Zhou Cheng set off to Fucheng to toss business, and Lou Yuzhu was not idle here, instructing Huangshan and Liu Kui to start tossing according to the method of out-of-season vegetables, and also pulled Lou Chengyi and Fu Linshu as consultants. The seeds germinate with plant ash and the farm's fertile soil, and the backyard vegetable garden is made of straw and oil-paper as the material of the insulation shed, and the seeds are planted on a sunny day. There is a sunny day to open the grass shed, rainy days to cover the grass shed, to blow the north wind to hit the frost, Huangshan then hugged the stove to increase the temperature of the grass shed, half a month down to really keep the sparse and sparse seedlings, although the growth can not catch up with the spring planting vegetables are still growing, maybe to the cold winter wax moon can really harvest a lot.

The time entered November, the Zhang family's house was built, and the whole family of the three rooms went out to drink a cup of housewarming wine, and Zhou Cheng came to visit the next day. It means that the hot pot restaurant in Fucheng will open in three days, and Sanfang has shares in it, so it's good to join in the fun.

Hearing this, the Sanfang family discussed, Fu Linshu was too old to go so far, Lou Chengyi was not at ease and had to accompany him at home, and it was convenient for him to discuss and go.

Seeing that the Sanfang family had discussed, Zhou Cheng didn't leave lunch and went back to the town to get busy, and picked him up in front of the door before dawn on the second day.

Fortunately, the third room was prepared early, put the burden on the carriage, Lou Hua led Lou Ming and Lou Yuzhu into the carriage, and then Huang Ying followed to wait, and Huang Shi sat next to the coachman and waited.

Bidding farewell to Lou Chengyi and Fu Linshu, the carriage drove out of Yanjia Village before there was a silky light. Lou Yuzhu opened the curtain and said to Zhou Cheng, who was riding a horse, "Brother Zhou, do you want to drink a cup of ginger tea?" ”

Hearing that Zhou Cheng approached, Lou Yuzhu hurriedly asked Huang Ying to pour half a cup of ginger tea in a potbelly cup, and then took it and handed it out. "Brother Zhou, be careful of scalding. We have boiled eggs and pancakes here, do you want to eat some hot Brother Zhou? ”

"No, I've already had breakfast before I go out." Zhou Cheng returned the cup and persuaded: "Don't eat too much when the carriage is bumpy, don't digest it." ”

"Eh~" Lou Yuzhu already regretted going out of this trip, and she felt like she wanted to die at the thought of having to bump for such a day. The road is not good, there is a pit from time to time, and there is no shock absorbing device, even if the two horses are pulled and shaken around, there is really a feeling that the bones are going to shake apart. I wanted to ride a horse, but I was afraid of the cold, so I hesitated to go and go, and finally I was wrapped in a quilt and fell asleep with each other's heads hugged by Lou Mingzuan. I thought I couldn't sleep, but I really fell asleep when I shook it. When I woke up, I opened the curtain and looked, the north wind outside the window was howling and the cold wind was cold, and I immediately froze Lou Yuzhu.

Huang Ying hurriedly served the stove. "Young brother, hot hands."

Lou Hua sealed the car window and was a little worried about the weather: "I hope it won't snow today, otherwise it will be difficult to walk on this road." ”

"I shouldn't be down today, so I can't say for sure tomorrow." He took a sip of the warm ginger soup handed by Huang Ying, and frowned at the unpleasant smell. "When? Where's it going? ”

"It's been a moment. It's almost past Yangliu Town. "Lou Hua has been awake, no more dimly confused than two sleeping days.

"Yangliu Town?" Shook for more than three hours to walk a little and a half? Tsk, that's slow.

Hearing Yangliu Town, Lou Ming came up, and asked Lou Ming mysteriously: "Is it the town where Uncle Lan married?" ”

Uncle Lan? What the heck? Lou Yuzhu blinked, and tried to turn over the original body, but the memory was not reflected.

Lou Hua looked strange and nodded: "It's Yangliu Town." Seeing Lou Yuzhu's puzzled eyes, he said leisurely: "Uncle Lan's full name is Lou Chenglan, and he is the first child of Ah Mo and his grandfather. ”

Lou Yuzhu immediately had a ghostly expression.

"It's understandable that Brother Yu hasn't heard of it, Uncle Lan is five years older than my father, and Uncle Lan has been married for seven years when my father and my father got married, and it has been more than ten years since you were born, I have only heard it a few ears, and no one has seen it."

Yangliu Town and Huya Town are not far from the north and south of the world, why haven't anyone ever come back? Didn't you even hear Liu Ah talk to Old Man Lou? Why, this is their first child, so they have to say a few words, okay? "If you don't come back to visit your family, there's no news, is there any other story in this?"

Lou Ming said secretly: "I heard that Uncle Lan did not marry seriously, but made a concubine for the rich. ”

Lou Yuzhu immediately made up for the fact that the peasant family was greedy for wealth and did not hesitate to make a small bloody drama, if there was a poor fiancé, it would be even more reflective. "Grandpa didn't mention Uncle Lan because he was annoyed that he was willing to fall and become a concubine?" As far as the old man Lou's face-saving temperament is concerned, he really did something that he didn't care about his biological brother, not to mention that it was an important period for Lou Chengzu at that time, and the old man Lou would definitely be annoyed if he had a brother who volunteered to be a concubine.

