Chapter 79 The Bane
A happy event has occurred in the Qin family recently - Mr. Qin's two children who "study abroad" in Shanghai are on vacation, so they naturally have to celebrate.

Mr. Qin only has three children in total, two young masters and one young lady. Compared with the financial resources and power of the Qin family, they are really small.

Due to the small number of children, Master Qin is very precious to all of his children.

As for why Mr. Qin only has three children, it's not because of lack of personnel, but because Mr. Qin has not married his concubine.

The Qin family's wife's family was quite powerful. After the founding of the Republic of China and the promulgation of the marriage decree, Mrs. Qin took the opportunity to ask Mr. Qin to divorce all his "aunts" and drive them all out of the house. Mr. Qin had no choice but to do so.

If the Qin family really had several concubines, Lao Bao would have had to live in a tightrope these years. How could it be as easy as now?
From a distance, Bao Guowei saw colorful lanterns hung everywhere on the Qin family's wall, and candles seemed to be lit inside.

There were many servants watching and patrolling. After all, the Qin Mansion's mansion was mainly made of wood. If there was a fire, the mansion would be destroyed in a few decades.

Aunt Wang is washing clothes in the courtyard at the moment. The weather is not bad today, there is some sunshine, and it is still warm. The water in the basin is no longer cold after being exposed to the sun for a while.

So this time when I wash clothes, my hands don’t have to be so cold that they feel like they’ve been cut by a knife.

Of course, you can also light firewood to heat the water before washing clothes, but that costs money, and Aunt Wang would rather freeze her hands than spend some money on firewood.

Although she was washing her clothes, she felt a little jealous and a little sour in her heart - Lao Bao gave birth to a good son and became the housekeeper directly, and his salary was also increased. I heard that Mr. Qin invited his son to a banquet today. , this time even Section Chief Gao came.

As for his son, he is like two black sticks. Apart from growing faster and stronger, he has no other abilities. He is still working at home.

It turned out that the two children were fine. At least they could go to the dock to move things for others, and they could earn their own income in a month.

A few days ago, he said that without Zhang Siwu taking them to the dock to move things, they couldn't grab work from others, so he stayed at home and helped his father with the carpentry work.

In fact, these two children can be carpenters, they will earn less, and it is still a way out.

After all, Aunt Wang would feel distressed when she saw white marks or bruises on her son's black arm.

But later on, I kept clamoring about learning martial arts. What’s the use of learning Lao Shizi martial arts?How many of them will become famous in the end?
Aunt Wang feels that this is true. Not only can he eat the poor man, but he can also eat the poor mother. The father who is a carpenter in the family can also eat him.

At the end of the day, the family can't get dozens of copper coins, which can't be exchanged for twenty cents, but a family of four can eat two kilograms of rice bran in one meal, as well as expenses such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, winter clothes, and shoes. It's stretched thin.

"Hey, these young and old men don't work all day long. They don't get hungry easily, so they eat less. We work a lot, and we still have to worry about food. What's the point?"

Aunt Wang just thought about this in her mind and naturally wouldn't put it down her throat.

Aunt Wang simply couldn't meet the demands of her two children - it was already extremely difficult to feed her two children. Wouldn't it be even more difficult if they were sent to learn martial arts, and they would have to eat more and pay tuition fees?
But why hasn’t Lao Bao come yet?It's now noon, and the banquet will begin if you don't come.

Just as she was thinking this, Aunt Wang heard the sound of the doorbell ringing at the door. She quickly put down her work and trotted over.

She didn't have her feet bound, so she could run fast. Footbinding was something only people with a certain family were qualified to do.

If a poor family insists on foot-binding, the family will lose a labor force and have an extra mouth to feed. If they can't even feed their children, why should they bind their feet?

There is always someone to do the servant's work.

Moreover, people with bound feet have trouble even escaping. Aunt Wang often sees old women in their dozens of years running hundreds of miles on their awl feet to escape.

However, he was old, had no appearance, and could not find a job. He eventually collapsed in an alley in the city and waited for death.Whenever she sees this kind of situation, Aunt Wang feels a little lucky that she has not had her feet bound.

"The butler is here."

The door opened with a creaking sound. As soon as the door opened, she saw Lao Bao's face. Aunt Wang still had the heart to make some jokes. She and Bao Zheng were familiar with each other and had always had a good relationship.

But when he turned around and saw Bao Guowei behind him, he was secretly surprised - this hairstyle and gold-rimmed glasses seemed to be incomparable to Young Master Qin who had just returned from Shanghai.

Bao Guowei was looking around at the surrounding environment at this moment - he didn't understand why the Qin Mansion hung up lanterns and lit candles in broad daylight. This was not a holiday.

And Aunt Wang could notice that Bao Guowei's skin color had become whiter than before, and it was also a little rosy.

He wore a pure black sleeveless vest on the outside, revealing two clean white sleeves, a pair of black trousers on his legs, and smooth and bright black leather shoes on his feet.

Looking at this set of clothes, coupled with the oily hair and glasses, he undoubtedly has the temperament of a noble man from a Western-style school.

Sure enough, it was different to go to a foreign school, and Aunt Wang felt a little sad.

The eldest son of his family, Wang Xiaowu, not only looks rough and looks like a black coal ball, but also in terms of words, deeds, and appearance, there is no way he can compare with the old Bao family.

"Guowei is here too. Come in quickly. The two children of the Qin family are here, and Section Chief Gao is waiting inside."

"Who? Section Chief Gao, do I know him?"

Hearing Aunt Wang's words, Bao Guowei was a little confused. According to this position, could it be an official?Lao Bao seems to have mentioned it.

Bao Guowei looked at Lao Bao, asking who this person was.

"Section Chief Gao is a section chief of the Suzhou Internal Affairs Bureau. He can sign documents. For example, where to build a house and how much tax to pay are all done by people from the Internal Affairs Bureau."

When it comes to section chief Gao, Lao Bao seems to have high regard for him, but Bao Guowei knows that the section chief is not a big official, but he is not a small official either. Since he has a long character, he can be considered a small leader.

Bao Guowei was quite quick in his thinking, and within a few steps he roughly guessed the cause and effect:

Mr. Qin knew that he had a relationship with the Chu family, so he told Section Chief Gao. After Section Chief Gao found out, he might want to ask for his help?

It seems that taking advantage of the opportunity last time has laid the foundation for disaster. If he hadn't come up with allicin, Bao Guowei might have been targeted by Chu Ze for taking advantage of the opportunity.

Chu Ze looked kind and kind, but Bao Guowei never believed that he was really a kind-hearted person.

But it wasn’t Aunt Sun who opened the door this time?Bao Guowei took a look and didn't find her. It seemed that she had been fired by Mr. Qin.

"Aunt Wang, where is Aunt Sun?"

"Gone."

(End of this chapter)

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