Chapter 16 The Game Begins 9
Sun Tu was quite surprised to hear this. He had usually seen them both being very generous with their rewards. "You two don't have any money at all?"
Zhou and Sun Yue could only nod in disbelief. Seeing her son still looking at her in disbelief, Zhou said, "Before, when we were out of money, we would go to the accounting office to withdraw money. We thought it was the mansion's money anyway, so we could just spend it. How could we know?"
Zhou's voice sank as she spoke. She recalled her usual generosity and felt the embarrassment of being caught by her son. She herself was feeling rather annoyed. How could she have saved nothing in the past few years?
"Jiang Cheng, give some of my money to the old lady." Sun Tu ordered the servant beside him to give the money. He couldn't just watch his mother and younger sister starve to death!
Zhou and Sun Yue stared at Jiang Cheng with shining eyes. They knew their son/brother would not ignore him.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng felt like he was being stared at by a wolf, and a chill ran down his spine. He said tremblingly:
"Master, you only have twenty taels of silver left. How much do you want?"
Jiang Ben originally didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the master and the old lady, but the master's savings were not much, if it was all spent. What would he do when he had to attend social events outside?
"Is this all the money I have?" Sun Tu looked at Jiang Cheng in disbelief.
Jiang Cheng could only nod stiffly, then lowered his head and looked at the floor. He whispered, "It's still more than half a month before your salary is paid, sir!"
"Well, forget it. You only have twenty taels, and you still have to go out and about! How can you be without money?" Zhou still loved her son after all, and she knew clearly that her son was her permanent support.
"Then what should you and your sister do? You can't just go without food and drink! How about you take these twenty taels first, and if your son needs money, go borrow some from his colleagues." Sun Tu just couldn't bear to see his mother suffer any injustice.
"No, no, I have a way." When Zhou heard that her son was going to borrow money from his colleagues, she was even more reluctant to ask for his money. In Zhou's mind, her son would lose face in public if he asked his colleagues for money, and such a thing was absolutely unacceptable.
"What method? Don't go to Zhao." Sun Tu asked anxiously.
"Don't worry! Besides, we can't just look for them now. We made a fuss at the gate of Yixinyuan for a long time today, but we couldn't even get in."
When Zhou mentioned this, she felt a surge of frustration. What kind of a thing was this? When she was young, she had to endure the wrath of her mother-in-law. Now that she was old, she was the mother-in-law herself, and had to endure the wrath of her daughter-in-law.
Zhou never imagined that she would do many things on the first day of the month while others would do them on the fifteenth. Human affection and dedication are two-way.
After hearing what his mother said, Sun Tu was too tired to complain. No matter how much he said to her, she would not listen and continued to do as she pleased.
Seeing her son's bad face, Zhou suddenly remembered his instructions yesterday. It seemed like she had held him back again. "Tu'er, your sister and I will be leaving first. Aren't you going to look for Zhao? Go ahead!"
Sun Yue wanted to say something, but Zhou glared at her fiercely and pulled her away.
Sun Tu watched his mother leave with his sister and servants, rubbed his forehead, and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the Madam."
When Sun Tu arrived, he saw that Yixinyuan was actually guarded. He felt that his situation was even worse. People were treating his family like wolves and tigers and guarding against them.
Sun Tu felt so aggrieved for the first time because he had no ability to resist. He secretly vowed to teach Zhao Lingmeng a lesson when he became successful.
Therefore, all family members are the same at their roots, and the probability of good bamboo shoots coming out of bad bamboo is quite low.
The guard at the door did not stop Sun Tu, so he went in without any obstruction.
When Sun Tu reached the innermost room, he saw Zhao Lingmeng eating at a small table on the bed. His two sons were sitting beside the bed, each holding a small bowl and drinking soup, looking incredibly well behaved.
His youngest son wasn't there. Sun Tu guessed that the wet nurse must have taken him down to feed him. Sun Tu wondered what was wrong with these noble ladies. They didn't feed their own children, but had to hire someone to do it.
But Sun Tu didn't show it, because he was not qualified now.
"Hey, the busy man is back!" Before Sun Tu could say anything, Zhao Lingmeng felt uncomfortable at the sight of him, and the soup in her hand no longer tasted good. Zhao Lingmeng was unhappy, so she would not hold back when she spoke.
Sun Tu had no choice but to smile stiffly and say, "The Hanlin Academy is not busy, I came back to see my wife."
"Oh, now that you've finished reading it, you can go now." Zhao Lingmeng didn't give him any face at all.
Sun Tu was even more confused. He never expected that Zhao Lingmeng would be so disrespectful to him in front of the children and servants.
Sun Qijing, a clever man, had been secretly eavesdropping on his parents' conversation. He feigned ignorance, but was deeply surprised. His mother, who always listened to his father, now dared to tell him to get out.
Sun Qijing suddenly felt like he had discovered a great secret. It turned out his father was a paper tiger. He secretly told himself that he must not make his mother angry. Otherwise, no one would be able to protect him.
Sun Tu looked at the two children who were drinking their soup seriously and saw that they didn't react. Thinking about their ages, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "The two children are still here! Can you act like a mother?"
After Sun Tu finished speaking, he looked at the servants in the room and told them to leave. But they did not move at all and turned their eyes to Zhao Lingmeng.
Zhao Lingmeng wasn't the original owner, so she wouldn't tolerate the scumbag's anger. She took it out on the spot. "You act like a father, living off her, so arrogant."
After Zhao Lingmeng finished speaking, she ignored Sun Tu's expression and said to the people in the room, "Dong Yuan stays here, the rest of you go out and get busy!"
After Sun Tu heard Zhao Lingmeng finish speaking, everyone else went downstairs, and only a pretty maid took the initiative to walk to the bed and serve Zhao Lingmeng dinner.
"Madam, I know you have been wronged in the past few years. I also know that I was wrong, so please forgive me!" Sun Tu looked at the two children and saw that neither of them wanted to leave. Sun Tu felt that they would not understand anyway, so he said without hesitation.
Zhao Lingmeng ate her breakfast by herself, looking as if she didn't want to pay attention to him. She thought to herself that the person who was truly qualified to forgive her was no longer with her.
But Zhao Lingmeng didn't want Sun Tu to have an easy time, and even wanted him to remember this lesson. As for what she would do if he turned things around in the future, Zhao Lingmeng thought it would be best to prevent him from doing so.
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