Chapter 837 Don’t Be a Teacher Anymore

"Butler, bring the gold in." Boss Hu ordered.

"Yes." Butler Hu immediately asked the guards to lift the gold from the carriage and move it to the small courtyard of the Shen residence.

"Open it, my family needs to verify its authenticity." Shen Er was impatient.

Shen Da also came back and stood not far away, staring.

Oh, what a family of hypocritical people who are greedy for money and fame!

Mr. Hu felt even colder, but he suppressed all his dissatisfaction and said, "Please check it."

The Shen family did not have an accountant who specialized in checking the authenticity of gold and silver, so Mrs. Shen and Shen Er had to go and check.

For fear that some of the gold ingots might contain iron, the Hu family's guards were asked to use special tools to cut open each gold ingot and show it to the Shen family.

It took at least quarter of an hour to finish... Doctor Bai knew that Teacher Shen was pretending to be sick, so he was not in a hurry to treat him. He just wanted to watch this rare excitement.

Bang bang bang!

After the inspection, the Hu family guards closed the box and forbade the Shen family to get close to the gold.

Mr. Hu: "Sign the peace agreement and get it done, and then the gold will be yours."

"Hmph, give me the letter of withdrawal of engagement!" Shen Er reached out and took the letter of withdrawal of engagement, which came in triplicate. He and Mrs. Shen both signed and put their fingerprints on it.

Mr. Hu had seen Doctor Bai a long time ago and had paid ten taels of gold to ask him to be a witness. Doctor Bai also signed and put his fingerprints on the document.

After the matter was done, Hu Dongjia took away two copies of the letter of cancellation of engagement and left one copy for the Shen family: "The engagement has been cancelled, and our two families will have nothing to do with each other in the future... Please remember the contents of the letter of cancellation of engagement peacefully. Before you can't help but violate it, think about whether your family has 300 taels of gold as compensation!"

Shen Er angrily cursed: "Who are you mocking, you bastard?!"

After hearing this, Mr. Hu said nothing. He just looked at him with disgust and left with Mrs. Hu and the servants.

After getting on the carriage, he took off a pair of shoes, stuffed them into a bag, and threw them to the housekeeper: "Find a place to burn them when we get home. These shoes have stepped on the Shen family's land, it's too unlucky!"

"Yes." Butler Hu responded quickly.

Mrs. Hu sneered: "Now that you know it's bad luck, how did the Shen family coax me into accepting the marriage?"

Ah this?

Mr. Hu smiled and said, "It's because our restaurant business is getting better and better, which makes people jealous. Our youngest son is smart and has a talent for studying... I thought that marrying him to a teacher's family would help our youngest son in the imperial examination."

"Hmph!" Mrs. Hu snorted coldly, kept silent, and began to wipe her tears. After crying for a while, she continued, "These three hundred taels of gold came from our private treasury. When our daughter gets married, we will have to give her an extra 30% dowry. After all, it was our blindness as parents that caused her to decide on this disgusting marriage."

Fortunately, their ancestors blessed them and made them realize the true character of the Shen family and canceled the engagement for their daughter. Otherwise, if she had waited to marry them, it would have been a complete disaster.

How could Mr. Hu not agree? He nodded quickly and said, "Hey, hey, we will pay for the three hundred taels of gold ourselves instead of going through the public treasury. My daughter's dowry will definitely be increased by 30%... I will explain this matter clearly to my sons so that they won't feel resentful and say that we favor our daughter."

Bang! Mrs. Hu smashed the wall of the carriage and said angrily, "How dare they? If they have any complaints, then divide them all up and give the family business to my grandson in the future!"

If you can complain about this, then don't you have a proper brain and vision?

How dare I hand over the family business to them?

"Hey, hey, hey, I'll listen to you." Mr. Hu coaxed her in various ways, and finally promised Mrs. Hu that when arranging marriages for his children in the future, he would no longer be obsessed with families of scholars.

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In the Shen family's small house, the Shen family members were extremely excited and were busy with the three hundred taels of gold. They moved the gold to one room but felt it was not safe, so they moved it to another room.

