Chapter 167: Persuading the Stubborn Mr. Wu
Chapter 167: Persuading the Stubborn Mr. Wu
"Why are you so ignorant of etiquette? Not only did the girl help her mother, but everyone who comes to our house is a guest.
How can we turn away guests? Please ignore him and come inside. Please don't mind my simple home."
Qu Jingyao was enthusiastically pulled by the old man's arm and walked into the house.
She nodded apologetically to Mr. Wu.
Wu Haoshan looked at his mother and rolled his eyes at her unhappily, then had no choice but to follow her in.
"Go make some tea."
The old man looked a little embarrassed as he directed his stunned son to ignore the guests. The kid had told him that everything was fine, so why was he still paying attention to her feet? It was really annoying.
When Wu Juren turned around to make tea, Qu Jingyao smiled and said to the old man: "It's okay, old man. It's not difficult to see that Wu Juren is a filial person."
The old woman sighed helplessly. Filial piety is that their son is too filial, which makes them feel that they are a burden to their son.
Mr. Wu came in with tea and placed it in front of my mother and Qu Jingyao respectively.
He then asked, "I think your request is the same as others. I'm sorry to disappoint you this time, but I don't have anything else on my mind right now."
The old man's face changed. Qu Jingyao smiled, put down the teacup, and asked Mr. Wu if he didn't ask about his specific conditions?
Everyone wants to learn from others.
"No matter what the conditions are, you can see what I'm doing right now. I don't have any other thoughts. I just want to spend more time with my family."
Qu Jingyao nodded and said that it was not difficult to see that the gentleman was a responsible man, but this did not conflict with other things.
"I also know your situation, sir. Why don't you listen to my conditions? Don't rush to refuse."
The old lady of the Wu family put the teacup heavily on the table and glared at her son with an unhappy face.
Mr. Wu immediately calmed his mother down, turned around with a cold face and told Qu Jingyao to speak, saying that nothing could change his mind.
Baiguo watched as Old Lady Wu reached out and twisted Mr. Wu's arm.
She couldn't help but chuckle.
This room is so shabby that even a mouse would be surprised to find it. I wonder why Mr. Wu...
"I would like to invite Mr. Wu to come to my house to teach my two younger brothers, and your wife and mother will take over as well.
I can ask someone to help look after you, and I will also set up a quiet yard for your family while you are in class.
As for money, how about five taels of silver a month? If you think it's too little, we can raise it. We will provide you with clothes for all seasons and everything for your family."
After hearing these conditions, Mr. Wu's eyes did not even flicker, and he still looked stubborn.
Old Mrs. Wu on the side thought it was a good idea. It was much better than the conditions offered by those who came to her house before.
Besides, she could see that this girl was a kind-hearted and loyal person.
Before she could open her mouth to persuade her son, she heard her daughter-in-law's voice coming from the room.
"Sir, please agree to this young lady's request. My mother and I are willing to go with you."
"Qingyun, you..." Mr. Wu looked at his wife who was clinging tightly to the door frame of the west room and hurried over.
"Husband, please agree to this. You know that our family has no extra money to buy food. Besides, food in town is getting more and more expensive. Right now..."
His wife tried to persuade him earnestly that if he continued like this, she would at least break up the family even if she didn't die.
Old Mrs. Wu looked at her daughter-in-law whose face was as pale as paper, and her eyes instantly turned red. She secretly turned her head away and wiped the corners of her eyes.
Then he joined the persuasion team.
Mr. Wu sighed with a look of struggle on his face.
"Mom, I'm worried..."
"What's there to worry about? The conditions they offered before were not like this. Now the girl wants us two burdens to go with her.
It will also make it easier for you to take care of her. What else can I do? If you continue to be so stubborn, Qingyun and I will really hang ourselves."
Old Lady Wu's threat really worked. Mr. Wu looked at his wife's increasingly pale face and had no choice but to agree.
"But I have a condition."
"Sir, please speak." Qu Jingyao smiled slightly and said softly.
Mr. Wu's face suddenly looked a little embarrassed, and he whispered that he wanted to withdraw one month's salary in advance because his wife couldn't stop taking medicine.
"Don't worry, sir. I'll have my maid call a doctor to come and see your wife and the old lady. You don't have to worry about the medicine."
As he spoke, Qu Jingyao asked Baiguo to put down the cakes he had brought, and also put down a silver note worth fifty taels.
Mr. Wu looked at Qu Jingyao who stood up in surprise, and said what he was thinking in a daze.
"Miss, aren't you afraid that I'll run away with the money?"
"Pfft, sir, are you going to run away for these fifty taels?"
Qu Jingyao asked him back with a smile on her face.
After he finished speaking, Wu Haoshan's face turned red and he coughed twice in embarrassment.
The old lady of the Wu family couldn't bear to see her son's useless side.
Even the daughter-in-law beside her laughed out loud.
“Cough cough… cough…”
"Qingyun, look, be careful."
Old Mrs. Wu looked at her daughter-in-law's miserable appearance helplessly.
Qu Jingyao took a look at Mrs. Wu's face. She had a pretty face and seemed like a gentle person.
"If you are at ease, sir, could you please let me take Madam's pulse?"
Mr. Wu looked up in surprise and asked, "Young lady, do you know medicine?"
Qu Jingyao smiled slightly, and old lady Wu beside her reached out and patted her son on the back.
"What are you still standing there for? Let the girl show Qingyun. It was the girl who showed my mother's foot just now. What an idiot."
Qu Jingyao looked at the temper of the old lady of the Wu family and couldn't help but smile.
"This is an old illness of mine, so please don't bother me..."
"It's okay." Qu Jingyao smiled faintly and asked Mr. Wu to help his wife back to the house.
She followed in and felt her pulse.
As soon as the hand rested on her wrist, the fullness in the space told her that if this lady had not met her master, she would not have lived for long.
Qu Jingyao was stunned for a moment. Mr. Wu caught the regret that flashed across her eyes and asked anxiously about the situation.
"It's nothing serious. I have two pills here. Sir, give your wife one pill every three days. The doctor can take the rest to take good care of your wife."
After she finished speaking, the mother and son in the room looked at her in disbelief.
After I recovered, I remembered to ask her to confirm what I had just said.
"Miss, do you mean my daughter-in-law can get better?"
Qu Jingyao smiled and nodded, and told her that as long as she took the two pills, she could let the doctor take care of her body after seven days.
Just be sure to remember the days while taking the medicine and don't stop taking it.
"Oh my God! Son, did you hear that? Qingyun's illness is finally cured."
The old lady screamed in surprise, ignoring the people around her, and grabbed her son's arm and patted it until tears fell from her eyes while she was laughing.
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