Chapter 37: Shen Wuyou wants to marry into the family?
Xu Zhiyi failed in her blind date again. She shouldn't have had too much hope after hearing Bai's praise. It was really weird.
Before they even got married, he asked her to give birth to eight boys, four from the man's family and four for her and her husband. And he required sons, otherwise he would have to give birth until he had enough.
Oh my god! She wanted to swear. He treated her like a sow. She was so angry!
She was so angry that she couldn't calm down when she came back to paint. Alas, she had completed six paintings now, and she had to hurry up and finish them! There were only fifteen days left to escape the famine! She had to hurry up and prepare food.
The next day, Xu Zhiyi got up early and went to town, and this time he went straight to the bookstore.
"Girl, what do you want to buy?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Boss, do you accept paintings?"
"Hey, I collected it."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi took out the eight paintings and said, "Boss, how much do you think these eight paintings can be sold for?"
The shopkeeper took Xu Zhiyi's paintings. They were all landscape paintings, nothing amazing. Suddenly, the next one caught his eye. It was a painting of a village and its surroundings, the lives of the villagers, some gathering together to gossip, some working in the fields, and some children playing.
The shopkeeper said: "Miss, this village painting is wonderful. I'll take this one for three taels of silver, and one tael of silver for each of the remaining seven paintings. The total is exactly ten taels of silver."
Xu Zhiyi was surprised when he heard this: "What? Eight paintings for only ten taels of silver? Shopkeeper, you're giving too little, right? I also spent a lot of money on paper, pens and ink."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper explained with a bitter face: "Girl, I am famous for my honesty in business in this town. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask around and come back later."
"Girl, I'm not trying to discourage you, but apart from the one about the village, which is a bit stunning, the other seven paintings are really nothing special."
Xu Zhiyi: "But this... is too little, isn't it? Excluding the money for buying paper, pens and ink, it's only a few hundred coins for one painting!"
Shopkeeper: "Girl, that's a lot!"
As he said this, he took out a pile of paintings that he had collected.
"Girl, please open them and take a look. Are these paintings good? Many of them were painted by talented scholars from the academy, but they only sold for four taels of silver each!"
"There are also many talented scholars who can paint better, but there is nothing amazing about them. They are only worth a few hundred coins. The worse ones are probably not even worth a hundred coins."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi opened a few paintings and looked at them. Almost all of them were well-painted. Okay! She was too arrogant! Painting could only earn some money for emergency use. If she had to spend a lot of time and effort to paint for a long time to earn this little money, she should just forget it!
In the end, I got ten taels of silver for eight paintings, and it was only because one of them was so creative that I sold it for three taels of silver, otherwise I would have only gotten one tael of silver.
Excluding the cost of paper, pen and ink, you can earn a few hundred coins. There is no good way to make money now. Alas, even the smallest mosquito is still meat!
Xu Zhiyi took ten taels of silver and went to the grain shop first.
"Shopkeeper, what are the prices of white flour and black flour now?"
The grain shop owner saw that Xu Zhiyi was dressed in rags, with patches all over his body, and was so thin that he looked skinny and sallow. He knew at first glance that he couldn't afford the food, so he looked at Xu Zhiyi with contempt and curled his lips.
Xu Zhiyi felt that he looked down on others and was so angry that he asked again, "Shopkeeper, I'm asking you about the price. You're opening a business and you still have to be selective about who you buy from?"
When the grain shop owner heard this, he impatiently drove the man away: "Go away, you are a beggar, how can you afford to buy from me? Get out of here and don't disturb my other customers."
Xu Zhiyi was almost amused by his condescending attitude!
Then Xu Zhiyi turned around and went to the grain shop diagonally opposite and bought 100 kilograms of white flour and 200 kilograms of black flour.
White flour is 28 wen per pound, and black flour is 18 wen per pound, both are twice as expensive as before the drought. Today I spent a total of 6 taels, 400 wen.
The owner of the grain shop opposite, who looked down on others, regretted his decision so much after seeing Xu Zhiyi's generosity!
Afterwards, Xu Zhiyi went to the clothing shop and bought three pieces of cloth, two pieces of coarse cloth and one piece of fine cloth for lining. The coarse cloth cost one hundred wen each, and the fine cotton cloth cost five hundred wen each, so he spent a total of seven hundred wen.
