On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 239 Counteroffer
Xiao Xiao didn't feel it was expensive at all, but bargaining was an essential skill when buying things, so she said, "Shopkeeper, we will have to make custom orders in the future, so you can make it cheaper. The fixed price is one hundred and ten taels of silver."

"Hey, Miss Three, how can you pay back so much?" The shopkeeper must have sold hard: "We are just earning hard-earned money, but I have lost too much at this price."

"I'll give you another three taels of silver, let's put it together?"

Mrs. Liu pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Our family is not well-off, so why don't we give back half of the money? We only need one piece of clothing for each person."

The owner of the ready-made clothing shop is most afraid of hearing this from his customers, so he can only advise: "These clothes, styles and colors, have been carefully selected to suit you, so don't regret it."

"Then shopkeeper, you can be cheaper..."

After a lot of back and forth bargaining, the deal was finally settled for one hundred and twelve taels of silver.

Xiao Xiao also readily paid a deposit of thirty taels of silver and made an appointment to pick it up three days later.

After the owner of the ready-made clothing store took the money, he wrote a receipt and copied the paper where he had written down the style and color of the clothes they wanted. After handing them to Xiao Xiao, he felt a little strange: Why is it Miss Xiao San? What about the money paid?

After walking for a while, Mrs. Xiao patted her chest and said regretfully: "Oh, it's like a ghost has lost its mind. Why did you spend so much money?"

"Isn't that right?" Mrs. Wu's face flushed: "I never thought that I would be able to wear clothes made of such good materials in this life."

Xiao Lian glanced at the closed shop door and felt regretful: "We have money but no place to spend it."

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but sigh: "Now you know that money is not everything, right?"

When they get home, they can prepare dinner again depending on the weather.

Xiao Laohan and Xiao Laoer also each picked up a load of rice bran from outside, and then hurriedly went to feed the mules and horses, add water and shovel manure, and worked for a long time.

Xiao Erlang also took Lin Long and Sanlang out to buy pens and ink before, and when he came back, he also helped sweep the floor with a wink.

Boss Xiao came back last and sighed after sitting down.

Mrs. Xiao, who came out with bowls and chopsticks, stared at him: "It's the New Year, don't sigh, it will take away all your wealth and luck."

Boss Xiao snorted: "When you know what happened, mother, you will have to worry too."

Mrs. Xiao quickly asked: "What happened?"

She peeked at the kitchen again and saw that her eldest granddaughter was still cooking in front of the stove. She lowered her voice and asked nervously: "Did the Jiang family regret it? Or did something happen to Jiang Yu?"

She is now worried about her eldest granddaughter's marriage.

Before Huaqiao came to the door, everything had changes.

The eldest granddaughter's marriage has also been full of twists and turns, so much so that she doesn't dare to talk about it outside now, for fear that someone will become jealous after hearing this and mess up the marriage.

"Mom, where are you thinking?" Boss Xiao said with a face: "I met the landlord earlier. Their house was smashed by the rebels, and now they want to move back."

"It's almost the Chinese New Year. If we give it a short while, how can we find a suitable house to move out to?"

"Besides, moving is tiring and troublesome. How can I not worry about it?"

The owner of this house also had a house on the street, with three storefronts and a noodle shop in the front, and a second-level house in the back. It was spacious enough for the whole family to live in, so they rented out the house.

Who knows, after the rebels broke in, they felt that they had not gained anything, so they smashed the shop.

Later, the people also took advantage of the situation and looted all the flour in the store during the night.

Fortunately, they hid in the woodshed and escaped. But the old couple was also frightened and went crazy. Now they are still lying there unable to get up. They are making trouble and want to move back.

The son had nothing to do and kept asking the neighbors to keep an eye on when the Xiao family would come back.

There was a lot of noise about the return of the Xiao family here. The neighbors saw it through the crack in the door and sent letters to the original owner's house.

So much so that Boss Xiao was invited to the teahouse to drink tea, and by the way, he was mentioned about taking back the house.

After hearing this, Madam Xiao immediately drooped her face: "It's either my own house or I don't feel comfortable living there. Who knows when it will be kicked out."

Old man Xiao came in and was worried after hearing what they said: "There are only a few rooms behind the restaurant, and we can't live in them. Do we have to go back to the countryside?"

Boss Xiao immediately objected: "That's not a big deal, I can find a house."

The Jiang family has a house.

He just couldn't bear to say it.

Mr. Jiang once held the house in his hands and begged him repeatedly to accept it.

But he refused without hesitation.

Who would have thought that a slap in the face would come so quickly?

Then he really can't open his mouth?
Mrs. Xiao was very worried and told her about it at the dinner table.

Anyway, she can't come up with any good ideas, so let her children and grandchildren figure it out, right?
Xiao Lian immediately said: "It just so happens that we have money in hand to buy a house. We will go to a few more dental shops tomorrow and ask."

"Yes, it's better to buy a bigger one so that you can live more spaciously." Mrs. Wu also became excited: "It's best to be closer to our restaurant."

Boss Xiao looked at his youngest daughter: "Do you think we want to buy a house?"

He didn't want to leave Wuning County.

A big and prosperous place like Yuhang is good, but it may not be suitable for living.

Because it is a battleground for military strategists, I am afraid that one day I will wake up and Yu Hang will change its owner again.

But here, when they marry the Jiang family, they will be completely established.

Xiao Xiao was silent for a while before speaking: "The world is not peaceful yet, so we should just stay here, right?"

She had the same thought as Cheap Daddy, and felt that there was a place to retreat here.

To put it bluntly, even if the rebels really invaded and they retreated to Xutian Village, could they lead the villagers back to the mountains and occupy the mountains as kings?
"Okay," Boss Xiao waited for his daughter's words and immediately said, "Then let's go find a house tomorrow."

After they had packed up, chatted for a while, and were about to go back to their respective rooms to go to bed, Jiang Yu came.

He didn't come empty-handed, he also brought the house deed and title deed: "Uncle Xiao, their family wants to take back the house, why didn't you tell me?"

"You can't refuse this time." Jiang Yu said very sincerely: "The house was renovated last year. Tomorrow we will go to the Yamen to change the property deed. You can move in at any time."

The house where they store the medicinal materials must not leak, and it was built no more than five years ago. How can it be considered a new house?
Talking about renovations makes them think that it is an old house.

Seeing that Boss Xiao was still refusing, he glanced at Xiao Xiu and whispered: "The main reason is that it's not far from my home. When we get married, it will be convenient for you to see Xiu'er, and it will be convenient for us to visit."

Boss Xiao really wanted to agree, but seeing him speak sincerely, it gave him enough face, so after refusing several times, he finally accepted it.