77. Family talk
Under the calm gaze of his father, Lu Wan held the teacup and was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled at Lu Chengyi: "I remember hearing the second sister say that the Li family is not only in-laws with our Lu family, but also with the Yong'an Hou Mansion. If the second uncle didn't settle the relationship between the second sister and the second brother-in-law with the uncle of the Li family, then the Li family would have nothing to do with our family. β
Lu Wan slowly took a sip of tea, and concluded with a smile: "So, it doesn't matter if you look at it at this time, who will it have to do with it in the future, what does the second uncle say?" β
Lu Chengyi's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a long time before he nodded, and he had to admit that Lu Wan's words had hit the point, he had never thought about it in depth before, but now that he thought about it again, he was a little frightened. When I think about it, I'm afraid that the Holy One has other plans!
Lu Wan held the teacup and looked at his father who was smiling and silent with the teacup, and then looked at the second uncle who was staring at him with a shocked face, sighed funny and helplessly, put the teacup aside and spread his hand to Lu Chengyi and said, "Have you ever seen how the eagle raises offspring?" β
"This ...... No. Lu Chengyi shook his head in a daze and stunned, he didn't expect Lu Wan to suddenly say this, he glanced at Lu Chenghui suspiciously, and listened to Lu Wan continue to speak slowly and leisurely.
"I haven't seen it either, I heard a few words from the people in Zhuangzi, I think it's quite interesting, the second uncle and father should listen to a fresh story." Lu Wan paused for a moment, his eyes turned around his father and second uncle, his eyebrows were delicate, with a somewhat joking tone, and he explained unhurriedly, "Listen to Uncle Zhao and they said that when a nest of young eagles is born, due to the scarcity of food, the mother eagle will kill the weakest young eagles, so that other sturdy young eagles can be hungry. When the young eagles are older, it's time to learn how to fly from their mothers. Does the second uncle know how to learn? It is the mother eagle who directly throws the young eagle from the cliff, and the only thing that can not be learned is death, even if it is learned, it has to be thrown down the cliff by the mother eagle with its wings, and so on, and the one who survives is considered to have really grown up. Although this method is cruel, it is the real eagle that grows in the end. If others feed according to the usual method, the eagle will not be able to fly at all! How can we talk about looking down on heaven and earth? β
Lu Chengyi listened to Lu Wan's words in a daze, and swallowed hard for a long time, looked at Lu Wan with complicated eyes, and turned his neck stiffly to look at Lu Chenghui, and asked with little conviction: "Tiger poison does not eat children, no matter how much the saint ......" The words came to the end, but they got lower and lower, and finally they felt that there was nothing to refute, and they sighed heavily after a long time, and then frowned at Lu Wan, with surprise and complicated emotions in their eyes.
This girl is the same as the third brother back then! The third brother was also smart back then, thoughtful, courageous, daring to say anything, daring to do anything, but he had never seen him suffer again, it was a temporary loss, and he would always find it back...... If it weren't for the old man of the Shen family who met him in that catastrophe, the two brothers would not have survived intact until now!
He only realized today that the younger sister is too much like the third brother, and she is also very much like the old man. The third brother taught her too well, these words, Sister Yun and her brothers and sisters don't say it, I'm afraid they can't even think of it, but the younger sister is at her fingertips. What's more, my sister has been silent all these years, this girl obviously knows how to judge the situation, and the time she sold the shop a year ago was clean and neat, and today's words seem to be a joke, but in fact, the transparent words don't go beyond the slightest, which shows the thoughtfulness of her thoughts. Among the children of the Lu family's generation, even Da Lang is together, but I am afraid that no one can match this girl. If she is a boy, the Lu family ...... Why worry about having no successor! It's really cheap, Wei Jia! No wonder the third brother wasn't worried at all, this girl won't be bad if she goes to any house! The prince of Pingnan is such an arrogant person, and he can obey his younger sister's words, there must be this reason!
