Chapter 137: It would be a waste not to sing in an opera

It seems that the Wu Family cannot continue to make trouble like this.

Old Madam Wu and Madam Wu came out, pulled Old Lady Shi up, and coaxed her in a good voice.

The arrogance and high profile they had when they were discussing marriage inside the mansion have completely changed.

At this time, Old Lady Shi was still crying, but she felt proud in her heart.

Don’t mention it, although that dead girl was cruel and vicious, she had great ideas.

Earlier, she was talking to Old Madam Wu, but that woman ignored her and looked at her with contempt.

Now, it was their time to beg her.

She didn’t agree immediately but continued to cry.

“My family doesn’t have 1,000 taels of silver. Our family can come up with 2 taels of silver. Please let our family go.”

As she spoke, she wanted to kneel to Old Madam Wu.

The dead girl said that the Wu Family must speak out about the betrothal gift of 2 taels of silver and the dowry of 1,000 taels of silver in public. They cannot be dragged back to the Wu Family to negotiate, otherwise, the Wu Family will refuse to pay despite coercion and inducement.

Besides, she was on the right side. It doesn’t matter if she was an old lady from the countryside. Her son was a clean child.

It was their daughter whose innocence had been tarnished. They were the victims, so she was full of confidence.

Old Lady Shi deliberately wiped her nose and tears on the bodies of Old Madam Wu and Madam Wu.

This also made the two ladies so disgusted that they wished they could have their slaves come out and beat this shameless old thing to death.

But they couldn’t do this in front of everyone. They had to swallow this anger and coaxed the old lady with a low voice as if they would have a good talk when they entered the house.

But Old Lady Shi was not fooled. With Shi Qingluo’s advice, she insisted on solving the problem at the gate of the Wu Family.

This also made Madam Wu feel aggrieved and want to go crazy. She kept looking at the head of the Wu Family and her eldest son.

Mrs. Niu and others started acting up, even more, shameless than the main Xiao family, crying loudly: “Everyone, look at the Wu family, they are bullying us.”

“How we will survive after selling our land and house? They wanted to force our Shi Family to death.”

Shi Laosan came to Shi Laosi and whispered a few words.

Shi Laosi’s eyes lit up and he nodded.

Then he walked forward with a look of helplessness on his face and a wry smile, “Mom, it’s my fault. I’ve caused trouble for our family.”

“I originally thought that it wouldn’t be easy for the young lady. Miss Wu did that to me because she liked and wanted to marry me. If she was sent away to be a nun by the Wu family, or if she thought of committing suicide, I would not be able to live with it.”

“So I couldn’t bear it, I asked our family to propose marriage.”

“I didn’t expect that the Wu Family would bully us like this.”

“If they were just bullying and suppressing me, I can tolerate it.”

“But I really can’t bear it. I can’t watch you, my mother who is so old, still have to suffer this injustice and humiliation because of me.”

“If the Wu Family wants to force us to take out so much money or sell our house and land, we should go to the county magistrate to make the decision.”

“Although I am not a powerful person, at least I am still a scholar.”

Old Lady Shii’s eyes flashed, she turned around and grabbed Shi Laosi, “Okay, let’s go find Magistrate Mo now.”

Then he emphasized loudly and deliberately, “Let’s go and talk to Magistrate Mo about the flower-viewing banquet that day.”

“Don’t I still have something in my hand? Let’s show it to Magistrate Mo when the time comes.”

Shi Laosi supported the old lady and said, “Let’s go!”

He also deliberately took out a porcelain vase from his pocket and waved it in front of the Wu Family. When others looked at it, he immediately stuffed it back into his sleeve.

He still had the medicine given to him by the Wu Family in his hand. Because the dosage given to Xiao Hanzheng was deliberately reduced, and he specially reserved some when giving it to Wu Xixi.

His third brother asked him to keep it, saying it might be useful.

Now it can indeed be used as evidence to threaten the Wu Family.

