Lu Ming lowered his head and replied, "It's the richest Zhang Qiye, he and his daughter came to our restaurant for dinner last month, and then they met." ”

"Hehe, that's good, boy, I found a rich family." Lu Yu felt even more difficult when he heard it, the woman's family was so rich, and ten taels of silver were not enough. So he asked, "How much money have you saved in the past two years?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Ming didn't arrive Lu Yu suddenly asked this, bowed his head and said, "Where can I save money, my father will come to me when he has no money." ”

Lu Yu was shocked, and for the first time he knew that Lu Ming's money had been given to his drunkard father, he asked, "Did you give him all the money?" ”

Lu Ming nodded and said, "I thought you knew it, every time I sent a monthly payment, he would come to me and ask for it, and if he didn't give it, he would play tricks and scold me." ”

Lu Yu felt that his body was a little soft, and he was silent for a while before he said: "No wonder he always has money to drink, it turns out that he wants it from you." Lu Yu sat up straight and said to Lu Ming again: "Then don't give it next time, you know?" ”

"You think I want to, but if I don't give it to him, I will make trouble, and I said that I would go to the store to quarrel, saying that my adopted son doesn't care about him." Lu Ming sighed and said, "I don't want to lose my job." ”

Lu Yu suddenly felt like laughing, how could his brothers have such a father, but there was no way at all.

Lu Ming saw that his brother was worried, and said: "Brother, don't worry, Zhang Qiye also likes me very much, saying that there is no need for our family to pay a dowry." ”

Lu Yu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Such a good thing?" After thinking about it, he asked, "I don't want you to join their house, do you?" In fact, he doesn't care much about whether he is rich or not, as long as he has a child in the future, there are two surnames Zhang. But others definitely don't think so, and there must be a lot of gossip, but who cares so much about him?

"No, I don't." Lu Ming shook his head, and said again: "It's just that Ah left her left hand with an extra finger......"

"Is Ah Li that girl? It doesn't matter if you have an extra finger. Lu Yu felt that it really didn't matter.

Seeing that I didn't react, Lu Ming immediately said happily: "It's nothing to worry about, anything can be done, it doesn't matter." ”

Lu Yu was also very happy, this was a sudden happy event, but when he thought of his father, he asked again, "Then does their family know about our family's situation?" Father, and you, the single big brother. ”

"Well, I told Ah Li, and she said that Zhang Qiye didn't mind."

Lu Yu said very seriously: "I mean, what if my father goes to you to make trouble in the future?" It's even worse if it goes to someone else's house. Lu Ming didn't understand what he meant.

Lu Ming was also silent for a while, and then said, "Probably not, is he so muddy?" ”

Lu Yu sighed and said, "He is such a scoundrel, it is really possible for him to harass you." ”

Lu Ming also had a little headache and said, "Zhang Qiye's family has some forces, and my father will definitely be beaten if he messes around." ”

"Forget it, let's take my father's business step by step." Lu Yu didn't want to worry about things anymore, and asked him again: "When will you get married?" Is it settled? ”

Lu Ming nodded: "Ah Li said, it should be in the first month of next year." ”

Lu Yu also nodded and said, "It's good, you're going to get married, it's the best thing for our family in the past few years." Lu Yu was sincerely happy for his younger brother's marriage, but he did feel a little disappointed in his heart.

"Hey, hey. I'm probably going to stay in town next month on vacation and won't be coming back. ”

Lu Yu immediately understood, and said, "Do you want to accompany your Ah Li?" All right. After thinking about it, he said: "I'll get you some money later, and you can buy some small gifts for Ah Li, girls like it." ”

"No, you can keep it for yourself later." Lu Ming didn't know if his brother could marry a daughter-in-law, but it didn't hurt to keep it.

Lu Yu shook his head and said, "I don't need any money, I save it for you, girl, you can buy her some food and play at will, you will be very happy." ”

Lu Ming nodded and said, "You haven't held a girl's hand, how do you know this?" ”

Well, Lu Yu really didn't pull it.

Lu Ming smiled: "I read it in the book." But don't give money to your father anymore, you know? ”

"Well, I'm not going to let him know." Lu Ming said again: "I have secretly given him the leftover wine from the guests many times, and I was almost discovered by the shopkeeper." ”

Lu Yu sighed: "Alas, don't steal it in the future, it's not good for people to know." ”

"Hmm." Lu Ming said happily again: "Ah Li said that when we get married, let her father find a serious thing to do for me." ”

"That's a good feeling, hehe." Lu Yu put down the rice bowl and said to him: "You wash the dishes, I'll go get the money." ”

Lu Ming stayed at home for two days, and on the third day, he returned to the town and took Lu Yu with him more than one or two pieces of silver.

The night Lu Ming went back, Lu Yu couldn't sleep a little, he thought about it a lot. If his father could be more normal, he wouldn't need to be very conscientious, as long as he was a little more normal, they wouldn't be so sad. Fortunately, to Lu Yu's relief, his younger brother finally met a good family and hoped that he could live a better life. Lu Yu thought again, if his mother had a spirit in the sky, she would definitely be very happy.

By November, the weather was getting colder, and the work in the field was almost busy, and Lu Ming really didn't come back this month.

At the time of the lunar month, you can prepare for the New Year, and some people in the village have already started steaming rice cakes. Lu Yu didn't get it, one didn't like to eat, the other was too lazy to bother, there were at most three people in the family, so there was no need to do it.

Lu Ming will be very busy throughout the month of Layue, because at this time of year, their business in the store is very good. On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Lu Yu went to the town to buy some fish, meat, salt, marinated flour and rice and white noodles.

Before buying things, Lu Yu went to the Baiweiju where Lu Ming was doing things and looked at him, he was indeed busy and careless. The town is not big, just two or three alleys per street, but Lu Yu didn't see their father.

Lu Ming only came home on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, he looked tired and in a bad mood. Lu Yu asked his younger brother, "What's wrong?" Did you quarrel with Ah Li? ”

Lu Ming said: "I didn't quarrel, but once my father saw her, scolded me in front of her, and asked me for money, which was embarrassing." ”

Lu Yu sighed and asked, "Will Ah Li quit his family because of this?" ”

Lu Ming shook his head and said, "She said no, but I'm worried that her family will disagree if they find out." He also sighed and said, "Brother, how do you think we can control our father, when is he making trouble like this?" ”

Where is there a way, Lu Yu smiled bitterly, and could only comfort: "You guys get married quickly, and try not to associate with him when you get married." ”

"Alas, I really don't know where my mother took a fancy to him back then, after marrying such a person, my son can't please him." Lu Ming was full of resentment.

Lu Yu suddenly asked, "By the way, he didn't know that you and the girl of the Zhang family were going to get married, right?" ”

Lu Ming shook his head: "I didn't dare to tell him, I was afraid that he would make trouble, and I was afraid that he would be beaten." ”

"Don't tell him yet, take one step at a time." Lu Yu thought to himself, isn't it sad that his son wants to get married, and his father doesn't know?

Although the two brothers have a lot of worries, they still have to pass the year. On the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lu Yu steamed a large pot of rice, steamed and fried a few dishes, pasted the door at noon, and the two had a New Year's meal together. After lunch, the noodles were ready to make dumplings and eat them in the evening, and when they were wrapping them, their fathers came back and were drunk.