Guihezhuang has a bit of northern garden style design, solemn atmosphere, and rigorous law.

The southern gardens are mainly Jiangnan gardens, with elegant styles and pay attention to one step and one scene. The northern gardens were born out of the royal gardens, so there are fewer small and interesting places and more serious and neat places.

The car entered the gate, in front of him is a 100-meter-long trail, the road on both sides of the road is sandwiched by the sycamore, and then the left and right are lawns, there is a pond in the east, the pond can be seen under the rockery, a person is there fishing.

Walking further in, there is a courtyard house in front, with independent buildings on both sides, and there seems to be a villa in the back. Chen Sheng stopped the car a little far away and said to Chen Ya:

"Come with me when you go in, don't look too much, don't ask too much, laugh when you see people, and don't break in at will."

Chen Ya nodded on the surface, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

He has never been to the manor of the four major families, this time he entered the Lu family and returned to Hezhuang, and he definitely couldn't come if he didn't go around, just to see what the living conditions of the family that everyone praised.

After taking a few more steps forward, Chen Sheng nodded to the person who greeted him and said, "Become a housekeeper." After speaking, he tugged on Chen Ya's clothes.

Chen Ya looked at the man and nodded.

The man was lean, there was no flesh on his face, he looked like he was in his forties, he was dressed in black, and he didn't look like a housekeeper, his eyes swept over Chen Ya's face, which was quite sharp.

"Is the old lady okay?" Chen Sheng asked cautiously.

"Well, why is it not good, I am still fishing in the pond outside today. I told him that there were no fish in the pond. ”

Steward Cheng's tone couldn't hear the ups and downs, and he couldn't understand what he meant.

"Grandma is okay?"

"Not good. I just came out of the hospital some time ago and had a heart attack. ”

"Ah, then pay attention," Chen Sheng asked again, "What about the senior commissioner?" ”

"The senior commissioner is accompanying a distinguished guest, so I don't have time to see you."

Ask Mrs. Lu first, then Grandma, and finally ask the senior committee member, this is the etiquette that Lu Ruixiang taught Chen Sheng.

But whenever you enter the manor, you must have these two questions.

This so-called senior committee member is not the Lu family, but it is better than the Lu family, and he has always accompanied Mrs. Lu, the three sons of Mrs. Lu, the latter two were raised by him, so his status in the Lu family is special.

Chen Sheng asked again: "The old lady still doesn't see the guest?" ”

"Nope." Steward Cheng said coldly, and nodded at Chen Ya after speaking, "He is very angry." ”

Chen Sheng hurriedly smiled and said: "This is my eldest son, called Chen Ya, I came here this time to bring him to recognize his relatives, and also to take him to meet the second master." ”

"Then you can go see you. The second grandfather was in his own room. ”

After saying that, Steward Cheng left.

Looking at this person's back, Chen Ya smiled.

It seems that everyone who works for the family has this temper.

Lu Yuanlong's senior secretary was extremely uncooperative with his work at the beginning, and his temperament was very arrogant.

It was only later that it was slowly "corrected".

It seems that even if the decline of the Lu family has been decided, people's personalities will not change easily.

Chen Sheng then took Chen Ya to the courtyard and knocked on the door of the room, and a hoarse voice came from inside:

"Who?"

Chen Sheng said with a smile on his face through the door: "Second master, it's me, I'm from Lu Ruixiang's family, Chen Sheng, I'll come to see you." ”

The door soon opened, and a dry old man appeared in the doorway, rosacea, big ears, triangular eyes, bald hair up to the ears, and the corners of his mouth drooping.

He first looked at the two people at the door with a scrutinizing gaze, because the triangular eyes drooped, he looked a little unhappy, but after seeing what Chen Sheng was carrying in his hand, he immediately smiled like a flower.

"I'll come here and bring something!"

said so, but he immediately took away the things that Chen Sheng was carrying with both hands, as if he was afraid that Chen Sheng would change his mind and not give it away.

So saying, he let the two of them into the house. After entering the house, Chen Ya looked left and right.

In the room, there were not many things on the surface, but the cushions on the sofa were crumpled, and there was a ball of blankets thrown there haphazardly, and it seemed that there was usually a servant to help clean it up.

The other furnishings are no different from the conditions in the homes of ordinary elderly people.

It seems that this second master should be living alone, but I don't know if my partner has passed away or what's wrong.

The second master didn't greet the two, and carried Chen Sheng's gift into the back room. When he opened the door, Chen Ya happened to see that the inner room was dark and full of all kinds of miscellaneous items, and there was a box of brain platinum at the door.

