Chapter Twenty-Nine: Buying a Carriage
When Ding Yiyi returned home from Fangfu, the sun had sunk in the west, the sky was full of sunset, red and yellow intertwined very beautifully, this time she made several good friends, it was also good for her, after all, they were all young ladies from large families, and these young ladies would be indispensable in business in the future. Pen "Fun" Ding Yiyi, the www.biquge.info of the pavilion, returned home and talked to his father and mother about buying a carriage, Ding Dashan and Ding Chen also felt that the conditions at home were good, and they really needed to buy a carriage, after all, they couldn't often use the ox cart to come to the town, and the ox cart still had to be used to receive goods, so Ding Dashan decided to buy an ox cart tomorrow, and buy a house by the way, and make money for spending, he used to think about saving money, but the girl said that what to do if you don't spend money, and what to do if you earn money, and what you earn is to spend, and reasonable expenses make her more motivated to make money.
Life is getting better and better, even relatives' families are getting richer, in just a few months, Ding Dahai's family has also built a new house, and it will be winter soon, and he is not afraid of freezing in winter and can't sleep. The two brothers of the Chen family have also received wages recently, and they have earned at least twice as much as they have earned outside, so they naturally know that this is the blessing of the Todin family, so they work extra hard, and the goods they receive are good, and it is rare to see moldy peanuts, and even duck down is not mixed with duck feathers, so it is still much better to use their own people than to use outsiders.
When the family had dinner, Ding Yiyi remembered that Master Bai asked her to discuss with the family about his daughter, and talk to her father and mother while she was fine, anyway, she didn't plan for her father and mother to agree to this matter. "Father, mother, Master Bai recognizes me as his goddaughter, I said I want to discuss it with you, what do you think?" Ding Yiyi whispered as she looked at her father's face.
"Clothes! What do you think? Master Ding's family is rich and powerful, and it will not be a loss for us to recognize him as a godfather, but your mother and I still hope that you will make your own decisions. Ding Dashan pondered for a moment and spoke. Ding Yiyi didn't expect her father to let her make her own decisions, her father made sense, people like them can get in touch with the Bai family, it is very helpful for their family's business, Ding Yiyi feels that she is a little girl in the countryside, they shouldn't have any ideas about themselves. In fact, Ding Yiyi was wrong this time, Master Bai regarded her as a future daughter-in-law.
"Then I'll tell Master Bai that you agreed, we can't suffer a loss as his goddaughter, and the business will be much smoother in the future, and the loser's business has branches all over the country, and we can use their relationship to make our business bigger." Ding Yiyi said, but he didn't understand why Master Bai would recognize her as his goddaughter, after all, he didn't have anything that the Bai family wanted.
Early the next morning, Ding Dashan went to the East Market to buy a horse, and people who often work even if they have not bought a horse know that they are healthy and powerful, and after turning around the place where the horse is sold, he has taken a fancy to a red horse with smooth coat and strong limbs, this horse has a straight and long head and short ears. The limbs are long, the bones are solid, the tendons and ligaments are well developed, the cicada (commonly known as the night eye) with the remains of the palm pillow is attached, and the hoof is hard, and it can run quickly on hard ground. The distance between the two eyes is large, and it is bright.
"How can I sell this horse?" Ding Dashan saw a person in gray muslin clothes next to the horse, thinking that this horse should belong to this person, and asked out loud. "Oh! Fifty taels of silver, not a penny less. The man glanced at Ding Dashan, thinking that this person would not pay so much money to buy a horse, Ding Dashan looked at this person's lukewarm Yangzi and looked down at his dress, he was also wearing a muslin dress today, because he was not used to wearing satin, so he often wore clothes made of muslin, and he came to the horse market today as he usually wears, no wonder that person has that attitude, and may treat him as a coachman.
"Can't this horse be cheaper? You don't think I'm a rich person, so sell me cheaper! Ding Dashan felt that he thought that he didn't have much money anyway, so he would treat it as if he didn't have much money, and no one wanted to pay more money if he could buy it cheaply. The man who sold the horse didn't expect him to buy this horse: "Let's tell you the truth, this is someone else put it here to sell it on my behalf, the owner of the horse said, he won't sell it for a penny, I think you really want to buy a horse, why don't you buy this black one, what do you think of this horse for forty taels of silver?" When the horse dealer saw that Ding Dashan really wanted to buy a horse, he hurriedly introduced him to a black horse next to him.
Ding Dashan looked at the black horse he pointed to, the horse was good, but it was a grade worse than the jujube red horse in front of him, he still liked the jujube red horse: "Okay then!" Then I'm going to have this one. Ding Dashan said, bowing his head and preparing to pay him. The horse dealer thought he wanted the black horse, so he immediately went to lead the horse, "I don't want this, I want the red horse." Ding Dashan took fifty taels of silver and gave it to him.
"Oh! By the way, do you sell carriages? Otherwise, you have to go to the carpenter to make it order. Ding Dashan asked. This one! Actually, this horse belongs to a friend of mine, because the family is in ruin, so he entrusted me with the horse to sell, and the carriage is still there, but it is not brought in my house, because people generally only buy horses and do not buy carts. "The horse dealer saw that Ding Dashan asked about the carriage like the carriage at home, if it was best to sell it to him, then he could help that man a little more. He remembered the coachman and an eight- or nine-year-old child he saved for a while, which he saw on the way home from selling horses, the coachman was injured at that time, and the little boy also looked at him with a frightened face, and he regretted that he was nosy, because he still didn't know who he was saving, what if the family was implicated? He sold the wagons and horses quickly, and gave them silver to let them go.
Ding Dashan followed the horse dealer to his house, because his house was on the edge of the town, so they soon saw the carriage, and Ding Dashan was very satisfied with the carriage, so he paid a hundred taels of silver, and then led the horse home.
When he arrived home, he saw a luxurious carriage parked at the door, and when he entered the yard and bolted the horse to the yard, he saw Cuilian coming to him: "Master, Madame asked you to change your clothes and go to the living room after you come back. "When did you come?" Ding Dashan asked. "Not long after I arrived, Madame asked me to come out to see if you had returned." Cuilian replied.