Poor family mother and son

Chapter 471 Advantages and Disadvantages
Xiao Bao hurriedly handed over the towel to wipe Shui Mao Mao's mouth, and then said in a very doggy manner: "Grandpa Shui, can you please lend me the children?"

Originally, Shui Maomao's plan for these children was to let them follow Xiaobao, so he didn't object at all after hearing this.

But this little brat is so obsessed that he doesn't call him "Shui Mao Mao" but "Shui Grandpa". There must be some danger in it.

Shui Maomao is not worried about the children, they have learned escape skills better than kung fu.

Shui Maomao was very worried about Xiaobao's accident, so he asked sullenly, "What are you doing?"

Sure enough, Xiao Bao said: "Grandpa Shui, there may be danger, I want Da Mao to pretend to be me."

Xiaobao completely described the interception and killing that he and Chu Qing encountered together years ago, the cause and effect, who bought it, who bought it, 48 of his own boys died, and so on.

Shui Maomao was silent for a while.

He thought that danger like Wei Chengyi would not happen to Chu Qing, but he never thought that even if there was no war, there would be assassination.

An assassination that even Xiaobao would not spare.

"Okay!" Shui Maomao agreed at the time, "Tell me, what are you going to do, and how?"

Xiao Bao recounted today's events: "During these days, I've been ostentatiously walking around the market every day, and I finally met the eldest son of their family named Meng, so I went up to recognize him, and even flirted with him. I plan to...

I intend to send the children out, follow the head of the Meng family and this Meng Xiansheng, and grasp all their movements;
Grandpa Shui, Meng Xiansheng saw me for the first time today, and I deliberately found fault with him so that the young masters who often hang out with him would have a reason to distance themselves from him;
The reason is that if something happens to him, he won’t be able to get help right away, this is not our territory, if he is not familiar with the place, he will avoid trouble;
But it's just a beginning, and I will continue to drive them apart;

I want to wait for the kids to get a handle on when and where their family's bulk trades, and then on the road... gobble up his stuff! "

Xiaobao spoke like a real bandit, with stern eyes and a normal tone:
"I want Da Mao to be my substitute, come and go in and out of the academy, let people know that I am here, and give me alibi;

Then I can safely and boldly go halfway..."

Shui Maomao interrupted him: "You can just be yourself in the academy and let Da Mao assassinate you."

Xiaobao shook his head: "Grandpa Shui, Da Mao is also dangerous at home. I'm afraid that the surnamed Meng will attack again. He can kidnap me and threaten my mother, so Da Mao is not safe. You have to stay at home and take care of him;
As for me, I have to kill them myself. I lost 48 brothers, and they protected me to the last breath. I have to avenge this with my own hands! "

Just as Xiaobao predicted, Meng Xiansheng started to investigate Xiaobao's identity immediately after returning.

This is not difficult, and soon the servant came back to report: "Back to the young master, the child's name is Chu Tong, and he is the owner of the newly opened 'Baoqing Technician Academy' in Songjiang Mansion."

Meng Xiansheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "That Chuqing's child?"

"Yes." The servant replied.

Meng Xiansheng: "Where's my father?"

Servant: "Master is in the study."

In the study, Meng Chun played with the chicken-shaped white porcelain inkstone.A basin of clear water is at hand.

The inkstone drop had been emptied and there was no more water dripping, so Meng Chun pressed the inkstone drop into the basin all at once, as if holding someone's head and trying to drown him.

The inkstone dripped bubbles on the bottom of the basin, and soon, the bubbles disappeared, as if a drowned person had stopped breathing.

A sinister smile appeared on Meng Chun's face, and then he withdrew the smile again: After all, it was just imagination.

"Father!" Meng Xiansheng's voice came from outside the door.

"Come in." Meng Chun responded, took the inkstone out of the basin, and wiped the water on it with a towel, the white porcelain reflected a lustrous light.

"Didn't you go to eat with Dalang Xue, why did you come back so soon?" Meng Chun looked at his son.

This is his eldest son, with a refined temperament, a tall figure, and a handsome appearance. He is the most promising person to lead the family into the imperial court.

Over the years, he has been letting his son study in the government school as an auditor, and he is not allowed to take the children's examination to help his son hide his edge.

Unlike Kong Pugao, he let his son take the scientific examination step by step. In Meng Chun's view, it was too eye-catching. Fortunately, although the Kong family has a great business, it is not an imperial businessman, so it will not cause trouble for a while.

Their Meng family is different. They have been in the royal line of sight since the first emperor's time. Over the years, they have devoted themselves to creating the image of a "loyal servant of the royal family", hoping to become the emperor's personal "treasurer".

So a lot of wealth that can be earned can only be watched as it flows into other people's pockets.

The Meng family did not dare to reveal their ambitions without the emperor's clear tendency of favoritism, did not dare to donate officials, and did not even dare to let their outstanding sons participate in the imperial examination.

Because he is confident that with his son's excellence, he can be a Jinshi.

He asked his son to only study and not to take the exam, and he had to act like he had no interest in official career.

It is a pity that the previous emperor did not introduce them to Emperor Qingde, because the current emperor completely treats them as ordinary businessmen and does not give them any preferential treatment.

So, isn't the son's "obscene development" all these years wronged in vain?

"Father, did you know that Chu Qing's son came to Songjiang Mansion?" Meng Xiansheng asked.

"Huh? You knew it right after you came back? Not bad." Meng Chun praised.

"Father!"

Meng Xiansheng has no time to take into account his father's admiration for him, he knows the importance of himself in his father's heart, so what he is worried about is what his father's plan is.

Meng Xiansheng: "Father, could he be targeting us?"

Meng Chun nodded: "It's possible, not necessarily, he's been here for a while, just to run a school, but judging from his performance, he seems to be a spoiled child."

Meng Xiansheng: "Father, today he offended someone for me by using four words."

Meng Chun: "Oh? Which four words?"

Meng Xiansheng: "The first of the four elegance."

Then, Meng Xiansheng told his father what happened in the "Drunk Eight Immortals" before.

Meng Chun didn't take it seriously after hearing this: "It's not you who offended, it's he who offended someone."

Meng Xiansheng was a little anxious: "No, father, he talked about our identity as an imperial merchant. You know, the big families in Fucheng are all qualified to become imperial merchants in terms of strength. He said that, he is flattering you!" !"

Meng Chun nodded: "Very good, you realized it immediately, which is very good;
However, you don't have to worry, we were able to become imperial merchants in the first place because our family has no relationship with the officialdom, but they have, the former emperor is most at ease with our family;

It's the same now, I made you dormant for so many years, in order not to let the emperor have any ideas, so they can think whatever they like, our disadvantage has always been our advantage. "

(End of this chapter)