“That child is very bright and intelligent. I am delighted to see him. How old is he?” Ji Ninghai asked.

“Three years old!” Niu Dadao exclaimed.

"Three years old, good, very good. If I have a second son, I'll definitely settle on this one too!" Ji Ninghai said.

"I have a daughter who is sweet and sensible, but I really like your girl too!"

Niu Da waved his hand and said, "That's easy! Let our little Fu Bao recognize you as her godfather, then she'll be your daughter too, right?"

He's just talking nonsense while drunk.

If Niu Da sobers up and realizes he was drunk and someone tricked him out of two girls, he'll regret it to death!

When Ji Ninghai took Niu Da back to the inn in a horse-drawn carriage, he kept calling him "in-law" and "in-law," which left Chen Yu and Niu Yong completely confused.

After Ji Ninghai left.

Chen Yu pulled Niu Da aside and asked, "Dad, what are you talking about, this in-law thing? I don't understand."

Niu Dadao: "Ninghai and I have arranged for our children to become in-laws!"

Shen Yu's face darkened: "Isn't this childish? What if Xiao Fu Bao doesn't like that little boy from the Ji family when he grows up?"

“It’s not Little Fu Bao, it’s our Mei Hua! Ning Hai, you’ve adopted our Little Fu Bao as your daughter!” Niu Dadao said.

"You're talking nonsense again. Doesn't he have a daughter? Why would he acknowledge our daughter?" Chen Yu said.

"He thinks our little Fu Bao is smart and clever, so he likes her!" As he said this, he suddenly felt nauseous and abruptly vomited all over Chen Yu.

"Ugh, we can't drink alcohol, why drink so much?" Chen Yu complained, then told Niu Da to wash up and go to bed.

Shen Yu was initially unhappy about Ji Ninghai abducting her two daughters, but then she thought that if she got involved with the local official, those bandits would naturally not dare to come back for revenge.

The next day, Shen Yu's family returned to Niushan Village. However, they did not expect that as soon as they entered the house, Ji Ninghai arrived with more than a dozen servants and maids, carrying seven or eight large boxes and seven or eight small boxes, and went to the Niu family with Shen Yu and the others.

Soon, the village was completely surrounded by villagers. Only one official stood at the entrance, announcing, "Ji Tongpan of Jiangzhou Prefecture has identified the woman and made the engagement."

Niu Cuihua, Niu Meihua, Niu Baozhu, Niu Baolan, and Xiao Fubao, five sisters, from smallest to largest and from shortest to tallest, peeked at the activities in the hall from the edge of Niu Cuihua's bedroom.

“Sister, what did you do this time? Why are you recognizing a daughter and making a betrothal?” Niu Meihua asked.

Little Fu Bao shook her adorable little head: "I don't know!"

"Plum Blossom, Little Lucky Treasure, come here!" Chen Yu smiled and waved to Niu Meihua and Little Lucky Treasure.

Ji Ninghai was probably afraid that the Niu family would go back on their word, so he acted decisively, arranging the marriage yesterday and arriving today.

Standing in the crowd, Mo Xiaomei tugged at Xiao Tan's sleeve and asked, "Sister Tan, what are they doing?"

Mrs. Tan was somewhat displeased with her sudden action of pulling someone away, and said in a rather unfriendly tone, "I don't know either."

Mo Xiaomei pouted: "Everyone knows your two families are on good terms. If you don't want to talk about it, then don't! What's so great about it!"

Madam Tan truly didn't know, after all, Chen Yu had just returned from the prefecture.

"They even invited state media!"

The official media, also known as the Ice Man.

Once men and women reach a certain age, regardless of their willingness to marry, the imperial court will entrust official matchmakers to forcibly arrange marriages for women.

If it's a mutual agreement, that would be ideal, and having official media act as guarantors would be a great honor.

Niu Meihua and Xiao Fubao tiptoed over, and Niu Cuihua, Baozhu, and Lan followed them out.

“This is Lord Ji of Jiangzhou Prefecture,” Niu Dadao said.

The girls greeted each other one by one.

Ji Ninghai instructed his servant to open eight boxes. Inside were one box of copper coins, one box of brocade, one box of silk, one box of silver, one box of gold, one box of gold thread, and two boxes of jewelry.

They led a herd of llamas, goats, and ten fine horses, totaling fifty animals.

Ten jars of aged liquor, ten jars of mutton liquor, five boxes of rouge and face powder, and a box of top-quality tea.

Five land deeds, plus five boxes of small jewelry.

The exclamation startled Niu Da so much that he almost stumbled off his chair and fell. He quickly got back up and said:

"I was drunk last night and was talking nonsense. Don't take it seriously. My daughter Meihua is only eight years old. Even if it were true, we're not selling our daughter. Why would we make such a big fuss?"

"These are all gifts from the Emperor. These five land deeds are for my goddaughter, and the other box of jewelry is also for my goddaughter! The rest are the betrothal gifts. Little Fu Bao, come here and let your godfather hold you!"

Little Fu Bao's eyes crinkled into crescents as she sweetly called out, "Godfather! Does that mean I have two dads now?"

Yes, that's right!

Niu Da saw this and was extremely jealous. This was clearly his good daughter, and not only had he taken one away, but he had also taken two.

“This is your older sister, her name is Ji Yufeng, and that is your older brother, his name is Ji Nanfeng,” Ji Ninghai said.

Ji Yufeng looked at the little girl in front of her and liked her very much, so she took out a candy and said, "Here, have this!"

As she spoke, she took out another bracelet and said, "This was given to me by my mother; it was part of her dowry. I'm giving it to you as well!"

Ji Nanfeng was still young and only knew how to play. He looked around and asked, "Daddy, can I go out and play with that older sister?"

The reason he chose Niu Meihua was because he heard Xiao Fubao say during dinner that Niu Meihua was very good at climbing trees.

Ji Ninghai laughed and said, "Haha, great! Let's go have some fun together!"

Only Niu Da was feeling awkward.

After dinner, Ji Ninghai, knowing that his day off was about to end, could not leave his post without permission, so he hurried back via the official road that very night.

Looking at the room full of gold and silver treasures and several land deeds, Chen Yu asked Niu Da, "What are we going to do?"

Niu Da's awkward mood vanished the moment Ji Ninghai returned. At this moment, he was looking at the land deeds in his hand. Although he didn't know many words, he knew that three of the plots of land were vacant in Niushan County, and the area was quite large.

The other two land deeds are located in Jiangzhou City, and they are connected, with a total area of ​​20 kilometers in length and width.

"Twenty...twenty kilometers," Chen Yu stammered, "Dad, this land is for Xiao Fu Bao, but how should we use it? Twenty kilometers is as far as our house is from Niushan Town! And it's in the county town, we can't just use it all to grow vegetables, can we?"

The Niu family now owns eight plots of land.

“Honey, we can use it to build a restaurant, the biggest restaurant in Jiangzhou!” Niu Dadao said.

"A restaurant?" Shen Yu's legs were still a little weak. She tried to stand up, but couldn't. "But we don't have that much money for such a big restaurant!"