06 The Road Ahead
It turns out that it is really difficult to pry out the mouth of a taciturn person, especially Lu Qichi is very good at subtly changing people's opinions, when he first arrived at the Lu family, Shen Shuyi still wanted to figure out what happened to Lu Qichi in the past few days, but before going to bed, he was lying on the soft collapse specially prepared for him in the bedroom of the eldest young master of the Lu family, and there was only one thing left in his mind to go to Linjiang Xian tomorrow to order what to order.
After tossing for two days in a row, Shen Shuyi felt so tired even if he was young, he fell asleep after half of the gossip in his mouth, and he still had no dreams all night.
Early in the morning of the second day, Lu Qichi instructed his subordinates to lift Shen Shuyi's quilt on time at six o'clock, the rainy February day was the most icy to the bone, Shen Shuyi was stabbed by the cold, and a donkey rolled and almost fell to the ground.
"What time is it......" Shen Shuyi, who was frozen to the point of immediately waking up, trembled.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in front of the collapse looked at him with a smile, holding his warm quilt in his arms.
"Young Master Shen, my young master said that he would come back in half an hour to meet Mrs. Tai with you." The boy said, and walked out of the inner room with his quilt in his arms.
"......" Shen Shuyi swore that he clearly saw the deep ill-will in that smile! Sure enough, the Lu family is full of black-hearted ghosts, especially Lu Qichi, a well-dressed beast.
There was a faint sound of rain outside the door, and the sky was dark, the weather in Jiangnan at this time of year was really cold, Shen Shuyi looked around while shivering, and saw the neat clothes prepared for him by Lu Qichi at the end of the bed.
Lu Qichi is a very clean person, and he usually likes white, the black torn cotton clothes he wore last night are estimated to have been cruelly disposed of, and after taking a look at these clothes, they are all all kinds of white belonging to Lu Qichi.
According to common sense, if you have been mixed with a young talent like Second Young Master Lu for a long time, you will be influenced by a little elegance and virtue, but Shen Shuyi is different, more than ten years have passed, not only has he not learned a little, but he has even more sneered at many things of Lu Qichi.
For example, white clothes. Lu Qichi really has a deep obsession with white, and when he opened his closet, most of it was white flowers, and the remaining half had to be clothes with very light and elegant colors.
Therefore, every time he comes to Lu Mansion, he has to deliberately dress up a little more colorfully, on the one hand, to show his freshness and unpretentiousness, on the other hand, when he is tired of watching Lu Qi, he can also see himself to relieve visual fatigue.
But what the people of the whole Quyun thought was that the second young master Lu was really good-looking, dressed in white and dusty, as if he was an immortal, on the contrary, the young master of the Shen family was really ugly, and the flowers were red and willow green and low-end and vulgar, which simply lowered the level of the entire young generation of Quyun.
He, Shen Shuyi, is the rotten vegetable leaf that sets off Young Master Lu. The favorite thing for these idlers to do is to praise Lu Qi for being late and stepping on him lightly and heavily, and stepping on him for so many years has become Shen Shuyi's strange bad reputation.
Obviously, he is not in Quyun for most of the year, and the frequency of appearances is already very low, and these rumors are still as if they are true, which is really strange and strange!
Shen Shuyi stood in front of the mirror and slowly straightened his collar, was lifted off the quilt early in the morning, and was forced to put on a white dress of the same style as Lu Qichi, not to mention how depressed he was. When everything was packed up and he was about to lie on Young Master Lu's precious desk to take a nap, Lu Qi, who coincidentally came back.
Second Young Master Lu, who returned from morning exercise, was dressed in a light bamboo-colored sleeved regular clothes, which was a little different from his usual gentle appearance, a little less bookish and a little more sharp, Shen Shuyi sighed listlessly in his heart, a child raised well at home is much superior to a wild man like him.
Lu Qichi glanced at him more after entering the door, and commented pertinently: "It's not bad." Then he went to the screen in the back room and changed his clothes.
Shen Shuyi was stunned, and looked down at the white clothes he had borrowed. Was this praised by Lu Xianren? Shouldn't we be ecstatic? Lu Qichi has always rarely commented on his dress, after all, he is often dressed in a mess and miserable.
But if you think about it this way, Lu Qichi is still praising his own clothes! After all, in order to be inseparable from Lu Qi Chi in terms of image, he didn't have normal taste clothes in his entire wardrobe.
Especially white, which he has touched for at least five years.
When Lu Qichi came out from behind the screen, he had already changed into a crescent white dress, but he still had the cool air outside the house.
"Let's go." He said lightly.
Shen Shuyi nodded wiltedly, and followed out of the door, and there were already two subordinates waiting outside the door, each holding an umbrella.
Walking through the verandah, after a while, I arrived in front of a house in the east courtyard of the Lu family, this courtyard is much larger than the pattern of Lu Qichi, in addition to the main house, there are also east and west wings, there are ancient trees in the middle of the courtyard, and there are pavilions, take a closer look and have some good scenery.
This is Mrs. Lu's yard. Borrowing people under the fence, naturally I want to visit the master, and it was too late to arrive at Lu's house yesterday, so I stayed directly, and according to the rules, I must go early the next morning.
There were two little girls standing in front of Mrs. Lu's house, and I saw them from afar, one turned around and went into the house to inform the old lady, and the other came to greet her.
