Chapter 836 Happiness and Consequences [2]

After Mr. Xun and Mr. Jing returned to Wu Garden, the area outside Wu Garden was bustling for a long time.

Teacher Shen took advantage of the excitement to cover up and had him carried onto a carriage and sent back home.

Along the way and even after returning home, Teacher Shen was still pretending to be unconscious, not daring to slack off in the slightest, for fear of being discovered, which would have been a disastrous outcome.

After entering the house where he lived and only his trusted disciple Ma Zibai was left, Shen Jiaoyu opened his eyes, grabbed his trusted disciple's hand, and said, "Go to the Bai Family Clinic in Baihua Lane in the south of the city to find Doctor Bai. I need a serious illness, and he knows. Go quickly."

"Yes, I'll go right away. Don't worry, Instructor Shen. It's okay. You're just giving me a kind reminder." After Ma Zibai comforted Instructor Shen, he quickly left the room.

In the small courtyard, the Shen family was waiting outside anxiously.

Ma Zibai said: "Madam, the eldest young master, the second young master, the third young master, and the youngest young master, please go in and take care of the teacher. I will go and get a doctor for the teacher."

After saying this, Ma Zibai ran away.

It was really running away from Teacher Shen's house.

After leaving the street where the Shen family lived, Ma Zibai forced himself to calm down. After a moment, he felt that he still had to go to Baihua Lane to find Doctor Bai and help Teacher Shen finish this last thing.

Doctor Bai and Teacher Shen were old acquaintances. After learning about the situation, he quickly took the powder that caused the disease and went to Teacher Shen's house.

But at this time, the Shen family was already in turmoil.

Mr. and Mrs. Hu, the owners of Hu's Restaurant in the capital, came in person to cancel the engagement.

Madam Shen cried hesitantly, "Master Hu, my master is in a coma. It's such a big deal, and I, a woman, can't make the decision."

Mrs. Hu said, "Mrs. Shen, our two families have only privately expressed their intention to get engaged, and then exchanged tokens. The rest has not been done yet, so it is not considered a formal engagement. As the mistress of the house, you can make the decision on this small matter. There is no need to trouble Instructor Shen to make the decision."

"Here, this is the topaz bracelet that is a keepsake of your Shen family. I'm returning it to your family. Please return my white jade pendant."

Look at Teacher Shen’s family. When their children got engaged, they gave the girl a topaz bracelet which is not much more valuable than a stone.

But what her Hu family gave her was white jade!

Thinking about the fact that the token was so different, Mrs. Hu was so angry that she glared at Mr. Hu again.

Mr. Hu felt a little guilty...but their Hu Family Restaurant was rich but not powerful, so he could only try his best to find some relatives who were officials for his children.

At the beginning, although Teacher Shen's family was a bit pedantic and arrogant, and looked down on the Hu family for being merchants, Teacher Shen's family was short of money, and Shen Er was a good student. He was already a student and had a good chance of passing the imperial examination within three years.

Moreover, it was the Shen family who first approached the Hu family to discuss the marriage. Boss Hu saw that the Shen family was sincere and that he could still use money to control the Shen family, and he thought that his daughter would definitely not be bullied if she married into the family, so he agreed to the marriage.

But barely a month after exchanging the tokens, Teacher Shen did something stupid!

The Hu family joined the Chamber of Commerce, so they knew that someone had to be punished for the students' trouble.

The first to be affected were the two scholars, Teacher Shen and Liu Yang, who acted too much and were dispensable.

And this disposal will come out soon.

Therefore, Mr. Hu decided to go to the Shen family to cancel the engagement without waiting for dawn.

"Wow." Mrs. Shen didn't say anything, just cried.

"Mr. Hu, my father is the instructor of the capital's prefectural school, a seventh-rank official. Don't go too far with your Hu family!" Young Master Shen was angry: "Officials and businessmen are born with different statuses. Your Hu family is just a merchant, what ability do you have to cancel the marriage with my Shen family? If anyone wants to cancel, it should be my Shen family that cancels the marriage with your Hu family!"

"Oh, a woman's reputation is more important than anything else. After your Hu family daughter is rejected by my Shen family, who will marry her? Then your Hu family daughter can only come to my Shen family as a concubine!"

