He saved money in ancient times to marry

Before Bai Li could say a few words to Bai Qing, he was dragged away by Cheng Jiu, like the whole family.

Bai Li rescued Cheng Jiu from prison and became the Cheng family's great benefactor. The Cheng family prepared a large table of wine and meat early on, and also prepared a thank-you gift, expressing their gratitude to this benefactor with the highest standard.

Bai Li went happily. He and Cheng Jiu were good friends, and the two had a lot of contacts. What's more, he made up his mind to kill Cheng Jiu!

The banquet was divided into two tables, one for the men and one for the women in the inner room.

On the men's table were Bai Li, Cheng's father and son, Cheng Jiu's fourth uncle, and Xiao Liuer, and on the women's table were Cheng Jiu's mother, Bai Qing and Cheng Jiu's cousin, the one who married into the Sun family. She was sent back after the accident in the Sun family.

On the table are stewed meat, sausage, big fish, and meatball soup that are not common on the dining table of their family. The staple food is big white steamed buns, made of pure white flour, beaten eggs and sugar, and the freshly steamed steamed buns are noisy and chewy. , Bai Li can eat a big one the size of a bowl.

Cheng Jiu's father said with a smile: "Eat more, eat more. When you grow up, you have to eat something good."

In his previous life, Bai Li couldn't eat and drink wantonly due to illness, and he couldn't eat and drink wantonly in this world because of poverty. This is the first time he has seen so much fish and meat, and he is at an age when his body needs a lot of food. Set a crazy alarm clock that says "Eat-eat--"

It's not just him, the people at this table are usually not fish and meat people, and now they eat meat very deliciously. Cheng Jiu loves to compete with Bai Li for meat. The two had a heated fight at the dinner table. Cheng Jiu's father laughed and scolded: "You bastard, how can you grab food from Brother Bai, he is your benefactor!"

Bai Li followed suit: "That's right, I'll get you a steamed bun for your benefactor."

Cheng Jiu: "Whether it's a favor or not, I will treat him as my younger brother, that is, my family. My family doesn't say outrageous things, and it is right to help each other. Hey, why did you pick meat from my bowl——"

Bai Li hurriedly stuffed the meat from Cheng Jiu's bowl into his mouth. He found that in order to compete with him for the meat, he put the meat in his own bowl first, and he couldn't eat it at all.

The two adults of the Cheng family were very happy to see them being so close. Uncle Cheng stroked his beard and said, "You two have such a good relationship, and you are really no different from brothers. I think it's better to take advantage of the good wine and food today to make a sworn marriage." How about it?"

"Waiting for someone?" Bai Li glanced at Cheng Jiu: "Then I'll really be his little brother, why can't he bully me?"

Cheng Jiu quickly poured two glasses of sake: "Why don't you marry your sister to me, and we'll be like a family."

Bai Li stared: "Go away!"

Cheng Jiu smiled and handed him the wine: "After drinking this glass, be my younger brother obediently!"

Bai Li hated it very much: "I'm growing up, so I can't drink!"

"Just this cup!"

The two drank a glass of wine with the delicious big meat, and swore to each other on the spot. Bai Li sat down again and suddenly realized: "Who said that I can only be your younger brother besides your brother-in-law!"

Cheng Jiu grinned: "It's late, I've already drank all the wine, come on, little brother, give your piece of ham to big brother—"

Bai Li quickly stuffed his mouth with his hands, and Cheng Jiu's face was full of contempt.

After a commotion, everyone's stomachs were almost full, and the dinner table war gradually turned to peace talks. Father Cheng sighed: "Looking at you like this, it reminds me of me and the fourth child when we were young. Make a fuss, time is not forgiving."

Fourth Uncle Cheng smiled and said, "Yes, let's cherish this time. We'll have to board the boat after the fifteenth day. We won't be able to come back every few months. I'm afraid it will be summer when we see you again."

Bai Li paused: "So long?"

Fourth Uncle Cheng: "That's right, the owner's boat is big. It will go east to the sea after passing several state capitals all the way south. We will go around the East Sea and get some seafood before going north."

Bai Li: "Seafood is not easy to store."

