Cui's expression began to loosen, this condition is indeed touching enough, but ...... She remembered what her husband had said to her when she was engaged to Zhu'er when she was married, he said that the benefits that a high-ranking official and general can bring are definitely not something that can be measured by money, so no matter what Uncle Jing says, he can't really let Zhu'er be their daughter.

Xun'er is Cui's only son, over the years, her family has obviously been lifted out of poverty and become rich, she and her husband still live a life of deduction and search, all so that her son can have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

At this time, the conditions offered by Uncle Jing, 1,000 taels of silver plus 5,000 taels owed to them before, are indeed very attractive, but if she really doesn't go, the mother-daughter relationship between her and Zhu'er may also end, and there will be no way to climb Jingyu in the future, her Xun'er can only take scientific research or join the army, and go to the path of ordinary people, how hard it is!

Uncle Jing thought that the Ji family was still waiting outside, and he was afraid that the Ji family would be in a hurry and suspect something, so he urged: "Are you willing to give me a refreshing word." ”

With such a big event, Cui Shi didn't dare to jump to conclusions alone, so he smiled flatteringly and said, "When the master comes back, I will discuss with him and discuss it, and then come back to you, okay?" ”

Third Uncle Jing snorted coldly and said, "We don't have that much effort, we will go back today to prepare the dowry list, and we will go to Beicheng in three days at most." ”

Cui Shi hurriedly said: "It won't take three days, tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to my brother-in-law's house and tell my brother-in-law our decision in person, how about it?" ”

Outside, the Ji family had already sent someone in to urge, and Uncle Jing didn't have time to continue bargaining with her, so he got up and said, "Okay, just wait until tomorrow." ”

Uncle Jing and the Ji family went back first.

That night, Ji Zhuer's biological father Ji Chi came back from selling goods from other places, and went to see his son as soon as he entered the house, and then the family of three and the two little daughters who were not sent out had a meal with Hemei, and went to the study to talk to his son until late at night, and Ji Chi returned to the room.

After the husband and wife washed up, they lay down on the bed and prepared to sleep, Cui's told Ji Chi all the things that Uncle Jing came to say today, and after speaking, he asked him distressedly: "Six thousand taels, it's not a small amount, should we go to Northern Xinjiang, or accept this money?" ”

Ji Chi was entangled for a moment and said: "If Zhu'er gets married, we don't care about the management of our biological parents, it will inevitably make Zhu'er feel cold." ”

Cui Shi nodded and said, "I also know, that's why I've been entangled." Xianggong, what do you say should I do? ”

Ji Chi pondered for a while and made a decision: "What did Jing Laosan say about six thousand taels, isn't it actually one thousand taels?" Before that, I didn't plan to return the five thousand taels to him. ”

If it was a thousand taels and Jing Yu, Cui's would immediately know how to choose: "Then let's go to Northern Xinjiang?" ”

Ji Chi nodded: "It just so happens that I will also take Xun'er to meet his brother-in-law this time, so that Jing Yu can mention Xun'er more in the future." ”

Ji Xun is twelve years old, and the family invited Mr. Teacher to enlighten him early, the first Mr. said that Ji Xun had no talent for reading, and Ji Chi was so angry that he drove him away.

The second teaching gentleman was very patient, he taught Ji Xun for three years, and he didn't teach him the three-character scripture, Ji Chi thought that Mr. was incompetent, so he drove him away, and deducted his teaching money for half a year.

Later, he changed several teaching gentlemen one after another, but he did not find a suitable one, he gradually realized that maybe his son is not suitable for learning literature, suitable for learning martial arts, and recently he is trying to find a powerful martial arts master for his son to come back.

That Jingyu is only a teenager, and he is already a great general, if he can climb the relationship...... Ah no, he doesn't have to climb, Zhu'er is their daughter, Jing Yu is their son-in-law, and it is right to help a gang. When Jing Yu returns to Beijing, he can also let him teach Xun'er to practice martial arts, not only will he save the money for inviting a kung fu master, but he can also ask Xun'er and Jing Yu to cultivate a relationship, and bring Xun'er into the army in the future, and also find a half-official position.

No matter how you think about it, the benefits that Jing Yu can bring are not comparable to a mere thousand taels of silver, and six thousand taels are not comparable.

The husband and wife discussed it, and immediately decided to hurry up and prepare a dowry for Zhu'er, otherwise Uncle Jing and the adoptive parents would give the dowry, and their biological parents would not be prepared for anything, Ji Zhu'er must have opinions on them in her heart, and she would not talk about helping Xun'er.

Ji Chi thought for a while and asked, "Is there land in Jing Laosan's house?" ”

Cui Shi nodded and said, "Yes, there are several pieces, it seems to be on the outskirts of Beijing, growing peaches." ”

Land is the most valuable thing in Dali, even if there are occasional natural disasters and the harvest is not good, but there is a piece of land in hand, after all, there is a dependence, and when you are desperate, you can at least go home to farm. So in these years, the daughters of rich and noble families will marry with a piece of land.

"Then it is estimated that they will give a piece of land to Zhu'er as a dowry, so we don't need to prepare." Ji Chi stuffed the land deed he had just taken out back into the cabinet, his family was already a small family, with dozens of acres of land, leaving Xun'er alone is too little, how can there be more to give to the married daughter? Besides, even if it is really distributed to Zhu'er, they are still ashamed.

