newbobooks Chapter 141 Merchants are the Lowest
Chapter 141 Merchants are the Lowest
Xie Jiaojiao even wanted to kill someone!
She felt that Lai Fu must have done it on purpose!
But this must have been what that bastard Jiang Weinan taught him!
Jiang Weinan, you are dead!
Jiang Weinan from the Jiang Mansion was painting a small portrait of Xie Jiaojiao when he suddenly sneezed.
I said to myself: Jiaojiao must miss me too much. She was so moved when she saw the portrait I gave her that she kept repeating my name!
The waiter can hardly hold it back any longer.
Xie Jiaojiao turned around and left angrily.
Lai Fu quickly caught up: "Xie Xiaomei, the master asked me to take you there!"
"No need, go back and tell him that he will be in big trouble after you marry him!"
Lai Fu was unwilling to do so, so he blocked Xie Jiaojiao's way and insisted on sending her off: "Miss Xie, please get in the car. If the young master knew that I didn't send you off, he would break my legs when I went back!"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him: "He shouldn't have hit your legs, he should have hit your mouth!"
Lai Fu immediately slapped his mouth twice: "Yes, yes, yes! Miss Xie is right, Lai Fu has already slapped himself, please don't embarrass me, Miss Xie!"
Xie Jiaojiao was speechless, thinking that like master, like servant!
Lai Fu is as shameless as his master!
Seeing Xie Jiaojiao getting in the car...
Lai Fu then smiled and said, "Thank you for your consideration, young lady!"
When she returned home, the betrothal gifts in the yard had already been packed up by Sun Ruhua.
There were two maids sent by Li He'an, one was helping Sun Ruhua cook, and the other was picking vegetables.
As soon as he saw Xie Jiaojiao coming back, he immediately shouted, "Madam, the girl is back!"
Sun Ruhua just reminded them that Miss Xie has not yet married the young master. If they call her Young Madam, it will damage Miss Xie's reputation. So they thought, just call her Miss!
Sun Ruhua came out at this time, took Xie Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Daughter, have you finished the land?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded and took out the title deed.
Sun Ruhua said, "Mother has thought about it. Our family has bought some land, so we probably don't have much money left. I might as well give you the land as a dowry and send it to the Jiang family!"
"Mom, are you willing to do that?"
"How could mother be reluctant! If you lose money, you can earn it again in the future, but if you lose face now, how can you hold your head up high in the Jiang family in the future?"
Xie Jiaojiao couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, and patted her hands: "Don't worry! It's okay, you don't have to worry about the dowry, I will naturally have my own way."
Xie Jiaojiao then said, "Mom, I've been busy for so long, I'm a little hungry."
"Then just wait, I'll bring you food right now!"
When Xie Jiaojiao was eating, she was not used to having people standing on both sides. After all, in the previous decades of her life, the classes she had come into contact with were all equal for men, women, young and old. This was at home, not in a restaurant.
"You guys should go have dinner too!" Xie Jiaojiao said to the two of them.
The two looked at each other and stood aside respectfully: "I dare not!"
Xie Jiaojiao sighed, said nothing, and just quickened her eating pace.
After watching them finish their meal, the two of them cleaned up the dishes, wiped the table and mopped the floor.
Xie Jiaojiao suddenly thought that she wanted to expand the scale of the soy sauce business, but was afraid that the recipe would be leaked. Why not buy some people to make the soy sauce for her?
Thinking of this, Xie Jiaojiao immediately went to see how much money was left at home.
Seeing that there was still about one hundred taels left, I thought of going to the county tomorrow to check.
But the next morning, Sun Ruhua grabbed her and refused to let her go out.
"Jiaojiao! Just listen to your mother! You're getting married the day after tomorrow! Rest at home for two days! Stop running around!"
Xie Jiaojiao was helpless, but seeing Sun Ruhua's worried look, she just stayed at home obediently.
I think there is no rush about this matter. It won’t be too late to do it after I’m done with these busy days.
