In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

While chaos erupted at Chen Gou's house, Liu Yan, Chen Cheng, Chen Shi, and Chen Mu sat around a table at Chen Cheng's house, staring blankly at the silver on the table.

Of all the people in Chenjia Village, Chen Cheng received the most money from Chen Dao!

In addition to the two taels of silver he received for renting the land, Chen Cheng also earned two taels of silver as a bodyguard for Chen Dao.

Hiring a ninth-rank martial artist as a bodyguard for two taels of silver is certainly not a high price; in fact, it can be described as extremely low.

After all, a ninth-rank martial artist is considered a prominent figure in the county town, and it would be absolutely impossible to hire one as a bodyguard for less than 5 to 10 taels of silver per month.

Of course, Chen Cheng was unaware of this, and even if he had, he would only feel gratitude towards Chen Dao!

Because Chen Dao not only fed him well, but also helped him become a martial artist thanks to the chicken blood provided by Chen Dao. Under such circumstances, even if Chen Dao didn't give him any money, Chen Cheng would be happy to accept it!

At this moment, Chen Cheng sat at the table with his mother and two younger brothers, looking at the four taels of silver on the table. In his pupils, the silver, the cold light, and the joy reflected each other.

"Mother, how should we use this money?"

Chen Mu looked at his mother, Liu Yan, with hopeful eyes, desperately hoping she would say something about buying meat, but...

Liu Yan's answer was clearly not what Chen Mu had expected.

"Take a portion of this silver to make new clothes for the three children, and as for the rest..."

Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Keep the rest of the silver for your weddings!"

Liu Yan's husband, who was also the father of Chen Cheng and the others, had been gone for several years. Even his voice and appearance were gradually fading from Liu Yan's memory.

But there was one thing Liu Yan had never forgotten, and that was... to carry on the Chen family line!

Since her husband left, raising her children and continuing the family line has become Liu Yan's only thought. In the past, her family couldn't afford to marry off her three grown children, but now... the four taels of silver on the table gave Liu Yan hope.

"Getting a wife?"

The three of them, Chen Cheng, Chen Shi, and Chen Mu, exchanged glances. Chen Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but Chen Shi and Chen Mu's eyes lit up. Both of them were over 20 years old, which was considered late marriage in Xia Guo, where people generally married at the age of 14 or 15.

The two had thought about marriage many times. Even setting aside physical desires, the dream of a wife, children, and a warm bed is the dream of most rural men in this era.

However, due to their poor family conditions, the two of them could only keep this thought to themselves in the past.

Upon suddenly hearing that their mother was going to find them a wife, the two of them were immediately excited.

"Mom, are you really going to find us wives?"

Chen Shi asked with shining eyes, seemingly already imagining himself falling asleep in his arms with his sweet and delicate wife every day after marriage.

"Of course!"

Liu Yan nodded and said, "I've already thought it through. Of these four taels of silver, I'll take one tael to buy cloth to make new clothes, and the remaining three taels will be used to arrange marriages for the three of you."

Although the cost of getting married in Xia Kingdom is far less than that in Hua Kingdom, where Chen Dao lived in his previous life, the expenses are still considerable. Whether it's arranging a marriage or the subsequent dowry and wedding expenses, they are all substantial.

Of course, ordinary people don't pay such attention to such things. Giving the matchmaker some money and the bride's family some betrothal gifts is enough. The three taels of silver that Liu Yan took out was more than enough.

"Great!"

Chen Mu cheered, then frowned and asked, "But Mother, is there really anyone willing to marry into our family?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yan looked at the interior of her house and frowned. Her family's conditions were not good; even the children's room had to be shared by several people. If the woman knew about this situation, she might not be willing to marry into the family.

After all... once married, a couple needs a house to live in, right?

However, their own family cannot provide such a house.

"Try it."

Liu Yan sighed. In this situation, the only option was to try finding a matchmaker.

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"Rice Brother, Rice Brother!"

The area in front of Chen Dao's house, which had just quieted down, became lively again, with a large number of villagers gathering outside and shouting into the house.

"what happened?"

Since Chen Lian and others had a day off today, Chen Dao, who had to feed the chickens and ducks himself, walked to the front yard and looked at the villagers gathered outside, his face full of confusion.

In his view, these villagers who received the money should be celebrating at home. Why did they come to his house? They couldn't possibly be hoping for food from him, could they?

"Brother Dao, we'd like to ask when you're coming to the city."

"Yes, we also need to go to town, and we were thinking of going with you, Brother Dao!"

"Brother Dao, take me with you when you go to town."

"..."

Amidst the cacophony of responses, Chen Dao managed to make out the villagers' purpose.

It turned out that after the villagers returned home, without exception, they all began to discuss with their families what to do with the money. And no matter how they discussed it, they couldn't avoid the same topic: going to the city!

Rural areas of Xia Kingdom were undoubtedly scarce in resources. Whether it was salt or daily necessities such as cloth, they all had to go to the city to buy them.

In those times, going to the city was undoubtedly a dangerous thing, so the villagers came to Chen Dao's house one after another to ask when he would go to the city so that they could go with him.

Looking at the expectant faces of the villagers, Chen Dao, who had no plans to go to the city in the past few days, thought for a moment and said, "I don't have any plans to go to the city recently. You can ask Uncle for help!"

As Chen Dao landed, Chen Da also heard the commotion. He had just stepped out of his house when he was met with the enthusiastic gazes of the villagers.

"You're going into the city?"

Chen Da asked.

"That's right! When are you going to the city, Chen Da? We'll go with you."

"How about tomorrow? I'm in a hurry to buy fabric to make clothes for my wife!"

"Me too! My child is always complaining of being cold, we really need to make new clothes for him!"

"..."

The villagers chattered amongst themselves, their faces filled with anticipation. Chenjia Village was isolated, and many of them had never been to the city. However, they had heard that bandits were rampant on the official roads, so they were inevitably a little uneasy. They needed someone as experienced as Chen Da to lead the way.

"Don't worry, everyone."

Chen Da gestured for everyone to be quiet for a moment, then walked to Chen Dao's side and lowered his voice, saying, "Brother Dao, wouldn't it be a little unsafe for me to be alone?"

Although Chen Da was a skilled archer, he was still just an ordinary person. If he encountered bandits, he would probably be in danger. In the past, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the county town to buy supplies for the village.

But now... Chen Da doesn't want to take any risks!

Especially after encountering bandits twice on the official road, Chen Da dared not say that he could protect everyone's safety. After all, there were dozens of bandits at a time, and Chen Da alone was powerless to deal with so many bandits!