After returning the few pieces of cloth that Madam Yang had picked, Fang Yun took the cloth that Fang Ru had picked out and asked the shopkeeper how much it cost.
"…It's a total of two hundred and thirteen wen. I'll only charge you two hundred and ten wen.”the shopkeeper said.
"We bought too much."
Fang Ru wanted to return the red silk she had picked, but was stopped by Fang Yun.
"What more? I'm afraid it's not enough. There are so many people in our family.”Fang Yun said.
" Shopkeeper, since we bought so many, shouldn't we give you a discount…" Fang Yun bargained with the shopkeeper and finally lowered the price to two hundred wen.
Fang Yun happily paid the money.
Originally, he didn't plan to use the Yang Consortium's silver, but after thinking about it, he decided to let the Yang Consortium's money go.
It also saved her the trouble of thinking about pleasing Luo Shi.
The Luo family's silver was weighed out. It was one coin and two cents. Fang Yun added another eighty wen and settled the bill with the shopkeeper.
Madam Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she saw Fang Yun like this. She said,"Little Seven will be the head of our family in the future.”
"Second Brother, good to see you." Before Fang Ru and Fang Ping could say anything, Xin 'er interrupted.
Fang Yun didn't say anything, but he thought it was a good idea.
After leaving the silk store, the family went to the grocery store next door and bought a set of needles and many silk threads of various colors. They spent a total of thirty wen.
Then, they went to Liu's Steamed Bun Shop together.
Fang Yun and the others still had two meatball stuffed buns and a bowl of noodle soup each.
He ordered three meatball stuffed buns, a bowl of noodle soup, a bowl of sauce meat, and a stack of pickles for Madam Yang.
After they finished eating, they ordered four meatball stuffed buns and a piece of sauce meat. They asked the waiter to wrap them in oil paper and bring them to Fang Yu.
Fang Yun counted out 60 wens for the waiter. The family left Liu's Restaurant and walked towards the blacksmith shop.
In this way, he only had 30 copper coins left.
The blacksmith shop was at the west end of Qingyang Town. When Fang Yun and the others arrived, Fang Yu was squatting in the shop and watching Blacksmith Feng work.
The sickle had been repaired, and there were still two pickaxes to be repaired.
"Dad, are you hungry? Have some buns first.”Fang Yun handed the bun to Fang Yu.
"Father, there's still meat here." Xin 'er raised the meat wrapped in oil paper in front of Fang Yu.
Fang Yu was sweating profusely in the blacksmith shop. When he saw his son and daughter being so sensible and filial, he felt as if a cool breeze had blown by, and he felt comfortable from the inside out.
"Big brother, go eat first. You're still worried about my craftsmanship. I'll definitely fix it for you.”Blacksmith Feng said.
Opposite the blacksmith shop, there was a tea stall that sold a pot of high foam for one coin and could be refilled with water.
The family walked to the tea stall, ordered a pot of tea, and sat down at a table.
"…Even if you're so rich, you can't resist the call of the King of Hell. His young master had been dead for two days, and his newly married wife had also hanged herself. It was just right to put her in a coffin. After the full set of rituals was done, she would be buried in the ancestral grave. Didn't you see that the funeral was extremely dignified? The flowing water banquet…"
At the table next to them, two traveling merchants were talking animatedly.
"Didn't the news spread long ago that Young Master Lu won't live for more than a month? There's actually someone who's willing to marry his daughter off?”
"Why wouldn't I? It's just ten miles away from here. The third daughter of the Zhao family's second son, Zhao Zhuzi, is only eight years old this year. The Lu family gave him a total of 300 taels of silver.”
"That's fine. It's just that the little girl is pitiful. Even if she doesn't seek death, she has to be a widow at such a young age.”
"Brother, you're wrong. The Lu family didn't want her to go over for this. Who wants her to be a widow?”
"What…what do you mean?”
"You still don't know that this matter was brokered by He Jinkang in this town. The Lu family knew that their youngest son wouldn't be able to live, so they wanted to find him a wife. They wanted her to die for her husband and for their youngest son to have a companion underground. Spending a few more taels of silver was more dignified than having a netherworld marriage after death. Anyway, his family did not lack silver.”
"Then…that little wife didn't die on her own. Does the Zhao family know about this?”
" Why wouldn't I know? After all, it's a life. Her family has to be willing so that there won't be any problems in the future. I heard that Zhao Erzhu's wife went over and helped her personally…The Lu family spent a lot of money…He Jinkang specially rushed back from his brother-in-law's house to do this. At that time, he didn't hide it from the Zhao family. "I also heard that another family was willing to do it, but something happened and it didn't work out. This good thing fell into the Zhao family's hands…"
The two merchants lowered their voices slightly when they mentioned the secret place, but Fang Yun's table still heard them.
Fang Yu bit the bun, his face turning purple. Yang Shi's hand on the table also started to tremble.
Fang Yun clenched his fists and turned his head away.
"Are you talking about the Lu family of Yongning County?”
When the two merchants saw that it was a little boy with red lips and white teeth who spoke, they did not take it to heart.
"Little brother, do you know any other Lu family in Yongning County?”One of them asked with a smile.
"Are there many families with the surname Lu in Yongning County?”In order to make the two of them say more, Fang Yun deliberately said.
Sure enough, the two merchants saw that Fang Yun was a child and laughed. They were even less guarded against him and took it as a joke.
"There are many families with the surname Lu in Yongning County, but the richest and most famous one is the Lu Hechuan family. Little brother, why are you asking about the Lu family in Yongning County?”
Of course, it was to make sure that Lu Hechuan was the family that Fang De had arranged for Xiner to go to.
It seemed that these two people thought that he was asking about another family with the surname Lu.
"I know the three girls of the Zhao family." Fang Yun said.
He didn't know the name of the poor little girl from the Zhao family, but he knew that a girl from a village family would not be wrong as long as she was called the eldest and the second according to her ranking.
"I heard that she married a Lu family in Yongning County and went to enjoy life. Is that the family you mentioned?”Fang Yun probed.
The two merchants looked at each other.
"Do you know who introduced him to me, little brother?”
"I heard that it's a guy with the surname He. He said that he's matchmaking for his brother-in-law's child.”Fang Yun said.
"I'm afraid so. He Jinkang only has one sister, and she's Lu Hechuan's concubine.”the merchant said.
Fang Yun gritted his teeth. This was correct.
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