Lu Yu sat on the top of the bamboo building, looking at the direction of Yangshan in the distance in a daze, and was distracted.

Suddenly, Lu Yu saw a purple aura rising in the distance, and then quickly disappeared into the sky.

Lu Yu couldn't judge how far away that purple qi was from him, anyway, it was far, far away, that purple qi was very strong, it was almost a pillar of light, even if it was fleeting, it still shocked Lu Yu.

"Sure enough, there are other cultivators in this world, and this person's cultivation is not weak." Lu Yu didn't know who was deeper than that person's cultivation compared to himself, but it seemed that even if it wasn't as good as himself, it wasn't much worse.

Lu Yu felt that he needed to restrain his momentum, and it was best not to let others discover that he had cultivation. Lu Yu was curious again, the intensity of the purple qi just now must be someone casting a spell, and he didn't know why he was using a spell.

At this time, Lu Yu was no longer in the mood to sit on the roof, he jumped off the roof, returned to the room, and closed all the doors and windows, as if doing so would make him feel safer.

Regarding the purple qi that suddenly rose and disappeared quickly, Lu Yu thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of who it was.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Yu got up very early, he was going out to pay New Year's greetings, because he was afraid that when he went out, someone would come to his house to pay New Year's greetings, so he had to go out early and come back early.

The remaining dumplings from yesterday were boiled again, and Lu Yu ate a few bites casually and went out.

first went to the homes of those grandparents surnamed Lu to pay New Year's greetings, then went to the homes of the elders of Lu Mingde's generation, and finally went to the homes of the elderly with different surnames in the village. Lu Yu came and went in a hurry, and soon came back.

After waiting at home for a while, the first wave to come to the house was actually Shan Tianfang.

Shan Tianfang took a few brothers, and also led a group of more than a dozen children, large and small, to the door of Lu Yu's house together.

Before Lu Yu could be surprised, Shan Tianfang smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, I brought my brothers to pay you a New Year's greeting." ”

Lu Yu hurriedly greeted him and said, "Don't dare, General Shan, you will come, I don't dare to let you come to my house." "The morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year is the time to pay New Year's greetings, if Shan Tianfang enters Lu Yu's house, it means that he is here to pay New Year's greetings to Lu Yu, no matter what, this is also what Lu Yu does not dare to do.

Shan Tianfang smiled, and said to the group of children: "Children, this Mr. Lu is a good person who sends us food and meat, come here, kowtow to Mr. Lu, and say New Year's greetings." ”

Lu Yu didn't dare to be even more serious now, he stopped the group of children, and said to Shan Tianfang: "General Shan, tell the children not to be polite, otherwise I will have to kneel down for you." ”

Shan Tianfang smiled and did not speak, while several of the children had already fallen to the ground on their knees and knelt down. Lu Yu had no choice but to help them up one by one.

"General Shan, you didn't do this well, I don't dare to bear the children's kowtow." Lu Yu thought to himself, even if this group of children really wanted to kneel, only Shan Tianfang and his brothers could stand it. Lu Yu felt that he didn't do anything great, he just divided some of the things he couldn't eat, and he didn't worry much about these children.

"What's so unbearable about this?" Shan Tianfang put his hands behind his back and smiled, he should be in a very good mood.

Lu Yu led the children into the house and gave them the only kind of snack in his house, and found that these children were not all adopted by Shan Tianfang, and he had never seen a few of them.

Lu Yu's family is not big, and as soon as this group of children entered the house, it was a little crowded, and he asked the children to go to the backyard to play. There are sheep in the backyard, and the children may like to play with them.

Out of the house, Lu Yu said to Shan Tianfang and the others: "General Shan, you are all eating here at noon." ”

"No, I'll go to Fang's house first, and I'll bring the children back later."

"This can't work, you have to eat here at noon, you don't have to worry about my family not eating." Lu Yu asked again: "These children, aren't they all from your yard?" ”

Shan Tianfang said with a smile: "There are a few that are not, but they are all children who have been taken care of by Mr. Lu." They don't have any relatives in the town, so I'll bring them over to you for a New Year's greeting. ”

"I've taken care of you?" Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "You know it too." "What Shan Tianfang said is naturally the children of those who have been secretly helped by himself.

"What don't you know, who else in our town is so kind except for you Mr. Lu. Besides, no one has this ability, and no one has found out about the coming and going. ”

Lu Yu was a little embarrassed, he always felt that he was doing something very secretive, but he didn't expect to be guessed by others. Smiling, he said, "General Shan, you go to Fang's house first, and I'll cook for the children." "Dunlin Town is several miles away from Yangshan Village, and I don't know how early Shan Tianfang and they got up, and they came here early in the morning, and they must have not eaten.

Shan Tianfang smiled: "It's still not good, there are so many people." ”

"No more, no less, let your brothers help me, my family has enough to eat." Lu Yu was thinking in his heart, what to do to eat at noon.

"Okay, I'll go first, and I'll come back later." Shan Tianfang went to pay New Year's greetings to Fang Darong, and he didn't know if he would come over for dinner at noon.

