Chapter 418 - Chapter 418: Chapter 418 Marriage Arrangements_1 (1/2)

Chapter 418: Chapter 418 Marriage Arrangements_1

“Since you enjoy the rural and field life, sister, then I wish you a comfortable life there, with bountiful harvests every year and never needing to worry about clothing and food.”

“I wish for you to continuously compete for your life with a group of women in the grand palaces,” retorted Wei Ruo.

“Let’s wait and see who will be the first to regret,” Wei Qingwan said.

Cuihe joined the conversation, “Miss, don’t you forget it. In the future, you will be married off to the Capital City, and the young miss here will stay in the Taizhou prefecture. You two may not have the opportunity to meet each other again. If you really meet again, she would need to kneel and pay respect to you!”

“I forgot about that,” Wei Qingwan smiled, “Alright, send the gift to the young miss. We should leave now.”

“Yes. I will present the gift to the young miss right away.”

Cuihe tossed the gift box at Wei Ruo’s feet.

Then, master and servant turned and left arrogantly.

Xiumei quickly picked up the gift from the ground and threw it outside the courtyard.

“Take it away, nobody wants your stuff!”

Then she slammed the courtyard door shut.

After closing the door, Xiumei felt her hands were dirty. As she clapped and wiped her hands, she muttered, “Such pests, they say they don’t like us but always come running to us!”

Xiumei continued, “Miss doesn’t want to marry into a noble and rich family at all, she insisted that Miss only wants to marry Young Master Zhao because she can’t marry into a noble family.”

“Let her think whatever she wants, don’t bother with her anymore. Don’t let her ruin our good mood. Let’s continue checking the account book. Checking the account book is exciting!”

As soon as they started talking about the account book, a playful smile spread across Wei Ruo’s face, entirely different from the seriousness and coldness she had shown when dealing with Wei Qingwan.

“Miss, it’s not the account book that brings joy to you, it’s the sight of the silver! This time, we made so much money from selling charcoal and cotton clothing. After deducting the cost for charity, there is still a surplus. Isn’t it exciting to see that?”

“Yes, your Miss here likes a profitable account book. You’ll help me check it later, right? Four Treasure House, preserved meat shop, grain shop, winery, spice business, tea business… and a pile of account books to check.”

“Stop, stop, stop,” Xiumei waved her hands hurriedly, “Miss, spare me, please. I can’t check that! Every time I see an account book, I get a headache and feel dizzy. Let me do something else. I’m good at physical work, even chopping firewood is fine, just don’t let me do the accounts!”

Wei Ruo laughed, reaching out to poke Xiumei’s forehead.

“You, after all this time, you are still afraid of account books. Compared to a account book, wolves, tigers, and leopards are less scary.”

“That’s right! I’m not afraid of wolves, tigers and leopards. As long as I have a handy weapon, I could kill those beasts to make dishes for you, Miss!”

“Good, good, you don’t need to check the account book, you go work on the carriage. I plan to improve our exclusive carriage again, making it even stronger and more functional, and it should also carry more stuff.”

The experience of being trapped in the snow last time made Wei Ruo want to upgrade their special carriage. Now that the snow disaster is over and she has time, she plans to take action on this idea.

“Alright, no problem. I got this. You give the ideas, Miss, I’ll do the work. I promise you it will be well done!” Xiumei patted her chest and assured.

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The next day, the Zhao brothers brought a matchmaker to the General Residence for a formal proposal.

The parents of the Zhao brothers had passed away, so Zhao Hai, the eldest brother, took the place of their Father to propose the marriage.