"Grandpa meant this, and he said cruel things about severing the relationship and not allowing anyone to mention it, when my father was still young, I couldn't help but be scolded by my grandfather and Ah Mo every time I mentioned it, and over time, my father didn't dare to mention it. More than ten years have passed, and there is really no such person. Six or seven years have passed since he was born, and he only occasionally listens to the villagers when he is sensible, but now no one mentions it again.

"At that time, the old house should have been quite wealthy, and if a good family didn't look for it, he wanted to be a concubine with someone, so I don't blame my grandfather for being annoyed." Seeing Lou Hua's strange expression, Lou Yuzhu's heart moved: "Big brother, what else do you have to say?" ”

Lou Hua nodded his chin slightly to signal Huang Ying to avoid, and then whispered when someone got out of the carriage: "I heard my father tell Daddy that Uncle Lan is honest and diligent, filial piety and well-behaved to grandpa, and gentle and lenient to his younger brother, not the person who covets glory and wealth and people as concubines." Besides, Uncle Lan and Uncle Wei had a verbal marriage contract before, and they didn't mean to be reluctant at all, and they also prepared wedding dresses, but just before Dading, there was news that Uncle Lan had an affair with the rich people in the town, and Uncle Lan didn't go back to the village for a few days, because the prepared wedding clothes were gone, and there were rumors in the village that Uncle Lan was greedy for wealth. ”

Lou Yuzhu's eyes widened, this amount of information is a bit big, let him slowly. "How did Big Brother know this news?"

"Sometimes I listen to the elders in the village chatting, and sometimes my father whispers to my father at night, and they think I am asleep, so they say a few words. Doesn't Dad have a very old orchid purse that he can't afford to lose? It was Uncle Lan's birthday gift for his father the year he went out. ”

Lou Chengyi does have a very old orchid purse, and he has been reluctant to lose it, even if Lou Yuzhu bought him a new color, it is almost the same, but the solid bun is still stunned to use the old one, Lou Yuzhu also said two sentences, at that time, seeing Lou Chengyi's strange look, he thought that the other party was used to it.

"How did Uncle Lan know the rich man in town? What about after being a concubine? "It's not that people who are greedy for wealth and nobility have made a marriage but temporarily changed it, and they haven't been back to the village since then, so it's no wonder that there's no ghost in it!

"When I was born, I was rarely mentioned about it, except for the occasional ear. said that Uncle Lan often went to the town to send things to the uncle who was studying in Yuanshan Academy, and the other party visited friends in the academy, and the two met over time. "Outsiders speculate about what hookup is adulterous for a long time, knowing people's faces and not knowing their hearts, how ugly they hear and how to say it, it has indeed been talked about for a while.

"What did Uncle say?"

Lou Hua thought for a while: "It doesn't seem to say anything, just say something to blame him for not taking care of Uncle Lan and letting Uncle Lan go astray, sorry for grandpa or something." ”

"What else?"

"Within two years, the uncle won the show, because he was the only showman in the village, everyone was afraid of retaliation, and no one dared to say this."

"What's the matter?"

"Ah Mo has always valued the boy over the brother, plus the first child is the brother who has been blinded by the grandfather for a long time, and he has a grudge in his heart, plus he was scolded by his grandfather because of the regret of his marriage, and it is strange to take care of it!"

A person who has always been honest will suddenly run to be a concubine without even saying a word? Lou Yuzhu thinks how weird she is. "Does the eldest brother know the name of the rich man's family?"

"I heard that his surname is Zhu, and he is an old rich family in Yangliu Town."

"Oh~" Intuition sniffed out the inexplicable strangeness in this, and Lou Yuzhu made up her mind to take a trip to Yangliu Town on the way back.

The carriage rocked for a day, and finally drove into the city a moment before the gates were locked. Lou Yuzhu, who had been swaying listlessly for a long time, didn't even have the spirit of lifting the curtain, and only raised her head when the carriage stopped: "Arrived?" ”

"It's supposed to be here." Lou Hua handed over two thick cloaks and greeted Lou Minglou Yuzhu: "It's windy outside, put it on." ”

Wrapping the cloak around his body, only two eyes were on the outside, and only then did he get out of the carriage under the service of the yellow shadow. It's just that when his foot stepped on the ground, his knees were weak immediately, but fortunately, Zhou Cheng happened to come up and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help.

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay, my feet are weak." It felt a lot better after two gentle kicks.

Lou Hua and Lou Ming got out of the carriage one after another, and Zhou Cheng saw that the three of them had good faces, and said, "The young master said before, there is no need to ask for peace soon." The yard is prepared in advance, so it's not too late to talk about anything tomorrow after a night's rest. ”

After a day in the carriage, it was too tiring, and Lou Yuzhu was not polite. "Then listen to Brother Zhou. Brother Zhou also rested earlier. ”

Let's go and rest. Not to mention.