XLIII. Visitors in the Storm

On the side of the road outside the house, some self-growing neem trees, willow trees, mulberry trees, and black locust trees stretch sporadically to the end of the road. At this moment, their huge heads, under the wanton encroachment of the storm, shook helplessly. Their feet gripped the depths of the leylines, and their arms held on very, very hard: trying to keep their heads and bodies apart. Their survival ** is no different from our human beings' expectation of their own lives and their health and longevity!

However, it is impossible for them to know: at this moment, in the Lujiatang house, next to the two four-knot-long grain cabinets, there are the hostess Zhu Yu, her sister Zhu Yin, and her brother-in-law Chen Haifeng. The three of them took a handful of incense they had lit, bowed and worshiped for a while, and then inserted the incense in front of the portraits of their grandparents, grandparents, and parents, and six copper-colored incense burners.

Next to the grain cabinet, in a blackened ceramic jar, gray-white smoke was frequently emitting. A small bundle of dark tickets, treasure money, and ingots were devoured by the fire dragons and fire snakes wrapped in the water tank.

At this moment, Lu Zhiyi, Lu Ya, Lu Zhiming, and Lu Li gathered around the ceramic jar, throwing down a small piece of paper money such as a ticket from time to time. The four children watched: three adults lit incense and worshiped in front of the statues of the elders, and then inserted incense into the incense burner in front of the statues.

They couldn't help but glance at each other and whispered: Hey, the adults are worshipping our ancestors again, why don't we also participate! As they spoke, they walked to the front of the grain cabinet one after another, lit incense on the diesel lamp, and stood in a row to worship the remains of the elders----

Lu Zhihao took his little sister Lu Yao and leaned on the door. Looking at the adults inexplicably, doing everything with his brothers and sisters, what he didn't understand: we have seen adults do these things countless times. (When he was four years old, he heard his father say that the movements that adults make when they raise their hands to their chests are called "Zuo Gong".) However, Dad was too busy to explain to him: why do human beings turn to the image of the dead?)

However, Lu Yao and his thoughts are not different at all. She thinks that adults must do these things. Otherwise, my brothers and sisters wouldn't have done it. Since it's not a wrong thing, then we must do it too!

So, before waiting for the four eldest children, they put a handful of incense in their hands into the incense burner. Lu Yao took Lu Zhihao's hand and ran to the side of the diesel lamp on the grain cabinet. looked at Lu Zhihao and said: Little brother, let's also light the incense. (She couldn't have imagined that her little brother, who was only two years older than her, was actually not much taller than her.) )

Six-year-old Lu Zhihao, listening to his sister's words, looked at the diesel lamp that he couldn't reach at all, and shook his head helplessly and sighed. When Zhu Yu heard this, he immediately ran over, lit two handfuls of incense and handed them to the two children, and said helplessly: Hey, my mother, aunt, and uncle tried their best, but they couldn't persuade your father. Mom doesn't know what the fate of this family will be in the future? I'll help you put the incense well, and you can kowtow to your ancestors a few more times. I hope that your worship can alarm the ancestors to appear and help your Uncle Hao!

Lu Zhihao and Lu Yao's two children are still at an age when they don't know the world. Of course, they won't understand: "I hope your worship can alarm the ancestors to appear and help your Uncle Hao." They just listened to their mother's words and kept kowtowing to the portrait on the top of the grain cabinet.

However, the other four eldest children of the Lu family did not understand a word. Lu Zhiming exclaimed when he heard this: "Oh, it turns out that you adults just lit incense to worship the ancestors, and they actually hoped that the ancestors would appear and help the hateful villain uncle to deal with our father." It's not a good thing!

In Lu Zhiming's heart, there was a thought that was completely different from the thoughts of adults: Hey, this morning, when the eldest aunt handed me the envelope and said it was an "invitation letter", why didn't I think that the eldest aunt wanted to invite Uncle Hao and his wife to visit Pi County. You can put on a raincoat by yourself and go to Hao's house to send her invitation to Uncle Hao and his wife. Why did you ask me to deliver the letter?

