Chapter 003 Money

The night breeze at the beginning of April swayed the faint candle flame and the lights and shadows flickered.

On the big kang near the window, Lu Qijun and his wife sat opposite each other, and the maids and wives were all sent out, so Lu Luo stayed to serve. She stood, pouring tea for her parents.

The orange light makes the vision hazy and beautiful. Lu Qijun took a sip of tea, raised his eyes and saw Wen Shi opposite, and was surprised to find that she was still the same as before, not old at all, and couldn't help but wonder.

The aunts around him, including the beautiful second aunt Ming, couldn't stand the time, and their complexion was not as good as before. And Wen's is still so delicate and fair-skinned, and the charm is not gone.

The water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River really raise people, Lu Qijun thought.

Not to mention the Wen family, even Lu Luo, is also better than those daughters in his capital. Of course, the posture is not as good as half of Siniang Lu Rui.

"The matter of Erniang falling into the well is really ridiculous." Lu Qijun gathered his mind, put down the teacup and said to Wen's, "In the past, we were very peaceful, and there were never moths. As soon as this incident came out, they were all frightened, you check it out, so that everyone can rest assured. ”

Lu Luo glanced at Wen.

Lu Qijun accused the Wen family openly, thinking that it was the Wen family's people who were making ghosts. Wen didn't come back, and his backyard was peaceful and peaceful; Wen Shi came back, and the chickens flew and the dogs jumped.

It's all Wen's fault.

Wen Shi remained silent, lowered his eyes, and his slender eyelashes fell a small light and shadow under his eyes, silently enduring this unwarranted reproach.

"Master, you also know that I am a useless person" Wen Shi only spoke after a while, but he looked like a submissive person, his voice was as thin as a gnat, and his words were even indistinct, "Let Luo'er check." She followed her ancestors and learned some rules."

Lu Luo rarely saw her mother like this, and she wanted to laugh a little. However, what her mother pretends to be like is vivid, and Lu Luo sometimes wants to award her a movie queen.

Lu Qijun frowned slightly, he didn't see any traces of Wen's performance.

"She's a child, what will she check?" Lu Qijun was displeased, and he also hated Wen's delicate appearance.

Wen used to be like this, usually fine, but once something happened, he was cowardly and incompetent. Before Lu Qijun asked her to beg her uncle to promote herself, she didn't dare in every way, she was scared to death.

Thinking about it, Lu Qijun was furious.

"I'm sixteen, Dad, not a kid anymore." Lu Luo saw that Wen's pretended to be weak, and pushed the matter to her, so he knew that it was time to take action himself, "Besides, with the help of my mother's mother and sisters, and my father's guidance, my daughter doesn't dare to shirk." ”

Lu Luo took care of the matter.

Lu Qijun glanced at this daughter a few times.

Lu Luo is indeed a big girl, taller than her sisters, like Wen; She was well-proportioned and thin, like a weak willow and a light poplar; The skin is fair and bright, healthy and lively, without the slightest sickly paleness; With bright eyes and bright teeth, cherry lips and high nose, she is a very iconic beauty.

Lu Qijun is elegant and handsome, and his wives and concubines are all good-looking, so all of his daughters are beautiful.

Lu Luo is not bad, which makes Lu Qijun feel a sense of accomplishment.

It's just that he looked at Lu Luo and didn't have any feelings for her in his heart. Lu Luo was only nine years old when he left Beijing, and his appearance had not yet taken shape, but now she is a beautiful big girl, like a different person.

If they met by chance at a relative's house, Lu Qijun wouldn't have recognized this daughter.

"Have you ever learned housekeeping in Huzhou Mansion before?" Lu Qijun asked Lu Luo, "Can you take care of things at home?" ”

"My mother is frail and often lingers on the sickbed, and I have been helping with chores since the year before last." Lu Luo Road.

This is a half-truth.

Lu Luo has indeed learned to be a housekeeper since two years ago. Wen felt that she was old and should learn basic skills, so he deliberately taught her everything.

It's just that Wen's health is very good, and "frail and sick" is just a good word for their mother and daughter.

Lu Luo regards Wen as his mother. This is not the memory left by the original owner, but because Wen and Lu Luo's mother in their previous lives look exactly the same.

Lu Luo's mother had just passed away two months before Lu Luo. It's not getting sick, it's dying. Lu Luo has never married in her life and has no family of her own, so her only emotional support is her mother.

Seeing Wen's family, it was like seeing her mother's young appearance, Lu Luo couldn't believe it, she hugged Wen's and cried for a long time.

It was precisely because of Wen's that Lu Luo accepted the matter of wearing Yue very calmly and happily.

As for Lu Qijun

In Lu Luo's eyes, he was a complete stranger. He is not like Lu Luo's father in his previous life, and he has no nurturing grace for Lu Luo.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Lu Qijun pondered for a long time, unable to think of a better idea.

Originally, the affairs of the backyard were all handled by the eldest aunt Jane.

It's just that this time the second girl fell into the well, and she herself alluded to the black hand of the eldest aunt; The eldest aunt was angry and cried, and found Lu Qijun to cry, but in order to avoid suspicion, she couldn't go to prove it in person.

It just so happened that Mrs. had returned to Beijing again, and if she didn't hand it over to Madame, would she give it to her second aunt? Isn't that a lack of rules?

Lu Qijun still talks about the rules.

Therefore, he had to let Wen do it.

Wen strongly recommended her daughter, this was her selfishness, and she wanted her daughter to show her face and shock other concubines. Lu Qijun is conceited and controls both inside and outside, and his wife's selfishness is all in his control, and he doesn't pay attention to it.