Fourth Uncle Cheng: "There is ice on board. These seafood are exclusively for the rich and powerful in the capital, and they can be bought at a very good price."

Bai Li nodded, and asked again: "Can I go north now?"

"No, the river in the north is freezing badly. It won't thaw until around February. The boat can't wait that long."

Cheng Jiu is full of expectations for this journey. He is adventurous by nature and has long wanted to see the great rivers and seas. He said, "Xiaobai, I've been going for several months. Why don't you take me and your sister first?" Things settled?"

Bai Li stared: "What's the matter with you and my sister, get out!"

Cheng Jiu chuckled: "Sooner or later, there is no rush. I will marry her after I have a successful career. You can show me someone."

Bai Li: "Get out!"

Cheng Jiu refused to let go: "When I earn money and come back, I will buy you a big house to live in, and I won't have to live in this small crappy house."

Father Cheng: "Bastard, do you think Shangganfang is too small to accommodate your donkey?"

Cheng Jiu smiled, while Bai Li said, "We won't be staying here when you come back."

Everyone was stunned and asked, "Are you going to move? Where are you going?"

Bai Li: "Fucheng."

Fourth Uncle Cheng asked, "Why are you going to Fucheng all of a sudden?"

Bai Li said: "You all know about laundry soap and cleansing soap, right? These things are really useful. After the Chinese New Year, this business will be promoted in Fucheng. The idea is mine, the formula is mine, and the technology is also mine." My, why don't I get a big slice of the pie."

Cheng Jiu: "You want to build your own workshop?"

Bai Li: "Not only that, but also get involved in other industries."

Cheng Jiu exclaimed, "Amazing, well done, Xiaobai."

Father Cheng said: "Don't rush into it at such a young age. The soap business is too profitable. You can't compete with those big families. You still have to secure a small fortune. This is already very good."

Fourth Uncle Cheng also meant the same thing, Bai Li nodded: "I will be careful, and make big money carefully."

Cheng Jiu laughed loudly: "That's right!"

Father Cheng scolded him: "You know what!"

Bai Li watched Cheng Jiu being criticized with a smile, and said, "Brother Jiu, you should also keep an eye out for me when you go out this time. The vegetation in the south is growing well. If there are beautiful flowers and trees, remember to bring some back for me. If it is inconvenient, you can also bring seeds. , You can also bring more seed flowers that you don’t know.”

Cheng Jiu thought for a while and said, "Okay, you want to do the flower business?"

Bai Li: "Yes, I'm good at this. If you have any new gadgets, get me some. Don't worry about the money. I'll reimburse you."

Cheng Jiu: "Give me some first, I don't have the money to pay you in advance."

Bai Li: "..." He only had such a little money in total, how could he be willing to take it out!

But flowers and trees are very expensive...Cheng Jiu really doesn't have that principal...

He thought for a while with a bitter face, and said, "I don't have any money, so I need to save money to start a workshop."

Cheng Jiu: "Then what are you talking about!"

Bai Li: "Just wait, I will find a solution."

After a meal, the night was completely dark, and it was snowing outside again. Cheng Jiu took the lantern and sent Bai Li and the others home.

By the time the stove was lit and washed again, it was already very late, Bai Li was cooking by the fire, looking at the bright snowy night, having trouble falling asleep.

Father Cheng is right. The benefits of soap are too great, but the risks are also great. Chengzhou prefecture has its first independent manufacturing industry. Facing a huge market space, all big merchants are like hungry wolves seeing fat Generally speaking, Bai Li feels that his strength is weak and he cannot fight. Even if this is his own idea, even if Zhu Bi is behind him to protect him, it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold in this turmoil.

Therefore, he has to find another way in the soap industry, and at the same time develop his own industry, seize the time to win over the rich and powerful, and plant a few more strong roots for his little sapling.

But the rich and powerful, that's something a scumbag like him can easily win over. Bai Li couldn't help but think of Ye Tinglan, that immortal figure, who occupies a high position at a young age, and his family must be so grand and rich that he can't imagine.

"Even his servants are nobler than me right now?" Bai Li was dazed, talking to himself.

"what are you talking about?"

