On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 240 Dowry
The next morning, Jiang Yu came over early to show his courtesy and have breakfast.

Then he dragged Boss Xiao to the Yamen to transfer the ownership, and then accompanied the Jiang family to see the house.

The house is right behind Huichun Hall. You can really see it when you open the back door. In order to facilitate the storage of medicinal materials, the road has been specially built to be smooth and spacious.

There are five reverse rooms upon entering. On the left is the kitchen and utility room, and on the right are two stables and a room for storing sundries.

Opposite is the hanging flower door, the living room, study room and three guest rooms.

Entering along the hanging flower door, there is no screen wall inside. There are five spacious main rooms and three east and west wing rooms.

In order to have more rooms for storing medicinal materials, there is a row of back rooms at the back, with a total of five rooms.

"Can this be considered a third entry?" Boss Xiao was surprised: "There are so many houses?"

Now you no longer have to worry about not having enough room.

Seeing that the Xiao family were satisfied, Jiang Yu said very humbly: "In order to get a back room, I had to give up the back garden."

Mrs. Xiao looked left and right, grinning from ear to ear: "It's impressive enough. I never dared to dream that I could live in such a good house in this life."

Because all the medicinal materials were piled up before, the room was relatively empty, with no furniture and a faint smell of medicinal materials.

Jiang Yu also wanted to take them to buy furniture, but Boss Xiao refused and even sent him to the hospital in person. Then he went to find a lumber shop with his father, second brother, Xiao Xiao, and Sanlang.

Although it's only been a day, more shops on the street are open today.

However, the store owner seemed to be a thief. After a while, a waiter stuck his head out and looked around cautiously.

Nowadays, most shops such as bamboo shops and lumber shops are self-produced and sold. The front is the shop and the backyard is the workshop.

Maybe it was because the Xiao brothers were all tall and strong, so that when the apprentice in the lumber shop stuck his head out and saw them, he was startled and subconsciously wanted to close the door.

After closing the door, I thought that if there were rebels, it would be impossible for only two people to come, and there would be an old man and a child beside them.

So he opened the door again and tried to get close to them without saying anything else: "Sir, you see our doors and windows are quite good, and they don't creak when we open or close them."

"Would you please come inside and take a look?"

"We have a wide range of wood types, including rosewood, huanghuali, elm, birch, poplar, cypress, camphor, and walnut."

"Whether you want to make boxes, cabinets, or tables, chairs, and benches, we can handle them all."

"Please see, everyone here is made of raw wood, only painted with raw lacquer..."

The waiter talked non-stop.

Xiao Xiao found that most of the furniture in the shop was black, looking elegant and elegant.

And now there are no iron nails, they are all mortise and tenon structures.

Old man Xiao also knew a little bit. He touched around, knocked, and nodded to his son.

Boss Xiao asked: "Have you made a new set of furniture?"

"Guest sir, you are here by chance. You really have two sets." The apprentice came close to him and whispered: "The Dong family originally ordered a set of teakwood furniture for the girl who was going to marry her, but Miss Dong's fiancé is gone. I'm afraid it won't work. I want this set of furniture.”

"Then there's the Wu family." The apprentice and waiter also likes to inquire: "Even our relatives in the county magistrate's house have prepared a complete set of furniture for our daughter, all made of mahogany."

"You can also go take a look and customize a mahogany set."

The Xiao family were stunned for a moment. Boss Xiao touched his chin and asked with a malicious smile: "How much money does a complete set of mahogany furniture cost?" "Tables, chairs, stools, canopy bed, Arhat bed, rounded corner cabinets, door cabinets, The top chest...a total of six hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver."

"The materials used are good, and the flowers and birds are exquisitely carved. My master and our twelve brothers also hired several masters. It took nearly two months to complete it. There is really no profit, but I don't want to offend. It’s just the Wu family.”

"But this set of furniture is really good. Although it can't be compared with red sandalwood, huanghuali, and chicken wing wood, it can be regarded as a rare and good thing here."

While he was talking, the waiter opened the door of a room and couldn't hide his pride: "They are all here. Sir, please be careful and don't bump into them, otherwise my master will beat me to death."

Boss Xiao patted the guy on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we will definitely be very careful."

He winked at his family again and said in a low voice: "Now I think about what kind of apology I want from the Wu family."

Previously in the countryside, Wu Dong's family mistakenly thought that the Sheng family and his son were guests of County Magistrate Chen. They rushed to show their hospitality and welcomed them in, almost causing the Xiao sisters to be taken away by Sheng Quan.

Fortunately, Mr. Chen said that Xiao Lian was engaged to him, so Xiao Xiao was more willing to admit it and simply said that she was pregnant with Li Yan's child.

This made the Sheng family father and son feel scrupulous and did not dare to take action on the spot.

Later, Mr. Li arrived in time, forcing the Sheng family father and son to flee.

After that, the Wu family wanted to be a good person with their tails between their legs and did not dare to appear in front of the Xiao family.

Mrs. Chen asked the Wu family to come and apologize, and the Wu family also presented three hundred taels of silver.

But at that time, the Xiao family had already received a lot of windfall in private, and they really looked down on the three hundred taels of silver notes and were unwilling to accept them.

What Boss Xiao had in mind at that time was that the Wu family was the natal family of Magistrate Chen's eldest son, even if the concubine's natal brothers were not considered serious relatives.

But blood ties cannot be broken. Even if they wanted to put sacks on the Wu family and beat them up, they would have to wait a long time to avoid being suspected by the Chen family and the Wu family that they were responsible.

Therefore, he did not ask for the banknote and promised not to pursue the Wu family.

Boss Xiao felt in his heart that his family was not short of money now, and he would rather ask the Chen family to owe him a favor.

But when he said this, Mrs. Chen felt more and more that the Wu family had failed the Xiao family, and asked the Wu family to prepare an apology carefully.

Boss Xiao didn't know whether the Wu family took it seriously.

But now he thought about what kind of apology he wanted from the Wu family.

They all regard this set of furniture as their own, how can they not cherish it?

After looking at this set of furniture and then the teak furniture, Old Man Xiao asked his son in a low voice: "Boss, didn't you already say you wanted that set? Why are we still looking at this?"

"The rented house also has a lot of newly purchased tables, chairs, benches and cabinets. Is it enough for us?"

If it were Xiao Laoer who dared to spend money so lavishly on things, he would definitely hit him with a raised hand.

It's really outrageous to be poor and rich all at once, just to show off.

Boss Xiao also has his own ideas: "There is not too much furniture. We need it at home. Jiang Yu and the eldest girl are both very young. I am afraid that the Jiang family wants her to come over early."

"Now that we have money, we can't ask for the Jiang family's house for free, so the dowry must be prepared for her to look good."

"Lest others gossip and think we are selling our daughters?"

Otherwise, it will affect the second girl to talk about others.