"It's still early, no one can guess the saint's intentions, let's take a look." Lu Chenghui retracted his gaze, shook his head at Lu Chengyi, and finally spoke again, "Our Lu family doesn't expect to rely on anyone, but just ask for peace of mind, don't care too much about these." β
Lu Chengyi nodded happily, looked at Lu Wan, glanced at Lu Chenghui again, and sighed again and again, "Okay, I'll listen to you, anyway, I can't figure out the reason for this, it's better to be confused." It's just big brotherβ"
Lu Chenghui nodded, and took Lu Chengyi's words and responded: "I mentioned this matter to my eldest brother, and my eldest brother also meant this, our Lu family is better to wait and see what happens, and we can't make trouble in the troubled water." β
Lu Chengyi nodded hurriedly, and then glanced at Lu Wan, with a smile on his face again, and his voice was gentle with a little concern, "How is the dowry prepared for Sister Wan'er?" β
Lu Wan was not shy, and nodded generously: "It's been almost the same, thanks to the second aunt and the second sister who watched the people count, when the second sister came out of the pavilion, I have to prepare a big prize for the second sister, thank her!" β
Lu Chengyi also laughed out loud when he heard this, nodded Lu Wan shook his head, and said a few words to Lu Wan softly, then got up and said goodbye to Lu Chenghui, withdrew from Weinan Courtyard, and went back to the second courtyard.
Mrs. Wang was talking to the housekeeper about Lu Yun's dowry list at this time, and when she caught a glimpse of Lu Chengyi coming back, Fang ordered a room of girls and mothers-in-law to withdraw, and greeted Lu Chengyi at the door, looked at Lu Chengyi's face, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with the master?" How do you look like you are happy and you don't seem to be happy? β
Lu Chengyi ignored the joke in Mrs. Wang's words, raised his hand and waved away the girl in the house, poured himself a cup of tea and drank half of it, before putting down the teacup and asking Mrs. Wang: "How are you preparing for Sister Yun'er?" β
"I'm still a master and forgot about my own daughter!" Mrs. Wang complained with a half-smile and half-disgusted, and then Fang laughed again, and said to Lu Chengyi very energetically, "The previous cutscenes are almost over, and the people of the Li family came over to ask for a deadline before, and even the date of the next appointment has been set, just on March 14, just a few days after the birthday of the late sister, and let their sisters have fun in one place." β
"Well, that's fine." Lu Chengyi nodded, his face was silent for a moment, and he instructed Mrs. Wang thoughtlessly, "That girl is smart, like the third brother, it's good to let their brothers and sisters talk more in one place in the future." β
"How did you say this, master?" Mrs. Wang looked at Lu Chengyi with tears and laughter, and wondered, "Could it be that I am still forbidding their sisters to interact like my sister-in-law?" So who have I become? Sister Yun and Sister Younger get along very well, even Brother Ming likes to make trouble with their sisters, they are all brothers and sisters, when am I so confused? β
"No, I didn't mean you." Lu Chengyi opened his mouth and hurriedly explained, but the words behind him were a little inexplicable, and he only said vaguely, "I'm just telling you, you can do it in your heart." I only saw it today that the third brother was raising the younger sister as a son. You don't know, our Lu family has been able to get to the point where it is today, most of it is because of the third brother, and I have been confused all my life, and I only rely on the third brother to live most of my life safely...... The younger sister is like the third brother, and she is also like the old man of the Shen family, and our juniors in the Lu family will have to rely on the younger sister in the future. β
After more than ten years of husband and wife, Mrs. Wang has long been clear about her husband's temperament, and she is not annoyed when she hears this, but she is a little confused, and she didn't understand it for a long time, so she had to interrupt Lu Chengyi's words and said: "The master said this upside down today, why didn't I understand?" Is it to let Sister Yun and them get closer to Sister Younger or what? How old is the late sister? No matter how she is still a little girl, how can she rely on her? Besides, my master and I are still here, and the third brother is fine, why is my master confused again? β
"Hey, I can't tell, anyway, you remember that Sister Wan is different from Sister Yun, so you just treat her as the same as Dalang Goro." Lu Chengyi opened his mouth, consciously unable to speak, so he had to draw a vague conclusion.
Mrs. Wang listened to it for a while, thought about it for a while, and finally came up with something meaningful, but she was even more surprised, she didn't know what her husband had seen and heard today, and suddenly came back and said this...... Put the younger sister and Dalang Goro together, isn't that the hope of the next generation of the Lu family?
