The Plow

The change in the maid's expression was caught by Ling Shu.

But he turned a blind eye.

Lu Zude nodded and pursed his mouth: "The doctor said that my mother will sleep and wake up at night. Uncle Ling, I am very worried about my mother."

Ling Shu comforted: "Listen to the doctor, let mother take the medicine obediently, and she will be fine soon. Can you let me visit your mother?"

The maid looked troubled.

Lu Zude took the initiative, "I'll take you there."

There is a difference between men and women, and it is impossible for Ling Shu to really mess with the Sun family. He just stood at the door with Yue Dingtang and watched for a while.

Sun was sleeping deeply under the quilt, and she couldn't see anything unusual with the naked eye, but judging from the frequency of her body's ups and downs, she was definitely not a corpse.

Lu Zu pulled the corner of Lingshu's clothes and whispered: "Uncle, let's not disturb Mommy's sleep."

Ling Shu and the others returned to the living room and sat down again.

"Sister Song, please pour two cups of tea for Uncle Ling and Uncle Yue."

Lu Zude was very sensible, and even took the initiative to ask the maid to pour tea.

The maid didn't move.

She looked at the two of them, then at Lu Zude, a little hesitant.

Ling Shu said in a tone: "We helped find someone yesterday, and there was such a big commotion, and today we came to the door, and we can't even deserve a cup of tea? Zude, is your maid listening to the master? If not, I will ask Lao Yue to find another one for you, this one will be dismissed."

Yue Dingtang knew that he deliberately wanted to send the maid away so that he could question Lu Zude alone, so he let him be eccentric and did not stop him.

It has to be said that when Ling Shu wants to run on people, he can really turn people's faces green.

The maid came back to her senses and quickly apologized, "Gentlemen, I'm going to prepare refreshments. My wife bought some western pastries yesterday. There are Napoleon cakes and cream cakes. What would you like to eat? "

"Have some of everything. Go to the street to buy some food. We will have dinner here with Zude at noon. By the way, let's see how Mrs. Sun is recovering." Ling Shu deliberately asked Lu Zude, "Do you welcome us?"

Lu Zude was very happy: "Of course!"

The maid dared not speak out.

Ling Shu and the others were able to call out to the patrol room to search for people. Naturally, they had connections and backgrounds. As long as the maids were not stupid, they would not dare to offend them.

She forced a smile and asked Lu Zude: "What would the young master want to eat?"

Lu Zude thought for a while: "Mom likes to eat fish, Sister Song, you can buy fish."

Ling Shu added: "I also like to eat fish. Let's have two sea bass. The steamed sea bass is good. If you don't have carp, you can barely do it. There is braised pork in brown sauce, and eggplant with garlic. It's almost the same."

maid:……

The smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more distorted, and she finally couldn't help resisting.

"Mr. Ling, we are a small family. We have enough food and clothing. We usually have two dishes for one meal. My wife specially told me to be frugal!"

"There are only three of you on weekdays, and two dishes must be enough. Isn't there two more of us today? Besides, if your wife is awake, she will definitely treat us as honored guests. Now you are clearly saving money for the master's family, but in fact you are doing it for her." Offending people. Do you have a place to speak here? Those who don’t know may think that you are the master of the Sun family.”

Ling Shu was merciless, and turned pale when he said that, and then looked at Lu Zude, "Where did you find such an unruly maid, wouldn't you treat your mother and child like this on weekdays, right? Otherwise, Let her go with me to the patrol room to find out what bad deeds she has done in the past, and she will be honest after a few days of prison food."

Only then did the maid realize that she was afraid, so she plopped down on her knees to beg for mercy and admit her mistake, pleading bitterly, and said that she had been with Mrs. Sun for a long time and was loyal, but she was just used to frugality every day, and she definitely did not intend to make things difficult for the guests.

Ling Shu took out some money and asked her to buy vegetables and cook, but then impatiently chased away the people. The maid waited for Ai Ai for a long while, seeing that they didn't intend to pursue further, she picked up the money and left quickly.

The door slams and the maid leaves.

"How long has she been in your house?" Ling Shu asked Lu Zude.

Lu Zude sat upright, as if a student answered.

"After we moved here, Sister Song came here. My mother said that Sister Song is a distant relative of grandma. She cooks delicious food and can help with work. My mother is not in good health and sometimes cannot do housework."

Yue Dingtang said: "You told me yesterday that Mrs. Sun is not your biological mother?"

Lu Zude nodded: "My mother died of illness, and this new mother was married by my father later."

That is the stepmother.

Yue Dingtang: "Then are your grandparents still there?"

Lu Zude: "Yes, grandparents are in the country."

Yue Dingtang: "Since they are still there, how did your mother take you out of the country? Does your grandfather not object?"

Lu Zude pouted: "Mom said that the schools in Shanghai are good. If you want me to go to school here, I will be more promising than going to a private school. She said that my father used to study in a church school in the city, but after I came, my mother didn't let me go to school." I'm going to school!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Ling Shu, but even Yue Dingtang were surprised.

He had to reconfirm with the child.

"You didn't go to school? Why did Mrs. Sun say you disappeared after school yesterday?"

"My mother said that the school didn't accept me and had to wait for the next semester to start, but she told me not to say that I didn't have any books to study, and that it would make people look down on me." At this point, Lu Zude felt a little guilty, "Yesterday I was too playful, When I came back, I got lost and wandered around in places I didn’t know. A priest took me in and gave me candy. In the end, Sister Song found me.”

Yue Dingtang: "I see that Mrs. Sun is very anxious about your disappearance, and she came to ask us for help, but you said she wants to harm you, how does she want to harm you?"

