Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper

"Zhou Yuan is so lucky to marry in the county."

"Don't tell me, at first I thought that if I would marry Zhou Yuan, the son of the Wei family would definitely look ugly. Who knew, not only is he not ugly, but he is also very good-looking. I was dumbfounded that day."

"I don't think it's necessarily good. The betrothal gifts from the Wei family don't show how good the Wei family is."

"The dowry is for the Zhou family. The Wei family may think that marrying a brother is not worth giving more dowry, so they give less dowry."

The Wei family's dowry had a big mouth like Aunt Zhou Yuan's, and it was spread out on the same day.

Everyone in the village sighed when they heard it. Everyone had a different opinion on the fact that the Wei family did not pay much. Some people said that the Wei family was stingy. Some people say that marrying a brother is enough, but not marrying a daughter, etc., have become a pastime for the villagers to chat after dinner.

These five girls also gathered together to chat, and Zhou Lanlan was among them. They were at the home of a girl in light-colored green clothes. This girl was called Li Zhiqing, and her family was also a wealthy family in the village.

Li Zhiqing's family now has more than 20 mu of land, and the family is also lucky. They earned a lot of silver in five or six years and increased their land by more than ten mu before becoming a wealthy household in the village. household.

Zhou Lanlan chatted with these girls, and had a very good relationship with Li Zhiqing, while the other three had mediocre relationships, and even had some disagreements.

"Speaking of Wei Cheng, Lan Lan, didn't this Wei Cheng have a blind date with you before? Wei Cheng is from the county, so why didn't you match?" A girl asked curiously, on the surface she wanted to see Zhou Lanlan's jokes look.

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Zhou Lanlan's tone was a little impatient, "What about the people in the county, I don't like Wei Cheng." The tone was even a little aggressive later.

They didn't care about Zhou Lanlan's tone, because sometimes Zhou Lanlan spoke very proudly and looked down on others. After all, her family was a wealthy family in the village, her brother was studying in the county, and her father was doing some small business outside. The girls who come to get along with her will not care too much about her.

But there are also people who don't like her, Zhou Lanlan's sister, Zhou Qiaoyin.

"Zhou Lanlan, Wei Cheng chooses a brother, and he doesn't choose you. It's clear that Wei Cheng doesn't like you." Zhou Qiaoyin covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes flashed a hint of sarcasm.

Usually Zhou Lanlan would definitely fight back with cynicism, but today Zhou Lanlan seemed to be in a bad mood and was instantly irritated, shouting loudly: "With Wei Cheng's shabby appearance, poor, ugly and hunchbacked, who would care about it!"

Zhou Lanlan shook her face, still angry, and went home angrily.

Innocently being yelled at, the girls didn't know what kind of nerve she was getting, why she was mad at them!

Zhou Lanlan was not there, except for Li Zhiqing, the other aunts were more or less dissatisfied with Zhou Lanlan's temper.

"Look at Zhou Lanlan's usual high-spirited appearance. She is not as good as a brother, and she has the nerve to get angry at us."

"That's right, it's not that we told Wei Cheng not to want her."

"Which man can stand her arrogant temper."

"Okay, everyone is a good sister, Lan Lan is just that petite, and she has no malicious intentions." Li Zhiqing smoothed things over for Zhou Lanlan.

"Zhiqing, don't speak well for her, we all know you like her brother." Zhou Qiaoyin said.

"Yes, Sunny!"

Li Zhiqing was punctured by the sisters, her face turned red.

Li Zhiqing likes Zhou Lanlan's eldest brother, and to some extent pleases Zhou Lanlan, which is why she tolerates Zhou Lanlan's temper.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, I invite you to drink tea and cakes today, let's talk about some interesting things." Li Zhiqing is generous, and often invites a few little sisters to come home for tea and snacks.

After Li Zhiqing said this, everyone changed the topic.

Aunt Zhou Yuan was not at home and went to the county seat early in the morning.

Zhou Lanlan returned home angrily.

Zhou Lanlan sulked at the mirror alone.

Zhou Lanlan didn't like mentioning Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan very much. She felt very conflicted. If she hadn't had a blind date with Wei Cheng, it wouldn't be her business. But she had a blind date with Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng didn't like her. See last week For this brother Yuan, don't you think she is inferior to that brother Zhou Yuan?

Ever since she was a child, Zhou Lanlan has surpassed Zhou Yuan a hundred times in everything.

What kind of rags, said that Wei Cheng looked down on her, so she couldn't look down on Wei Cheng's poor.

She didn't like Wei Cheng when they were on a blind date before. Her clothes were dirty and old, she was hunched over, she was so dull that she couldn't even speak, and she lowered her head like a mute. She thought that Wei Cheng was the Wei family who came to prevaricate her.

