshan, Gu Taohua and others into the carriage.
After the carriage drove away, Lu Zhaoyang realized that he was still holding Huang Jingshan's handkerchief in his hand.
Yuzhu turned around and whispered, "Miss Taohua, is that Mr. Lu a relative of yours? He's really handsome."
Gu Taohua said: "He is not really a relative of mine, but my mother saved him before so we got to know each other. His family lives in the prefectural capital, and his grandfather is a big businessman."
Old Madam Huang pricked up her ears and asked, "Is it the Imperial Merchant Lu family?"
Gu Taohua nodded.
Mrs. Huang sighed: "He's a good-looking person."
Gu Taohua said, "He's just a little weak. I heard he's a talented scholar from the Wanliu Academy. By the way, old lady, isn't it funny? His grandfather asked my mother to help him find a wife. Where do you think my mother can find a suitable girl? How can a wealthy young man like him, who is so promising in his studies, catch his eye? I don't know what his grandfather is thinking."
Old Mrs. Huang looked at her granddaughter Huang Jingshan opposite her and felt something move.
Soon the excitement turned into regret.
Ever since their granddaughter was tricked by a man named Fan last time, the family urgently arranged a marriage for her.
The other party had a good family background in Pingchuan County and was also a scholar, but his appearance was not very good.
Everyone said that her granddaughter Jingshan was not pretty, too tall and thin, and not worthy of such a good young man. Old Mrs. Huang thought that the men were blind. What was wrong with her granddaughter not being pretty?
Even Widow Tong said that her daughter Jingshan had a first-class temperament.
If Jingshan hadn't gotten engaged so early, she might have asked Tong Huaqiong to introduce her to the young master of the Lu family.
What happened to the wealthy Lu family?
What's wrong with Mr. Lu being a talented person?
As long as he didn't propose marriage, she would dare to fight for her granddaughter.
Pity!
In the upper room of Tong Huaqiong's house, Tong Huaqiong and Han sat drinking tea and talking.
The imperial edict was placed quietly on the table, and the sunlight shining on it cast a dazzling light.
In the dazzling light, the two discussed what kind of girl they should introduce to Lu Zhaoyang.
"There is a suitable girl in my husband's family. She is a good girl, but my sisters-in-law in the Liu family are all picky about people, so I will not give this good marriage to the Liu family." Han searched her mind for girls but couldn't find a suitable one.
A person popped into Tong Huaqiong's mind and she said, "I suddenly thought of someone. Do you think he's suitable?"
Han became interested and asked, "Who?"
Tong Huaqiong said: "You also know this person, the daughter of the Huang family, Jingshan."
Han's eyes lit up.
Huang Jingshan is indeed suitable.
First of all, the age is suitable.
Secondly, their family background is also suitable. Although the Lu family is an imperial merchant and the Huang family’s business cannot compare, aren’t they all businessmen?
Huang Jingshan is not that pretty, and Lu Zhaoyang is not that strong.
Perfect match!
but......
Before Han had time to be happy, she remembered that Huang Jingshan was already engaged.
"What do you think?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
If it is confirmed, let Han be the matchmaker.
Han said, "It is suitable, but Jingshan is already engaged."
Tong Huaqiong asked in surprise: "When did it happen?"
Han said, "Some time ago, we booked the Lian family in Pingchuan County."
Han's eyes showed regret.
How can Huang Jingshan's fiancé compare with her distant nephew Lu Zhaoyang.
Although she and Old Lady Huang are sisters and Huang Jingshan is of a younger generation than her, it is more appropriate for her to marry Lu Zhaoyang than her son.
Why hadn't she thought of this before?
Tong Huaqiong looked at the annoyed Han and said, "Don't feel sorry for yourself. Marriage in this world is destined by heaven."
Han cheered up and said, "Don't worry about Zhaoyang's marriage. Leave it to me. I don't believe that I can't find him a good girl."
Tong Huaqiong felt relieved in an instant!
She had long wanted to get rid of such a big thing as matchmaking.
It would be fine if the two people who were matched up lived happily after marriage, but it would be a sin if they became a pair of resentful couples.