"What?"

Ji Anhe jumped up all of a sudden.

He was eager to grab An Ning's hand, but thinking that he was old now, he shrank his hand back when he was a child: "Sister, you are stupid. Why did you agree to marry someone surnamed Xiao? That's not a good thing. I asked someone to inquire about it. That's just a person who can't do anything. It's all up to his mother and his sister to support him. If you marry him, you will have to support his family in the future. You may have to bear it. Why are you so unhappy?"

Ji An was anxious and said, "This marriage won't work. I'll go and tell my uncle to leave. There are also families in our guard camp who have a good foundation. I will give you a good face and find something similar for you. It's always better than marrying someone with the surname Xiao."

An Ning had a smile on her face, and she looked at Ji Anhe who was anxious about her affairs and felt a little warm.

Their parents left early, and the siblings depended on each other for life, so their relationship was deeper than others. Ji Anhe also respected and was very concerned about her and also worried about her.

"Okay, don't turn around."

An Ning pulled Ji Anhe to his side and asked him to sit down: "Don't worry about me anymore. I have met Mr. Xiao and feel that he is not bad. I also made up my mind to marry him. My uncle also made up his mind to marry him. If you ask your uncle again, it will definitely not be possible."

"But……"

What else Ji Anhe wanted to say, An Ning waved his hand: "Listen to me first, everyone lives this life. The conditions of the Xiao family are not good, but I think I have the ability to live a good life, I have a generous dowry, and I can manage the financial management. There are so many shops in our mansion, with all kinds of outputs, and so many people. I can cook clearly. The Xiao family really doesn't have to spend any effort."

An Ning himself is willing, and Ji Anhe can do nothing even if he is dissatisfied with this marriage.

He sat for a while and left with a lot of worry.

Xiao Yuan came out of the Ji family, and he walked around the East City for a while before returning to the South City.

When he went back, his mother, Ping, was cooking dinner. When he saw Xiao Yuan enter the door, he smiled and asked, "What did the Ji family say? Can this marriage be accomplished?"

Xiao Yuan sat down and wanted to help Pingshi burn the fire. Pingshi quickly asked him to go aside: "Stop quickly, my mother is there when cooking. Yuan'er, tell me what the Ji family said?"

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "It's already decided on the Ji family. Master Ji said we'll leave the Six Les in a few days."

Pingshi was quite happy when she heard this, but after a while she became worried.

"What do you mean by these six rituals? How much do they want? In this situation, our family... it's not easy to borrow money."

Pingshi was really worried. The family was so poor that the family was almost unable to eat. The most valuable property of the whole family was the robe that Xiao Yuan wore. He was just a decent dress that could be worn without patches.

Pingshi has two clothes, but they are all ragged. Even if she wears clothes to meet customers, they are patched.

The family is so poor that it is really difficult to get married.

Even if you marry someone from a poor family, you can't get a bride price, let alone what kind of family is the Ji family? It's a wealthy family that the Xiao family dared not think of.

"Mom, don't worry about this. I'll think about it. What I've read is that I can make some money by writing letters to people."

Xiao Yuan comforted the Ping family.

Pingshi was also quite helpless. She didn't want to let Xiao Yuan work hard, but she was not capable, so she could only sigh: "Then you should be more at ease, don't be tired."

"good."

Xiao Yuan responded with a smile.

He had a walk around the capital today and had an idea of ​​what to do.

The Dajing Dynasty was a dynasty similar to the Ming and Qing dynasties. At this time, the vernacular novels and other dynasties were already very developed, and there were many more people who read literate than other dynasties. People like to hear and read novels, and some people who read novels like to read novels. Although some people who write good novels are not very prominent, they earn a lot of money.

Xiao Yuan wanted to try it, but what he tried first was not the novel, but the illustrations.

Nowadays, there are illustrations in the middle of novels, and even the cover is painted on it. Such illustrations give you a lot of money. As long as you draw them well, you will not have to worry about not being able to make money.

Xiao Yuan was already optimistic about the market. He wanted to draw illustrations first, make quick money first, and then write novels, and then do something else. He had to make the family better before marrying Anling, and he couldn't marry a wife in poverty.

After dinner, Xiao Yuan went back to the house and drew illustrations.

Pingshi thought Xiao Yuan was studying, so she didn't bother her.

Pingshi couldn't sleep even when she returned to the house, and she sighed alone in the house.

Xiao Yuan lit the lamp and boiled oil and drew a few pictures, and he went out with these drawings early the next morning.

He met a bookseller through an introduction. He then looked for the bookseller with illustrations and illuminated the pictures he drew. The bookseller really liked it very much.

It just so happened that the bookseller bought some manuscripts to print, but unfortunately he hasn't found a good illustrator. Now Xiao Yuan's paintings are pretty good, mainly because the paintings are really vivid and better than all the illustrations he has seen before. He made a decision on the spot.

Xiao Yuan and the bookseller talked about the price, one picture was five cents of silver. This book requires about ten pictures, and he can earn about five taels of silver.

The bookseller was anxious, and Xiao Yuan didn't go home, so he lived in the bookseller.

Here, I was in a hurry to draw it. Xiao Yuan spent two days to finish drawing ten pictures, and then received the money and went home.

When he went back, he agreed with the bookseller that if he needed to draw in the future, he could go and find him.

When he got home, Xiao Yuan took a detour and bought some food for him, and bought a set of cotton clothes for Ping's family.

He thought that the weather was getting colder and he would not take long to wear a cotton coat. He should save money to buy two thick cotton coats and a few more quilts.

Xiao Yuan brought his things home, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his sister Xiao Daya.

Xiao Daya looked sad and was sitting in the yard talking to Pingshi.

Seeing Xiao Yuan coming back, Xiao Daya quickly stood up, pinched her clothes and lowered her head, with a little shame on her face: "Brother Yuan is back, I..."

Xiao Yuan smiled and took out a pack of snacks from the backpack and stuffed them into Xiao Daya's hand: "When did sister come? Stay at home for dinner later. Remember to take this pack of snacks back when my sister leaves. This is for Goudan."

Xiao Daya's son's nickname is Goudan. Because the child is afraid of not being able to raise him, he gave him a bad name. Now that the child has not yet named him, he keeps barking.

Xiao Daya quickly pushed the pack of snacks: "Save it for you and your mother, there is something to eat."

Xiao Yuan forced the snack to Xiao Daya, and then took out a knife of meat to Pingshi: "Mom, I bought some meat at the market. You can stir-fry two dishes in a while, and let your sister eat it at home to replenish your body."

Pingshi felt a little sorry for the meat, but she actually didn't want Xiao Daya to stay at home for dinner.

In her mind, if you have something delicious, you should keep it for Xiao Yuan. What should Xiao Daya eat for a girl?

But Xiao Yuan said it, and Pingshi couldn't say no, so she forced a smile: "Daya, your brother is right. Take the snacks back to Goudan, and then told him that this was given by his uncle who loved him. You can help me with it later. Let's stir-fry two good dishes, and eat a few more pieces of meat to replenish it later."

When Xiao Daya heard this, she immediately burst into tears.

She started to slap the meat: "I can eat anything for Brother Yuan. I can eat anything. I... I don't have money on hand and can't help me with Brother Yuan. But I will go back and discuss with the head to see if I can make up some."
Chapter completed!