Lu Zhiming secretly complained: When he was wearing his mother's rain boots and running on the way to Hao's house with a difficult umbrella, why didn't he think about it: Hey, the eldest aunt was not invited early or late, and Uncle Hao and his wife went to Pi County to play. Why did you choose to: let me deliver the letter today, in the wind and rain?

Lu Zhiming has followed his father since he was a child, both in appearance and figure. One of his hearts coincidentally followed his father's uprightness, boldness, and kindness. Since he was a child, he has always felt that in the world, he must always have the word "conscience". Everything Dad did with his conscience was absolutely right!

Therefore, the more Lu Zhiming thought about it, the more he couldn't forgive himself, and he waved his hand in extreme annoyance and slapped his immature cheeks. kept muttering to himself: I, I really shouldn't have gone to Hao's house to deliver the letter. What a bastard I'm a bastard!

After a while, the other three eldest children of the Lu family saw it: Lu Zhiming's face gradually showed a thick bright red palm print. Lu Zhiyi said boredly: Hmph, Zhiming, I think you wish I broke up with Hao Yan. It's really incredible! As he spoke, he glared at Lu Zhiming angrily.

Lu Ya gently tugged Lu Zhiyi's sleeve and said in great confusion: "Brother, Zhiming has already sent the letter to the Hao family, and the adults have also prayed for Uncle Hao, what are you worried about? In fact, in her heart, she also disagrees: Uncle Hao treats Aunt Li inhumanely like that. She also absolutely agreed: Dad helped Aunt Li escape completely, and Uncle Hao was endlessly entangled. However, she understands that these thoughts cannot be spoken, and they can only be "rotten in their own stomachs"!

At present, the most important thing is that the contradiction between the elder brother and the younger brother must not be deepened and intensified! So, Lu Ya said to Lu Zhiyi: Brother, there are only more than 20 days left before the high school entrance examination. You better hurry up and study for the exam!

As he spoke, Lu Ya hurriedly pushed Lu Zhiyi out of the hall, and then came back and hugged Lu Zhiming into his arms, and comforted softly: Brother, the affairs of adults are not up to us to be children. Don't torture yourself anymore!

Then, Lu Ya took Lu Li's hand and said to Lu Zhihao and Lu Yao, who were kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: Little brother, little sister, adults are doing business here. Let's get out of the way here, and come with us!

Lu Zhihao and Lu Yao heard the sound and raised their heads to look at the birthplace of the sound. They saw that the eldest sister was holding the second brother and the second sister and standing at the door of the hall and watching them. Lu Zhihao was secretly happy when he heard this: Oh, let's be busy kowtowing for a long time, and my waist is so tired that I am about to breathe. The eldest sister's voice is so timely!

Lu Zhihao was secretly happy in his heart, his young body had already stood up and ran to Lu Ya's side quickly. Lu Yao turned his little head and looked at the black, smoking ceramic jar, standing there alone. On the bench next to it, there is also a lot of paper money. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: in the past, her brothers and sisters always counted the paper money and left after a while. Today, why didn't they all finish counting the paper money and left?

Lu Yao frowned and looked at his mother and eldest sister, and a very uneasy emotion rose in his heart: Oh, what the hell is going on? Lu Zhihao shouted at her in great confusion: Little sister, eldest sister told you to get up. Didn't you hear? As he spoke, he walked over and pulled up Lu Yao.

Lu Yao, who stood up, raised his head to look at the eldest sister Lu Ya, and just wanted to express the suspicion in their hearts, but a woman's inquiry sounded outside the door: Sister Yu, you have ordered paper money such as underworld bills and treasure money today, is this the anniversary of which old man in your family?

As the words spoke, the sound of hurried footsteps knocked on the floor of the hall, rushing to the ears of everyone in the hall. There is no need to look back, adults and children know that it was Hao Yan's second aunt Cai Yulu who ran into the Lujiatang house.

