Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

Chapter 245: Crowdfunding for Dowry

Lan Qiyan held the betrothal gift list and muttered to himself, "I'm going to have to make trouble. My eldest son is the eldest, and this is his first time. I don't have much experience. How can I, a hero, get a penny? What should I do?"

Half an hour later, Lan Qiyan thought of a good idea.

"Crowdfunding?" everyone said in unison.

"Mom, do we really have no money? I still have three thousand taels."

"Mom, I have two thousand taels."

"Mom, I have ten thousand taels."

"Mom, I have thirty thousand."

"Mom, I'm here. I still have a small treasury."

"Aunt, Susu also has money."

I'm touched, especially my father. These children were not raised in vain. Little Su Su is so filial after only slept with her for two nights. He is really a good child.

She held Lan Xiaoqi and Gu Zisu in each hand, and said, "I am very touched, but I don't need your little treasury for the time being. Keep them for yourself."

"Aunt Yan, I'm here. I'm coming to see you with 100,000 taels of silver." Xie Pingting rushed over quickly.

Yuze quickly stood behind Lan Qiyan, and Yuzhen's eyes were fixed on Xie Pingting.

Fortunately, when she was almost there, Xie Pingting braked suddenly and said, "Aunt Yan, I'm back."

Lan Qiyan handed the two younger ones to the two older ones, then patted Xie Pingting's head. "Girls can work hard on their careers, but the premise is that they need to take good care of themselves. Look at you, how have you taken care of yourself into a black coal ball?"

Xie Pingting smiled playfully, "Aunt Yan, you are not much whiter than me."

Lan Qiyan's face turned black. "You, you've ruined all the emotions I've been building up with so much effort. It seems like you've made money and found all the ways to get through it?"

"Of course, mother, I passed by the northern border."

"Oh, you went to see them?"

"When I arrived, Grandma Yu was standing with her hands on her hips, arguing with her third daughter-in-law, while Yu Xiu was instructing the people on how to get rid of insects."

Lan Qiyan raised an eyebrow, "Have you seen the third place winner?"

Yu Zhen was startled. She wouldn't like someone like Lord Pei, right?

Xie Pingting raised her eyebrows and whispered, "Aunt Yan, do you really like Master Pei? He even asked me to bring a letter to you."

"Really? Give it to me now. Wait, give it to me later."

"Are you really planning to change your husband?"

"No, I just appreciate beauty."

Yu Zhen felt relieved after hearing this conversation, but at the same time she also despised her father. What was going on? The Southern Barbarians and the Northern Frontier had been taken down, so why couldn't her father take down her mother?

"Brother, should we help Dad? It's been so many years, but Dad is still not doing well. Mom doesn't go to Happy House anymore, and she's thinking about the third place winner again."

Yuze shook his head, "Mom is not a bird in a cage, she is an eagle flying in the sky, this world cannot trap her, and besides, mom is just feasting her eyes, she knows it in her heart.

This is also her way of relieving stress and worries, just like I like reading, you like doing business, and your second brother likes farming. Everyone has a hobby."

Yu Zhen curled her lips, "My mother's hobby is beautiful women, regardless of gender, this is really special."

"It's nothing special. Don't men like beauties too? My father's father had so many concubines. Is it true that only men are allowed to have this hobby, but women can't have it?"

"Brother, when sister-in-law also has this hobby in the future, you can say this calmly?"

Yu Ze smiled bitterly, "How do you think she spent her time in the past two years? She either read storybooks with the Empress or went to Happy House with Grandma Shu Yu all day long."

Yu Zhen really didn't know about this, "Why haven't I seen it?"

"That's because she's at home when you're at home, and she's out when you're out, so you don't know at all, and I didn't tell you."

"No way, then Pingting?"

"What do you think?" Yu Ze was a little gloating.

Yu Zhen frowned, "No, that won't work. I don't like beautiful women, so she can't like them either."

Yuze raised his eyebrows, "Then you just have to bear with it. Pingting's temper is even hotter than mother's. Look at how fierce she is when she fights with your second brother. Then this fist will fall on you."

Yu Zhen trembled as he watched Xie Pingting chatting enthusiastically with her mother. He might as well not pursue her, but what should he do if he couldn't control his heart?

Lan Qiyan didn't plan to use their private money, so Xie Pingting said, "Aunt Yan, all the money I use for my business was paid by Yuzhen, so the money I earn should be yours, you can use it as you like."

"I've already told you that we can raise funds through crowdfunding. Don't worry, the betrothal gifts for my eldest son and I can be arranged in three days."

Xie Pingting didn't quite believe it. "Aunt Yan, you spent all your money in Northern Xinjiang. Now you're broke, where would you get the money to prepare the betrothal gifts?"

"That's easy. Let's go, the third brother will beat the gong, the fourth brother will beat the drum, the fifth and sixth brothers will carry the sacks, and the seventh brother and Su Su will prepare to cry. We will go to the north and east of the city today, the west tomorrow, and the south the day after tomorrow. Our goal is to go around the homes of the major officials."

"No way, mom, is this possible?"

"Why not? Let's go now and go to the Jiang family first."

Yuze's eyes couldn't stop twitching, and he always felt that today was not going very smoothly.

Half an hour later, Lan Qiyan and a group of children blocked the door of the Jiang family.

The housekeeper looked at them and wondered whether to let them in or not. The most important thing was that the two young masters of the Xie family had also arrived.

Lan Qiyan cleared his throat, picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "Attention everyone inside, I have an announcement to make. The Queen has arranged a marriage for Yuze, and he is marrying the tenth princess from the Western Regions. However, the betrothal gift is a bit high.

As everyone knows, all my money has been invested in Northern Frontier, so now I am the only one left who is poor. Chu Yun, as his mother, you should show some courtesy. If you have money, you can contribute. If not, I will auction off the things in your room.

As long as you don't say anything, I will take it as my default, which means you agree with what I say. So I'll start now, Lao Wu, take someone in to get something."

Yumian led four big men around the housekeeper and walked directly inside. A figure suddenly jumped out and said, "Stop, this is my house. I didn't agree. Who let you in?"

Lan Qiyan looked at Jiang Qi and then she remembered that this guy was still spreading the word at the Spring Banquet that she was infertile. She hadn't even gone to look for her yet, but she had come out on her own initiative.

Yumian ignored her and took you inside.

Jiang Qi stamped her feet in anger, "Hey, you're committing burglary, do you know that? That's too aggressive. I'm going to report you to the police."

"My daddy doesn't have time to take care of you, huh." Little Su Su shouted while nestling in Lan Qiyan's arms.

Lan Qiyan patted her and said, "Good girl, you are really a good mouth for auntie."

Gu Zisu had a proud and arrogant look on her face. Lan Xiaoqi was unwilling to accept this. He could also help his mother. "Mom, she said you are a hen that doesn't lay eggs."

Lan Qiyan agreed, "I really can't lay eggs."

Jiang Qi laughed, "Listen, she admitted it herself."

Lan Qiyan asked sincerely, "I can't lay eggs, but you can, right?"