What Bai Dalang talked to Mr. Bai was not about Chen Bo borrowing money. In his opinion, it was up to Chen Bo to make up his mind whether to say it or not.
What he told Master Bai was about his marriage.
When he came back the day before yesterday, Master Bai mentioned his aunt's intention to come. He didn't object at that time, but he thought that marriage was the fate of his parents, and he didn't have anyone he liked, and he was indeed old.
But at this moment, he is really unwilling to marry this marriage from the bottom of his heart, not just because of whether he likes it or not, not only because of the reason Man Bao said, but also because of Chen Bo.
He dismissed his younger brother and refused the marriage with his father when he was far away. He said: "We and our grandfather's family are already connected, so there is no need to make a kiss. My son will participate in it in a few years." After the Jinshi examination, no matter whether you pass the examination or not, you have to find a way to find an official, and at this time, you need someone to help in the court."
He said: "There is no one in our family who can help in the court, so my son wants to find a Yue family who is an official in the court or has connections in the court."
Master Bai frowned and said, "But where can I find such a family? Besides, marrying a wife is a worthy one, so you can't just look at your family background, right?"
Bai Dalang nodded and said: "It's not urgent, my son is still young, just look for it slowly."
Master Bai said: "You have reached the crown, you are not young."
Bai Dalang coughed lightly and said, "You can still wait a little longer."
He said what Bai Shan said exactly, and said: "Just like what cousin Shan said, our family is not without any advantages now, if we let the wind out, maybe there will be something suitable for us?"
Master Bai stroked his beard and began to think.
After a while, he nodded and said, "Alright, then wait."
Bai Dalang breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Bai looked at his son suspiciously for a while, then frowned and asked, "You didn't object when I mentioned it to you the day before yesterday, why did you suddenly refuse today?"
"It was my cousin Shan who reminded me to think about my official career."
Master Bai shook his head, "You can wait until you recover from your illness, why rush today?"
Bai Dalang was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "Son, aren't you afraid that you and mother will make an appointment in a few days? Auntie is right here."
Master Bai still doubted, "Is that so?"
Bai Dalang nodded, but at the end he still reminded, "Father, some cousins of my uncle's family have been doing nothing, you should ask mother to go back and tell uncle that they are getting older, so they should be let out for a bit of training, Mr. At home, I don't know many things outside, and my temperament is too simple."
Bai Dalang said it cryptically, but he knew in his heart that Chen Bo's behavior was not pure at all, but simply stupid, and someone like his younger brother was pure.
Master Bai didn't know if he understood, so he nodded and let him go back to rest. Of course, his servants helped him go back.
Bai Erlang had already returned to his study room, he was rubbing his books uneasily, for a while, he still couldn't hold back to discuss with Bai Shan and Man Bao, "What do you think I lent the money to my cousin? After all, I promised him Yes, it’s always bad to backtrack.”
Bai Shan was amused, and asked cheerfully, "Aren't you worried that he won't come back?"
Bai Erlang sighed and said, "I'm worried, but it's not good to go back and forth. I'm also to blame. I promised too quickly that night and didn't ask carefully."
Man Bao raised his head from the book and said: "If you want to borrow it, you can borrow it, as long as you don't feel uneasy anymore, it has been more than a quarter of an hour since you returned to the study, and you have been rubbing the book without reading a word." Go in, I'm afraid you'll scratch the cover of the book."
Bai Shan nodded, "If you can't bear it, just borrow it."
However, Bai Erlang's butt seemed to be stuck to the chair, he tried to stand up but couldn't stand up, "Then I really borrowed it, will you stop stopping me?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao: ...
Bai Erlang was about to cry, "Eight hundred taels, I really borrowed it..."
Seeing his expression, Man Bao lay down on the table and couldn't stop laughing. Bai Shan also burst into tears, and said cheerfully, "Let's go, I'll go with you, and I'll teach you how to say it, don't need to excuse me." One hundred taels, just borrow two hundred taels."
Bai Erlang tilted his head, "Two hundred taels?"
He was a little moved, but still hesitated, "Could it be too far from what I promised him? Would he feel that I looked down on him, or would he be angry?"
Bai Shan shook his head and said: "No, I have a way to make him not angry, and make him be as good as before. Listen to me when you go after a while, and then you just keep your head down and do what you want."
Man Bao wiped away the tears from his laughter, raised his head, took out a piece of paper and said, "Don't worry, we are helping him by lending him less money. Two hundred taels of silver is definitely enough for him to open a cloth shop. He can't buy it." If you have a big shop, you will definitely buy a small one, if not, you can rent a shop, actually I think it’s better to rent if you’re just starting a business.”
If she didn't have that capital, she had to save it. When her fourth brother first arrived in Yizhou City, he picked up business if he had any business. If he didn't have any business, he went to the street to pick up errands and carry bags with the coolies. Wouldn't he still make money
She felt that Chen Bo was too ambitious. In the final analysis, it was because he hadn't experienced hardships and seen the world.
Bai Dalang also felt the same way, seeing Bai Erlang so disturbed, and it's really not good to break his promise, so he dragged Bai Erlang to find Chen Bo.
Bai Dalang asked him on the way, "Is all your money at home?"
"Half, and some are in the capital."
Bai Shan then nodded, found Chen Bo and said, "Cousin Chen, we are here to apologize to you."
Chen Bo was angry, he snorted and turned his head to ignore them.
Bai Shan pulled Bai Erlang to sit opposite Chen Bo, and sighed, "Actually, our small farm doesn't make that much money."
Chen Bo still ignored them.
Bai Shan continued: "The income of the farm is divided among three people, that is to say, the farm earns one thousand taels, and Erlang only gets three hundred and thirty taels."
Chen Bo frowned and turned to look at them.
Seeing that he was willing to listen, Bai Shan hurriedly continued: "We also pay for the expenses of the operation ourselves, including the money for the long-term workers, the money we buy for seeds, farm tools, and cattle. Will the adults at home come out for us?"
Only then did Chen Bo ask: "Are these things expensive?"
"Of course it's expensive," Bai Shan said, "If it wasn't expensive, why wouldn't the farmers who cultivate the land never get rich? Isn't it because of the high cost and low income?"
Chen Bo felt that what he said made sense and nodded.
Bai Shandao: "And after we went to Yizhou City, we spent our own money all the time. Cough, you know, Erlang spends a lot of money. He buys everything that is interesting, delicious, and beautiful, so..."
Chen Bo frowned and looked at them, "You won't say that you don't lend me money because you don't have money?"
Bai Shan said embarrassingly: "Yes, yes, it's just that he exaggerated, and last night he was a little dizzy when he got out of the car, and when he heard Cousin Chen you praised him, he couldn't hold back and started screaming, so... "