"Okay, I understand. If you can really help me, I'll give you this amount."
Shi Murou held up three fingers.
"Three hundred coins?"
"Pah, pah, pah, do you think I'm that stingy? It's three taels." Shi Murou said with a look of disdain.
Three hundred coins? Doesn't that mean Brother Shenliang is worthless?
The carriage soon arrived at Datian Village. Qiao Lian'er got off the carriage and watched as it headed towards the open square in the center of the village. She then turned and went into the courtyard.
The Qiao family, young and old, were all present.
Qiao Lian'er set off early and didn't eat breakfast. Feng Shi left her a pancake and a bowl of millet porridge. The pancake contained green beans and lean meat, and the millet porridge contained red dates and white fungus.
Seeing that they were back, they heated it up again.
Taking a bite of the pancake and a sip of the millet porridge, my mouth was filled with the aroma of food, and my stomach felt warm.
The Qiao family members all seemed busy with their own things, but they all seemed to be preoccupied with their own thoughts.
Qiao Lian'er had just put down the bowl when she heard someone banging a gong in the distance. The banging was so loud that it echoed through the mountains.
Then someone shouted, "Folks of Datian Village, gather here! Our young lady is going to give you all money."
As soon as they heard that money was going to be distributed, everyone rushed out of their houses.
This must be a young lady from some official or wealthy family, here to do good deeds and accumulate merit.
However, it is only during years of famine that we have seen the wealthy give alms. Now that we are in a relatively peaceful year, this is the first time such a thing has happened.
Everyone jostled and ran, afraid of falling behind.
"Grandpa, Grandma, let's go take a look too," Qiao Lian'er said.
"Alright, let's go." Old Mrs. Qiao waved her hand: "When things start to get heated later, no one can beat the Qiao family."
The Qiao family was all concerned about Qiao Xi'er's marriage; they had no intention of robbing her.
Seeing that the two elders and Qiao Lian'er had all gone out, and with the two most senior and opinionated members of the family out, coupled with the noisy atmosphere of the villagers, they couldn't help but follow them.
The reason why Old Lady Qiao went was because she hadn't expected it to be like this. She thought it was free money and she wouldn't refuse it; it was like money falling from the sky.
Moreover, since Lian'er wanted to go, she and the old man became even more enthusiastic.
Soon, everyone who was at home gathered at the dam square, forming a huge crowd that surrounded the center of the dam.
Shi Murou stood in the center, with two henchmen beside her each holding a basin, each basin filled with copper coins of various denominations: one wen, two wen, and five wen.
“This money is for everyone. You can take as much as you can, but after you’re done, you all have to stand here and listen to what I have to say,” Shi Murou said.
"Young lady, why are you here distributing money? Are you praying for your family?" a villager asked curiously.
“My family members are all healthy and without illness. I’m giving you money because there’s a happy occasion.”
"What good news is it? Is it that you are about to marry into a good family, young lady?"
Shi Murou raised her chin, her face filled with pride: "I have met the best man in the world, a gentle and refined gentleman, from your village. Today I am here to announce the good news between us."
"Huh? What? From our village?" The villagers were all surprised.
Although this girl doesn't look like an elegant person, her overall demeanor suggests she comes from a good family. It's unbelievable that she's taken a fancy to a man from their village, saying he's the best in the world.
Who is this lucky person?
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