Zhang Hugua hurriedly said: "Dad, you know about the serious illness of the young master of the Cheng family, right? It was rumored a few days ago that they were looking for someone to celebrate the wedding, and the Cheng family was willing to give a thousand taels of bride price to the chosen girl, but now it has changed!
It is said that the betrothal gift has increased to a thousand taels of gold!"
"That's gold. I heard from my elder brother that one tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. One thousand taels of gold, how much do you need!"
He couldn't calculate it clearly, but he knew it must be a lot. He would never be able to spend that much money in his lifetime.
Zhang Laodou is more knowledgeable than his son. After all, when he came back, Shangguan gave him a full two hundred taels of silver. He was also the one who had seen a bunch of white silver ingots.
A thousand taels of gold is indeed quite a lot. On the battlefield, generals often used this phrase to encourage soldiers to fight the enemy bravely.
Why are you rewarded with a hundred taels of gold for killing an enemy general?
The Cheng family was rich, he smacked his lips, but he just wasn't envious.
No matter how rich you are, it doesn't matter. If you don't have an official position, you are just a rich man.
His grandson will be an official in the future. When the time comes, the Zhang family will be the official residence, so it will naturally be different.
"It's just a thousand taels of gold. What does it have to do with you? It's so noisy that it disturbs me in my sleep! Get out of here!" He waved his hand and made a gesture to lie down again.
Zhang Hugua said anxiously: "It doesn't matter! Dad, you didn't hear, the women in the village outside are talking about the excitement! It is said that the Cheng family has made it clear this time that they want a baby girl who will be born on the ninth day of August to celebrate the birth.
!I heard from Datie’s wife that Lihua was born on the ninth day of August, dad, do you still remember?”
He couldn't even remember the day his daughter was born, and certainly not the date of Lihua's birth. If he hadn't heard about it, how would he have known.
When Zhang Laodou heard this, he immediately understood what his son meant. He recalled carefully, "It seems that he was born in the ninth grade of junior high school? Is it Zi Shi... I can't remember this clearly."
He doesn't care about his second wife. He can support his two children until they grow up. It's all for the sake of his wife. It's good to get him a wife and not let him be a bachelor. Who cares whether the wife has children or not?
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More than ten years have passed, and he really can't remember when the pear blossom was born, in the afternoon or at night.
This seems to be the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and I followed what my son said.
"How can you not remember clearly! Dad, please think about it carefully! Aunt Yuan said it was Zi Chu, what if she remembers it wrong? It may not be Zizheng! That's a thousand taels of gold! Dad, you have to think carefully.
Think about it!" Zhang Hugua slapped his thigh anxiously.
Zhang Laodou looked serious and began to think seriously.
Zhang Hugua was still thinking casually, "That's a thousand taels of gold. If you exchange it for a lot of silver, it can fill your bed, right? With this money, Song'er can take the imperial examination and manage various flowers."
That's enough! Our family has become rich, and buying a house in the city is just a matter of words. When the time comes, we can make slaves and become masters, why do we need to stay in this poor place?"
After a moment, Zhang Laodou raised his eyebrows and said: "Zi Chu and Zizheng were only half an hour apart. Your Aunt Yuan is old, so maybe you remember it wrong?"
"That's right, that's right! I just remembered it wrong! Dad, you are Lihua's grandfather. You said that Lihua was born from Zizheng. Can the Cheng family still believe it?" Zhang Hugua nodded like garlic, so excited that he couldn't control himself.
With a thousand taels of gold, he can go to the town and live the life of a rich man. When the time comes, he will wear gold and silver, be a great man, listen to ditties, watch operas, drink tea, and listen to music every day.
Listening to books, playing with birds, doing whatever you want, this day is fun just thinking about it.
Every time he saw his eldest brother, who was so well-dressed and living so well in the town, he was so envious that he never wanted to go back to this small corner of his hometown.
That day when I was listening to a play in the theater, all the people were dressed so well, but he was the only one who was poorly dressed. At that time, he even felt a little ashamed.
Don’t miss this opportunity to make a fortune!
Zhang Laodou was so excited by Zhang Hugua's words. The key is that he thought in his heart that Lihua was raised by him and he can do whatever he wants with her. Who dares to say more?
Besides, this is a great thing. He is giving pear blossoms to enjoy happiness. Who can say that he is not?
Although, when he thought about it, he was still a little unwilling. Why is this girl Lihua so lucky?
But then I thought about it, who knows if the young master of the Cheng family will survive.
If he can't live, going to celebrate is in vain. He can get one thousand taels of gold. This is the most important thing!
Anyway, my wife doesn’t like pear blossoms. If I can get these thousand taels of gold, then the whole family will go to the city to enjoy themselves. I believe my wife is also willing.
As long as she and her wife both say that Lihua is the son of Zizheng, the younger siblings cannot undermine them. This relationship is so strong.
Zhang Laodou thought a lot and felt that this was feasible.
However, she quickly thought of something else, "But Lihua has already been engaged to the Zhou family. She suddenly regrets the engagement. On the other side of the Zhou family, we can't see each other until we look up. Isn't it hard to say?"
Zhang Hugua waved his hand and said very proudly: "What are you afraid of? How can we not break off the engagement? At worst, we will compensate them twenty taels of silver and they will make a profit! What's wrong? Besides, we got the money,
I just moved away, when will I come back? Why are you so afraid that I won’t see you when you look up!”
Hearing that his youngest son suddenly became so smart, Mr. Zhang was very pleased, "You are right, then let's do it this way. I will talk to your mother about it later."
The father and son were whispering in the upper room, and they were playing with the fate of others in a few moments, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all.
We are all born as human beings, so why can you decide the fate of others?
It was as if God had dozed off and couldn't see or hear anything.
The women in the courtyard of the Song family laughed and talked about the pear blossoms, and then continued talking about the Cheng family.
They were also curious about which family had such good luck to get the thousand taels of gold, and they were also curious about whether the young master of the Cheng family could get it done well, so they all sighed. After all, he was a young child. I prayed to God that he would be able to get it.
Don't be so cruel and take away the child's life early.
"Ah! Stone Egg!" Suddenly, a scream broke through the sky.
Miao, who was chopping chili peppers, threw away the kitchen knife in her hand and immediately ran towards her yard, "What's going on? What's going on! What's going on with Zaohua and Shidan'er!"
The others were also startled when they heard Zaohua's cry-like screams. They all focused their attention on this area. Old Mrs. Deng even stood up and followed her.
They were working here and Shi Dan'er was taking a nap, so she asked Zaohua to stay in the house and watch over Shi Dan'er.
I haven't slept for a long time. I don't know what happened. Could it be that I fell off the bed?
"What's wrong with Shi Dan'er?" Mrs. Miao rushed into the house with a few steps. Before she could finish her words, she saw Zao Hua sitting on the ground. The little Shi Dan'er was lying on Zao Hua's lap, foaming at the mouth, with a small face.
Very white.
The huge panic immediately wrapped Miao so tightly that she could hardly stand still. She rushed over, fell to the ground, and scooped Shi Dan'er into her arms, "Shi Dan'er! Mother's stone