EBE Chapter 300: Read by My Future Son
Chapter 300: Read by My Future Son
Chapter 300 Let My Future Son Read
"Host, you have received a new reward!"
"This is a jadeite rough!" Lin Liuyi exclaimed in surprise.
Which reader was so generous as to directly reward her with a piece of jadeite?
Looking at the rough stone that had been cut in half by the system, the inside was fine-textured, with rich and vibrant colors and excellent translucency; it was clearly high-quality jadeite.
"Get rich! This is all thanks to you! You've made a fortune again!" Lin Liuyi was overjoyed. You can't expect a free lunch, but you can expect a piece of jade to fall from the sky.
"Please contact this reader as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, Sun Yu, who had just finished giving a tip, was waiting anxiously.
He didn't know how he came to see such a book, but he knew this might be his last chance, and he had to seize it.
Why is it called the last chance? Because Sun Yu was truly destitute.
The house is literally bare; he has sold everything he could to pay for his mother's medical treatment.
Even he himself only slept on a pile of straw.
"Cough cough, Yu'er, go to school, Mother is fine! Cough cough!" An old woman lying on the bed tried to sit up, and Sun Yu quickly went to help her.
"Mother, come and drink your medicine quickly!"
"It's alright, Yu'er. This is just an old ailment of mine. You should go to school!"
"Mother, you're like this, what's the point of me studying?" Sun Yu said, her face full of reluctance.
"No, this is your father's last wish, you must go to school!" The old woman looked at her son disapprovingly.
Sun Yu wanted to say that he couldn't understand it at all; those classical Chinese phrases made him want to fall asleep as soon as he read them.
It turns out that he tried his best to study in order to fulfill his father's last wish, but he really couldn't do it!
He knew that his family had spent a lot of money on his education, but he had been studying year after year and was still the same. He had long since given up on studying.
If his school hadn't let him come home early this time, he wouldn't have known that his mother was so sick.
He took his mother to see a doctor, who said it was originally just a common cold, but it had been left untreated for too long and had now damaged her lungs. The doctor advised his mother to take some medicine and rest well.
Sun Yu only realized how poor his family was when he went to get medicine for his mother. He had no way to make money, so he had to sell his family's belongings.
He sold his bed, chests, and other belongings in his room, but left his mother's room untouched.
Looking at the money from the sale, he had no idea how his mother had given him the money she used to give him.
It's definitely not going to be easy!
Thinking about it this way, Sun Yu really didn't want to study anymore.
Good heavens, he really has no talent!
"Mom, drink your medicine first! We'll talk after you finish!" Sun Yu urged his mother.
"No, you have to promise your mother that you will go to school!" Sun Yu's mother refused to let it go so easily; she made Sun Yu promise that she would definitely go to school.
"But Mother, we have no money left in the house!"
"Don't worry about it, I'll be fine soon. I'll go and get some more laundry work, then I'll give you the money!" Sun Yu's mother said, getting out of bed.
Sun Yu wondered how his mother could be so sick. It turned out she already had typhoid fever, but she kept washing clothes by the river, which made her condition worse.
How could Sun Yu bear to let his seriously ill mother do laundry to earn money to support his studies?
Sun Yu slapped himself hard and knelt down. He was unfilial.
"Yu'er, get up quickly, what are you doing?" Sun Yu's mother hurriedly pulled her son up.
"Mother, I'm so sorry for being unfilial and causing you trouble! But I really don't have the talent for studying. I can't stand reading those books at all. Mother, please, I'll just give up studying!"
“Yu’er, but your father says our family must have a scholar!” Sun Yu’s mother couldn’t bear to see her son so averse to studying.
But before her husband died, he was still thinking that their family must produce a scholar, and that Yu'er should study hard.
Sun Yu knew that his father usually took on odd jobs for others and admired scholars the most. Therefore, he was determined to have a scholar in his family.
But his father wasn't good at studying, so how could he be?
Father, you've ruined my life!
Sun Yu was filled with despair. Did he really have to study this book? His mother was in such a state, and his family's educational conditions were not good enough. How could he feel at ease in the school?
As Sun Yu was crying, an idea suddenly popped into her head.
"Mother, did Father say that our family only needs one scholar?"
"That's right, Yu'er. Your father said that someone in our family must go to school!"
"Then, Mother, look at you?" Sun Yu looked at his mother with hope.
"Yu'er, what are you saying? Your mother is so old!" Sun Yu's mother was frightened. What did her son mean by this? What was the point of reading books when she was an old woman? Those books made her dizzy!
So if both her parents were academically weak, how could Sun Yu possibly be a top student?
Sun Yu wasn't that heartless; he wouldn't force his mother, an old lady, to study so that he wouldn't have to.
"No, no, Mother, what I mean is, why don't you find me a wife? After I give birth to a son, I can send him to school!"
That's right, that's the idea that Sun Yu just had a flash of inspiration about.
His father forced him to study, so he can force his son to study too!
As long as he doesn't have to study anymore, that's fine!
"This?" Sun Yu's mother hesitated, but it seemed like a good idea!
"Mom, you say I'm not good enough, but I can marry a wife who is educated. Once we have a son, he'll be able to study, right? Then I can let him go, and I'll work hard to earn money. Isn't that a good idea?"
Sun Yu tried his best to make empty promises to his mother.
Listening to her son's words, Sun Yu's mother imagined her tender grandson swaying his head in the school, and how he would eventually study his way up to become an official, and then their Sun family would have hope for the future.
Thinking of this, Sun Yu's mother's face flushed, and she threw off the covers to get out of bed.
"Mother, you're still sick, where are you going!"
What's going on? What is his mother trying to do? Don't let him provoke you too much!
"I'll go find you a matchmaker! Don't let this interfere with my grandson's studies!"
Sun Yu was helpless after hearing this; it seemed like the pep talk had gone a bit too far.
Given their current impoverished state, what kind family would want to marry their daughter into the family? Not to mention, he was hoping to find a literate daughter!
After much persuasion, Sun Yu finally convinced his mother to focus on recovering first, and then find someone to arrange a marriage for him once she was better.
Now that she no longer had to study, Sun Yu started thinking about making money.
He was telling his mother his true thoughts: since he wasn't good at studying, he might as well leave it to his future son.
If the future son is not good at studying, then let him pass the torch to the future grandson. If that's not good enough either, then the torch will just have to be passed down from generation to generation!
He thought to himself, "With so many rumors circulating, surely one of them will work. Anyway, I've given up!"