On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 99 Receiving Gifts

Magistrate Chen was worried that his wife would be unhappy, so he decided to stay with his wife tonight.

He didn't want to see Aunt Wu who had to work overtime at night, so he simply got up and went to the inner room.

When Mrs. Chen saw him entering, she lazily ordered the maid: "Let them come in."

Over the years, she has been quite satisfied with her husband's performance.

She is only forty-three herself, well-maintained, and looks young.

However, both aunts were nearly ten years younger than her, and indeed more beautiful, and they did not favor their husbands.

After Aunt Wu and Sister-in-law finished talking to each other, Mrs. Chen did not want to be embarrassed and simply asked the maid to ask Magistrate Chen to come out and decide what to do.

In fact, County Magistrate Chen had already heard it inside.

He understood that the Wu family must be adding fuel to the fire, but he couldn't deny that he didn't want to show off his fierceness and fight with ruthless people in the county.

I am also afraid that the Xiao family will take the opportunity to rely on the Wu family. If the Wu family cannot get rid of the Xiao family, they will definitely be blamed for it in the end.

But he agreed to allow the Jiang family and his son to settle in Wuning County.

After County Magistrate Chen asked a few more questions about the Wu family, he waved his hand: "I understand. Can you please step back first?"

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she was secretly happy, thinking that she would never see the Xiao family again.

After Mrs. Chen waited for Aunt Wu and her sister-in-law to leave, she looked at the medicinal wine that they had already drank: "Do you want to return the things sent by the Chen family? Or return something else?"

"No need to retreat." County Magistrate Chen was also very cunning: "I promised them to settle in Wuning County, but if I didn't agree, they would definitely settle in the county."

The main thing is that the ginseng sent by the Jiang family has not been eaten yet, and the quality looks good.

This medicinal wine tastes good, and he is ready to ask people to buy a few more jars.

He had previously heard that King Jin'an sent people over privately to find out whether officials from various places had accepted bribes, which made him abide by the law during this period.

I admire myself for being able to be so honest, and I think I am almost catching up with Bao Qingtian.

Mrs. Chen didn't expect him to be so shameless and was shocked: "Are you accepting a gift without doing anything?"

"Who said I didn't do it?" County Magistrate Chen had already decided who would take the blame: "Then I'll tell you that the person applying for household registration got it wrong."

He can guarantee that the people below will be happy to take the blame for him.

As the old saying goes: Three years to clear the magistrate's office, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.

Whether the prefect is so greedy, he, the county magistrate, doesn't know.

But as a county magistrate, the gray income he can get every year must be at least three to four thousand taels of silver.

This is because he is ‘not ruthless’, otherwise he can at least double the amount.

Mrs. Chen saw that he had already thought about it and said no more.

Besides, Butler Wu asked Xiao Jin to quietly follow the Xiao family and his son.

The Xiao family father and son had just arrived, and even though Boss Xiao looked back several times vigilantly, he didn't find anything.

When they returned to the inn, they happened to see Hou Er coming out of the inn.

Hou Er smiled and said: "Old Master Xiao, Uncle Xiao, Second Master Xiao, the young master asked me to reply. Please rest assured that the matter has been settled."

"Young master, we have a family dinner today. We'll visit you again tomorrow."

Then he smiled and said: "My old man is also very grateful to you for saving my young master. It's just that something urgent happened in the house. I will come to visit you later."

"I asked the young one to prepare two tables of wine and food for you..."

Boss Xiao understood as soon as he heard that the Jiang family looked down upon their own Xiao Xiu.

But this is normal. Xiaosan'er has secretly nagged to herself a long time ago that it is wrong for the two families to be incompatible with each other. They must be able to agree to this. On the contrary, they should be worried about the Jiang family's unspeakable problems. In the end, both father and daughter felt that if Jiang Yu had the ability to convince his family, then they could consider marrying Xiuer to him.

If he doesn't have the ability, then the family will take the opportunity to collect some money and find a handsome, honest man for Xiu'er, as well as a sensible in-law and a sister-in-law who is not difficult to deal with. It doesn't matter if she is poor. When the time comes, the Jiang family If you use the thank-you gift as a dowry, you can live a good life of being rich and contented.

It's better than reluctantly entering the Jiang family, only to be rubbed down by the elders.

Boss Xiao also had the worst plan in mind. Anyway, when the eldest girl rescued him, she never thought about marrying him. Now that they can settle down in the county, it would be better to get some hush money, which would not be a loss.

Now Hou Er has asked the inn to prepare two tables of good wine and food for them. Of course, the Xiao family will not waste it.

Simply let the waiter deliver the food and wine to the small courtyard. The big fish and meat will satisfy the Xiao family.

Xiao Jin also quickly spread the news about the Xiao family to Butler Wu.

After County Magistrate Chen heard this, he felt that what he had expected was correct. He felt that it was the Xiao family who helped Jiang Yu on the way that made the Jiang family ask for his help.

But the relationship is average, otherwise we would live in Jiang's house.

And there won't be just one servant to entertain them.

After hearing this, Mr. Wu also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he discovered it early and was able to send them away.

Jiang Yu was also busy when he came back.

You need to go to the drug store first to check the account books and the urgently needed medicinal materials.

By the time he finished his work, it was almost noon.

There was a family dinner last night, and he couldn't leave his elders alone.

However, I have already agreed with my family that I will entertain the Xiao family at noon.

He originally planned to invite the Xiao family to his home.

But his grandmother said otherwise.

If you invite the Xiao family to your door rashly, they will have to spend money to prepare gifts for the sake of face.

It would be better for him to invite them first, and after they settled down, she would prepare gifts and come to the door, so that the neighbors would know that although the Xiao family was unfamiliar with the place, they were still around, and they would avoid being bullied by the neighbors.

After all, Jiang Yu was a man, so he was not as careful as a woman, and he did not think the worst of his grandmother.

After listening to his grandmother's words, he also felt that what her grandmother said made sense.

In addition, the drug store was short of a lot of medicinal materials, so the father and son planned to leave for Yuhang tomorrow morning.

When he arrived at the inn, he first paid an additional ten taels of silver at the counter: "The shopkeeper, prepare two tables of one tael of silver for me at noon and deliver them to the small courtyard behind where the Xiao family lives."

"The other eight taels of silver will be deposited with you first. Just wait until they can't stay any longer before settling the bill."

Prices in Wuning County are cheaper than elsewhere.

In the small courtyard here, it costs one tael of silver per day and night in Nancheng.

It only costs 600 cents a day and a night here, and they also give you a bundle of firewood and free hot water every day.

What Jiang Yu was thinking was that he would be back in ten days and a half after this trip, so the money would last until he came back.

Another thing is that after they settle down, they probably won't be able to find a suitable place to live right away, so they might as well live in the small courtyard of the inn first.

He touched the property deed in his arms. It was a house given to him by his grandfather when he was twenty years old.

There are two shops in the front and more than ten houses in the back, which are enough for the Xiao family.

It's just that the house he previously rented to a spice seller would have to wait three months until it expires. He decided to give it to Uncle Xiao first, but he didn't know if Uncle Xiao would accept it?

(End of this chapter)