"Miss, please forgive me!" Ah Man knelt down immediately.

"I didn't mean to hide it, it's just that it's hard to talk about. I can swear that I will never let my personal affairs affect Miss's important matters! Miss, please don't take away the work in my hands!"

Chu Heyi said: "If you don't want to talk, I won't force you, but I still think you should take a break for a while and think about your solution, so as to avoid small problems accumulating into big problems. Don't worry, I will still pay you your wages."

Just not as much as before.

Chu Heyi had made a plan from the very beginning. After Chu Runxue's scheme was exposed and the Xiningshan Iron Mine was completely stabilized, she would reward A'man.

It's a pity that he is now deliberately concealing it.

"Miss, please don't let me rest. I'm just telling the truth." Ah Man was completely panicked and directly told Chu Heyi the whole story.

"I am twenty-two this year, and I am old enough to get married. I am lucky to have met a girl I like at the right age. Her father died early, and her mother raised her alone, which was very hard. So her mother asked for a hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift, otherwise she would not marry her daughter to me."

Ah Man's face turned red, feeling really embarrassed.

"I'm just a servant in the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion. My family is already poor. Where can I get one hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift?" As he spoke, Ah Man's eyes became red.

He choked up and continued, "The girl urged me to collect a hundred taels of silver as soon as possible to marry her, otherwise her mother would sell her to a rich family as a concubine, but she didn't want to.

"I have been worrying about this matter these days, so I didn't notice that you came to Xining Mountain. I hope you won't dismiss me, otherwise I will have no hope in this life."

Ah Man kowtowed to her.

Chu Heyi was surprised and helped Ah Man up personally.

"So this is such a happy event. You should have told me earlier. I was planning to give you some money in a few days to reward you for your hard work in helping me manage the Xiningshan Iron Mine for many days." Chu Heyi said.

Ah Man said: "I work here and get paid every month. I have never been treated unfairly."

"Wages are wages, rewards are rewards, and you manage the Xining Mountain iron mine very well." Chu Heyi said.

Since he is in urgent need of it, it is fine to give the reward to him first.

"Go home now, wash yourself, and change into clean clothes. I'll ask Baihua to send you some money. Take the money and go to the girl's house to propose marriage. Don't make her wait anxiously."

Chu Heyi felt disappointed because her elder brother and Qiao Wanwan's affairs had not been settled, so she hoped to see the wedding of A'man and that girl as soon as possible.

Ah Man said: "But the reward I offer here is not worth a hundred taels of silver..."

"How can it not be worth it? You have done a great thing for me! Go back quickly, and I will make sure that the money is enough for you to pay the betrothal gift and get married. Don't say anything more. Do you want the girl to wait for you too long? Or do you want to regret it for the rest of your life because you don't have enough money?"

Ah Man cried with joy and kowtowed three times to Chu Heyi: "Miss, I will never forget your kindness. I will work like a slave for you in the future, no matter what."

"I believe you, go!"

Ah Man's excitement and joy were beyond words, and Chu Heyi couldn't help but be happy for him and a smile appeared on his face.

After Ah Man returned home, she washed and dressed as quickly as possible and put on a new set of clothes. When she left, Bai Hua had already delivered the silver and a small box was placed at her feet.

"This is what the young lady asked me to deliver to you. It's five hundred taels of silver. Please check to see if the amount is correct so that I can go back and report to the young lady." Baihua opened the box, and inside was golden silver.

For a moment, Ah Man thought he was dreaming.

He pinched his thigh and it hurt.

Baihua couldn't help laughing when she saw his reaction. This man looked smart on weekdays, but he looked very stupid at this moment.

"How could it be so much? Did the lady give it to the wrong person? This is not possible. I will take one hundred taels of silver, and you can help me pay back the rest." Ah Man was trembling with fear, fearing that Chu Heyi gave it to the wrong person.

"Miss has explained it clearly. These are all rewards for you. If you want to pay them back, you can do so yourself later. My task does not include helping you return the remaining silver." Baihua said and left.

Ah Man touched the white silver and couldn't help laughing.

He never thought that his dream of getting rich could come true in this life. This is one hundred taels of silver.

They were all given by the lady.

The lady is so nice.

In the future, when you work for the young lady, you must do your best.

Ah Man packed up the one hundred taels of silver, hid the remaining four hundred taels of silver, and went out to the Ye family.

The girl he loved was named Ye Tao'er. She and her mother were in the tofu business. Ye Tao'er was very pretty and was a famous tofu beauty in the neighborhood.

Their tofu business is only open in the morning.

I have to soak beans, grind beans and so on in the afternoon, so it's very busy.

It was afternoon when Ah Man arrived there. He saw from afar the old lady of the Ye family sitting in front of the door eating melon seeds. Ah Man's heart beat faster and faster and he could not control it. He took a few deep breaths before walking up to the old lady of the Ye family.

Unexpectedly, when the old lady of the Ye family saw him, she was so frightened that her voice was a little out of tune when she shouted: "What are you doing here!"

Ah Man was so dizzy at the thought of marrying the beauty that he could not think straight and simply handed over a bundle of silver.

"Here is one hundred taels of silver. It is my betrothal gift to Miss Tao'er. I want to marry her."

The old lady of the Ye family didn't believe that A'man, a servant, could come up with a hundred taels of silver.

She wanted a hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift just to make Ah Man give up, but now he actually brought it.

The old lady of the Ye family opened the bundle suspiciously, and it was full of real silver. It must be fake, and it dazzled her so much that she could hardly open her eyes.

But the old lady of the Ye family still looked down on A'man, but she didn't want to return the hundred taels of silver. After a moment's thought, she came up with a plan.

"Since you can take out a hundred taels of silver, it shows that you are sincere in marrying my daughter. In this case, I will ask Tao'er to come to see you, and you can go back and prepare for the marriage proposal and marry my Tao'er as soon as possible."

This was the first time Ah Man felt that the old lady of the Ye family was so easy to talk to, and even gentle: "Thank you, aunt."

"Tao'er, come out quickly. A'man is here--" the old mother of the Ye family shouted inside at the top of her voice.

Ah Man felt that her behavior and voice were a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

He was immersed in the joy of marrying Ye Taoer and did not investigate further.

Inside the room, Ye Taoer was about to be pulled out of a young man's arms. Her clothes and temples were soaked with sweat, and her cheeks were flushed.

"I have been your mistress for a long time. How dare that boy be so ignorant of his own limitations and covetous of me? I will go out and take a look."

The man pulled her into his arms and kissed her lips fiercely, saying, "If you don't handle it properly, I won't agree."

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