In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 159 32 silver coins?

"I didn't take any money this time."

Li Ping smiled and said, "Do you remember Cheng-ge, the boy who does chores at my house?"

"remember."

Feng Xiang nodded. Chen Cheng was the kind of person who easily left a deep impression. After all, at 1.8 meters tall, in Chenjia Village, where most men were no more than 1.7 meters tall, he truly stood out from the crowd.

As for Chen Cheng's job at Chen Dao's house, Feng Xiang had already learned about it before. He served as Chen Dao's bodyguard, responsible for protecting Chen Dao's safety.

"Cheng-ge'er's mother just found me."

Li Ping said, "She wanted me to find wives for Cheng Ge'er and his two younger brothers. I thought Cheng Ge'er was quite hardworking when he was doing chores at home, so I didn't take her money."

"That's it!"

Feng Xiang suddenly realized that this explained why Li Ping had returned to her old ways—she was arranging marriages for her "employees."

"Sister-in-law, do you know anything about the unmarried girls in our Xiahe Village?" Li Ping asked.

"let me see."

Feng Xiang pondered for a moment and said, "The Zhao Kang family, which is not far from our home, has two daughters who are about to get married. We can go and ask them."

"Zhao Kang's family?"

A middle-aged man's face appeared in Li Ping's mind. Zhao Kang, whom Feng Xiang mentioned, lived not far from Li Dadan's house. Li Dadan's house was where Li Ping lived before she married into Chenjia Village. Therefore, she knew Zhao Kang. When she was younger, Li Ping even called Zhao Kang "Brother Zhao".

"Correct!"

Feng Xiang said, "Zhao Kang has two daughters, Zhao Xiaoyun and Zhao Xiaomei. I have met both of them. They are not bad-looking and are very hardworking. They would be perfect as wives for Cheng Ge'er and the others."

Li Ping nodded subconsciously. In her memory, Zhao Kang was a hardworking and honest middle-aged man. A daughter raised by such a person would definitely not have a bad temperament!

So Li Ping said, "Sister-in-law, let's go to Brother Zhao's house and ask."

"to make!"

The two got up and left the house. After walking along the path in front of the house for a while, they came to a house.

"This is Zhao Kang's family!"

Feng Xiang stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Soon, a voice came from inside the door: "Who is it?"

"Brother Kang, this is Feng Xiang from Li Dadan's family. I need to talk to you about something!"

"Squeak!"

The door opened, revealing Zhao Kang's somewhat aged face. In Li Ping's memory, Zhao Kang had always been young, but the Zhao Kang before her was quite different from her impression. He looked old, with deep wrinkles on his face, and looked more like a weathered old man than a middle-aged man in his early forties.

"Feng Xiang?"

Zhao Kang glanced at Feng Xiang with confusion, then his gaze fell on Li Ping, and he asked in surprise, "You are... Xiao Ping?"

Before Li Ping got married, the two families lived very close to each other, and Zhao Kang knew Li Ping, even quite well. However, in recent years, he had rarely seen Li Ping return to the village, so seeing her suddenly appear now was inevitably a bit of a surprise.

"Brother Zhao."

Li Ping responded with a smile.

Feng Xiang then said, "Brother Kang, won't you invite us in for a seat?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kang immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly said, "Come inside and sit down, it's cold outside!"

Zhao Kang welcomed the two into the house and called his wife, Li, over, asking her to pour them some water.

"Sister Li, you don't need to bother!"

Li Ping stopped Li Shi and went straight to the point: "I came here today to discuss a marriage."

"Say marriage?"

Zhao Kang and Li Shi were taken aback, seemingly not expecting anyone to come to their door to propose marriage in this day and age.

At the same time, rustling sounds came from the next bedroom. Zhao Kang's two daughters, who lived in that bedroom, pressed their ears against the wall to eavesdrop on the sounds coming from the living room.

"Xiaoping, who are you trying to arrange a marriage for?"

Coming to his senses, Zhao Kang asked, "My two daughters are already quite old and of marriageable age. They haven't been able to get married before due to various reasons. Now that Li Ping has come to propose marriage, I can't help but take it to heart."

"For the boys of Chenjia Village!"

Li Ping smiled and said, "There's a family in our village with three men who aren't married yet, so their mother came to me and asked me to help them find some wives in Xiahe Village. That's why I've come to your house, Brother Zhao!"

"None of the three men are married?"

Zhao Kang and Li Shi frowned. There were three adult men in the family, but none of them had ever married...

It's hard for the two not to doubt the economic conditions of the family Li Ping mentioned.

Although Zhao Kang's family was also in poor financial condition, even struggling to afford food, when it came to their daughter's marriage, they still had to consider the man's financial situation. Otherwise, their daughter would simply suffer if she married into the family.

"Pingmei, what are the conditions of this family?" Li asked calmly.

"generally."

Li Ping was clearly not a smooth-talking matchmaker; she simply told the truth: "The adult males in that family are named Chen Cheng, Chen Shi, and Chen Mu. Their father died early, and their mother, Liu Yan, raised them. In the past, the family did not live well, but recently their lives have improved considerably, and they have some savings. Brother Zhao, if your daughter marries into that family, she will definitely live a good life."

His father died early, and the family was poor...

After listening to Li Ping's story, Zhao Kang and his companion immediately labeled Chen Cheng's family with these two tags: a daughter who marries into such a family will probably have a hard time living a good life!

"Don't worry, Brother Kang!"

Feng Xiang seemed to notice the expressions on their faces and spoke up at the right moment: "Life in Chenjia Village is so good now, every family has enough to eat. Your daughter will be very fortunate to marry into the village!"

Feng Xiang spoke these words with utmost seriousness, without the slightest hint of deception. In her view, Chenjia Village was indeed living a good life that even Li Qiang, the village chief of Xiahe Village, envied.

However, Zhao Kang and Li Shi were clearly not convinced. Because Xiahe Village and Chenjia Village were adjacent, they knew a bit about Chenjia Village and knew that life in Chenjia Village was not much better than in Xiahe Village. Therefore, they did not really believe Feng Xiang's words.

but……

Out of consideration for their relationship, Zhao Kang did not refuse outright, but simply said, "I'll think about it."

"Uh……"

Li Ping glanced at Zhao Kang's face and knew that the matter was most likely to fall through, but she still refused to give up and said, "Brother Zhao, believe me, I would never harm your daughter. Although Chen Cheng's family is not rich, they are definitely a good family. When his mother came to ask me to be a matchmaker, she took out three taels of silver as a matchmaking fee."

Three taels of silver?!