After school, Qin Dewei was not in a hurry to leave. He sat down and wrote a letter. In order not to break the contract, he had no choice but to inform Wang Meiren.
Xu Shi'an and Liu Yue didn't leave, but were waiting nearby.
After writing the letter, Qin Dewei dried the ink and folded it, then asked his left and right: "I need to send this letter to Mrs. Wang Lianqing in Nanshi Lou Street."
Qin Dewei really didn't want to run errands. Going back and forth was just a waste of time.
"I'll see you off!" "I'm willing to go, little slave!"
After hearing the letter sent to Miss Wang, Xu Shian and Liu Yue sent out applications at the same time, with expressions of excitement that they were eager to try.
But Xu Shian didn't expect Liu Yue, a maid, to dare to compete with him. The young master lost his temper, pointed at Liu Yue and shouted: "You slave, if you dare to steal business from me, get out of the way as soon as possible!"
Liu Yue did not dare to talk back to Xu Shi'an, and hid silently beside Qin Dewei, covering her face and crying, and she could see the glistening tears through the gaps between her fingers.
Qin Dewei felt that his property rights had been violated a little bit, and said to Xu Laosan dissatisfiedly: "Now she is not from your Xu family, please be careful what you say!"
Xu Shi'an habitually felt that he was wrong after scolding him. Now Liu Yue was Qin Dewei's maid. As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. How could he still beat him?
So he scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
Liu Yue said with a hint of tears: "It's all Xiaonu's fault! Master Wei must not get into trouble with Mr. An because of Xiaonu.
Xiaonu just thinks that if Mr. An goes to a place like Nanshi Lou Street again, he will cause trouble again, so he should let Xiaonu do it for him.
Otherwise, how could Xiaonu, an innocent woman, be willing to go to Huajie and Liuxiang..."
Qin Dewei pointed at Liu Yue and said to Xu Laosan: "Look, look, you are such a sensible woman, are you willing to scold her? She is right, it is not appropriate for you to go to Nanshi Building Street now, so let Liu Yue run errands
Bar!"
Xu Shian had nothing to say, but he always felt that something was wrong. When you Qin Dewei punished Liu Yue, you made people cry with ruthless hands, and now you are pretending to be a good person?
Also afraid that Liu Yue would be unsafe on the road if she came back late, Qin Dewei told him not to follow Lai Clan during the day tomorrow and to go directly to deliver the letter.
With the matter settled, the three of them left the school together, but found that Mr. Zeng was waiting outside.
"What happened to your mother?" Mr. Zeng asked Qin Dewei.
Yesterday, he found that neither Qin Dewei nor Xu Shi'an came to the school, so he ran to Conductor Xu to inquire. He only vaguely heard that Qin Dewei took Mr. An to Huajie Liuxiang, and then his wife was furious and locked up Aunt Zhou.
Apart from being surprised by the young man's bravery, Mr. Zeng was also very worried. Unexpectedly, Qin Dewei and Xu Shi'an showed up again today like nothing happened.
Xu Shi'an quickly replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Zeng! There is nothing wrong with Aunt Zhou at my house!"
Mr. Zeng wanted to say something, but he found that he had no position...
Qin Dewei recalled the agreement he made with Commander Xu yesterday that he would have to talk about his mother's problem again after returning home today.
After returning to the Xu Mansion, as usual, a few mouthfuls of food were delivered from the inner house. Qin Dewei found that the portion was even less than enough... It was not that the food was less than before, but that there were more people in the house.
This is another problem that needs to be solved, and the prerequisite is money.
Halfway through the evening, around eight o'clock, someone from the Xu family came to send a message and asked Qin Dewei to go to the front hall. Qin Dewei, who was half full, had no choice but to go there even if he didn't want to wander around to eat.
There was no one else in the hall. Mrs. Xu was sitting in the hall, and her mother Zhou stood beside her. Qin Dewei took a few glances at his mother and found no signs of abuse, so he was completely relieved.
Mrs. Zhou looked at her son with a very unkind look. Qin Dewei guessed that if Mrs. Xu was not there, Mother's women's singles project must have started.
