Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 5 I recognized her at a glance
Facing the crowd of passers-by begging for a ride, Lu Cheng was a little moved.

He brought a cart full of firewood to Fucheng this morning to sell it. The top-quality fruit branches and firewood sold for just over 100 yuan for a full cart. Now he brought a few people back with him, and at least he could earn the money for the sugar-fried chestnuts.

It's just that he has heard about the Guo family.A girl in the Guo family married the steward of the magistrate's family as an aunt. With this relationship, the Guo family fox pretended to be a tiger and gained a lot of benefits. The business of pulling carts at the city gate was originally owned by other people, but was robbed by their four overbearing brothers. , but if someone steals their business, they must suffer.

Lu Cheng didn't want to cause trouble, at least it wasn't worth a few copper coins.

He refused all those who came up and wanted a ride, with a cold attitude.

Seeing that he did not pull, people retreated helplessly, or rubbed their hands or stomped their feet.

Lu Cheng was indifferent, and went on his way, but accidentally glanced at the front right, and there was a soft and elegant apricot color in his eyes. It was the girl whom he had met... half-familiarly with when he was buying chestnuts.In fact, the apricot-colored jacket she was wearing was not conspicuous in the dusty winter clothes, but he couldn't explain why, but he just saw her.

With a burden on her shoulders, she should also be going home, right?Then will she come over and ask for a ride?
Lu Cheng looked ahead, but he kept paying attention to her from the corner of his eye.

As the donkey cart got closer, Ningxiang also recognized the driver.In terms of bearing, this person certainly cannot compare with Pei Jinghan, who was born in a noble family, but let him stand among a group of rough men, he is definitely the most eye-catching, standing out from the crowd.However, it was useless to recognize him. Seeing that he rejected so many people with her own eyes, Ning Xiang didn't think she would succeed if she asked, so she continued to look at the gate of the city.

Lu Cheng was inexplicably disappointed that she was about to pass by, but she had no intention of taking a ride.

Ning Xiang was thin-skinned and afraid of being rejected, Li Nanny was anxious to see her grandson, although she knew that there was not much hope, she stepped forward and asked, "Little brother, where are you from?" Because she was looking forward to the same journey, she was talking about her hometown Chinese is almost the same as Mandarin, but with a local accent.Although they are all villages and towns under the Tai'an Mansion, even if some places are only a few miles away, the accents are different.

Others thought that Nanny Li would also run into a wall, but they were shocked to see that person stopped, hopeful in their hearts, and these people hurried to the donkey cart, waiting nervously for the driver's answer, if it is near their home, they can climb friendship.

Surrounded by a group of people, Lu Cheng remained calm and looked at Madam Li probingly. He stopped the donkey cart and said, "I'm from Donglin Village. From what you said, could it be that I'm from Baihe Town?"

Hearing this, Ning Xiang couldn't help but glance at him.Donglin Village is just to the west of their village, and the village is only more than two miles away from the village. However, she left home early in her two lives and could only rush back to the village once a month. Later, she was sold by Shen Youyou. Now people in the village almost don't recognize them all, and there is nowhere to hear about the Lu family in the neighboring village.

Nanny Li also knew about Donglin Village, she looked at Ningxiang, smiled, and said familiarly: "Isn't it just..."

Lu Cheng immediately asked her where she lived, with an expression on his face that he had acquaintances in Baihe Town.

Nanny Li secretly thought there was a joke, and said it simply.

Lu Cheng showed joy and got out of the driveway: "My second uncle's family lives there too. His surname is Yang. There are two persimmon trees planted in his house. Do you know them?"

Nanny Li narrowed her eyes slightly.

There are no persimmon trees in the area of ​​their house.

Looking at the handsome man in his twenties with mature eyes in front of him, and the group of people around him who were eager to get a ride, Nanny Li suddenly understood, and pulled Ning Xiang over with a smile, "I know you, my granddaughter." You and your cousin Xiu'er are good sisters, have you heard her mention it? My granddaughter's name is Axiang..."

Ning Xiang has been a maidservant in the Hou's Mansion for three years, and she still has some good eyesight. She blushed and lowered her head to cooperate with Madam Li in acting.

Lu Cheng glanced at her as if suddenly enlightened, then looked away politely, and continued to get close to Nanny Li, and when he learned that Nanny Li was going home to visit relatives, he warmly said: "They are all acquaintances, my aunt will go back in my car Bar."

Just as Nanny Li was about to nod her head, a loud shout came from a distance, "What's going on? What are you doing over there!"

It was Guo Laosan who was driving the car, with a thunderous voice, like an official sent to interrogate people.

People around looked at Lu Cheng, who refused to pull anyone, and immediately rushed towards Laosan Guo's mule cart.They have to fight for a seat. The mule cart is that big. Some places are comfortable to sit on without being crowded, and some places suffer even if they are sitting. If they are crowded around, they will fall off if they are not careful. Not that it never happened.

Guo Laosan, who was wearing thick and fashionable long riding boots, stopped the car and squeezed with them. He walked towards Lu Cheng and the others with a sullen face, slapping a horsewhip in his hand continuously, which invisibly increased the traffic on the street. A domineering momentum.When he came to him, he glanced at Nanny Li Ningxiang, Guo Laosan stared at Lu Cheng and asked, "Are you going to pull them?"

The attitude is very rude.

Lu Cheng smiled at him, neither humble nor overbearing, "Third Master misunderstood, how dare I steal your business, I just came back from selling firewood, I happened to meet acquaintances, and wanted to give them a ride, those people wanted to take my car, I I don't care, if you don't believe me, you can ask?"

