Chapter 143: Chapter 143 Sending a Matchmaker to Propose Marriage Chapter 143: Chapter 143 Sending a Matchmaker to Propose Marriage Many villagers, upon seeing Luo Qiao, asked whether it was true, and Luo Qiao felt that since everyone already knew, there was no point in hiding it anymore. This wasn’t anything scandalous, so she simply admitted it.
Now the village folks started gossiping again.
Some said, “That girl Luo Qiao surely has ambition.”
“What’s the need for a girl to read so many books?”
“Her family has many relatives of status and could well afford her education, and now there are quite a few girls studying in the commune.”
Li Xiulan was anxious at this point, fearing that if Luo Qiao went to high school, she would lose the prospective daughter-in-law, so one day she invited a matchmaker and ostentatiously made her way to Luo Qiao’s home with gifts.
These days, since the fertilizer application in the cornfields was finished, the commune members had some leisure time.
On the way, someone asked, “Xiulan, where are you off to with such fanfare?”
Li Xiulan replied, “Isn’t our family considering that girl Luo Qiao? Now we’ve hired a matchmaker to go propose.”
The neighbors, upon hearing this, twisted their mouths, not knowing how to respond, thinking she sure had some nerve and should have some shame.
Many followed behind to watch the scene unfold.
In the past few days, Doctor Gao had given Stone an IV for five consecutive days, and with Luo Qiao’s Scald Healing Spirit and the occasional addition of Spatial Well Water to the porridge, Stone’s back had started to scab over.
Doctor Gao even commented that the Scald Healing Spirit was truly effective and asked Lu Yichen how much a small jar of it cost. The salve used recently was packed in small porcelain jars that Lu Yichen had brought back from the county, a total of ten.
To save trouble, Luo Qiao made ten jars at once because Stone’s burns covered a large area and required a substantial amount. Luo Qiao had directly given five jars to him a few days ago.
Without putting them away, Doctor Gao saw them when he came over to administer the IV and, knowing the effects on Stone, casually inquired about them.
Lu Yichen had already discussed with Luo Qiao that if anyone asked, they would say it was five yuan per small jar.
But truth be told, the Scald Healing Spirit, against the backdrop of a worker’s monthly salary of over thirty yuan, wasn’t cheap, yet its effects were indeed outstanding.
Doctor Gao even gave Lu Yichen a thumbs up, telling Stone to always remember this kindness, so these days, Stone didn’t need to lie down on the kang anymore.
He just couldn’t make any big movements, for fear of disturbing the scabs on his back which would hurt; however, slowly moving around wasn’t a problem. These mornings, Luo Qiao had been making breakfast on her side.
Just last night, she had wrapped dumplings in her space, and this morning she had just put them on to steam, about to wash some dates to add to the porridge, when she heard someone knocking at the door, so she casually placed the basket on the table behind the door.
When Luo Qiao opened the front door and saw an unfamiliar woman, with Li Xiulan standing behind her, she thought the woman was there for something and Li Xiulan had brought her over, so she asked, “Auntie, what can I do for you?”
The woman surveyed Luo Qiao carefully and said with a smile, “No wonder you’re so well-liked, you really are beautiful.”
Luo Qiao’s facial expression didn’t change, but she wasn’t too pleased inside and opened the door fully to ask again, “Auntie, what brings you here?”
The woman chuckled, “I have business, of course, a very good one at that. Let’s talk inside.”
By now Luo Qiao had pretty much summed it up and had not the slightest intention of inviting them in; Auntie Gao from the team leader’s house was right, she was in demand now.
Initially, she hadn’t taken it seriously, but it seemed she had underestimated the mentality of this era. Did they think she was easy to bully?