A peasant girl traveled through time and space, and she became prosperous

She originally planned to ask the old carpenter in the coffin shop to make a large carriage that could accommodate the whole family.

Unfortunately, the old carpenter was busy working on Prince Wang's carriage, so it would not be their turn for a while.

She also thought about going to the livestock market outside the north gate, but there were so many disaster victims blocking the north gate that it was not easy for her to get out.

Any man in this city who drove a horse-drawn carriage on the road could be conscripted, and she couldn't guarantee that it would be safe for her to drive a horse-drawn carriage through the city.

After much thought, Wen Meijiu finally decided to lie to her father and say that she sold five carriages. Anyway, her parents didn't know how much money she had.

As for the food in the carriage, just put it into the space first, so as to avoid having to explain it to my family.

Not opposing Dad directly doesn't mean Wen Meijiu will obey him obediently.

My mother was willing to go on the journey with Prince Wang simply because she thought that since he had a carriage, it would be convenient for her family. If they had their own carriage, wouldn't the problem be easily solved?

Dad has never been a person who likes to trouble others. He also doesn't like to ask others for help when he can solve the problem himself.

Mother asked Wen Meijiu what he thought. Wen Meijiu raised his eyes obediently, looked at his father and mother, and said:

"My daughter has nothing to worry about. Dad is the head of the family, so listen to him."

The mother looked at the father and the daughter agreed.

"Well, you can make the decision on general matters, but this is a special matter, so just listen to Dad."

Dad knew that he was unable to make decisions for the family due to his limited mobility, so his eldest daughter had to take care of all matters, big and small.

"Okay, I'll listen to Dad."

Wen Meijiu said in a friendly tone, and then seemed to remember something and added:

"Oh, Dad, Mom, there's something I haven't told you.

On my way home this morning, I saw someone selling a horse carriage on the side of the road. I thought that we were about to leave Minhuang County, and we would not be able to do without a suitable means of transportation, so I went up to ask about the price.

This question really hit the nail on the head. Five carriages only cost eighty taels of silver."

Having said this, Wen Meijiu didn't dare to continue. She had to wait and see her parents' reactions before deciding whether she could continue and how to continue.

"Ah! Eighty taels of silver!"

"We don't have that much money at home. At most, we have five taels of silver."

Sure enough, her worries were not unnecessary. Her father and mother immediately started to worry about the eighty taels of silver.

Since they were worried about the money issue, Wen Meijiu had to help them solve the money issue first, and they might agree.

"Eighty taels of silver was the price they wanted. I thought it was expensive, so I tried to negotiate the price with them. Guess how much they wanted in the end?"

"We can't afford it no matter how much it costs. It's too expensive!"

Dad refused outright. He knew the family situation and also knew that his daughter wanted to buy a carriage simply because he was unable to move around easily.

"Yes, if we could really come up with that much money, we wouldn't have to follow Prince Wang.

Not to mention the money it costs to buy a carriage, even the horses need fodder for the journey, and our family can’t afford it.”

Mother calculated in her mind that eighty taels of silver would be enough for five carriages, and each carriage would be sixteen taels of silver, which would not be enough even if their family starved for three years.

Plus, the horses need to eat grass on the road, which costs money. I don’t know whether people are raising horses or horses are eating people.

Wen Meijiu wanted them to tell her the price they had in mind. As soon as they told her, she would immediately say that she bought her carriage with that money, so that her parents would feel more at ease.

What she didn't expect was that they didn't even think about spending money, which was completely beyond her expectations.

Well, no matter what the price was, they would not accept it, simply because they thought they had no money. So she could only use Young Master Wang to try to block them out, hoping that her parents would change their minds about following Young Master Wang because they now had a carriage.

"Five carriages are only eighty taels. Dad, Mom, there is no other price so cheap. What's more, I have negotiated the price with the seller, and he readily agreed to give it to me at seventy taels.

You know, normally a horse in this market costs twenty or thirty taels of silver, and people also bring carriages with them. There is no better deal than this.

If they weren't forced into this situation, they would definitely not sell it to us at such a low price.

I know you are worried about the money, not that you think the carriage is expensive.

You don't have to worry about this. When I was a maid in Prince Wang's mansion, I once helped Prince Wang come up with an idea. He was very grateful to me at that time, so he gave me one hundred taels of silver as a reward.

So, after buying the five carriages, I still had thirty taels of silver left. As long as my whole family spent it frugally, neither the people nor the horses would go hungry on the road.

I have never told you about the silver, I hope you won’t blame me.”

Wen Meijiu has given her parents too many surprises since she came back from outside. Of course, they don't care how much money Wen Meijiu has in her hands, because all the money she has earned is hard-earned by her outside.

What surprised them was that Prince Wang actually rewarded his daughter with one hundred taels of silver just because she came up with an idea. This was too unbelievable.

If I were to say that there was no selfish motive behind the silver given by Prince Wang, why do my father and mother not believe it?

"No, what idea is so valuable?"

My mother was just surprised and had no intention of asking any further questions.

Dad nudged Mom with his elbow and told her to stop asking why the prince gave so much money, as asking such stupid questions would only hurt others.

"That is, an idea that can help him escape from life-threatening danger, the kind that can save his life."

Since mother has brought it up, Wen Meijiu must answer it.

Regardless of whether her parents believe it or not, she has explained it to them. This is what she deserves and it came from a legitimate source.

After she finished speaking, her father and mother were silent for a long time.

Dad and Mom didn't say anything. Wen Meijiu didn't want to remain silent, so he took the initiative to speak:

"Dad, Mom, look, we have five carriages now.

This is what I thought. We should have two for our own use, one for Dad to lie down, and one for transporting people and loading things.

Of the remaining three, we gave one to the village chief. There are many men in their family, and they have helped our family before. They still need a pass when they go out, so we won't be at a disadvantage if we go with them.

So, there are two left, let Dad decide on how to divide them."

Wen Meijiu deliberately gave the initiative of the last two carriages to Dad. Even if grandma was a bad person, Dad could ignore her, but he would definitely not abandon her.

Since she couldn't abandon them, and Dad knew what he thought about Grandma and his brothers, she wouldn't get involved in this mess. No matter how Dad divided it, it was up to him, they were blood relatives.

Wen Meijiu also arranged vehicles for her father's brothers and mother, which was something her father did not expect. He thought his daughter would hold a grudge against them and did not want to take them with her at all.

The father has no capacity for conduct and has to rely on his daughter, so he feels ashamed to make any demands on her.

"In that case, his father, are we still going with that prince?"