On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 236 Going Home
Ordinary people in the countryside, who do not have years of famine or disaster, still need twenty or thirty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, and they also have to buy some additional fabrics and jewelry, plus banquets and the like.

Without forty or fifty taels of silver, it would be impossible to arrange a decent marriage.

When the betrothal gift arrives at the woman's family, many families are waiting for their daughter's betrothal gift to marry their son.

However, most families will also leave five or eight taels of silver for their daughters, and then prepare their own suitcases, tables, chairs, and two new clothes, which is a very decent dowry.

Jiang Yu is the only one in the Jiang family, so even if it's a renewal, it will definitely be a big deal.

This is not to receive gift money, but to let everyone know that the Jiang family attaches great importance to the bride.

They run a medical clinic and know a lot of people from all walks of life. If the bride's dowry is not respectable, the Jiang family will also be disgraced.

He was originally thinking about giving the Xiao family a sum of money in private so that they would not receive the official betrothal gift.

Unexpectedly, it was Boss Xiao who mentioned this matter himself.

He took advantage of the situation and said: "It's not easy for you to raise a big girl to such a big age. How can you not keep any of her? You have to ask your son-in-law to dedicate his private house to you."

"I also have a two-room house. In the past, it was stocked with medicinal materials. It's hard to collect medicinal materials this year. I happen to have some space available. Can I give it to you?"

Boss Xiao was a little moved when he heard this. If it hadn't been for the windfall, he would have definitely agreed now.

Who is willing to refuse this great good thing?
Even now, he still couldn't bear to refuse.

But thinking about it, there are still two daughters who have not been told. If word gets out that he has taken over the house that the Jiang family has entered, I am afraid that no one will dare to come to ask for the second girl in the future.

What's more, the mistress may marry into a high-ranking family in the future, so she must not have a bad reputation of being greedy for money and selling her daughter.

"It's really not necessary. It's quite suitable for us to live there now."

After saying that, she endured her heartache and explained to herself: The third girl said that the whole family will settle in the capital in the future, and she will buy herself a new house in the capital.

Don’t you care about the Jiang family’s house?
But my heart still felt very uncomfortable.

Mr. Jiang tried to persuade him several times, but he was flatly rejected by Mr. Xiao.

This actually made Mr. Jiang take a high look at him and make up his mind to ask his grandson to send more money to the Xiao family in private.

The three families were all going to the city and had a lot of things to pack, so they made an appointment to leave early tomorrow morning.

When the villagers heard the news, they were very reluctant to leave. Many people carried a few eggs or some vegetables, reluctantly urging them to come back more often.

Fortunately, there is peace now, otherwise they would not want the Xiao family to leave.

Now that everyone sees the Xiao family, they feel very relieved.

There are also many people who take the opportunity to ask them if they still need people in the restaurant. As long as food and accommodation are provided, wages are paid as they please. They want the kids at home to take the opportunity to see the world and learn from them.

Boss Xiao thought to himself: It’s almost the Chinese New Year, and we’re not even planning to open a restaurant, so why do we need people?

But now the boys in the village really listen to me. If I plan to open a restaurant next year, it will indeed require a lot of people.

So they all agreed one by one.

Of course, what he wants most is to open a casino, but unfortunately his family does not support it.

Then we can only open restaurants or inns.

The family's small restaurant can earn a net income of almost thirty to fifty taels of silver every month. Having tasted the benefits of doing business, the Xiao family would of course prefer to do some small business.

The next day, the Xiao family, Chen family, and Jiang family left Xutian Village with the people reluctant to see them off.

Mrs. Wu squeezed onto the carriage of the Xiao sisters and asked in a worried voice: "Are we really not going to take away those treasures buried underground?" Xiao Lian rarely thought the same as her second aunt and had the same worries. : "No one should be so bored as to dig randomly at our house, right?"

Xiao Xiao leaned on the pillow and ate melon seeds with a calm expression: "Don't worry, dad and I have moved all those things. No one knows about the three holes of the cunning rabbit except me and dad. It is definitely better than what we carry with us." Safety."

After she finished speaking, she paid attention to everyone's faces.

Wu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll be relieved."

After being together for so many years, she knew her elder brother and sister-in-law quite well.

I remember when they bought a house in the town, my eldest brother took out all his personal money and lent it to them.

It was said to be a loan, but it has not been paid back yet.

Even though Mrs. Wu now carries more than three hundred taels of belongings with her, she still feels distressed when she thinks of Yuzhang's new house that she has only lived in for a few years after buying it.

Anyway, she had no objection at all to the behavior of Boss Xiao and Xiao Xiao.

I feel from the bottom of my heart that I won’t be greedy for the share that should be given to me.

There are still guards guarding the city gate.

It may be that these officers have fought with the rebels, and now the eyes they look at are becoming more and more ferocious.

However, with the Chen family and the Jiang family here, the guards would certainly not embarrass the Xiao family. Instead, they would try to remember the old man Xiao and his brother Xiao who were driving the carriage.

If these people can walk with Mrs. Chen, they are either relatives or friends. In the future, even if they cannot travel in and out of the city, it will not be difficult for them.

Mrs. Xiao was more concerned about the restaurant. After entering the city, she directed Mr. Xiao to drive to the restaurant first.

There were very few people on the street, and many shops were still closed.

There are also some stores with their doors half open, and the inside of the store is messy.

The door of Xiao's restaurant was also kicked open. Rice jars and pots were broken, and some fell to the ground. It was a mess.

Xiao Lao Niang scolded her angrily, but then she was thankful: "Fortunately we took away all the rice and noodles, otherwise who knows who would have gotten the advantage?"

Wu responded: "It must be the rebels who smashed all the bottles and jars to express their hatred when they saw that we didn't leave anything behind."

They all love to be clean, and even though they complained, they started to clean up.

Mrs. Liu was also about to go in to help, but was stopped by Boss Xiao: "Just let my parents and second brother clean up here. Let's go home first and take a look. We have to clean up the house."

Old Man Xiao also echoed: "Yes, you go home first and have a look."

However, I still greeted Xiao Laoer and Erlang, and everyone drove the mule cart back first.

They can now be considered a wealthy family, with two carriages and three mule carriages.

When they came back, it was old man Xiao, his two sons, Erlang and Xiao Xiu who had changed into men's clothes who drove back together.

Now I am very lucky that the yard where I live is big enough to accommodate five horse-drawn carriages and mule carts.

The Xiao family rented a place in the alley behind. When they saw that the door was closed, they felt relieved and unlocked it.

No one has come in the house, so it will be clean with a little mopping and sweeping.

It just hasn't been occupied for a few days, it's not popular, and it looks particularly deserted.

But this didn't bother them. Boss Xiao was afraid that Mrs. Liu would catch the cold, so he diligently lit a few pots of fire, and the room suddenly became warm.