She rented a carriage to cover all of this and stored all the purchased food and cloth into the space.
Today I earned ten taels of silver and spent seven taels and one hundred wen, leaving two taels and three hundred wen. Then I bought various necessities, such as oil, salt and the like, and spent one tael and five hundred wen of silver.
When he passed by a pharmacy, he went in and bought some daily medicine in case of emergency. He spent two taels and five hundred coins of silver.
Not only did she spend all the money from selling paintings today, but she also overspent the four taels of silver she had left over from last time. Now she only had about one tael of silver left!
After thinking about it, she went to the bookstore and bought five sheets of drawing paper. She wanted to sell her paintings again before fleeing the famine. Although she didn't earn much, the money would be used in an emergency when she fled the famine.
Xu Zhiyi walked for more than an hour and was about to reach home, but he saw Shen Wuyou squatting on the roadside outside his thatched cottage from a distance.
Seeing her coming back, Shen Wuyou stepped forward quickly.
Xu Zhiyi: "Ang??? What's wrong?"
Shen Wuyou blocked Xu Zhiyi's way, his face flushed, looking at Xu Zhiyi who was hesitant to speak: "I...I..."
Xu Zhiyi: “What’s wrong?”
Shen Wuyou took a deep breath and said quickly: "I heard...I heard that you...want to marry a son-in-law, right? I am willing to marry a son-in-law, but I have to bring my brother with me."
After saying this, she was so embarrassed that her entire neck, ears, and face turned red as if she had been drinking. She lowered her head and nervously pinched her fingers, not daring to look at Xu Zhiyi's reaction.
He also learned by accident from the villagers' gossip that Miss Xu was looking for a son-in-law. Given his current situation, if he married into the Xu family, his uncle and aunt would not implicate him and his brother, and all the problems would be solved!
No matter what, he would never abandon his brother. As long as Miss Xu was willing to let him marry into the family with his brother, he would be willing to marry her! !
What? Xu Zhiyi didn't react for a long time. Was she hallucinating?
Shen Wuyou waited for a long time but didn't hear Xu Zhiyi's response. He felt a little depressed. Was he rejected? Just when he was about to give up and apologize to Xu Zhiyi and run away, he ended up...
Xu Zhiyi weighed it in her mind and realized that there were only about fifteen days left. She didn't have time to wait any longer! If she couldn't establish a female household, she would have to go back to square one!
Moreover, she had looked at both of them, and compared with them, the Shen Wuyou in front of her was simply too perfect! Then what else could she be picky about?
Xu Zhiyi thought so quickly in his mind, looked at Shen Wuyou and responded: "Okay, as long as you don't mind marrying into the family, I am willing, but the situation is not good now, so we won't hold a banquet! Choose a day, and I will pick you up."
Shen Wuyou: “………” Huh? ? ? He was a little confused!
Xu Zhiyi saw that he didn't answer, so he asked, "Hmm?" Then he thought of something and quickly explained, "Oh, don't worry, I'll owe you the betrothal gift first, but I promise that I'll double it in the future."
She could hurry up and finish the painting, and the money she earned could make up for the betrothal gift.
Shen Wuyou heard this and quickly waved his hands: “No, no, no…”
"What's the matter? Do you want a betrothal gift now? Then wait for me for a few days, I will try my best to raise money."
Seeing that she had misunderstood, Shen Wuyou quickly calmed down his nervous heart, and then said: "No need for betrothal gifts, my brother and I are willing to marry into the family together, and I can move in tomorrow! If you really want to pick us up, that's fine too..."
After saying that, he covered his face with shame and turned around and ran away! Ah! Ah! He was so nervous!
Xu Zhiyi looked at the person running away and felt something was wrong. Why did it feel like the roles were reversed? Shouldn't she be the one running away out of shyness?
Just as he was about to step back, Song's voice rang out.
"Daya, your grandma is not feeling well. She wants to see you and Su. Go back now and ask your mother to go to Xu's house with you to see her!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "It's so funny. I'm not a doctor. If she's not feeling well, go find a doctor! Why are you looking for me? Do you want me to collect the body?"
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