An Ning was so surprised that her mouth opened slightly. An Dashan was also startled and said, "This is not just a little more expensive, it is several times more expensive." You know, the car that An Ning and his friends have now is only sixteen taels of silver.
The man with the teeth smiled awkwardly and said, "Master An, this car is not made of ordinary wood. It is made of top-quality elm wood, so the price is naturally higher."
An Dashan looked at An Ning, who gritted her teeth and said, "If you give us a discount, we'll take this car. Otherwise, let's go look somewhere else!"
Zhang Yaren was unwilling to let this big customer go, so he hardened his heart and said, "You two are old customers, so I won't make any money from you on this order. I will sell it to you at the price of 45 taels."
An Ning thought that this price was acceptable, so she nodded and said, "Okay, take us to see the horses."
Zhang Yaren brought An Ning and An Dashan to the stable. An Ning had no knowledge of horses and didn't know how to choose one, so the task was given to An Dashan.
Zhang Yaren looked at An Dashan who was prying open the horse's mouth to check its teeth, and knew that he had met an expert, so he asked, "Does Master An have any favorites?"
An Dashan pointed at two black, fat and strong horses and said, "I think these two are pretty good. I wonder how much they are for?"
Zhang Yaren said with a smile: "Master An has good taste. These two horses are the best horses we have. I won't lie to you about the price. I'll give you thirty taels of silver each!"
An Dashan knew the market price of horses and knew that Zhang Yaren did not ask for much money, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take these two horses, but please help me send them back."
Zhang Yaren readily agreed. After An Dashan paid the money, he sent someone to deliver the carriage and horses to An's house.
When An Yong came back, he was very touched to learn that An Dashan and An Ning had spent so much money on his marriage, so he said, "Dad, Ning Ning, don't worry, I will definitely win more military merits and strive to get more rewards to reduce the burden on the family."
An Dashan patted An Yong's shoulder and said, "I don't want you to get too many military merits, as long as you are safe and sound."
An Ning also nodded in agreement and said, "Brother, Dad is right. As long as our family is in good order and safe, it is better than anything else."
After listening to this, An Yong nodded heavily.
After dinner, An Ning returned to her room to rest. She lay on the bed and calculated the remaining silver in her family. She was shocked to find that she only had less than 2,000 taels of silver left. It seemed that she had to hurry up and make money!
As An Ning was thinking about it, an idea suddenly came to her. After nearly a year of continuous harvesting and planting, she had stored a lot of food in her space. When An Dashan went to propose marriage tomorrow, she could find an opportunity to sell the food.
An Ning thought about the mountains of grain in the space and estimated that there should be about 50,000 jin. The price of flour is 30 cents per jin, and the price of wheat will never be lower than 20 cents. 50,000 jin of wheat can be sold for 1,200 taels of silver.
An Ning seemed to have finally found a way to make money, so he plunged into the space. In the past, he always felt that there was no need to grow so much food, so the space had always been the same few acres of land, and he had never reclaimed it. Now An Ning has found a way to make money, so he started to reclaim land in the space with his mind. It was the first time that An Ning found that using his mind too much would also give him a headache.
But looking at the extra ten acres of land planted with wheat in the space, An Ning felt it was worth it. An Ning touched her empty stomach, went to the small room in the space to find some food, and filled her stomach before leaving the space.
The next morning, the pastry shop delivered the betrothal cake. An Ning had just paid the remaining balance and sent the shop assistant away when Zhao arrived with the official matchmaker.
After Zhao sent the official mediator there, she did not stay for long and went back home. Before leaving, she lent her carriage and coachman to the An family.
Two male servants drove the carriage. An Ning was afraid of dirtying the newly bought carriage, so she put the cloth, betrothal cakes and dried fruits in the new carriage, and put the wine, wild geese and three animals on the old carriage with oilcloth. An Dashan and An Yong sat on the shaft of the carriage, while the matchmaker sat in Zhao's carriage.
The courtyard of the An family was not too far from the governor's mansion, and they arrived at the governor's mansion in a short while. The governor's housekeeper had been waiting at the door for a long time. When he saw the group coming, he quickly sent someone in to report. After a while, the governor came out to greet them.
The matchmaker got off the carriage and walked to the door with a few people, saying, "Sir Yin, I heard that the young lady in your house is gentle and virtuous, well-educated and well-mannered, so General Dingyuan specially prepared a betrothal gift and came to your house to ask for her hand in marriage."
Lord Yin laughed and said, "Okay, let's go inside and talk."
The official media knew that this was already a matter agreed upon by the two families, so the marriage proposal was just a formality, so they stopped talking and the group came to the reception room in the front yard.
Under the direction of the housekeeper, the servants unloaded all the gifts from the cart. After all the gifts were placed in the yard, the matchmaker took out the gift list and read it out, saying: "A pair of live wild geese, a betrothal gift of two thousand taels of silver, two sets of gold head ornaments, two pairs of gold bracelets, fifty catties of betrothal cakes, twenty-four pieces of silk and satin, a pig, a pair of live chickens, two live fish, six jars of bamboo leaf green, and four kinds of dried fruits, six catties each."
The governor was very satisfied with the betrothal gift. He thought that the An family was a farming family and their daughter might be unfairly treated unfairly in the betrothal gift, but he did not expect that the An family would prepare such a generous betrothal gift.
The governor was satisfied, but the governor's wife in the backyard was so angry that she smashed a teacup. She had originally brought Yin Wan'er and An Yong together because she wanted Yin Wan'er to marry a peasant and never have the chance to turn her life around in her life. She didn't expect that the An family was not what she had imagined.
Yin Wan'er also learned the amount of the betrothal gift from the maid, and she felt happy and shy at the same time.
After reading the list of betrothal gifts, the official mediator sat aside and said nothing. He thought that the money earned this time was too easy and there was no need to say much. How much time and effort he saved!
The governor and An Dashan and his men had a very pleasant conversation. The governor also happily gave Yin Wan'er's engagement letter to An Dashan. An Dashan took it and said, "Don't worry, Lord Yin. I will find someone to match the horoscopes as soon as possible and set the wedding date."
Lord Yin nodded and said, "It's getting late. The palace has prepared a banquet. Please move to the dining hall."
An Dashan and An Yong did not refuse and followed Lord Yin to the dining hall. The official mediator was also accompanied by the governor's wife for dinner.
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