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 your mother take the medicine obediently, and it will be better soon. Is it convenient for me to visit your mother?"
The maid looked embarrassed.
Lu Zude took the initiative to say, "I'll take you there."
There is a difference between men and women, so Ling Shu couldn't really mess with the Sun family. He just stood at the door with Yue Dingtang and watched for a while.
Sun slept under the quilt. With naked eyes, she couldn't see anything unusual, but judging from the frequency of her body's ups and downs, she was definitely not a corpse.
Lu Zudela pulled the corner of Lingshu's clothes and whispered, "Uncle, let's not disturb mother's sleep."
Ling Shu and the others returned to the living room and took their seats again.
"Sister Song, pour two cups of tea for Uncle Ling and Uncle Yue."
Lu Zude was very sensible and took the initiative to ask the maid to pour tea.
The maid didn't move.
She looked at the two of them and then at Lu Zude, a little hesitant.
Ling Shu said in a tone: "We helped to find someone yesterday, and there was such a big commotion. Today, I came to the door, and I can't even get a cup of tea? Zude, your maid, is it still listening to the master's words? If not, I will ask Lao Yue to find another for you, and this will be dismissed."
Yue Dingtang knew that he deliberately wanted to send the maid away so that he could ask Lu Zude alone, so he let his yin and yang be strange and did not stop him.
I have to say that when Ling Shu wanted to run on people, it was really able to make people's faces turn green.
The maid came back to her senses and quickly smiled: "Two gentlemen, I'm going to prepare refreshments. Yesterday, my wife bought some western cakes, including Napoleon cakes and cream cakes. What would you like to eat? "
"Let's have a little of everything. You can go to the street to buy some food. We'll eat here with Zude at noon, and 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.
Ling Shu and the others were able to call out the patrol room to find someone, naturally they had a relationship and background. 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, buy fish."
Ling Shu added: "I also like to eat fish. Let's have two sea bass. Steamed sea bass is good. If you don't have it, carp will be reluctant. There is also braised pork, and an eggplant with garlic. It's almost done."
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 can afford food and clothing, and a meal on weekdays is only two dishes. My wife specially asked me to be frugal!"
"There are only three of you on weekdays, and two dishes are definitely enough. Isn't there two more of us today? Besides, if your wife is awake, she will definitely treat us as honored guests. Offend people. Do you have the right to speak here? Those who don't know think you are the master of the Sun family."
Ling Shu showed no mercy, turning his face pale and looking at Lu Zude again, "Where did you find such a reckless maid, wouldn't you treat your mother and son like this on weekdays? Otherwise, Let her go to the patrol room with me to check her past misdeeds, and she will be honest after a few days of jail time."
Only then did the maid know that she was afraid, so she knelt down and begged for forgiveness and confessed her fault, begging bitterly, and said that she had been with the Sun family for a long time, and she was loyal, but she was used to being frugal 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 use it to buy food and cook, but she chased people impatiently. The maid waited for a while and saw that they didn't want to pursue further, so she picked up the money and left quickly.
The door closed and the maid left.
"How long has she been at your house?" Ling Shu asked Lu Zude.
Lu Zude sat upright, as if a student answered.
"Sister Song came after we moved here. My mother said that Sister Song is a distant relative of my grandmother. She cooks delicious food and can help with her work. My mother is not in good health, and sometimes she can't do housework."
Yue Dingtang said: "You told me yesterday that Mrs. Sun is not your biological mother?"
Lu Zude nodded: "my mother fell ill and died. This new mother was married by my father later."
That's the stepmother.
Yue Dingtang: "Then are your grandparents still there?"
Lu Zude: "Yes, grandparents are in the country."
Yue Dingtang: "Since they are still here, how did your mother take you out of the country, doesn't your grandfather object?"
Lu Zude pouted: "My mother said that the schools in Shanghai are good, and it would be more promising for me to come here than to go to a private school. She said that my father used to go to a church school in the city, but after I came, my mother did not let me go. I'm going to school!"
As soon as this statement came out, not only Ling Shu, but Yue Dingtang was also surprised.
He had to check with the child again.
"You didn't go to school? Then why did Mrs. Sun say you disappeared after school yesterday?"
"Mom said that the school would not accept me and would have to wait until the next semester started, but she told me not to say that I didn't have a book to study, and said that it would make people look down on it." Having said this, Lu Zude felt a little guilty, "I was too playful yesterday. When I came back, I got lost and wandered around in a place I didn’t know. A priest took me in and gave me candy, and in the end, Sister Song found me.”
Yue Dingtang: "I see that Mrs. Sun is very worried about your disappearance. She even came to ask us for help, but you said she wanted to harm you. How did she want to harm you?"
Lu Zude lowered his head and twisted his fingers, before whispering for a long time: "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 am not happy..."
Ling Shu couldn't help laughing and laughing, and that's the reason it took a long time.
It seems that Mrs. Sun, as a stepmother, loves her child as her own son, not to mention, at least she did not mistreat him, otherwise Lu Zude would not be like this.
