Ch. 179 - Ashamed, Marquis Jia En comes to sell his Daughter [Part 3]
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Jia She hesitated in the living room for a moment and then came with complete indignation.
Because he suddenly realized that his tangled appearance had obviously made Sun Shaozu laugh!
It was shameless to say that Big Master Jia was famous in the honorable circle, but this did not affect the degree to which he cared about his face!
At the thought that he had been laughed at, especially by Sun Shaozu, Jia She's old face turned like a pig's liver.
He slowly turned around and asked, "Sun Shaozu, you have just climbed the high branch, and you are now showing off in front of me, aren't you?! Tell me, why is my daughter not worthy of you?!"
This damned straw bag was endless!
Sun Shaozu cursed in his heart, but it was far from the original Dream of Red Mansions at this time. Wang Ziteng and Jia Yuanchun died one after another, and the Rongguo Mansion was about to collapse. After all, he still had a lot of fears about the Jia family.
So he could only scold in his heart? On the surface, he showed a sense of dignity, pretending to be aggrieved and saying, "Uncle, what are you talking about? I just don't want to delay my sister's future, let alone the others to gossip behind your back."
But this could only deceive others. As an "enlightener" and "fellow man," how could Jia She not know Sun Shaozu?
He always welcomed any pretty woman!
When it happened to his daughter, this bastard refused again and again!
Did he look down on himself?
No…
He must have looked down on him!
Jia She became angrier and angrier after he thought about it. Now, for him, it was not only about marrying [selling] his daughter but also about his face—even the face of the Rongguo Mansion!
"What's the joke? Who dares to see the joke of Rongguo Mansion?!"
So Jia She shook his sleeve and said with a sneer, "You are also a Senior General of the fourth rank. Why do you have to be so timid? Besides, whether my daughter will delay her future is up to me to say!"
He was really a dog thing!
Sun Shaozu had no choice but to make amends and said, "I don’t dare to offend you. Please take a moment. I'll go to the back and find a way to raise 1000 silver taels for you to solve your urgent needs."
He really couldn’t think of other ways, and he could only spend money to avoid disaster.
If he had been so clever earlier, Jia She would have gone away happily after taking the silver.
But now…
This damned squatter would rather give away silver than marry his daughter!
Besides, one thousand taels of silver were the basic price. Now that he has lost his face, how dare he give this little money?!
This was karma!
The more he thought about it, the angrier Jia She became. He suddenly put his arm and neck on his back and shouted, "As a First Class General, do you think I lack money?! You must give me a saying today. How is my daughter not worthy of you?!"
This guy…
Looking at his cockfighting style, Sun Shaozu was totally convinced. He has seen many bullies force marriages, but this was the first time he heard that daughters were also forced to buy and sell!
To tell the truth, it would be an effective marriage to marry the concubine’s daughter of Jia She if he didn't have another idea in mind. But what Sun Shaozu wanted now was a woman who could give birth to a son. What's the use of this charming and powerful daughter?
So he had to make amends and said, "Don’t get angry, Uncle. I have no intention of doing anything else, but remarrying a woman has always been from a small family. How can I wrong my sister? Just wait. I will grind my teeth, gather together, and assign you two thousand silver taels!"
With these words, he hurried out of the living room like a wolf.
"Humph!"
Jia She gave a cold grunt, but he didn't mean to continue to press on with questions.
Two thousand silver taels were not worth mentioning compared with the face of the Big Master Jia, who was short of money recently.
One thousand silver taels were given to Widow Qiao to buy property. With the remaining one thousand taels of silver, he could redeem some beloved playthings!
Should he redeem the fan from the Northern Song Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty…
However, it was said that Sun Shaozu also went to the backyard in a huff and puff when Big Master Jia was in his dreamland.
Two thousand taels of silver were nothing to him, but the thought of being bullied and humiliated by Jia She for more than ten years made him feel nasty!
So he went into the main courtyard and threw the teapot to the ground first, which made the two concubines on duty scream in unison and cover their mouths in a hurry.
However, their screams made Sun Shaozu have an idea.
Then, without thinking about it, he pointed out, "You go to the Second Master's yard and look for Madam Rong to inquire. Is there something wrong with the second lady of the Rongguo Mansion? Is she deaf, dumb, blind, or lame?"
In his mind, if it weren’t for Jia Yingchun's fault, Jia She would never have sold his daughter so shamelessly!
Although it didn’t change anything to find out about these things, it was better to listen to Jia She's worries than to do nothing and be angry here!
As for Sun Shaozu…
Since he said he would gather the amount, he couldn't come out with the silver so quickly!
Not to mention how Sun Shaozu was suffocating in the room.
The two concubines had received the order, but they did not dare go back to the house to wear more coats and went straight to Sun Shaozong's yard.
It was not too late now. It was the time when Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong had a routine chat. Seeing two concubines in thin clothes coming in, they were all puzzled.
When asked about their intentions, Ruan Rong was even more puzzled. Why did he ask about Jia Yingchun?
But since it was the Big Master who asked, she naturally answered it properly.
"Lady Yingchun..."
Ruan Rong recalled for a moment and said, "Of course, she looks very outstanding, but she is a bit dull. She doesn't talk much at ordinary times. Her sisters teased her but only laughed it off. She never quarreled with others. I heard that people secretly asked her to be a log."
Stupid, taciturn, not quarrelsome?!
Sun Shaozong was surprised, and secretly thought, Was this the standard set by Big Brother?
It shouldn’t be that…
His Elder Brother wanted someone from the Rongguo Mansion?!
This was bold!
Sun Shaozong was in a panic, but he didn't know that it was actually Jia She's door-to-door sales, he was even forced to buy and sell!
After a long pause, Ruan Rong continued, "It seems that this second lady is not favored at home. She is more timid than other ladies."
At this point, she shook her head and said, "I can't tell you anything. After all, the second lady is like a cuckold. She hasn't said a few words to me. You might as well ask Xiangling again. She has some friendship with Jia Yingchun."
The two concubines thanked her profusely and went to the west wing again. They heard a lot from Xiangling. How taciturn Jia Yingchun was, bullied by servants, and rejected by his father and his mother.
They carefully kept this in mind and borrowed two old clothes from Xiangling. Then they went back to the main courtyard and told Sun Shaozu everything.
In the beginning, Sun Shaozu didn't care much, but he became more energetic when he heard about it. Finally, he couldn't help opening the money box, and he didn't hesitate to pull out a thick dozen, which was worth tens of thousands of silver notes…