I, reborn, really don't want to be a matchmaker!

Spring of 1988.

The large mulberry tree at the east end of Wanhe Village had just sprouted tender buds when Qin Chaoyang, wielding a broad axe, chopped it down.

This left the passing villagers completely baffled, and some even whispered among themselves.

After all, this big mulberry tree used to produce a lot of mulberries, and it was a favorite among the children in the neighborhood.

Now that the mulberries have been cut down, it will be difficult for children to enjoy them.

Qin Chaoyang didn't care at all about the villagers' private gossip.

If they don't cut down the big mulberry tree in their yard this year, their greedy younger sister will fall from the seven or eight-meter-high branch and become disabled after the mulberries ripen, causing lifelong pain for the family.

The reason he has the ability to foresee the future is because he was reborn three days ago and knew that keeping this big mulberry tree would be a disaster.

If it's not cut off, the tragedy before rebirth will repeat itself.

After confirming that the felled mulberry tree would not cause any inconvenience to passersby, Qin Chaoyang wiped his sweat and walked towards the front door of his house diagonally opposite.

He is nineteen years old this year. He failed to get into university last year and has been unemployed at home ever since.

Although his mother wouldn't say much or put any pressure on him.

But Qin Chaoyang, who had been reborn, knew that he could no longer waste his life like this.

At the very least, they shouldn't stay at home and sponge off their parents, becoming a burden on their mothers.

"But what can I do now?" Qin Chaoyang moved a long bench and sat at the door, gazing at the distant river as he pondered.

He is a reincarnated person. Logically speaking, as long as he uses the memories and experiences of his rebirth, he should be able to quickly find his future direction and goals.

Unfortunately, he doesn't remember most of the exact information about how he could make money in 1988.

As for industries he was familiar with, such as car repair and catering, without guidance or start-up capital, it was even more unthinkable to expect to achieve anything in a short period of time.

In other words, it's simply unrealistic to think that you can use the "golden finger" of rebirth to quickly solve the problem of not having a job.

This is not a joke, but a fact that is right before our eyes.

Moreover, there is still one thing that is giving Qin Chaoyang a headache that he cannot solve.

This matter is—

The memories of his previous life and the memories of his current life are mixed together in his mind, making his brain a mess, like paste.

For a moment, I couldn't tell what was real and what was illusory.

For example, the virtual pop-ups that keep popping up in front of him make him feel like he's dreaming and it all feels so unreal.

The virtual pop-up window was completely blank; he had spent the entire day researching it yesterday, but to no avail.

Today was the same; it popped up and remained for thirty or forty seconds before disappearing, then kept popping up and disappearing over and over again, as if it were just playing a trick on him.

This gave Qin Chaoyang a bit of a headache: "This pop-up is probably a side effect of staying up all night playing games before my rebirth. It will probably disappear after a while."

"But that's not the point. The point is that my rebirth cheat ability can't be used to its full potential for the time being. What should I do next?" Qin Chaoyang was troubled.

Farming at home is impossible for Qin Chaoyang, because as a reborn person, he knows that farming can only provide a basic living, and it's impossible to get rich.

As for becoming an apprentice or doing odd jobs as a temporary worker, that's even more impossible. After all, he's a reborn person, and he can't tarnish that identity.

This isn't because he's arrogant or looks down on odd jobs and temporary workers.

The problem is that my mother has broken her right leg and is recovering at home, which is exactly when she needs money for treatment.

If you're doing odd jobs or temporary work, that meager salary definitely won't be enough.

In other words, he now has to find a way to earn money as soon as possible, or a way to make quick money, to get through the current difficulties his family is facing.

But good jobs are hard to find. Even temporary work was something that young people in Wanhe Village were scrambling to do in 1988.

Last week, he applied for an apprenticeship at a steel pipe factory, but his blind date, Wu Chunhua's younger brother, snatched the job away.

Because of this, he had a complete falling out with Wu Chunhua, and ended up losing both his money and his wife.

Thinking about this, Qin Chaoyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After all, even a regular job at a steel pipe factory wouldn't warrant a second glance from him, a reborn individual.

Wu Chunhua thought her younger brother Wu Yang had gotten a great deal, but little did she know that a year later, the steel pipe factory began laying off workers due to poor performance.

Apprentices and temporary workers are undoubtedly the first to be laid off.

"Big brother, big brother... Mom is calling you." Qin Chaolu, the younger sister, ran out of the mud-brick house, interrupting Qin Chaoyang's thoughts.

"Mum" is a dialect word meaning "mother".

Qin Chaolu is nine years old this year. She has two little braids, is as thin as a stick, and doesn't even wear shoes on her little feet.

Upon seeing this, Qin Chaoyang reached out and picked him up with a pained expression: "It's spring now, what if you catch a cold running around barefoot?"

"I... my cloth shoes are so worn out I can't wear them anymore!" Qin Chao replied timidly.

"You only have one pair of cloth shoes?" Qin Chaoyang asked.

"Yes," Qin Chaolu nodded.

Mom originally wanted to buy her two pairs.

But he broke his leg on his way to act as a matchmaker.

Buying shoes is impossible now; I just hope my mother's leg injury will heal soon.

"I'll buy it for you when I have time." After saying that, Qin Chaoyang carried Qin Chaolu to the inner room where his mother, Zhao Mudan, was.

Qin Chaoyang's father, Qin Dingtian, passed away from illness in 1985, and now the family is being supported by his mother.

The hardships involved were something Qin Chaoyang, who was nineteen years old before his rebirth, couldn't see, but he knows them very well now.

So after putting down Qin Chaolu, whom he was holding, Qin Chaoyang took the initiative to clean the inner room.

"Oh dear! You don't need to clean the room, have your sister do it later." Zhao Mudan, with some gray hair at her temples, struggled to sit up. "You should go to Toad Village right now and ask Zhao Hu what he means. Is he willing to meet Tang Shuang, the daughter of Tang the Cripple?"

"If you don't want to see him, I'll arrange for another young man."

It wasn't that she, the matchmaker, was impatient; rather, it was because Zhao Hu kept postponing the date for their meeting, making her lose face in front of Tang the Cripple.

"Mom, your leg is broken, why are you still concerned about Zhao Hu and Tang Shuang?" Qin Chaoyang's head was throbbing with pain. "Can't you just listen to my advice and stay home to recover?"

My mother is a well-known matchmaker in the surrounding villages. Although she is just over fifty years old this year, she has arranged at least a hundred marriages and her reputation is exceptionally good.

But no matter how good it is, in Qin Chaoyang's view, it must be based on the premise of his own health.

"Am I not recuperating in bed right now?" Zhao Mudan rolled her eyes at Qin Chaoyang. "I told you to go to Toad Village right now, don't give me that nonsense, okay?"

"Okay! Okay!" Qin Chaoyang had no choice but to nod in agreement.

There was no way around it; his mother was the most powerful person in the family, and he had no choice but to agree.

Of course, he didn't want to be like he was before his rebirth, lying to his mother about not going to Toad Village, which resulted in him getting a good beating.

In order to get back sooner, Qin Chaoyang changed into a pair of cloth shoes and walked towards Toad Village.

The pop-up window appeared again, but it wasn't blank; it now contained a countdown number.

Qin Chaoyang didn't pay attention or bother with it, and instead quickened his pace.

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