The reason why he revealed it now was that he was afraid that the Wu Family would snatch it away when they got inside the house again.

After all, the county magistrate can find out who bought it by just seeing this medicine. Anyway, he didn’t buy it.

The head of the Wu family and Young Master Wu were very angry when they heard the conversation between the two.

Shameless, the Shi family was simply shameless.

They also saw the porcelain bottle that Shi Laosi took out.

Especially, Master Wu, his eyes squinted even more.

After all, he asked his entourage to give this thing to Shi Laosi. He didn’t expect this idiot to keep it.

If people from the Shi Family were in the Wu Family Mansion at this time, they could use all kinds of coercion and inducement to pacify them.

But now, he was afraid of making trouble at their door and forced them to run to the county government office.

Mo Qingling has been investigating the Wu Family recently, and this medicine can be used as a reason to catch them.

Moreover, Xiao Hanzheng was involved. His teacher was still in the county town, it would be troublesome if they confronted him.

The head of the Wu family took a deep breath and whispered to Young Master Wu, “Promise to them as long as they will not go to the county government office.”

Young Master Wu nodded angrily, “Okay!”

They will coax the Shi family first. Let them eat a thousand taels of silver from their Wu Family and stabilize their family’s reputation.

They will let these disgusting people become arrogant, and then they will make them vomit out what they have eaten, but also see if they can live a good life.

So he walked over, forced a smile, and said to the old lady: “Old lady, you misunderstood.”

“We are not asking you to give you a dowry of 1,000 taels, but we will give you a dowry of one thousand taels as an apology.”

“There is no need to give the bride price.”

Who was being insulted by a betrothal gift of two taels of silver?

At this moment, the old lady was very happy. Not only could she earn a thousand taels, but she even saved two taels.

Just when she was about to agree, he was pulled back by Shi Laosan.

Old Lady Shi looked at her third son in confusion.

Then Shi Laosan said a word to her: “Whip.”

Old Lady Shi: “……”

When she heard this word, she thought of that bully granddaughter.

She came back to her senses. That dead girl wanted to humiliate the Wu Family, so she agreed. There would be no good results if she went back.

That dead girl didn’t dare to hit her, but she dared to hit her precious son!

So she endured the pain in her body and said to Young Master Wu: “No, our family is so poor that we have no guts. How can we not give a betrothal gift?”

“The dowry gift of 2 taels of silver must be given, you are welcome.”

Young Master Wu: “……”

You are so polite, but we can’t stand that insult.

He said with a bit of gritted teeth: “Our family is not short of 2 taels of silver.”

At the same time, Old Lady Shi said resolutely: “You are not short of 2 taels of silver, but we have to give it. Which family doesn’t give a dowry gift to a wife? Even if you buy a refugee and take her back as your wife, you still need to give a bag of grain, right?”

“We can’t let your daughter be worth less than a bag of grain.”

These words were not very lethal, but extremely insulting.

“So the dowry of 2 taels of silver must be given. Don’t refuse it anymore, or we won’t marry.”

Young Master Wu was so angry that he stepped back: “……”

Does this mean the daughter from their family was only worth two taels of silver?

Since they don’t want to marry, why do they come to us for marriage?

He was so disgusted by the shamelessness of the old lady that he felt like vomiting again.

The head of the Wu family coughed lightly, and then Young Master Wu resisted the urge to kill the old lady and said, “Okay, you can give it if you want.”

He added: “Now let’s go back to the house to talk about the specific marriage matters?”

Old Lady Shi nodded with satisfaction, “Okay, let’s go in and talk.”

After speaking, she turned around, wiped away her tears, and said gratefully to the people present: “Thank you all for your righteous words. Our family can now successfully marry. Everyone can come to the Wu Family Mansion for the wedding banquet!”

It won’t cost their family any money anyway.

Young Master Wu: “……”

It would be a waste if this old lady didn’t join and sing in an opera.

 


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