"So what should I do? Can only watch? Lu Shuyi's voice suddenly rose high, and her red eyes clenched the wire with the bag cake in her hand. The thick wire of the bamboo skewer was pinched between the white and tender fingers of the little girl, which was particularly abrupt.

She bit her lip and said: "My mother is weak and doesn't like to quarrel with others, my younger brothers and sisters are young and not sensible...... And I, even though I know Aunt An's filthiness, I can't do anything......" Speaking of this, Lu Shuyi only felt extremely sad, her chest was sluggish for a while, and two lines of tears almost slipped from the corners of her eyes.

When the tears were about to fall, she hurriedly lowered her eyes and stared at the baked cake in her hand, how could a girl's tears be seen by a man who was not a relative? Even if she cries, she has to endure going back and crying again.

A breath suddenly appeared in his bones, and he held back his tears.

Huo Tianyou is such a keen person, although Lu Shuyi concealed it well, he still saw the crystal in her eyes.

Growing up, he had only seen one woman shed tears, and that woman was his mother.

In the dark night, his mother silently looked at his face with a new brocade quilt, his eyes closed, his mother thought he was asleep, and then he felt a warm liquid falling on his neck one by one, and his mother's sad whisper in his ear: "Child, if it weren't for you, how could I be trapped in this cage......

He had just turned five years old......

Since then, he has known that the Hou Mansion is his mother's cage, and when he grows up, he also knows that his mother has never had a father in his heart, and his father's heart only has the deceased Mrs. Marquis, she is just a poor continuation, a victim of power.

What is home? What is love? He thought he would never understand it for the rest of his life, and he didn't want to.

But the girl in front of her cried so forbearantly for her home and for the people she guarded, and the tears that could have flowed out, she swallowed them alive in her stomach.

Tears, are they salty or bitter?

The heart suddenly throbbed, and something called pity stretched out a weak branch from the heart, but it took root and sprouted so stubbornly.

"Don't cry." He clumsily tried to reach out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, but found that she was with her head down, and her big fan-like hands were frozen in mid-air so empty, and they didn't fall or not.

There was a silence in the air.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be a chance to uproot Aunt An in the future, your mother and your younger brothers and sisters will be fine, don't worry."

Huo Tianyou put down his hand hanging in the air to comfort Lu Shuyi, and he used two reassurances in a row, and these two words were infused with his promise.

Lu Shuyi swallowed her tears, raised her eyes and barely squeezed out a smile: "Yes, I will try my best to protect my family." ”

The red circles under his eyes were clearly crying, Huo Tianyou only pretended not to see it, pretended to smile relaxedly, and said, "Is the Qian family from Jixian County here?" ”

Lu Shuyi nodded with a sad feeling: "It's my eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law who are here for the New Year." After thinking about it, he said: "By the way, my eldest brother-in-law also brought his two cousins, saying that they were from the second room of the Qian family." ”

The Qian family is one of the best families in Jixian County, with prosperous people and many financial roads. In addition to Yanjing, they also do some other business, and almost all walks of life have their Qian family's territory.

The pine nuts on the wire crackled, Huo Tianyou hurriedly got up and poured the roasted nuts on the stone table to cool, turned around and said, "They came to your Lu family, didn't you notice anything wrong?" ”

Inappropriate?

Lu Shuyi blinked, could it be that Huo Tianyou knew the purpose of the Qian family's trip?

She was struggling with her heart, how to speak? You can't say that Qian Jianchang wants to marry her, right?

Huo Tianyou blurted out directly: "Did Qian Jianchang propose to your father?" ”

He really knew the purpose of the Qian family.

Now that Huo Tianyou said it, she felt a lot more relaxed, and generously admitted: "Yes, my eldest sister has asked my eldest aunt to mention the matter to my mother, but my mother did not agree. ”

Huo Tianyou's expression was solemn, and he nodded: "It's good that you didn't agree, Qian Jianchang is not a good type, and he wants to marry you not because he has any intention for you, but for another purpose." He sat back on the stone bench and asked slowly, "Did anyone from the Pan family go to your Lu Mansion a few years ago?" ”

Lu Shuyi thought about it with her eyebrows calm, and suddenly remembered that when she came back from the Su family in Yizhou, Pan'er had said that the eldest wife of the Pan family had come to the Lu family, and Aunt An had personally gone to find Mrs. Pan, is there anything wrong with this?

"Mrs. Pan has been here once." Lu Shuyi's eyes flashed with doubt: "Aunt An has also seen Mrs. Pan, does the matter of proposing marriage have anything to do with them?" ”

There are too many inside stories and things that Lu Shuyi didn't know in her previous life, even if she lives again, she seems to be covered with a layer of fog in front of her and can't see through it.

Huo Tianyou is the breeze that blows through the fog at the moment, and Mr. Bai in his previous life is not like this, always solving the doubts in her heart when she is most confused.

But in her previous life, why had she never heard a few words from Huo Tianyou's mouth?

Lu Shuyi pondered, aren't the two of them masters and servants? Why didn't Mr. Bai mention Huo Tianyou?

