Chapter 42: The Lu Family

Qin Youzhen is thirty-six or seventeen years old, well-maintained, and looks like she is only about thirty years old. She has a round face, fair complexion, good complexion, beautiful facial features, a little like her biological mother Aunt Zhang, but between her eyebrows and eyes, she is quite similar to her half-brother Qin Bofu, and you can see that they are siblings at first sight. It is said that on the faces of their brothers and sisters, this part is the most similar to their deceased father Qin Huai.

Qin Youzhen is slightly plump, but she is still slender, wearing a low-key pea-green solid silk jacket, an ivory-colored horse-faced skirt, a black hair with only a simple bun, two golden hairpins, a bare forehead, a pair of gold-inlaid jade earrings on her ears, and a jade bracelet on her left wrist. Her dress is simple among the officials and dependents, and she is a typical low-grade official and female dependent, which is not quite compatible with her status as a fourth-grade official. But she speaks and acts generously, and she smiles before she opens her mouth, which is easy to make people feel good, and no one will underestimate her because of her dress.

Qin Youzhen seems to be really close to the people in the long room. She was able to sit next to Xu's side, hold Xu's arm tightly, and tell Qin Zhonghai, Qin Shutao and Yao some old anecdotes, talk about her experience with her husband in foreign office over the years, and make fun of her husband's children's troubles, and she did not leave behind her nephews and nieces, as well as the people in the third room who met for the first time in her life.

When she was a child, she was raised by Mrs. Ye, Aunt Fu and Aunt Zhang, although she had never seen Qin Bai, she was also a little close. Although it was the first time they met, they didn't say a few words, and they were already like a family, as if there was no barrier.

Qin Hanzhen looked at her demeanor, words and deeds, and was deeply impressed in her heart. She is married abroad, and after so many years of training, her knowledge and means are really not comparable to the women of the deep house in the capital. Yao's is shrewd and capable, but when he comes to her, he loses his harmony and is not likable enough. Xiao Huang used to be famous for dancing with long sleeves, but her smile always revealed a bit fake, which made people feel that she was not sincere enough, but Qin Youzhen's smile made people feel so kind, I believe that her every word and every move was sincere. Qin Han really counted the young ladies he had ever met, and he really counted Qin Youzhen as the most likable, which made people feel close at first sight.

This aunt really doesn't look like a child in the second room.

The people in the Qin family's room were also very close to Qin Youzhen, and even the Min family and the children, who had never met her a few times, and even the Min family, who had never met before, quickly fell in love with this aunt, and even felt close to her aunt's family.

Qin Youzhen's husband Lu Pu looks like he is around forty years old, he also has a round face, long eyebrows and eyes, always smiling, looking very blessed, and Qin Youzhen is quite husband and wife. If there is any shortcoming, it is probably that his complexion is a little darker, a little rough, and he does not look like a pampered local high-ranking official. Qin Bai talked with him for a while, and saw that he was gentle and elegant, but he also had something to say, obviously familiar with local government affairs, and was a doer, so he also showed an expression of appreciation.

Lu Pu was born in a family, and he rose to his current position with his real talent and hard work. He is confident in his own ability, but he is not arrogant, but polite to others, can talk to people about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, wind and snow, and can also talk to others about archery, horses, and military strategies, if others want to discuss agriculture and people's livelihood with him, it is also difficult for him. After the home-cooked banquet, his wife played leaf cards with her family, and when the wind was not smooth, she called him to go to the top class, and he was able to play two laps off the field, and he played very well. Looking at how he gets along with his children, we know that he is not the kind of strict father who is not close to people, but has a very close and friendly relationship with the children.

Duan is a talent.

Qin Youzhen and Lu Pu's eldest daughter, Lu Yueniang, is seventeen years old this year, she is already a big girl, she is born very much like her mother, with a round face and thin eyebrows, handsome eyes and cherry lips, crystal skin, a slender figure, and a charming demeanor. If it weren't for being a little slimmer, Qin Hanzhen would have felt that she was a good candidate to play Xue Baochai. However, Lu Yueniang is not as good as Sister Bao in terms of learning, and her knowledge of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry is only the average level of ordinary ladies, but she has a gentle and steady temperament, and it is easy to give people a good impression. Several cousins got along with her for a long time, and they all felt that she was 10,000 times stronger than the lobby sister Qin Jinyi.

Qin Jinrong, who has always been awkward, didn't even feel jealous from beginning to end because the elders kept praising Lu Yueniang, but clinged to her, wishing that she was his own sister.

Qin Jinhua also felt that even Qin Jinyi, who was gentle and friendly when she was young, was far inferior to this Cousin Lu.

Qin Jinchun is about to become Lu Yueniang's brainless fan, and he seems to think that some of Lu Yueniang's small movements are very elegant, and he secretly learns to imitate them.

Qin Hanzhen saw it clearly from the side, but he didn't think there was anything bad. Lu Yueniang behaved very gently and kindly from beginning to end, but she didn't have that sense of flawless falsehood, she asked if she didn't understand, she would be shy if she was teased, and she often subconsciously took care of her little cousins and little cousins, and she was indeed a very kind big sister. Qin Hanzhen felt that there was no reason for him not to like such a girl.

Qin Youzhen also has two sons, the eldest son Chu Ming is fifteen years old, and the second son Chu Liang is thirteen years old, the former is born like his father, and his temperament is also very gentle and steady, and the latter is more like his mother between his eyebrows and eyes.

