Chapter 24 It's just so show

Ye Caiping couldn't help but be a little surprised.

She already has some understanding of the prices here.

At least in their area, the bride price for an ordinary farm girl is usually around five or six taels, and eight taels is considered high.

Those who received ten taels of silver were all special cases, such as Zhang the butcher.

But this Hu Xiuxiu actually wanted twenty taels! It’s simply a sky-high bride price!

Ye Caiping said: "Although she is pretty and charming, she is not to the point where one would fall in love with her at first sight. Why does she want twenty taels?"

Mrs. Du said, "You don't understand this. She has seven younger brothers! Her mother gave birth to seven sons in one go. Do you understand?"

Ye Caiping almost spit out tea. Seven? This is a bunch of gourd dolls!

Old Lady Ye whispered, "Xiuxiu's mother thinks she is very capable of giving birth to sons, and that her daughter will follow her. She also said that Xiuxiu was born with a child, and that the seven brothers were raised by her, so she is guaranteed to give birth to sons! That's why she asked for such a high price."

Ye Caiping is numb. Is she guaranteed to give birth to a son?

However, in this closed and backward era, guaranteeing the birth of a son is indeed very attractive and is a big selling point.

Old Lady Ye sighed, "Although... but... these twenty taels are too much. As a result, Xiuxiu hasn't found anyone until she was seventeen."

As she spoke, Old Lady Ye suddenly seemed to grasp the point, her eyes lit up: "Why don't we wait a little longer, maybe the price will drop in a year or two!"

Ye Caiping found it funny. This meant they had to wait for the big after-season sale!

Mrs. Du said angrily, "How much can it be reduced? Even if it's half off, it's still ten taels! We still can't afford it."

"And if the price is really that high, before we can save up enough money, she'll have already been married off. Let's think of other girls!"

As she spoke, Mrs. Du glanced at Ye Caiping.

Fortunately, she was smart at the time and made a three-month appointment with Ye Caiping!

Three months later, Ye Caiping still couldn't find a husband, so she had to decide on her marriage!

As long as Ye Caiping is married far away, out of reach of her parents, she won't be a burden to Yong'er's marriage.

While the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chattering, Ye Caiping had already gone out quietly.

The Ye family became penniless because of the original owner's affair, and it also prevented Ye Yong from finding a wife.

She had to make money quickly so that Ye Yong could get married first.

…

After leaving Ye Caiping's house, Matchmaker Huang came to the Hu family.

As soon as Xiuxiu saw Matchmaker Huang, she cried out, welcomed her into the house, and while serving her tea, she said:

"But is there any good news? How about the guy from Riverside Village that I mentioned last time?"

Matchmaker Huang was somewhat helpless: "The young man was quite satisfied at first, but when he heard that it would cost twenty taels... he refused. He said that with this price he could marry three wives."

"If you ask me... your Xiuxiu is good, but isn't the price too high? The girl in Wangjia Village ahead can do embroidery, is good at cooking and housework, and is also good-looking, but she only asked for eight taels. Your Xiuxiu..."

"No, I won't go out without a son." Xiuxiu's mother refused without a second thought, "My seven sons were all raised by Xiuxiu. My Xiuxiu was born to have children! She is guaranteed to give birth to a son."

Matchmaker Huang was speechless. Why were all the people she met so weird recently?

Matchmaker Huang stood up and said, "Okay, I'll look around and come back if I find someone suitable."

After saying this, Matchmaker Huang left.

Hu Xiuxiu carried a bunch of pig grass on her back and didn't enter the house until the figure of Huang the Matchmaker disappeared.

She was filled with shame and indignation: "Mom, please stop talking about guaranteeing a son. Do I have any shame?"

Xiuxiu's mother disagreed: "This is the truth! I can give birth to seven sons, and so can you. Whoever marries you will marry a golden hen and bring home many children."

Hu Xiuxiu was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to die: "Don't talk nonsense anymore. I'm not a hen! I won't get married either, so don't bother with it."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the house, throwing the pig feed behind him into the corner.

"You silly girl, when will it be your turn to decide whether to get married or not?" Xiuxiu's mother hurriedly followed, "Don't think I don't know. Don't even think about Ye Yong."

"You can't expect him to come up with a dowry until the sun rises in the west. His family is extremely poor, and there is no place for his daughter-in-law to live after she is married. And his sister-in-law is like a bottomless pit, a real pit of hell."

Hu Xiuxiu frowned: "Mother, no matter what his aunt is like, at least she taught everyone how to process cassava."

"Although the cassava has not yet landed, it seems that every family has been able to get a lot. This is all thanks to her. We should be grateful instead of making up stories about her behind her back."

"You - stupid girl, if you talk back again you won't be allowed to have dinner tonight."

…

Ye Caiping went out with a backpack on her back and found Ye Jiner and her sister who were washing clothes by the river. She told them that she would cook when she came back in the evening and then left.

On the way up the mountain, we met many people growing cassava.

"Picking apples and digging wild vegetables?"

"OK!"

She didn't really want to go up the mountain to dig anything, she was just pretending.

She walked around the mountain and found a deserted place. She opened the space panel and searched: ginseng!

As the saying goes, if you want to travel through time, you must dig ginseng. If there is no ginseng, you must create it!

Modern ginseng is almost always cultivated artificially.

Ye Caiping picked and chose, and found many of them cost only a few dozen yuan each, but the quality was very poor.

[The guest has selected a 10-year-old ginseng, the price is 100 coins. If you want to purchase it, please confirm. 】

Ye Caiping immediately confirmed it, and with a jingle, the copper coins in the space disappeared, leaving only two cents.

Soon, a ginseng appeared in her space.

The quality is so-so, but at least it is intact and in good shape.

Ye Caiping turned around and went down the mountain in a good mood.

Since you can’t dig up ginseng, just buy it yourself and pretend that you have dug it up!

After going down the mountain, Ye Caiping arrived at the village entrance on time.

Every day there are two ox cart trips from the village to the town, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Soon, a thin, dark man in his twenties drove out in a ox cart.

"Hey, it's Sister Caiping." The man grinned, "Are you going to town?"

"Yes." Ye Caiping got in the car.

The man is Ye Lizheng's son. Because he was a big fat boy when he was born, weighing eight kilograms, he was named Ye Bajin.

Ye Bajin broke his leg many years ago and has been suffering from a disability. He walks with a limp and cannot do heavy work.

Fortunately, there were cows at home, so in his free time he would drive the ox cart around and earn some money.

Because it was afternoon and there was no market in the town, very few people went out in the afternoon, and today she was the only one.

When the ox cart passed Wangjia Village, three more women got on.

Ye Bajin was so happy that his mouth was grinning. He thought the car would be empty in the afternoon, so it was not a wasted trip.

Quarter of an hour later, we finally arrived at Dashu Town.

Ye Bajin stopped the oxcart under a tree and said, "Once the Youshi (17:00) arrives, the oxcart will leave. You must hurry back, otherwise they won't wait for you."

The three women gave the money and left with a smile.

Ye Caiping also took out two cents, and Ye Bajin said hurriedly: "No need, Sister Caiping. The reason why we can get so many cassava is all thanks to you."

Ye Caiping couldn't refuse for two cents, so she nodded: "Okay. But you must accept it next time, otherwise I will never ride in your car again."

"Okay."