Pei Qin directly refused, and these next two years she didn't plan to entertain the subject of marriage, instructing people not to come to her house causing a ruckus with match-making efforts.
The matchmaker really wanted to take the matchmaking fee, but without an opportunity, there was nothing she could do.
Soon it was the Chinese New Year again, and because there was a new baby, Jiujiu, in the household, they received a pile of red envelopes and New Year's money, consisting of copper coins and silver ingots, strung together like strings of silver and gold beans.
Landlord Zhao's family all came back home this year to celebrate the new year, and by April, Pei Yuan would be married off to the Zhao family of Qinghe Town. So they came over with the baby to visit.
The Zhao brothers were both quite young, the elder one being eight years old and just beginning his formal education with their grandfather, while the younger one was four, the perfect age for playing.