He couldn't help but grin.

finally knew why Chen Sheng felt that the second master could be sent away for 50,000 yuan.

In the history of Western literature, this is a typical Eugenie Grandet, a miser, a hoarder, who can say anything as long as he has money.

I don't know if this person was used to being poor when he was a child, anyway, Chen Ya has never seen this characteristic in any child of a family.

After a while, the second master came out of the back room again, and this time the smile on his face was a little bigger.

It seems that he found the "little meaning" that Chen Sheng sandwiched in the gift bag.

"You kid, what's the matter with coming to me?" The second master sat on the Taishi's chair and picked up the big teapot in his hand.

Chen Sheng hurriedly said: "Second master, this is my eldest son, Chen Ya, from today onwards, he is a member of my Lu family, bring it over to meet you." ”

Lu Zhankui took a sip of tea, nodded "mmmm", swallowed the water and said slowly: "You have a heart, you still care about my bad old man." ”

"Look at what you said, Ruixiang is always your granddaughter."

…… The two chatted about homely things, Chen Ya listened for a while, combined with the analysis of multiple data, and knew a little about his past.

The old lady and the second master of the Lu family, although they are brothers, the difference in status is one in the sky and one in the ground.

Mrs. Lu is a person who has been in a history textbook.

The combat heroes of the liberation period participated in the war against North Korea, and made countless great and small contributions in his life.

After the war, he was demobilized and returned home, and was organizationally arranged to be a leader in the coal mine in Jinzhong, and his salary level was extremely high.

The years when he was in the mine were the years when the industrial construction of the Republic was in full swing, and the iron man Zhang Xishun was born under his leadership.

Industrialization requires electricity, and electricity generation requires coal. During the years when he presided over the coal mine, he used his sweat and wisdom to transform it into pitch-black gold, into electricity, and support the country's great industrialization road.

He gave almost all the risk to coal mines for the rest of his life, and he experienced countless workers and technicians, dealt with countless factories and state departments, and made connections all over the world.

After the change, he retired from the mine, in order to seek a way out for the laid-off miners, he took the workers to the sea to start a business, and his three sons Lu Yuanlong, Lu Yuanhu, and Lu Yuanbao also showed their talents, and finally laid a business map.

This is the Lu family's way to make a fortune.

However, Mrs. Lu is eloquent and strategic, and her life is magnificent, compared to the second lady, it is much overshadowed.

This second grandfather is a farmer, and he has been a farmer all his life.

The reason is that when Mrs. Lu left home to join the army, the old mother was still there, and the younger brother followed the old mother to take care of it.

One step is different, one step is worse, so the two brothers opened an infinite gap later.

It's just that, despite farming all their lives, now, the brothers have come to the same end and live together in this big yard.

And compared with the old lady Lu who is full of troubles now, the second lady has more simple and happy happiness.

Because of the Lu family, no one dares to look down on him, a person who has been farming for half his life, and from time to time, filial sons and grandsons come to the door to "pay respect".

If you think carefully about the fate of the two brothers, you can only sigh and make people.

"Why don't you stay and eat?" The second master took Chen Sheng's hand and said happily.

"No, no, no......" Chen Sheng waved his hand again and again.

"Come on, you two don't have many pairs of chopsticks."

Chen Sheng's eyes flashed with hope: "Will you eat with the old lady?" ”

"How can his stinky guy eat together? I'll ask the kitchen to bring some food to my house, and we'll just eat together. ”

Chen Sheng's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he said with some interest: "It's okay." ”

He also thought that the second master was going to keep them and eat with the families in the manor.

The people living in this manor are the core members of the Lu family, and if he, the son-in-law of the marginal branch, can bring his son to the table, it will be enough to become an honor.

Even if it is to make those core members remember their own and their son's faces, it can be regarded as a great achievement, and Lu Ruixiang doesn't know how happy she will be.

Unfortunately, this is just a dream.

After agreeing to come down and eat together, the second master pulled Chen Sheng and kept talking.

When the old man is old, he has no partner by his side, and the people in the manor are all high-profile people, and no one wants to listen to an old man's chatter.

Finally, someone came and was willing to listen to him, and when the conversation started, his mouth couldn't stop.

Chen Ya was sleepy when he heard this, and under the excuse of going out for a walk, Shi Shiran walked out of the house under Chen Sheng's questioning gaze.

When they first came over, Chen Sheng told him, "Don't look more, don't ask more, don't walk around" Yunyun, he didn't pay attention to a word.

Out of the door, he walked on the road for a while, and soon, he lost his way.

It's too big here, too.

