Regardless of what the three Chi brothers were thinking, even the older generation in Chijia'ao couldn't help but gasp when they saw the jewelry gleaming under the lights.

This young master Qin is being far too generous!

He said that the headdresses were all made of gold, but there were two complete sets.

A single set contains more than ten items, and even includes two gold bracelets.

Putting everything else aside, just the thickness of those bracelets alone must have cost several tens of taels of silver each.

Wouldn't this set cost at least two hundred taels?

So, wouldn't it cost six or seven hundred taels of silver to marry a wife, including the dowry?

Thinking of this, they all gasped and dared not utter a sound.

The people of Chijia'ao are poor and can't afford to marry, so they have to buy wives.

But each time he spent money to buy it, it was only a dozen or so taels.

As for Xiaoyu, although she is good in every way and beautiful, wasn't she divorced?

And she also had a baby who was less than six months old.

When she got married for the first time, the dowry plus the gifts sent by the Qi family, totaling a little over ten taels of silver, was all she received.

But for this second marriage, the dowry amounted to several hundred taels of silver. How could they possibly say anything about that?

Not to mention the elders in Chijia'ao, even the three Chi brothers were shocked by Qin Mu's extravagant gesture.

Making money is so difficult in this world; many people can't even earn a hundred taels in their entire lives.

Would Qin Mu have emptied his pockets for this betrothal?

Thinking this, Chi Erxiong and Chi Sanbao both looked at Qin Mu.

I wanted to say that I didn't need so much, but this was a betrothal gift from them, showing how much they valued Xiaoyu.

But if they were to actually let the little fish accept them all, they inexplicably felt that it was a bit greedy.

Unlike his two younger brothers, Chi Dahu knew his sister's background, so he felt that Xiaoyu deserved all of this.

Before he could speak, Chi Qiao cleared her throat and said:

"Clan leader, would you like to check if today is an auspicious day for engagement?"

We don't necessarily have to use birth charts to match. After all, Xiaoyu had her birth charts matched with someone surnamed Qi before, and she almost lost her life.

As long as today isn't an inauspicious day, then we can consider it Xiaoyu's engagement day, and accept the betrothal gifts and money.

If today is an unlucky day, then tomorrow will be a good day. In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Qin Mu, to come down the mountain later and let us go through this process together.

What you said about the lack of ice-makers isn't really a big deal. We people from Chijia'ao know how much you value Xiaoyu, and that's enough.

"Regarding the marriage, we'll hire a matchmaker and a wedding officiant, and make the wedding a bit more lively."

Qin Mu was really in a hurry, but now that things had progressed to this point, he didn't want to fail at the last minute.

So after Chi Qiao finished speaking, he immediately agreed: "Okay!"

At worst, he'll come down the mountain as soon as things are better here tomorrow.

Once we've descended the uphill road and reached a flat area, we can spur our horses on and ride back to the county overnight!

Chi Dong-il is older and his reactions are a little slower.

After hearing Chi Qiao's words, he waited for Qin Mu to respond before he realized what was happening.

“Ah Kang, what your aunt said makes sense. Go to my house now and ask your Grandma Lü to help you choose an auspicious date.”

Lü Guihua was a clever person. Even though she was illiterate, because the man in her family was the clan chief, she had previously gone down the mountain to buy an old almanac derived from the Qintianjian (Imperial Observatory) of the Great Chu Kingdom.

This old almanac can calculate a timeframe of up to five years.

When they were buying books, the shopkeeper told them to check the auspicious dates on the almanac.

Anything circled in black ink signifies a difficult time.

The days circled in red are the good days.