Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 163
After discussing with Ningxiang, Lu Cheng returned the 100 taels earned from selling fruit to Mrs. Xu.

Counting the crops sold during the autumn harvest, the family now has seven or eight taels of money left over, which is enough for the family to have a good year.Mrs. Xu advised the young couple not to rush to repay, both Lu Cheng and Ning Xiang feel uncomfortable when they have debts. Anyway, if the family is not in urgent need, the debts can be reduced a little.Mrs. Xu couldn't resist the couple, so she had to accept the 100 taels first.

On August [-]th, Lu Cheng went to Liuxian Town to pick up his brother.

Ningxiang followed Pan to the town to buy vegetables, and tomorrow's family treat is not only a Mid-Autumn Festival feast, but also a welcome for Lu Yan.

There is no need to buy chickens, Ningxiang asked Lu Cheng to catch two from her home, then bought pork ribs and trotters from the butcher shop, bought four fish, bought some tofu, tofu skin, shiitake mushrooms and celery. There is no problem with a good dish.The men liked to drink, so they bought another jar of sorghum wine and went home full.

There was a happy event at home, and the children were the happiest. Anan chased the third uncle and asked the third uncle to kill a big fish quickly. He wanted to step on the swim bladder to play.

Eat one of the four fish today, two tomorrow, and another one during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and put them all in a bucket.Lu Ding fished out one, and led the two children to clean it up under a cherry tree. Amu Anan squatted beside him, one tall and one short, watching intently.Boys like to watch killing, but A Tao doesn't like it, so she helps her sister-in-law and aunt to peel garlic in a sensible way.

Ning Xiang stood in front of the cutting board and cut the meat, Pan's washed the rice and steamed it.

Everything is ready, just wait for Lu Yan to come back and cook.

Pan washes her hands and wants to go home to cook, Ningxiang calls her sister-in-law to stop her aunt, insisting that Pan's family eat here at noon.Mrs. Pan said with a smile: "Come back tomorrow. Let your family be lively and lively today. The second aunt lives so close, why is Xiang'er being polite? Alright, I still have two pieces of clothes that I haven't washed. The rest of you Do your own work."

My niece and daughter-in-law are pregnant, so she helps with some labor-intensive work, and Lu Ding or A Tao help with the rest of the cooking.

Ningxiang and sister-in-law blocked the backyard door, and Pan simply walked around the front yard, making up her mind to come back for dinner tomorrow.

Standing in the kitchen, Ning Xiang watched the smoke coming out of the chimney in her aunt's house, and shook her head helplessly.

"Second brother!"

A Tao in the front yard suddenly yelled, Ning Xiang's heart skipped a beat, she turned her head and saw that there was no one at the gate of her house, she guessed that the two brothers came in from the old yard, and hurried towards the front yard.After leaving the south gate, I saw that Lu Yan had already hugged A Tao, pinched his armpits and spun around several times. A Tao's white skirt flew up like a white flower in a bowl, and his laughter was like a bell.

"Second uncle hug me!"

Anan was very envious, and also wanted to be played in circles by his second uncle, so he ran towards Lu Yan.

Lu Yan put down his younger sister who was still laughing, because his nephew didn't wear a skirt and was small, so he didn't turn around, and hugged Anan and Amu with each hand. When he looked up, he saw his sister-in-law came out at some time and was walking this way , Lu Yan showed a brilliant smile and called out to his sister-in-law.

The young man, who has been away from home for a few months, has grown significantly taller, only about a fist shorter than Lu Cheng, his shoulders have strengthened a lot, and his face has become fairer. He was clever at first, but now he is less clever in his eyes. Ru Guanghua is restrained, calm and capable, quite a bit of Lu Ji'an's elegance and elegance.

In other words, after not seeing each other for a few months, Lu Yan has changed from a smart country boy to a city man.

"Second brother has grown up." Ning Xiang boasted with a smile, "When did you arrive? The journey has been hard, let them go."

"I arrived yesterday. I stayed in the city for one night. I have already seen the three uncles and three aunts." Lu Yan put down the exhausted Amu, touched the boy's head, and then did not want to let go of his nephew. Anan was talking to his sister-in-law, and from time to time he would look at Anan and kiss.