Later, I went back to inquire, and found that Weicheng was indeed from the Wei family. They were not valued in the Wei family, and they were assigned to a house in the suburbs, but it was dilapidated and old. They were only allocated two acres of land, houses and shops in the Wei family county. Also, the tile-roofed houses and half of the fields in the countryside belonged to Wei Cheng's elder brother, and the Wei Cheng that was allocated was not as good as her family's.

Since they didn't believe it, Zhou Lanlan decided to separate the Wei family, and also told about the dilapidated and old house in the suburbs of Weicheng County, and the fact that there were only two acres of land under her name.

Let's see who is still secretly saying that Wei Cheng doesn't like her, Zhou Lanlan.

Who dares to say that it will be good for Zhou Yuan to marry in the county.

Marrying to the county seat, just in the suburbs of the county seat, is not a poor marriage.

As soon as the news came out, the villagers had gossip again after dinner.

This is the real reason for the lack of dowry gifts and dowry silver.

Fortunately, there are a lot of sensible people in the countryside, and Weicheng is half a county citizen, no matter how bad it is, it is much better than the country people. Besides, Brother Zhou can marry, which is already a good target. Of course, a few people mocked behind their backs.

The weather is sunny, the summer is midsummer, and the greenery is lush.

There is a breeze on the mountain, and the coolness of the small river is extremely cool.

Zhou, Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi went to the mountain to pick up branches with their baskets on their backs, and the dried leaves went home to be used as firewood.

The three of them found a shady place at the foot of the mountain, sat on the ground, and rested for a while.

"Yuan Yuan, do you know about Wei Cheng's separation?"

The news about Wei Cheng spread throughout the village, and Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi also knew about it. Zhou Qiu couldn't keep his words in his heart, so he couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Yuan didn't care, and there was nothing to hide, "I know, Brother Wei told me that the day I was hired."

"That's good, I thought Wei Cheng was hiding it from you."

Separating the family is not a big deal, as long as you don't hide it beforehand, it's not intentional deception. Some people even said that the Zhou family was deceived by the Wei family.

He also said that Wei Cheng was separated out and became a broken household, and he had to marry a brother because he had no money. Otherwise, how could the Wei family agree to his son marrying a brother.

"I don't know who told this story. They also said that Weicheng is shabby and poor, and he only married his brother when he had no money. The dowry is so rare." Zhou Qiu laughed, Weicheng looks like that, it's shabby, isn't that the man in the village? They are all ugly.

It's better to spread rumors, but also to spread the truth.

"People in the village really think of Brother Wei that way?"

"Well, I heard it." Zhou Muzi said.

Zhou Yuan frowned, he was not good at gossip, and no one told him what the rumors were all about. He was afraid that his friends might misunderstand Wei Cheng, so after thinking about it, he decided to tell his friends what Wei Cheng had given privately.

"Brother Wei didn't just give so many betrothal gifts." For the first time, Zhou Yuan didn't like the wild speculations of the villagers.

"Yuan Yuan, did Wei Cheng give something else back?"

Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi looked forward to staring at Zhou Yuan, waiting for his answer.

"Yes." Zhou Yuan whispered, "There is a gold bracelet and a jade hairpin."

Gold bracelets and jade hairpins cost a lot of silver taels.

Zhou Qiu and Zhou Muzi's eyes lit up.

In other words, Wei Cheng was so considerate to Yuan Yuan, how could he give such a small betrothal gift?

"Yuan Yuan, show me when you get back." Zhou Qiu was excited, she had never seen a gold bracelet in her life.

"Yuan Yuan, I'll go see it too." Zhou Muzi also expressed his desire to see it.

"OK."

At Zhou Yuan's house, Zhou's mother explained.

"I know about the separation of the family in Weicheng."

Zhou's father looked at his wife in surprise: "Why didn't you tell me?" Fortunately, he was still worried.

"I'm not busy, I forgot." Zhou's mother has been busy for the past few days. My brother is going to get married, and the dowry has to be prepared. There are also two tables for the wedding banquet. There is no time to mention it.

If not, the family will be separated, and it's not that life can't go on, it's a big deal.

"Okay, I get it." Father Zhou nodded and said that Wei Cheng didn't hide this matter, so he had no idea.

Hearing about this incident, Zhou's father was still worried that Wei Cheng was concealing it on purpose. If he could keep it secret, he was afraid that people would be the same as the former, and the latter would be the same as the latter. If he is good to his brother, it may be superficial or not sincere. .

Zhou's father and Zhou Yuan's three elder brothers all agreed that it doesn't matter if Wei Cheng is separated from the Wei family, it doesn't matter if he is poor, as long as Wei Cheng treats his brother well.

Zhou Yuan's three sister-in-laws didn't think so.

Weicheng was separated from the Wei family, and the things they got were few and not worth much. A dilapidated house and two acres of land. Things in the county town were expensive, and the expenses were high. Maybe the two acres of land would be enough for them to eat and drink.

