Early in the morning, Ruan Huizhen began to knead the dough and roll out the dumpling skin.

Mrs. Lu was very happy that her daughter-in-law came back with half a catty of lean meat, and said that the owner of her daughter-in-law's work was a good person, and asked whose family it was.

After all, she is also an old man in the town, and if she says her name, she may still be an acquaintance.

Ruan Huizhen said, "Mother, I didn't say my name when I went to work, and people didn't recognize me." You still don't know, lest the next time you see someone, you will feel uncomfortable. ”

She knew that the old lady was still a face-loving person, and her daughter-in-law was not decent to do rough work in other people's homes to support the family.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she really didn't inquire. She only sighed leisurely, and looked in the direction of the gate with a expectant face, as if waiting for when the door was knocked, and the person she was thinking about suddenly returned.

"Bang bang."

Ruan Huizhen was pondering, and suddenly there was a knock on the door, and her men slipped and the rolling pins fell to the ground.

Before she could react, the old lady had already gotten up to open the door in a trembling manner, and was still shouting, "Quick, is Canwen back?" Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he must be back. ”

No way.

Ruan Huizhen's eyes widened, looking at the direction of the gate, and she was a little disbelieving in her heart. I haven't been back for a few years, and now I can come back?

Although she didn't believe it, Ruan Huizhen couldn't fall behind the old lady, so she hurriedly rushed to the front and opened the door. The mouth advised, "Mother, slow down, don't slip." ”

But when I opened the door, Ruan Huizhen's heart finally fell. 、

It's not Lu Canwen.

The man was an old man in his fifties, tall and tall, wearing a satin robe. Looking at Mrs. Lu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

"Sister-in-law. Today, I'm bringing you something for the holidays. ”

Ruan Huizhen remembered that this was a relative of the Lu family's side branch, the third in the clan, known as Lu Sanye. However, over the years, there has been very little contact, let alone sending things over. Why is this son so kind all of a sudden?

Ruan Huizhen was suspicious, the old lady's face had changed, and she pointed to the human, "Get out, you wolf-hearted thing, get out of here." ”

The old lady suddenly turned angry, and stretched out her hand to close the door.

Lu Laosan said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be so embarrassed when I come to the door for the New Year." After all, they are all members of the Lu family. ”

"The Lu family doesn't have a wolf-hearted beast like you. If you hadn't taken Chongming to smoke a lot, our Lu family would not have fallen to this point. Why don't you smoke a lot yourself, you brute. ”

was scolded by the old lady for being a brute, and the smile on Lu Laosan's face couldn't hold it anymore, so he simply snorted coldly and flicked his sleeves, "Now that the Lu family has become like this, what's the use of you guarding an old mansion." It's better to transfer it to me, so that you can live a little better life. ”

It turned out to be for the Lu family's house.

In the memory of the original owner, there are many people who are thinking about the Lu family's house. However, Mrs. Lu bit her mouth and didn't let go, so these people couldn't do anything. However, secretly there is no less evil, so the Lu family fell so quickly, and now it can be said that the family is surrounded by walls.

I didn't expect that the people of this family are also so virtuous. These mansion doors are really filthy and dirty.

Ruan Huizhen helped Mrs. Lu, "Mother, let's go into the house, if you don't want to talk to this person, let's close the door." ”

"Yes, close the door, don't let this villain into the house." Mrs. Lu nodded angrily and reached out to close the door.

Fortunately, Lu Laosan still had a little face, and he didn't make a rogue act of forcibly breaking into the door, but his angry face turned blue,

"If you escape for a while, can you escape for a lifetime? When Canwen went abroad to study, you borrowed money from our family, but you said that you would return it when Canwen returned, but now a few years have passed, and Canwen has never returned, do you want to forget this money? Now that I have given this money to other families, I am now the creditor of your family. If I can't get this money out, this house is mine! ”

When Mrs. Lu heard this, her face suddenly became excited, and she shouted, "Impossible, this money is not enough to buy this house at all." ”

Lu Laosan snorted, "It's not enough, but you don't have any money, so you can only take the house." Sister-in-law, let me say something ugly, the Lu family's inheritance has been lost by you, is it possible to let this ancestral house be given to outsiders? It's better to give it to me, and explain it in front of the ancestors in the future. ”

"You, you ......" Mrs. Lu gasped angrily, she couldn't even stand on her feet, and her crutches fell to the ground. Ruan Huizhen hurriedly held her up, "Mother, don't get excited, don't get excited." No one can take our house. ”

Seeing that Mrs. Lu's condition was not good, Lu Laosan didn't want to stay for a long time, lest something really happen and get into trouble, and after letting go of the cruel words of asking for debts after the year, he threw his sleeves away.

I finally helped the old lady to the house to rest, and I couldn't eat this dumpling.

