The Lu family in Changle Town made a fortune by casting iron tools.

Lu Shuyi's great-grandfather, Lu Yuanyuan, was just a small merchant in Yizhou's silk business.

Zhou Kang was thirty years old, and by chance, he found out that Changle Town was rich in iron ore. Moreover, at that time, the authorities did not interfere in the development of iron mines, as long as they did not sell weapons privately.

So Lu Yuan moved his family to Changle Town, and used all his savings to buy half of the mountain, began to mine and smelt iron, cast ironware, and trade with people in Yunnan and Shu, selling iron farm tools.

After coming and going, the Lu family gradually developed and began to rise to Changle Town.

In the thirty-sixth year of Zhou Kang, the Liao people went north, and the whole Jizhou was in shambles.

The Liao people coveted the Lu family's iron ore and wanted the Lu family to cast weapons for them.

Lu Yuan has a strong temperament and refuses to obey death. It was also because of this temperament that it was appreciated by the Dingbei Hou Huo Ju of Jizhou at that time.

Later, Huo's army fought for three years and completely drove the Liao people out of Jizhou.

After the Quartet was pacified, the Lujia iron mine became more and more widely distributed under the protection of the Huo family, and gradually became a big family in Jizhou.

Da Zhou does not prohibit iron ore mining, as long as you do legal business and pay national taxes every year.

This is also the reason why the Lu family has been able to survive so long.

However, when the Lu family reached the generation of Lu Shuyi's grandfather Lu Zhanye, it was obviously not as good as before.

Lu Zhanye is mercenary, focusing on interests in everything, and does not have the integrity of Lu Yuan back then.

Because of this, he will not be appreciated by the current Jizhou Dingbei Hou Huo Guang.

In addition, now Jizhou has the Pei family, the Pan family, and the new rich people, as well as the He family and the Zhou family, which have deep roots for several generations.

Trying to survive in the cracks, the scenery of the Lu family in the Lu Yuan era is gone.

However, Lu Zhanye is extremely speculative, and he married the daughter of grain merchant Pan Shirong.

The Pan family is now the new favorite of Hou Huo Guang in Dingbei, Jizhou, and with the help of the Pan family, the Lu family's business has not declined, and it still seems to be prosperous.

The Lu family's house was built on Ronghua Street in Changle Town, covering an extremely wide area, about more than 50 acres, divided into east and west mansions.

Lu Shuyi's grandfather, Lu Zhanye, was the eldest son and lived in Dongfu.

Along the way, the market is full of people, and the pedestrians are gorgeously dressed, with a prosperous atmosphere.

It is no wonder that although Changle Town is only a small town, it is more prosperous than Yizhou and other places.

The carriage stopped all the way at the east and west corner gates of Dongfu.

After Yang got out of the car, a mother-in-law went to report to Mrs. Lu's Pan.

Yang stroked his sideburns and glanced at Wu Cheng: "Waiting for us here." ”

Although Wu Cheng was a guest, he couldn't enter the inner courtyard where the women lived.

Mrs. Lu lives in Fushouju.

To go to Fushouju to follow the hanging flower door, all the way through the four mahogany fan-shaped wooden screens, and then through the verandah, you will see the nine-curved bridge, through the lake.

At this time, it is the time when the wind and lotus are in full bloom, and the breeze passes, and the lotus flowers sway, like the fairy dancing in the vast smoke waves.

Walking on it, there is a special taste.

But at this moment, Lu Shuyi is not in the mood to watch these, she is now full of thoughts about her mother's illness.

Lu Shuyi supported the Yang family, followed by Lu Wenjie and Lu Shujing

Lu Shujing followed behind and walked slowly, her little face flushed.

Halfway down the road, a few mothers-in-law and maids greeted them with smiling faces, and bowed as soon as they met.

One of the mother-in-laws wearing a royal blue copper coin pattern gown smiled the best, and she hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way and shouted: "My wife is good." ”

His eyes quickly swept over Lu Shuyi.

She is Mrs. Lu's most powerful grandmother, Mama Qian, and she is the person brought by Mrs. Lu from the Pan family.

Mrs. Lu's people, the Yang family always has to give a little more face, and also said with a smile: "Mama Qian is good." ”

Although Mama Qian is in her forties, her face is not old-fashioned, white and chubby, with few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but she looks like she is thirty-eight or nineteen years old.

In her previous life, Mama Qian was extremely capable, and Mrs. Lu relied on her for big and small things.

So she has also become the object of the stammering of the room.

When the ladies and ladies saw her, they had to give her some face.

"Has the old lady eaten?" Yang asked as he walked.

