Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 2151 200 taels of silver to try the sincerity
In fact, seeing Chen Wuniu bringing this fake matchmaker over, Liu Ya already knew the general meaning.

Now it is just to lead them to say a few more words, so as to find out the root cause of the matter.Did Chen Wuniu participate in this incident, or was he used?

When Chen Wuniu saw Liu Ya asking straight to the point, he involuntarily looked at Ming Rui again.

Mingrui didn't dare to raise her head all the time, she only quietly glanced at Chen Wuniu, and immediately lowered her head.

Chen Wuniu seemed to have made up his mind, took two steps towards Liu Ya, took out two pieces of paper from his bosom, handed them over with both hands and said, "Sister Ya'er, this is my family's betrothal gift for Mingrui. There is also a land deed, It’s the house my dad gave me to get married.”

Liu Ya sat without moving, she didn't intend to reach out her hand at all.

The matchmaker hurried to pick it up, and leaned in front of Liu Ya with a flattering face, and said, "Second Miss Liu, look at how sincere this Mr. Chen is. There is a lot of money, 25 taels." The house is also a single family. This Mingrui is just a girl, and she became the mistress of the house after she got married, what a wonderful thing."

Having said that, the matchmaker waved at Mingrui, grinned vigorously and said, "Let me congratulate Miss Mingrui first. Come here and talk to your master, how can you meet such a big family as Young Master Chen? You are really lucky to be willing to spend money for you."

Liu Ya coughed loudly on purpose and interrupted the matchmaker's words.

She looked up at Mingrui and asked, "Mingrui, come here, this matter is related to you, you can talk about it yourself."

Mingrui raised her head slowly, her face was already pale.She walked forward with difficulty, her steps seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

Chen Wuniu didn't expect that Mingrui was secretly looking at him affectionately just now, why it seems that hope is gone now?He asked in a low voice, "Mingrui, what's wrong with you?"

Mingrui looked at Chen Wuniu, then at the two pieces of paper in the matchmaker's hand, and asked in a much lower voice, "You just said, how much is the dowry?"

"25 taels." The matchmaker opened her mouth and answered for Chen Wuniu: "It is reasonable to say that ten taels is enough for an engagement in Pingshan Village. Even if you want to marry a girl from the city, 20 taels is not a lot, right?" The Chen family gave 25 taels, saying that Miss Mingrui came from the capital after all, so it was worth the price."

The matchmaker said that she was about to spit out lotus flowers, but unexpectedly, Mingrui's face turned pale again.

She walked up to Liu Ya step by step and stood still, lowered her head and said slowly: "But when my mother sold me to the Gu family, she signed a lifelong contract and took 70 taels of silver from the Gu family."

That is to say, the 25 taels of silver that Chen Wuniu has given out now is not even half of what Mingrui sold at the beginning.

"What? Seven, 70 taels!!" Chen Wuniu was so startled that he took two steps back.He also swallowed his saliva twice, and looked at Mingrui in a daze.

Mingrui nodded, and said: "That was the price ten years ago. For the past ten years, the Gu family has cultivated and raised me, and now it is not just the price. I am now the first-class maidservant by the master's side, and there is no one who wants to redeem me." 200 taels of silver is probably not possible. This has to be done if the master is willing to let him go."

Chen Wuniu was surprised again when he heard this, took a step back, opened and closed his mouth for a long time, and then said: "Mingrui, so much money, our Chen family probably won't be able to earn it for a lifetime."

After finishing speaking, Chen Wuniu's eyes darkened, his shoulders drooped and he no longer looked at Mingrui, nor spoke.

Liu Ya sneered in her heart, feeling a little unworthy of Mingrui.

According to the current family situation of the Chen family, although 200 taels of silver is a large sum, it is really not enough to say "I will not earn it in my whole life".And when Chen Wuniu said this, it meant that he was unwilling to take so much money to redeem Mingrui.

If it is true love, what is money?If he wasn't sincere, he would feel that he was losing even a penny.

With just this incident, Mingrui can clearly see how far the Chen family is from her.My heart sank naturally.

Maybe Mingrui doesn't care about the amount of money, or whether the two of them will live a hard life in the future.But if the Chen family refused to give her so much money to redeem her body, would she have to post it herself?
Could it be that she wants to tell her master that the Chen family doesn't have 200 taels, but only 25 taels, can she sell herself cheaply?No, of course not.

Mingrui is a little tempted by Chen Wuniu, but she is also someone who has seen the world after all.She was even trained by the Gu family to know how to deal with the situation in the palace and the officialdom.

Before, she was obsessed with Chen Wuniu, but it took only a day, and it was only 200 taels of silver, and she suddenly discovered Chen Wuniu's heart and bottom line, Mingrui secretly thanked herself for being able to see clearly.

Recalling what the master said to her before, Mingrui raised her eyes to look at Liu Ya, her eyes were full of gratitude.

Liu Ya received Ming Rui's gaze, and felt relieved, knowing that this girl is not so stubborn anymore.Maybe she still has the desire to be a regular wife, but she will definitely not hang herself on this tree owned by Chen Wuniu.

Now that Mingrui has regrets, of course Liu Ya will stand by her side.

Liu Ya waved her hand casually, and said to the matchmaker like she was chasing flies, "I said I don't like you getting too close to me, back off, we're going to cross the line."

The matchmaker hurriedly took two steps back, but moved forward with the bank notes and land deeds in her hand, and began to bargain with a flattering face: "Second Miss Liu, look at the Chen family is also a dutiful family. Miss Rui is also sincere. Do you see if you can see this true affection and fulfill their couple? How about I discuss it with Mr. Chen, and the gift money can be more. But the 30 taels will come to an end, really I can’t take much more out of it.”

Chen Wuniu also held the last hope, nodded again and again and said: "Yes, yes, sister Ya'er, please help us. You shouldn't be such a person who values ​​money so much? Besides, what is money to a lover?"

"That's right, money is nothing in the eyes of a lover. Either your Chen family sells the house and sells the land to collect 200 taels of silver now, and I will marry Mingrui to you immediately. Or you just give up on it."

Speaking of this, Liu Ya took a look at Mingrui, sneered and said, "Chen Wuniu, you should know that 200 taels of silver can buy several maidservants. But if you are sincere enough to Mingrui, Ruoshui only takes one for three thousand." Piao, now I want you to sell all your belongings in exchange for Mingrui. Are you willing or not?"

After finishing speaking, Liu Ya stared closely at Chen Wuniu to see how he would behave.

Mingrui also looked at Chen Wuniu with her last hope, wondering how sincere he was to her.

(End of this chapter)