"Miss Ye is pure and innocent, aloof and extraordinary, and she is also quite talented. Naturally, she is good."
Although it was just flattery, what he said was not wrong and he had made some progress. It seemed that he had grown up from the beatings he had suffered from society in the past few months and had become more wise, but not much.
Ye Congwen nodded with satisfaction. He took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Luo Ming, and the official topic of today began.
There was no one else here except the two of them. Ye Congwen didn't like beating around the bush and said directly, "I can put out the fire in your Luo family, but the prerequisite is that you have to agree to marry my daughter and become a daughter-in-law of my Ye family. By then, let alone eight thousand taels, he can even afford ten thousand taels."
In this hot summer, Luo Ming felt as if he was falling into an icy cave when listening to these words. His hands holding the teacup were shaking.
This was a huge humiliation for him.
How could he be willing to be someone's son-in-law, a woman with a bad temper and a strange personality, even though he was proud of his literary integrity?
But at this moment, it was as if a huge fish bone was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get it out, and he couldn't speak. His lips could only move constantly.
"You don't have to rush to reject me or give me a reply. I'll give you three days. You can think about it carefully by yourself or discuss it with your family. As long as you agree, I am willing to give you 10,000 taels of silver to help your family. You can still continue to study in the academy in the future. Any good books, good policy essays, and rare ancient books will be given priority to you. Haven't you always wanted to surpass Xiao Hechuan? I believe this will be of great help to you."
Ye Congwen didn't care about anything else for now. He just wanted to scare the guy first. Anyway, it was expected that he couldn't surpass others. If he did, it wouldn't be a bad thing for him. No matter how you look at it, he would benefit from it.
Luo Ming didn't know how he got home. He felt numb and depressed.
When he returned home, Luo's mother felt very distressed to see him like this, and asked him what happened. Luo Ming also trusted his mother very much, so he poured out all his troubles to her.
When Luo's mother heard this, she fell into deep thought.
He thought his mother would understand him. She would not approve of him becoming someone else's son-in-law and destroying his integrity for the sake of ten thousand taels of silver.
However, she was wrong. In this era where women rely on men for everything, this matter could not be kept secret for long and would be known by her father. Since Luo's mother could not make up her mind, she could only discuss it with her husband.
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Ye Congwen was in a particularly good mood, he felt that this matter was a sure thing. Ye Shu was very surprised to see her father so happy, she had caused him a lot of trouble during this period, he had called several groups of people over but she looked down on them all and rejected them, it seemed that he was having difficulty selecting people.
"Why is father so happy today?" Ye Shu asked tentatively.
Since she asked this, Ye Congwen also tentatively kept it a secret.
"Shu'er, this time your father has chosen a good son-in-law for you. He is not much worse than Xiao Hechuan. I guarantee you will be satisfied and you will definitely like him."
Seeing how confident he was, Ye Shu had a bad feeling in her heart, but she didn't hesitate to complain:
"He's almost as good as Xiao Hechuan, but he's still not as good as Xiao Hechuan. Unless you find me someone as good as him, I still won't like him."
She is a stubborn person, and sometimes Ye Congwen doesn't even want to waste time talking to her.
"I'm telling you, you have to get married this time, whether you want to or not. You have no choice. I've taken great pains to find you such a good marriage, so don't throw away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds. I'm afraid you won't even be able to pick up sesame seeds in the end. Just stay at home and wait for good news from your father."
He now has such a good person like Luo Ming in his arms, so she can't help but be picky. Don't let her miss out on the opportunity, as it would be a waste of time.
Ye Shu was really anxious, she asked hurriedly:
"Father, you have to let me know who it is, right?"
"You'll know when the time comes. I told you, the bags are much more satisfactory than the ones you saw before." Ye Congwen still maintained his mystery.
The more he acted like this, the more nervous Ye Shu became. She started to get anxious, and when she got back she asked Ruxing and Ruyue to find out who Ye Congwen had chosen for him. But unfortunately, no one knew about Ye Congwen's meeting with Luo Ming except Xiao Hechuan.
The two of them couldn't find out anything, and Ye Shu became annoyed again. She felt that she couldn't just live like this in her life. She was unwilling to give in. She couldn't win Xiao Hechuan's heart, so she had to have a relationship with him.
From then on, Ye Shu showed an extremely sinister smile, which was scary to look at. The two maids noticed the change in her expression in time and looked at each other.
If Ye Shu wanted to do something bad, she would definitely need the help of Ruxing and Ruyue, otherwise she couldn't do it alone.
They don't know what the young lady is up to, but they just have to be on guard.
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Then there was Luo Ming's family. Luo Ming was hit hard. After waking up from a hangover, he found that everyone in the family seemed to have changed. The aunts, who had little interaction with him before and barely spoke a few words to him a day, seemed to have become familiar with him.
Not only did she care about him, but she also showed her affection and said nice things to him, obviously trying to please him.
And my father was also anxious to see me.
He met his mother at the door of his father's room. His mother saw that his eyes were obviously evasive and he looked embarrassed.
Yesterday she couldn't help but tell Dean Ye that he wanted his son to marry into his family, and also mentioned the additional condition: to give them 12,000 taels of silver as capital for their comeback, which they would not have to pay back. It was equivalent to selling her son.
When Mr. Luo first heard about marrying into the wife's family, he was still very angry, but when he heard the ten thousand taels at the end, he fell silent again.
As for why those concubines knew about it, you'll have to ask Master Luo. I don't know which concubine was here with him last night, but Master Luo was not careful with his mouth and told everyone about it. The next day, everyone in the yard knew about it.
Those concubines became Master Luo's concubines because they thought his family was rich and they could live a good life there. And they did live a good life. They lived a life of luxury for more than ten years. They were used to the good life. Now they have to live a self-sufficient life without anyone to serve them. The gap is too big.
Right now, Luo Ming was at this critical moment and was just about to fall asleep and someone handed him a pillow. All he had to do was bear with it a little, and the Luo family would be able to revive. Since he was not their son, they would naturally agree.
Furthermore, the pregnant aunt was very confident that this baby was a son, and she took this opportunity to kick Luo Ming out and make him a son-in-law. If the Luo family returned to its peak in the future, wouldn't all the family property belong to her son?
Anyway, the scholar is good for nothing and has not made any contribution to the family. Now it is time for him to make a contribution.
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