Chapter 34: Prelude to Zhou's Departure
After Sun Tu finished giving his instructions, he washed up and went to sleep in the front yard. The four of them who slept the best that night were Zhao Lingmeng and her two children. Sun Tu, Zhou, and Sun Yue all had their own worries and tossed and turned all night.
Sun Dayong and his clansmen were also preoccupied with their own affairs and hadn't slept well. We were all mortals, so who wouldn't be completely tempted by such great wealth? Some people could only control themselves.
But the next morning, Sun Dayong and his companions were not in such a good mood. During breakfast, they heard that Zhou had been up to no good again the previous night. Sun Dayong was no fool to become the clan leader. For them to know such a thing, someone must have revealed it to them.
The only person in the mansion who could do this was definitely her nephew's wife, whom she had yet to meet. The implication was clear: if the Zhou family didn't intervene, she would intervene. Once she did, it was hard to say whether she would vent her anger on the Sun family.
What they feared most was that the Marquis of Wu'an would go before His Majesty and accuse the Sun family of bad conduct, and then ban them from taking the imperial examinations for generations. This would completely sever the path for their descendants! Especially after witnessing the immense wealth of this mansion, they couldn't bear to see their descendants' path cut off.
After Sun Dayong and his companions finished their breakfast, they discussed it with the clan members. They all agreed that they should take Zhou back home early today! If they delayed, something might happen, and who knows how much trouble it would cause.
But Sun Dayong still told the clan members to hold their tongues for a while and let him do all the talking. He was both the clan leader and Sun Tu's uncle. If anything happened in the future, Sun Tu would hate him, but he wouldn't do anything to him. After all, he had raised him, and he wouldn't kill him. But the clan members were different.
Life's adventures are sometimes marvelous. If Sun Tu ever becomes unhappy, Sun Dayong is afraid that he will seek revenge on his clan members. Sun Tu can't do anything to his wife, but if he wants to take revenge on any of his clan members, it will be too easy. People can't defeat officials.
It would be too late to think about this kind of thing later. So now it's time to be a villain first and a gentleman later. Sun Dayong thought to himself that when he returned this time, he should really urge the children in the clan to study. If more of them could go abroad, they wouldn't have to be so cautious in everything they do now.
Sun Dayong figured it out, so he took his tribesmen directly to the bamboo courtyard to deal with the matter as soon as possible and return.
When Sun Dayong and the others arrived, Zhou, Sun Tu, and Sun Yue were all there! Even the maid who served Sun Qijing yesterday was there with her companions.
Sun Dayong didn't care what they were doing so early in the morning and asked directly: "Have you packed? We're leaving now."
Zhou looked at her son expectantly, hoping he would delay for a few more days to see if there was any way to stay.
Sun Tu was afraid that his uncle would punish Zhou if he knew that his mother had acted up again yesterday, so he kept his head down the whole time and didn't see Zhou's eyes.
Sun Yue, who was standing next to her, saw it, but she had always been selfish and really didn't want to go back home. The people in the room could decide her future, so she didn't dare to say anything.
Seeing that Sun Tu didn't move, Zhou nudged Sun Yue with her elbow again. Sun Yue was trying to reduce his presence, so he could only bear the pain and remain silent.
"Then we've packed up and let's go!" Sun Dayong looked at Zhou winking at everyone in the room, but he didn't respond and just made the decision to leave.
Seeing that she really couldn't avoid this matter, Zhou cautiously smiled at Sun Dayong and said, "Brother, you two go have a cup of tea outside first. I'll talk to Tu Ge'er for a while, and then I'll go with you."
Seeing that Sun Tu was looking at them expectantly, Sun Dayong and his companions left with their clansmen, leaving the space for the mother and son to say goodbye. To be honest, if Zhou hadn't been messing around here, turning their daughter-in-law into an enemy, they really wouldn't have wanted to get involved in this laborious and thankless task.
"Brother Tu, Mom is going back alone. Can't Jing'er go back to accompany Mom?" Zhou acted as if the sky was falling.
Before Sun Tu could say anything, Dong Mian beside him started laughing and said, "Madam, our Madam said that if you are really lonely, you can bring Miss Sun and Master back to accompany you. She can still do that. But forget about the Young Master. He has the blood of Marquis Wu'an in him. How could he let you control him?"
"How dare you, Dongmian, you are just a servant, how dare you say that to the old lady." Sun Tu did not expect that a maid would dare to say such words, which was simply disrespectful.
"Master, although I am just a servant, I will help whoever I serve. I am not like some people who rely on others for food and still think they are superior. Moreover, even if I am a maid, I am still a maid in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion. The people who can deal with me are not in this mansion."
Hibernation is not afraid of these people in this room! These people just take advantage of the fact that the young lady is easy to bully, so they dare to treat her like this.
Sun Tu was furious when he heard Dong Mian say that. He felt that being ridiculed by a servant in the mansion was an eyesore. But he really couldn't handle these stubborn servants, and for a moment he almost fainted from anger.
Seeing her son nearly faint from rage, Zhou realized that Zhao Lingmeng was no longer the same as before and was determined to deal with them. The three of them, mother and son, had no one to lean on. If Zhao Lingmeng turned her back on them, they would be helpless. Zhou could only step forward and support Sun Tu.
"Tu'er, forget it. Since Jing'er won't go back, I can go back alone. You have to take good care of yourself and your sister here. If you have the chance to come back to see me, I will be satisfied." Zhou knew how to establish her image in her son's mind, and she also knew how to pretend to be a weak person in her son's eyes.
"Mom?" Sun Tu was holding Zhou's hand at this moment, like a pair of lovers about to be separated, both of them were crying pitifully.
"Mother, this is two hundred taels of silver, please keep it. If you run out of money in the countryside, remember to write to your son, and I will ask someone to bring it back to you. You just live well in the countryside and wait for your son to come back to see you. Don't worry, your son will become rich, and he will still protect you in the future." Sun Tu had thousands of words to say to his mother at this time.
Dong Mian heard Sun Tu say this, but in his heart he was thinking that he must explain the attitude of the son-in-law to the young lady when he returned, otherwise he would suffer. This son-in-law was not a good person, and he was afraid that he would hold a grudge.
"Ms. Zhou, let's go! Stop making trouble. Why did you send Jing'er to that remote place? How can you be her grandmother? If you make trouble again, you will really have to go back to your Zhou family." Sun Dayong came in after hearing the content of the argument clearly.
After Sun Dayong finished speaking, he turned to Sun Tu and said, "You are also a father, you are worthy. You yourself passed the exam there, you don't know the hardships there. Why did you ask your mother to take Jing'er back? In the future, Ming'er will have a bright future, and Jing'er will stay at home to farm. Can you bear Jing'er calling you dad?"
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