Lu Ya didn't understand: Outside, there was still a world of wind and rain, why did Aunt Cai come to the house at this time? So, she smiled awkwardly at the woman who entered the hall, and greeted softly: Hello, Aunt Cai. Then, he took the hands of his younger brother and younger sister and beckoned Lu Zhiming and Lu Li to leave the hall together.

Looking at the back of Lu Ya leading her younger brothers and sisters away, Zhu Yu's heart, like the sea and the Yangtze River, was flooded with a wave that was better than a wave: Lu Ya, Zhiming, and her mother's heart is not made of stone. How could my mother not know that we were "aiding and abusing" Hao Jian and framing Hou Weidong. It is extremely unkind and unjust to Li Yue'e! But if we don't do it with a clear conscience. How can it be redeemed, Lu Zhiyi and Hao Yan's "baby kiss"?

Chen Haifeng saw that Lu Ya and her younger brothers and sisters had already rushed into the kitchen, but Zhu Yu still didn't take into account the existence of Cai Yulu, her future mother! The most serious problem was that her thoughts were still roaming incredibly! I thought Zhu Yu snubbed her!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly grabbed Zhu Yin's hand, looked at Cai Yulu and said with a smile: Sister Yulu, I couldn't sleep last night, so I asked Brother Jianhua and Sister Yumei to accompany our husband and wife to play cards for a night. Brother Jianhua has not gotten up until now, and Yumei's consciousness is still always confused. I hope you don't blame them!

In fact, Lu Jianhua is not at home at all. (At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as he dropped his rice bowl, he left the dining table silently, put on a raincoat and took out the bicycle, jumped on the bicycle with his leg, and rode into the storm without looking back.) Zhu Yin, Chen Haifeng, and Zhu Yu all know that Brother Jianhua should be sitting in Hou Weidong's house at this moment. Just now, Chen Haifeng said to Cai Yulu like that, it is really: extremely helpless!

In the face of his visit, Zhu Yu actually "turned a blind eye". In Cai Yulu's mind, he couldn't help but think of what Hao Jian said: Hmph, I will always be just a deputy level, but Lu Jianhua has always been a senior level. God, why is this like this? She couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart: Oh, looking at Sister Yu's appearance, what Hao Jian said must be true. Hey, how can we resolve the contradiction between Hao Jian and Brother Jianhua?

Cai Yulu's heart was churning rapidly, and Zhu Yin had already walked to Yumei's side and stretched out his hands to pull her head back. Only then did Zhu Yu see it, Cai Yulu in front of him was holding her hands around and pacing around the room with her head down. Her brow furrowed, and she shook her head and sighed from time to time.

Only then did Zhu Yu understand: he was just looking at Lu Ya's back and forgot to greet Cai Yulu. Thinking of this, she stepped forward and said with great shame: Oh, Sister Yulu, look at my performance just now, it really made you feel cold. I hope you don't be surprised!

As Zhu Yu spoke, he turned around and blew out the diesel lamp and put away the snacks on the table. So he ran to the granary and lifted the lid of the granary. Two white cloth bags were pulled out of it, and they came to the offering table to open the opening of the bags, tilting the peanuts and sunflower seeds inside. Immediately, a tempting fragrance slipped into the noses of everyone in the room. Stimulating: these people's appetites!

Zhu Yu hurriedly pulled Cai Yulu to sit at the table, and picked up a handful of peanuts and put them in front of her. Said eagerly: Sister Yulu, her own peanuts and sunflower seeds. Cai Yulu peeled two peanuts, put them in her mouth and said while chewing: Sister Yu, do you know that the conflict between Brother Jianhua and Hao Jian is caused by something?

Cai Yulu's words made the other three people in the room understand: she already knew that there was a conflict between Brother Jianhua and Hao Jian. However, she didn't know what the contradiction between the two men was. Today, she braved the rain to come to Lu's house to ask the reason. However, the three of them all know: if you let her know, Hao Jian wants to ruin Hou Weidong's life in the name of Brother Jianhua in order to occupy Li Yue'e as a confidant. She will definitely faint in anger!

