73. Prelude
Of course, Lou Yuzhu didn't know about these things that happened in the Li Mansion, because after making up lunch in Xinyi Building in the afternoon, he set off to Yangliu Town to visit Lou Chenglan. Although the two families have not had much communication in recent years, Lou Yuzhu and Zhou Cheng have provided Wei Laosi with many opportunities, such as fishing for big red crayfish and collecting wild animals to escort them to Nanyang City, etc., making a lot of money, and not having to go into the mountains to risk hunting, which can be said to have solved Lou Chenglan's worries.
stayed overnight in Lou Chenglanna, and returned to Yanjia Village on the day, and Lou Yuzhu began to be busy with silkworm breeding. When the spring silkworm grows to the size of chopsticks, Lou Hua and Lou Ming usher in the first wave of exams, the children's test. Compared with Lou Chengyi's husband's nervousness, Lou Yuzhu is relaxed, if the brothers can't even pass the children's test under sufficient conditions in the past few years, he doesn't have to get angry with Mu Lao, he will beat him first!
The Tong Sheng test can be taken in Huya Town, and the results are announced soon, Lou Hua and Lou Ming are naturally on the list, and the two grandsons of Li Zheng have also successfully passed Guò including several other families. The success of the pass guò children's test can be said to have officially touched the threshold of Xiucai, and the silence of the tong guò is immediately in joy, and the nature of the absence of guò is a different scene.
The corners of the honest man's mouth were about to smile, and it was rare to express his opinion at one time and wanted to set up a few tables of banquets, but unfortunately he was ruthlessly hit by Lou Yuzhu, and only symbolically set up two tables to invite people who knew each other in the village to have a meal. Of course, the third room set up a banquet, and other families couldn't eat in vain, so they set up a banquet to invite back, which made Lou Chengyi, an honest man, very vain.
As soon as the child tried to pass, the atmosphere of a short period of joy entered the tense stage of scientific research. Lou Hua and Lou Ming are almost stunned, they eat and live directly in the town, and it is rare for one person to return home every month.
Lou Yuzhu saw that in addition to feeling sorry for the brothers, what she could help was to take care of her and not let the chores distract her. Approaching September, when students from all over the world rushed to Wutong County to prepare for the scientific examination, the old house came to the door.
This time, Liu Ah Mo and Xu Chunting came to the door, the reason was that Lou Wen was going to Wutong to take the exam and find a three-room to ask for travel expenses.
Lou Yuzhu is going to laugh angrily, not to mention how much money the old mansion has made in the past few years, let's just say that the lion of the old mansion has opened his mouth, and the fact that others can go for a trip for a dozen taels Liu Ah opened his mouth is one hundred taels, and that look and attitude is not borrowing money at all, but asking for money, or the kind of strange expression that he should feel honored to be able to come to the third room. Glancing at Xu Chunting's decent smile, Lou Yuzhu remembered the news she had gotten before, and felt amused in her heart. "A hundred taels, right?" Lou Yuzhu repeated, smiled and nodded, "Yes." It's just that I can't make it up now, so let's go back with Uncle Ah first, and I'll send it over when I get it back. ”
Liu Ah Mo naturally suspected that Sanfang was making excuses, Lou Yuzhu repeatedly promised to send the two away, turned back to Huangshan and said: "Huangshan, you go to the town to collect 50,000 copper coins, send them to the old mansion, and by the way, tell the Liu family in the town to ask him to greet the next few money villages, and say that the old mansion wants someone to exchange copper coins for the whole money, so they must refuse." Oh yes, remember to bring back the bamboo cage containing the money when you send money, there is no reason to give money for nothing and build a bamboo cage, right? ”
Huang Shan agreed in his mouth, but in his heart he was amazed by his young brother's idea. Fifty thousand copper coins are equivalent to one hundred and fifty catties, Lou Wen naturally can't take away, but the most convenient money village in the town is not exchanged, and the old house has to toss and change with people, fifty thousand copper coins, rich people naturally don't have the heart to bother this effort, and those who don't have money can only change one or two taels. So Lou Yuzhu's trick is wonderful, don't you want to borrow money? Okay, I'll borrow it, but I have a way for you to borrow it and you can't use it! Just accept it, and hold it if you don't accept it!