The two entered the house one after the other, and a purple-clothed girl in the inner room had just helped Mrs. Tai out and sat down on the upper seat.
"Grandma." Shen Shuyi and Lu Qichi bent down to say hello in unison, and their salutations were also average.
Mrs. Lu is a few years older than Mrs. Zhou, her face has many wrinkles, she is slightly fat, and she is a kind and smiling old man. When Shen Shuyi was born, Mrs. Lu visited her in person, and his real name was Shen Hua, which was taken by Mrs. Lu.
Although it is not a pro-grandparent relationship, the relationship between Shen Shuyi and Mrs. Lu is also extraordinary.
"When did Shuyi come back?" Mrs. Lu asked the two of them to sit down.
"I came back last night." He grinned and said, "I met Lu Qichi on the way, so I sneaked over. ”
There was a naughtiness unique to young people in her words, and Mrs. Lu laughed when she heard it, and said: "I loved to make trouble when I was a child, and I am still like this when I am so old, your mother will have to worry every day." ”
Why is it said that his mother is not his father, this is what has been said.
Shen Shuyi's maiden surname is Lin, and she is from the Lin family in Shaanxi, while Mrs. Lu was originally surnamed Lin, and her mother is from the same Lin family. If you arrange it according to the seniority of the mother's family, Mrs. Lu is Shen Shuyi's aunt, and the two used to have a very close relationship in Shaanxi, but later they both married to Jiangnan.
Mrs. Lu and the Lin family have always had contacts, and over time, the relationship between the two families has become closer and closer, and his father and Master Lu have slowly begun to negotiate.
Although the Shen family is not a wealthy businessman or a scholarly family, the skills passed down from their ancestors have made many people blush. The virtuous circle of the relationship between the parents has reached the juniors, and the relationship between Shen Shuyi and Lu Qichi is very good, Qu Yun has passed it on from this, and the Lu family has the support of the Shen family, and they will be able to have good luck and be worry-free for a hundred years.
Shen Shuyi, as the Shen family of the Shen family, does not dare to agree with this kind of words, knowing the destiny of heaven will be retributed, let alone changing the destiny of heaven, the fortune of each family has its own, and the Shen family has long been unwilling to wade into troubled waters.
Shen Shuyi was slightly distracted, in the middle of the interval, Mrs. Lu carefully asked Lu Qichi's homework, although there is no such thing as obtaining fame in today's world, but according to the requirements of the Lu family, even if it may not be used, it should still be learned.
Mrs. Lu was saying: "Your brother is doing business in Shanghai now, and he has written many times that the Nanyang School there is good, and I think it is good to go to Shanghai in two years and help your brother do business while studying." ”
Nanyang College in Shanghai...... Shen Shuyi turned around in his heart a few times, as if he had heard of it before. He has never been good at studying, his father has forced him for so many years, in addition to practicing calligraphy well, learning those ancient books handed down by the ancestors of the family, he can't memorize all the Analects, and he doesn't know much about these schools and schools.
Second Young Master Lu, who was sitting next to him, had a flat face, lowered his eyes and replied very respectfully: "My brother also mentioned to me that I will go to Shanghai for a try in two years, and I will stay in Shanghai if I am admitted." ”
Shen Shuyi's heart moved slightly, does this mean that Lu Qichi can stay in Quyun for two years? He still understands Lu Qichi's ability to interact with the two of them over the years, and the possibility of not being able to pass the test does not exist at all, what kind of character is Lu Qichi? The whole Qu Yun replied in one voice, that is to say that there is nothing in the sky and no earth.
Two years, tsk, it won't be so easy to meet again after two years. He is estimated to stay in Quyun for the rest of his life, take over his father's business, look at feng shui fortune telling, and find a place where no one sings when he is bored.
How do you look at how decadent, people's future is bright, isn't his future simply a mix of eating and waiting for death?
It's equivalent to having no future!
Before Shen Shuyi could come up with a reason, he was named by Mrs. Lu.
"What are Shuyi's plans?" The old lady asked kindly and kindly.
Shen Shuyi didn't feel any warmth in it, he only felt that Rumang was on his back, and when he raised his eyes, Lu Qichi was also looking at him sideways.
This one...... What else can I do? Shen Shuyi was slightly confused, who doesn't know the situation of the Shen family? But at this time, he suddenly didn't want to say such decadent words, the world is so big, there is always a place he wants to go.
"I want to go to Beijing." Four-year-old Hong said that the best Peking Opera is in Beijing, and if he can, he wants to see it with his own eyes.
As soon as she finished saying this, Mrs. Lu's eyes lit up slightly, obviously a little surprised, and Lu Qichi looked at him for a whole breath, as if she saw a little joy in his eyes.
This...... Can it be understood as happy for him? Shen Shuyi shook his head in his heart, Lu Qichi must also understand that he can't leave Quyun, Beijing, it's just lip service, if you really want to go, I'm afraid it will have to be after death The descendants scattered his ashes in Beijing, maybe they can really take a look.
Shen Shuyi seriously suspected that he couldn't sleep well because of hard work for days, and he was frozen again this morning, causing dizziness and tinnitus, Second Young Master Lu's eyes were taken away early, but it was just to make the elders happy, and besides, the world is impermanent, who knows what will happen in a few years?