Now, it was the turn of these three people to be dizzy: Oh, the reason for the conflict between Brother Jianhua and Hao Jian is definitely something that Cai Yulu can't know. However, Cai Yulu actually mentioned this unspeakable question first. How on earth is this explained to her?

Zhu Yu looked at Zhu Yin helplessly, she thought: Sister Yin has been smart and clever since she was a child, and her mind is full of ghost ideas. She will definitely think of a good explanation to deal with Cai Yulu. However, she saw it: Zhu Yin shook her head with a bitter face. She really didn't expect it: Today, even Sister Yin has no tricks to deal with Cai Yulu's problem. Oh, how on earth should we explain this problem to her? Zhu Yu, who couldn't think of what to say, threw his eyes for help to his brother-in-law Chen Haifeng again.

Perhaps, a man's brain will always be more active than a woman's. I saw that Chen Haifeng looked at Cai Yulu and said sincerely: Sister Yulu, we don't know the reason for the conflict between Brother Jianhua and Brother Hao. I think it's better to leave the matter between men to the men themselves. If you don't know, you won't be troubled. Just consider my words!

It is said that Chen Haifeng's words are also reasonable and well-founded. Regarding Cai Yulu's question, it should definitely be possible to prevaricate. However, today's Cai Yulu frequently thought in her mind: just now, when she just entered the door of the Lu family hall, Lu Ya was so embarrassed that she was eager to avoid her, and Sister Zhu Yu's trance-like expression was extremely unfamiliar. She can't wait to know what is the reason for the contradiction between Hao Jian and Brother Jianhua?

In this room, the expressions on the faces of the three people made Cai Yulu firmly believe that the contradiction between Hao Jian and Brother Jianhua was definitely not just because of the issue of professional titles. The three people in front of them must know the real reason for the conflict between Hao Jian and Brother Jianhua. Chen Haifeng's words just now were just to prevaricate her! It can be seen that they just didn't want to let her know. This reason must be very, very serious! Hey, it seems that we can only go to Hou's house again and ask Hou Weidong and Li Yue'e what happened!

Thinking of this, Cai Yulu stood up, clasped her hands into fists and said to Zhu Yu: Sister Yu, we really can't imagine that even you don't know the contradiction between Brother Jianhua and Hao Jian. Then let's say goodbye and go home!

Zhu Yu was extremely embarrassed and said: Sister Yulu, we really don't know about this issue. Our family is very, very sorry!, and she suddenly glanced at the watch on her wrist. I couldn't help but look at Cai Yulu and said: Oh, it's not yet a little now, and Sister Yulu has arrived at our house. I'm afraid I haven't eaten lunch yet!

When she mentioned this, Cai Yulu thought that she didn't eat breakfast, so she chased Hao Jian to Xinlin School; Oops, I haven't eaten twice!

Cai Yulu thought about it like this, and then she felt that her stomach was "gurgling, gurgling" at this time, and she was making a "plan for an empty city" with herself. At this time, the smell of food wafted into her nostrils. This kind of fragrance is indeed irresistible for a person who has been hungry for a long time!!

Cai Yulu looked at Zhu Yu gratefully and said: Sister Yu, we really haven't eaten lunch yet. You guessed it. We are really very grateful Oh!! as she spoke, she picked up her rice bowl shyly, picked up her chopsticks and ate and drank quickly. At this moment, Cai Yulu's appearance of eating can really be crowned: the adjective "gobbling up"!

In this room, the other three people all looked at it in amazement: Cai Yulu's mouth swept the food quickly. In Zhu Yu's heart, he couldn't help but secretly think: Oh, look at Sister Yulu's appearance of eating, she, eighty percent didn't even eat breakfast. Hey, what happened to the Hao family this morning?

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