bayedsolid Chapter 404: Can’t eat and walk around
Chapter 404: Can’t eat and walk around
Matchmaker Zhang then realized what she was here for and slapped her thigh in annoyance.
"Look at my memory. I'm old and my brain really doesn't work well. Today is a happy day, and I'm here to tell you the good news."
"Mr. Li, Madam Li, little girl, this is the gift list sent by our Prime Minister. Please have a look." Butler Cheng stood up, took out a booklet from his arms, and bowed to Li Dahai.
"Thank you for your help, Butler Cheng." Li Dahai greeted him politely.
"This is what we servants should do. Please take a look at the gift list and I will have someone bring the things over right away." Butler Cheng spoke politely, but there was no expression on his face, and he even had a hint of anger.
"Butler Cheng, right? I see that you seem to be in a bad mood. What's the matter? Were you angry outside the door just now?" Li Xiaoxiao said something shocking.
Butler Cheng had just sat back in his seat and picked up the tea beside him. Before he could drink it, he heard Li Xiaoxiao's words. He almost choked to death with a mouthful of tea, and it took him a long time to recover.
"I dare not reply to the young lady." Butler Cheng was cunning and naturally understood the meaning of Li Xiaoxiao's words. No matter how high his status was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was just a servant.
When Li Xiaoxiao enters the Prime Minister's Mansion, she will be the master. He cannot offend her under any circumstances. At the same time, he secretly regrets that he should not have acted on impulse just now.
If I offend her, it seems that Li Xiaoxiao is not someone I can easily deal with, and she will definitely make things difficult for me in the future.
"Really? Am I overthinking it? Well, it makes sense. I will be the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the future. If you offend me today, you will be in big trouble in the future, don't you think?" Li Xiaoxiao sat upright on the stool without even looking at him.
But just a few words scared Butler Cheng so much that he broke into a cold sweat and really wanted to slap himself twice. She was a peasant girl, but she could make the Prime Minister go to the Emperor to ask for permission to grant her marriage. She must be capable.
Why did he think that she came from a farming family and looked down on her? He knew that Li Xiaoxiao was trying to intimidate him, but he was really scared.
He knelt down in front of Li Xiaoxiao with a thud, which surprised Sun, Li Dahai and Zhang the matchmaker. What was going on? He knelt down without saying anything.
"I'm sorry, Madam. I offended your family. Please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it again." Butler Cheng said as he slapped himself twice in the face.
The sound was loud and clear, showing that he was using all his strength.
Li Xiaoxiao seemed to know what he was going to do. She still sat upright on the stool, leisurely raised one arm, and looked at the nails she had just done yesterday.
Her hands are slender and long, with round and full nails that glow softly. They look beautiful no matter how you look at them.
After appreciating it carefully for a while, she suddenly saw Butler Cheng kneeling in front of her and said hurriedly, "Butler Cheng, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"
Butler Cheng was still kneeling straight, roaring in his heart. He had been kneeling on the ground for quite a while, and Li Xiaoxiao pretended to have just seen him.
He stood up stiffly and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Thank you, Madam, for your grace."
Sun and Li Dahai looked at each other, pursed their lips, and suppressed the smile that was about to appear on the corners of their lips. Matchmaker Zhang pretended not to see anything and looked around.
Butler Cheng was completely subdued, so Matchmaker Zhang naturally did not dare to make trouble and spoke to him in a more respectful manner.
They came this time not only to deliver betrothal gifts, but also to ask for Li Xiaoxiao's date of birth and then go back to calculate an auspicious day for them to get married.
Sun reluctantly took out the paper from her bosom and handed it to Matchmaker Zhang. Matchmaker Zhang looked at it carefully, then carefully put the paper away and put it in her bosom.
It was that simple. She had finished her work for the day. The next step was to put the betrothal gifts into the warehouse, which would naturally be checked by Butler Cheng. This was also one of the purposes of Butler Cheng's visit today.
The people carrying the betrothal gifts were still waiting outside. Li Xiaoxiao didn't want to waste time with them, so she asked them to bring the betrothal gifts in and then left.
Seeing Li Xiaoxiao urging him, Butler Cheng naturally did not dare to have any opinion. He held the list of betrothal gifts in his hand and read out the contents word by word.
"One hundred ounces of gold, three thousand ounces of silver, sixty horses, one gold tea canister, two silver tea canisters, two silver basins, one thousand rolls of silk, twenty sets of pack armor, twenty pieces of jade, four jade ruyi handles, and ten sets of dragon and phoenix enamel plates."
"A mansion, a hundred acres of fertile land, some famous paintings and calligraphy, ten boxes of cakes, twenty chickens, ducks, fish, ten pigs, ten sheep," and so on, and he kept reciting for a long time.
The people who carried the betrothal gifts would put the corresponding item into the warehouse as they read out one. Sun and Li Dahai were watching from the side and were stunned.
The Prime Minister is really too generous. How much silver does so many things cost? Their warehouse is almost full, but they are still carrying more things in.
I knew that the Prime Minister's Mansion was wealthy, but I didn't expect that he would give such a large betrothal gift. He really values Xiaoxiao. If he was a good person, it would be a good match for her to marry him. What a pity!
After reading for a long time, Butler Cheng finally finished reading the contents of the gift list.
As the last box of betrothal gifts was carried in, Butler Cheng closed the betrothal gift list again with both hands, and bowed deeply with a humble attitude, which was completely different from his attitude when he came in just now.
"Mr. Li, Madam Li, Young Madam, I will take my leave now."
"Well, let's go back." Li Xiaoxiao did not leave her seat from beginning to end. Listening to what Butler Cheng had just reported, Li Xiaoxiao's heart was filled with joy.
The things you send to her will belong to her from now on, and there is no way you can take them back.
"Dad and Mom, we have gained a lot today. Take the books and give them to my sister when she gets married."
"These are given to you by the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even if the engagement is cancelled, these things must be returned. How can you give them to your sister?" Sun disagreed.
"Xiaoxiao is talking nonsense again. Even if I have to give it to you, I have to give it to you. You don't have to worry about your sister. Your mother and I will prepare it for her." Li Dahai naturally knew that Li Xiaoxiao loved her sister, but these things were just too many.
All added up, it would be no less than 10,000 taels of silver. If the engagement is cancelled in the future, the things will definitely have to be returned. The prime minister is not stupid.
"I said it's for my sister, so you just keep it for my sister." Li Xiaoxiao said firmly again. Even if she wanted to return the betrothal gift, it would depend on whether they had the courage to ask for it back.
She has already told Cheng Kun that she wants to cancel the engagement. Since he doesn't agree, then okay, sister will make you agree.