Chapter 14 Two Taels of Silver
The matchmaker beside him also quickly chimed in, "Sister, don't be so picky. In this famine, who can still have some flesh on their backs? Just think about it, your son was so happy when he heard that he was going to have a wife soon."
Thinking of my silly son at home, who is already thirty-two years old, I really can't wait any longer! Well, as long as I can give birth to a son, I'll just lose some weight!
"Okay! Let's make a deal. You pay a deposit of one or two taels today. I'll pick an auspicious day when I can pick the person and then pay the remaining five taels of silver."
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Xu nodded with a smile, took the deposit, bit it excitedly, and then happily saw the person out.
Xu Zhiyi stood in the yard, watching one of the two women walk out of the yard and smile at her. What was going on?
Old Mrs. Xu held the silver in her hand, and when she thought about the fact that she would soon receive another five taels of silver, she looked at Xu Zhiyi with a rare lack of anger!
Xu Zhiyi felt confused and it was absolutely abnormal!
"Haha! Xu Daya, are you curious about what grandma is doing?" Xu Xiaoju suddenly came out of the room and said to the yard.
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi said calmly: "How do you know?"
Xu Xiaoju thought of something, covered her mouth and smiled, snorted coldly and said: "I know, but I won't tell you. However, the thing you will regret most in the future is probably losing Brother Gu as your husband."
After Xu Zhiyi heard her words, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he thought of the possibility in his mind, and then deliberately asked, "Haha! Why should I regret it? Maybe I will marry someone who is a hundred times better than Gu Yun in the future. Who can say for sure in the future?"
When Xu Xiaoju heard Xu Zhiyi's daydreaming words, she burst into laughter and blurted out, "In the future? I'm afraid you'll have to marry a fool in a few days! Haha, I heard you're already thirty-two..."
Realizing what she had said, she was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth, then meowed at the window of Grandpa Meow's room. She shouldn't be able to hear it in the room, right?
"Xu Daya, I was just talking nonsense just now, please don't..." Xu Xiaoju was at a loss as to how to make excuses for herself.
Xu Zhiyi didn't wait for her to finish. He rolled his eyes at her and walked towards Old Lady Xu's room.
Xu Xiaoju was so scared that she stamped her feet: "Xu Daya! How dare you complain??"
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Xu Zhiyi threw down the word "sick" and walked to the door of Old Lady Xu's room and pushed the door open with force.
Mrs. Xu, who was about to hide the silver, was frightened by Xu Zhiyi and almost fainted. After she recovered, she shouted angrily:
"You money loser, do you want to die? Who asked you to come in? Get out right now!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi folded his arms and said coldly, "Grandma, I've already received the betrothal gifts, which proves that I can't lose money. You're even more ruthless than that old ginger. Will you sell me out for a loss?"
Old Mrs. Xu: "Where did you hear that?"
"Oh, your precious granddaughter Xu Xiaoju is so happy that she can't wait to share the good news with me right away." Xu Zhiyi betrayed Xu Xiaoju very readily.
Old Mrs. Xu: "Bah, as expected, none of them are reliable, they are all money-losing goods"
"I don't care how much betrothal gift you received. I only want two taels of silver," Xu Zhiyi said, extending his hand in front of Old Lady Xu.
Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Xu quickly cleaned her ears, fearing that she was hallucinating.
Xu Zhiyi stretched out his hand again and said coldly: "You don't have to give me two taels of silver, but as long as I refuse to marry, do you think you can force me?"
This time, Old Lady Xu finally stopped suspecting that she was hallucinating. She immediately slapped her thigh and jumped up: "Bah, you are so shameless. Two taels of silver? What do you want? Not marrying? I can't control you, and I can't control the Su family? If you want your mother to be good, you'd better marry me obediently."
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay! Then I will go to that idiot's house, kill him, and then come back to die with my family. We can all go down together to reunite with my father, and it will be lively!"
Hearing this, Old Lady Xu pointed at Xu Zhiyi and trembled: "You...you...you will be beheaded for killing someone."
Xu Zhiyi: "No need. I will definitely burn all my family members to ashes before the government officials come. Anyway, if I am not well, life will be meaningless! If I go down alone, there will be only my father, how boring it will be. It's better to have a family together and have fun."
As a native of ancient times, Old Lady Xu believed in ghosts and gods the most. When Xu Zhiyi said this, she felt cold sweats all over her body, as if there was really something around her.
Xu Zhiyi reached out again: "Two taels of silver, will you give it to me? Anyway, my betrothal gift is definitely more than two taels, right? I'm just taking a small part, grandma, you still make money."
"Here you go, you loser, get out of here and stop talking nonsense."
Old Mrs. Xu thought that the total betrothal gift was six taels of silver, and she would give two taels of silver to the loss-making woman, and she would still earn four taels of silver. Anyway, she didn't plan to prepare any dowry at all, and she could just let her take her own clothes.
Xu Zhiyi was very satisfied when he got the two taels of silver and quickly put it in his sleeve pocket.
Suddenly, he pointed behind Old Lady Xu and shouted in fear: "Grandma, don't step back! Be careful not to step on the old lady in dark blue clothes behind you! Oh, she has a gray headband on her forehead."
"Ah! Ghost! Someone, there's a ghost!"
Ha ha! ! !
Ha ha! ! !
Xu Zhiyi, who was in a good mood, ran away after Old Lady Xu screamed!
When Mrs. Li and Mrs. Song heard the noise, they went to Mrs. Xu's room and saw her fainted beside the bed.
The two were so scared that they rushed over and pinched the Ren Zhong point.
"Ah! There's a ghost!" Old Mrs. Xu woke up and waved her hands like crazy.
Li: "Mom, where did the ghost come from? It's noon now."
Song: "That's right. If there is a ghost, it won't come to you now! It must come out at night."
When Li heard Song's words, she pulled her and whispered, "Third sister-in-law, how can you comfort me? You're making me even more frightened!"
Hearing this, Song whispered, "That's right, ghosts only come out at night."
Old Mrs. Xu kept looking around and said in horror: "There is a ghost. The guy who just lost money saw it."
Upon hearing this, Li and Song were speechless!
Li: "Mom, do you believe the money-losing stuff?"
Song: "Yes! She just wanted to scare you on purpose."
Hearing this, Old Lady Xu shook her head in horror: "No, it's true. What she saw was her great-grandmother, my mother-in-law. When she died, she was wearing dark blue clothes and a gray headband."
"That money-loser has never seen her grandmother, but she just said an old lady appeared in the room. Isn't that describing my mother-in-law who died twenty years ago?"
When Li and Song heard this, they felt a little scared and swallowed.
Li: "Maybe it's because of my eyesight."
Hearing this, Old Lady Xu shook her head slightly: "Alas, she used to live in the room that is now the Song family's room, why did she show up in my room?"
Song, who was standing by, felt her hair stand on end when she heard this. She was so scared that she trembled and asked tentatively, "Mom, are you...are you kidding?"
Mrs. Xu: "You must be joking. If you don't believe me, go ask your husband."
Song: “…”
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