Lao Zhoutou and the Qian family have some private properties. They originally thought that if the first and third bedrooms didn't lend a hand, they would help. But since Manbao took the initiative to lend it to them, it would be hard for the two old people to intervene.
, Well, this is also a bowl of water.
The couple with a bowl of water took out their own account books and carefully distinguished the numbers on them. Old Zhoutou said: "I have seen many Zhuangzi and fields. Alas, the land in the capital is too expensive, and the land in Yongzhou is too expensive.
It’s cheap, and there aren’t many people selling land, so I thought I’d buy this one from Yongzhou. It’s not Zhuangzi, but it’s sold by a wealthy family, with a total of eighty acres.”
Old Zhoutou took out a note, scratched his face and said: "Seven taels of silver per acre. I asked Wutou before and he calculated it for me, but I forgot again. Anyway, it is more than five hundred taels. It's out.
With this part of the money, we don’t have much left, what else can we buy for her?”
Ms. Qian didn’t understand, but it wasn’t a big problem. She said, “Let’s buy the land.”
She said: "The palace and the nobles gave us a lot of cloths, and we couldn't buy anything better. So we bought two more pieces of red cloth, paid for the wedding dress custom-made by the embroidery workshop, and there was nothing left."
Buy her land."
The house is full of treasures, but as for a shop, this kind of money cannot buy a shop in the capital, so the only option is to buy land.
"After all, the job fields belong to the imperial court and are not very stable. She should still have a few pieces of her own land," Qian said, "You can still ask about the land in Yongzhou later. When you buy the land, you will still rent it to tenants for farming.
, as long as there is land, people will never be hungry."
Old Zhou agreed and stood on tiptoe to ask another question, "What do you think the Bai family will give as a betrothal gift?"
Qian raised his head and glanced at him and said, "It won't be less anyway."
"But I haven't seen them buying anything recently. Are they preparing betrothal gifts?"
Zhou Lizhong walked out of the yard and waited for his uncles and aunts to return to the house. Then he bumped into Zhou Liwei, winked and said, "Okay, you will make a fool of yourself for Lijun."
Zhou Liwei blushed slightly and said, "I'm going to start my bad words first. There are more people in the house now, so naturally I have to explain more to avoid misunderstandings."
Zhou Lizhong nodded, turned to Zhou Lijun and said with a smile: "I'll leave this matter to you, but will it be earlier to open in September? Or wait until my sister-in-law gets married?"
Zhou Lijun shook his head, "That's too late. September is just the right time. Autumn is dry, so it's time to use moisturizing cream and whitening cream."
Zhou Li nodded nervously and frowned, having the same question as his grandfather, "By the way, are the Bai family preparing betrothal gifts? I haven't seen anything added there since I came back several times."
Of course there is. Mrs. Liu has been asking people to move things into the newly purchased house since last month.
Every now and then, she would take Mrs. Zheng out to check out the things that had been delivered to her newly bought house.
Not to mention the house and land deeds, various ornaments, jades, porcelain and some antique calligraphy, paintings and books that she had prepared were also sent one after another from Longzhou and Qili Village.
Of course, most of her things went with her to Qili Village when she moved. Only some of her things were too heavy to take with her, so they were left in her old house in Longzhou.
She also didn't expect that Bai Shan would get married in the capital. In order to make the betrothal gift look good, she sent people back to Qili Village to fetch some things and gave them to Bai Shan as a betrothal gift together with some of the things left in Longzhou.
Not to mention other people, even Zheng's daughter-in-law was frightened when she saw it. She couldn't help but ask: "Mother, are these the betrothal gifts?"
Mrs. Liu nodded with a smile and said: "Today is different from the past. Whether it is Manbao or Shanbao, the people they have made friends with are not low-status and many. Based on this, we have to make some preparations for the future, so
Shanbao's betrothal gift cannot be short-changed, so that Manbao's dowry can be supported."
She said: "I know what those people outside think. They just think that our Bai family has declined, Shanbao has no father or brother to help him, and Manbao comes from a poor family. Although he is now deeply favored by the emperor, he is still different from the wealthy family.
I asked them a little bit. For this wedding, I asked them to take a look at the background of the two families."
The Zhou family doesn't have much background, but the Bai family does.
Based on Mrs. Liu's understanding of the Zhou family, she had sent many betrothal gifts. In the end, I am afraid that except for the cash, the rest would have been accompanied back.
The cash can also be exchanged for other more decent dowries.
Although these things changed hands from the Bai family to Zhou Man's personal property, she only had a grandson, so wouldn't the grandson's wife's belongings still belong to her grandson?
Mrs. Liu's eyes are bright, and it's time to let the people in my family see if their branch is in decline, huh.
Separated from Mrs. Liu by a corridor, Man Bao from two yards was climbing over to close the window. After closing the window, she sat cross-legged on the bed to enter the space, and then counted her money.
In June, Zhou Lang returned to Beijing and gave her the money from selling gems and spices, most of which was silver and the rest was copper coins.
Man Bao did not put the copper coins into the space, as they took up too much space. Generally speaking, she would only put a dozen coins in it. If it was not enough, she would go home and stuff some more.
The remaining copper coins were placed in the wing room next to hers, which she used as a warehouse. It contained all the belongings that she could not store in the space.
Among them were several sacks of copper coins.
Man Bao went to open the box. There were silver in several boxes. There were ingots with neat official seals, and there were also pieces of silver that were not neat, but the quality was good.
Manbao knows how to count money. When she counted money before, she wrote labels and put them on the boxes. In addition, she also had her own account book, so she could easily know how much money she had.
She counted the money and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there was a lot of money, so she freed up the two boxes and threw them in the corner.
The next day Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian were asked to count the silver quietly.
Five hundred taels was not light, so Zhou Dalang took two big baskets and put them in them, then put a lid on them, and then he and Xiao Qian went back carrying a basket.
I greeted people along the way, but no one knew there was silver in the big basket.
Man Bao thought this method was particularly good, so he dug out two baskets and filled them with silver, then went to Zhou Ligu and said, "You have to write me an IOU on behalf of your father."
Zhou Ligu was also worried about not having enough money. After hearing this, he immediately nodded, went to see the silver in the basket and asked strangely, "Why put it in the basket?"
"It's so inconspicuous that no one will notice it."
When Zhou Ligu heard this, he immediately lowered his voice and asked, "Sister-in-law, can't you tell your family about this?"
Man Bao asked: "Why do you tell your family? Just tell your parents."
Zhou Ligu was confused, "Can't I tell Third Brother? Third Brother and I are the best, and I can't hide many things from him."
"Then tell him," Man Bao said, "He also owes me money."
Zhou Ligu was stunned and asked, "How much is owed?"