The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 250 Chapter 230
After a short time, Hou Guantang's wife brought her daughter back, Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Oh, my sister-in-law is back, she has been gone for such a long time, and now she is even more beautiful.

Sigh, sister-in-law, how do you maintain your figure, why do you look so good-looking? "

Hou Yinping knew that Duan Wuji was joking with him.

Hou Yinping stared fiercely at Duan Wuji and said nothing, Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Hey, why are you staring at me all the time? I'm not the bridegroom officer."

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, don't make fun of me. Who wouldn't let you make me fool you?"

Hou Yinping looked at Tieniu and said, "Tieniu, when did you come here? Just now I heard from my mother that you plan to give our family a gift money of 99 taels of silver? Is this true?"

Tian Niu smiled honestly.

"Where did I say that? My brother said that just now."

"Then how much dowry do you plan to give our family?"

"How much dowry in silver? I have to listen to my brother. I will pay as much as he says."

Hou Yinping smiled.

"Oh? So you listened to this brat?

You brat, how much do you plan to give our family as a bride price? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this: "Sister-in-law, you can't talk nonsense? How do you know if I stink or not? Do you want me to come and smell it?"

Well, this paragraph of Wuji is hilariously amusing again.

Tie Niu saw it and said to Hou Yinping with a smile: "Don't say anything good, you are teasing our brothers, do you have any good fruit for you?"

Hou Yinping raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"Isn't he just my uncle? Why am I afraid of him?"

Tieniu was speechless after hearing this for a while, and said to himself: The woman he married is powerful enough, will he still have a good life after this?
"Hey, Wuji! How much dowry do you plan to give our family? Can you tell my sister-in-law the truth?"

Duan Wuji looked at Hou Yinping and said with a smile: "What's the use of telling or not? As long as the proof makes you happy."

Hou Yinping frowned when he heard that.

"Don't tell me, right? If you don't tell me, let's see how I deal with you."

Hou Guantang saw it and pulled his daughter behind him.

"Wuji, I am laughing at you, the girls in this mountain are wild-tempered, hey, I am not strict with her at ordinary times, I am making you laugh.

Hey, Wuji, just now you just said that the betrothal gift for my family is in the number of ninety-nine, so what is the number of ninety-nine?

I haven't figured it out yet.

Could it be nine taels of silver?

Well, nine taels of silver is also fine, anyway, this is more than what my eldest uncle and second uncle's family gave.

Old man, I didn't expect you to pay the 99 taels of silver, that's not realistic either. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, don't guess, how could we give your family such a small gift?
Isn't that humiliating?

Let me tell you, when we first came, we two brothers discussed it. When we came, we planned to offer a bride price of 1000 taels of silver, which means that it means exchanging thousands of gold for thousands of gold.

Just now I changed my mind again. I plan to give one or two less, which is more interesting. Let's take nine or nine.

Old man, you are really tall. "

Hou Guantang and his wife were stunned when they heard this.

"Wuji, this marriage is a big deal, you can't joke about it! Are you really willing to pay so much money?"

"Isn't that fake? Brother Yinniu, bring in the silver bag, and we'll pay the bride price right away."

Well, this paragraph of Promise is also about rushing and coming quickly.

After hearing this, Tieniu immediately went outside, slipped the silver bag off the horse and took it into the house.

Tie Niu opened the silver bag, and the white flowers reflected the whole room brightly.

This family was dumbfounded, why so much money!

Duan Wuji helped take out 99 taels of silver and handed it to Hou Guantang.

"Old man, you can count it up, it's exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine taels, now you're in this small mountain village."

Duan Wuji looked at Hou Yinhua again.

"Sister-in-law, are you satisfied now? You said you married my brother, and you can wait for happiness in the future.

Hey, sister-in-law, how can you thank me? "

Hou Yinping listened and smiled.

"Brother, can I cook a few more dishes for you later?"

After paying the bride price, Tie Niu wrapped up the remaining money.

Hou Guantang looked at Tieniu and asked, "My son-in-law, what is the use of you bringing so much money? Could it be that you have other things to do?"

Tieniu listened and smiled and said: "Lord Yue Ye, my brother and I came here, besides taking the silver vase back to get married, we do have some other ideas, we two brothers are planning to go out for a walk, on the one hand, we have a look There are no other things to do to make money, and secondly, I also travel by the way.”

