Shengjing Noble

Chapter 207 Poverty

After the mother and daughter reached an agreement, they began to take action.

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Fast forward five days.

The weather was getting warmer, and the sun was shining brightly at noon. Su Lanyin and her mother Lu Wanjun were walking with Su Shengyan in the yard.

Cuizhu and Nanny Li led people to place the prepared lunch on the stone table in the middle of the yard.

"Ma'am, it's time for lunch."

Lu Wanjun nodded, and then helped Su Shengyan wipe the sweat from his forehead with concern.

"Son, why don't you eat first? Only when you are full will you have the strength to continue recovering."

"Okay, listen to mother."

"Great, I'll push Big Brother over there."

Su Lanyin helped Su Shengyan onto the wheelchair and pushed him to the stone table.

Lu Wanjun looked up at the time and frowned slightly: "It's already this time, why hasn't Shengyun come back yet?"

"I sent someone to inquire, and they said that the emperor left my second brother in the imperial study. He might have an important mission to send him to Qiu County this time, and he needs to be given detailed instructions."

"Well, let's eat first and don't wait for him."

They had just sat down and were about to eat with their chopsticks when A'mo walked in from outside.

"Madam, the Third Young Master is back, and... brought a girl with him."

The three of them looked at each other and understood instantly.

Su Lanyin immediately said, "Cuizhu, take away all the food. Madam Li, let's start what we told you to do before!"

The servants in the yard immediately started to get busy, while Su Lanyin dragged Su Shengyan back to the room, leaving Lu Wanjun alone sitting in the yard.

Su Shengming walked in with Fang Qingqing.

"Mother!"

"Hello, madam."

The two of them stood hand in hand in front of Lu Wanjun. If you didn't know the truth, you would really think that they were a good match.

Unfortunately, Su Shengming is a fool, while Fang Qingqing is full of bad intentions.

"Who is this?" Lu Wanjun asked knowingly.

The play that needs to be performed still needs to be performed.

Su Shengming was very excited and quickly introduced: "Mother, this is the Qingqing I told you about earlier. She is the one I like. Take a look, is she as well-educated and well-mannered as I said?"

After saying that, Fang Qingqing tugged at his sleeve coyly and smiled shyly, which was very gentle and charming.

"Hello, madam."

"Oh." Lu Wanjun raised her eyelids indifferently, without showing much interest.

This made the two of them feel a little at a loss as to what to do.

After all, when I mentioned it to my mother before, she was very happy.

Su Shengming was a little confused, but he didn't care. He quickly said, "Mother, Qingqing and I are in love. I want to marry her, so I brought her back to see you."

Lu Wanjun leaned back in her chair, her tone unhappy: "Since it's a big deal, why don't you pay a formal visit? You suddenly came in the middle of the day and didn't even bring a gift. Is this what you call being well-educated and well-mannered?"

Hearing her say this, their faces suddenly became embarrassed and confused.

"Mother, what do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything. Now that you've grown up, you don't even need your mother to decide on your marriage. Sigh."

"This... naturally, it's up to my mother to decide."

"Since you want me to make the decision, then you are going to bring people to inform me like this?"

"But I told you before!"

"so what?"

Seeing Lu Wanjun's serious face, Su Shengming realized her displeasure and instantly understood what was going on.

"You don't want me to marry Qingqing?"

"I didn't say that."

Lu Wanjun neither admitted nor denied it, but this attitude really annoyed Su Shengming.

He grasped Fang Qingqing's hand and said righteously, "Mother, I have already decided on Qingqing. I will be with her for the rest of my life and I will not marry anyone else but her!"

Fang Qingqing beside him also had a firm face: "Madam, I know you will find it abrupt, but I am sincere to Shengming."

"Sincerely? If he was just a small errand boy, not the young master of the Lu family, would you still be sincere?"

Hearing Lu Wanjun's doubts, Fang Qingqing looked humiliated and almost cried, "Madam, you misunderstood me! I like Shengming as a person, not his identity, and certainly not your family's money!"

Su Shengming also echoed: "Mother, what Qingqing said is true! When she agreed to be with me, she didn't know I was from the Lu family. She just thought I was a small errand boy. She was even willing to help me take care of my seriously ill mother. You know all this!"

Lu Wanjun remained expressionless on the surface, but she was extremely disdainful in her heart.

Silly child, you really think Fang Qingqing knows nothing. Such a high-end hunter must have investigated the prey thoroughly in advance.

She took a deep breath, suddenly smiled, stood up, walked forward and held Fang Qingqing's hand, her eyes full of excitement.

"Great! Qingqing, actually I was just testing you just now, please don't be angry! I didn't expect that my Shengming is so lucky to find a good girl like you."

Both of them were stunned. After all, her expression changed so quickly that they were caught off guard.

"Madam, how could I be angry? Thank you..." Fang Qingqing was the first to react and quickly forced a smile.

But before she could finish her words, she saw Lu Wanjun lowering her head with a sad face.

"Alas, actually something big happened at home, and I haven't had time to tell you yet."

"What! Something big happened at home? Mother, what happened to you? Tell me quickly what happened. Is it my eldest brother? Or my second brother? Could it be Yinyin?"

Su Shengming was extremely nervous, his eyes full of anxiety and worry.

Lu Wanjun thought secretly in her heart: At least you have some conscience and know how to care about your family.

She shook her head and sighed, "I have never dared to tell you that your second brother will be transferred to Qiu County recently. The emperor has given him a death order, asking him to solve the problem in Qiu County. As you know, there has been a severe drought there for three years, and the people are almost living in misery."

"But who dares not obey the emperor's order? In order to help your second brother, I had no choice but to sell off our family's property, even Zuixianlou. All the money will be donated to Qiu County for disaster relief."

"That is to say... our Lu family is now out of money."

Su Shengming was shocked, but he soon understood his mother's actions, so he immediately said, "Is there anything I can help you with, second brother?"

"Of course we need him. Not only you, but our whole family will follow him to Qiu County. After all, the area is poor and the conditions are tough, and your second brother doesn't have enough people around him. Fortunately, you are going to marry Qingqing, and then she will also be a member of our Lu family, and she can follow us to Qiu County to help, which is great."

"What mother said is that we are all a family. If we have any difficulties, we should work together, right, Qingqing?"

At this moment, Fang Qingqing's face was almost as black as the bottom of a pot, but she was very shrewd and did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, she could even laugh.