Chapter 11: The Cold-Blooded Lu Family
Zhong Xuanlan looked at the young man he had seen for the first time, the shabby and ill-fitting gray cloth was short, his hair was yellow, his face was sallow, his mouth was pursed, his round and clear eyes were staring ahead, nervous but not timid, his back was straight, and he sat upright.
Zhong Xuanlan got straight to the point and said: "How did you think about the incident three days ago?" My condition is to help you separate the three rooms, so that your parents and their food and clothing will be worry-free. ”
Lu Xuannian looked at Zhong Xuanlan in a panic, facing the pair of sharp phoenix eyes, as mysterious and unpredictable as the starry sky, knowing the danger, but it still made people want to find out, and their hearts beat faster, as if they could hear the sound of it beating.
What should he do?
He didn't want to do that, and he remembered Lu Li's threat before going out, and he was a little helpless, he didn't seem to have the ability to refuse her request.
Zhong Xuanlan saw the stunned person, and wanted to laugh a little, if only her opponent was so simple. "How?" he asked. ”
Lu Xuannian came back to his senses when he heard the question, lowered his head slightly, and said casually: "My parents are not separated." ”
Zhong Xuanlan raised his eyebrows, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said: "There is such a sentence in "Yan's Family Motto: Governing the Family": 'If the father is unkind, the son will not be filial, if the brother is not a friend, the brother will be disrespectful, and if the husband is unjust, the woman will not be obedient. Have you ever heard of it? ”
Lu Xuannian shook his head and looked at Zhong Xuanlan suspiciously, waiting for her explanation.
Zhong Xuanlan explained: "Parents are kind first, and children are filial last. The elder brother is friendly first, and the younger brother is obedient last. The husband is considerate first, and the wife is obedient last. ”
Lu Xuannian was a little sad when he thought of their family's situation.
Since he was a child, he has been wearing clothes that his previous three brothers can't wear, and he has never had new clothes.
The same goes for the eldest brother, who wears clothes that the two cousins can't wear or don't use.
The younger sister wore her cousin's clothes, and she never had a new one.
Their family eats the worst, does the most tiring work, and is neglected and despised by the eldest uncle's family and the second uncle's family.
But the grandparents acted as if it had never happened, and they didn't say a word about the uncle, and they often counted them out of the three rooms.
Zhong Xuanlan admired Lu Xuannian's changing little face, hooked the corners of his lips and smiled, and said: "Your family takes care of thirty acres of land, your father and son hunt, your mother and sister's needlework, and the mountain goods found in the mountains, these get five or sixty taels of silver a year." ”
Lu Xuannian looked at Zhong Xuanlan in surprise, but he never knew that their family could earn so much money.
Zhong Xuanlan thought of the Lu family, his eyes were slightly cold, the corners of his mouth were hooked, and he glanced at Lu Xuannian again, can this young man accept this truth?
After knocking on the table a few times, she was a businessman, so she said, "Your grandparents live in a small courtyard with Lu Wen's family, and that small courtyard is in your uncle's name. Your grandfather had a public food allowance and a monthly salary for teaching, totaling five taels. Your uncle worked as a shopkeeper in a restaurant for three taels of silver a month, and he never handed it over to your grandmother, and your grandmother took the money from the public to pay for the living expenses of several people. The Great Burke withheld the money you had for your prey, and gave very little to your grandmother. ”
Lu Xuannian's eyes widened and asked loudly, "You said that my uncle has a house in the town?" ”
Zhong Xuanlan nodded.
Lu Xuannian clenched his fists and felt a little chilled.
Zhong Xuanlan glanced at him, his face was a little ugly, he sighed, and said, "Your second uncle's family lives in the Yue family, you don't have to pay for food and accommodation, and the monthly money has not been handed over, and there is also a small courtyard. ”
Lu Xuannian clenched his fists, trembling all over, and looked at the person opposite with moist eyes, she was so cruel, but he was very grateful to her for giving him a truth.
Zhong Xuanlan was a little unbearable in his heart, lowered his eyes, and continued: "Your grandmother used your hard-earned money to subsidize the big house and the second room and three grandchildren, Lu Xuanhe was still a child after three exams, and he didn't want to make progress in the county, and he became more and more inflammatory, drilling camps everywhere, trying to reach the sky in one step. Lu Xuancheng has not been famous in Hualou so far. Lu Xuan realized that he was already a gangster in the town. ”
Lu Xuannian was angry in his heart, feeling a little out of breath, and scenes of the Lu family flashed in front of him, with the contempt, neglect, abuse, and disgust of the Lu family......
How could they treat them like this, what did they treat their family for? Idiot? Servant? Or a hard-working scalper? The room was quiet for a while, Zhong Xuanlan didn't disturb him, and continued to deal with the ledger.
"Poof"
When Zhong Xuanlan heard the voice, he instantly smelled blood, and when he looked up, he saw a person with a pale face and a trace of blood on his mouth, and he hurriedly got up, and shouted out while walking towards Lu Xuannian quickly: "Spring Solstice is looking for a doctor." ”
Zhong Xuanlan held Lu Xuannian, who was about to fall, took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the blood from his mouth, and found that his eyes were not shining and his body was trembling.
frowned slightly, picked up Lu Xuannian, sat on the chair he had sat on, put the person in his arms, and comforted: "Although you are poor, your father is kind and filial, and your brothers and brothers are respectful." They are blessed now, but when they are old, they will suffer, and those three people are by no means filial people, you just wait and see. ”
Lu Xuannian heard Zhong Xuanlan's gentle words, slowly came back to his senses, and smelled a faint fragrance, I don't know what it was, but it smelled very good, and it also made him feel at ease, leaning on Zhong Xuanlan tightly, and sniffing greedily.
After a long time, Lu Xuannian's eyes regained their brilliance, only to find that he was sitting in Zhong Xuanlan's arms, his little face was hot, his hands and feet were at a loss, his mind was blank, and he was struggling to get off the ground.
Zhong Xuanlan saw his appearance and knew that he was fine, but this person was too light, he had to take care of it well and hold it to be comfortable.
Lu Xuannian stumbled and said, "Let go, let me go, go down." ”
Zhong Xuanlan didn't let him go, hugged him to the soft couch, and said, "Let the doctor show you." ”
Lu Xuannian saw Zhong Xuanlan's attitude that could not be refused, and nodded.
Zhong Xuanlan turned around and went to deal with the ledger.
Soon, the doctor came and saw Lu Xuannian, saying that he was angry, because he was born prematurely without careful care, his blood and qi were insufficient, and his body was in great deficit.
Zhong Xuanlan asked the doctor to prescribe the best medicine to make up for the shortfall.
The doctor said that he left the prescription after knowing it, and Zhong Xuanlan asked Chun Zhi to buy medicine and boil medicine.
I don't know how long it took, Zhong Xuanlan finished processing the account book, and raised his eyes to find that Lu Xuannian was asleep.
Zhong Xuanlan got up and just took the quilt to cover him.
Chun Zhi came in with the medicine, frowning slightly and looking at the bowl of medicine, "Let's go first." ”
Chun Zhi looked at Zhong Xuanlan puzzled, and then saw Lu Xuannian who was asleep, nodded, and retreated.
Zhong Xuanlan instructed the spring solstice to guard Lu Xuannian, and she took the winter solstice to Zhong's cloth village......