But said that after Ximenqing was ridiculous for a night, he woke up leisurely, only vaguely remembering that he was happy with a woman last night, and when he woke up, he saw Sanniang sitting alone and weeping, and secretly rejoiced: "Last night still had to be a good thing." Then he got up and put on his cloak and asked, "Why is the lady crying?" ”

Sanniang pretended to cry and said: "I don't know how to do such a matchless affair with you last night, if my father knows about it after I go back, I will definitely be dealt with by the family law." Ximenqing hurriedly hugged and comforted: "The lady is relieved, everything is on the villain, that is, to give up this life, and to get together with the lady." ”

Sanniang pretended to be angry, got up and dodged, and said: "You just said it nicely, I'm just afraid that the matter between Ou and Ma and Yu Hou will not be done, and I will definitely be blamed by my father when I go back." ”

Ximen Qing hurriedly said: "I will go home today, get the business done first, and then go to Tokyo in person to propose marriage." At that moment, Ximenqing ordered the little servant to prepare the carriage and horses, and after a full meal, the group returned to Yanggu County.

After returning to Yanggu County, Ximen Qing invited Sanniangtang to sit down, and immediately summoned the shopkeeper of the pharmacy to inquire about the procurement of medicinal materials. The shopkeeper said: "The medicinal materials on that list have been purchased, and they can be collected when the money is distributed to the medicine farmers and drug dealers everywhere." It's just that there is not much money left in the shop, and there is still a lot of difference. ”

Ximen Qing said: "How much is it missing?" The shopkeeper said, "I owe more than 30,000 yuan." Ximenqing pondered for a moment and said: "Today, I will order the silk cloth village to use more than 30,000 people in your place first, and you must prepare all the medicinal materials within three days." The shopkeeper obeyed.

Turning around, Sanniang said: "The marriage between the official and me will take some twists and turns. The official is not an official eunuch, nor is he a huge rich man in the world, let alone a famous family, so he rashly came to the door to propose marriage, but he was afraid that his father would not allow it. ”

Ximen Qing hurriedly asked, "What does the lady have to worry about?" Sanniang said: "This trip to purchase medicinal materials can be regarded as the intention of the officials. This time, the two Marquis Yu returned to Beijing to resume their lives, and the officials could give two more money to make friends, and talk more for the officials. I also prepared some gifts, taught the two of them together, and sent them to Beijing first, and those people in my family were all dotted up and down, so as to promote the reputation of the officials. Later, when you go to propose, you can do it. ”

Ximen Qing patted his thigh and said: "What the lady is concerned about is that she almost missed a big event." "At the moment, I invited Ou Peng and Ma Lin, each with a hundred taels of silver, and said kind words directly, so I invited Ou Ma and the two to return to Tokyo, and said a lot of good words. Ou Peng and Ma Lin had already gotten Sanniang's words, and they accepted heavy bribes with a smile at the moment, and they generally didn't have the mouth to agree.

On the second day, Ximen Qingren drew up a gift list and asked Sanniang to take a look. I saw that there were many gifts written on it, including: 30 pearls of the East China Sea, 50 pieces of tortoiseshell jewelry, 50 pieces of Lantian jade, 100 pieces of gold and silverware, 200 pieces of silk silk, and countless others such as bearskin mink fur, tiger bone medicinal materials, fine wine, and so on. For a slight quality price, it should be more than 50,000 yuan.

After Sanniang read this gift list, she smiled dumbly and said, "Who is this gift list for the official?" Ximen Qing said: "It is to send the future father-in-law's family up and down." Sanniang said: "Just look at the quality and price of these gold jewelry shells, about 50,000 yuan, it is enough to give my grandfather alone, but I still have a father and a few uncles in my family, all of whom are not to be taken lightly." ”

Ximen Qing was shocked when he heard this: "I also said that this gift is enough for the house." Sanniang pretended to be annoyed and said, "Official, are you sending Hanako here?" You must know that my grandfather's beloved son-in-law Liang Zhongshu, every year to send my grandfather's birthday is at a price of 100,000 yuan, you come to give gifts, and then propose, at the beginning it was so shabby, teach me how to raise my head in front of my family after marrying you? ”

