In the next few days, because of his anger, Lu Xintong really ignored his father anymore, and when he ate, he went back to his room with the food to eat; when he was idle, he was accompanied by the maid Xiaocui to go to the forest to pick wild flowers, catch crickets, dig birds' eggs, and indulge in playing, enjoying himself.

In Lu Xiaoyao's opinion, her daughter doesn't care about herself, although she feels unhappy in her heart, she doesn't intend to force her, as long as she is happy and happy, this is better than anything else.

That night, after dinner, Lu Xintong stayed in the room, couldn't sleep for a while, sat cross-legged on the couch, supported with one hand, and looked up at the night sky through the window, but saw that the moon in the sky was very beautiful, round, white and flawless, the ray of moonlight was extremely bright, and the night sky was renovated and flickered, as clear as the Milky Way.

The night was very beautiful, and I was in a good mood, and I thought: I can't sleep anyway, so it's better to go to the yard to enjoy the cool and enjoy the moon. Put on her clothes, jump out of bed, come to the next room and call the maid Xiaocui, and ask her to come with her to a large locust tree with dense foliage and green shade in the backyard.

Most of the ancient people were superstitious, and the trees planted in the courtyard were quite particular. As the saying goes, "There is a locust in front of the door, and you will be promoted and rich." Although this is a superstitious statement, the ancients wanted to be auspicious, whether it was an official eunuch or an ordinary family, there was always a locust tree in the courtyard. The Lu family is a family of rivers and lakes, and naturally it is no exception.

The early summer night is quite comfortable. Gusts of breeze blow slowly, like a kind old man caressing your face, sitting under the big tree to enjoy the shade, the bright moon and stars are in the head, the insects and cicadas are whispering in the ear, while tasting tea and melon seeds, while talking about the wild fun, talking and laughing, quite happy, that feeling very refreshing.

Lu Xintong and Xiaocui, known as the master and servant, are like sisters, sitting side by side under the tree, chatting happily. Xiao Cui raised her hand and pointed to the bright moon in the sky, and said with a smile: "Miss, look! How beautiful the moon is today! It's as beautiful as you!"

Being praised by others, Lu Xintong was very happy in his heart, his face was flushed with shame, and he said coquettishly: "Stinky girl, I will find something pleasing to say!"

Xiao Cuiliu raised her eyebrows, smiled hehe, and said, "No, my young lady is already very beautiful! Otherwise, how could the real young master be fascinated?!"

Lu Xintong was stunned: "True young master, which real young master?"

Xiao Cui grinned and said, "Which one else?" Of course, it's the real Xia Ryu real young master!"

Lu Xintong didn't listen to it, and when he heard the word "Zhen Xia Ryu", a layer of anger appeared on his face, and he said angrily: "Don't mention him to me, I will be angry when I see him!"

Xiao Cui looked dazed and asked, "Why?"

Lu Xintong pursed his lips, snorted Xiao Yao's nose, and said, "No why! ”

When Xiao Cui heard this, she secretly laughed: "Yo!

The voice was too small, Lu Xintong couldn't hear it clearly, glared at her, and asked, "What did you say?"

Seeing that her expression was very strict, Xiao Cui's heart trembled, and she waved her hand again and again: "No...... Nothing!" he said, lowering his head too hard to look her in the eye.

Lu Xintong snorted, glanced at her, and said in a cold tone: "Xiaocui, don't mention this person's name in front of me in the future, do you hear it......?"

"How?" asked with a sideways face.

"You will be punished for not being allowed to eat for three days!" he said, stretching out his white jade finger and poking her head.

"Oh my God!" Xiao Cui cried bitterly: "There is really a father and a daughter, and even the way to punish people is the same!" stuck out his tongue and pouted, "Got it!

Lu Xintong smiled faintly at her, sighed, supported himself with one hand, and whispered: "Actually, even I don't know why I don't treat him like this, and I even hate him a little." I always feel that he is weird, where is the blame, but I can't say it at all. ”

"Strange?" Xiao Cui blinked, pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Miss, hearing you say this, I really remember a very strange thing!"

Lu Xintong said curiously: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Cui seemed to have scruples, waved her hand, and pouted: "Forget it! It's better not to say it! In case of misunderstanding, the master will blame me for chewing the root of my tongue." ”

Lu Xintong's apricot eyes widened, and she grabbed her ear, "Hey, stinky girl, are you afraid that my father will blame you, aren't you afraid that I will punish you......?" Xiao Cui couldn't stand it, Gege smiled, and begged for mercy again and again: "Oh, okay! Miss, please spare me, I said, it's all done!"

Seeing her begging for mercy, Lu Xintong retracted his hand, sat up straight, and said with a smile: "It's almost the same! Don't be stunned, hurry up!"

Xiaocui secretly complained, blaming herself for her stinky mouth, and her words were too bad. Looking around, seeing that there was no one, he felt a little relieved, leaned towards Lu Xintong, and whispered in his ear: "Miss! Last night, when I got up at night, when I passed by the master's study, I saw a fire in the room, and faintly heard the sound of opening the cabinet, at first I thought it was the master looking for something, and later, I saw the man walking out of the door, miss, guess who?"