Ningxiang asked him to go back to the old home to rest first, and she went to cook.

Lu Yan came back with presents and took the three children to distribute presents. Lu Ding wanted to help his sister-in-law light the fire, but Lu Cheng was useless, he helped his wife himself.

"The third master said, let the second brother go to the city after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The shop is about to open, so be busy." Lu Cheng talked to his wife while lighting the fire.

"Where does the second brother live?" Ning Xiang turned over the pot and asked curiously.

"There is a room at the back of the shop. The second younger brother will live in the shop first, and after saving enough money, he can buy a house to live in." Lu Cheng said proudly, looking at his wife with a smile: "The second younger brother went to Jiangnan this time to help the third master a lot, there seems to be a tea merchant Seeing that the third master is a novice, he wanted to cheat the third master, and asked the second brother to find out the clues, otherwise he would definitely suffer a big loss. Originally, the big shopkeeper only had the shop dividends. Let him learn how to manage the shop with the old shopkeeper first this year, and he will be promoted next year if he learns quickly."

Trusting the second brother so much shows that his second brother is really capable.

Lu Yan is promising, and Ning Xiang is also happy as a sister-in-law, even happier than during the Chinese New Year, "How much is the second shopkeeper's monthly salary?"

"It's two taels now. The big shopkeeper doesn't know yet. I guess it's at least five taels?" Lu Cheng said conservatively.

Ning Xiang immediately made a small calculation in her heart, and finally said: "If you stay on the side of the city, you can buy a good house for 200 taels. If the second younger brother gets married when you are your age, you can save enough money yourself. We have a sweetheart in advance, and our orchard is in good weather, so let's help the second brother out. He works in the city, and it is convenient to live in the city. Didn't you say that the second brother despises country girls, and he happens to marry a daughter-in-law from the city? .”

Lu Yan looks good, and he has a good job, so he never worries about a good marriage.

She is a good sister-in-law, and she only misses her second brother. Lu Cheng looked at her and said with a smile, "Then do you want to live in the city?"

Ning Xiang shook her head without thinking, looked at the cooking vegetables sizzling in the pot and said, "I like the village, and I don't go to the city if I have money." After saying something, she gave Lu Cheng a sideways glance, "Master Lu wants to go by himself Let's take two more beautiful concubines to make others envious."

"Say one more thing?" Lu Cheng raised the fire stick, pretending to hit her jealous.

Ning Xiang snorted, and turned to get the plate.

When Lu Yan came back from Pan's, the food was ready. Anan probably received a satisfactory gift, so he moved the small bench and put it next to the second uncle, and wanted to eat next to the second uncle.

There is no rule that people in the village are not allowed to talk when eating. Lu Cheng asked Lu Yan, "Go to town to see my aunt and the others in the afternoon?"

Lu Yan hummed casually.

The misunderstanding with his cousin was resolved, and Lu Yan no longer hated going to Zhou's house as much as before. Besides, now that he had a small calculation in his heart, he had to restore his relationship with his uncle and aunt to the level of ordinary relatives first, not to mention deliberately flattering him.

After a short rest after dinner, Lu Yan drove the donkey cart to the town, the young man, without the company of his elder brother.

Zhou Tianyou and his wife were both at home and received this nephew together. As elders, of course they asked a lot about going south.Zhou Tianyou had nothing to teach his juniors about farming in the countryside, and he had accumulated a lot of experience in how to do business, so he politely mentioned something to his nephew.He was not close to his nephews, but his uncle would not hesitate to give them advice.

Mrs. Lu was listening to the two men talking with a smile on the side.In the past, my nephew hated her and was very indifferent to her husband, but now my nephew is a lot more sensible when he goes out, and her husband doesn't care about his nephew's previous ignorance, so she is very satisfied.

"Mother, I want to go back with my second cousin and stay at his house for one night." Zhou Yu interrupted, "I'll come back with you tomorrow."

Of course, Mrs. Lu didn't object, and only told her daughter to be obedient and not to cause trouble for her cousin and sister-in-law.

