Upon hearing his father's words, he shook his head and said:
"No, I came back this time to get engaged to Xue Mengyu from the Xue family."
I've already discussed it with the Xue family, and we're just waiting for a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.
Old Man Qi was somewhat disappointed when he heard that it wasn't the Zhong family.
He knew the vast majority of the wealthy households in the county town.
He had never even heard of the Xue family, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Tell me, what's the situation with the Xue family?"
Also, our family has absolutely no money right now.
"We haven't even repaid our debts to our clansmen, so where will we get the money to buy supplies and hire a matchmaker?"
Qi Mingyu took a purse from his waist and handed it over:
"Here are twenty taels of silver, given to me by the Xue family."
They know our family's situation; they only care about my future and don't care about this money.
They had only one request: that the proposal be presented in a presentable manner.
Just before the betrothal ceremony, they would secretly send gifts over.
When you arrive, it would be best to have someone make a big fuss and send the things back to the Xue family.
They had only one goal: to prevent people from looking down on their Xue family daughter!
When Old Man Qi and Madam Shen heard that there were twenty taels in the purse, their eyes lit up.
You should know that when I was living a life of luxury thanks to the fish in the pond, I only spent a few hundred coins a month, less than an ounce.
Over the course of a year, not counting the money given to his second son, the food and drink at home, plus the clothes bought for all four seasons, amounted to at most a little over ten taels.
The Xue family is truly generous; they give twenty taels of silver just for sending a matchmaker to propose marriage.
It seems that they come from a very wealthy family, at least not much less well-off than the young lady from the second branch of the Zhong family.
The elderly couple, thinking this through, carefully considered which wealthy family the Xue family actually belonged to.
Unable to come up with anything, he couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, what exactly does the Xue family do? Has anything been said about the girl's dowry?"
Old Qi is now wondering if the girl has any dowry, such as a manor, a shop, or a large courtyard.
This way, they won't have to continue living here and doing everything themselves.
Having a manor and a courtyard means that there are servants in the household.
If not, a shop will do.
The elderly couple will help collect the money then.
Just thinking about those days makes him want to grin.
Qi Mingyu was reluctant to answer, but seeing that the old couple kept asking, and considering that they were going to get engaged anyway, they would be getting married soon.
When the time comes, we will find out.
So he put on a straight face and pretended not to care, saying, "The Xue family is from Anning County, and their business is quite large."
The incense shops in Anping County, Anning County, and Anfu County are basically all owned by their family.
The Qi family elders, who were initially extremely happy, couldn't help but turn pale upon learning that the other party was a merchant who ran an incense shop.
Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants held the lowest social status.
They were astonished that they saw twenty taels of silver and thought this Xue family girl could compare to the second daughter of the Zhong family.
No wonder the second son said he didn't care about money; it turns out he was trying to climb the social ladder by marrying into their family.
Furthermore, of all the businesses they could do, they had to choose to deal with the dead.
Thinking about all this, feeling unlucky, Old Man Qi couldn't help but speak up:
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