Chapter 223 Buying a big house is really cheap
Since the other party came to propose marriage, Shen Jinyuan felt relieved.
Everything went smoothly afterwards. Shen Jinyuan knew that the Wan family were all from the country, and he knew something about the customs of country people’s marriages.
Since the wedding was to be held in the county town, Shen Jinyuan followed the Wan family's wishes and did not interfere.
When Old Mrs. Wan left, she took all the cash boxes in the house with her. She was not at home and was afraid that there would be thieves in the house. Old Mr. Wan would not be able to deal with it alone, so he took all the money with him and took it out.
It came in handy at this time. With the presence of the county magistrate Shen Jinyuan, the house buying matter went quite smoothly. Not only did it cost less than one hundred taels of silver, but it also bought a large house with two courtyards. This made Old Lady Wan very happy.
After the two families agreed on the day for sending the betrothal gifts and the wedding date, Mrs. Wan left, but she left Mr. Wan to decorate the new house. She also asked him to take Shen to see what furniture was needed. It only cost eighty taels of silver to buy this house, and there were still twenty taels left, so they could just buy some usable furniture for the time being.
After returning to the town, Old Lady Wan generously gave the matchmaker one or two taels of silver as a thank-you gift, and would invite her to get married in the future. The matchmaker was so happy to get such a lucrative job that she kept saying auspicious words.
Boss Wan’s marriage was finally settled, and Mrs. Wan’s worries were finally put to rest.
"Mom, you're back? Where's my brother?"
The shop was not busy at that time. Wan Laosi was taking a nap on the counter. During the nap, he saw Wan Laotai coming back.
His sleepiness immediately disappeared and he hurried out to support Old Mrs. Wan.
"Your eldest brother stayed there, and he bought a house. You don't know how nice that yard is! I, your mother, have never lived in such a nice yard in my life. There are two courtyards, more than a dozen rooms, and a garden. Oh, it dazzled me."
Wan Lao Si quickly helped Wan Lao Tai to sit down in the back room. When the others heard the noise, they all hurried over.
Wanquan was sent to the front to check on the shop.
Wan Lao Si quickly poured a cup of hot water for Wan Lao Tai, who drank it in one gulp. "I'm so thirsty, give me another cup."
People feel refreshed when good things happen to them. When Old Mrs. Wan came back from the county town this time, she looked very different. She seemed like a different old lady compared to yesterday.
Wan Laosi quickly poured another glass of water, and Grandma Wan drank it in one breath. Only then did she feel that her throat was not so dry anymore.
"Mom, can you please tell me what happened? Why hasn't our eldest brother come back?" Liu asked immediately when she didn't see Boss Wan.
Old Mrs. Wan sat on the kang with her legs crossed and told her sons and daughters-in-law everything that happened in the county town.
"I left your eldest brother behind to decorate the new house. It's a good opportunity for him to develop a relationship with Shen. Next time when we go to deliver the betrothal gifts, both of you can go with the second and fourth wives to help with the arrangements first, and come back after your eldest brother is married."
The whole way, Old Mrs. Wan was thinking about Boss Wan's marriage, and how to arrange it so as not to bring shame to the Wan family and also so that the Shen family would not find fault with it.
Of course, Wan Ersao and Liu were willing to help, and they could also spend a few more days with Shen.
"Mom, my brother only spent eighty taels of silver on such a big house. Didn't you think of anything else?" Wan Laosi was very shrewd. He knew there was something fishy as soon as he heard it.
Mrs. Wan was so happy that she didn't think there was anything fishy going on. Now, after her fourth son's reminder, she thought about it for a moment and asked, "Could it be that it was because of Lord Shen's help?"
"That's right, it's not because of Lord Shen's fame. Now you know the benefits of marrying Sister Shen, right? A two-yard house, and as mother said, it's in a prosperous area. Who would sell it for eighty taels? In my opinion, it would definitely not be bought without three hundred taels of silver, but you only spent eighty taels, saving more than two hundred taels. Even if we sell it now, we can still make a net profit of two hundred taels. Mother, do you think this marriage is good?"
Old Lady Wan was so shocked when she heard this. "Oh my god, how could that house be so valuable? I said it was worth only a hundred taels at most. Who would be so foolish as to sell it for so much money?"
"Mom, you don't know this, right? Lord Shen must have a lot of people who want to curry favor with him now. Some people can't even get in the door even if they want to give gifts. This can be regarded as another way of giving gifts to Lord Shen. If people come to Lord Shen for help in the future, Lord Shen will definitely not be able to refuse. This is Lord Shen using his power to seek personal gain for Big Brother and Sister Shen."
Wan Laosi looked around at the people around him proudly.
Mrs. Wan pinched Wan Lao Si and warned him fiercely, "You can just say this at home, don't spread it outside. Lord Shen is an honest official, how could he do what you said? From now on, we should tell others that this house was bought for three hundred taels. We can't let Lord Shen repay our favors."
Wan Lao Si was pinched and said awkwardly: "Mom, even if you say one thousand taels, it's useless. Brother Shihui has already got it. Don't worry about it. The officialdom has its own rules, and we ordinary people don't understand."
"Humph, I think you seem to have been in the government before, and you know everything about it."
Old Mrs. Wan glared at Wan Lao Si fiercely, but she thought in her heart that it was a good thing that her fourth son reminded her.
There was a storytelling teahouse diagonally opposite the place where Wan Laosi used to work. When he had nothing to do, he would lean against the counter and listen. Over time, he also learned some of the ways of officialdom.
Now that Boss Wan’s matter has been settled, Old Lady Wan can go back to the village.
Little Fubao can't wait to take her little rabbit back to see the big white geese at home.
She hasn't been home for three days and really misses Xiaolan and the big white geese.
"Oh, let's go home!" Little Fubao wanted to carry the bamboo weaving, but it was a bit heavy with two little rabbits in it, so she fell on her butt, her little face flushed red. Finally, Mrs. Wan Er helped her carry it up, held her in one hand, carried the bamboo weaving in the other, and went out.
When he got home, Xiao Fubao did not stop for a moment and immediately let the little white rabbit out. In the yard there were some autumn vegetables that Grandma Wan had just planted, and they had just sprouted some tender green leaves. As soon as the little white rabbit touched the ground, it ran towards the little white vegetables.
Xiao Fubao’s current hobby is watching the little white rabbit eat.
She thought their mouths were very interesting. Unlike ordinary animals, they were even cuter when they were eating.
Little Fubao squatted beside the little white rabbit, holding his little face in his hands, watching with great interest. Soon the two little rabbits had eaten up all the autumn vegetables that had just grown in the yard.
The woman from the Wan family hasn't come back for a few days, and the house is in a mess. Wan's second son doesn't know how to clean the house at all, so it's a good thing that the children didn't starve to death.
They never came out again after they entered the house. They only came out to prepare dinner after they had tidied the house.
Wan Ersao glanced across the vegetable garden in the yard and found that something seemed to be missing?
She hurried over and found that the ground was full of teeth marks from the little rabbits. There was no green at all. Wan Ersao was so angry that she shouted in the yard: "Wan Hao!"
This was the first time that Wan Ersao called Xiao Fubao by his full name, but unfortunately her daughter had already taken her new favorite and several brothers to the end of the village to find Xiaolan and her siblings.
Wan Ersao shouted but no one answered. She was so angry that she picked up a small wooden stick in the straw shed and ran out of the door.
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