"And besides, if I take my four kids to the Cui family, won’t they give my children a hard time? Are my five children and I going to have to work like horses for the Cui family in the future?"

"As far as I know, Second Cui’s previous wife worked more than a cow at the Cui household, ate less than a chicken, and still got beaten and scolded every few days. Even her sisters-in-law could scold her; the whole family bullied her alone. Matchmaker Li, do you think a woman like me, with no maternal family support and four children in tow, can live better than Second Cui’s previous wife if I really marry there?"

"Second Cui’s previous wife lived a life worse than death for more than ten years before passing away. Maybe I can’t even last a few years, and what about my four children? They’re so young, how many years can they endure?"

"Matchmaker Li, your scheme has not only counted on my life but also taken into account the lives of my five children."

"Matchmaker Li, I haven’t wronged you, right? I just want to ask you, what kind of deep hatred or big grudge do you have against me to harm me like this?"

Yuan Chun tearfully questioned.

Matchmaker Li looked down guiltily, not daring to meet everyone’s eyes, "Daqiang’s mother, I was wrong, I truly was wrong. I... I will never meddle in your marriage arrangements again."

"Hmph, do you think that after this incident, I would still dare to let you arrange a marriage?"

Yuan Chun looked up and glanced at the villagers, "Not just me, I’d reckon that people in Red Star Village wouldn’t dare let you arrange marriages anymore."

Matchmaker Li looked up in a panic at everyone.

The captain’s wife sneered, "Matchmaker Li, considering how you earn that filthy money, who would dare let you arrange marriages anymore? You’re not the only matchmaker around here; without you, does it mean our sons and daughters won’t get married?"

"Exactly, who can’t arrange a marriage? I arranged one for my sister-in-law’s son, and the young couple is very loving now."

"My niece was also married off to my sister-in-law’s maternal nephew, with me as the matchmaker; their days could not be better."

"Anyway, none of my children will need Matchmaker Li for marriage arrangements."

"None of my unruly boys would dare ask her for a match; who knows if she’ll black-heartedly match my son with a foolish wife?"

...

Hearing these discussions, Matchmaker Li was almost furious.

But having aroused public anger, she didn’t dare to refute anything.

The other members of the Li family hung their heads like defeated roosters. Even when being verbally berated by the villagers like a bear, they didn’t dare say anything.

They were afraid that in a moment of anger, the villagers might truly drive them out of Red Star Village.

Of course, the captain wouldn’t really expel the Li family from the village, but he severely warned them, "Li Heizi, if you people from the Li family want to continue living well in Red Star Village, there must be no more plots involving marriage arrangements in the future. Otherwise, our village will no longer tolerate your presence, and even Madam Dagou, we’ll send her to the police station for justice."

"Also, for the fright that Daqiang’s mother suffered, the Cui family compensated 50 yuan. Your Li family should compensate 30 yuan, catch a chicken, take twenty eggs, and offer them to calm her nerves, and this matter will be settled."

yuan almost cost Matchmaker Li her life.

But there was no choice but to compensate.

Everyone was watching.

Matchmaker Li could only instruct her eldest daughter-in-law to catch a chicken and her second daughter-in-law to take the eggs, while she hobbled inside, rubbing her sore leg, to get the money.

Yuan Chun received a compensation, feeling very pleased.

She ran home and brought back two packs of fruit candies, handing them to the villagers who spoke up for her. Although each person only got a few candies, the villagers were happy and all said that Yuan Chun is grateful, a good woman.