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Chapter 230 I don’t agree with this marriage
Shen Sijing entered the inner house with gifts, and Master Shen was still angry.

"Dad, Zhou You left. He just went to the merchant camp outside the city to take a look. He spent a lot of time on it."

Master Shen nodded, "She is a good child, risking her life to go out of the city and run around for the business, but it's a pity that the girl doesn't know the value of things."

They didn't expect that Zhou You also visited the merchant villages outside the city to study how to improve business. This kind of thoughtfulness is truly rare.

pity……

"Ying'er was in a bad mood. I personally went to ask her to go see Zhou You, but she refused."

Master Shen blew his beard and said, "It's my fault too. I spoiled her like this. She will suffer a great loss when she gets married in the future."

When the news came that Zhou You was coming to visit, Mr. Shen wanted to entertain him personally, and he also wanted to ask Shen Siying to come out for a formal meeting.

As Manager Xu knew, the Shen family intended to recruit Zhou You as a son-in-law and bring him in as a resistance.

Shen Siying had met Zhou You once before in the martial arts gym, so she should be familiar with him.

However, the young lady of the Shen family would rather die than agree.

She was arrogant and looked down on Zhou You, who came from a commoner family. Even though he was famous now, he was just a rude warrior and not worthy of the pampered eldest daughter of the Shen family.

Her father and brother both had the idea, but she would never agree.

The parents parted on bad terms, which made them embarrassed, so they had to let Shen Sijing be the only one to entertain the guests.

Shen Sijing smiled bitterly, "She is still ignorant."

The little girl always dreams of marrying her ideal husband, but she doesn't know how serious the situation at home is?
There was unrest outside the city, and nine out of ten merchant caravans sent out never returned. Although rising prices brought huge profits, they could not offset the rising costs.

The cost of hiring warriors was too terrifying. Shen Sijing and Xu Ying were busy putting out fires everywhere, struggling to make ends meet and having a very hard time.

The more chaotic the times, the more you need to rely on force to do business successfully.

Mr. Shen had an accurate sense of the wind direction and knew that if he did not seek change in time, destruction would be imminent.

Marriage is the best way.

"I won't marry him. Zhou You is nothing! He was kicked out of the martial arts school and is just a martial artist with no status. If it weren't for my family giving his father a meal, he would have starved to death long ago."

Shen Siying cried loudly, her heart full of resentment and despair.

Even if she didn't want to marry into a wealthy family, she couldn't condescend to marry the son of a merchant company clerk.

The maids and servants around her could not persuade her and could only surround her and speak kindly to her, fearing that she would be upset.

Shen Sijing gently advised his father, "My little sister just hasn't thought it through."

After a pause, he added, "Don't embarrass her. Junior Brother Zhou probably won't agree."

"What?"

Mr. Shen asked anxiously, "Did he tell you?"

"That's not the case. It's just that he talked about the business and didn't mention my little sister at all. I think he has made his attitude clear."

"..."

It was only after Zhou You returned home and heard his father mention it that he learned that the Shen family was interested in forming an alliance with his family.

"The owner mentioned this marriage to me. Now it depends on your opinion."

Father Zhou smiled happily, "You'er, if you can really marry Miss Shen..."

The mother on the side disagreed, "Is that someone we can even dream of?"

"With You'er's conditions, it's not impossible for him to marry someone who's above him, right?"

Old Man Zhou was also unhappy and started arguing with Mother on the spot.

My mother's meaning was very simple. Song Fugui suffered a lot and endured many difficulties when he married a girl from a rich family.

Marriage is the pairing of men and women, and it requires equal status. If they marry a proud and arrogant young lady, do they, as the parents-in-law, have to lower their dignity to please her?

What Old Man Zhou was considering was that the Shen family's business was wealthy and powerful, and the family was also wealthy. Moreover, the other party had clearly stated that they were not looking for a son-in-law but a daughter, and the dowry was generous, no less than any other family in the city.

If this marriage goes through, the Zhou family will move up a level and no longer have to rely on working to make a living. As for the woman being spoiled? After marrying into the family, she will follow the chicken wherever she goes!
After arguing for a long time, Father Zhou said, "It depends on You'er's opinion."

"You'er, Miss Shen is good-looking and comes from a respectable family. It's hard to find a good match like her!"

Zhou You's mind flashed with the girl who looked like a porcelain doll and he shook his head.

Shen Siying, the younger sister of the Shen family, gave him money as a reward when he was in the martial arts hall, and she thought of him as an "inferior person" from the bottom of her heart.

Therefore, Zhou You did not agree to this marriage.

"Don't worry about what our family thinks. I heard that Miss Shen disagreed and made a scene at home."

"When it comes to marriage, you can't be too one-sided."

Zhou You just made up something, but he didn't expect it to come true.

Father Zhou was shocked. "There is such a thing."

He was originally excited, thinking that once the two families got married and the Zhou family became prosperous, he could also become "Master Zhou".

However, marriage is a major event that affects one's happiness for the rest of one's life. If the person you marry is unwilling, there will be big problems.

As the old saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet.

Although the father was enthusiastic about this marriage, he was more concerned about his son's happiness for the rest of his life.

To put it bluntly, if the couple's life is not harmonious, they won't even be able to have children. Wouldn't the Zhou family be extinct?
"It's true!"

Zhou You said seriously that Miss Shen was kept in seclusion and her father could not ask her in person.

He also mentioned this trip out to collect folk songs. The geographical location of Shangzhai was not very good and the transportation cost was high.

Old Man Zhou is now a middle-to-senior level executive and has a broad vision. He nodded upon hearing this.

"Yes, if the merchant village can be moved to the town, the cost can be reduced by at least half."

If costs are reduced by 50%, how much will profits increase accordingly?

Zhou You listened to it with his ears and kept it in his heart.

It is imperative to kill Jin Heshan and wipe out his influence in the town. It would be a great way to kill two birds with one stone.

At night, Zhou You lay in his bedroom, looking at the picture of the hungry tiger under the moonlight.

He was carefully experiencing the transformation brought about by the 9th stage of Qi and blood. His body, from the inside out, was being cleansed and baptized all the time.

The improvement of Qi and blood and the strengthening of the body are a two-way feedback process. The stronger the Qi and blood, the stronger the body.

To break through to the martial artist level, it all comes down to two conditions.

The quantitative change of Qi and blood leads to a qualitative change, from virtual to real, reaching a point where it becomes as viscous and condensed as liquid mercury.

A skilled martial artist rarely bleeds when injured, because the blood will automatically retract into the body. Even after falling to the ground, it will condense into small beads, and the surface will not be stained by any dust or dirt. It is very magical.

This is a sign that Qi and blood have reached a high level.

When qi and blood flow at such intensity, it carries tremendous power, just like a mighty river flowing eastward and rolling waves.

At the same time, the strength of the body must be increased accordingly, otherwise the blood will rush out, break through the blood vessels, pierce the skin and flesh, and the whole person will be torn like a torn bag.

Two-way improvement is the effective improvement.

Zhou You could hear the blood and energy compressed to the extreme, beating slowly and powerfully.

With a thought, a drop of blood seeped out of the fingertips, rolled along the epidermis, and condensed into a round and flawless small bead.

Whoosh, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard.

Zhou You shot out a drop of blood with a flick of his finger. It penetrated the wall like tofu and flew dozens of meters away before landing.

Looking at the fingertips again, the wound was squeezed closed and there was no trace of it.

This is only the 9th level of Qi and Blood, which is still a long way from being a junior martial artist.

(End of this chapter)