Fifty thousand copper coins fell in the middle of the courtyard of the old mansion, and the old man Lou's fingertips trembled, and he slapped Liu Ah with his hand. "I'll let you borrow twenty taels is enough, and you have to borrow a hundred taels! Annoyed the third room, do you think you can stand it?! ”
"It's the third room to be a demon, what are you doing beating me?!" Liu Ah was also angry, but he was angry that Sanfang shouldn't have sent copper coins and had to go on a trip to exchange them for silver, but the old man Lou was angry about the ridicule of Sanfang behind this matter.
At the beginning, when Fu Linshu changed his household registration, Liu Ah Mo smashed more than 1,000 copper coins on Lou Chengyi, so that the father and son picked up every penny with red eyes, and now the three rooms are retaliating with a tooth for a tooth.
The old man Lou trembled angrily, and instructed Lou Chengli to shout: "Let Sanfang pick up these copper coins back, we won't borrow them!" ”
Liu Ah Mo covered his face and jumped to his feet: "Why should you return the money that has already arrived?!" ”
"I'll pay it back when I say it's back!" Old Man Lou's face was gloomy, Liu Ah didn't dare to resist blatantly, but his eyes were staring at Lou Chengli fiercely, and there was a momentum that if he dared to return it, he would make him look good.
Lou Chengli knew very well that this hundred taels could not be used on him, and he could not get benefits, so why should he go up and lose face? At that moment, he turned his head and picked up the hoe and said, "My son is not free now, so Dad should call someone else." ”
Old Man Lou was on fire again, but Lou Chengli didn't shake him off, he turned around and walked away. The old man Lou couldn't say anything angry, so he threw his sleeves back to the room in a rage, and said cruel that no one could touch the copper coin. It's a pity that this family will not be like this if it is really under his control, one night the copper coins like a hill disappeared without a trace, and the old man Lou held a mouthful of old blood in his throat, and he became ill in two days.
Lou Yuzhu, who heard the news, raised his eyebrows, turned his head and asked Huangshan to find a good doctor and let him go to the old house to see a doctor for Mr. Lou, and generously said that all the medicine money and consultation fees were out of his third room, and let the good doctor directly prescribe medicine. Lou Chengyi, who didn't know the beginning and the end, was moved by Lou Yuzhu's actions at that time, and gave Lou Yuzhu a chopsticks favorite dish with a flattering face, and Lou Yuzhu thundered down at the same time, and at the same time felt a sense of guilt. It's strange that Lou Chengyi's husband was not there when Liu Ah Mo came to the door, and the only ones who knew were Lou Yuzhu and Xiao Lou Chen.
"Brother Yu," Lou Chen's bun face bulged: "What about the face?" ”
Lou Yuzhu coughed dryly: "I don't know where I lost it, I'll go back and find it first." ”
Xiao Lou Chen glanced at Lou Yuzhu speechlessly, and then glanced at Lou Chengyi, who was moved, and then covered his face silently.
Fu Linshu inexplicably asked his brother with his eyes, Lou Yuzhu replied with an innocent face, Xiao Lou Chen closed his fingers, and felt that he couldn't bear to look directly at Youmuyou!
In the face of the tense scientific examination, this little episode did not make any waves, Lou Hua Lou Ming set off to Wutong County to prepare for the exam, Pei Guanying then went to Nanyang City to prepare for the exam, and Mu Lao was invited back to Yanjia Village by Lou Yuzhu as a guest.
In the afternoon of this day, the two sat in the gazebo to take a nap, Mu Lao Meimei drank fresh and elegant fruit wine, and asked Lou Yuzhu with a smile: "Nervous? "Mu
Lou Yuzhu exhaled: "It's false to say that you are not nervous." ”
Mu Lao smiled, took a sip of the fine fruit wine brewed by the winery with a comfortable face, put down the wine glass and looked at Lou Yuzhu, shook his head and sighed: "How good it would be if you were a kid." ”
"Where do you start?"
