Chapter 2489 borrow money

Old Zhoutou and Qian's family have some private houses. They originally thought that if the big house and the third house didn't join hands, they would help, but since Manbao took the initiative to lend them, it would be difficult for the two old people to intervene. , Well, this is also a bowl of water level.

The couple, who had a bowl of water, took out their account books and carefully distinguished the numbers on it, and the old Zhoutou said, "I have seen many Zhuangzi and fields, alas, the land in the capital is too expensive, and the land in Yongzhou is not too expensive. It’s cheap, and there aren’t many people selling the land, so I think it’s better to buy this one in Yongzhou, it’s not Zhuangzi, but it’s sold by a big family, with an area of ​​80 acres.”

Old Zhou Tou took out a note, scratched his face and said, "Seven taels of silver per mu, I asked five taels before, and he figured it out for me, but I forgot, anyway, it's more than five hundred taels, and it's out. With this part of the money, we don't have much money left, what else can we buy her?"

Qian Shi didn't understand, but the problem was not big, she said, "Let's buy land."

She said: "The fabrics have been rewarded a lot by the palace and the nobles, and we can't buy better ones, so we will buy two more red cloths, pay for the wedding dresses custom-made by the embroidery workshop, and the rest are all Buy her land."

There is no shortage of treasures in the house. If you have a shop, you can’t buy a shop with this money in Beijing, so you can only buy land.

"In the end, the farm is the property of the imperial court, and it is not very stable. She should have a few pieces of land of her own," Qian said, "Looking back, you are still asking about the land in Yongzhou. When you buy the land, it will still be rented to tenants. , as long as there is land, people will not be hungry.”

Old Zhou Tou responded and stood on tiptoe for another matter, "What do you think the Bai family will give as a dowry?"

Qian looked up at him and said, "It won't be less anyway."

"But I haven't seen them buy anything recently. Are they preparing a betrothal gift?"

Zhou Lizhong, who walked out of the yard, waited for his uncles and aunts to return to the house, then bumped into Zhou Liwei, winked and said, "Okay, you will sing Lijun's face."

Zhou Liwei blushed slightly and said: "I'm going to talk about bad things first. There are many people in the family now, so naturally I need to explain more to avoid misunderstandings."

Zhou Lizhong nodded, turned his head and said with a smile to Zhou Lijun: "I'll leave this to you, but will it open sooner in September? Should I wait until after my sister-in-law gets married?"

Zhou Lijun shook his head, "It's too late, September is just right, and autumn is dry, just use moisturizing cream and whitening cream."

Zhou Li nodded and frowned. He had the same question as his grandfather, "By the way, is the Bai family preparing a dowry? I haven't seen anything added there when I came back several times."

Of course there are. Mrs. Liu started to have people move things into the newly bought house one after another since last month.

Every now and then, she would take the Zheng family to go out to the newly-bought house to check what was delivered.

Not to mention the title deed, all kinds of ornaments, jade, porcelain, and some antique calligraphy and paintings and books prepared by her were also sent one after another from Longzhou and Qili Village.

Of course, most of her things went to Qili Village with her when she moved. Only some things were too heavy to carry, so they stayed in the old house in Longzhou.

She also didn't expect Bai Shan to get married in the capital. In order to make the dowry look good, she asked people to go back to Qili Village to fetch some things and give Bai Shan a betrothal gift together with some things left in Longzhou.

Not to mention other people, even Zheng's daughter-in-law was horrified when she saw it, and couldn't help but ask, "Mother, are these all dowry gifts?"

Mrs. Liu nodded with a smile, and said, "This time is different from the past, whether it is Manbao or Shanbao, the people they make friends with are not low, and there are also many people. After looking at this, we have to make some preparations for the future, so Shanbao's dowry can't be bad, so that Manbao's dowry can also hold up."

She said: "I know what those people think outside, but they think that our Bai clan has fallen, and Shan Bao has no father or brother to help him, and Man Bao was born in a poor family. For this wedding, I will let them take a look at the heritage of the two families."

The Zhou family has no background, but the Bai family has it.

Based on what Mrs. Liu knows about the Zhou family, how many betrothal gifts she has sent in the past, I am afraid that in the end, except for cash, they will accompany them back.

The cash can also be exchanged for other more decent dowries.

Although these things changed from the Bai family's to Zhou Man's personal property, but she is only a grandson, isn't the grandson's daughter-in-law's?

Mrs. Liu's eyes were bright, and it was time for those in the family to see if their branch was lost, hum.

Across a corridor from Mrs. Liu, Man Bao from the two yards was crawling over to close the window. After closing the window, she sat cross-legged on the bed and entered the space, and counted her money.

In June, when Thursday Lang returned to Beijing, he gave her the money for selling gems and spices, most of which was silver, and the rest was copper.

Man Bao didn't put the copper coins into the space, it took up too much space. Generally speaking, she would only put a dozen coins in it, and if it was not enough, she would go home and put some in.

The rest of the copper coins were placed in the penthouse next to her, which she used as a warehouse, and contained all the belongings that she could not store in the space.

Among them, there are several sacks of copper coins.

Man Bao went to open the box. Several boxes were filled with silver. There was a neat official seal, and a piece of silver that was not neat, but the quality was okay.

She can count all her treasures. Before she counted the money, she wrote a label on the box, and she also had her own ledger, so it was easy to know how much money she had.

She counted it and was relieved to find that there was a lot of money, so she released the two boxes and threw them in the corner of the wall.

The next day, Zhou Dalang and Xiao Qian were called to count the money quietly.

Five hundred taels is not too light. Zhou Dalang took two large baskets and put them in, then put a lid on them, and went back with Xiao Qian alone with a basket.

I also greeted people along the way, and no one knew that there was silver in the big basket.

Man Bao felt that this method was very good, so he also dug out two baskets with silver and went to Zhou Ligu, "You have to write me an IOU on your father's behalf."

Zhou Ligu was also worried about not having enough money. Hearing this, he nodded immediately. After seeing the silver in the basket, he asked strangely, "How do you put it in the basket?"

"It's so inconspicuous that no one notices it."

When Zhou Ligu heard this, he lowered his voice and asked, "Little aunt, can't I tell my family about this?"

Man Bao asked, "You can tell your family what to do, just tell your parents."

Zhou Ligu was entangled, "Can't you tell the third brother, the third brother and I are the best, I can't hide many things from him."

"Then tell him," Man Bao said, "he owes me money too."

Zhou Ligu was startled and asked, "How much do you owe?"

"Like you, it's five hundred taels."

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