I made a fortune by marrying a sickly woman!

Besides, there were only two people left in the house.

"There's no one here, no need to pretend." Song Jin tried to pull his left hand back, but failed after two attempts.

Not only that, Qin Chi dragged her to the bed, held her in his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, "My lady, if you have anything to say, let me sleep first, okay?"

A deep sense of fatigue emanated from his voice.

She suppressed Song Jin's attempt to struggle to get up. In fact, she was very tired from having to keep vigil at night these past few days.

Forget it, this is a good opportunity to take a break.

As the beneficiary, Song Jin did not act pretentiously. He found a comfortable sleeping position and fell asleep simply, leaving Qin Chi, who had prepared various excuses, with no place to use them.

Qin Chi thought he wouldn't be able to sleep.

I didn't expect that when I held the person in my arms, smelled the familiar and reassuring scent, I fell asleep unknowingly.

At midnight.

Song Jin was awakened by Mu Ting.

As soon as she moved, Qin Chi also woke up, "Is it time?"

"Yes, it's time for someone from the old house to come and urge them. Do you want to go over there?" Song Jin asked.

"Go! I'll come back before the funeral so that I can see grandma off for the last time on behalf of my father." Qin Chi represented the first wife and had to show up.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.

This was not the time to talk about other things. Song Jin asked someone to bring warm water, wrung out the towel and handed it to Qin Chi, "Hurry up and wipe your face. You have to go quickly."

Qin Chi took the handkerchief and was in a daze for a moment.

It seems like I have returned to the past.

At Song Jin's urging, Qin Chi washed up, changed into mourning clothes, and pretended to be supported by Song Jin and went down to the old house.

Then all the trouble came.

The man fainted in front of the grave again.

After this matter spread, no one dared to say anything about the eldest wife. Some people even praised Lord Qin for his utmost filial piety, which made everyone else in the Qin family look inferior to him. Qin Mingsong, who had been keeping vigil for seven days, did not even make a single splash.

The matter of the eldest branch of the Qin family had long been spread among the upper circles in Huizhou. When they learned that Qin Chi was in Qinjiagou, Yi County, some people were interested, but they were not able to visit the Qin family because of a funeral. Although some people sent gifts, they were all returned.

Meng Qingrui doesn't have so many concerns.

After the guard at the gate informed everyone, he let the person in.

"I learned that you were ill, so I came to see you."

Meng Qingrui came in with two bags of snacks. He smelled the faint smell of medicine in the room and asked with concern, "Are you really sick? You're not pretending?"

Qin Chi just picked up the bowl and drank the medicine, "Minor illness."

Meng Qingrui was about to drag a chair to his bed, but he looked around the room and saw that no one was there, so he asked, "Where's your sister-in-law? Isn't she here to take care of you?"

"I'm a grown man, do I need my wife to take care of me?" Qin Chi said stubbornly.

Unwilling to admit that Song Jin was not happy to accompany him.

Meng Qingrui leaned in closer and whispered, "How many days do you plan to stay this time?"

"I will leave the day after tomorrow."

It's not that Qin Chi didn't want to stay longer, it's just that the situation didn't allow it. "The rebel issue must be resolved this year. The longer it's delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."

"Take me with you?" Meng Qingrui asked.

Qin Chi raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Are you not planning to take the imperial examination?"

"You know I'm not cut out for that."

Meng Qingrui was lucky to pass the exam and become a scholar. At that time, the teacher said that he did not have enough experience and needed to gain some experience. Who knew that he would pass the exam? "Last year, I was told to take the provincial exam because that was my father's idea. He said that I was not even a juren, and it would be a shame for you to stay with me."

Qin Chi couldn't imagine this was the reason.

Meng Qingrui said again, "But you are promoted too fast. If I don't follow you, it will be difficult for me to squeeze in when you have more confidants around you."

Qin Chi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

No one would dare to say these words even if they were beaten to death, but Meng Qingrui said them so carelessly.

"Okay, I'll write to my uncle. If he agrees, I'll take you with me." Qin Chi and Meng Qingrui grew up together and know each other well. He is indeed more reliable than others. "But you should understand that even if you follow me and I support you, whether you can make it or not depends on your own ability. I won't cover up if you make mistakes."

Meng Qingrui nodded solemnly.

The master leads you in. Cultivation is personal.

All he needs is an opportunity to display his talents. Another thing is to achieve something without being suppressed or excluded.

There are thousands of talented people in the world, but only a few stand out. What is the reason?

What an opportunity!

If you seize the opportunity, you will succeed.

Meng Qingrui achieved his goal and did not disturb Qin Chi's rest, so he said goodbye at the right time.

Qin Chi asked someone to send Meng Qingrui out.

Originally, he didn't want to see other people on the pretext of recuperating from illness, but when they learned that he was meeting Meng Qingrui, Old Man Qin and Qin Mingsong immediately hurried over to the old house and asked to see Qin Chi.

Qin Ba said, "Sir, do you want me to send them off?"