Saying that, Sanniang squeezed out tears, pretended to cry, and panicked Ximenqing hurriedly coaxed: "Don't cry, don't cry, I don't know what kind of situation the big family is, this gift list is for the lady to come, and I will handle it myself." ”

Sanniang burst into tears and said with a smile: "Listen, my grandfather is there, and he will send this gift to the official, and the first meeting gift is enough." My father discounted the price and gave a gold jewelry shell of about 30,000 yuan, which was not too inferior. Under my father, there are still three uncles Cai Zhen, fourth uncle Cai Xuan, fifth uncle Cai Tiao, and seventh uncle Cai Xuan. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ximen Qing's face suddenly turned like earth, and after a little calculation, not counting the 30,000 yuan of medicinal materials, the gifts prepared in this box would also be around 120,000 yuan, and the total would cost 150,000 yuan. Rao is Ximen Qing has a lot of wealth, but I'm afraid he can't afford it.

Seeing Ximenqing's face, Sanniang pretended to be angry and said, "Is the official in trouble? Ximenqing said with a bitter face: "Is it too much?" Sanniang said angrily: "Ximenqing, I only talked about the gifts of my grandfather and uncles. You must know that my grandmother, my mother, and many other female dependents still have gifts to prepare for them, and these female dependents, I also understand your difficulties, and I do not need you to pay for them. I will use my own private money here to prepare tens of thousands of yuan, and I will also teach Ouma and the two Yuhou to send them back, only if you send them. I have done everything to talk about marriage with you, but you are still pushing back, which is really cold! ”

Ximenqing hurriedly said: "But it's not that, it's just that there is not so much money in the mansion for a while, and if you want to prepare it, you have to pawn a few mansions and various fields before you can raise it." I'm afraid that if I mortgage these things, I will marry my wife in the future, and I will have no property to support my wife. ”

Sanniang pretended to be angry, and scolded in her mouth: "You are a broken family, but your heart is so small, but you don't know that after becoming my Cai family's son-in-law, how can my grandfather teach you to give that gift for nothing?" Sooner or later, you will be the governor of a state and a prefecture, you see my grandfather's beloved son-in-law Liang Zhongshu, he was an official in the Daimyo Mansion, and he got countless amounts of money in a year, and he was honored with 100,000 yuan of his grandfather's birthday. But when you became an official, it didn't take a year, and you didn't get all the more than 100,000 yuan of gift money back? ! ”

When Ximen Qing heard this, he was slightly overjoyed and said: "What the lady said is true, but I am too bad." After a pause, he said: "It's just that a lot of money will be paid for a while, and the old and young in the family need to explain." ”

When Sanniang heard this, her willow eyebrows rose upside down, and she said angrily: "Ximenqing, when you slept with me, you said such words? You sleep so well when I'm an ordinary woman? In this matter, I don't dislike you for having lost your wife before and continuing to have a string, so I am only willing to marry you. If you push back and block again, I will go back to Beijing and tell my grandfather about your insult to me, and you will just wait to be robbed and assassinated! ”

Seeing that Sanniang was really angry, and another verbal threat came down, Ximenqing was suddenly in a hurry, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged: "Don't be angry, the lady will hurt her body with anger." I followed my mother's instructions to prepare gifts to send to Beijing. Ximen Qingzhi said a lot of good things, and after a moment of mourning, Sanniang turned her anger into joy and taught Ximen Qing to do it quickly, and only listened to it in the house.

