Mr. Hong came to visit, and Lu Luo went out to see him.

In the hot summer, the courtyard is like a fire, and the bright red flowers in the distance are like fiery snakes spitting letters, trying to swallow people.

Cloth shoes can burn the soles of the feet when they are stepped on the ground.

Lu Luo went from the main courtyard to the weeping flower gate, and there was a layer of sweat on the bridge of his nose, and his back was also soaked.

"It's hot!" Biyun, the maid who followed her, complained.

Lu Luo nodded: "I'm afraid the hottest thing this year is these few days, just get through it." ”

The heat of Huzhou Mansion is accompanied by a humid and muggy heat, which is far from being like that of Kyoto.

I was drenched in sweat, but I couldn't steam it, and the hot sweat was forced to hold in my skin, which became more and more uncomfortable.

Biyun shook the fan vigorously, and also shook it for Lu Luo.

When their master and servant arrived at the outer courtyard, Mr. Hong had already drunk two teas.

The old gentleman in his early sixties, with a thin body, dry and refreshing, did not show any enthusiasm.

When Lu Luo saw him, he suddenly paused.

She saw Twilight.

The old gentleman seemed to be in good spirits, but in fact there were only a few days left.

"Girl." Mr. Hong called Lu Luo like this, which was very intimate.

Lu Luo stepped forward and gave him a salute.

"Sir, why did you come here in person on such a hot day? If you have any orders, you can send someone to say it, and I will go to see you. Lu Luo said.

It didn't take long for Lu Luo to open the eyes of the sky, and this was the first time she had clearly seen the death of a person, Lu Luo's heart moved slightly, and she was a little sad.

She was moved by compassion, and she saw with her own eyes a life slowly disappearing.

"You little girl. Sweet mouth and conscience. The old gentleman laughed.

Lu Luo asked people to serve tea again.

Mr. Hong didn't want to drink tea, so he said to Lu Luo: "Little girl, I have a fancy for something, can you buy it for me?" ”

Biyun on the side was dumbfounded.

How can there be such a person, who comes to rely on the old and sell the old, and asks people to buy things for him?

Biyun was thinking about how to refuse, so as not to embarrass Lu Luo, but heard Lu Luo say, "Okay, what do you want." I'll buy them for you. ”

Mr. Hong stroked his palms and laughed. He said, "You're a kind-hearted little girl, so let's go?" ”

He was going to take Lu Luo to the shop.

With that, he stood up.

Lu Luo shouted to Biyun and asked her to get two thousand taels of silver. By the way, prepare the carriage.

"Girl. Who is this? Biyun was puzzled. Thinking that Lu Luo wanted her to go back and get the money, Scrooge's flesh hurt and she was a little reluctant.

"Don't ask. Go get it. Lu Luo said.

Biyun had no choice but to say yes.

The carriage was ready, and after putting down the stool, Mr. Hong got into the carriage first, and then Lu Luo, Yizhu, and Biyun went up.

Lu Luo's carriage was spacious, enough to seat seven or eight people.

Ice was put in the carriage, but it was still invincible to the heat.

Biyun wanted to lift the curtain, but the heat wave outside rolled and poured into the carriage, and the heat wave could burn people, and Biyun lowered the curtain again.

It's hot on the left and right, and it's so hot.

"Last winter, there was a once-in-a-century blizzard, and this year's midsummer is unusually hot, and this day is going to be chaotic." Mr. Hong suddenly sighed.

Lu Luo's heart sank.

"It's time for chaos, how many years." Mr. Hong muttered to himself again.

Lu Luo didn't answer.

The topic of celestial phenomena always reminded her of her master, but she didn't know where to start.

Mr. Hong doesn't know how to do magic, he just has a lot of knowledge.

"On this day, if someone dies, they can only stop for three days, and they must be buried quickly, otherwise they will stink." Mr. Hong said again.

Lu Luo glanced at him and immediately understood that this old gentleman had already predicted his life and death.

Mr. Hong knew that he didn't have a few days to live.

According to Mr. Hong's instructions, the carriage stopped at a coffin shop.

"Huh?" Biyun first lifted the curtain of the car to go down, but when he saw the coffin shop, his feet were all taken back, he whispered after eating, and asked Mr. Hong, "Old man, there is a coffin shop outside, do you remember the wrong place?" ”

"Remember correctly, get out of the car." Lu Luo answered for the old gentleman.

Biyun wanted to speak and stopped, and Lu Luo gave her a look.

The clever Biyun didn't ask any more questions.

After they got out of the carriage, Lu Luoxu helped Mr. Hong and entered the shop.

"This piece of longevity is very suitable for my heart, little girl, did you buy it for me?" Mr. Hong saw a painted pine coffin and said to Lu Luo.

Most of the coffin shops sell whiteboards, which are pulled back and painted by themselves.

Of course, the shop is also afraid that someone will do something urgent, and it will be too late to paint, so prepare a few pieces of paint.

The paint in the shop is good, and the material is not bad, but the price is three or four percent more expensive.

"Okay, if you like it, buy it." Lu Luo Road.

The shop was stuffy, with a smell of wood grease and paint, and Lu Luo was so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit.

She didn't even look closely at the coffin.

"Shopkeeper, how much does this board cost?" Lu Luo shouted to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper came over, first glanced at Lu Luo's master and servant's dress, and saw that they were all plain, not knowing that Lu Luo was filial piety, and thinking that she had no money.

Since the patron has no money, if the shopkeeper opens his mouth, he will scare people away.

"It's the best pine plank." The shopkeeper first boasted about himself, and then said, "If you like it, give thirty-nine taels of silver." ”

"It's not expensive." Mr. Hong said beside him.

The shopkeeper also thinks it's not expensive, which is a relatively low asking price.

"Biyun, give money." Lu Luo Road.

They didn't make a counteroffer, which made the shopkeeper very disappointed, feeling that he was going to be lower, and he should be higher.

When collecting the money, the shopkeeper suddenly said: "This board is too heavy, if it is sent to your house, add two taels of silver, otherwise you will have to send someone to pull it back." ”

Biyun glanced at Lu Luo.

Lu Luo couldn't stand the hot and slightly fishy coffin shop, so she couldn't bear it and didn't spit it out, she glanced at Biyun and asked Biyun to give the money quickly.

Biyun happily gave two taels of silver.

The shopkeeper is more comfortable.

The coffin was ordered and sent directly to Mr. Hong's house.

"Sir, what are you doing when you buy a longevity board?" Getting into the carriage, Biyun asked curiously.

Mr. Hong said with a smile: "The old decay will not be long in coming. ”

Biyun smiled: "How can anyone curse themselves? ”

Old Mr. Hong smiled kindly, ignoring Biyun's words.

Then, he went to the shroud shop again and bought himself a decent set of shrouds.

He asked for the most expensive one, a complete set of fifty taels of silver, including cloth for small and large burials.

Then, Mr. Hong went to the cemetery again and bought himself a burial place.

The Hong family is very poor, and the cemetery is already extremely tight, and many clansmen buy their own cemeteries and bury them next to the old cemetery of the Hong family.

Mr. Hong bought fifteen taels of silver for this cemetery.

"Girl, I broke the bank today." Mr. Hong said to Lu Luo.

Lu Luo smiled and said, "I didn't spend a hundred taels of silver, what is the cost?" ”

Then, Mr. Hong suddenly saw the phoenix blood jade in Lu Luo's hand, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"This ...... Is this phoenix blood jade? Mr. Hong just pounced.

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The third update, ask for a monthly pass~ (to be continued.) )