Chapter 177: Short of money, Marquis Jia En comes to sell his daughter (Part 1)
After putting away the poem, Sun Shaozong put on an elder's face and said earnestly: "It is a good thing to exchange ideas with local candidates, but you must not delay your own studies."
The three of them bowed and responded.
Sun Shaozong then took out another name card and handed it to Sun Chengye, saying, "These gentlemen may all serve as chief examiners next year. I have sent someone to buy the articles they wrote throughout their lives. You may wish to study them carefully and ponder them in your spare time."
Figuring out the examiner's preferences is an important part of the imperial examination - and knowing the examiner's preferences months in advance naturally gives you more confidence than others.
So the three of them hurriedly and respectfully thanked him.
Sun Shaozong turned around and stared at Sun Chengtao again and asked, "Do you like the maid named Yuhe in Big Brother's courtyard?"
“This…I…”
Sun Chengtao's face immediately turned red. The day before yesterday, he saw that the maid was well-behaved and cute, so he looked for an opportunity to tease her a few words. Who knew that it would reach Sun Shaozong's ears!
This matter could be a big or small matter. If it happened to the Southern School, the person would definitely be beaten with bamboo strips and kneel in the ancestral hall for half a day.
He was just hesitating whether to kneel down and admit his fault, but he heard Sun Shaozong laugh and say, "It's natural for a young man to admire love. What's wrong with admitting it? But you can't be distracted right now - how about this, if you pass the exam this year, I will decide to give Yuhe to you!"
Sun Chengtao was overjoyed when he heard this, because Yuhe was carefully selected from the refugee camp, and apart from being a little younger, her figure and appearance were first-rate. If she were in Jinling, the uncles and aunts would never be willing to give her up!
So he bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Uncle Thirteen and Uncle Six, for your help!"
The implication of this is that he is confident of passing the imperial examination.
Sun Shaozong smiled and chatted with them about some family matters before leisurely leaving the courtyard.
The three of them watched him leave, but Sun Chengtao couldn't help but praise him, "Thirteenth Uncle is so young, but he looks more like a serious elder than Sixth Uncle."
Sun Chengye immediately glared at him and said, "What do you mean by acting like an elder? Uncle Thirteen is an elder! Go back to your room and review your lessons. If you dare to mess around with the maids in this mansion again, be careful that I will punish you according to Uncle Thirteen's family rules!"
Not to mention how they are brothers.
However, after leaving this courtyard, Sun Shaozong did not go directly back to his own residence, but first ran to the main courtyard of his cheap elder brother.
Since she has been promised to Sun Chengtao, Yuhe must naturally be sent to the front. Otherwise, if the cheap big brother gets interested and takes her to bed without knowing it - that would not be doing a favor, but deliberately causing trouble.
But when they arrived at the main courtyard and asked, Sun Shaozu was not there.
Then the old woman who answered the question said, "Just now the concierge passed on the message that the eldest master of Rongguo Mansion came to visit, and the master hurried to the front."
Jia She?
Why did this idiot old pervert come to my house?
If we talk about the most notorious person in Rongguo Mansion, it must be the eldest master Jia She!
Greedy, lustful, addicted to gambling, cold-hearted, vindictive...
His only 'advantage' is that he is easy to fool. Therefore, when the Sun brothers went to Rongguo Mansion to beg for money, they often got money from him - of course, they had to often act ugly and behave themselves, and allow themselves to be teased like lapdogs.
Therefore, Jia She was the one who helped the Sun brothers the most in Rongguo Mansion, but he was also the one who humiliated them the most!
Sun Shaozong even suspected that his cheap elder brother's lustful character, which treated women like grass, was influenced by Jia She.
Although he was somewhat curious about the purpose of Jia She's visit, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a while and ultimately did not go to the front hall to find out.
She only asked the old woman to call out the maid Yuhe and told her to go to the seamstress in front and help for a while.
Logically speaking, even if they are brothers, it is not the younger brother's turn to send away the maids in his elder brother's room - but in the Sun Mansion, no one would question Sun Shaozong's authority.
at the same time……
The atmosphere in the front hall was quite tense.
Jia She sat in the upper seat with a dignified manner, frowning, puffing his beard and glaring, saying: "It's just a mere 1,000 taels of silver, and you are so reluctant! When you brothers were poor and destitute, when did I ever let you go home empty-handed?!"
I did return home empty-handed, but it was all loose change of three or five taels of silver, and sometimes just a few hundred copper coins. If you add it all up, I'm afraid there would be less than three hundred taels of silver.
"When uncle opened his mouth before, didn't I refuse your respect?" Sun Shaozu said with a smile: "This is more than three thousand taels of silver..."
"how?!"
Jia She suddenly jumped up and glared at Sun Shaozu : "Are you going to settle accounts with me now?!"
"My nephew doesn't dare."
Sun Shaozu also stood up in a hurry, but he didn't show much fear on his face. He spread his hands and said, "What my nephew meant is, if I had this money, how could I let my uncle make such a wasted trip?"
Jia She glared and said, "You are in the patrol camp..."
"I have indeed made some money over the years."
Before Jia She could get angry, Sun Shaozu said helplessly, "But some time ago, I almost spent all my savings to compete with Wei Rusong for the position of commander. Now I have lost both power and wealth. I really can't help you, uncle."
Jia She was first criticized by his daughter-in-law at home, and in recent days he had also been provoked a lot by the young widow, so he was already full of anger.
Seeing Sun Shaozu like this, he was completely annoyed. He thought that the guy who used to be so servile in front of him actually dared to refuse.
Pointing at Sun Shaozu's nose, he angrily said: "You can fool others with these words, but I..."
"Uncle!"
Unexpectedly, Sun Shaozu interrupted him again, then rolled up his sleeves with a frown!
This scared Jia She to death. The Sun family's fighting strength was passed down from their ancestors. If they really started to fight, he, a general, would probably not be able to match even half an arm of the enemy.
So he immediately backed off, shrank back, and said in a trembling voice: "My dear nephew, we have known each other for many years, why did you get angry over a few words?"
Cowardly wimp!
Sun Shaozu looked down on them in his heart, but he still looked rough on the outside. He gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, don't be afraid. I'm not doing this to you. The Prince Zhongshun took my money but didn't get any work done! I've been angry with his family for a long time, but I'm afraid of the power of Prince Zhongshun..."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed Jia She's arm, and said angrily: "Today, my uncle is helping me, but I have someone to rely on. Why don't we go to Prince Zhongshun's mansion and ask for the money for buying an official position! When the time comes, I can take out five thousand taels, not to mention one thousand taels!"
When Jia She heard that this was not directed at him, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But the more he listened, the more worried he became. When he heard that Sun Shaozu was going to drag him to Prince Zhongshun's mansion to collect the debt, he was scared out of his wits!