"If you are a kid, you can participate in the scientific examination, not to mention the children's examination, Xiucai, Juren, Jinshi, and the final palace examination are all a piece of cake for you, right? After that, there will be a place for you among the pillars of the country, not to mention that it will be famous for eternity, but it is feasible to be famous for a lifetime. ”
Lou Yuzhu smiled, filled Mu Lao's wine glass, straightened up and faced Mu Lao with a smile: "Mrs. Mu thinks highly of me, I am just a brother from a small family, how can I be worthy of your praise?" ”
"You know what you don't deserve." Seeing that people didn't admit that Mu Lao was not serious, his eyes shook around Yanjia Village outside the window, and he said quite sentimentally: "I've been here for two and a half years in a blink of an eye, time flies so fast, it's time to go back in a blink of an eye." After appreciating the surprise on Lou Yuzhu's face with satisfaction, he continued: "The person who picked me up should arrive tomorrow, and then take a boat from Linnan Bay Haikou." ”
"Mu Lao, don't you wait for Second Brother Pei to come back?" This news has to be said to be unexpected, there was no news about such a big event before.
"What is there to wait for, and it is not a parting of life and death." Mu Lao's life can also be said to have come over in the wind and waves, and this parting is not in his eyes.
"You are so old and chic, but I have the entrustment of Second Brother Pei." Lou Yuzhu smiled bitterly, remembering that he had patted his chest and promised Pei Guanying that he would definitely entertain Mu Lao, but now there is no one who wants to entertain everyone.
"Hmph, who told you not to be born a kid and want to be a brother!"
"Old Mu, are you drunk?" Lou Yuzhu couldn't cry or laugh, if he could choose him, there would be thousands of brothers who wouldn't be able to do it! I don't know if it's bent or not, and I have to jump directly to the step of smacking my child, and it's also kneeling for God!
"If only I was drunk!" Mu Lao beat his chest, and finally found a good seedling, but he was born as a brother who could not participate in the scientific examination, which made him really scratch his heart when he was thirsty for love.
Lou Yuzhu looked sympathetic, saying that he really loved this matter and couldn't help it.
"Huh." Mu Lao.
Lou Yuzhu, who was hehe, said that he was really a disciple of the church who starved to death of the master, and from time to time he was choked to death by his own words or something.
The person who came to pick up the day looked for Yanjia Village, Lou Yuzhu knew that he couldn't keep it, so he went all the way to send Mu Lao to Linnan Bay, and then Zhou Cheng rushed to hear the news, and the two sent Mu Lao all the way to Haikou.
Before boarding the boat, Mu Lao summoned Lou Yuzhu and handed over three letters. "Don't tell Guanying and Lou Hua and Lou Ming before I leave, you can hand over these three letters when they come back after the exam."
Lou Yuzhu respectfully accepted the letter: "Definitely." ”
The boat was about to leave and couldn't stay for a long time, so Mu Lao pretended to be annoyed and said: "Teach your fourth child better, and let him go to Beijing to find me at the age of seven!" ”
Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu's eyes lit up: "Is this true?!" ”
Mu Lao, who was suspected of credibility, was really a little angry now, and knocked on the building Yuzhu and said angrily: "What's the benefit of me lying to you?" ”
Covering his head and quickly taking a step back, Lou Yuzhu pulled out a smile on his face: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." ”
"Ugly words ahead, you need more than half of your spirituality, if not, I will send eight horses to chase the words back."
"What about the tall literary giants?
A month later, Pei Guanying waited for the return trip, and Lou Yuzhu handed the letter to the other party in person. "Originally, I was going to send someone to inform the second brother, but Mu Lao didn't let me, saying that it was just when it was important not to distract you."
Pei Guanying took the letter and nodded: "My father wrote to me about this, and I have already prepared for it." ”
"After all, what I promised was not done, and the second brother will blame me for suffering."
Lou Yuzhu's face was serious and guilty, not only not sad, but so sad that Pei Guanying couldn't help but smile. "Brother Yu'er's guilty expression on his face, I really don't fit it."
"Huh." Hello boy, goodbye boy!