Half a month later, Zhao Dashu and his family set out on the journey to the provincial capital. The few families who went out to pick river gourds put money in their pockets, bought things, and happily returned home.
Zhao Xiaoyu said goodbye to them. Seeing their wide grins, she couldn't help wanting to sing the lyrics of the song, "We are the same surname, we must be happy today, happy..."
"Dad, do you know how much Uncle Liu and the others earned this year?" Just looking at their expressions, you can tell that they have made a lot of money. Even Qian Jia and Xiao Lei's lips were raised.
"It's at least several taels. I didn't count since they all paid me once, so I estimated it to be three or four taels." He felt that 50 taels was possible, and the Yue family must have paid 50 taels.
That's quite a lot, no wonder she was so happy. It's just that Xiao Lei only took twenty taels, the rest are all with her.
"My girl, they are happy to pick up and make money, and now it's our turn."
"Yes, our family has made a lot of money this year. Dad, please buy some jewelry for our mom and me."
Zhao Dashu said cheerfully, "Buy it. Go to the city and pick out the pretty ones!"
Li Xi feels that she prefers picking river gourds rather than peeling them. Every day she can go to different places to run around and play, eat at different restaurants, and even have picnics and barbecues. Her life is very fulfilling.
The days of peeling river gourds in the county town really made her feel suffocated.
"Dad, I want to pick river gourds from now on."
"That won't work. How can we sell them if we just pick them up without peeling them? Okay, Dad knows you are tired. Let's go to the capital and buy you some more small things. It's not easy for Li Xi to support our family."
"Thank you, Dad. I can continue to peel river gourds when I come back to the city." If they peeled the gourds, their family would have meat to eat and nice clothes to wear, so she had to work hard.
"They picked them up really cleanly." They came across several muddy areas along the way, but Zhao Dashu didn't find many after going down. Even if there were any, they were very small. Any decent ones were probably picked up by others.
"Dad, let's not stop. Let's go to a few more counties and try again. They have mule carts this year, so they can definitely go farther."
"Got it." Zhao Dashu raised his whip...
Liu Shunzi and his group saw Zhao Dashu and his family off. The families looked at each other and thought that now that they had earned money and had some free time, it was time to reward themselves.
They had to go through wind and rain, and it was a lot of suffering even with a mule cart, but silver was also eye-catching, so they didn't mind the suffering at all.
If possible, they would go out in the rain every day to pick river gourds as long as it is available.
"Hey, go shopping!" The kids at home keep the house very clean. I will feel relieved when I go back during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I will buy some snacks and candies to sweeten their mouths.
Everyone went shopping, except Xiao Lei. He was alone and had no one to buy food for, so he bought some vegetables in the county town and went straight back to the village.
"Boss, how much do you want the meat? I want the best quality meat."
"Thirty cents a pound."
"I want it."
"Give me six pounds."
"I want three pounds!"
"How do you sell sugar?"
“How much is a roast chicken?”
Finally, we went to the cloth shop. Several families had never spent money so recklessly before. It felt really fucking awesome!
"Hello, go home!"
"go home!"
Zhao Zhaodi was about to get engaged, and the man would pay the betrothal gift. They asked for a betrothal gift of two taels of silver from the man, which was considered a large sum of money in their Laomuzhu Village.
She had no plan to keep this money. She wanted to give it to her daughter as a dowry when she got married. It would be her private property in the future. She would fill it in a little more later.
She did not plan to keep the cloth and quilt given by the man. After all, she was her only daughter and was not marrying into a particularly good family. She had agreed with the head of the household that she should take all the things with her when she got married and would also give her an extra ounce of silver from the bottom of the box. With such a generous dowry, she will be able to hold her head high in her husband's family in the future.
"When will Zhaodi get engaged?" Old Man Zhao asked while eating.
"Early next month."
"Oh, at that time, the third brother would definitely not be able to come back. He went to the capital. Are you going to call the elders?"
Zhao Dayong has been worried for several days. He doesn't want to shout, but if he doesn't, the whole village will be watching, and his new in-laws will also be watching. "What does Dad mean?"
"Then shout. No matter what, we can't let outsiders laugh at the joke of our Zhao family." Even though they already had enough jokes.
Dad said that he must be called, "What if he doesn't come?"
During the autumn harvest, my eldest brother had a bad time with them, and he ignored them during the harvest.
"Of course he'll come. Your elder brother has more dignity than us."
Is that so? Don’t you think, Zhao Dayong, that a person with any dignity would let his daughter be a concubine?
"Okay, I'll go to my eldest brother's house."
What is Zhao Dawen doing recently? He took Wang to look for a house, as their previous place was no longer habitable and people pointed fingers at them whenever they went out.
"Look, his daughter has become someone's concubine."
"What's the point of studying? Even if you are a scholar, your daughter still has to be someone's mistress."
"He looks like a decent person, but I used to call him Mr. Zhao. Can such a person teach students well?"
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