Man Bao: "...There aren't that many. If someone buys it, the most they can give is one hundred and eighty taels."
"That's expensive. It's a house. Isn't it too heavy for you to wear?" Lao Zhoutou and Qian said: "Put it away and find an opportunity to exchange it for money later."
Wearing such heavy clothes, he was afraid that his spine would be bent.
Man Bao: ...She is not willing to tell the price of the cloth because she is afraid of this situation.
Man Bao rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, has Da Ya's wedding date been decided?"
"It's decided, the wedding banquet will be held on the 29th of the Lunar New Year, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated the next day. She can rest for two months before starting to work on the farm."
Only then did Qian remember and ask, "Why did you decide on this price?"
"There is no other way. Apart from the twenty-ninth, the only choice is to have a child on the tenth day of the first lunar month," Lao Zhoutou said confidently: "We will get married after the new year and save them a gift from going home to celebrate the New Year. What do you mean? And let's get in."
Too late, too close to the busy farming season, is not good for the children."
Qian: ...You just feel sorry for that gift, right?
However, Man Bao happily poured another glass of water for her father, and then praised: "This is a good girl. The day after the wedding is New Year's Eve, and the family is reunited. How festive."
Lao Zhoutou instantly smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Yeah, Man Baodu agreed, I just chose this one because I think it's a happy one."
Man Bao took the opportunity and said, "Dad, have you agreed on the dowry with the matchmaker? I want to give Daya the shop in the county town as a dowry."
Lao Zhoutou directly squirted the water from his mouth, "What did you say?"
Man Bao jumped to the side to avoid it, and pulled up his sleeves to wipe the water from his face, "Dad, isn't that shop just about one piece of cloth? I've already given Da Ya two pieces of cloth, do you still care about how many more pieces of cloth he has?
Would you like to send one as a gift?"
Lao Zhou turned his head and glanced at the silk fabric on his clothes, and felt that what she said made sense.
He immediately shook his head to get rid of the thoughts in his mind, glared at Man Bao and said, "No, this fabric can't make money just sitting there, but the shop can make money. Do you know how much income the shop makes every month?"
Old Zhoutou said: "It's much better than us working in the fields."
Manbao then smiled and said: "Don't worry about this, I have already told my sister-in-law. Although this shop is used as a dowry for Da Ya, it is still done by my sister-in-law, and she still has to pay a share to the father-in-law every month. In fact, it is the shop.
Just record it in Daya’s name.”
Lao Zhoutou didn't believe her, but he also knew that he couldn't match her in terms of eloquence, so he simply turned his head to the side and refused to listen to her anymore, "Anyway, I don't care, you bought this shop in the first place, your sister-in-law remembers
It's in your name, and I've agreed to be your dowry when you get married."
"But Dad, I'm so good now that I can earn a lot of money, and I'm not in the county, so this shop won't be of much use."
"You will always go home in the future, right?" Lao Zhoutou then remembered this, "By the way, I just went to Dali Village today, and you two ran outside. I forgot to ask you, what are you doing?"
Are you going to Beijing again after the new year?"
Man Bao: "...Dad, Sixth Brother and the others are still in the capital. Do we want to leave them in the capital?"
Lao Zhoutou stroked his pipe and began to think deeply, and said: "I didn't know how to solve the problem at the beginning. You said you were going to the capital, so I let you go in a daze. You said you wanted to buy a shop, so you did.
, but I have been thinking during this time that the capital is still too far from Qili Village. It takes more than ten or twenty days to go back and forth. Your brother-in-law... Since your biological father's grievance has been settled, it is better to go home.
Come here."
He said: "I know that you have skills now, but there is no place to show them when you return to the village. But you can go to Yizhou or Mianzhou. It is big and wealthy there, and it is close to home. How about it?"
Man Bao said with a serious face: "Dad, I have now taken over the job of treating the queen and the prince. I have agreed to take a month's leave. If I don't go back, the prince will kill someone and implicate the family."
That kind of thing.”
Old Zhou opened his mouth wide, and then he remembered, "Yes, you are treating the prince and the queen, and these silks and satins are the reward for the treatment."
He became worried, "The capital is so big, but there isn't a doctor who can handle you?"
"I can do things they can't."
Lao Zhoutou looked at Man Bao and sighed, "My daughter is so powerful now."
"Okay, while you are talking, you are still talking about letting your children come back. How many times have you said this in the past six months?" Qian said: "It is a good thing for children to be successful. Do you really want them to stay together like you all their lives?"
In this village?”
"What's wrong with staying in this village? Didn't you hear what Lao Wu said about parents being here and not traveling far away?"
"He's not missing his parents, he's missing his wife!" Qian broke through his fantasy and said, "Besides, how can your parents live without traveling far away? You've never been to a very far place in your life.
In the end, how are my parents doing? They have worked hard all their lives, and their blessings are gone before they can be enjoyed."
Qian said: "But now, you can wear cotton clothes if you want, you can wear silk clothes if you want, and you can eat every now and then. Where do these come from? Can you just farm the land at home?"
"Why not? Wheat seeds are grown in the ground."
"If there were no Manbao and Laosi, it would not be wheat seeds, but wheat!" Qian said: "If you sell it, it will only cost thirty yuan a dou at most, which will keep the family from starving and save some money for medicine.
That’s all, what’s the use for it?”
Old Zhoutou stopped talking.
Manbao sat obediently on the stool and waited for his parents to finish arguing. Now that they had finished arguing, he raised his head and called out, "Dad——"
Lao Zhou turned his back and ignored her.
Qian made the decision: "Let Daya bring out a piece of colorful silk, and the shop will be recorded in her name. Later we will tell the matchmaker that since we have married the shop, the Zheng family will have to stay with the young couple."
We will buy a house in the county town and let the couple live there."
Only then did Lao Zhou turn around, frowning and said, "That's right."
Qian gave him a sideways look and said, "I'll give you a piece of colorful silk instead."
But the colorful silk was also given by Manbao.
The words circled around on the tip of Lao Zhou's tongue, but he didn't say it out. He just pondered for a while and said: "That's okay. Daya has rarely worked in the fields in the past two years. My grandson-in-law is studying in the county, so let her stay."
It’s not good to be alone in the village, young couples should spend more time together.”
Seeing that he had come around the corner, Qian was satisfied and gave him a smile, "There are only a few days left. Let the boss find a matchmaker tomorrow to finalize this matter."
Lao Zhou nodded, still a little heartbroken after thinking about it. He sighed, then looked at the silk on the bed and said, "It would be great if I could exchange it for a shop."
Man Bao thought to himself: Who is so stupid as to exchange a shop for a piece of cloth?
There is no such prodigal person in the county.
But what she said to comfort her was, "Dad, only the sister-in-law can open a shop in the family. If you try another one, no one will be able to run it."
Lao Zhoutou then turned to be dissatisfied with his several daughters-in-law, "It's really strange. There are five daughters-in-law. They all look smart. Why can't the food taste like the eldest daughter-in-law?".
Otherwise, the family can open more shops in the county.