Lu Zude lowered his head and twisted his fingers. It took a long time before he whispered: "My grandma said that my stepmother is not good. She told me to be careful. I wanted to eat salted duck eggs yesterday morning, but my mother refused to let me. I'm not happy..."

Ling Shu couldn't help but laugh, and this was the reason why he had been messing around for a long time.

It seems that Mrs. Sun, as a stepmother, loves the child not to mention whether she is her own son or not, at least she did not treat him harshly, otherwise Lu Zude would not be what he is now.

So, where did Sun's "help me" note come from?

Ling Shu had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have found the answer.

"You said just now that Sister Song is a distant relative of your grandma. Did your grandma ask her to come here to help?"

Lu Zude shook his head in a daze. For a child, this question was really difficult for him.

Ling Shu: "Does Sister Song treat you well?"

Lu Zude: "She cooks delicious food, but she will talk back to her mother and tell me bad things about my mother."

Ling Shu: "Say what?"

Lu Zude: "It's not good to talk about stepmothers."

Ling Shu: "It didn't rain last night. Mrs. Sun seems to be in good health. Why did she suddenly get sick?"

Lu Zude: "I slept until midnight yesterday, and I heard Sister Song and my mother seemed to be arguing."

Ling Shu: "What are you arguing about?"

Lu Zude was confused: "I don't know."

The problem seems to be with the maid.

But now Mrs. Sun is in a coma, and the half-grown children can't explain why. They can only ask after Mrs. Sun wakes up.

Two big men and a child seem to have nothing to talk about.

Nothing happened, they still wanted to wait for Mrs. Sun to wake up, Ling Shu simply asked about Lu Zude's homework.

"What book did you read in the private school?"

Lu Zude said: "Thousand-Character Essay, as well as Four Books and Five Classics."

Ling Shu made a big fuss: "What time is it now? Why do people still read the Four Books and Five Classics? Has no one told you that you have to read new textbooks in school?"

Lu Zude said embarrassingly: "I have read the new textbooks in the country, and there are foreign languages, but I am stupid and can't learn well."

Ling Shu rolled up his sleeves: "What's the matter, come on, uncle will teach you, do you have any textbooks?"

Lu Zude became excited: "Can uncle speak English? My mother said that she wants to enroll me in a missionary school next semester, but the missionary school has to take an English test."

Ling Shu smiled and said, "Of course I will, your uncle and I were all A's in my studies."

When he said this, he saw Yue Dingtang showing a strange smile.

The meaning is obvious: except English.

Ling Shu is angry, doesn't he look down on others?

Even if his English is mediocre and his French is appalling, it depends on who he compares with. Teaching a child who hasn't started yet, isn't that easy to grasp?

The corners of Yue Dingtang's lips curled up, as if waiting for a good show.

It's a pity that Ling Shu failed to open the eyes of the children and exclaimed amazingly.

Because the maid is back.

The speed at which she went shopping was unexpectedly fast, but Ling Shu saw that her basket was bulging, and it was really full of things.

"Sister Song, have you bought the carp I want?" Ling Shu asked intentionally.

"I bought it, two carp and two perch each. I was afraid that the two gentlemen would not have enough to eat, so I bought more! I also bought snacks for you, fried chestnuts in sugar and pan-fried buns. The young master and the two gentlemen will pad their stomachs first." , I can eat it as soon as I cook it!"

The maid was sweating profusely and said with a smile, her attitude was much more courteous than before, it can be seen that her brain has brightened after going out, and she knows not to offend Ling Shu and the others.

Ling Shu: "What about Mrs. Sun, didn't you prepare something to eat for her?"

The maid hurriedly said: "My wife is weak now. The doctor told me that I can only drink porridge. I bought green vegetables for my wife. I will make a bowl of vegetable porridge for my wife later. By the way, I also bought ribs, and I will make them later." Sweet and sour short ribs, the young master's favorite, and Mr. Ling's braised pork, which you named, are also available!"

Lu Zude cheered: "I want to eat sweet and sour short ribs!"

The maid put the pan-fried buns and sugar-fried chestnuts on plates and brought them up, and went into the kitchen to get busy.

Ling Shu said to Yue Dingtang in a low voice: "She suddenly has a good brain, so she must be a ghost?"

Yue Ding and Tang Bai gave him a look: "If you are squeezed out like this, your brain will shine!"

Ling Shu chuckled: "Thanks to you, I have a pretty good brain."

He looked so cute with a smile on his face, Yue Dingtang couldn't hold back, and scratched the other's palm.

The movements were extremely secretive, and Lu Zude was flipping through the textbook behind their backs, without noticing it at all.

Ling Shu trembled subconsciously, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but was caught by the opponent.

one more time.

Lu Zude turned around.

Yue Dingtang let go in time.

"Uncle Ling, how do you pronounce this word?"

Ling Shu didn't hold back, and almost went to hammer Yue Dingtang.

"Let me see, well, it has two meanings..."

Until the meal time, Ling Shu and the others failed to see Mrs. Sun wake up.

You can't stay at someone's house after eating. Ling Shu privately asked Lu Zude to pay more attention to the maid and not let her get close to Mrs. Sun. The maid had to eat vegetable porridge before feeding Mrs. Sun. Lu Zude also agreed.

Ling Shu thought, even if Lu Zude's grandparents didn't like his stepmother any more, they didn't have the guts to poison and kill people. He explained it like this just in case.

Before leaving, Ling Shu deliberately told Lu Zude in front of the maid that they would come to visit in two days.

The maid didn't know if she understood his implication, and her face didn't change.

After leaving Sun's house, Yue Dingtang paused and turned to look.

The small bungalow is nothing special, just like other houses around it, with red bricks and glass windows, and ivy and roses planted outside, quiet and beautiful.

But he always felt a little strange.

Yue Dingtang frowned slightly, but couldn't tell what was strange.