Lu Luo, Lu Luo.

"You're sixteen, are you married?" Lu Qijun saw that the atmosphere was a little silent, and seemed to want to say a few more words, so he suddenly asked.

Lu Luo and Wen were full of emotion.

This is my father!

"Not yet." Wen Shi helped answer.

Lu Qijun sighed, and there was no follow-up. He really just asked casually, and he didn't want to find a mother-in-law for Lu Luo at all.

Lu Luo's eyes were suddenly opened, such a father is really more indifferent than a stranger.

The atmosphere was eerie.

Lu Qijun vaguely remembered that he still had an intention, but he forgot about it as he spoke.

He pondered for a long time, then remembered, and said to Wen's: "The sixth day of the first month is Siniang's birthday, although it is not a concubine, and the number of etiquette cannot be light." You have just returned to Beijing, and you must have the dignity of your mother-in-law, so you can take fifty taels of silver, and everyone will be lively. ”

Wen immediately turned his head and glanced at Lu Luo.

Lu Luo also has all kinds of feelings in his heart.

"What's the matter, your money is also in the hands of Wu Niang?" Lu Qijun misunderstood the meaning of Wen's eyes.

"It's not," Wen said softly, "the sixth day of the first month is also Luo'er's birthday. ”

Wu Niang Lu Luo and Si Niang Lu Rui were born on the same day, same month, and the same year. Siniang is early in the morning, and Lu Luo is in the evening.

What's more coincidental is that Siniang's biological mother is Lu Qijun's second aunt Ming, and she is Wen's dowry girl.

The dowry maid and the wife of the continuation of the string gave birth to a daughter on the same day, and there are some conjectures in the middle. Could it be that on the wedding night, Lu Qijun enjoyed the blessings of all people?

Wen never mentioned it, and Lu Luo didn't know either.

"Oh, it's your birthday, too?" Lu Qijun came over to ask Lu Luo instead. Judging by his expression, he had forgotten everything.

"Yes." Lu Luo replied obediently.

"I always thought that Siniang was still a little girl, but I didn't expect her to be as big as Wuniang," Lu Qijun sighed.

This statement can be described as extremely eccentric.

Lu Qijun's most beloved daughter is Siniang Lu Rui, and Lu Luo has heard of it in Huzhou Mansion.

"That's right, the birthdays of the two of them are spent together." Lu Qijun said to Wen's family, "You are the master mother, this is your duty, don't lose your dignity, let them look at you disrespectfully." ”

Lu Qijun said these words, of course, not for the Wen family.

Last year, Siniang Lu Rui and Lu, her birthday gift cost more than 200 taels, and she was nagged by her aunt for a year. This year, the eldest aunt has said many times that she will not celebrate the children's birthdays.

Lu Qijun has no money himself.

Lu Qijun is the head of Zheng Liupin in the Ministry of Officials, and his monthly income is not much, which is not enough for him to drink and visit Qinglou for three or five days a day.

The family's money and silver mainly come from two aspects: the first is Huzhou's hometown. Lu Qijun has six brothers, but he is a concubine, and he is the only one who has obtained fame and stayed in Beijing as an official.

The Lu family is a prominent family in Huzhou Prefecture, with countless fields and properties, and they are very wealthy. In order to maintain the status of the noble family, it is necessary to have people in the court. Although Lu Qijun is not a big official, he is the only support of the Lu family's generation.

He is a concubine again.

In order to win his heart, the old lady of the Lu family knew that her feelings were unreliable, so she had to give money. Therefore, Lu Qijun lives in such a big house in the capital, all of which are purchased at the expense of Huzhou Mansion, and Huzhou Mansion also sends silver over every six months.

Second, Lu Qijun's third daughter, the biological daughter of his aunt Jane, married to the son of a wealthy businessman. Sanniang is very means, her husband's private money is given to her, and she often subsidizes her mother's family to make her mother more status, and other aunts cannot replace her mother.

It's only April now, and Lu Qijun has already squandered the silver sent by Huzhou Mansion for the New Year; The next time I send money, I will have to wait until July.

The remaining silver in the family was secretly subsidized by Sanniang, in the hands of the eldest aunt Jane. The eldest aunt didn't want to celebrate Siniang's birthday, but Siniang and the second aunt were looking forward to it, which made Lu Qijun in a dilemma.

After thinking about it, he had to come up with Wen's idea.

Wen Shi is useless, just scare her, she can hand over her body. Wen's has been in Huzhou in the past few years, and he always has some private money.

Back then, Wen's dowry was all given to Lu Qijun.

"Sir, I've never done such a big errand, and I'm new here, so I don't understand anything. It's better to leave it to the eldest aunt. Wen said softly.

"It's better for you to do it" Lu Qijun slowed down his tone, "Since you are back, you will live first." When you get used to it, the butler's brand will be handed over to you. ”

This is the promise to let Wen's housekeeper.

Lu Qijun thought that the Wen family would be overjoyed, and immediately agreed to this matter.

Unexpectedly, Wen Shi still repeatedly excused himself, looking pitiful, and had no eyes at all.

"Then you take a hundred taels and give it to Jane's to do." Lu Qijun finally said.

"Otherwise, I'll sell all the noodles that my ancestors gave me, and make up a hundred taels." Lu Luo interfaces at this time.

Want to sell jewelry?

At this time, Lu Qijun could see that Wen's mother and daughter didn't want to give money.

Is this worth it?

Hiding his selfish intentions like this, and daring to hide it from the head of the family, won't he turn against the sky in the future?

Lu Qijun got angry and threw the teacup on the ground.

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