Chapter 179: Short of money, Marquis Jia En comes to sell his daughter (Part 2)
But Jia She hesitated for a moment in the living room, and then he became completely angry and humiliated.
Because he suddenly realized that conflicted look had obviously made Sun Shaozu a laughing stock!
Master Jia is known to be shameless in the circle of nobles, but this does not affect how much he cares about his own face!
When Jia She thought that he was being laughed at, especially by a poor man like Sun Shaozu, his old face turned purple.
He slowly turned around and questioned word by word, "Sun Shaozu, you have just climbed up the social ladder, and you are already showing off in front of me, right?! Tell me, in what way is my daughter Jia She unworthy of you?!"
This damn idiot will never stop!
Sun Shaozu cursed in his heart, but this was still far from the situation in the original novel of Dream of Red Mansions, where Wang Ziteng and Jia Yuanchun died one after another and the Rongguo Mansion was on the verge of collapse. After all, he still had a lot of fear towards the Jia family.
So no matter how much he cursed in his heart, he could only put on a righteous appearance on the surface, pretending to be aggrieved and said: "Uncle, what are you talking about? I just don't want to delay my sister's best years, and I don't want others to gossip about you."
This statement can only deceive others. As an "enlightener" and a "fellow traveler", how could Jia She not know what kind of person Sun Shaozu is?
He never refuses any woman who is pretty!
When it came to his own daughter, this bastard kept refusing!
Does he look down on himself?
No!
He must look down on himself!
However, after Jia She thought about this, he became more and more angry. For him now, it was not just a matter of marrying off his daughter, but more importantly, it was a matter of his own face, and even the face of the Rongguo Mansion!
"What are you laughing at? Who dares to laugh at the joke of my Rongguo Mansion?!"
Therefore, Jia She threw his sleeves and sneered, "You are at least a fourth-rank lieutenant general, why are you so timid? Besides, since she is my daughter, it is up to me as a father to decide whether to delay her or not!"
This is really a dog-skin plaster!
Sun Shaozu had no choice but to smile and say, "I really don't dare to marry someone so high. How about you stay for a while, uncle? I will go to the back and try to collect one thousand taels of silver to help you out of your urgent need."
He really had no other choice but to spend money to avoid disaster.
If he had been so well-behaved earlier, Jia She would have left happily after taking the silver.
But right now...
This damn poor man would rather give away money for free than marry his daughter!
Besides, one thousand taels of silver is the base price. Now that I have lost face, how dare I take out such a small amount of money? !
This is simply a naked humiliation!
The more Jia She thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He stretched out his arms and stiffened his neck, shouting, "How could I, a hereditary first-class general, be short of your few taels of silver? You must give me a definite answer today. Why is my daughter not worthy of you?!"
This guy...
Seeing his fighting cock-like appearance, Sun Shaozu was completely convinced. He had seen many bullies forcing marriages, but this was the first time he heard of someone forcing a daughter to marry off!
To be honest, if he had not had other ideas in mind, marrying Jia She's concubine's daughter as his second wife would have been considered as gaining a capable in-law. However, what Sun Shaozu wanted right now was a second wife who could give birth to a son. What was the use of having this delicate daughter of a wealthy family?
So he could only smile and apologize, "Uncle, please calm down. I have no other intentions. It's just that the second wife is always chosen from a small family. How can I let my sister down? Please wait a moment. I will grit my teeth and collect two thousand taels of silver for you!"
Having said that, he hurried out of the living room as if he was avoiding a wolf.
"snort!"
Jia She snorted coldly, but had no intention of continuing to question.
Compared with the face of Master Jia, two thousand taels of silver is naturally not worth mentioning, but who can blame him for being short of money recently?
One thousand taels of silver will be used to buy a house for the pretty widow, and with the remaining one thousand taels of silver, she can redeem a few of her favorite toys!
Should I redeem the fan from the Northern Song Dynasty first, or the one from the Tang Dynasty...
But just when Master Jia was caught up in sweet troubles, Sun Shaozu also came to the backyard angrily.
Two thousand taels of silver were actually nothing to him, but when he thought about how he had been bullied by Jia She for the past ten years, he felt very uncomfortable!
So he entered the main hall and threw the teapot to the ground, scaring the two concubines on duty so much that they screamed in unison and covered their mouths in panic.
However, their screaming gave Sun Shaozu an idea.
Without thinking, he pointed outside and said, "Go to the Second Master's courtyard and ask the concubine to check and see if the Second Young Lady of Rongguo Mansion has any deaf, dumb, blind, or lame?"
In his opinion, if Jia Yingchun didn't have any problems, Jia She would never be so shameless as to sell his daughter!
Although finding out this wouldn't change anything, it was better to hear Jia She's heart-wrenching story than to get angry here!
As for Jia She...
Since he said he wanted to make the best of it, he certainly couldn't just give the money away so quickly!
Not to mention how suffocated Sun Shaozu felt in the house.
However, the two concubines received the instructions and did not dare to go back to the house to put on an extra coat. Instead, they hugged their shoulders and shivered as they went straight to Sun Shaozong's yard.
It was not too late in the day, and it was the time for Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong to have their routine 69-style chat. They were puzzled to see two concubines in thin shirts coming in.
After finding out their purpose, Ruan Rong became even more puzzled - why were they asking about Jia Yingchun out of the blue?
But since the old man asked, she naturally had to answer well.
"What about Miss Yingchun..."
Ruan Rong recalled for a moment and said, "She is naturally very good-looking, but she is a bit dull and doesn't like to talk much. Even when the sisters tease her, she just smiles and never argues with others. I heard that the servants secretly call her Er Mutou."
Dumb, taciturn, and not argumentative? !
Sun Shaozong was suddenly surprised and thought to himself, isn't this the standard set by his cheap elder brother?
Could it be that...
The cheap elder brother actually set his sights on Rongguo Mansion? !
This is truly outrageous!
Sun Shaozong was panicked, but he had no idea that it was actually Jia She who came to his door to sell his products and even forced his sales!
Ruan Rong hesitated for a long while before continuing, "This second young lady doesn't seem to be favored at home. She is usually more timid than her other half-sisters."
At this point, he shook his head and said, "I really can't tell anything else. After all, this second girl is very taciturn and hasn't said a few words to me. You might as well ask Xiangling. She has some friendship with Jia Yingchun."
The two concubines thanked her profusely and went back to the west wing, where they heard a lot from Xiangling about how Jia Yingchun was taciturn, bullied by the upper and lower classes, and rejected by her father and stepmother.
The two of them carefully memorized it and borrowed two old clothes from Xiangling. Then they returned to the main courtyard and told Sun Shaozu everything.
Sun Shaozu didn't care much at first, but the more he listened, the more excited he became. Finally, he couldn't help but open the cash box, and without hesitation, he pulled out a thick stack of silver notes, which was worth more than ten thousand taels...
