Chapter 496: Fulfilling the Marriage Contract?
"Gangnam. It's a great place."
Shen Yan, the head of the Shen family, felt the rich aura outside the mansion at this time, and only felt comfortable.
My father is a second-class official in the dynasty, and he is also Jing Zhaoyin, the Shen family has worked in the capital for many years, and it can be regarded as a family with a head and a face, these twenty years of struggle, my father gave up when he said he gave up, and he was still a little opposed at that time.
But now there is no more.
The foundation of the warlock is still its own strength, and the so-called position of the imperial court is just to exchange more resources for his family, which thousand-year-old warlock family is completely dependent on the imperial court now? When the human court is prosperous, the service is exchanged for more resources, and when the human court is declining, the whole body retreats to retain strength, but as long as the family can exist for thousands of years, who doesn't do this?
Although the Great Jin Dynasty has only been established for 20 years, it has already had a tendency to decline, and Jiangnan at this time obviously has richer resources than the imperial court.
Not to mention other formations, runes, and various emerging engineering inheritances, just this exaggerated aura of heaven and earth, not to mention a second-grade official, even an official of Jiuqing is not worth staying in the capital!
But the better it is, the more he wants to get a foothold here
"Father, Shen Xue is back and waiting for you in the hall. The old lady had already passed first. ”
It was Shen Yu who came to report, half a year has passed since the Liuzhou incident, and now Shen Yu is much more low-key and introverted than before, and he no longer has the arrogance and arrogance he used to have.
"Okay" As soon as he heard that Shen Xue was coming, Shen Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked out of the room, without even saying hello to Shen Yu.
Shen Yu saw it in his eyes, but only a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, but he didn't show it much.
This half a year. He's used to it!
That useless big brother is now high up, and he can't see his back anymore, Liuzhou Xuezheng
Now Liuzhou is the center of the south of the Yangtze River, what is the concept of Liuzhou Xuezheng? Today's status as an administrator is far inferior to that of Mr. Warlock, and the position of Xuezheng is better than that of the prefect of Liuzhou, this kind of opportunity was actually obtained by Shen Yuan, who was once useless, and he didn't sleep well for a month when he knew the news!
And now, a lady who had never looked at him before could actually step on his head.
He silently followed behind Shen Yan without a word of dissatisfaction, because he knew Shen Xue's current status very well.
This girl is now valued by Lord Ziyue, and being able to enter the Dragon Palace to study the rune project is the best batch in the entire Jiangnan Academy, and many wealthy nobles are playing with that girl's idea, and the Shen family has only moved back for three days, and there are already more than 20 people who have come to visit.
In addition to the familiar wealthy families in the capital, such as the Chen family, the Bai family, the Huo family, etc., there are many local wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, except for the largest wealthy Shen family, who has not yet visited, almost all of the most well-known warlock families in Liuzhou City have come to the door one by one.
As an outsider in his capital, the Shen family can't even make up the money to buy a house, where is it worth coming to the door from so many big families? Is it the Shen family that people are looking at? I like the girl who is about to become a golden phoenix!
I knew that this Shen Xue was such a scourge, and I should have killed him halfway in the first place!
In this way, the silent father and son walked quickly to the hall one after the other, and at this time, the hall of the Shen family was already full of the elders of the Shen family, obviously, Shen Yan was not the only one who attached importance to Shen Xue, and everyone saw the value of Shen Xue.
"Father." Shen Xue turned around, still saluting with respect as before.
"Coming back?" It was completely different from the indifference when facing Shen Yu, Shen Yan's face suddenly showed a gentle smile of a loving father, and a look of concern: "The weather has been getting cooler recently, you have to pay attention, don't rely too much on that warm jade, it is safer to wear some thick cotton jackets in winter." ”
Shen Xue smiled when she heard this: "Father Xie cares, Xue'er knows." ”
"Come, don't stand, find a place to sit," Shen Yan said, and sat down where the head of the family should be sitting.
Shen Xue glanced at the only one position left next to her, and then at Shen Yu, who was silent after her, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she turned around and said, "How can there be a reason for juniors to sit in this lobby, can my father and grandfather get used to it here these days?" ”
"Habit." A group of elders nodded again and again: "What's not used to?" It has to be you, the snow girl, if you rely on some people, I'm afraid we old bones will have to live on the streets. ”
"Hahaha, that's it"
Behind him, Shen Yu's head was buried lower, he was in Liuzhou, in order to make up for the foundation of science as soon as possible, he wrote to ask his family for a lot of money, this Dajin silver money is not worth it in Jiangnan now, and it is used to exchange for high-quality jadeite at three times the price before, and then used to visit those well-known gentlemen, it is even more expensive.
