On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 92 Settling down

The man was stuffed with five taels of silver in his hand and was shocked: could he ever encounter such a good thing?

These five taels, plus the one tael given yesterday, there are more than six taels of silver.

It took the couple a year to save money, but they got it so easily?

He couldn't bear to give it back, and felt that he deserved it, so he thanked him with a blushing face: "I, then, I thank you so much, sir, then I will go back first!"

Mainly because Boss Xiao stared at the money he just got with fiery eyes. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would come and steal it.

The poor have short ambitions, and he really couldn't bear to part with such a large sum of money to send his son to a private school for a year.

Or ask him to build the mud walls at home high.

Boss Xiao watched him drive the cattle away quickly, and he could only curse Jiang Yu in his heart for being a prodigal.

They didn't even have enough money to buy a mule cart, yet he was so generous.

Why isn't he being more generous to himself?

However, thinking that he was not his son-in-law yet, Boss Xiao resisted the urge to accuse him of unfairness and asked, "Where are we going now?"

Jiang Yu wanted to please his future mother-in-law: "We have lost all our luggage, why don't we go to a clothing store to buy some clothes first?"

"I..." Boss Xiao originally wanted to refuse.

He lowered his head and looked at the clothes he was wearing, which were looted and patched.

As for himself, he can make do with just two pairs of clothes, but the wives and daughters at home cannot make do with it.

Besides, if you don’t take advantage of this, wouldn’t you be a fool?

But I also thought that he wanted to marry his eldest daughter, and he was afraid that he would be taken advantage of and frightened away.

So after entering the clothing store, he first asked about the price of the clothing, and then asked about the price of the fabric.

Finally, I asked for a piece of light beige muslin to make the lining, and a piece of light blue muslin to make dresses for the daughters.

In addition, I asked for a piece of navy blue muslin, which can be used by men, women, and children.

"Your aunt and her girls are pretty good. It's more cost-effective for us to buy the cloth and make it ourselves." After Boss Xiao finished speaking, he pretended to take out his wallet: "How much money is it in total?"

Jiang Yu resolutely rushed to pay the bill and asked for another piece of egg-green muslin: "Why should I bother my aunt to make me a robe?"

It would be best to let Xiao Xiu do it for him, but he didn't dare to say it.

He thought that a piece of cloth was about ten feet long, or about thirty-three meters, and could be used for about four or five sets of bunting.

Worried that it was not enough, I added a piece of fine ivory-white muslin with a hundred butterflies in it.

When the shopkeeper saw the two grown men coming to buy cloth and wanted to earn more, he smiled and said: "Two gentlemen, three pieces of fourth-grade cotton cloth cost a total of four taels of silver, and two pieces of fine cotton cloth cost two, two, and three." One piece of money is a piece of silver, and the total is eight taels and six pieces of silver."

"This is too expensive!" Boss Xiao took a breath: "You are killing pigs!"

In the past, most of the things my family bought were coarse cloths worth 400 to 500 renminbi a piece, and the better ones were inferior cotton cloths that cost more than 600 renminbi each. I really didn’t know that better fabrics were so expensive.

The money spent on buying fabrics can almost last their family a year.

He once again felt that Jiang Yu was a good person. If his eldest girl married him, she would really be able to wear gold and silver, wear her shirt, put her hands on her food, and open her mouth.

What's more important is that if the eldest girl gets married well, she can also find a good family for the second and third girls.

At the very least, it can't be much worse than the Jiang family, right?

Even if the Xiao family is an outsider and will be squeezed out after settling down, as long as the marriage between the family and the Jiang family is settled, there will be many people to please them.

However, if the mistress doesn't have a suitable person, it doesn't matter if she doesn't get married or recruits a son-in-law.

Anyway, even if Mrs. Liu is really pregnant, she doesn't know whether she will give birth to a baby or a girl.

Even if he is a son, he is too young. If the third son is willing to recruit a son-in-law, the family will be more lively. He also thought that promising men were rarely willing to be recruited as sons-in-law, and men who were not so good had wronged their mistresses, so he thought it would be better to let nature take its course, right?

Jiang Yu didn't know that Boss Xiao had already begun to fantasize about the benefits of being his own Taishan.

He counter-offered very skillfully: "It's expensive. The fourth-grade fine cotton cloth costs about nine hundred cents. The two good ones are two cents each."

The shopkeeper really didn't expect that a young man would counter-offer.

Then when I heard that the price was so low that the most I could make from selling it was two cents, I knew that they were experts in understanding this.

He couldn't help but wonder if this guy was his colleague.

"Young master, your counteroffer is too harsh. I won't even make any profit." The shopkeeper said with a look of reluctance: "Forget it, we're just opening business, just take it as a good sign from me, right?"

Not to be outdone, Boss Xiao pointed at the needles and threads and said, "Since we are opening a business, how about giving some more needles and threads? Otherwise, we won't buy them."

The shopkeeper secretly cursed the rogue.

But he didn't want to ignore every good sign in the morning, so he actually gave me five needles and six skeins of thread.

Jiang Yu paid the money and sent these back to the hospital first. Seeing that the women couldn't put it down, they touched the cloth. They didn't expect it at all. Xiu'er took the measurements for him, so he could only go to the carriage shop with Boss Xiao.

Boss Xiao also prepared money to buy a mule carriage. Who knew that Jiang Yu spent ten taels of silver to rent five carriages.

For him, the most important thing now is to go back and report the news, and then go to Yuhang County to see Uncle Shi to discuss the robbery of the medicinal herbs.

If I can't get this batch of medicinal materials back, where will I buy the medicinal materials that my family's pharmacy is short of?

Now that the world is in chaos, even if they hire an escort to go out, will they be robbed openly if they encounter soldiers from other forces?

The horse-drawn carriage is faster and more stable than the mule-drawn carriage.

The carriage at the front was occupied by Jiang Yu. He also moved the injured Erlang to his carriage and took care of him personally. Of course, it was Da Lang and Hou Er who were accompanying him who were serving tea and water.

Jiang Yu himself borrowed the opportunity to settle down in a certain place, invited Boss Xiao to the carriage, served tea and water to Boss Xiao, and was very attentive.

The carriage behind him was occupied by the Xiao sisters, the third and Liu sisters, and the Lin sisters.

Behind them are Mr. Xiao and his wife, Mr. Xiao and his wife, and San Lang.

After that, the wounded bodyguards were lying on a carriage, and the last carriage was those bodyguards.

The rental carriages are all equipped with handlebars for driving the carriage.

Moreover, this place is not very far from Wuning County. The handlers are familiar with the official roads here. Where to eat and where to stay, everything is properly arranged.

Of course, Jiang Yu had to pay for food and accommodation.

The carriage traveled for four days, and on the sixth day of August, it finally arrived in Wuning County.

The journey over the past few days went so smoothly that the Xiao family felt that they were not escaping, but just having fun.

There is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there is no need to worry about finding a place to live.

As long as you are willing to spend money, you can enjoy very good treatment.

Jiang Yu actually invited the Xiao family to stay at his home.

However, the two families have not discussed marriage yet, so of course Boss Xiao is not willing to take advantage of this, for fear that the Jiang family will look down on their eldest daughter.

So he asked the carriage to take them to the Yamen side and prepared to settle down first.

(End of this chapter)