Lu Xintong raised his chin slightly, and said with great certainty: "Then it doesn't need to be said, it's really Xia Ryubei!"

Xiao Cui snapped her fingers and said, "That's right!

Lu Xintong stroked his chin with his hand and muttered softly: "What the hell is the real kid making trouble, in the middle of the night, he doesn't stay in his own room to sleep, what are you doing in my father's study?"

Xiao Cui hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab her, and said in a low voice: "Miss! There is no evidence, what can you ask? You can't ask anything! According to Xiao Cui, let's be a little restless and wait and see what it becomes!"

Lu Xintong nodded: "Makes sense!"

Turning the day, Lu Xiaoyao was sitting alone in the study reading a book, "squeak", the door flashed open a crack, and then a thin figure crept into the door, Lu Xiaoyao was stunned at first, and couldn't help laughing: "Girl, when you enter your own door, why do you look like a thief?"

Lu Xintong covered the door of the study, approached in three or two steps, and said, "Oh, Daddy! You're making fun of your daughter again!"

The father and daughter had a "cold war" for two or three days, Lu Xiaoyao felt quite bored, and today he saw his daughter take the initiative to come to set him, and he was as a "little thief", which was very interesting, and he intended to tease her, and said with a smile: "Yo! I really didn't expect that our Miss Lu, who only knows how to play on weekdays, will actually have serious things, which is rare!"

Lu Xintong saw his father teasing him repeatedly, and pouted: "Hmph, ignore you!" stuck out his tongue at his father, made a grimace, turned around and left.

ran away from his daughter angrily, Lu Xiaoyao's heart was very uncomfortable, and he hurriedly beckoned: "Okay, girl, it's all Daddy's bad, Daddy shouldn't make fun of you, come back quickly, hurry up." ”

Lu Xintong grinned, turned around, walked around behind his father in three or two steps, spread his jade arms as white as snow, hugged his father's neck, and said in a loud voice: "Daddy, you are so bad, you always love to make your daughter angry, if your mother is still there, see how she can spare you?"

gave her black and soft hair, scratching her neck a little itchy, Lu Xiaoyao subconsciously dodged, turned his hand back, gently patted his daughter's jade arm as white as snow, and said with a smile: "Okay, girl, don't be unforgiving, hasn't Daddy already compensated you! Tell me, what's the matter?"

Lu Xintong was about to open his mouth to tell the truth, but after thinking about it: "No, this will affect Xiaocui, it's better to ......" beautiful eyes blinked, and said euphemistically: "Daddy, don't you think there's anything wrong with the real kid?"

Lu Xiaoyao was stunned: "Girl, although you don't want to see people, you can't say that!"

Lu Xintong took a look, and said euphemistically that it was not possible, simply, directly, and straight to the point. After a little contemplation, he attributed everything Xiaocui had seen the night before to himself, and told his father 1510. Lu Xiaoyao listened, and immediately knew that it was Xiaocui who told his daughter. It turned out that everything that happened the night before yesterday was in Lu Xiaoyao's eyes. Do you think that he is a good kung fu practitioner, has superb internal skills, and is deaf and clear-sighted, so how can you hide all this from him? It's just that in the face of the late senior brother, I don't want to embarrass him, and it is precisely because of this that he has caused disasters in the future.

patted his daughter's hand and said softly: "Okay, girl, nothing else, let's go out first." ”

Lu Xintong didn't plan to leave, he grinned, and said, "Daddy, guess what day it will be in seven days?"

Lu Xiaoyao stroked his beard and thought hard for a moment, but he really couldn't think of it, and said impatiently: "Okay, girl, don't sell it, tell your father quickly." ”

Lu Xintong seemed to be very proud, twisting his delicate body, and grinning: "Daddy, why are you getting more and more confused the older you get? Seven days later, it's your fiftieth birthday!"

Lu Xiaoyao thought for a while: "Yo! It's not a problem!" patted his daughter's hand, and said with a smile: "The girl is very kind, she still remembers her father's birthday, and she didn't raise it in vain!"

Lu Xintong used her green onion white jade finger to pestle her father's shoulder, and said shyly: "Chew! This still needs to be said!" Lu Xintong, as the eldest lady of Songyue Villa, does not have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, but she nests in the huge village all day long, except for the company of a caring maid Xiaocui, she has no intimate friends at all, and she is very lonely and lonely. It is also her childish nature, she likes to be lively, and she really wants to have a good time on her father's birthday. Pillowed on his father's shoulder, said with a spring breeze on his face: "Dad, you have a birthday, shouldn't we celebrate it?"

Lu Xiaoyao has always lived a simple life, and he didn't want to be extravagant and wasteful, so he waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need, invite a few friends to the house for a simple meal, and it is enough to drink two cups." ”

The plan fell through, Lu Xintong didn't like it in his heart, raised his eyebrows, pouted and said: "How can this be? Dad! You are also the owner of Songyue Villa, although you are not as old as the emperor, how can you say that you are also a famous hero in the rivers and lakes, the famous 'Iron Arm Divine Fist'! Isn't this too shabby? According to the child, you must do it decently!"