They still want to go and curry favor, and if they go to the door once in a while, maybe they can bring back some good things. Now they hear that Wei Cheng is poor, and they feel disgusted in their hearts.

The only consolation is that Zhou Yuan is finally getting married and no longer stays at home for free!

The villagers in Qinghe Village are spreading rumors that other people are poor and down-and-out, but Wei Cheng doesn't know about it, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

He is poor now.

This is true.

He is busy with getting married now, and his elder brother asked him to go home temporarily.

It's an arrangement at the wedding reception.

Wei's mother: "Eight tables are reserved for the banquet. I will discuss with your father about the silver taels for the banquet, and I will pay at home. You don't need to receive the guests. Your sister-in-law and I will be responsible. As for the wedding ceremony, you have to prepare it yourself. You can figure out how to arrange the home, and there is nothing else. My second son, if you have other opinions, you can talk about it, this is your happy event. "

Wei's mother said, Wei Cheng didn't even lift his eyelids, and just took charge of listening. After Wei's mother finished speaking, Wei Cheng said: "We need to add another table, and that table is reserved for those who go with me to pick up the bride."

He invited Uncle Zhao and the people who were going to pick up his relatives. He also needed her to come and help on the day of the road. There were also a table of eleven people for a table in the country.

Wei's mother had no objection and agreed.

Wei Cheng thought she would refuse, and planned to pay for an extra table by himself, but now it can be saved.

"There is nothing else, it's all up to your mother to arrange!"

Wei's mother and Wei Cheng's sister-in-law were satisfied, and it was rare for them to ask Wei Cheng to stay and let him go back after dinner, but Wei Cheng refused.

Regardless of Wei's mother's attitude, or his sister-in-law did not object to Wei's mother helping him with the banquet, anyway, someone offered the silver, and Wei Cheng raised his hands and feet to agree.

Wei Cheng didn't know what Wei's mother and his sister-in-law were planning.

Some of the relatives of the Wei family live in the county town, and some live outside the county town. No matter which family is richer than the Wei family, his younger sister even married in the county town. The gift money of these relatives will not be too small. Mother Wei The idea with his sister-in-law was to collect gift money openly and aboveboard.

Wei Cheng didn't care that they were pretending to be petty,

There are some things that he would rather give them.

He is really not rare.

If he didn't have this kind of IQ, he wouldn't have gone from being an ordinary person to working and starting a company step by step to the position of president, with a net worth of over 100 million.

He has only been killed once, which is not counted, but the two parties are talking about feelings, and they have not reached the point of marriage. Accidentally broke through, and he was also hit by an accidental car accident into Gu Gu.

It is very simple for Wei Cheng to get a lot of money. Just a few proposals and proposals, directly hooking up with some big shots, can get a lot of wealth.

It's just that it's too attractive.

In a country with imperial power, he must also know how to seek benefits and avoid risks, know how to assess the situation, and follow the trend, that is the rule of life.

Wherever he is now, he can start from that position, and the best way is to play steadily.

Step by step, Wei Cheng doesn't believe that he can't earn his own wealth.

The Wei family arranged a banquet.

With the lessons learned from the betrothal gift, Wei Cheng didn't have much hope, and the banquet prepared by Wei's mother must not be too good.

Wei Yuan and Wei Lei came to help repair the house. Wei Cheng prepared the house repair materials as needed. Wei Cheng also specially bought paint to repaint the second-hand tables and chairs he just bought. The paint is a natural material and can be used after drying.

Repair the ventilation and broken walls, and repair the kitchen along the way. The wooden storage cabinets in the kitchen are dilapidated and can be used as firewood, so they have to be replaced. The moss stains on the walls and the stove are refreshed. In this way, it took two days to repair at home. Finish.

Before Wei Yuan went home, Wei Cheng asked him to go back to Aunt Lu to help with something.

There are horseshoes in the country, which are worthless, but it takes a lot of work to peel them off. Wei Cheng troubled Aunt Lu to give Aunt Lu a day's wages in the name of hiring, and asked her to help buy twenty catties of horseshoes, then peel them and send them back.

Did Wei Yuan refuse to take the money, or Wei Cheng said that if he didn't take it, he would find someone else, and Wei Yuan would take it.

Horseshoes are to be made into horseshoe powder. If there is no one sold in this place, you have to make it yourself. I also need to buy red dates and white sugar, and plan to make red date mille-feuille cake.

The red date mille-feuille cake made is placed on the table for one month, on the head of each person.

He had never seen the red date thousand-layer cake in Baixiangzhai. The taste of the red date thousand-layer cake was definitely not better than the tea in Baixiangzhai. With the red date thousand-layer cake as the finishing touch of the banquet, no matter how bad the banquet was, it would not be too bad.

The red date mille-feuille cake is going to be saved until the end!