Ximenqing had to go to the study, summoned a few stewards to discuss, and calculated his own worth one by one, counting: 50,000 yuan in the silk shop, only 30,000 yuan to buy medicinal materials, only 20,000 yuan left, and the quality price of the shop and a should be 30,000 yuan. There are also four velvet shops, the silver is 7,000 guan, and the goods of the shop are together, and the quality and price are 10,000 guan. There is also a silk velvet shop that is 5,000 yuan, and even the goods of the shop are also worth 10,000 yuan. There is also a print shop, with the cost and the price of the shop at a price of 20,000 yuan. The crude drug shop has a cost of 5,000 yuan, and the quality and price of the store and inventory can also be tens of thousands of yuan. There is also a shipping business on the rivers and rivers, and there are 4,000 yuan. In the West Market, the mansion here can be made at a price of 10,000 yuan, and there are two houses in Lion Street at the same time, and there are some other houses, fields, orchards, etc., which also have a price of 30,000 yuan. There are also usurious debts that have not yet been recovered, and they can be pawned to others, and they can also be used for a price. In total, there are 1340,000 or so thousand.

After the calculation, Ximenqing ordered a few stewards to do it separately, only looking for rich families in all shops, real estate, and fields, and pledged them separately to exchange money for money. When they were busy, the two Yuhou of Ouma brought a few servants to come, and took three burdens, and Ximenqing hurriedly welcomed them into the study.

Ou Peng ordered people to put down the burden, and when he opened it, he saw that it was all gold, silver, jewelry, and other things, full of three burdens. Ou Peng stepped forward and said: "Big official, this is my Cai Niangzi sent me to send, all of them are gold jewelry shells in exchange for her bottom private money, there are always 30,000 yuan, and every hair is used as a gift with the big officials, these gifts are only given to female dependents, big officials don't need to bother to buy them, just pack them separately according to this gift list." ”

Ximen celebrated his joy, seeing that Sanniang really did what she said, she sent someone to give such a heavy gift to herself in the future, and the right to make a gift, the last doubt in her heart also went. Ma Lin smiled again and said: "The big official, I have to be favored by my Cai Niangzi, so I have to marry an official, I really teach people to envy, when I soar in the future, don't forget my two brothers." ”

Ximen Qing smiled and ordered someone to accept the gold and jewelry shells, and invited the two Yuhou Ouma to eat wine, and only said: "But when you can be the son-in-law of Caifu, you will definitely repay the great kindness." Ou Peng also said: "The official is really a good means, he has won the favor of my Cai Niangzi, and when he becomes the official of that state and a government in the future, he will definitely take back the principal and interest." It is necessary to know that the Qing prefect has been in the Qing Prefecture for three years, and there are 100,000 snowflakes of silver. Not to mention that my Cai Niangzi is so good-looking, the big official is really the creation of several generations of cultivation. ”

The two of them talked about all the benefits of marrying Cai Niangzi, and Ximen Qing was even more overjoyed, although there was still some pain in the box, but he couldn't take care of it. The three of them only cared about eating and drinking, and they were all drunk, and Ximen Qing was drunk and dreamed of his soaring appearance, which was exactly that: the desire for profit was smearing with charming eyes, and he entrusted his net worth to the fullest. It is precisely if you want to take it first, but you get a dream of yellow sorghum when you are drunk.

After a few days, all the medicinal materials were gathered and complete, and the gifts prepared by Ximenqing were also neat, together with the 30,000 gold jewelry shells prepared by Sanniang, they were full of 20 boxes, and they were loaded with ten mule carts, and those medicinal materials were also loaded in 50 ox carts.

Originally, Ximenqing only planned to send a few stewards and Ou Peng and Ma Lin to Beijing, but Sanniang said: "This trip is the official net worth here, or the official brings more people to Beijing together, first, I am afraid that I will be robbed halfway, and secondly, the official will go to Beijing in person, and it will be more sincere. ”

Ximen Qingxi said: "What the lady mentioned is that the lady is just left alone, and she is reluctant. Sanniang said: "I'm waiting for news in your house." After that, he handed him a letter, and said: "My affairs with you are all in this letter, you hand it over to my old father, my father sees you as polite, and when I am not married to you, this family business will definitely be agreed." ”

Ximen Qing happily received the letter, packed his bags, took two stewards and more than 50 men, followed Ouma, two Yu Marquis and ten servants, and went to Tokyo together, Sanniang stayed in the house and waited.