Both children read with their father and are said to read well. Lu Chuming already has a reputation for showing talent, and Lu Chuliang is still a child, but he is only short of the college examination. Lu Chuming and Qin Jian soon hit it off, and Lu Chuliang took Qin Duan and clamored to go to the garden to fold a few plum blossoms and come back, and insert bottles for his maternal uncle and grandmother.

The Lu family happily lived in the Chengenhou Mansion and lived in the Fugui Residence, where the second room used to be. However, Qin Youzhen moved into the upper room of the main house when she was never married, and her feelings are naturally different.

The three ancestors and grandchildren of the three rooms spent a day in the Chengenhou Mansion, and also experienced the joy of a harmonious family. Back at home, Niu also praised Qin Youzhen to Qin Bai: "It's really good bamboo shoots growing in the bamboo." They all said that Youzhen was born like her father, and I think this is your brother's serious daughter. It's not like Qin Bofu, his whole body is full of a small family spirit!"

She greeted Qin Hanzhen and asked her granddaughter to personally place a bottle of folded red plum in the hall where Lu Chuliang was filial, of course, the bottle was borrowed from the long room, and only the flowers were folded by Lu Chuliang himself.

Qin Bai said a little helplessly: "Good madam, don't say such things. Bofu was taught badly by his mother, but Youzhen grew up with his sister-in-law. She is my second brother's biological daughter, and since she was born, she has been raised by my mother, Aunt Fu and Aunt Zhang.

Niu Shi suddenly said: "Yes, I said something wrong." The only woman in the second room is the mother-in-law surnamed Xue, and Youzhen has nothing to do with her, so she naturally doesn't look like her. ”

Qin Bai was speechless, so he had to turn his head to admire the red plum, and pointed out to Qin Hanzhen where to place the plum blossom.

Qin Hanzhen did so while gossiping: "Aunt Fu and Aunt Zhang also had a hard time getting out of the courtyard today and eating with the big guys." I think the two of them are very happy today, although the eldest aunt calls them old aunt and aunt, but the action is very close. ”

"It's nature. Niu said, "To put it bluntly, that's her own grandmother and mother." ”

Qin Bai said: "After Youzhen entered Beijing, she went directly to the long room, and never asked the second room for peace, I am afraid that the second sister-in-law and Bofu will be unhappy." ”

Qin Hanzhen said: "They are in trouble now, where can they be unhappy?"

The Xue family and Qin Bofu were forced by the Xiao Huang family to agree to let Uncle Huang's family go, but they were still angry in their hearts and didn't take the Huang family in their eyes. They didn't even pay attention to Qin Keyong of the Qin family's sect.

However, Qin Keyong took Uncle Huang's family back to the firm, and when he turned around, he reported to the Huang family. Uncle Huang took his son to the second room of the Qin family, asked for compensation, and also took a fancy to the Zhuangzi they were trapped in, and the lion opened his mouth. Of course, Qin Bofu and the Xue family refused to agree. Now that the finances of the second house are becoming more and more struggling, and that Zhuangzi is one of their biggest sources of income, how can they give it away for nothing? Who knew that the Huang family's descendants immediately took Uncle Huang's family of three away. This account was counted by Xiao Huang's on the Xue family and Qin Bofu, thinking that they were complaining to the Huang family.

Xiao Huang quarreled with Qin Keyong because he felt that he was unwilling to help keep his brother's family, but it was the second room of the Qin family that he really resented. She gave generous gifts to the Chengenhou Mansion and the Yongjiahou Mansion, hoping to tie up the two rooms, so as to take advantage of the situation to suppress the second room and seek revenge. However, the two Hou mansions were busy receiving Qin Youzhen's family who had returned to Beijing, and they were also busy helping Lu Pu to take care of the officials, so where could they take care of her? Xiao Huang had no choice, so he simply found the Huang family's descendants and begged them for mercy, and while helping her return to the clan with Uncle Huang and Huang Nianchun to wash away their "grievances", while seeking justice for the illegal acts of coaxing and seizure in the second room of the Qin family.

There is no need for Xiao Huang to speak, and the Huang family has no intention of letting go of the second room of the Qin family. They had already passed the anger with the Chengenhou Mansion and the Yongjiahou Mansion, and knew the bottom line of the two mansions, so they unceremoniously went directly to the door to find the bad luck of the Xue family and Qin Bofu. Unlike the two uncles' mansions that did not have real power, although the Huang family was also a foreign relative, they were separated by two layers, and they really held military power and real power in their hands, and their influence in the DPRK and the local government was not the same. They can't get along with Qin Bofu and the Xue family, and the mother and son can't bear it at all.

So, during the Yamen's year-end evaluation, Qin Bofu was unexpectedly rated in the middle and bottom. In this way, not to mention that he is counting on promotion, he is afraid that he will not even be able to keep his current official position, and he will end up with a crown and idle disposal, that is, he will lose his official position, but retain his official status and live at home. Qin Bofu only felt that it was a bolt from the blue, and he didn't know where he had offended someone and ended up like this. He frantically asked people to ask if he could change his evaluation, but none of his bosses and colleagues paid attention to him. Even the petty officials and officials under him began to avoid him.

When Qin Bo looked at it, his heart was cold. When he got home, before he could cry to his mother about what had happened to him, he heard Xue talk about another piece of bad news.

The Xue family's business in Beijing was sued for some reason, and after being inspected by the government, there was indeed a problem with the product. Now the shopkeeper of the Beijing branch has been imprisoned, and the huge fine has also been sent to the branch by the yacha. The Xue family seems to be really bleeding this time.