The little Mao who lives with his grandmother is also in Lu Yu's house, a beautiful little boy with a round head and big eyes. Xiao Mao was very lively, and he was not afraid of life, he ran around inside and outside the house, ran for a while, and then ran to Lu Yu, stared at Lu Yu, and asked crisply: "Uncle, are you the Bodhisattva uncle?" ”

Lu Yu squatted down, touched Xiao Mao's head, and said with a smile: "I'm an uncle, I'm not a bodhisattva." ”

"My grandmother said you were a bodhisattva."

"Your grandmother, as well as those general uncles, are the Bodhisattvas."

"They aren't, you are."

Lu Yu laughed, didn't worry about who was the "Bodhisattva", and asked Xiaomao and the other children: "What do you all want to eat today?" ”

"I want to eat rice, white rice." There is still a lot of rice in Lu Yu's house, and you can cook rice.

"I want to eat cookies, tortillas." Cornmeal and corn kernels are available, and cakes can also be spread.

"Uncle, I want to eat meat."

Lu Yu said: "Okay, then eat meat too." "There is not much meat at Lu Yu's house, and now it seems too late to go hunting, Lu Yu decided to kill a goat for a while.

"I want to eat sweet potatoes, uncle, do you have sweet potatoes?"

Hey, there's a stupid kid who wants to eat sweet potatoes.

Lu Yu said: "Then you can play in the house, you can also go to the yard to play, but you can't go to the pool, you know?" He told the older children to help keep an eye on the younger ones.

Several soldiers who came with Shan Tianfang also entered the house and asked Lu Yu what he wanted to help. Lu Yu asked them to help pick and wash the vegetables, and wash the rice and cook it themselves.

After a while, Lu Di and Lao Gao also brought their children over to pay New Year's greetings to Lu Yu, and the two of them were also shocked when they saw this group of children from the town. Because there were many people in the family, he had to be busy, and Lu Yu didn't leave the two of them to sit longer.

Not long after Lu Di went back, he brought a few catties of pork over, saying that he was afraid that Lu Yu's family would not have enough to eat, so he brought some over. After a while, Lao Gao also brought some food. In this way, Lu Yu doesn't need to kill the sheep, he is not reluctant, the main thing is that on the first day of the new year, let these children see blood, which is not a good thing.

It didn't take long for Lu Yu to find that he didn't even need to make lunch, because there was an endless stream of villagers bringing food and drink. There are steaming dumplings, pan-fried tortillas, carefully prepared vegetables, and bone broth.

The villagers all knew that there were many poor children in Lu Yu's house, and almost every household sent things over. There were even a few old people, trembling, who came over to see these children.

These villagers who came to see the children were very enthusiastic and full of pity. No one asks the children if they are doing well, because they all know that these children must be doing badly.

The villagers told the children to be obedient and wished them to grow up quickly and healthily.

Some people brought food, and some people brought some old clothes and hats, and asked Lu Yu to help distribute them to the children. There are a lot of things, piled up on a bed in Lu Yu's house, and they are all piled up.

Lu Yu was very moved, sincerely.

There were too many things, and Lu Yu didn't share them on the spot, planning to let Shan Tianfang and them take them back and divide them again.

There are too many people, and the two tables, one large and one small, will definitely not be able to sit. So some children ate at the table, and some ran around with bowls, while Lu Yu and the sergeants watched and took care of them.

Lu Yu asked those young lads to go to dinner too, and just watch by themselves. The boys were also a little hungry, and they didn't say anything, they all picked up their bowls and ate.

Lu Yu looked at it for a while, then went to the kitchen again, and saw that there were still a few fish in the bucket, so he lit the fire again and wanted to cook these fish. In recent years, meat has been a rarity, and fish is even rarer, and this group of children must have not eaten it for a long time.

After a while, Shan Tianfang also came over, he probably cared about this group of children he brought, and did not have lunch at Fang Darong's house. Fang Huaru followed behind, and when she saw a group of children, she was startled at first, and then went over to take care of the children with a smile.

Lu Yu was still making radish cake and stewed fish, he was thinking about grinding some tofu a few days ago, but then because he went into the mountains to hunt for several days, the tofu was not ground, so he could only use radish and fresh fish to stew together. However, the radish stew will not taste bad.

Shan Tianfang went to the kitchen and said to Lu Yu: "That, I really bothered Mr. Lu today." ”

"What's the bother, my house has never been so lively."

"Huh."

Lu Yu said: "When they are full, let's have a drink." Lu Yu's own wine was gone, but he saw that someone had brought wine over today.

"Okay, two drinks."

A few fish were stewed by Lu Yu in a pot, and after a big pot, the sea bowl must not be able to fit, so Lu Yu washed a wooden basin, poured the fish and soup into the wooden basin, and served it out.

The fish had spines, so Fang Huaru patiently picked out the fish bones for the children, and distributed the fish meat with the spines removed to them piece by piece.