Chapter 36 The Importance of Reputation: The Jia Family's Series of Unsuccessful Blind Dates

Cao Wei was not surprised at all, considering that the Jia family's reputation was already extremely bad.

One of the most crucial points is that, according to legend, Jia Zhangshi, the woman who initially arranged the blind dates, drove away many of the girls who came for them because of her extremely high standards.

After all, it has to be the other person who excels at daydreaming.

Meanwhile, at the Jia family, the matchmaker was also furious. She stood up and looked at Jia Zhangshi without any mercy, saying, "Aunt Jia, I only introduced you to the girl because I was giving Master Yi face. And what did you do? You kept a straight face the whole time, and you didn't even offer me a sip of tea. Now it's mealtime and you're still like this. In the future, you can go find someone yourself."

After saying that, she didn't even bother to pay attention to Jia Zhangshi's reaction and stormed out.

Yi Zhonghai was initially a little uneasy, but when he saw the girl walk out alone, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, when he saw the matchmaker come out, he pretended to approach her and couldn't help but ask her a question out of concern.

"Auntie, what's going on?"

The matchmaker was also quite angry at this moment, and after truthfully explaining the Jia family's attitude,

She looked directly at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Master Yi, although you're offering me a high price, if the Jia family continues with this attitude, even if you offered me three or five yuan, I still wouldn't be able to make any introductions. Even in the countryside, you should at least offer a girl tea and cook her a good meal when she comes to visit. What kind of man doesn't give a girl a kind look on her first visit? What kind of girl would marry into that family?"

This completely stunned Yi Zhonghai.

That's right, although he hoped that their matchmaking, or rather the Jia family's matchmaking, would not succeed in the first place.

However, that was because I learned something later, such as the Jia family's reputation.

As a result, the Jia family has now given him a huge "surprise".

In such a situation, let alone city girls, even rural girls might not be willing.

She's already giving me attitude and being so stingy even before she's married into the family.

After taking a deep breath, Yi Zhonghai nodded.

Immediately after arriving at the Jia family's residence, before even entering the door, they heard Jia Zhangshi's shrewish cursing voice ringing out in their ears.

"Pah! What a piece of trash! It's her good fortune to be able to enter the prestigious Jia family, and she still dares to give me attitude. That damned matchmaker Wang is no better than anyone else..."

Yi Zhonghai's face was now as black as the bottom of a pot, but after taking a deep breath, he pushed open the door and walked in, and Jia Zhangshi's insults stopped. At the same time, Jia Dongxu also walked over somewhat hesitantly.

"Master, this girl doesn't quite match my mother's..."

In a short time, Yi Zhonghai finally realized the truth.

This isn't Jia Dongxu going on a blind date; it's clearly Jia Zhangshi choosing a daughter-in-law. The former's opinion is completely irrelevant.

He simply ignored his apprentice and looked directly at Jia Zhangshi, saying bluntly, "Aunt Jia, I won't lie to you. If you continue with this attitude, then I really can't help you. You can go out and ask around to see which girls go on blind dates and immediately give you attitude, or are even this stingy. Even Old Man Yan, when Yang Ruihua came to visit, at least prepared some tea and peanuts and treated him to a meal."

As for Jia Zhangshi, she was certainly not so foolish as to be ignorant.

He simply retorted with his hands on his hips, "Because I don't like that money-losing product, I don't think it's necessary to waste this money."

"Besides, what happened last year, that little beast emptied our family's coffers. Master Yi, you know that too."

As she spoke, Jia Zhangshi was about to play the victim again, but this time Yi Zhonghai seemed unmoved and simply flicked his hands, saying, "Fine, whatever you want. I'm too lazy to deal with this anymore. You can handle it yourself."

Yi Zhonghai is not stupid. Or to be precise, the Jia family has borrowed money from him several times before using this excuse.

After three or four months, it would amount to thirty or forty yuan, which is equivalent to Jia Dongxu's salary. If he had a slightly tougher time each month, or if he could only afford to spend a few yuan each month for those three months, he would be able to manage.

That way, they could pay off their debts. With a family of two earning only twenty-odd yuan a month, if they were still struggling, the Yan family wouldn't be able to survive.

At this point, Madam Jia's expression changed somewhat. After all, if she had to find a matchmaker herself, it would mean paying extra money, which would be another expense. So she quickly stepped forward with a forced smile and said, "Ahem, Master Dongxu, I was just careless for a moment. Don't worry, it definitely won't happen again next time."

Yi Zhonghai nodded in agreement.

However, deep down, he harbored the intention to have Li Mei sabotage the Jia family's matchmaking event.

That means it's completely gone.

Yi Zhonghai realized that even without any sabotage, Jia Zhangshi's mere presence there could ruin the matchmaking event.

In the following month, the Jia family went on eight blind dates in total.

But each time, just when the young lady could barely endure it, Jia Zhangshi would suddenly speak up, or the elders in the family would inquire about the Jia family's reputation.

They were all so frightened that they wanted to avoid it at all costs.

One day, when the ninth girl had all left.

Jia Dongxu's face was utterly gloomy.

He couldn't help but give his mother, Jia Zhangshi, a hard time.

Jia Dongxu had naturally inquired about the reasons why most of his blind dates failed.

That is, the Jia family's reputation is really bad.

In this day and age, the importance of reputation is self-evident.

"Mom, with our family's reputation, what if I can't find a wife?"

After holding it in for a while, Jia Dongxu just stared straight at Jia Zhangshi.

Now, even if Madam Jia wanted to summon Old Jia, she was somewhat powerless.

As a seasoned superstitious person, she knew perfectly well that if she were to summon Old Jia and he actually came up, his first reaction would probably be to take her away first.

After all, of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is having no offspring. Now, I can't even get a wife, let alone have descendants.

She decided to play the victim.

"Hey, if I hadn't done that, do you think I could have raised you all by myself?"

At this, Jia Dongxu was somewhat speechless, but he knew very well that there was really no one whose reputation was worse than Jia Zhangshi's, who was raised by an orphan and a widow.

But she was still her mother, and she couldn't possibly say such cruel things. But then, at that moment...

Madam Jia looked directly at the Yi family and said with a confident tone.

"Dongxu, go look for Yi Zhonghai again. That old idiot, if you can't find a wife with him, you might as well not become his apprentice."

As they spoke, the mother and son knocked on a door, but Yi Zhonghai seemed not to be too surprised at all.

After hesitating for a long time, Jia Dongxu finally revealed his purpose.

"Master, my mother has a bad reputation because she raised me when she was young. If she really can't marry a girl from the city, then I can only ask you to help me find a girl from the countryside."

These words resonated deeply with Yi Zhonghai, and Jia Zhangshi, standing to the side, couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"That's right, I'll marry a capable country girl like me."