Chapter 2: Brother and Sister
In the evening, the lights in the Luoxia courtyard were bright, and the little maid waiting in the porter saw Lu Yu's carriage approaching from a distance, and hurriedly went up to raise the curtain: "Master, just now the grandmother from the inner courtyard came to spread the word, saying that the girl is waiting for you in the study." ”
Lu Yu was wearing a smoke-blue brocade robe, his eyebrows and eyes were clear, and his temperament was introverted, but his face was a little drunk, he sighed, rubbed his brows and got off the carriage, strode into the courtyard, and went to the study to find Lu Ran.
Lu Ran was boredly flipping through the travelogue in the study, and when he caught a glimpse of a smoky blue, a smile suddenly bloomed on his face, and he stepped forward to pour a cup of tea for Lu Yu. Just about to hand it over, the tip of his nose smelled a faint smell of wine, Lu Ran's brows frowned slightly, the smile on his face faded, he withdrew his hand without a trace, took a sip of tea by himself, squinted at Lu Yu, and hummed softly: "After waiting for most of the day, I can be regarded as waiting for the eldest brother to come back." Big brother is going to drink and have fun with those classmates and friends next time, so that people can come back with a word, and it will save me from waiting in vain! ”
The smile on Lu Yu's face froze, and when he saw Lu Ran's sneering face, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, rubbed his brows and sighed, stretched his hand into the air, was glanced at by Lu Ran lightly, and then took it back, coughing with a wry smile: "You are really ...... I'm in the mood today, but I've had two more drinks......"
"It's not the first day that my eldest brother knows about it," Lu Ran intercepted the conversation, wrinkled his nose and snorted coldly, "When my sister-in-law enters the door one day, my eldest brother will not be too late to think of me." ”
"What are these words?" Lu Yu reprimanded with a smile, took the teacup from Lu Ran's hand, and said disapprovingly, "Drinking tea at night hurts your spleen and stomach." When you come back today, you don't say hello to me, it's like that outside...... You're getting bold! ”
Seeing that Lu Yu diverted the topic, Lu Ran spat helplessly, and was a little self-deprecating. The etiquette and rules of the world have always been patriarchal, and it is common for men to have fun when they are out on the scene, even in the previous life, isn't it the same? What can she say? What's more, this is still her eldest brother...... It's so depressing! Fortunately, her eldest brother is not a person who does not know proportion.
Lu Ran sulked, ignored Lu Yu's counting, took half a step back, sat down on the chair, tilted his head to look at Lu Yu, his brows raised slightly, and his eyes were bright and sly: "Today, Mama Zhao came to pass the word, saying that the second aunt has seen a few girls for you, let me go back and take a look, I will answer, and I will go back the day after tomorrow." Will my eldest brother wait for me to see the people when I see them, or will he go back with me? ”
Lu Yu frowned and didn't answer immediately, sat opposite Lu Ran, poured a glass of warm water and handed it to Lu Ran, "It's not a hurry-"
"Why aren't you in a hurry?" Lu Ran interrupted Lu Yu's words angrily and funny, stretched out his hand to block the teacup, his eyes swept around Lu Yu, and his tone was a little disgusting, "You're almost twenty-two!" If you don't get married, you will become an old man! Seeing that Lu Yu wanted to interject with a crying and laughing face, Lu Ran called out in a soft voice, "Big brother-" blocked Lu Yu's words back without being soft or hard, and complained in a low voice, "Besides, I'm tired and panicked every day, and my eldest brother doesn't know that he feels sorry for me?" There must be a hostess to manage this courtyard, and someone has to inherit the Lu family's incense, right? ”
Lu Yu was speechless, looked at Lu Ran, who was pretending to be aggrieved, and was silent for a long time before sighing helplessly: "It's okay, whatever you want, you just look good." ”
"I don't count what I said, big brother himself has to pay attention to it, this is someone who wants to live with you for the rest of his life!" Lu Ran frowned and glared at Lu Yu, and sighed helplessly in his heart. Her eldest brother has never paid much attention to family affairs, and if she stayed in her previous life, she would not worry about it. But in this world, her parents are gone, so she and Lu Yu have to rely on each other, she doesn't worry about it, who can care about Lu Yu's marriage?
The ancestor of the Lu family was born as a businessman, and it was not until the old man Lu changed his text, but this business did not fall. After the death of Old Man Lu, most of the Lu family's business fell on Lu Ran and Lu Yu's father Lu Wenyuan. Lu Wenyuan couldn't do it in dance, and he barely got into the exam until he was twenty years old, and later became a family, so he simply threw away the book and personally ran the family's business, but in ten years, he ran the Lu family into one of the richest people in Huai'an County. But everything has a good or bad, although Lu Wenyuan is proud of doing business, but his wife Wei has not seen a good body since she gave birth to her youngest daughter Lu Ran, and she went before the youngest daughter was one year old. Over the years, Lu Wenyuan has been thinking about Wei's goodness, and he is afraid that a pair of children will be wronged, so he has not continued the string.
But there are unforeseen circumstances, in the twenty-sixth year of Yongqing, Emperor Chengwen, who has always been healthy, suddenly reported the news of illness, the courtiers were panicked, the princes of all parties were ready to move, and the south was also in turmoil. In the twenty-sixth year of Yongqing, Lu Wenyuan went to various places to collect goods, and on the way back to Longxi, he died in the hands of mountain bandits.
When Lu Ran first arrived in this world, her father's first seven days had not passed, and her body was dragged to only half a breath. After Lu Yu rushed back from Jiangning Mansion to take care of his father's funeral, the second room couldn't wait to take over the Lu family's business. Lu Yu is not familiar with general affairs, Lu Ran is bedridden, and the two brothers and sisters will inevitably be wronged in the Lu Mansion. Lu Yu was ruthless and moved out of the Lu Mansion with Lu Ran.
But in the early years, there was a father, and Lu Yu was a young man, and he often recited poems with several sons and sons in Huai'an County, tasted scriptures and papers, and later followed Mr. to study around, rarely interfering in the house's affairs. Coupled with the intentional or unintentional suppression of the second room, in less than half a year, even the several shops that his mother Wei married with him have lost most of them. Lu Ran really couldn't see it later, so he took over a few shops little by little, so that Lu Yu could spare some time to study.
After such an experience, the young master Lu, who was so charming and amazing, quietly disappeared. Last year, out of Lu's father's filial piety, Lu Yu participated in the Autumn Festival, took the examination, and took the Zhongjin Shi a year ago, and was awarded an official by the imperial court, and was appointed as the magistrate of Huai'an County. After such a delay, by now, Lu Yu is almost twenty-two years old, and his family affairs have not been settled at all!
Lu Yu was amused by Lu Ran's glare, and responded speciously, but did not answer, and instead asked about the cocktail competition. Lu Ran was so angry that he couldn't do it, so he had to hold his forehead and sigh.
Early in the morning of the sixth day of the new year, Lu Yu went to the county government before dawn, but Lu Ran didn't block anyone, so he had to take a carriage back to Lu Mansion by himself. As soon as she entered the courtyard, Mama Zhao greeted her politely and said with a smile: "Mrs. Fang Cai is still chattering, but it just so happens that the second girl has arrived." Mrs. had already made a post the day before yesterday, inviting the wives of each family to Qingfeng Building to enjoy the chrysanthemums, but I am afraid that it has already arrived. ”