Chapter 162: Marriage Proposal (Adding a Supplement for the Hall Master Moonlight)
Tang Ning's identity in "The Snake Catcher Says" this time is "Snake Catcher" Jiang Ning, and this time's main task "Keeping the Snake Catcher Identity of the Jiang Clan", Tang Ning doesn't care much about this task, in his opinion, it is simply impossible to compete with him, a person with animal taming skills, for the title of snake catcher.
The only thing that has some emotion is similar to Liu Zongyuan's sigh of "harsh government is fiercer than a tiger", why do people want to compete with him for the "snake catcher", not because the current harsh government is more terrible than tigers and poisonous snakes, otherwise who wants to compete for this business that may be bitten to death by poisonous snakes at any time? It's just that things didn't turn out like what he thought now.
Just when Tang Ning was sorting out his thoughts, suddenly there was a knock on the door, he opened the door and saw that it was actually a middle-aged woman dressed in flowers, searching for his memory, and then he realized that she was a matchmaker in the township.
So Tang Ning asked her curiously, "Mrs. Zhang, what's the matter?" β
Mrs. Zhang raised the flower handkerchief in her hand and replied with a smile: "Of course I have a good thing to come!" β
Tang Ning let Mrs. Zhang into the house, poured her another glass of water, and then asked, "Mrs. Zhang, what is a good thing?" β
"What else can I do here, of course I want to propose to you!" Mrs. Zhang replied with a smile.
"Propose to me? I'm so old, how can anyone want to marry a girl to me! Downing pointed to his nose in disbelief.
In fact, it's no wonder that Tang Ning was surprised, because at this moment his body is nearly forty years old, which is normally already a grandfather's generation at this time, you must know that commoners in the Tang Dynasty generally got married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, so how could anyone be willing to marry their thirteen or fourteen little Lori to an uncle who is almost forty years old, ah no, you can call grandpa in this era!
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhang waved her hand and replied: "Then if it were someone else, no one would want to, but your brother Jiang is different, you are one of the richest people in our township, although you are a little older, but with you, at least you can't be hungry!" β
Hearing this, Tang Ning was silent, it is true that because he does not have to pay taxes, and he has no children, his family's savings are indeed much more than those of other villagers, and it just so happened that his wife died of illness a few months ago, so it is no wonder that someone will come to propose to him.
Thinking of this, Tang Ning continued to ask: "Then I don't know which girl is proposing to me?" β
Mrs. Zhang first hammered Tang Ning, and then said in a coquettish voice: "Oh, speaking of which, Brother Jiang, you have a good fortune this time, it is the pair of sisters of the Peng family who want to marry you together!" β
"What?! The pair of sisters of the Peng family? How is thisβhow is this possible? Tang Ning exclaimed again, because the two sisters of the Peng family were a pair of rare beautiful twins, and they were the crushes that all the young men in the township dreamed of, how could they marry such an old man as themselves?
Mrs. Zhang explained: "What's impossible about that? The Peng family is good-looking, but so what? His Peng family's requirements are also high, not only do they have to marry the past two daughters together, but they also have to be their wives, how is this possible? The poor family can't even get one of the two bride price, let alone two bride prices. And although a rich man can afford a bride price, how can he let a country girl be his wife? That is, to be a concubine, but is that concubine so easy to be? Not only is you not qualified to enter the ancestral grave after death, but if you meet a jealous woman, you will have no place to reason with your death. So this is all it takes, and only you, Brother Jiang, fully meet these two conditions! β
Hearing this, Tang Ning finally understood why this good thing would fall on his head, indeed, the twins have been accustomed to each other's existence because they have lived together all year round, especially if it is two girls, then in this era, they are generally married to a husband or a pair of brothers, but the two girls of the Peng family are so beautiful, the bride price will definitely not be less, after all, they have to prepare their two brothers to marry their daughters-in-law. And marrying a big family as a concubine, and the parents are reluctant to let their daughter suffer, so in the end, it seems that in the township, only he is the most qualified. From this point of view, I am very lucky this time!
So Tang Ning happily asked Mrs. Zhang: "Then I don't know how much the Peng family wants?" β
"XX taels of silver!" Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth to reply, and then immediately added: "Although this number is a little more, you have to think that these are two big girls who are so smart, you old cow gnaws tender grass, you can't dig more!" (I don't bother to look up the information on how much it is.) οΌ
To be honest, the price of this bride price is indeed a little higher, no wonder Mrs. Zhang said just now that ordinary people can't even afford to take one, in fact, even Jiang Ning's net worth is only worth it, but this is no problem for Tang Ning, so Tang Ning nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I will accept this matter, and when the wedding bookmark is signed, I will send the bride price to the Peng family." β
Then he arched his hand and said to Mrs. Zhang: "When the time comes, you will be bothered by the old sister of the Zhang family." With that, Tang Ning took a small piece of silver and handed it over.
Mrs. Zhang, who received the silver, smiled and agreed: "Don't worry, I promise to help you do this decently, you just wait to enjoy the two little beauties!" β
After sending away Mrs. Zhang, Tang Ning began to find someone to help repair the house, tidy up the room, and add furniture to prepare for marrying the two little beauties.
But this day, when he was busy with his work, suddenly someone knocked on the door, and Tang Ning didn't need to open the door to know that it must be the official coming, because only these wolf-like officials would smash the door like this, which made Tang Ning feel very surprised, because usually the officials go to their neighbors' houses to collect taxes, and never come to their own homes to make trouble, after all, they are "snake catchers" who are ordered by the king.
But even so, he still had to open the door and inquire about it, and then he realized that it was Liu Zongyuan who came!
PS: Yesterday I downloaded a very strange mobile game, called "The Rise of Hongxing", that's right, it's based on "Crazy Boy" as the background, and the first rush will be sent to Brother Pheasant, ruthless enough, right? The only pity is that this is actually a side-scrolling turn-based game, and there is no pride in the "old boy" street fight.
PS2: This chapter is for the hall master "Moonlight One Man", and his helmsman is in Chapter 92, so this time only one chapter is added, and I would like to express my gratitude!