So, where did Sun's "Save me" note come from
Ling Shu's light flashed, and he 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 blankly. For a child, this question was indeed a bit difficult for him.
Ling Shu: "Sister Song is always nice to you?"
Lu Zude: "The food she cooks is delicious, but she talks back to her mother and speaks ill of her mother to me."
Ling Shu: "What did you say?"
Lu Zude: "It's not good to say that the stepmother is not good."
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 heard that Sister Song and my mother seemed to be arguing."
Ling Shu: "What's the noise?"
Lu Zude was ignorant: "I don't know."
The problem seems to be with the maid.
But now that Sun is in a drowsiness, the half-eldest children can't tell why, they can only ask Sun later when he wakes up.
Two big men and a small child seem to have nothing to talk about.
There was nothing to do, they wanted to wait for Sun to wake up, and Ling Shu simply asked Lu Zude's homework.
"What book did you read in the private school?"
Lu Zude said: "Thousand-character script, there are four books and five classics."
Ling Shu made a fuss: "What age is it now, how come there are still people reading the Four Books and Five Classics? Didn't anyone tell you that when you go to school, you need to read new textbooks?"
Lu Zude said embarrassedly: "I have read the new textbooks in the countryside, and there are also foreign languages, but I am stupid and can't learn well."
Ling Shu rolled up his sleeves: "What's this, come, uncle will teach you, do you have a textbook?"
Lu Zude got excited: "Does my uncle know English? My mother said that she wants to enroll me in a church school next semester, but the church school has to take the English test."
Ling Shu smiled and said, "Of course I will. Your uncle and I were all excellent in my studies during my studies."
When he said this, he saw Yue Dingtang showing a strange smile.
The meaning is obvious: except in English.
Ling Shu was angry and looked down on people, didn't he
Even if his English is mediocre and his French is terrible, it still depends on who he is compared to, teaching a child who has not yet started. Isn't that easy to grasp
The corners of Yue Dingtang's lips twitched, as if he was waiting for a good show.
It's a pity that Ling Shu couldn't make the child's eyes widen and exclaimed.
Because the maid is back.
She went grocery shopping unexpectedly fast, but Ling Shu saw that her basket was bulging, and it was really full.
"Sister Song, have you bought the carp I want to eat?" Ling Shu asked deliberately.
"I bought it, I bought two carp and sea bass. I was afraid that the two gentlemen would not have enough to eat, so I bought more! I also bought you snacks, fried chestnuts with sugar and fried buns, and the young master and the two gentlemen put their stomachs first. , I'll eat it as soon as I'm done cooking!"
The maid was sweating profusely and said with a smile, her attitude was much more attentive than before. It can be seen that after going out, her mind was bright, and she knew that she could not offend Ling Shu and the others.
Ling Shu: "What about Mrs. Sun, you didn't prepare anything for her?"
The maid hurriedly said: "My wife is weak now, and the doctor told me that I can only drink porridge. I bought green vegetables, and I will make a bowl of vegetable porridge for my wife later. By the way, I also bought spare ribs here, and I will get them later. Sweet and sour small ribs, the young master's favorite, and the braised pork that you named Mr. Ling, we also have it!"
Lu Zude cheered: "I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs!"
The maid packed the pan-fried buns and fried chestnuts with sugar and brought them to the kitchen, and went to work.
Ling Shu whispered to Yue Dingtang: "She suddenly has a better brain, shouldn't she be a ghost?"
Yue Ding Tang Bai glanced at him: "If you are run on like this, you will have a bright mind!"
Ling Shu chuckled: "Thanks for your consideration, my brain is very bright."
He looked cute when he didn't smile, but Yue Dingtang couldn't hold back and scratched at the palm of his hand.
The movements were extremely secretive, and Lu Zude was flipping through the textbook with them on his back, completely ignoring it.
Ling Shu subconsciously trembled slightly, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but was caught by the other party.
one more time.
Lu Zude turned back.
Yue Dingtang let go in time.
"Uncle Ling, how do you read this word?"
Ling Shu didn't hold back and almost went to hammer Yue Dingtang.
"I see, well, it has two meanings..."
Until meal time, Ling Shu and the others couldn't see Sun shi wake up.
After eating, I can't continue to stay at other people's houses. Ling Shu privately told Lu Zude to pay more attention to the maid and not let her get close to the Sun family. The maid had to eat the vegetable porridge before feeding the Sun family. Lu Zude also agreed.
Ling Shu thought, even if Lu Zude's grandparents didn't like his stepmother, they wouldn't have the guts to kill him with poison. He explained 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 overtones, but her expression didn't change.
After leaving the Sun House, Yue Dingtang paused and looked back.
There is nothing special about the small bungalow. Like other houses around it, red bricks are embedded with glass windows. The outside is full of ivy and roses, which is quiet and beautiful.
But he always felt a little strange.
Yue Dingtang frowned slightly, but couldn't tell what was strange.