Bai Li turned around, Bai Qing took the coat, put it on him gently, sat beside him, and said softly: "I heard you talking about a servant just now?"

Xiao Liu'er also obediently sat down and added charcoal to the stove.

Looking at his two well-behaved family members, Bai Li felt warm in his heart, and said, "I'm thinking about earning a lot of money to buy a big house and find more servants to take care of my sister."

Bai Qing lowered her head and pursed her lips with a smile: "I have hands and feet, what kind of servant do I need?"

Bai Li also laughed and asked, "Why don't you guys sleep?"

Xiao Liu'er said: "My brothers and sisters don't sleep, and neither do I."

Bai Qing looked at Xiao Liu'er, lowered her head hesitantly, Bai Li felt that she had something to say, and asked, "Sister, what's wrong?"

Bai Qing clutched her dress tightly with both hands, her expression was cramped, as if she had been struggling for a long time, and then she plucked up the courage to say: "You often tell me that you can decide your own affairs, and you will do what I want, you are true Do you think so?"

Bai Li didn't understand, so he nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Bai Qing blushed in the dim light of the fire, and whispered, "I have something I want to discuss with you..."

"You said."

"Today—" Bai Qing glanced at the ground, not daring to look directly at Bai Li, and said, "At dinner, Auntie Cheng asked me my age, and then asked me..."

She raised her eyes to take a peek at Bai Li, and said in a softer voice, "Do you have a marriage contract?"

Bai Li's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Why, she wants you to marry Cheng Jiu?"

Bai Qing hummed imperceptibly.

Bai Li stood up and turned around twice and said, "Sister, don't be afraid, no one can force you to do what you don't want to do, I will tell Cheng Jiu tomorrow to tell them not to do this again..."

Bai Qing quickly grabbed Bai Li's sleeve, covered her face, and whispered, "I'm not unwilling..."

Bai Li stood there dumbfounded for a long while, then asked in disbelief, "Sister, what did you say?"

Bai Qing was extremely ashamed, buried her head in her knees, and said in a muffled voice like a broken can, "I said I'm not unwilling!"

"Aren't you sister!" Bai Li held her face out and asked, "Have you taken a fancy to that Cheng Jiu?"

Bai Qing's cheeks were hot, but she still nodded.

Bai Li couldn't believe it even more, and said: "I'm either with you or Cheng Jiu every day, and you two don't have a chance to be alone together, this...how can you get together? went?"

Bai Qing looked like a captured lover, she twisted the corner of her clothes and said, "We didn't..."

"Then why did you fall in love with him?"

"Ah, he's pretty good!" Bai Qing felt that she had never been so ashamed in her life, and said, "He looks good and treats me well..."

"What did he do to you?"

"he......"

Xiao Liu'er seemed to be unable to stand it any longer, and said quickly from the side: "Brother, you don't know, every time Cheng Jiu comes to see you, when you're ready, you will stuff something for my sister, such as dates, needles and threads, sugar My sister didn't even dare to tell you."

Bai Li: "..."

Bai Qing lowered her head and dared not speak as if she had done something wrong.

Bai Li stared at his sister for a long while, then sighed quietly: "My sister has grown some flesh in the past two months, and her complexion has improved a lot. I thought it was because of my well-raised condition, but I didn't expect that it was not due to me. "

Bai Qing hesitated: "What are you talking about, I didn't eat much from him."

Bai Li is speechless. These days, a woman can't decide her own marriage. She can only listen to her parents and brothers. Even many people have never met their husbands before marriage. It is not easy for Bai Qing to meet someone she likes. Besides, Cheng Jiu This person is also good, Bai Li had no choice but to accept his fate.

He said: "Cheng Jiu told me the same thing, asking me to show him his future wife. I also laughed at his wishful thinking. Who wants to slap him so quickly."

Bai Qing: "..."

Bai Li looked at her nervous and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll go to him tomorrow and wake him up. Don't make flowers outside. My sister."

Bai Qing was overjoyed, but immediately restrained her emotions and said, "It's Chinese New Year, what are you going to do to beat him up?"

Bai Li gritted his teeth: "If I don't beat him up, I won't be able to survive this year!"