He was frank and generous, Guo Laosan turned around and saw the group of people scrambling to get into his car, and he knew that what this person said was true.After all, if this person really wants to pull people, why don't those people come to grab the empty cars here?They don't need to be afraid of him when they spend money.

According to the farthest distance between the two of them, it was only a ten-cent business. Guo Laosan stopped entanglement and turned back.

After the matter was settled, Lu Cheng turned his head and said to Nanny Li, "sit down, you two, we are close, and I will take you for a ride."

It kind of explained why he only helped them two.

Nanny Li thanked her with a smile, got into the donkey cart with Ning Xiang, and leaned comfortably on the right side of the cart.

When they sat down firmly, Lu Cheng stepped onto the left shaft, and lightly swayed the gray donkey with the whip, and the donkey immediately moved forward with brisk hooves.

The people behind Guo Laosan hadn't sat down yet, and Nanny Li looked at the people jostling for seats, and gave the little girl next to her a meaningful look.She already has grandchildren, and the young man made an exception definitely not because of her. To be able to ride in a stable car today is because of Ningxiang's glory.

Ning Xiang didn't notice anything, she looked at the city gate that was getting further and further away, secretly looking forward to it, hoping that one day she would leave by car and never come back again.

Nanny Li is a very kind person and likes to deal with people. In addition, the long road is long, and sitting is boring. When the donkey cart dumps the mule cart full of people from Guo Laosan and the road is quiet, she will be kind. The man who pulled them started chatting, "What's the name of the little brother? Ningxiang is from Liuxi Village, just to the east of your village."

Now I have no scruples, and I can tell the truth.

After hearing this, Lu Cheng turned his head in surprise and looked at Ning Xiang.

Ning Xiang lowered her head and clenched her hands nervously.If he lived far away, she might not be able to do anything, because she was a little embarrassed because he was too close.People in the village live poorly, but they are very respectful. It is not a glorious thing for her to sell herself as a maid. Perhaps the villagers will secretly envy her high monthly income. Usually, when they meet, they will look at her with disdain.

"You are Xu Huai's cousin Xu Xiang'er?" Lu Cheng lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and soon met someone.The two villages are close to each other, and if there is any major event in the next-door village, it can be passed on through relatives and acquaintances, regardless of whether it is red or white.She came home from Fucheng today, looking at her delicate face and her gentle demeanor, she should be a maid from a rich family, but in the villages near her home, there are two servants and only one maid.

Xu Xianger...

Hearing this long-lost name again, Ningxiang's eyes ached.

Before entering the Hou's mansion, she was called Xu Xiang'er. After entering the Hou's mansion, she was given a new name by the master. Everyone in the Hou's mansion called her Ningxiang, and when she returned home, her relatives called her by her nickname. After three years, she almost forgot. When was the last time someone called you by your full name?

Nanny Li also survived as a maidservant, and understood Ning Xiang's mood, she quietly held the little girl's hand to keep her warm, and said to Lu Cheng with a smile, "That's Ning Xiang's real name, so the little brother knows her family?"

Lu Cheng turned his eyes away from the depressed girl, looked at the official road in front of him where the snow hadn't melted, and said, "I haven't said anything, I've heard people mention it, and they all say that the eldest girl of the Xu family is filial and sensible." She is indeed filial, not all 11 A little girl who was [-] years old, faced her seriously ill mother and brother, she could cruelly sell herself.Apart from filial piety, it takes courage to leave one's hometown and go to a strange place.

Ning Xiang didn't know what his reputation was in the outer village, but even though he was just being polite, his heart warmed up because of these words.

Nanny Li's worries were also dispelled.

After she got off the car, Ning Xiang had to walk more than ten miles alone with this person, Ning Xiang was so beautiful, Li Nanny was afraid that something would happen to the lonely man and the widow.Now that Lu Cheng can talk about Ningxiang's background, he must know that she works in the Hou's mansion. The so-called not looking at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, it is expected that he has bad intentions and does not have the courage.

After introducing Ningxiang, Nanny Li inquired about the situation of Lu Cheng's family, "Little brother, does he look twenty? Did you say we kissed you?"

Lu Cheng gripped his horsewhip tightly, paused, and said, "It's 22, the relative who was married the year before last, and she lost her health when she gave birth last year, and went away before finishing her confinement."

Even if he didn't say anything, the eldest girl from the Xu family would know from the villagers if she wanted to inquire about it, and since Miss Feng saved her sister's life, since he promised her to raise Anan as a member of the Lu family, he couldn't let them get married When the truth spread, people pointed at Anan and said he was a wild child without a father.Lu Cheng didn't know who Miss Feng met and what happened, he just wanted to repay the favor.

The wife died, leaving only a child...

Ningxiang couldn't help but sympathize with the man from the neighboring village.

Nanny Li was also quite surprised. She said a few words of relief in a soft voice, concerned about the child who lost her mother early, "Is it a girl or a boy?"

Thinking of the thin but strong son at home, Lu Cheng's voice became warmer, "It's a son, his name is Anan."

Anan, Ningxiang couldn't help but muttered silently.

Nanny Li turned to care about Anan's daily life, and reminded him how to raise the child if he felt that Lu Cheng was not taking care of him properly.The two talked more and more, Ning Xiang listened, and gradually realized that this man named Lu Cheng also lost his parents early, and he had two younger brothers and a younger sister who was only seven years old. The candied chestnuts should be bought for his younger sister. of.

Looking at the two packs of chestnuts in her hand, Ning Xiang suddenly thought of a word.

Sympathy.

(End of this chapter)