Huo Tianyou didn't know Lu Shuyi's thoughts at all, and said: "I got the news a few days ago that the Pan family wants to open a salt well with the Qian family in Changping, Yanzhou, and Yongzhou, and they want to bring your Lu family to open it together. ”

Changping is in Juyong Pass, Yanzhou is the top priority of Shandong, and Yongzhou is the fortress of the northwest border pass, these places have always been important military places, and they want to open salt wells in these places......

Lu Shuyi suddenly gasped, and a cold sweat broke out on her body.

Could it be that the opening of the salt well is related to the rebellion of Liu Su, the king of Huainan?

But in her impression, in her previous life, the Qian family did not participate in Liu Su's rebellion? After Liu Su's death, the Qian family did not suffer, but just discarded a few salt wells.

Salt well?

The salt wells discarded by the Qian family were opened with their Lu family, where are the geographical locations of these salt wells?

Lu Shuyi was a little anxious, she was too rough in her previous life, and she didn't care about these things at all, even if she wanted to break her head, she couldn't think of the specific location of those salt wells.

She always thought that the Lu family would be crowned with treason because the third master of Lu got acquainted with the king of Huainan and secretly provided the Lu family's iron, and now it seems that there is also a problem with opening the salt well.

What's the problem? Is there an inside story here that she doesn't know?

In his previous life, he opened Yanjing and was obviously only the Lu family and the Qian family, how could he get involved in the Pan family again?

The Pan family is a wealthy family that has only risen in recent years, what role did he play in Liu Su's rebellion? Or, does the defeat of the Lu family in the previous life have anything to do with the Pan family?

Lu Shuyi pursed her lips and pondered, but her eyes were full of doubts and looked at Huo Tianyou.

Huo Tianyou stood up with his hands in his hands, his eyes fell on her quietly, and he said slowly: "The three places I mentioned just now are all important military places, and Yanzhou is the jurisdiction of our Huo Jiajun. ”

Lu Shuyi didn't speak, only listened quietly, and Huo Tianyou said again: "The news I got is that the Pan family wanted to pull your Lu family into the gang at first, but your grandfather didn't agree. Later, your aunt asked the Pan family to persuade the Qian family in Jixian County first, and then let the Qian family persuade your Lu family. Because the Qian family itself is engaged in the business of opening salt wells, and it is your Lu family's in-laws, it is easier to convince. And this proposal can consolidate the in-law relationship between the Qian family and the Lu family, and second, if the two families cooperate, they can also be more trusted because of this layer of in-law relationship...... As for how the Pan family persuaded the Qian family...... There are many people who love money in this world, and your eldest brother-in-law is a person who loves money very much. ”

Lu Shuyi's cheeks flushed with anger when she heard this.

It's Aunt Ann again, she's really racking her brains to get rid of her. Do you want her to be at the mercy of your mother? At the mercy of her mother, she is justified as a housemother?

Lu Shuyi smiled coldly: "The matter of proposing marriage is also Aunt An's handiwork?" ”

"Not exactly." Huo Tianyou smiled lightly, with a hint of playfulness at the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Does your eldest sister have a sister?" ”

"Yes." Lu Shuyi raised her eyebrows: "This matter also has something to do with her?" ”

"That's what I find fun." Huo Tianyou smiled and said, "My eyeliner sues me, your eldest sister received a letter in the wax moon......

"Lu Shuqi, damn it." Lu Shuyi didn't wait for Huo Tianyou to finish speaking, and immediately interrupted his words with raised eyebrows, not to mention the content of the letter, she could guess it.

For the sake of a Su Ziwen, Lu Shuqi can be said to have tried her best to get married earlier.

At first, it was He Tai, and now it is Qian Jianchang......

Who will be next?

Is it that as long as she doesn't get married, Lu Shuqi will endlessly stuff her with men?

Lu Shuyi's heart rushed to her head, who are these people? Is it family? It's clearly the devil.

The clenched fist squeezed and pinched, and the fingers ached for a while.

"So what you said at the beginning that you couldn't do refers to the Qian family's proposal of marriage?" Lu Shuyi's voice was a little softer, a woman who had not yet reached the end of the day and had not yet decided to marry and a man with a nearby surname talked about marriage, and she always felt that something was wrong, strange.

Huo Tianyou spread his hands with a smile: "This matter is your Lu family's business, how can I, an outsider, interfere?" ”

Of course, it is not impossible for him to intervene if he wants to, and to the point where he has to meddle, he can only be cheeky to propose to the old lady of the Lu family.

Compared with Qian Jianchang, he should be more in line with Lu Shuyi's grandfather's wishes.

This kind of thought was just a flash, and his feelings for Lu Shuyi were not enough to the point of confronting the family for her. Of course, what will happen in the future, he doesn't know, if he really gets to that point, will he compete with the family?

He didn't know......

"Oh...... I'll figure out how to do this. Lu Shuyi's ears were hot, she rubbed her fingers one by one, pursed her lips and said, "In addition to these, what else can I do for you?" ”

This sentence shows her attitude, she wants to cooperate with Huo Tianyou.

Huo Tianyou was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to react: "It's not a difficult thing, I have a few people here, you arrange them in your grandfather's grain shop first, and they will help the Wu family make a comeback." ”

The Wu family will be able to compete with the Pan family, and the Huo family will be able to protect multiple helpers in multiple layers, and they will not be swayed by the Pan family in the future. R1152