"I used it, but I didn't use much, I barely drank half a bowl of red date porridge." Mama Qian sighed, frowned, and took advantage of the situation to help Yang: "The second wife has been sick for the past two days, and the old lady is also anxious, she can't eat or drink, and she went to the small Buddha hall to worship the Buddha for a long time this morning." ”

The second wife is Lu Shuyi's mother.

However, Lu Shuyi didn't believe that Mrs. Lu would go to the small Buddha hall to worship her mother, and naturally she wouldn't believe that she couldn't eat or drink.

She pursed her lips quietly, still following Yang closely.

Although the Yang family knew what was going on in his heart, he still had to pretend to be on his face: "Yes, the old lady is good to everyone, and no one in the Lu family praises her." ”

When Mama Qian heard this, a smile bloomed on her face.

Along the way, Zuo was just a few polite words and compliments, and nothing useful.

Lu Shuyi didn't bother to listen anymore, only slowed down and asked Lu Wenjie secretly: "Jie'er, do you miss your mother?" ”

Lu Shujing couldn't help glaring at Lu Shuyi fiercely when she heard this, tugged at Lu Wenjie's sleeve, and whispered, "Don't pay attention to her." ”

Lu Shujing also had palpitations.

Last year, she and Lu Wenjie went to live at her grandmother's house for seven days, and when she returned, Lu Shuyi asked the same question. She replied at the time that she missed her mother, but she was secretly pinched by Lu Shuyi.

Thinking about the scene at that time, she still felt a burning pain in her arm.

Lu Shuyi suddenly thought of this stubble, and turned her face away a little uncomfortably, but she hated herself in her previous life in her heart, why was she so out of tune......

Fortunately, I arrived at Fushouju soon.

Fushouju has a total of seven large rooms, three main rooms and two ear rooms, and two suites that can be understood with the main house.

Usually, Mrs. Lu meets guests in the main hall in the middle.

Mama Qian led Yang into the main hall, and Mrs. Lu sat on the low floor of roses carved from mahogany, wearing a hairy blue swastika flower gown, and was waiting with a smile.

After meeting, the two had to say polite words.

The three sisters Lu Shuyi also stepped forward to salute, but Mrs. Lu didn't pay attention to them, but just asked Lu Wenjie to take her down.

Lu Shuyi stood under the southeast window with her eyebrows down, her eyes secretly glanced at Mrs. Lu, her nails pinched into the flesh fiercely, and her palms were hot.

In her bones, she hated Mrs. Lu very much.

In her previous life, she was locked up in the Buddha Hall by Mrs. Lu for three years, and she was never allowed to step out of the Buddha Hall.

Although she was self-inflicted at the time, she deserved it.

But later, the Lu family was defeated, and Mrs. Lu could have used the power of her mother's family to marry off several granddaughters early and escape.

But she didn't do this, for fear that her mother's family would be implicated, so she watched her unmarried granddaughters being humiliated by officers and soldiers, and finally became official prostitutes.

Thinking of this, she only felt a chill in her back, as if she had returned to that day.

The Lu family wailed up and down, and the screams of the women overshadowed one by one......

At that time, she was eighteen years old, and Lu Shujing was just fourteen years old, like a flower, it was the most beautiful time for girls, and it was also the time when she looked forward to the future the most......

The corners of Lu Shuyi's eyes were a little warm, and she didn't even dare to look at Lu Shujing again.

Lu Shujing was unconscious, so she just stood quietly aside.

In my ears was Mrs. Lu's slightly sad voice: "A good person, if he says he is sick, he will be sick." Ay...... If my wife could replace her, I would like to replace her! ”

Old Mrs. Lu rubbed her eyebrows and coughed lightly.

"Who's to say it isn't." Yang's eyes were a little gloomy, he lowered his eyes and looked at the floor where the light was visible, and said half-loudly: "I'll go see Lianxue first, her brother is still waiting outside!" ”

"Uncle is here too? Why don't you come in? Mrs. Lu glared at Mama Qian with some resentment.

Yang Shi hurriedly said: "In the end, he is not a child, it is better to guard against it." ”

As soon as Yang said this, Mrs. Lu didn't say anything else, but just glanced sideways at Lu Shuyi, who was standing aside, with a smile on her face, and said very kindly: "Yi'er, then you can take your grandmother to see your mother, and I'll go later." ”

Coming back later?

My mother has been sick for a few days, how could she have been there herself?

Lu Shuyi's eyes flashed with a hint of hatred, but she immediately covered it up, responded respectfully: "Yes", and led Yang to the Champs where her mother lived.