Even in winter, the eyes are not withered, the lawn is green, and the surrounding area is dotted with evergreen trees.

The gardening and gardening workers were still busy in the garden, and from time to time there were unknown people walking by, and some were watching Chen Ya, an uninvited guest, but no one came forward to ask him what he was doing.

In this ordinary scene, Chen Ya inexplicably saw a little bit of the feeling of the end of the Grand View Garden in "Dream of Red Mansions".

It's a bit of a strong implication in it.

He nodded a little and estimated that the manor, including labor, flowers and plants, as well as catering and living, would cost no less than 100,000 yuan a day.

In the past, when Aihua was still in the hands of the Lu family, the family could still withstand such flowers, but now it's hard to say.

I just don't know how long this big family, which supports its arrogance and refuses to bow its head, can hold on.

After walking around, I soon came to the vicinity of the pond rockery I saw when I entered the door, and there was indeed a drooping old man sitting there fishing.

The old man's face is dark, and his appearance is somewhat similar to the second master he saw just now, but his body is obviously tougher, and he has two white sword eyebrows on his face, which looks a little bit like a strong old actor.

He sat on the pony, staring intently at the water, Chen Ya stood behind him, did not hide his steps, but he did not look back.

Chen Ya stared at him from the side, he didn't move, and the pole didn't move, only the buoy swayed in the wind on the water.

After watching for a long time, Chen Ya suddenly asked:

"If the water is clear and there are no fish, what are you fishing?"

The wind blew between the two of them, taking away the silence for a long time.

"How do you know there are no fish?" The old man said, "Can you see the bottom of the pond?" ”

"It's a bar." Chen Ya said unceremoniously.

"You're just raising the bar." The old man is also-for-tat and does not give in.

Chen Ya smiled slightly, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly:

"Let's fish, let's fish, let's go lonely, it's better to go back, and besides, it's windy, it's easy to catch a cold......"

As the sound faded away, the old man sitting by the pond suddenly made a "Gege" sound from his mouth.

That's gnashing your teeth.

After a while, the wind really got stronger.

The weather forecast indicates a northerly wind today.

The old man took the pole and put the expensive pole in the bag, independent in the wind.

And then...... Sneezed.

"Ahh

……

There is also a lawn outside the pond rockery, and there are weeping willows outside the lawn. Stepping on the bluestone slab on the lawn, you can go all the way to the opposite side of the weeping willow, and there is a gazebo opposite, and the two are sitting in the gazebo to enjoy the scenery at this time.

There is no snow and only the wind, in fact, there is no scene, and the two of them are just a little lonely looking at the sky.

"The wind is blowing." Said the old man on the left.

"Well, it's windy." The white-bearded man on the right said.

Sitting on the left-hand side is the person known as the "High Commissioner."

The reason why people call him Gao Jinliang is because before the change, he served as a member of a certain committee in the coal mine in Jinzhong.

And before he took this position, the status was a guard officer. Old lady Lu's guard.

Before that, when he entered the court, he was a soldier under Old Lady Lu. At that time, Mrs. Lu was the platoon commander.

In Shangganling in 52, only two of them were left alive in that platoon.

Gao Jinliang was 17 years old at the time.

Therefore, he has always had a good relationship with the Lu family. The good relationship is also reflected in the fact that he has a son who has been helping Lu Yuanlong with things, and people call his son "Secretary Gao".

It's the same way he was called "High Commissioner".

And the person sitting on his right hand was named Li Siqing.

Huaguo ...... No, a world-renowned violin master.

At the same time, he is also Lu Ningna's teacher.

"Ning Na is still talented." Li Siqing said, "However, she has a kind of energy, a kind of supreme violinist's energy." ”

The senior committee member sighed and said, "I know what you mean, you mean that the child is uncertain and cannot be a first-class violinist." ”

"I didn't say that." Li Siqing smiled bitterly.

After a pause, he said, "It may be that the child is still young and has not been sharpened." ”

Gao Jinliang sighed again.

"If this thing is not called grinding, then this child will be wasted in the future."

After a pause, he looked at the world-renowned violin master next to him and said:

"I just want to know, can the child take this road, can it be considered a way out?"

Li Siqing took a sip of tea.

"It's hard to say." He said, "Who says you have to be the best violinist in the world to find a way out?" ”

Gao Jinliang looked at the breezy water and said:

"Usually after that kind of thing, at least he should grow up a little, but this child doesn't know why, he doesn't belong every day, and he doesn't know what he's thinking......"

Li Siqing thought for a while, and was still holding a steaming teacup in his hand: "Could it be...... Suffering from lovesickness? ”

(End of chapter)