I must explain to my mother later that I really have no other purpose in going to Nanshilou Street. I just want to supplement my nutrition. If I don’t eat, I will get nothing.
Qin Dewei bowed his hands to Mrs. Xu, "Jiaci has been in your house for many years and has been deeply blessed by the lady. Now that the boy has grown up, he wants to welcome his mother back to support him. With the whole family's filial piety, he hopes that the lady will fulfill his wishes!"
In the past, Qin Dewei would never have dared to be so careless and go straight to the point and directly ask Mrs. Xu for help, but now it is different.
Yesterday, he, Qin Dewei, stood up to kill the gods, held up the sky with one hand, and fought off the attack of the second-fang master for the Dafang forces, leaving hundreds of Enyin households in Dafang.
With this great kindness, Qin Dewei is qualified to ask Mrs. Xu directly. Of course, if Commander Xu was here, Qin Dewei might not dare to be so direct.
Thinking of this, Qin Dewei suddenly felt a little strange, why is Commander Xu not here? He obviously had an appointment with Commander Xu yesterday.
Mrs. Xu had very complicated feelings about Qin Dewei, and replied: "My Xu family is a kind family, don't say that I can't help you mother and son. Why don't you ask your mother what she thinks?"
Qin Dewei turned to his mother and called out affectionately: "Mom! Go back with your child!"
Zhou had a cold face and asked, "Where are you going back with me?"
Qin Dewei was at a loss for words. He now has two residences, one in the utility room in the outer courtyard of Xu's house, and the other in the small wooden house in the east wing of his uncle's house...
"As long as the mother is willing to leave the Xu family, I will definitely find a solution for the child!" Qin Dewei gritted his teeth and said, "Or ask the mother to give the child some time. After the child has settled down, the mother can leave the Xu family."
Zhou asked again: "You want me, a mother, to go out, do you still think about studying and fame?"
Qin Dewei replied: "Yes, the child is determined to achieve fame and progress, and his family will learn from Mr. Zeng. The county magistrate Feng and the county magistrate have agreed to give guidance and study!"
Zhou shook her head and said: "Young people like you always think that you are omnipotent and always have many unrealistic fantasies. It will not be until you have a bloody encounter that you will discover that you are actually nothing."
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Qin Dewei begged: "Please mother, please do it!"
Zhou said sadly: "Someone also lied to me like this back then, until I was desperate. Twelve years later, someone said this to me again."
"..." Qin Dewei couldn't continue.
It seems to have touched the scar deep in the mother's heart. What else can his son do? He cannot be a heartless person and cannot be too selfish.
Forcing the insecure mother to leave her comfort zone for the sake of the illusory road to fame is, in a sense, forcibly kidnapping her to gamble with him.
At this time, Mrs. Xu suddenly interrupted and said: "I have an idea, so that both of you, mother and son, can get the best of both worlds."
Qin Dewei looked at Mrs. Xu in surprise. As smart as he was, Qin Dewei couldn't come up with a way to have the best of both worlds. He could only tell his mother with emotion and reason. How can you, an old woman in her late fifties, come up with this?
Mrs. Xu said meaningfully: "Why don't you, Qin Dewei, change your family and come to my Xu family and become an adopted son?"
This sentence shocked Qin Dewei, and he subconsciously thought, what are you thinking? What nonsense are these? Why should I become an adopted son in your family?
Then he wanted to understand what Mrs. Xu meant. If his mother married Commander Xu as a concubine, wouldn't he become the adopted son of the Xu family?
In this way, the mother could continue to stay in the Xu family, and she also lifted the restriction of being a slave son and obtained the qualifications for the imperial examination.
After understanding what Mrs. Xu meant, Qin Dewei felt humiliated and furious. Do you, Mrs. Xu, think you are the director of an eight o'clock soap opera?
He stepped forward and refused categorically: "I, Qin Dewei, will never give my mother as someone else's concubine for my own selfish reasons!"
Mrs. Zhou was silent for a moment, but then said: "Listen to your mistress."
Qin Dewei stopped and said: "Mom doesn't need to be like this! The child is too hasty tonight! It is better to wait for the child to make a world outside first, and the mother will be able to leave the Xu family and return to the family in peace!"