The mother and daughter agreed, and Zhou Tianyou didn't stop her when she saw her daughter smiling so happily.After all, they are relatives, and the daughter is so lively. Although the conditions in the village are not good, there are many people. There are a lot of cousins ​​and cousins, talking and laughing together. It's not like being at home, and they can only play with the little maids.

With the permission of his parents, Zhou Yu packed his bags, got on a donkey cart and left the town with Lu Yan.

She missed her second cousin, so she took the initiative to get behind Lu Yan, leaning on the back of the car to inquire about anecdotes on the road.Sitting sideways, it was very convenient for Lu Yan to turn his head to look at her. Seeing that the little girl didn't seem to have changed, she was still a child, and she was a little disappointed when she thought that she was just a cousin.

"For you." The donkey cart crossed the stone bridge, and Lu Yan took out a small box from his arms, half a foot long, and palm wide.

Zhou Yu's eyes immediately turned into moonlight, and he snatched it up, "I knew there must be a gift from me."

When the box was in his hand, he opened it eagerly, and saw that the seemingly ordinary wooden box was covered with light pink silk and satin, with a butterfly hairpin in the middle.The body of the hairpin is made of silver, which is very unusual, but the butterfly on the head of the hairpin catches Zhou Yu's eyes. The body of the golden butterfly is inlaid with an oval red jade in the middle, which is dazzling, and the wings of the butterfly are as thin as the wings of a cicada. , It trembled slightly with the bumps of the donkey cart, it was very beautiful.

Zhou Yu couldn't help touching it.

"Do you like it?" Lu Yan looked at her eyes with joy, his voice was a little low.

Zhou Yu smiled and nodded, raised his eyes and asked him, "Is this hairpin expensive? How much did the second cousin spend?"

"You don't need to worry about that, as long as you like it." Lu Yan showed a doting smile to the little girl.

His complexion was fair, his eyebrows were picturesque, and the tenderness in his peach eyes made Zhou Yu's heart beat faster inexplicably.

She looked down at the hairpin in her hand.

The more you hate the poor and love the rich, the more you can see that this hairpin is very valuable. Zhou Yu would not think too much about Lu Yan's gift of a few taels of silver, but this hairpin cannot be bought for a few taels of silver.

"Second cousin also gave such good things to his cousins? Then you must have made a lot of money." Zhou Yu raised his head and asked innocently.

Lu Yan stared into her eyes, smiled, and turned his head to look forward, "No, I didn't intend to give you such a good thing. I accompanied the third master to buy gifts for the Wu family girl that day, and I didn't mean to see this hairpin , I remembered that you said you wanted a pair of colorful wings, so I bought them. No way, who asked me to just be your cousin, or a cousin from a rich family? I’m afraid the gift will be shabby. It’s an apology gift for bullying you earlier. Wear it secretly, don’t let A Tao and the others see it, I have no money to coax them.”

Zhou Yu was puzzled, stared at Lu Yan's handsome profile for a while, and remembered.

When I went to the orchard to enjoy the flowers in spring, Anan said that her father would buy him wings. She joked and asked her cousin to buy her a pair of colorful ones...

The second cousin actually remembered it in his heart?

Zhou Yu suddenly didn't know what to say, and unconsciously turned the hairpin in his hand, always feeling that something was different.

"Why don't you talk?" After a short silence, Lu Yan turned to look at her, clutching the whip nervously.

Can she guess his mind?
Lu Yan secretly watched the little girl behind him, but when the little girl looked over, he withdrew all the tenderness that his cousin shouldn't have.

Zhou Yu grew up in the town and was the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing her cousin being frank and frank, she smiled playfully, put away the hairpin and said, "For the sake of my second cousin's sincerity, I forgive you. If you dare to bully me, I will wear this hairpin and hang out in front of my cousins, so that you can't eat and walk around."

Lu Yan looked at her exaggeratedly, and suddenly reached out to grab the box: "You have no conscience, I won't give you away!"

Zhou Yu avoided it quickly, moved back quickly, and smiled slyly. When Lu Yan turned around, his eyes became more complicated.

Lu Yan looked in the direction of his home and smiled wryly.

(End of this chapter)