After rebirth, mother and son are

Chapter 18. Reluctantly Promised Marriage

Qi Rongxiao racked his brains to prevent his father from destroying another woman, while Master Qi was sitting at the house of the "woman to be rescued" eating contentedly.

The shopkeeper stepped on a bit, and came back with the carriage when Mr. Qi's master and servant had eaten their fill and wiped their mouths.After the shopkeeper bowed to Mr. Qi, he raised the curtain of the carriage and signaled Mr. Qi to look in, "Master, here are one hundred and twenty-five taels of scattered silver and 180 and five copper coins. There are only these loose coins on the cabinets of the nearby shops." It’s too late, I’m afraid you need it urgently, I’ll bring you the small ones first, and go back to collect the ones that aren’t small enough.”

Master Qi looked at Si Wei, meaning "Have you seen enough?"

"This..." Si Wei was stuck, he only glanced at the debt book kept by Mr. Kong, and it was about 100 taels, "It should be enough..."

Master Qi waved his hand and asked Qi Zhong to go with the shopkeeper to pay back the money.After the two of them left, Master Qi said: "Don't you even know how much money you have borrowed? What if someone comes to cheat you?"

Embarrassed, Si Wei hurried back to the house to find the debt book left by his father.Because when my father borrowed money, some of them were silver and some were copper coins. If it weren't for Master Qi, Si Wei, a modern person, really couldn't figure out the conversion between silver and copper coins.After adding, subtracting, and subtracting, the result surprised Si Wei.Dad borrowed a total of more than 280 taels of silver back and forth, and including the interest, Si Wei had to pay back a total of 320 eight taels of silver.

Seeing that Si Wei's face changed, Master Qi reached out to take the debt book, "It seems that your father is quite popular! Not to mention that the money borrowed is basically low interest, and some are interest-free, just say he is alone. It is not easy for a farmer to receive so much money!"

Si Wei's expression was still not good-looking.If it wasn't for Mr. Qi's incident, he would probably have to repay the debt until he died!

In Master Qi's opinion, this money is quite a lot, but it is not so painful. The money he spent on the women in the family is more than that.Seeing that Si Wei, who had just made him suffer, was worried about money, Master Qi became in a great mood, and even ordered Qiao'er to find some snacks for himself to pass the time.

"Don't order my brother around!" Si Wei went to find some sweet potatoes and jujubes that he dried himself.That thing is actually sweet potatoes that are boiled and then dried.Si Wei doesn't know how to make these things from the farm, and Zhuzi's mother took the time to come over to help him make these things in the house.

Master Qi happily chewed sweet potatoes and jujubes, and after about an hour, Qi Zhong and the shopkeeper came back to report.Qi Zhong sent a stack of IOUs, "Master, the IOUs here total 210 six taels. The copper coins brought by shopkeeper Feng have been used up, and there are more than 100 taels of silver left."

Master Qi didn't accept the IOU in Qi Zhong's hand, but compared to Bi Siwei, indicating that Qi Zhong would give him the IOU.Si Wei flipped through the IOUs, and after discussing with Qiao'er for a while, he took out a few of them, "I want the land of these houses!"

Master Qi asked Shopkeeper Feng to write down his name, "The land of these people is more than one hundred acres."

Si Wei had never planted land, and he didn't know how much land a family could manage.In fact, even if he knew it was useless, the productivity level in this world was completely different from his original era, and the weights and measures were also different.So, whatever Master Qi said, Si Wei believed it.Until many years later, Qi Rongxiao told him that the Daqing Dynasty implemented two methods of measuring land: large mu and small mu. The land was measured by the small-mu system, and Si Wei realized that he was cheated by Master Qi.

These are things for later.At that moment, Si Wei picked out a few more IOUs from the drawn ones, "Then I want these first!" These families are not well-known in the village and have high interest rates, and of course everyone including Mr. Li .

"Success!" Mr. Qi stood up and patted the ashes on his body, "I will send someone to deliver what you want as soon as possible, and what you promised me...you have to know what you want!"

"I know! I won't go back on my word, but you have to prepare the rest." Si Wei sent people out, and saw that shopkeeper Feng was about to move the box of silver that he brought to the car, "You guys move it around It’s really troublesome, why don’t you just stay!”

Si Wei looked up and saw Mr. Qi looking at him with a half-smile, and realized what he said. He blushed immediately, but he insisted: "Master Qi promised to pay back the money for my family, and now he is not going to break his promise. Bar?"

Master Qi laughed, "Of course not! Qi Zhong, help Brother Kong move the box back!"

Being teased by Mr. Qi, Si Wei became angry from embarrassment, "You offered to give this money on your own initiative, so it can't be counted in the bride price!"

"This money is originally for getting your nod, so of course it's not included in the dowry!" Mr. Qi is rich and powerful, and he is also a local tyrant in modern times.

After sending off Master Qi and his party, the two brothers started busy paying off the remaining debts.The rest are more kind people, and they didn't make trouble for the Kong family when it was the most difficult time. It's just that Si Wei felt that since he had money, he should pay off the debt quickly to be at ease.

It's just that in the dead of night, Si Wei will also consider whether it is worthwhile for a man to marry someone else as a wife as a woman in order to pay off his debts.Zhuzi once told him that their family's annual income is less than five taels after excluding food and clothing. Even if he has other ways to earn more money, the annual income will still be enough for interest. If this continues, he, Qiao'er and even their descendants cannot escape the fate of being used as cows and horses.Although unwilling, there is only one answer, he has no choice!

After a few days, the Qi family sent someone to bring over the house deed that Si Wei wanted, and stated that all other betrothal gifts would be sent to another courtyard. "The master ordered the young master to remind the young master that what he promised has been done, please move the young master to another courtyard as soon as possible, so as not to miss the auspicious day."

Si Wei replied to Master Qi, asking him to send someone to pick him up in three days.After the members of the Qi family left, Qiao'er began to ask what "good day and auspicious day" meant.

Si Wei closed the door and sat facing Qiao'er with a straight face. "That's what you think. Brother, I'm getting married!"

"What? With whom?" Qiao'er is very smart, and she understood after a little thought, "With Master Qi? No way! Brother, you promised me that you will not become a pact brother with Master Qi!"

Si Wei suppressed Qiao'er who was jumping up because of excitement, "It's not about becoming brothers! You just calm down and listen to me!" Qiao'er didn't understand, and looked at her brother fixedly.Si Wei sighed, "Qiao'er, we brothers depend on each other for life, and I don't plan to keep this from you. But you have to remember, you don't have to tell anyone else what I'm going to say next, you understand?"

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