Wang Qiushi was at home, looking at Chen Shouren with some dissatisfaction: "You helped them buy more than 30 acres of land, and she only gave them one or two taels of silver to get rid of them?"
Chen Shouren frowned, impatiently: "How much do you want? One tael of silver is not enough? Usually, buying an acre of land for others only costs a few copper coins!"
Wang Qiushi was just not satisfied...
"How much betrothal gift did she receive today? Have you ever thought about it? She can afford even one or two taels of silver!"
Chen Shouren was a little unhappy and stood up: "Enough! How much betrothal gifts they receive is their ability! If you have the ability, you can also give birth to a daughter like Xie Jiaojiao."
That’s what I said!
Girls are all money-losing goods!
In other words, Xie Jiaojiao was lucky and was favored by the young man in the city!
But so what?
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!
Merchants are the lowest of the low!
Her son will surely become the top scholar in the future and bring honor to the family!
Wang Qiushi turned around and saw Wang Xiuer sorting porcini mushrooms, so he went over and kicked over her basket.
"You can sell these mushrooms for a few silver coins every day! You look better than Xie Jiaojiao, so why don't you go to town and marry a young master so that we can enjoy the good life together!"
Wang Xiuer felt very aggrieved!
Then he went to pick up the mushrooms that she had kicked over.
Wang Qiushi was about to kick him, but Chen Shouren pulled him back: "Okay, why are you taking your anger out on your niece?"
Wang Qiushi was very unhappy anyway!
She kindly introduced her own niece to Xie Jiaojiao's family, but Xie Jiaojiao still disagreed!
Just don't give her face!
Sun Ruhua invited many people to help, and dragged out the half-fat pig raised in the backyard and killed it, thinking that she would not have to spend money to buy it in town.
Xie Jiaojiao couldn't sit still either. Since Sun Ruhua didn't let her go out, she had to tidy up the watermelons in the backyard!
Many of these have bloomed, but I don't know if these melons will be big watermelons or the small ones that won't grow big.
Xie Jiaojiao had been busy in the backyard for a long time. The two maids saw her squatting in the field pulling weeds. Since their master was squatting, they naturally couldn't stand, so they accompanied Xie Jiaojiao.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at the two of them and asked, "How old are you? Did you have a name before?"
"I am a sixteen-year-old maid named Cuizhu."
"I am also sixteen, my name is Hanlu."
"Cuizhu, Hanlu? Your names are quite unique."
“They were all taken by others.”
The two girls lowered their heads and continued to pull weeds.
It was evening when I finished everything.
The yard was very bustling with activity, with everyone helping out, some cutting vegetables, some washing dishes.
Tian Hu helped to borrow tables, chairs and stools from the village.
Niu Er helped fetch water and make a fire.
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him, pulled the busy Sun Ruhua and asked, "Mom, why hasn't Zhiyi come back yet?"
"Why are you worrying about him now?"
After saying that, he lowered his head to look at Xie Jiaojiao's hand: "Oh my, my little ancestor, don't go to the field again! Look at your hand!"
Sun Ruhua was so angry: "Why can't you just sit still?"
Cuizhu and Hanlu just brought some water: "Don't be angry, Madam, we will clean up the girl right away!"
Sun Ruhua was called Madam these past two days, and she felt very embarrassed: "Thank you for your help!"
After Sun Ruhua finished speaking, she glared at Xie Jiaojiao and hurried back to her work!
It was dark when Xie Zhiyi came back. He came back in Lai Fu's car.
Getting off the car with him were two scholars from the village chief's family.
This surprised everyone and they couldn't help but talk about it in private.
However, Xie Zhiyi had no idea. When he came back, he took Sun Ruhua to Xie Jiaojiao's room.
Sun Ruhua said: "Mother is still busy here!"
Xie Jiaojiao had already cleaned up and put on ordinary clothes. Cuizhu and Hanlu looked better dressed than her.
Xie Zhiyi took out a large box from his backpack and handed it to Xie Jiaojiao: "Sister, this is what Young Master Jiang asked me to bring back for you."