Finally, it was decided to dig a few small secret compartments overnight to hide the gold!

but……

"Doctor Bai is here. If we hide the gold at home, and he goes out and tells everyone, won't our house be filled with thieves every day?" said Young Master Shen.

Shen Er's face darkened: "Indeed."

But if we deposit it in the government bank, the three hundred taels of gold will turn into silver notes, and the family will suffer a huge loss!

"Mother, elder brother, second brother, and younger brother, father has woken up. He wants you to go to his room and talk to him." The third young master Shen came over and said.

Mrs. Shen still cared about Teacher Shen very much. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly took her sons to Teacher Shen's room.

Bang!

As soon as she entered the room, a teacup was thrown towards Mrs. Shen's face.

Mrs. Shen didn't have time to dodge and was hit on the forehead.

"Wow, my husband..." Mrs. Shen was hit and started crying, but fortunately she didn't bleed.

"Everyone, kneel down before me!" Instructor Shen shouted angrily, full of energy. He did not look like a man who had been in a coma for three days.

It looks like he doesn't skip three meals a day.

"Father." The eldest, second, third and youngest Shen all knelt down.

"Who asked you to agree to cancel the engagement? It's only three hundred taels of gold. Do you know that as long as the daughter of the Hu family marries us, the dowry we can get will be more than three hundred taels of gold!" Teacher Shen cursed, hating his wife and children for being short-sighted.

But he knew better than anyone that the Hu family was determined to cancel the engagement, and if the Hu family really took the three hundred gold coins to ask the Xue family or the Liang family army to help cancel the engagement, the engagement would definitely be canceled, and the family would be even more embarrassed.

What's more, without the engagement certificate, the marriage has not been officially confirmed, and both parties can regret not getting married.

"Boss, take one hundred taels of gold and go to Zeng Tongzhi, take one hundred taels of gold and go to Su Canzheng, and take another thirty taels of gold and go to Fang Jiaoyu, and ask them to help me keep my position as a teacher."

Although the councillor of Wei was only of the fourth rank, he was a high-ranking official in the provincial government, and Councillor Su was the man in charge of all the official schools in the northeastern province.

So as long as he was willing to raise his hand, he could keep his position as an instructor.

And the purpose of bribing Zeng Tongzhi was to ask Zeng Tongzhi to plead for him in the capital government office.

Teacher Fang is Lord Yan's man. Bribing him and asking him to say a few good words to Lord Yan will be of great use to oneself.

"Dad, I've lost two hundred and thirty taels of gold in one go. Doesn't that mean my son's engagement has been broken off by the Hu family in vain? Where will my son save his face?" Shen Er cried out, feeling as if his flesh was being cut and feeling extremely heartbroken.

Gold, his gold!

"Second brother, come here." Teacher Shen said in a deep voice.

Shen Er didn't understand why, but he still came to Teacher Shen's bedside.

clap clap!

Teacher Shen slapped Shen Er on the head twice, causing Shen Er to stagger and almost fall to the ground: "Dad..."

"Shut up! If you still want to be the master of the teacher's family, do as I say!"

In order to please Duke Yan, Lord Yan and his men will definitely deal with a group of people for this disturbance. If he doesn't spend money to smooth things over, he will most likely be dealt with.

And his position as a teacher was obtained by using the face of two generations of his father and grandfather, he cannot lose it!

If I lose my position as a teacher, not only will I be embarrassed, but my family will also have trouble living in the future.

"Is it so serious?" Young Master Shen asked in surprise, "Didn't they say that Duke Yan and Master Jing are the most open-minded and willing to let the students speak?"

"Oh, who among those in a higher position doesn't say some polite words? But which of the officials below doesn't help them solve the problem?" Teacher Shen regretted it so much that he almost cried.

If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have been so hasty to lead the trouble.

There were many strange things in this riot, but he was afraid that if he hesitated, his position as the leader of the students would be taken away by someone else, so he became one of the leaders of the riot without thinking too much.

Who would have known that the students from those high-ranking officials and wealthy families in Taizhou Academy were so useless. Not only did they lose the fight, but they also helped the Qin Family and Mr. Xun, causing him so much trouble!