Shui Zheran hurriedly ran out and soon brought back a woman and eight children.

Shui Ling really wanted to whistle, but there were too many. The older one was twenty-one or two, and the younger one looked less than eight years old.

Su Qin was also dumbfounded, why are there so many?

Shui Zheran touched his nose and said, "Madam, these are indeed my children."

Su Qin didn't get angry, but just looked at him steadily.

Shui Zheran continued, "These are the children of my former friends. They are all gone, so I left money for them before I left, saying that they were my children."

Su Qin nodded and looked at them one by one.

The woman with the child was in her fifties, with a weathered face, and looked at Su Qin with very respectful eyes.

She said in a hoarse voice: "Children, get ready to kowtow to your mother."

The children were lined up from oldest to youngest, and they all knelt down and said, "Mom, my child, I kowtow to you."

Su Qin smiled and said: "Okay, get up."

The eldest child stood up and said: "Mom, please don't blame dad. Now that I have grown up, I am going to take the scientific examination and I will be able to support my younger brothers and sisters in the future."

Su Qin tilted his head and looked at it, and said: "You are in charge of your own future. I can take care of your food, clothing, and transportation, but...it's a bit uncomfortable to suddenly have so many children."

The man said: "My child understands my mother's concerns. Don't worry, I can support them by copying books now and will definitely not add any burden to the family."

"If my parents don't like us, I can go out and start my own business, and it will be no problem to support them." The man pursed his lips, preparing for the worst.

Su Qin looked at Shui Zheran, "We can't live here, and there are no inns in the capital to accept us. What will we do with so many children?"

Shui Zheran smiled, "It's okay, let them go back to live first, and then get their household registration again when they are stable."

Su Qin nodded and asked doubtfully, "Where are their parents?"

Shui Zheran sighed, "The father of these children went to the army and died, and their mother was the indentured wife of the Shui family. When the Shui family suffered, they did not bear it and were exiled with them."

"At that time, I only had time to entrust the child to Grandma Yuan, and also asked some friends to take care of me..."

Su Qin nodded, "In that case, let's hold on tight for now. We'll see what happens after we meet the emperor. If it doesn't work out, we'll go back to Ruoshui Village. It'll be great to be free."

Shui Zheran nodded frequently, acting like a wife slave.

It made Granny Yuan unable to shut her mouth.

Shui Zheran said: "You go back first, don't worry I will find you, and I will never default on my debt."

He paused and then said: "When I get a house, I will transfer all your household registrations to my name. From now on, you will have a father and a mother, and you can do whatever you want."

The children were actually very trembling. They still didn't believe Shui Zheran when they heard what he said. They always felt that it was Shui Zheran's excuse. In fact, he didn't want it.

Grandma Yuan said: "The slave will take them back first."

Su Qin shouted: "Wait a minute."

Yuan Po immediately turned around and bowed.

Su Qin asked: "Do you still have enough money?"

Yuan Po said in embarrassment: "It is precisely because there is not enough money to buy rice, so..."

The oldest man's face turned red and he said, "The book in my hand will be copied in three days. I will get 300 copies by then."

Su Qin nodded and looked at Shui Ling, "Give brother the money."

"Oh." Shui Ling took out a handful of broken silver from his bag.

The man stretched out his hand to catch it. It was about ten dollars.

He thought that was all he was given, so he took back his hand, but Shui Ling grabbed another handful.

He quickly took it with both hands, and Shui Ling didn't stop until his hands were full.

"I'm sorry, the broken silver here is too heavy. I'll just lighten the weight for you."

The man's face turned red and he said, "Thank you sister, the broken silver is convenient to use."

Shui Ling was embarrassed. She really just thought it was troublesome to take up space.

Grandma Yuan left with her eight children.

Su Qin looked sideways, "How can you raise children for others if you are such a fool?"

Shui Zheran rubbed his nose and said: "Although he is a bit of a gangster, he is very loyal. Several people who hung out with him were caught as prostitutes, so he made their wives work in the house to receive monthly money."

"The youngest child was a posthumous child. He was just born when we left."

"But where is their mother?" Su Qin asked, they couldn't all die on the road to exile.

Shui Zheran sighed, "I can't bear to be humiliated."

Four words told their miserable fate.

Su Qin didn't ask any more questions, pursed his lips and sighed, "I don't know when we can see the emperor. If it takes a few months, we don't care who he is and go home directly."

Shui Zheran quickly comforted him: "The eunuch said three days, just wait and see." The couple went into the house hand in hand.

Shui Ling looked at it, sat down at the wooden table in the yard, and whispered, "That's my house. Can't you go and spread dog food in your own house?"

Jinse came over and sat across from her, "Do you have any good friends in the capital?"

"No." Shui Ling replied without hesitation.

"Oh, then you have to make a few more friends before you turn sixteen." Jinse said with a smile.

"Why?" Shui Ling looked at him puzzled.

"Because the more girls you have at your coming-of-age ceremony, the better." Jinse replied.

"Girls? Come and see what's good about my man." Shui Ling was speechless.

The smile on Jinse's face froze. What theory is this? This is the first time I've heard of it.

"Having a girlfriend means there is a dowry added to it. It will be part of the dowry in the future, so you have to show off the dowry." Jinse kindly reminded her.

Shui Ling, "..." It seems like it's time to save up for the dowry. There are still a few months left, so there's enough time.

Jinse saw her in a daze and asked tentatively: "You don't have a dowry, do you?"

Shui Ling nodded, "Yeah, it's okay. There are still a few months until the coming of age ceremony. There's enough time."

"You...you just started saving for your dowry now?" Jinse was speechless.

Shui Ling nodded seriously, "Yes, start saving now, how much is appropriate?"

Jinse sighed, "You have to have ten thousand or twenty thousand, it depends on how much Gong Qianyu can give you."

"What are the betrothal gifts and dowries for women in the capital to get married?" Shui Ling really didn't understand this.

Jinse replied: "The betrothal gift in the outer city is sixty to six thousand, and the dowry is about the same. In the middle city, it is sixty to sixty thousand. There is no way to measure it in the inner city. That kind of official-family marriage is not a matter of money."

Shui Ling had an idea in her mind, "What about recruiting children?" Marriage in the capital was really cheap, and he could crush them with whatever he took from space.

"Recruiting a wife? You want to recruit a wife?" Jinse asked in surprise.

Shui Ling shook his head, "Just asking, I know what I know."

"Oh, the marriage gift is the same as the betrothal gift." Jinse replied.

"It feels like it's appropriate to recruit a wife. The money is coming back inside and outside." Shuiling touched his chin and said to himself.

Jinse rolled her eyes and said, "Then you can recruit me. I'm willing, and I'll just give you any betrothal gift."
Chapter completed!