"Oh, that's the way it is. I can't complain. Then why are you going? Where are you going?"

"This? I haven't thought about it yet. I have to listen to my brother. He has more eyes and brains than me."

"Really? Then Wuji, where are you going to go this time? Can you tell me?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "This time we plan to go around the capital to see if there is a chance for us to make a fortune in the capital."

"Oh, the capital city is a land of great gangs, there must be many opportunities to make a fortune under the feet of the emperor, um, you can go and look for it.

I wish you success in your career. "

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "Who dares to say whether it will be successful or not? It depends on God's will.

If it is successful, if it is not successful, it will be pulled down. If it is not successful, we will take our sister-in-law home to hold a wedding in a month or two. "

"Oh, so that's the case. Then when are you going to leave?"

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Stay here tonight, and we'll leave tomorrow morning."

At this moment, Hongsheng went out to buy vegetables and drinks and came back.

When Hou Guantang saw it, he pouted at his wife and daughter.

"Don't you hurry up and cook? Let's entertain distinguished guests later."

The two agreed and turned to leave.

Hou Guantang looked at his son and said with a smile: "Hongsheng, do you know how much money your brother-in-law gave our family as a bride price just now?"

Hou Hongsheng laughed and said, "How do I know that? I wasn't here just now. Well, my brother-in-law also looks like a rich man. Could it be that the bride price he paid exceeded the 99 taels?"

Hou Guantang smiled very complacently.

"Hongsheng, the bride price your brother-in-law gave to our family is far from 99 taels! They gave our family 99 taels."

"Huh? Give so much? Then our family will become a little rich man now?"

"Who says it's not! Our family will not be poor in ten or twenty years. Now our family's life is completely guaranteed.

This is really marrying a good man, you will be able to live in a blessed land. In the past, Blind Liu came to our village to tell a fortune, saying that your young lady is destined to be a nobleman. At that time, I thought it was blind Liu talking nonsense?
Didn't realize it would become real.

It seems that people's fate is destined by the sky, and random thinking is useless. "

The time is not long, lunch will be served soon, Duan Wuji saw it, ho!This meal is quite hearty, there are more than a dozen meat and vegetable dishes.

In addition, there was a jar of wine on the table, Duan Wuji knew at a glance that this was the best meal prepared by this family.

What can a poor family in a mountain village eat?

Hou Guantang's family is very enthusiastic, Duan Wuji and Tieniu are not polite, they are sitting at this table eating and drinking.

At the banquet, Hou Hongsheng looked at Tieniu and said, "Brother-in-law, aren't you the one who practices martial arts? Why don't you just follow me up the mountain to hunt after dinner, and let's roast game to eat at night."

"Oh? Then what is there on this mountain? Tell me and let me hear."

"Hey! The mountains are getting big, and there's no game? Pheasants, hares, wild goats, wild boars, there are too many, but it's not very easy to catch.

Let's go and try our luck, if we catch it, we'll let it go, if we can't catch it, we'll pull it down.

Just add some fun to this boring life. "

Tie Niu was originally a person who was restless and restless, Tie Niu laughed and said: "Okay, let's go after dinner."

Tieniu looked at Duan Wuji: "Brother, eat quickly, let's go together after eating."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "There are so many people there, so there are too many prey to hunt, so can you come here to eat?"

Hou Yinping laughed and said, "Wuji, do you think it's so easy to hit a prey?

My brother went out for a day, and there were times when he couldn't bring back a single game.You go to hunt three people, and it would be good if you can get back three or five prey at night. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Sister-in-law, just wait, as long as there are prey on this mountain, I dare say that we will not be able to finish the prey at night."

Hou Yinping laughed and said, "Okay then, I'll see what you bring back to me tonight."

After finishing his lunch, Hou Hongsheng carried a bamboo pole on his back, holding a three-pronged fork in his hand.

Hou Hongsheng said with a smile: "Brother Wuji, brother-in-law, let's go now."

Tieniu glanced at it and said with a smile, "What are you doing with that bastard?"

"What are you doing, pretending to be prey!"

"How many can it hold?"

"Hey, brother-in-law, don't look at me, I'm a small bamboo man, can we still fill it up in the next half day? Wouldn't it make us rich if we fill it up?"

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Okay then, just look at our brother and see how many prey we can get this afternoon."

(End of this chapter)