Lu Xiaoyao knows his daughter's thoughts, although people can only live after sixty, he is only forty and nine this year, and it is not appropriate to do a big deal when he knows what is wrong, but his daughter is bent on making a scene, and she really doesn't want to dismiss her intentions, so she had to agree. nodded: "Cheng! Then put a few tables, invite the theater troupe, and set up the stage, it's always okay, right?"

Lu Xintong's hands danced happily and grinned: "Okay, okay! Thank you, Daddy!" "Po", kissed his father's cheek greasyly, and a faint red lip seal was faintly visible.

Lu Xiaoyao's face sank, and he scolded: "Hmph, stinky girl, you are happy, your father and I can spend more money." Although he scolded on his lips, he was very happy in his heart, and spent more money, Lu Xiaoyao was not distressed, as long as his daughter was happy.

Seeing that her daughter was like a bird out of the cage, she ran out of the door happily, and Lu Xiaoyao laughed happily.

In the blink of an eye, on Lu Xiaoyao's birthday, God took good care of the Lu family, the breeze was gentle, the clouds covered the sun, and the temperature was neither hot nor cold. Songyue Villa is unusually lively, a stage was set up in front of the main hall, Lu Xiaoyao deliberately spent two silver taels to invite the famous Li family opera troupe in Nancheng Street, Suizhou Mansion to come to the stage, in the area of Nancheng in Suizhou Prefecture, "Li Family Class" is famous for a while, the opera is proficient, there are many princes and nobles, giants and wealthy businessmen, every important festival, will spend a lot of money to invite the "Li Family Class" to come to their own stage to perform, has helped entertainment. In the spacious main hall, there are two rows of large tables, each row is no more than twenty tables, all of which are covered with big red felt, and each table is placed with fine things, everything is available, and it is very complete.

Lv Xiaoyao is quite famous in the south of Suizhou Prefecture, the popularity is good, and there are not a few friends to make, but whoever receives the invitation, they have brought gifts to congratulate, the guests are full, the high friends are full, laughter, endlessly, the cups are staggered, and the atmosphere is warm. Lu Xiaoyao held a wine glass and shuttled through the banquet, socializing flawlessly. But what about our stunned tomboy-like Miss Lu, hey! I didn't pay attention to these at all, left my father alone, and pulled the maid Xiaocui to the stage, while watching the play, I played and played, and had a lot of fun.

In the middle of the excitement, I suddenly heard someone outside the courtyard shouting: "Hey, old brother, old brother sees you coming!" Lu Xiaoyao heard it: "Hey, this voice is so familiar!" came to the front to take a look, "Yo he! dare to love him!"

Who is it? It was the merchant who was rescued by the Lu family and the "Four Monsters of Xishan" back then, Jia Million, Jia Santong. Jia Santong thanked Lu Xiaoyao and his wife for saving his life, and was willing to fund money to help him establish Songyue Villa, for many years, the two have maintained correspondence, but Jia Santong is busy with business, and the two have been flawless together, I don't want to come here today.

As soon as he touched his head, Jia Million enthusiastically hugged Lu Xiaoyao, and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't seen you for many years, and you haven't died yet?"

When others heard this, they were very displeased: "What's the matter with this person, he has a good life, and if he says such a frustrating thing, he should be beaten out of the village with a stick." But how do they know that Jia Million is humorous, likes to joke with people the most, and the two of them are lifelong friends, so where do they care?

Although Lu Xiaoyao was not annoyed, he didn't know how to reply to him, so Lu Xintong stepped forward to relieve his father. Chao Jia was detained for 10,000 blessings, and "scolded" in a roundabout way: "Uncle Jia, don't you know? My father is a good man, but he just refuses to compete with others for the first! He is called putting others before himself. ”

When Jia Million heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "The virtuous niece is really good, much better than her father." ”

Lu Xiaoyao was very ashamed, glanced at his daughter, and invited Jia Million to sit on the upper seat, and he sat with the prime minister, and the two brothers talked about wine and talked about their long-term farewell.

Lu Xintong was proud in his heart, grinned, turned around and went to play elsewhere, inadvertently, he saw Zhen Xia Ryu sitting alone in the corner in a daze, with a stomach full of thoughts, occasionally skimming the eyes of others, his eyes were sneaky and unnatural. Because of his suspicions, Lu Xintong was too lazy to take care of him.

It was almost noon, the birthday banquet was still going on, and suddenly a family named Jinbao came to the main hall with a lacquer plate covered with red cloth and silk, presented it to the table, and said: "Master, someone ordered the little one to dedicate this to the master, saying that it was a birthday gift for the master." Lu Xiaoyao's face was full of joy, and he personally stepped forward to lift the red cloth.

However, when the contents of the plate were revealed, the people in the room were so frightened that they screamed "wow", and some even rolled directly under the table. Lu Xintong didn't know what was going on, giggling and jumping up and down to take a look, "Mom!" The flower lost color, her eyes turned black, and she instantly fell on her back-