"No, I've already met Qingrui. It would be unreasonable if I didn't meet them. Let them come in. I also want to hear what they have to say."

Qin Chi knew that this was unavoidable.

If you don't see them once, they will come back next time.

When Old Man Qin stepped into the room, he put on a caring look and asked, "How is Dalang? Are you feeling better?"

"Much better. Thank you for your concern, grandfather." Qin Chi deliberately sounded a little weak when he spoke.

Qin Mingsong followed and said a few words of concern.

After a while, they started chatting.

Old Man Qin asked about Boss Qin's recent situation.

"I haven't seen the eldest son for a few months. His mother often thought about him before she passed away." Old man Qin thought that these words would help him get closer to the first wife.

I don’t know what Qin Chi felt after hearing this, but he felt very uncomfortable.

During her lifetime, Old Liu had never treated the first wife well. It was good enough that she didn't scold her, but she insisted on saying that she was thinking about her. But this matter can only be thought about in the heart, and it still needs to be acceptable on the surface.

Qin Chi explained a few words on behalf of his parents, "My parents were troubled by me earlier, and someone wanted to capture them to threaten me. My uncle happened to be recuperating in Huangshan, so he took them over. Later, he hurriedly returned to the capital with my uncle in secret, fearing that his whereabouts would be exposed, so he couldn't reveal it to anyone. My father was also thinking about my grandfather and grandma. When he knew that I was in the south this time, he specifically told me to return to Qinjiagou after finishing my official duties. But he didn't think about grandma..."

"It's your grandma who is unlucky." Old man Qin sighed.

Qin Chi pretended to be sentimental again.

Qin Mingsong saw that they had been talking for so long but still hadn't gotten to the point, so he was about to open his mouth to say something.

Qin Chi said before him: "By the way, Grandfather, does the Song family give you a large sum of money every year?"

Old man Qin's pupils suddenly shrank.

Qin Chi did not give him a chance to think about it. "It was not the Song family who said that. I saw that you and your uncle had been spending lavishly in recent years, as if you had no shortage of money. I was worried that someone might be plotting against the Qin family, so I asked someone to investigate and found out the source of the money."

This money came from Song Huaichang.

This person did not work under Song Jin, but Song Jin had great respect for him.

Qin Chi said again: "Grandfather, you shouldn't take this money anymore. We are relatives of the Song family. If you take this money again, who do you think my uncle and I are? Will it be spread out that Grandfather sold my uncle and me for money? In the future, will my uncle and I still have the face to go out and see people?"

Old man Qin's face turned red. "What do you mean by selling or not selling? Why do you say it so harshly?"

Qin Mingsong's face doesn't look good now.

Even if he had known that Old Man Qin had agreed to the marriage for personal gain and that he had benefited from it, he still felt uncomfortable when someone said it to his face in such harsh terms.

But he couldn't say that Qin Chi did it on purpose.

Because Qin Chi is also one of the parties involved.

Qin Mingsong could only stand on Qin Chi's side and said, "We really can't take this money anymore. The Song family has overturned the verdict, they were wrongly accused, and now they have returned to the capital. If we take more money, it will be said that my Qin family is greedy."

Old Qin didn't want to give up the money.

Song Kuan had originally agreed to pay the money, and it was a reward he had earned with a clear conscience. But now that his eldest grandson and son had said this, how could it have become his fault?

Thinking about the huge amount of money, it would be painful if it were gone.

Qin Chi didn't want Old Man Qin to continue taking money.

If he took that money again, he would be too ashamed to face Song Jin.

Qin Chi knew what kind of character Old Man Qin was, so he said, "Every year our eldest family will send retirement money to Grandpa, which is no less than what the Song family gives."

This was his final compromise.

With Qin Chi's words, Old Man Qin had no choice but to agree. The loss of a large sum of money made Old Man Qin very upset, and he no longer had the mind to think about asking the eldest wife to take him to the capital to enjoy a good life. Moreover, Qin Chi's attitude also showed that he would send the pension money. In other words, the eldest wife would not take him to the capital.

To say more would be to bring humiliation upon oneself.

Qin Mingsong had no chance to raise any questions if he dared. During the time they were sitting there, Qin Chi just had this or that thing, and later he said he had urgent official business.

The father and son were asked to leave in a dignified but aggrieved manner.

When Song Jin received the news, he was also very surprised. He didn't expect that Old Man Qin would be willing to give up.

But this is a good thing for the Song family.

Song Jin immediately wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Song Huaichang.

Song Huaichang also replied quickly and sent another generous gift to the Qin family's old house, specifically for Old Man Qin, as a thank you for his generosity and righteousness.

Old man Qin took the things, but he was angry again and fell ill that night.

In the middle of the night, I asked Doctor Xiaojing to see the patient.

Qin Chi knew that Old Man Qin had a bad temper and that his problems were caused by anger, but he told others that he just couldn't bear to leave his grandmother.

As a result, Old Man Qin got angry again.

Who in the family didn't know that he hated Old Liu the most?