Fu Qi felt relieved when he saw that Du's mother was confined to bed.

Those who do evil should bear the consequences of their evil deeds.

But how could Fu Qi let Du Huaqing have it so easy? He sneaked into the Du family that night and took all their money, not leaving them a penny. Now it depended on whether Du Huaqing would have enough spare money to find someone to serve him.

The next day, when Du Huaqing wanted to take the money to ask his aunt for help, he found that the place where the silver and money were originally placed was empty, and there was not even a penny to be seen.

He was panicked now. He searched through all the boxes and drawers for a long time but couldn't find a penny.

Because he was making so much noise, Du's mother asked him what happened.

Du Huaqing replied anxiously, "Mom, all the money in the house is gone."

When Du's mother heard that the money was gone, she was shocked and asked quickly, "Why is it gone? Did a thief break into the house?"

Du Huaqing thought about the place where he had just put the silver and money. There were obvious signs of being rummaged through. This time, someone must have taken advantage of them sleeping and stolen it.

Du Huaqing nodded and said through gritted teeth, "A thief has indeed entered."

Du's mother was not in good health, so she could only ask her son to open the place where she usually kept the silver and money to see if it was still there.

Du Huaqing did as he was told, but when he found the place where Du's mother had put the money, he noticed obvious signs that someone had touched it, and he had a bad feeling.

When he opened it, he found that it was empty. His face turned pale. What should he do now?

When Du's mother saw that the money she had saved for a long time was gone, she fainted.

Du Huaqing was shocked and rushed over to press her Ren Zhong point. It took a long time for Du's mother to wake up.

Thinking of the money, Du's mother quickly pulled his sleeve and said, "Qing'er, report to the police and get the money back."

When Du Huaqing heard this, his face turned bitter. He had no idea at all. What's the point of reporting to the police? The silver would most likely not be recovered, and he was too embarrassed to do so. If his classmates knew that he reported to the police just for a dozen taels of silver, they would definitely laugh at him for his money-grubbing.

He could only say a few perfunctory words to Du's mother and then go out to think of a solution. There was no money at home, but he still had to eat.

He also had to find a way to make a living, but it was too late to even copy books. In the end, he had no choice but to save the rice at home and cook some of it.

It took me most of the day to light the fire, and in the end I managed to cook some porridge to fill my stomach.

I had never been able to learn how to make a fire before, but now that I have money in my hand, I have managed to learn it with some effort.

After a few days of this, Du Huaqing could no longer bear it. The dirty clothes piled up, and the pots and pans in the kitchen were in a mess.

Du Huaqing didn't know how to wash clothes, so the clothes he was wearing were wrinkled after being worn for several days. He didn't look like a scholar at all.

Du's mother looked anxious, but she was so weak that she couldn't even get out of bed. What's more, she had no money and naturally no medicine.

I lay in bed every day, feeling unbearable pain and having a foul body odor.

Du Huaqing couldn't even take care of himself, so naturally he couldn't take care of Du's mother. It was already good enough for her to have food to eat every day.

Fu Qi saw that the time was almost right, so he asked people to spread the word, letting people know that Du Huaqing ignored his sick mother and was truly unfilial and unworthy of being a scholar.

It’s not that Fu Qi felt sorry for Du’s mother and wanted to help her, but Fu Qi wanted Du Huaqing to give up completely.

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