"Qing brother~" Grandma Shen looked at Master Shen, who had changed his appearance in front of her, and the soft laughter just now disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Ms. Feng, you~Jiao Jie'er is also my daughter. I will never harm her. She will have a better future if she goes to Peking with me. There are many new-style schools there, and many girls go there to study. Wanting also went to such a school..."

Mr. Shen no longer called Grandma Shen "Sister Yaya" but used the unfamiliar and stiff "Ms. Feng" to represent everything. He kept talking about his experiences outside these years, and it was unclear whether he was trying to convince Grandma Shen or himself. His current changes were all to adapt to the times and for his ideals, not to become a hypocritical man who was eager for power.

"Ms. Feng, it's not that I'm cruel and heartless. But with my current status in Peking, if people knew that I have a wife with bound feet, I would be too embarrassed to talk about it! Nowadays, those masters out there don't look down on women with bound feet like yours! If you continue to take care of Sister Jiao, you won't have much of a future~"

Shen Wenjiao didn't expect that Master Shen would be so talkative at this moment, which was completely different from when he was with the old lady. However, Shen Wenjiao had to be honest, the new-style school described by Master Shen was really attractive to her. At the very least, if she really wanted to go with Master Shen, she would have to say goodbye to foot binding.

Grandma Shen's face turned even paler as she listened to Master Shen's words. She lowered her head and looked at her former pride, her three-inch golden lotus, under her skirt. Was it now a stain on Master Shen?

"Qing'er, Jiao'er is going with you, what about me! What about me!" Grandma Shen hugged Shen Wenjiao tightly in her arms, looking at Master Shen with a somewhat crazy look. She gritted her teeth and shouted, this was the loudest voice Shen Wenjiao had ever heard her speak.

It can be seen that Shen's questioning also stunned Master Shen. He never thought that Shen would have such courage to question him. When he went home to divorce her, she just shed tears silently and begged his mother to make the decision for her. After that, she took care of him and served him more obediently, which made Master Shen soft-hearted and overlooked this.

Anyway, Grandma Shen will stay in the Shen family, and he won’t bring her out and embarrass him. She’s just a woman!

Perhaps irritated by the gaze of Grandma Shen, Master Shen turned his eyes away unnaturally and said in a low voice, "Feng, just stay in the Shen family and live your life in peace. Mother will take care of you~"

After hearing this, Master Shen looked at the dilapidated courtyard under the dim sky and felt a little guilty. But in an instant, he became justified again. Didn't his Shen family still take good care of Grandma Shen? Otherwise, how could a woman with bound feet live without the Shen family?

"Mother will take care of me, yes! If it weren't for mother's care, I wouldn't even have a place to stand! Master, you want to take Jiao Jie'er back, will Xu Bijun agree? How will you introduce Jiao Jie'er's identity when the time comes?"

Grandma Shen calmed down quickly. She knew that even if she continued to act pitiful, it would not be of much use in the current situation. She could only find another way to see if she could keep her little sister!

Mr. Shen wanted to say that he was in charge of all family affairs, but when he thought of his little daughter who had just been making a fuss, his tone softened a lot, and he was thinking about it. In fact, Jiao Jie'er was his daughter, and it would take more than ten years for her to take effect!

Isn't it not cost-effective to take her over so hastily now? In fact, it is fine to let Feng take good care of Jiao Jie'er in her hometown, and just bring her to Beijing before the marriage. Then let Jiao Jie'er go to a new-style school for a year or so to gild her.

"Do you want to keep Jiao Jie'er?" Master Shen looked up and down at Shen Wenjiao, who had been quietly nestling in Grandma Shen's arms without saying a word or even looking at him since he came. He weighed the pros and cons in his heart and finally said.

"Jiao Jie'er is four years old this year. I can let her stay with you until she is twelve years old. I will send someone to pick her up by then, and you can just stay in the Shen family with peace of mind."

"However, you are not allowed to bind Jiao'er's feet while she stays with you. Not at all. Do you understand?" After saying this, Master Shen glanced at Grandma Shen's feet under her skirt with disdain and disgust.

That look of disgust seemed like fire burning through Grandma Shen's feet, causing her to involuntarily tuck her feet back into her skirt again and again.

"Master, don't worry. I will definitely not bind Jiaojie's feet. However, Jiaojie will learn to read and so on with Brother Mo from the third room. That~"

In fact, Grandma Shen was most concerned about money. When she saw that Shen Wenjiao was able to stay, she immediately started to think about her living expenses.

"What's the point of following the third wife? How can they find a good teacher for a girl born to a concubine? Otherwise, let Jiao Jie go to school! You can teach her from time to time and send her to school when she grows up."

Even though Master Shen had seen the wonderful and vast world outside, he still looked down on illegitimate children. In his eyes, if the times had not changed, people like the third wife would be no different from the servants at home.

"I'll listen to the master, but going to school and other things requires a lot of money~" Grandma Shen looked at Master Shen with expectant eyes. She didn't believe in anything now. Money was real only when she got it.

Mr. Shen looked at Mrs. Shen who was asking him for money in such a mercenary way, and a hint of sarcasm flashed across his face. "I will have someone send you two hundred dollars tomorrow. If you behave yourself, I will also send you fifty, not a hundred dollars every year. These are for Jiao Jie'er, you have to keep this in mind."

"Don't worry, master. I will definitely teach him well." The smile and words on Grandma Shen's face made Shen Wenjiao feel uncomfortable.

Shen Wenjiao was not quite sure how much money these dollars meant, but she understood. The woman who had just been reluctant to leave her and made her feel distressed, chose money over her.

Is it because she is a girl? If it was a boy, would her mother still be like this?

Shen Wenjiao didn't know, so she could only remain silent, missing her family more and more. At the same time, she was also very glad that she still had the Wenhao System as a backup.

Shen Wenjiao consoled herself in her heart, she had also devoted herself to her parents before, she didn't need the motherly love from Shen's grandmother. But even so, Shen Wenjiao was very sad, she really wanted to support Shen's grandmother and be a loving mother and daughter.

But in the end, Shen Wenjiao was in no mood to listen to Grandma Shen's roundabout bargaining with Master Shen. She closed her eyes, and a tear flashed at the corner of her eye.

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