Chapter 25 Inquiry
Lu Yiduo knew that Yin Qinghua was a transparent person, so he didn't say anything more.
"When I came back today, my mother thought that everyone would go to the main courtyard to eat at noon, but she didn't expect that there was a sudden urgency at noon, so she changed it to the evening." Lu Yiduo glanced at the sky, "It's almost sunset, let's go over first!" ”
After speaking, he walked to the main courtyard with Yin Qinghua.
At this time, in the south courtyard of the east courtyard, Lu Qingrong was strolling around the courtyard looking at the sky, and Lu Zhu, who was two years older than her, followed her inseparably.
After all, they are still living in the Lu family, and the Gu family and Yin Pingru originally did not arrange things for Granny Ding and Luzhu's mother and daughter. But after Lu Qingrong secretly ran out alone at noon, Yin Pingru began to let Granny Ding and Luzhu take turns to follow Lu Qingrong.
Lu Zhu looked very quiet and well-behaved, but he was extremely serious and responsible, if Lu Qingrong wanted to sneak out of the South Courtyard by himself, it would be completely impossible.
In fact, Lu Qingrong didn't want to sneak out again, at the moment she was thinking about Yin Pingru and Lu Yiduo.
Lu Yiduo has a good impression of Yin Pingru, there is no doubt about it.
Although he has always stopped at courtesy, the extraordinarily gentle eyes when he looked at Yin Pingru, and the kind of caution when he spoke, made Lu Qingrong, who had always been very slow about emotional convenience, easily see it.
What can't be sure now is the attitude of the mother, Lu Qingrong thought to himself.
Women are good at hiding their true emotions, especially Yin Pingru has just divorced, and I don't think I'm in the mood to think about these things.
Of course, Lu Qingrong hopes that Yin Pingru can remarry, which will be better for Yin Pingru.
If He Kai is dead, Yin Pingru will guard him for him, but he will still have a good reputation. But they are reconciled, and He Kai is now married to Qiu Muyun proudly, if Yin Pingru keeps taking Lu Qingrong to live like this, it will damage his reputation.
The world always has harsher standards for women, and sometimes even unreasonably demanding.
Lu Qingrong was a little helpless, if it was in modern society, she could still find a way to match Yin Pingru and Lu Yiduo.
But in this dynasty that pays attention to the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, it is just that their wishful thinking is useless......
When Lu Qingrong was looking at the sky, Mrs. Lu sent a maid to invite her, saying that she would ask everyone to go to the main courtyard for dinner at night, which was regarded as a pick-up for the uncle.
Gu and Yin Pingru quickly packed up and took their two children to the main courtyard.
walked into the flower hall of the main courtyard and found that Lu Yiduo and Lu Yizhong and their wife had already arrived, along with the children.
Everyone was still seated at two tables, just like last night.
On the large round table carved with rosewood in the center, there was only one more Lu Yiduo than yesterday, but the small table next to it was a lot more people.
The eldest young master Lu Chengjie, the eldest lady Lu Fangyu, and the second lady Lu Qianyu also joined the small table.
Although there were many people, the atmosphere at the banquet was not as warm as yesterday.
Everyone ate quietly, except for Mrs. Lu, who occasionally provoked the topic, and everyone followed a few words, and no one spoke again.
Even Lu Yizhong, who was so talkative yesterday, didn't see him speak much today.
At the small table, Lu Manyu saw her second sister Lu Qianyu, who was about the same age as herself, and as soon as she came up, she leaned over and sat next to Lu Qianyu, wanting to play with her.
Lu Qianyu was also very cheerful, but after a sneak glance at Lu Yiduo at the main table, she remembered the various rules that her father told her on weekdays, so she lowered her little head and ate seriously.
Lu Manyu had no choice but to give up.
Lu Qingrong looked at Lu Manyu, who was wearing a red carved silk jacket and a pleated skirt of the same color, still surrounded by pearls and greenery, and looked like gold, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart, could she wear it like this every day......
However, the most strange thing for Lu Qingrong was not this, but the rather strict atmosphere at today's banquet.
Lu Yiduo gave her the feeling that she was very easy to get along with, why didn't the people in the family look particularly close to him......
The dinner ended peacefully in Lu Qingrong's various strangenesses.
When Lu Qingrong followed Yin Pingru out of the flower hall, he actually had a feeling of relief.
The atmosphere of this dinner just now was really a little oppressive.
After dinner, Lu Yiduo followed Mrs. Lu to the east room of the main house again.
He first talked about going to the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion today.
"When I passed, the door was already covered with white silk cloth and lanterns, and although I only sat in the gatehouse, I could see that the courtyard was already plain. I heard from the housekeeper that Mrs. Jiang's illness occurred in the middle of the night, and she was no longer able to do it when the doctor arrived......
"It's so fast! Do you know what the disease is? Mrs. Lu asked.
The butler didn't mention it. In fact, he only said one sentence about Mrs. Jiang, and when he asked about the rest, he was secretive and refused to say more. It was only mentioned that two days later, the people would be invited to worship. ”
"It seems that Mrs. Jiang's illness this time is probably a little strange." Mrs. Lu said in a low voice.
"Today, I also saw the people from the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and they came out when they entered the mansion to stick incense. However, now Mrs. Jiang's brother is still fighting against the Fanmeng people in the north, and it is a cousin of Mrs. Jiang......"
"Alas, there is no one in the General's Mansion who can give Mrs. Jiang a head, if the old general is still there...... Let's talk about these things at home. Mrs. Lu sighed, "Don't mention this, you just got home today, and you ran like this again, so let's go and rest early!" ”
Lu Yiduo stood up, but he was not in a hurry to leave, as if he was a little hesitant.
"The second brother helped Tsinghua find a house in the south of the city today, and Tsinghua means that they want to move there in the near future."
Lu Yiduo stopped here and waited for Mrs. Lu's reaction.
"Oh? Do you think they should have moved out sooner? A smile on the corner of Mrs. Lu's mouth was fleeting, and she looked at Lu Yiduo and waited for him to answer.
Lu Yiduo didn't expect his mother to ask his opinion first, and said with some hesitation: "I originally wanted not to be in such a hurry, it is not too late to find a suitable house and move again, and our family does not lack so much space......"
"In the final analysis, this is still the Yin family's business, you just let Tsinghua make your own decisions. Naturally, we are welcome to live here, and if we want to move out, we can't stop it, right? ”
Hearing his mother say this, Lu Yiduo chuckled and nodded.
Mrs. Lu planned to take the opportunity to make her words clear.
"Two years ago, I thought about asking to marry Yin Pingru for you, and you know about it. But after all, this time is different from the past, she is no longer the girl to be married in the Yin family, not to mention that she still has a child by her side...... I've already let go of this thought. ”
Mrs. Lu said as she observed the change in Lu Yiduo's expression.
Seeing that he was silent, Mrs. Lu asked directly: "I have already told you what I mean, what do you think, let's talk about it!" ”