When Second Young Master Shen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Brother, you are right."

You, you, you are going too far!

Mrs. Hu was so angry that she nearly fainted. She wanted to kill Mr. Hu with a knife immediately: "It's all because of you, old bastard..." You killed my daughter.

Mr. Hu said, "One hundred taels of gold, and our two families will break off the engagement peacefully."

what!

Mrs. Shen was so shocked that she stopped crying and looked at Mr. Hu... Are you serious? Are you really going to give her 100 taels of gold?

Shen Da and Shen Er were also so frightened that their hearts were pounding. One hundred taels of real gold, not silver notes that needed to be exchanged.

However, it is not enough.

Young Master Shen snorted coldly: "The Shen family is an official family, a family of teachers, they only pursue the learning of saints, and do not pursue gold and silver vulgar things."

Oh, you want to raise the price.

Mr. Hu: "One price, three hundred taels of gold... Second Young Master Shen, these three hundred taels of gold are enough for you to buy a house and live comfortably for another twenty years."

After hearing this, Shen Er was very excited... Yes, this was to cancel his marriage, the gold should be his, and it was not up to his elder brother to make the decision.

Moreover, three hundred taels of gold is really a lot.

"These three hundred taels of gold are the bottom line of my Hu family. If the Shen family still does not agree to cancel the engagement, then my Hu family can ask Lord Xue for support. We can also exchange the three hundred taels of gold for supplies and donate them to General Liang to win General Liang's favor..." Mr. Hu didn't finish his words, but his eyes were fixed on the first and second Shen, with the cold light in his eyes that had been fighting in the business world for more than twenty years.

Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen, and Mrs. Shen were all frightened.

"Still unwilling to withdraw? Okay, then my Hu family will go find Lord Xue." After Mr. Hu finished speaking, he walked away.

Mrs. Hu understood him, and immediately followed with her servants, saying harshly, "Your Shen family did something wrong today, and have already offended Elder Qiong and Elder Xun. I'm sure that Lord Xue, who is on good terms with Elder Qiong and Elder Xun, will be happy to help my family cancel this engagement without spending a single ounce of gold, humph!"

This?

The Shen family knew about the stupid things that Teacher Shen did today. They were actually very panicked, but they usually looked down on merchants, so they were tough on the Hu family.

It can be seen that the Hu family really wanted to seek support from Lord Xue, but they were worried that they would not get the three hundred taels of gold in the end, so they were anxious.

Finally, Shen Er couldn't hold on any longer and shouted, "Wait, I'm willing to cancel the engagement, give me the three hundred taels of gold now!"

The Hu family was overjoyed. After calming down their facial expressions, they turned around and said in a cold voice, "Bring the token and sign a letter of peaceful withdrawal, promising not to go out and tarnish the reputation of the two families. If anyone secretly tarnishes the reputation of another family's child, they will have to compensate the other party with three hundred taels of gold!"

"As expected, he is a businessman, never-ending calculations!" Shen Da scolded angrily.

However, Shen Er has already given in. The Shen family has completely fallen into decline, and the Hu Dongjia couple are not afraid of Shen Da at all.

Boss Hu said, "Master Shen, this is a guarantee for the two families. How can there be any calculation? Unless some families have bad intentions, they will curse in anger when their way of doing evil is blocked."

"You..." Shen Da was furious, but the Hu family and their spouses were about to leave. Shen Da was afraid that if the family lost the gold, they would summon another rival, Lord Xue, so he left with a wave of his sleeves: "I'll go take care of my father, you decide for yourself, second brother."

He didn't care about it for the time being. If the engagement was really cancelled, it would be the second son's responsibility and his father couldn't scold him.

But the three hundred taels of gold obtained from the cancellation of the engagement must be put into the public treasury, and the second brother must not think of taking it away for himself.

In the end, Shen Er couldn't bear to part with the three hundred taels of gold, and said, "How can a merchant's daughter be worthy of me? I withdraw from this marriage!"

After getting the three hundred taels of gold, he will buy two beauties to serve him. Aren’t they better than the girl from the Hu family?

Mr. Hu and his wife: "..."

I must find someone to put a sack on this thing and beat it up someday!