And Liuzhou's science foundation is generally very high, he can only enter kindergarten from scratch, he naturally can't pull down the skin to go to a school with some five or six-year-old children, can only spend a high price to ask for a private tutor, now a good Mr. science is rare, to invite someone to give you a lecture, but not a little money can be solved, in the past six months in order to make up for the foundation, he spent no less than 100,000 taels of silver.
The elders of the family were naturally angry with him
Shen Yu lowered his head and kept all this in his heart.
Shen Xue frowned, she had always known how careful Shen Yu was, and now she was afraid that many accounts would be counted on her head.
"Okay, you girl, you are too polite, in fact, you don't need to be so restrained." Shen Yan said with a smile.
The old lady on the side put down the teacup, as if he couldn't stand the appearance of the people around him, glanced at Shen Yu who lowered his head, frowned, glanced at Shen Xue again, and said directly: "Snow girl, the Chen family came again just now." ”
Shen Xue's brows furrowed even deeper when she heard this: "Grandpa."
"Eh, Snow girl, you're not too young at this age." Hearing this, the second elder next to him hurriedly said, "It's time to think about this aspect too." ”
The second elder's own children are still young, although one is abolished, but his children and grandchildren are prosperous, there are five or six sons alone, there was no technical qualification before, and he could only do general affairs, but now he has such a good opportunity, of course, he has to grasp it, if the snow girl can marry a big family, many things will be much more convenient in the future.
The old lady also said: "Snow girl, your second grandfather is not wrong to say this, you are indeed not young at this age, people like the Chen family, before the change, our Shen family was not able to climb, and now the conditions offered by people are rich, or the orthodox sister-in-law comes to ask for a wife, this condition, in my opinion, is already very sincere, Snow girl, are you worried about something?" ”
"Grandpa, has you forgotten that I still have a marriage contract with the Bai family?"
As soon as these words came out, the lobby suddenly fell silent.
Originally, everyone forgot about it together, and it was more harmonious to discuss it, right? It's good for this girl to pick and talk about things they selectively forget.
"Girl, I'll talk about it over there of the Bai family!" Shen Yan said directly: "This matter is owed by our Shen family to the Bai family, what compensation you want, our Shen family will try our best to do it, and the marriage contract between the Bai family and our family has not been circulated, as long as the conversation is good, the two families will keep their mouths shut, and it will not affect your reputation, what do you think?" ”
"It's already spread," Shen Xue said lightly.
The Shen family suddenly stood up: "The Bai family went everywhere to say it?" ”
"Old Man Bai is a noble person, and the Bai family is a scholarly family that keeps manners, how can he do such a thing?" Shen Xue said quietly: "It should have been passed on by the juniors, the two cousins who have been imprisoned were confused by the evil demons of the outer way, so they must not know what they said at that time."
"Those two brutes!!" The third elder and the fourth elder in the hall immediately expressed their attitude, with an angry look on their faces.
Shen Yuan lowered his head, his eyes were a little nervous, Shen Xue's value was not as obvious as it is now, his two cousins were imprisoned early, where is the opportunity to spread these gossip, these things. Of course, he passed it on.
Shen Yan stood on the stage, looked at Shen Yuan faintly, and instinctively told him that this matter should have nothing to do with his precious son!
This waste, you can't do it yourself, and the effort to drag others into the water is first-class.
"And grandpa, that's the case, now my studies are also in a critical period, you also know, here in Jiangnan, warlocks are academic-oriented, once I get married, many things will not be very convenient, and if I get pregnant, it will delay the good opportunity of this project, this rune project of the West Sea Dragon Palace, our underground courtyard was selected this time There are only four people, missed, the next time the granddaughter wants to be selected again, but it is not so easy." The Bai family is as good as the Bai family, they will not urge the marriage period, and the old man Bai is also a reasonable person, even if I marry now, at the critical time of the project, the old man Bai will not urge me to have children, in fact, it is more suitable for my personal development."
"This" The elders glanced at each other when they heard this, and hesitated for a while.
Old Lady Shen also nodded, this statement is also reasonable.
Although the Chen family has a good family background, the girl's personal future is also the most important thing.
"Heh" Just as many elders hesitated, Shen Yu snorted coldly.
Everyone frowned and looked over, but Shen Yu sneered: "Cousin, it's better not to open your eyes and talk nonsense, if you have always been at ease with the Bai family, what are you tired of with that little ghost of the Murong family every day?" ”
"What imp?" Shen Yan and several elders hurriedly looked over, could it be that this girl actually had a crush on her?
"A kid from the Northern Wilderness family, who died tragically in Liuzhou City because of an accident, and now he has a small position in the Yin Division, and our cousin has taken a fancy to that kid."
"What??"
(End of chapter)