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Chapter 302: Chapter 304 Knocking_1
"I’m not afraid to lay all my cards on the table with you. This time, Xiao Feng saved someone with quite a background. They’ve said that no matter what, they can ensure Xiao Feng becomes a Scholar,"
Wang Dashi added another sentence; his previous ones were subtle hints, but this one was a blatant threat.
Once his son returned home as a Scholar, what would the Tan Family amount to?
Wouldn’t they have to address his son as Master Scholar?
Tan Yuancheng quickly responded, "Then congratulations to you, elder brother. I’ll be frank as well, from now on, whatever is mine, I’ll leave it all to my second brother."
If one became a Master Scholar, that would be quite an achievement!
"With your word, I can rest assured. We’re all people with one foot in the grave; isn’t it all for the sake of our children and grandchildren?"
Wang Dashi stroked his beard, his words carrying another layer of meaning, implying that he should hand over the family wealth.
However, Tan Yuancheng replied with a smile, acting as though he was oblivious to the hidden meaning.
Think he would hand over power now? No chance!
So, the Wang Family could only achieve half of their goal, but that was still not bad.
Not only did they send Little Wang Clan back to her parental home, but also, because of her brother’s situation, everyone would have to regard her more highly in the future.
However, Little Wang Clan was furious. What she wanted were house deeds, land deeds, and silver!
Fuming, she returned to her room and started complaining to her mother.
"Mother, didn’t father say he could squeeze out both the silver and the land deed? Now look, we got nothing. Who knows who that old fool might give it all to next?"
Wèi Clan patted her own daughter, "Calm down. Once Xiao Feng earns his title, he’ll be eager to hand everything over, won’t he?"
The court examination at the end of the year would be their chance to hold their heads high.
"I don’t want to wait. You have no idea what I’ve been enduring!"
Little Wang Clan said angrily, irritated at the thought of how those two old fools had become so lazy!
"When will you learn to change that temper? If you keep this up, I won’t be there for you," her mother replied.
Little Wang Clan nodded, "I’ll listen to you, Mother."
After a while, Tan Zhengyong also came in. Wèi Clan tactfully found an excuse to step out first.
Tan Zhengyong tried to appease his wife, "My dear, are you no longer angry with me?"
"Hmph, it’s not that easy. Hurry up and tell me how much dowry your father brought this time." Little Wang Clan asked disdainfully, expecting it to be another considerable sum.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Tan Zhengyong said, "Not much was brought, I grouped up with big brother to give a total of eighty wen. Don’t be upset, my wife, I’ll tell you—Third Boss suffered a huge loss this time."
"How so?" Little Wang Clan was curious.
Could it be that even the banquet resulted in a loss?
"Just look at the dishes at midday; more than half were pickled dishes from the Fourth Boss’s House. Holding a grudge over the last incident, Fourth Boss refused to budge on the price. I saw Third Boss handing over more than a thousand wen, and with the additional dishes, he would be lucky to break even," Tan Zhengyong said with a sly grin, having calculated the loss in advance.
The Tan family normally collected around one thousand six hundred wen for a wedding banquet. After paying the Fourth House for the dishes, how much would be left?
After deducting the cost of wine, labor, and a couple of main courses, it would be good to end up with twenty wen.
Little Wang Clan immediately said, "You mean to say that Fourth Boss made all the money?"
Tan Zhengyong was startled inwardly and quickly changed the subject. His wife couldn’t stand seeing others make money, not Third Boss nor Fourth Boss.
So what should he talk about?
He decided to discuss the scandal involving his eldest brother and Widow Xu, knowing his wife would certainly relish that topic.
Sure enough, Little Wang Clan was exhilarated; there was always drama around a widow, mostly because people loved to watch them.
