Chapter 91 Sun Tu’s Dream
As soon as the brothers Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming entered, they bowed and saluted first. This was also what Nanny Sun taught them after she arrived. Zhao Lingmeng didn't say anything about it. Ordinary people always have to abide by certain rules in life. Unless you are the creator of the rules, you will have to learn them sooner or later.
Zhao Lingmeng waved her hand and asked the two brothers to come over to her. After touching their heads, she asked the servants beside them to hold them and sit on the chairs.
As soon as Sun Qiming sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Mom, why did you ask us two brothers to come here? Do you have any more delicious food?"
Sun Qijing next to him obviously wanted to ask the same question, and looked at Zhao Lingmeng with his big eyes.
"Mom just missed you two, just sit here and play with me for a while!"
When Zhao Lingmeng was interacting with the two children, Sun Tu, who came in behind her, did not say a word. He sat down not far from Zhao Lingmeng and drank tea by himself. It was not until Zhao Lingmeng asked the two children to play with her that Sun Tu hurriedly said:
"Madam, I have something important to discuss with you. Please let them go out and play!"
"No need. They are so young and don't know anything. Just tell me what you want to say!" Zhao Lingmeng rejected his request in front of everyone.
Sun Tu looked at the two children beside him and the servants in the room. For a moment, he hesitated. He had no children in the future, and these children might be his hope for the future. So he hoped that in their memories, he would be a good father, so that they would listen to him when they grew up.
Sun Tu hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said to the two brothers, "You two go out and play!"
When Sun Tu said this, Zhao Lingmeng looked at him with a half-smile, but she didn't say anything. However, when the brothers Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming heard Sun Tu's words, their reactions were different.
When Sun Qijing heard his father say this, he subconsciously wanted to stand up and go out to play. But he saw that Sun Qiming next to him hadn't moved at all. He then looked at his mother, who just smiled at him without nodding. So he sat down again.
"Tell me! What's the matter?" Zhao Lingmeng looked at Sun Tu with an expression pretending to be ignorant.
Seeing that the two little ones would not go out, Sun Tu hesitated for a while, but he still did not choose to give up. Instead, he put on a smile on his face again and looked at Zhao Lingmeng sincerely, "Madam, I am going to be sent out of Yuanjing to serve as an official."
"Oh? I remember we had an agreement to wait until the child was older before sending him out of Yuanjing."
Sun Tu knew Zhao Lingmeng would say this, but he had already thought of his excuse. "That's because plans can't keep up with changes! I've been taking leave frequently for the past six months, which resulted in me only getting a mid-to-low ranking in this assessment. There's no suitable position for me in Yuanjing. I had no choice but to send you away."
"I even asked my eldest brother to put in a good word for me with my boss in advance, and he agreed. I don't know why I still got a mediocre evaluation in the end. Maybe he was too busy and forgot about it!" Sun Tu said sarcastically, looking at Zhao Lingmeng with grievance, as if he had no choice.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at Sun Tu's expression and thought that he did look quite good in this state, but it was a pity that she was not the original owner.
"Oh? Then why didn't you discuss it with me in advance when you signed up for the overseas study?"
"I'm not sure if it will work. As soon as I'm sure today, I'll come back to discuss it with you." In order to get the money from Zhao Lingmeng smoothly, Sun Tu's attitude was very nice.
Zhao Lingmeng suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and asked in a fake serious tone, "So, how are you going to arrange things for me and the child?"
When Sun Tu heard this, he felt that Zhao Lingmeng had given in, and his heart became even more excited. He couldn't wait to speak, "Madam, this is what I think. The children are still young, and the place where I will be taking up my post this time is very remote. I can't bear to see you and the children suffer, so you and the children won't go.
I also know that it's not easy for you, Madam, to stay in the mansion. This time I'm going to take Sun Yue with me. I'll let her go to a remote place to suffer a little. In two years, she'll marry in that county, and you won't have to see her again."
The more Sun Tu spoke, the more he felt he was truly a good man, having thought of everything for his wife. He felt he was truly a good husband, and it was just that Zhao Lingmeng had been born into such a fortunate situation, unaware of it. Once he took up his new post, Zhao Lingmeng would definitely regret it; only then would she realize how much she had wronged her.
Zhao Lingmeng sat nearby, watching Sun Tu's self-righteous expression. She felt more disgusted than if she had eaten a fly. What a joke. She just wanted to make things difficult for him. "If you want to go, go by yourself. Sun Yue was so mean to me before, so stay here and let me vent my anger! Don't worry, I won't kill her."
"How can that be possible!" Sun Tu and Sun Qijing were both anxious and said at the same time.
"Oh, if you want to go abroad, then go ahead. Sun Qijing, if you want to go, you can go too. After all, you are an adult, and you have the right to choose."
When Zhao Lingmeng said this, Sun Tu was very happy, but Sun Qijing was in a dilemma. He wanted to follow his father and his mother at the same time, so he looked at Sun Tu and then at Zhao Lingmeng, looking undecided.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't care about the little guy Sun Qijing. She just stared at Sun Tu to see what he would say.
Sun Tu also knew that he spoke too quickly, making his previous words seem a bit fake. Seeing Zhao Lingmeng staring at him, he could only pretend to cough a few times: "Madam, Sun Yue was young and naive in the past few years. Don't take it to heart. I will take her out to suffer for a few years, and then marry her off far away. I will take this as a way to vent your anger."
"Well, then you two brothers should just go away. Don't come to my Yixinyuan and get in the way. Do you have anything else to do? If not, go down!" After Zhao Lingmeng finished speaking, he picked up the tea in front of him, as if he was serving tea to see off guests.
Sun Tu pretended not to understand. He couldn't leave. The key point hadn't been discussed yet! How could he leave?
"Madam, my husband is about to be sent abroad. Do you think we should discuss the issue of the money we have left? Yuanjing is so far from where I was appointed, and I will need to buy everything again when I get there. Do you think you can ask the accountant to give me a few thousand taels of silver? After all, money makes things easier."
Sun Tu said this carefully, rubbed his hands, and looked at Zhao Lingmeng with anticipation.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at Sun Tu with a smile, but didn't speak immediately.
Sun Tu immediately pretended to be aggrieved and looked at Zhao Lingmeng: "Madam, your illegitimate sister is only registered under mother's name, and you generously gave her 10,000 taels. This is a serious matter for me as an official, you can't not even give a few thousand taels!"
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