"I probably understood what the master meant. The girl in the late sister is smart and very disciplined, and I also like her temperament. But there is a difference between men and women, and she is the one who wants to marry into the Pingnan Palace, how can this be compared with a few brothers in the family? β
"How can't this be compared? The same can be compared! Lu Chengyi choked, probably couldn't find a suitable explanation, his face turned red in a hurry, and he drank half a cup of tea in one go, before waving his hand and saying vaguely, "Then there was no empress in the previous dynasty?" How is this calculated? Anyway, you know what I mean. β
Mrs. Wang was dumbfounded, listened to Lu Chengyi's words funny and angry, thought about it, knew in her heart, and knew her husband's stubborn temper, so she simply didn't argue, nodded and responded: "Chengchengcheng!" I wrote down the master's words, and when I turned around, I asked Sister Yun and them to be closer to the younger sister......"
Halfway through the conversation, Mrs. Wang seemed to remember something, paused for a moment, and then moved on to another matter: "When the master said this, I just remembered one thing, the person in the third room who didn't know how to teach in the past few years, I saw that Brother Xin and the younger sister were in the same place, it is better for Brother Ming to be close to the younger sister!" Brother Ming came back yesterday and talked to me, saying that he heard Brother Xin secretly wiping his tears outside, saying that he missed his mother, and asked Brother Ming if his sister didn't like his mother, so his father sent his mother away! I don't know who said this from outside! How old is Brother Xin? Such an age is the most easily deceived! The people around him should also clean up! What do you think the third brother is planning to do? It's not a long-term way to send it to the family temple, and there is still a son in this house, so you can't help but let this mother and son meet, right? It's always like this, where do Brother Xin and Sister Younger Brother and Sister Brother still have any affection? Hey, it's also a sin, and it's such a ...... to be a mother."
"Forget it, I'll mention this matter to the third brother when I go back, don't worry about it, the third brother must have it in his heart. Hey, who made the younger sister a girl, if it was a son, the third brother was afraid that he wouldn't be able to ...... at all" Lu Chengyi said this, and suddenly stopped talking again, and sighed heavily, there is no way to do this, the Lu family has not yet gained a firm foothold in the capital back then, and the third brother has just been promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and there are many people who want to be a matchmaker for the third brother. Unfilial piety has three no queens, the younger sister is small, the third brother can not help but continue the strings, the original decision of the family is also too hasty, this family business is still mentioned by the eldest brother and the third brother, who can expect the next thing...... Fortunately, it's not a big deal.
Mrs. Wang heard her husband's answer, and sighed again, she really didn't want to reach out directly to manage this matter, and after thinking about it, she had to give up for the time being.
In fact, Mrs. Wang is not the only one who has heard the signs of the affairs in the outer courtyard, Lu Wan heard the fifth brother Lu Ming inadvertently mention it yesterday, but she doesn't plan to take care of it at this time, and it is really not easy to manage, anyway, her father is at home, she must know more than her, she is really tired of Mrs. Wen San, and she is extremely reluctant to see such a brainless person in her selfish heart, but Lu Xin is the biological son of Mrs. Wen San after all, and the only male in the third room, she originally picked up such a life for nothing, and has been raised by her own father in the past few years. has not suffered any grievances, if her father really takes people back this time, she has nothing to complain about, she can't really not let the mother and son meet for the rest of her life.
But Lu Chenghui didn't mention this, Lu Wan just didn't know, her father seemed to be planning to let her and Lu Xin be closer to each other, but now she seems to have changed her mind, Lu Wan has a rough idea in her heart, neither father nor daughter mentioned this matter, after Lu Chengyi left, Lu Wanfang put down the teacup and talked about business: "Gu Sanyuan has arrived in Wu Land, Ding Qianwang has received your letter and has agreed to take the boat to sea." Those merchants in Wudi seemed to have heard the signs, and they all came to join in the fun, and there were people who couldn't be imagined. β
When Lu Wan said this, she didn't know what she remembered, she laughed for a while, and continued while laughing: "Gu Sanyuan can't handle it alone, so he just closed the door and thanked the guests!" The merchants in Wu Di were all dumbfounded, and there was really no way to do it, so they just grabbed someone and inquired, and during this time, they all received hundreds of silver red envelopes from Gu Sanyuan's little guys. Wu Di is really rich, and these merchants are so generous to inquire about the news. Guess what, who have you brought in? β