flstandardbreds Chapter 480 The apple of your eye
Chapter 480 The apple of your eye
After separating from the three men, he went to a local brothel and stayed there for half a month, spending his money quite lavishly.
Among them was a woman who was extremely beautiful and had a soft voice. Although she was a prostitute, she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Si Chengren liked her very much, and he spent a lot of money to keep her.
The woman also had a very smart mind and she coaxed Si Chengren around. Gradually she realized that Si Chengren had a lot of money and she became more and more interested in him.
With money in hand, Si Chengren quickly spent a large sum of money to redeem the woman. The woman became even more grateful to him and took care of all her food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Si Chengren was quite generous to such a beautiful woman who pleased him very much. He bought her everything she liked, including silks, gold and silver jewelry, and rouge and powder.
He also bought a fairly large courtyard in the local area, and also bought a few servants to do miscellaneous work, and two maids to serve the women.
The woman thought she had found true love and was filled with joy, so she treated Si Chengren even better.
But the good times didn't last long. Men always get tired of the old and love the new. Before long, Si Chengren began to feel bored with this brothel girl.
No matter how beautiful she is, she came from a brothel. It's okay to have fun with her, but it's definitely not okay for her to get married and live with.
Before him, she had affairs with countless men. What if one day she runs into her former lover and becomes a cuckold? Which man can tolerate such a thing?
So not long after, he brought back two young and beautiful women from outside. They looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. They looked exactly the same and were actually twins.
Si Chengren met these two women when he went to a restaurant for dinner. They were the daughters of the restaurant owner. They were pretty and although they were twins, they had completely different personalities.
One of them was gentle and quiet, speaking softly, like a breeze blowing through your heart, making you feel happy. The other one was more lively, with a sweet voice and a hint of shyness. Si Chengren fell in love with them at once.
He came to the restaurant to eat every day, and soon became friends with the restaurant owner regardless of age difference. He began to inquire about his two daughters intentionally or unintentionally.
The restaurant owner had been in business for many years and was a shrewd man. He naturally knew what he meant and praised his two daughters as if they were fairies from heaven.
He also implicitly stated that his two daughters were beautiful and would marry into wealthy families in the future, and that if they married the same person at the same time, he would have someone to help him out when the time came.
This sentence touched Si Chengren's heart. With his current financial strength, he was a wealthy family, and marrying off two daughters at the same time was exactly what he wanted.
After a few drinks, the restaurant owner seemed to be drunk and burped: "My two daughters have been spoiled since they were young. They have never done any work. They are raised as rich girls. If they get married, the betrothal gift must be included, and they must be the legal wife."
"I think the two sisters have lucky looks and will definitely marry the right men. But how much is the betrothal gift?" Si Chengren took a sip of wine and said casually.
"It has to be at least two thousand taels. They are the apple of my eye. I don't know how many people have come to propose marriage to them. As long as the money is not enough, I will never agree." The restaurant owner's face flushed and he waved his hand.
"Have many people proposed to me before?" Si Chengren continued to ask.
"Of course, the threshold has been flattened by the matchmaker." The restaurant owner burped and said exaggeratedly.
Hearing this, Si Chengren silently calculated in his heart that two thousand taels of betrothal gifts were indeed too much in this small county.
Who among the ordinary families could afford two thousand taels? But he was different. He had plenty of silver and could afford even twenty thousand taels.
Besides, the two thousand taels of betrothal gift were for two women, averaging one thousand taels per person. It seemed to be within her affordability. After pondering for a long time, she asked tentatively.
"Boss, I came here from another place to do business. I bought a yard in the east of the city. Now I only have one concubine at home. I think my two younger sisters are very suitable for me.
Moreover, I am willing to pay two thousand taels of silver as a betrothal gift. Can you marry my two sisters to me? I will treat them well and regard them as the apple of my eye."
Si Chengren stood up and bowed respectfully to the restaurant owner. Although Si Chengren was not very handsome.
But he was a young master from a noble family who came from the capital, and the demeanor he had developed since childhood was very different from that of people from this small county.
The drunken owner of the restaurant was visibly stunned when he first heard this, but then his brows relaxed: "Haha, hurry up and get up, let's talk it over."
Si Chengren then sat back in his seat, his body straight, and with the fine clothes he was wearing, he looked very dignified.
"Do you really want to marry my two daughters?"
"Yes, I fell in love with them since I first saw them. I felt that they were the ones I had been looking for." Si Chengren said this without blushing or panting, as if it were real.
"Okay, since you are so sincere, I will betroth my two daughters to you. However, one of them must be your legal wife." The restaurant owner seemed to have sobered up a lot and started to negotiate the terms at the right time.
"Of course, I will give them the best." Si Chengren assured him.
"Good, good, you are really my good son-in-law." The restaurant owner laughed and patted Si Chengren's shoulder heavily. He was very satisfied with his answer.
In fact, before this, the restaurant owner had told others that he wanted one thousand taels of silver as a betrothal gift for his two daughters, and Si Chengren had come to his restaurant for dinner many times.
Every time he asked about his two daughters, since Si Chengren cared so much about them, he would naturally raise the conditions to make his daughters seem unattainable.
So, the marriage was settled. The two girls were naturally very happy when they knew that Si Chengren had given so much betrothal money.
It seems that he is a rich man, otherwise who can afford so much betrothal silver? Following him in the future, I will definitely have endless good days.
When Si Chengren brought the two girls home, the brothel girls simply couldn't believe it. Si Chengren had made a vow to them before, saying that he would only love them for the rest of his life.
It has only been a short time and he is already getting married, and two at once. What do you treat her as? Are you going to make her a concubine?
The brothel girl was indignant and started quarreling loudly with Si Chengren. Where was her usual gentle and kind self?
Si Chengren was so angry that he slapped her hard on the face, cursing: "You are just a bitch who is ridden by thousands of people and oppressed by tens of thousands of people. I can use the money to redeem you, and then I can sell you back. If you dare to talk nonsense here again, I will beat you to death."
The vows they made to each other seemed to be vivid in her mind, and the brothel girl felt as if her heart was broken. Well, since you dare to treat me like this, don't blame me for being rude. A sinister thought quickly came to her mind.