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Hu qiangzi was stubborn. No matter what the Zhong clan did, they tried to make a scene, but Hu qiangzi insisted on not going to the Academy. He agreed to all the other requests of the Zhong clan.
After Mrs. Zhong calmed down, she felt that if he wanted to be a waiter, then so be it. It had been hard for her to raise him all these years, so she would let him earn money to support him!
Therefore, since then, the Zhong family had stopped working, and all the expenses of the family were paid for by Hu qiangzi.
Hu qiangzi’s income at the inn was becoming less and less able to support the family’s expenses. So, after three years of work, he left with an apology.
After that, he went fishing. He was quite lucky and had a good income. Although it was a little tiring and dangerous, he still had a lot of money left after deducting his expenses. He gave half of the money to Madame Zhong and kept half for himself.
Seeing this, Madame Zhong could only accept her fate and began to arrange for a wife for Hu qiangzi. However, Hu qiangzi was unwilling every time. He always looked down on the daughter-in-law she liked, and the number of times he came home was getting less and less.
He had nothing to do, his adopted son was disobedient, and butcher Liu’s wife was pregnant. Butcher Liu, who had been interested in the Zhong clan, found an opportunity, and the two of them got together.
This matter was discovered by Hu qiangzi. Later, Hu qiangzi said that if butcher Liu looked for Madame Zhong again, he would go and ruin his daughter.
Madame Zhong was frightened. After Hu qiangzi calmed down, she asked him if he had really taken a fancy to butcher Liu’s daughter. If it was true, she was willing to cut off all ties with butcher Liu.
Of course, Hu qiangzi didn’t really like butcher Liu’s daughter. He just wanted to threaten butcher Liu.
Madame Zhong asked Hu qiangzi, ” he’s not young anymore. It’s impossible that he doesn’t have a girl he likes. Hu qiangzi said he did, but he didn’t tell Madame Zhong who she was.
One night, when Mrs. Zhong got up, she heard Hu qiangzi talking in his sleep. In his dream, he was calling for the third lady. Mrs. Zhong was shocked.
Later, when Hu qiangzi was not at home, Mrs. Zhong went to his room to look through his things. She found out that Hu qiangzi had been interested in third aunt du since he was thirteen or fourteen years old.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHu qiangzi had studied before, and his grades were not bad. If it weren’t for the people of the Academy who often spoke ill of the Zhong clan, he might have continued to study. He might not be able to become an official, but at least he would have no problem becoming a scholar.
It wasn’t that Hu qiangzi couldn’t stand the gossip of others. He just didn’t want the Zhong family to be criticized. How much energy would it take for a widowed mother to raise a scholar? their family didn’t have any land. Besides the income from the Zhong family’s embroidery work, they had no other income.
Moreover, Hu qiangzi found that the Zhong clan’s eyes could not see far away. He did not want the Zhong clan’s eyes to be wasted on him, so he chose not to go to the academy. No matter what the Zhong clan did, he would not go.
Mrs. Zhong hated third aunt du. She had always thought that it was third aunt DU’s fault that Hu qiangzi was disobedient. She thought that it was third aunt du who seduced Hu qiangzi.
Previously, Hu qiangzi had worked at Qi ‘an Inn for three years. Third aunt du was very good to the mother and son, and the people at the inn also recognized them. Therefore, third aunt du often came to the inn. She was very clear about the time and place of people in the inn and where to enter without being easily discovered.
She easily took Hu qiangzi’s head and arms into the room and locked the door.
She even knew where the key was.
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