Cui Shi turned out all the jewelry in his dresser, picked up a red gold five-manta hairpin first, looked at it carefully for a moment, sighed and said: "This hairpin was bought only last month, and I haven't brought it yet." "How can you give to others?

put the hairpin back in its place, took out a pair of blood jade bracelets, looked at them over and over again, and said reluctantly: "This pair of bracelets was given to me by you and me when we got married, and I am reluctant to bring them on weekdays...... Although Zhu'er is not someone else's daughter or mine, it also hurts. ”

“…… It's still a pair of jasper bracelets. Cui Shi put the blood jade bracelet back, took out a pair of jade bracelets of average color and not very transparent, and said, "Zhu'er is young, and she can't hold up the jade bracelet that is too valuable, just this, just right." ”

Ji Chi was worried about what to prepare for Zhu'er, as soon as he heard Cui's words, his eyes lit up, and he immediately turned over the cabinets, found all the calligraphy and paintings he didn't like, and planned to wrap them all up for Zhu'er, and there were a lot of fakes in it, which he bought when he was ready to be a vassal of Fengya.

Later, his business gradually improved, sometimes invited some valuable guests home as guests, once a guest on the spot saw that the calligraphy and paintings on the wall were fake, he disliked the shame, so he put away all the fakes, bought a few genuine works to hang up to support the pomp, otherwise he was reluctant to spend money to buy those.

Ji Chi is not worried at all that it will be seen that he will be given to Zhu'er as a dowry, Jing Yu is a martial artist, and the people around Jing Yu are also very old, it is estimated that he does not pay much attention to calligraphy and painting, and he definitely can't tell whether it is true or fake.

The two of them tidied up until dawn, and they also packed up two large boxes of things, although they were not good things, but they were still quite spectacular together, at least the scene was propped up.

"When are we going to leave for Northern Xinjiang?" Cui Shi thought of this question, rolled his eyes, and said, "Otherwise, let's not tell Jing Laosan and them, let's go over by ourselves?" You can also spend two more days with Zhu'er and cultivate a relationship for two more days. ”

Ji Chi touched the two mustaches under his nose, thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Let's go?" The coachman has to find one, the fastest seven or eight days to go to Beicheng, how much salary does a coachman have to pay for seven or eight days? That's not all, we have money along the way, if we don't invite a few skilled people to protect us, what if we encounter robbers? So this money can't be less, right? ”

As soon as Cui Shi heard this, his face darkened, and after careful calculation, it did cost a lot of money.

Ji Chi smiled, his eyes flashed, and said: "So, let's go find Jing Laosan, Jing Laosan and my sister, the coachman and the guards will not be less, let's stop by with them, won't all this money be saved?" ”

Cui's eyes lit up again, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, Xianggong is still smart, and Xianggong thinks in place." ”

"Let's take Xun'er with us, and tell Xun'er to take a good look at how majestic his brother-in-law is, maybe it has aroused Xun'er's victory, and Xun'er will be able to learn martial arts well in the future."

Cui Shi nodded again and again.

Ji Chi thought about it for a while, what else could be saved, and then said to Cui's family: "We may not be able to come back for three months if we leave, the family asked Uncle Liu to watch, leave a few worthy of willfulness and wait for us to come back, some short-term jobs that have nothing to do, just send them all away." ”

Cui Shi thought it was okay to hear the front, but when he heard the last sentence, he was a little worried and said, "You forgot?" Last year, we sent a short-term worker, he went to the government to sue us, saying that we signed a short-term contract for half a year, but we didn't want him in less than three months, and we didn't give him compensation, and the government punished us to give him a year's salary, and now I feel distressed when I think about it! ”

Dali's law does involve all aspects, and there are many rules for short-term workers, and the owner has signed a short-term contract for the next person, to achieve the expiration of the contract, during this period, if the short-term worker wants to leave in advance, you have to discuss with the master's family, the master's family agrees, the master's family does not agree, the short-term worker either loses the breach of contract money, or does not go, insist on the expiration of the contract. If the owner's family does not want the short-term work within the time limit, he must also settle his salary and then compensate for the breach of contract.

But these prerequisites are that neither the host nor the short-term worker is at fault, and if the short-term worker makes a mistake, such as unclean hands and feet, and is not diligent in doing things, the owner does not have to lose money if he sends them away. And if the owner is often in arrears, beats and scolds people, and the short-term worker wants to leave, he does not need to pay for it.

So Cui's didn't agree when he heard this proposal, those short-term workers were not at fault, and they would definitely lose money if they were sent away.

Ji Chi raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said, "Let's not take the initiative to ask them to leave, let's give them the work of the faction, send the work they can't do, see if they can go!" ”

When Cui Shi heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he hit it off with Ji Chi, and before dawn, he called up a few short-term workers and talked with them.

Cui's asked the maids to go out to do business and sell goods for the Ji family, and if they couldn't sell it, they would deduct the monthly money. Most of the maids didn't want to show their heads, so they wanted to leave.

Ji Chi asked the family to go to the neighboring countries in the south to sell goods, and the short-term workers had families in Dali, so they were willing to run so far, so they also wanted to leave.

At this time, Cui's also generously said that if they took the initiative to leave, they would not go to the government to sue them, and they would not have to lose money, and they could pack up their things and leave now.

Several short-term workers were forced to go back and pack their bags and leave.

When they walked out of the gate of Ji's house, they all turned around and scolded at the lintel: "Phew, what a fucking lack of morality!" ”