Chapter 163
Fang Siqi decided to clean up Master Shen and Mrs. Shen, so that they would not continue to come to block themselves.
She asked Du Juan to inquire about who Shen Zhongyu had been close to recently, and picked a faceless shopkeeper in her shop to buy the Shen family's house.
"Master, there is only one Shen Mansion left in the Shen family now, will Master Shen and Mrs. Shen sell it?"
Fang Siqi: "They are so poor now that they have even done the sale of their daughter, what else can't they do?" ”
"I don't know why they're so short of money." Lime complained, "Didn't you just snatch one hundred and eighty taels from the master two days ago?" They ran out so quickly? ”
Fang Siqi looked at the puffing appearance of the lime and laughed, "Are you still distressed about the one hundred and eighty taels?" ”
"The slave doesn't feel sorry for this bit of silver, how rich the master is, what is this bit of silver." Lime said, "The slave maid is just angry that Master Shen and Mrs. Shen are forcing themselves to pay for the money. ”
"Alright, don't get hung up." Fang Siqi said with a smile, "One hundred and eighty taels is just my filial piety money." ”
Fang Siqi expected it well, Master Shen and Mrs. Shen are very poor now.
The main reason is that the exam is about to start in two days, and they haven't gotten together the money that Shen Zhongyu bought the examiner.
Yang Yan, who matched Shen Zhongyu, said that the time was only these two days, if Shen Zhongyu hadn't collected the money before the exam, the examiner would not release the water, and Shen Zhongyu's dream of winning the lift would be in vain.
Shen Zhongyu was so anxious that he was angry, but Master Shen and Mrs. Shen couldn't come out with the money now.
Before, because they embezzled Fang Siqi's dowry, they squatted in prison for a few days, not to mention, Jing Zhaoyin also fined them a large amount of silver before letting them go.
Not to mention that in order to make up for the things they sold Fang Siqi, they emptied most of the Shen family's savings.
The Shen Mansion's family was originally not rich, and after experiencing the disaster of prison, Master Shen lost his official position again, and after settling the wages for his subordinates, Mrs. Shen really didn't have any money in her hands.
Mrs. Shen tried her best, took out her own money, and sold more than half of her daughter-in-law Zhou's dowry, but she still didn't get together the 10,000 taels of silver that the examiner wanted.
"What to do? What to do? "Shen Zhongyu, who treats candidates for a bad review book, is just taking shortcuts." Mother, if I can't get together this money, my dream of being an official will be broken! Hurry up and figure it out! ”
"What else can I do?" Mrs. Shen was also a little weak, "I've thought of all the ways I can think of, and I can borrow what I can borrow around, so we can't make up this silver." ”
"We don't know a rich man or two?"
Mrs. Shen sighed, "Fang Siqi is rich, but she is a person who can't eat oil and salt, so we can't force it." ”
"Why can't you force it?" Shen Zhongyu asked unwillingly.
"You also saw what happened yesterday," Mrs. Shen said, "Fang Siqi smashed Boss Dai's shop in order to snatch Yuling back. A character with a head and a face like Boss Dai, not to mention the store, even lost face. But Fang Siqi let Boss Dai leave in a few words. Tell me, people like Boss Dai don't dare to do anything to Fang Siqi, what else can we do now? ”
"But... Mother, you are her mother-in-law after all! ”
"Yes, I am her mother-in-law," said Mrs. Shen, "but she doesn't recognize me as a mother-in-law, what can I do?" It doesn't work to press her with filial piety. Now that Li Xiaoxue is also supported by Fang Siqi, she no longer listens to me, and I really can't help it. ”
"Fool, let's give up this time. You can go to the exam with peace of mind, if you can't pass the test, we will take the test again in three years. ”
"No, I've already blown the cow out, if I don't pass the exam this time, where will my face go!" Shen Zhongyu immediately objected, "How can I still mix in the capital in the future!" ”
Mrs. Shen was silent, now that the Shen family has fallen into such a defeat, where is there still face to speak of.
Shen Zhongyu looked at Mrs. Shen hesitantly, "Mother, why don't we sell the Shen Mansion..."
"Sold the Shen Mansion?" Mrs. Shen looked at her whimsical son in shock, "Where do we live if we sell the Shen Mansion?" Living on the streets? ”
"We can go to the west of the city and buy a smaller house. Now that there are no subordinates in the house, it is very troublesome to clean..."Shen Zhongyu said, "Besides, after selling the house, we also have a relationship with silver." ”
"Fool, can you actually do it? Even if we sell the Shen Mansion, we won't be able to scrape together 10,000 taels of silver. ”
"It's not enough to sell the Shen Mansion, but Fang Siqi has silver there to make up for it!"
Mrs. Shen's heart tightened, "Fool, didn't I tell you the idea of not beating Fang Siqi?" We can't afford to mess with her. ”
"Mother," Shen Zhongyu's face showed a fine light, and he said confidently, "Don't worry, this time the child has a way to make Fang Siqi suffer this dumb loss." ”
Shen Zhongyu leaned into Mrs. Shen's ear and told her plan.
Mrs. Shen refused at first, but she couldn't stand Shen Zhongyu's constant talk about his future, Mrs. Shen was soft-hearted, and finally compromised.
Mrs. Shen nodded, and Master Shen was even better fooled.
Shen Zhongyu didn't say a few words, and Master Shen asked Mrs. Shen to hand over the deed to Shen Zhongyu.
In Master Shen's opinion, as long as Shen Zhongyu became an official, the silver house would naturally be there.
Early the next morning, Shen Zhongyu took the deed to find the buyer he met two days ago, and sold the Shen house at a price of 3,2500 taels, and the two went to the yamen that morning to change the deed.
After the two completed the formalities and left the yamen, the buyer was going to collect the house.
Shen Zhongyu said cheekily, "Brother Yu, don't hide it, there are still some things in the house that haven't been packed up, I don't know if you can give me a day of leniency, and I'll hand over the house to you tomorrow?" ”
"This..."Yu Kai hesitated...
Shen Zhongyu took out another ten taels of silver and stuffed it into Yu Kai's hand, "Brother Yu, you help... Accommodating. ”
"Brother Shen is righteous," Yu Kai accepted the money, "Then I will come back tomorrow to collect the house." ”
"Okay, thank you, Brother Yu, thank you, Brother Yu..." Shen Zhongyu nodded and sent Yu Kai away, and returned happily with the three thousand five hundred taels of silver that had just arrived.
What he didn't know was that Yu Kai, who had just separated from him, turned around and entered the wing room on the second floor of the teahouse on the side.
In the side room, Fang Siqi was drinking tea leisurely.
"Master, this is the deed of the Shen family's house and the rest of the silver." Yu Kai respectfully put the deed and silver on the table in front of Fang Siqi.
Fang Siqi glanced at the remaining silver taels, "There are so many left?" ”
"The master gave four thousand taels of silver, and the small one was bought for three thousand five hundred taels, and after deducting the taxes and fees that had been changed in the yamen, there were four hundred and sixty-five taels left. There are also ten taels, which are accommodating silver given by Shen Zhongyu. ”
Shen Zhongyu's straw bag, a house of 3,800 taels, was sold for 3,500 taels.
Fang Siqi nodded, took away the deed, and praised Yu Kai, "Things are done well, the rest of the silver should be rewarded to you." ”