"Master Zhang is recruiting a son-in-law today. It's a big event. Everyone wants to come over and see Miss Zhang's face."
"If someone could become the Zhang family's son-in-law, wouldn't it be a great success?"
"No, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people here."
After listening to the discussions among the people around him, Li Qi realized that today was the day for the Zhang family to recruit a son-in-law.
About a stick of incense later, the door of Zhang's Mansion opened, and a housekeeper walked out, shouting at the top of his voice: "Master Zhang said that all young talents who come here today should register first and enter the Mansion in order.
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As soon as he finished speaking, a young woman was seen walking out. She seemed to have come to see the people outside the door. After scanning around, she hurriedly left.
"Is that Miss Zhang?"
"Yes, he is the eldest lady of the Zhang family. I have met him once before."
"She is really a lady. Whoever wants to marry him will be very lucky."
Li Qi glanced at the people around him and thought: Is it so exaggerated? I think that woman is just average-looking.
"What do you think?" Li Qi asked.
Shu Wenbin didn't respond: "What?"
"I asked you what the eldest lady of the Zhang family looks like?"
"Oh...oh, Tingting is standing tall, graceful and beautiful as a flower..."
"Don't talk nonsense, let me ask you, is she pretty?" Li Qi asked angrily.
"pretty?"
"Isn't it beautiful?"
"Of course it's beautiful."
Li Qi feels that there is something wrong with these people’s aesthetic standards?
As for her appearance, she is much inferior to Xiaoman.
In fact, what Li Qi didn't know was that he had seen too many beauties, so he naturally became numb.
Someone like Miss Zhang's family is already pretty good. In addition, her family background is prominent, so naturally she is already at the level of a goddess in the minds of many people.
Shu Wenbin hesitated for a moment and said: "Brother Li, it seems that Zhang Mansion is very busy these days, why don't we come back in a few days."
"What's the rush?" Li Qi thought thoughtfully for a moment and suddenly asked, "Do you want to be the Zhang family's son-in-law?"
"Ah?!" Shu Wenbin didn't react.
"Just tell me if you want to."
"I am a commoner and my family is very poor. How can I be worthy of..."
"What nonsense!" Li Qi said angrily, "Do you want to or not?!"
"Well...of course I want to..." After saying this, Shu Wenbin's cheeks turned red.
For him, if he can establish himself in Shuicheng, marry a wife, and take his mother over, his life will be complete.
But given his current situation, it would be good if he could take his mother over. As for getting a wife, he didn't dare to think too much about it.
"Okay! Then I will make you the Zhang family's son-in-law." Li Qi said.
Before Shu Wenbin could react, Li Qi took him to register.
However, there were so many people who wanted to be the Zhang family's son-in-law that Shu Wenbin's turn to enter the mansion was delayed until three days later.
Li Qi thought to himself: Just take advantage of these three days to prepare well.
Back at his residence, Shu Wenbin bought some food.
Li Qi said while eating: "How much money do you still have?"
Shu Wenbin was also honest and took out all the broken silver on his body without any concealment and put it on the table.
Li Qi looked at it and saw that it was only three taels of silver.
These were all the savings Shu Wenbin had saved in the past few years. He originally planned to use the money to pick up his mother after finding something to do in Shuicheng.
"Although it's a little less, it's enough." Li Qi stuffed the money into his arms unceremoniously, then looked at Shu Wenbin and said, "How about we make a deal?"
"trade?"
"That's right." Li Qi said, "I will find a way to make you the son-in-law of the Zhang family. All the dowry given by the other party will belong to me."
If Shu Wenbin hadn't initially regarded Li Qi as a master, if someone else had said these words, he would have felt that the other person was teasing him.
"Brother Li..."
"Man, please be more cheerful." Li Qi said, "If you agree, you agree. If you don't agree, you don't agree."
Shu Wenbin looked at Li Qi and didn't look like he was joking at all. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I promise Brother Li."
After hearing this, Li Qi nodded with satisfaction, patted his shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I, Li Qi, always keep my word. If this thing comes to pass, we will all be happy. If it doesn't come to pass, we will be happy in one month."
I will also give you a blessing after that."
"Thank you, Brother Li."
As the saying goes, if you practice three hundred and sixty-five, you will be number one.
Li Qi felt that this business fight was nothing more than whoever had more money than the other party after a month would win.
There are no regulations on how the money will come from.
As long as I do a good job as a matchmaker this time, won't I definitely win by then?
He didn't believe that lunatic could make more money in a month than the Zhang family's dowry.
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Qi visited the vicinity of Zhang's Mansion again, and finally got into a conversation with a servant of Zhang's Mansion.
"Brother, I hope you don't mind your little care." Li Qi handed over a tael of silver.
The servant didn't even look at it, he just took it and stuffed it into his arms.
"Tell me what you want to know." The servant said with a accustomed look.
"I would like to ask, what kind of son-in-law does Mr. Zhang want to recruit?"
"Of course he is a man of both talent and appearance."
"Then Mr. Zhang doesn't have a suitable candidate in mind?"
"Yes, there is, but I'm afraid that the young lady won't like it, so I decided to recruit a son-in-law this time."
"I see, then I wonder who Mr. Zhang has in mind?"
"Of course it's Mr. Jin from Shuicheng Pier."
"Oh? Is there any explanation for this?"
"As one of the three major families in Shuicheng Pier, Mr. Jin's family has been in charge of the West Pier all year round... The master has been determined to develop transportation in the past few years. As long as the young lady can get married to Mr. Jin, she will naturally understand one of the master's concerns."
Li Qi nodded: "I see, I dare to ask this big brother, besides the Jin family, who are the other two major families in Shuicheng Pier?"
"Of course it's the Ma family and the Chen family."
"Then why didn't the master choose the other two?"
"The young master of the Ma family has been married for a long time, so it is naturally impossible for the young lady to marry him as a concubine. As for the Chen family, it is said that he is backed by a large family in Kyoto and is very powerful..."
At this point, the servant lowered his voice and said, "I'm just going to tell you this. Don't talk nonsense."
"Natural, natural." Li Qi said with a smile.
"Although I am one of the richest people in Shuicheng, the Chen family is a bit out of reach..."
Li Qi looked like he understood, and said, "Thank you very much, brother."
The servant said: "If you want to get under Miss's eye, I'm not afraid to tell you that Miss has loved poetry since she was a child. If you can write a poem to impress Miss, maybe there will be some hope then..."
"I understand, I understand." Li Qi nodded and said with a smile.