Chapter 1333 Reluctantly Agree (September Monthly Ticket Plus 6)
Manbao: "...We don't have that much. If someone buys it, they'll give us a hundred or eighty taels at most."
"That's expensive, a house, isn't it too heavy for you?" Old Zhou and Qian said, "Put it away and exchange it for money later."
He was afraid that wearing such heavy clothes would bend his spine.
Manbao: ...She was reluctant to tell the price of the cloth because she was afraid of this situation.
Manbao rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, has Daya's wedding date been set?"
"It's settled. The wedding banquet will be on the 29th day of the lunar year, and the Chinese New Year will be the next day. She can rest for two months before the busy farming season begins."
Qian then remembered to ask, "Why did you choose this date?"
"There's no other way. Apart from the 29th, the only good date is the 10th of the first lunar month," Old Zhou said confidently, "Getting married after the New Year will save them the gift of going home for the New Year. What's the point? Besides, getting married too late, close to the busy farming season, won't be good for the children."
Qian: ...You just feel sorry for that gift, right?
Manbao happily poured her father another glass of water and praised, "This is a great day. The day after the wedding is New Year's Eve. It's a perfect time for the family to reunite. What a joyous occasion."
Old Zhou's eyes narrowed in laughter. "Right? Manbao said it was a good day. I chose it because I thought it was a festive day."
Manbao took the opportunity to ask, "Dad, have you discussed the dowry with the matchmaker? I want to give Daya the shop in the county town as a dowry."
Old Zhou immediately spit out the water from his mouth. "What did you say?"
Manbao jumped aside and pulled up his sleeve to wipe the water off his face. "Dad, isn't that shop just about one piece of cloth? I've already given Daya two pieces of cloth, do you still care about giving her one more piece?"
Old Zhou turned his head to take a look at the silk on the bed, and actually felt that what she said made some sense.
He immediately shook his head to get rid of the thought in his mind, glared at Manbao and said, "No, this cloth won't make any money, but the shop can. Do you know how much profit the shop makes every month?"
Old Zhou said, "It's much better than working in the fields."
Manbao smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. I've already told my sister-in-law that although this shop is given to Daya as a dowry, it's still run by my sister-in-law. She still has to pay a portion to the public every month. In fact, the shop is just registered in Daya's name."
Old Zhou didn't believe her, but he also knew he couldn't match her eloquence, so he simply turned his head away and refused to listen to her. "Anyway, I don't care. You bought this shop in the first place, and your sister-in-law registered it in your name, saying that she would give it to you as a dowry when you got married."
"But Dad, I'm so successful now. I can make a lot of money. I'm not in the county town anymore. This shop won't be of much use to me."
"You'll have to go home eventually, right?" Old Zhou finally remembered. "Oh, by the way, I was busy going to Dali Village today. You've been running around outside for the past two days. I forgot to ask you, are you going to the capital again after the New Year?"
Manbao: "...Dad, Sixth Brother and the others are still in the capital. Should we abandon them there?"
Old Zhou stroked his pipe and fell into deep thought. "At first, I didn't know how to resolve that matter. You said you wanted to go to the capital, so I let you go without thinking. You said you wanted to buy a shop, so I did. But I've been thinking for a while now that the capital is still too far from Qili Village. A round trip would take more than ten or twenty days. Now that your uncle... your father's grievances have been redressed, why don't you come back home?"
He said, "I know you have abilities now, but there's no place to display them back in the village. But you can go to Yizhou or Mianzhou. They're big, rich, and close to home. What do you think?"
Manbao said seriously, "Dad, I've accepted the job of treating the Queen and the Crown Prince. I've agreed to take a month off. If I don't go back, the Crown Prince will kill people and even implicate everyone in my family."
Old Zhou opened his mouth wide, then he remembered, "Yes, you treated the Crown Prince and the Queen, and these silks were the reward for your treatment."
He became worried. "The capital is so big, isn't there a doctor who can take over your treatment?"
“I know things they don’t.”
Old Zhou looked at Manbao and sighed, "My daughter is so amazing now."
"Okay, so you're nagging me to bring the children back again. How many times have you said that in the past six months?" Qian said, "It's a good thing for the children to succeed, but do you really want them to stay in this village like you for the rest of their lives?"
"What's wrong with staying in this village? Didn't you hear what Lao Wu said about not traveling far away while your parents are around?"
"He's not thinking about his parents, he's thinking about his wife!" Qian punctured his fantasy and said, "Besides, can your parents live well if you don't travel far? You haven't been to far away places in your life, but how can your parents live well? You've worked hard all your life, and now they're gone before you can enjoy the happiness."
Qian said, "But now, you have cotton clothes if you want them, silk clothes if you want them, and meat every now and then. Where does all this come from? Can you get it just by farming the land at home?"
"Of course not. Wheat seeds are grown in the ground."
"If it weren't for Manbao and Lao Si, it wouldn't be wheat seeds, it would just be wheat!" Qian said. "Even if we sold it, it would only fetch about thirty wen a bushel, barely enough to keep the family from starving and save some money for medicine. What good would it be?"
Old Zhou stopped talking.
Manbao sat obediently on the stool waiting for his parents to finish arguing. Now that he saw that they had finished arguing, he looked up and called out, "Dad——"
Old Zhou turned his back and ignored her.
Qian took charge and said, "Have Daya bring out a piece of colorful silk, and the shop will be registered in her name. We will then tell the matchmaker that since we are giving the shop as a dowry, the Guan family must buy a house in the county town for the young couple to live in."
Old Zhou then turned around and frowned, saying, "Really give it to me."
Qian gave him a sidelong glance and said, "I'll give you a piece of colorful silk in exchange."
But that colorful silk was also given by Manbao.
The words circled around in Old Zhou's mouth, but he didn't say them out loud. He just pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine. Daya has rarely worked in the fields in the past two years. My grandson-in-law is studying in the county town. It's not good to leave her alone in the village. Young couples should spend more time together."
Seeing him come around, Qian was finally satisfied and gave him a smile. "It won't be long now. Let the eldest brother find a matchmaker tomorrow to finalize this matter."
Old Zhou nodded, but still felt a little sad when he thought about it. He sighed, then looked at the silk on the bed and said, "It would be great if I could exchange it for a shop."
Manbao thought: Who is so stupid as to exchange a shop for a piece of cloth?
There is no such prodigal son in the county.
But she consoled him by saying, "Dad, only my eldest sister-in-law can run a shop. If you change another one, there won't be anyone who can run it."
Old Zhou then turned his dissatisfaction towards his daughters-in-law. "It's really strange. I have five daughters-in-law, and they all look quite smart. Why can't they cook food that tastes like the eldest daughter-in-law's?"
Otherwise, the family could open a few more shops in the county town.
Oh my god, why are you so upset? Look at the title, dears, look at the title, I am still adding the monthly ticket from September last year, so why do I need a large reward?
Why do we hurt each other? Don’t we love each other?
Didn’t you agree not to give large rewards?
(End of this chapter)
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