The next morning, the sun shone through the thin clouds and fell on the ground.
Father Shen, dressed in a navy blue gown, walked steadily towards the Ji family with a few servants. Along the way, he looked serious, but his eyes revealed a subtle expectation.
When Mr. Shen and his party arrived at the door of Ji's house, Mr. Ji had been waiting for a long time. He walked up quickly with a smile on his face, showing great respect to Mr. Shen.
Although the Ji family is very wealthy, its status in the city is indeed far behind that of the Shen family. Because of this, when Father Ji saw that Father Shen came to visit him, he couldn't help but feel flattered, and his attitude became more humble.
However, Ji Yu was clear about the arrival of Shen's father.
In fact, he knew Shen Chengzhi's plan very well, and naturally understood the purpose of Shen's father's visit this time.
However, according to Shen Chengzhi's arrangement, Ji Yu could not easily agree to it at this moment, otherwise it might arouse the suspicion of others.
So, he observed Shen's father calmly, and saw that the other party rarely showed a smile, and he secretly estimated in his heart: "It seems that Shen Chengzhi's plan has been successful for the most part."
Seeing that the two were talking in high spirits, Ji Yu suddenly interrupted and said, "Uncle Shen is visiting today. Could it be that you intend to marry your daughter to me? But I remember that not long ago, you seemed dissatisfied with me."
His words were like a bucket of cold water poured onto the lively scene, leaving everyone present stunned.
Ji Yu's words were full of sarcasm and every word was piercing. Even his biological father standing next to him felt ashamed and uneasy.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you little bastard!" Ji's father quickly stepped forward to act as a peacemaker, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"Master Shen, please don't be offended. I will consider it carefully after I return. In my opinion, your little daughter, who has been brought up in your family, must be well-educated and well-mannered. If she can marry Qin Jin, it will be a happy marriage."
"Brother Ji, as long as you understand, my children have always been well-educated and well-mannered." Father Shen also walked down the stairs.
Ji Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly, agreed with a forced smile, and at the same time casually flipped through the list of betrothal gifts offered by the other party.
"100 taels of gold! This is not a small sum. As you know, our business has not been very prosperous in recent years, and we really can't afford so much money. The most I can give you is 100 taels of silver. I hope you will be more tolerant."
Ji Yu said it casually, as if he was talking about an insignificant matter.
After hearing this, Mr. Shen was so angry that he almost passed out, but he couldn't get angry on the spot.
After all, it was I who took the initiative to come and propose marriage. Now not only is the price being lowered, but it is being lowered to such an outrageous level. It's simply taking advantage of the situation!
But now that things have come to this, even if he is extremely aggrieved and angry, he can only grit his teeth and swallow it. The value gap between gold and silver is huge, so this means that the betrothal gift is directly reduced by half!
"Ji Yu, you rascal." Ji's father scolded quickly.
"Five hundred taels, we'll give five hundred taels." Father Ji raised the betrothal gift appropriately.
“Hahaha, listen to my in-laws.” Father Shen said with a wry smile.
After some discussion, the bride price was reduced a lot.
This is also the task that Shen Chengzhi assigned to Ji Yu. The betrothal gifts given by the Ji family will eventually go into Shen's father's pocket. Instead of adding more betrothal gifts, it is better to give the money to Jin Jin after the marriage.
Ji Yu had no objection to this.
When Mr. Shen returned home, he was so angry that he couldn't eat lunch.
But Chen Shen came up and asked, "Master, how is the conversation going?"
Father Shen was worried about where to vent his anger, and he was so angry that his eyes widened and he cursed: "This bastard, how dare he suppress the gift!"
"It's okay, it's okay. I think if we can marry this Jinjin girl, we won't be at a disadvantage. We are not sure whether the child in Jinjin's belly is the one of the boy from the Ji family." Shen Chen's words directly awakened Shen's father.
Father Shen nodded, and asked a little worriedly: "What if the child is not his?"
“Don’t worry, just relying on Chengzhi’s relationship with the kid from the Ji family. He doesn’t dare to make a big deal out of it.” Shen Chenshi said.
Father Shen also nodded slightly in agreement.
After a while, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said in annoyance: "What about the governor? Qian Cheng, who was delivered to me, flew away again."
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