Chapter 8: Bad Fate and Debt
Liu Shangzhang's mother-in-law, Zhang Sanyan, is Zhang Lu's daughter. Zhang Lu's hometown is Xinzheng, Henan, since the death of his parents when he was a child, and there was a famine in his hometown during the Guangxu years, he went out with the villagers to beg for food, in the era of war and chaos, and finally fell alone to Huang County in the Jiaodong region, and was adopted by Liu Huayong, the grandfather of Liu's father, and became a scholar in the Liu family compound, Zhang Lu was young, but smart and well-behaved, quite appreciated by Liu Huayong, he and Liu Yanzu, Liu Chengzu and the brothers also got along very well, to the age of starting a family, there is no tile to shelter the wind and rain, and there is no half-inch of land, who is willing to marry him to be poor?
After Liu Huayong died, the Liu family compound was headed by Liu Yanzu, Zhang Lu was in his early twenties, Liu Huayong's Li family became a widow, Li has been married into the Liu family compound for more than ten years, no children, seven or eight years older than Zhang Lu, lonely men and widows live in the Liu family compound, secretly eyebrows, and finally hooked up with adultery, Liu Yanzu is open-minded, and grew up with Zhang Lu, afraid that something bad will be difficult to clean up, so he simply fulfilled the two of them, and helped Zhang Lu build three thatched houses in the back street, Zhang Lu is still the housekeeper of the Liu family compound, It can be regarded as officially settling down in Shuangliu Village.
After Li remarried, he gave birth to three children one after another, Zhang Jishou, Zhang Jifu, and Zhang Sanyan, and died of dystocia when giving birth to Sanyan.
Zhang Sanyan is two years younger than Daddy Liu, when she was young, she followed Zhang Lu every day to play in the courtyard of the Liu family, she has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, can sing and dance, she has been a beauty embryo since she was a child, and Daddy Liu's childhood sweetheart, all day long behind Daddy Liu'Brother De, Brother De' non-stop, the courtyard of the Liu family lives in Daddy Liu's mother-in-law Jiang Junqing, aunt Jiang Xiuqing, and then Liu Wende, Liu Wenzheng, Liu Wengui and a group of children, the long-term workers hired by the family all live in the third courtyard, Liu Yanzu is keen on social activities, and takes his family Liu Jingzu all year round to run around, Liu Chengzu opened a private school in the west of the village, the major and small affairs of the Liu family compound were handled by the housekeeper Zhang Lu, Jiang Junqing and Zhang Lu were originally a master-servant relationship, and they gradually became affectionate after getting along for a long time, there were many teasing words, and their hands and feet touched each other intentionally or unintentionally, Zhang Lu has lived in widowhood for many years, and Jiang Junqing has been snubbed by Liu Yanzu all the year round, and he wants to get comfort in Zhang Lu, but the Liu family compound is full of people, and the etiquette is strict, so the two of them dare not cross the thunder pond half a step, sometimes Liu Yanzu occasionally goes home, Zhang Lu is even more attentive, Meticulously served, dozens of years old, every day to Liu Yanzu beat his back and wash his feet, bring tea and water, shh
Delong Wangshu, Zhang Lu hugged the big tree of the Liu family compound, he tried his best to match Zhang Sanyan and Liu Wende to marry a baby, but Liu Yanzu refused on the grounds that Sanyan's biological mother Li was special, in order to comfort Zhang Lu, Liu Yanzu recognized Sanyan as a righteous daughter, from now on, as long as Liu Yanzu returned to Shuangliu Village, let Sanyan come to accompany him, there was a year of cold food festival, Liu Chengzu wanted to take the children of the Liu family compound to sweep the tomb on a whim, Jiang Junqing stayed at home alone on the grounds of physical discomfort, Zhang Lu was ecstatic in his heart, and said to Liu Chengzu with a smile on his face,
"Second master, even if you take the children with you, I will arrange the long-term work at home, and I will take care of the eldest lady and the second lady." As soon as Liu Chengzu left, Zhang Lu immediately closed the door, the Liu family compound was rare quiet, Zhang Lu came to Jiang Junqing's room impatiently, he was already fascinated, although Jiang Junqing in front of him was half a, but the charm still existed, she was lying on the kang with her face facing the window, her body was covered with a quilt, the white satin pajamas on her shoulders were exposed, a fluffy black hair fell on the pillow, and the clothes she had just changed were piled up along the kang.
"Junqing, let me see if your body is better?" Zhang Lu said as he put his hand into the quilt, Jiang Junqing said shyly,
"Brother Zhang, I'm in good health......" In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, Liu Yanzu returned to Huangxian County from Tianjin to run a newspaper, but after a few issues, Zhang Zongchang sent someone to Huangxian County to seal up the newspaper hall, and offered a reward for the arrest of Liu Yanzu, Liu Yanzu immediately made a decision, announcing that only eighteen-year-old Daddy Liu took over as the new owner of the Liu family compound, and recommended Daddy Liu as the ninth patriarch of the Liu clan in Shuangliu Village, Zhang Lu drove the carriage overnight to escort Liu Yanzu to flee to Tianjin.
In the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, Jiang Junqing hanged himself in the woods north of the village, except for leaving a blood letter to Daddy Liu, he never left a word to die, the strange thing is that Jiang Junqing was more than five months pregnant when he died, but Jiang Junqing was pregnant except for Daddy Liu and Liu Chengzu, no one else knew about it!
After many changes in the Liu family compound, Liu's father matured a lot overnight, Zhang Lu also resigned from the position of the housekeeper of the Liu family compound, cut off all contacts with the Liu family compound, and married Zhang Sanyan to the rich man Liu Wenhua a few years later, and became Liu Wenhua's concubine, and Zhang Lu went to the eastern part of the country alone......