Mrs. Lu leaned on the bed and smoked for a while before she recovered, and began to scold Lu Laosan again, "Lu Chonghai, this villain, when we were so good to him, he thought that your father-in-law smoked a lot, and he broke his body at a young age, and he ruined this big family business." Now I still want our ancestral home. I just burned this house, and I won't give it to him. This is our direct ancestral home, and it can only be left to our direct descendants of the Lu family in the future. This is Chanwen's stuff, and I won't give it to him. ”

Hearing Mrs. Lu scolding like this, Ruan Huizhen didn't feel anything in her heart. First, she is not the original owner, and she does not have such a deep sense of belonging to the Lu family, and secondly, this kind of thing that is calculated by others, it is also a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer. Lu Canwen's father really didn't keep his ancestral business, and he personally has to bear a lot of responsibility. But at the moment, this house is indeed a problem.

She didn't care, after all, there was still a house the size of a courtyard house left on her mother's side. Although she didn't go back to see it, in the memory of the original owner, the house was not bad. It's not bad to live in. However, the Lu family's residence is still very important to the old lady, if there is no ancestral house, it is estimated that the old lady will die.

After all, she has been dependent on the original owner for several years, and this body is still very dependent on her instinctively. And these days, she is just living with the old lady, and she doesn't want to lose such a companion all of a sudden, so she is naturally worried.

"Mother, how much does our family owe?" Studying abroad, this cost is estimated to be quite a lot.

Mrs. Lu sighed, "In those years, I smashed pots and sold iron, and sold all the land in my family to make up enough tuition." Later, in order to send living expenses to Canwen one after another, in a few years, he also owed 3,000 oceans. ”

Three thousand oceans!

Ruan Huizhen almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood.

You know, before World War II began, international prices should be so high. Even if you go out to study, you won't need so much living expenses. And the situation at home is so bad, if Lu Canwen can find a job and study at the same time, maybe he can earn some money.

How did Lu Canwen spend his money. The point is that the old lady is really willing.

Seeing that Ruan Huizhen didn't speak, the old lady said again, "Canwen is a good boy, and these three thousand oceans will definitely be able to earn back in the future." ”

Ruan Huizhen doesn't see it that way, if she can earn it back, she won't have to drink the northwest wind with the old lady for a few years.

But she also knew that the old lady didn't like to hear the truth.

"Mother, what should we do if we don't have money now?"

"This ......" Mrs. Lu also made a difficulty, and her face, which had already looked old in the past few years, was a little more vicissitudes. No one can look at it now, and they will not know how beautiful and rich this old woman used to be.

Ruan Huizhen naturally hoped that the old lady would sell the house. Not only can the debts be repaid, but the two of them can also live a little more comfortably.

"Either sell the house, mother, otherwise Uncle Lu will definitely not give up, and maybe he will sue us."

"He dares!" The old lady said this very unconfidently. His face was very struggling, but he became very determined, "I can't sell it, Huizhen, we can't sell this house." This is our family's ancestral home, if it is lost in my hands, I will not have the face to see my in-laws when I die in the future. When the big deal comes, I'll die in this house, and I don't think he dares to rob our house. Huizhen, when I die, you can write a letter to Canwen and ask him to pick you up. ”

Seeing that the old lady would rather have an ancestral house than even her life, Ruan Huizhen had no choice. And she didn't want to go with Lu Canwen.

Because of this matter, this Chinese New Year's Eve, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not happy. In the evening, Ruan Huizhen didn't want to wronged herself, so she still wrapped the dumplings, and the two gathered around the table and ate a delicious Chinese New Year's Eve meal with their own hearts.

The night is to keep the New Year, but the Lu family is reluctant to even light the oil lamp now. Mrs. Lu is also old, so she can't keep it, so she simply doesn't keep it, and they go back to their rooms to rest early.

As soon as Ruan Huizhen returned to the room, she entered the space. In the past few days, because of the New Year's events and the slow growth of ginseng before, she was a little depressed, so she didn't go into the space to check.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the space, the ginseng ground actually grew long green leaves. A small patch of greenery, full of life.

It was the first time for Ruan Huizhen to see this kind of plant, and a thought suddenly popped up in her heart, so she hurriedly ran over and carefully picked up the soil. When she saw the familiar earthy yellow plants, she was excited.

Ginseng has finally grown!

Not only have they grown, but the three seeds that were planted before have now grown more than three large ones, and there are even a few small ones next to them.

At this moment, even if Ruan Huizhen no longer understands life, she also knows that the ginseng that she has a long space does not grow according to the normal growth trend, after all, the growth cycle of ginseng is very long, there are several years, and there are decades and hundreds of years.

Ruan Huizhen looked at the adult ginseng that had grown up, and estimated in her heart that there had been ginseng for at least a few decades. And if it takes a few more days, it may continue to grow.

After all, the price of 100-year-old ginseng is much higher than that of decades. The key is that there is no market.

Looking at these ginseng plants, I remembered the importance that the old lady attached to the ancestral house today, as well as the three thousand oceans...... Ruan Huizhen suddenly pursed her lips and laughed. Maybe this is an opportunity, a chance for her to leave the Lu family in the future.