Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 8
Not long after Lu Zhan sat down, the eldest lady arrived with a pair of children.

"Is Ah Nuan feeling better?" The eldest lady respectfully bowed to her parents-in-law, and after sitting down, she called Lu Mingyu to her side and asked lovingly.

Lu Zhan started his family as a martial artist, and he didn't pay too much attention to the right family when he married a wife. From the time he married the Zhu family, it can be seen that when it was the turn of his sons to start a family, Lu Zhan didn't set any rules that the daughters of non-rich families should not marry.So one day the eldest son told him excitedly and coyly that he had a crush on a merchant girl, Lu Zhan sent someone to investigate, and after confirming his innocence, he agreed.

The eldest lady's family is in the affluent Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. She grew up with rich clothes and fine food. In terms of education, her vision is no worse than that of a lady in the capital, but she does not have the arrogance of an official girl in her bones. Made a few friends.Lu Zhan knew that Mrs. Zhu was not a housekeeper, so he handed over the inner courtyard to the eldest daughter-in-law. The eldest lady was considerate, and would discuss with her stepmother first if she had any ideas, which gave Mrs. Zhu enough face, so Mrs. Zhu liked it very much. This non-kin daughter-in-law.

Lu Mingyu lived at her grandmother's side in her previous life, she was influenced by her ears and eyes, and she also respected the eldest lady as her own aunt in her heart.

"It's all over, thank you for thinking about it." Standing in front of the elder, Lu Mingyu said obediently.

The eldest lady nodded and said: "That's good, come and play with the eldest aunt more often, your eldest sister will miss you."

After hearing this, Lu Mingyu smiled and looked at the big sister next to her.

Lu Jinyu was only nine years old, and looked like the eldest lady, with almond eyes and peach cheeks, and two dimples would appear on the corners of her lips when she smiled.Sisters who are so big will definitely chatter when they get together, but the majestic grandfather is sitting diagonally opposite, Lu Jinyu tries hard to suppress the joy of seeing the fourth sister, winks at Lu Mingyu quietly, and makes an appointment to talk later.

The corners of Lu Mingyu's lips rose, and she turned to her eldest cousin whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Lu Jiaping is the eldest grandson of the Lu family, his facial features resemble his grandfather Lu Zhan more than his own father, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, but his personality follows his father's, honest and stable, far from Lu Zhan's stern aura.Seeing the little sister looking over, Lu Jiaping was about to grin when Lu Zhan suddenly called him over to ask questions.

Lu Jiaping's heart tightened, and he hurried to deal with his grandfather.

Lu Mingyu smiled at the eldest lady, mother and daughter, and was about to go back to her grandmother, when she turned around, she saw her parents walking towards the main room, next to her second uncle's family of five, followed by her unmarried fourth uncle Lu Xun.

Now that they saw each other right, Lu Mingyu stepped out the door with a smile, and saluted the elders one by one.

Hearing his daughter's sweet and childish voice, Lu Rong showed a faint pride on his face.He is blind in both eyes and is the most sensitive to sound. It's not that he is partial to his own family, but the five little girls in the Lu family, including his own sister Lu Yun, has the best voice. of sugar.

"Ah Nuan lost weight?" Second Master Lu is sleek and sophisticated, he is smiling outside, but he smiles more sincerely at home, touching his little niece's head, Second Master Lu bent down, smiled and coaxed: "Eat more, Nuan Bring back the meat as soon as possible, the little girl will look chubby."

Lu Mingyu believed it was his fault, forced a smile, and slipped his eyes to his second sister Lu Huaiyu.

Lu Huaiyu was only one year older than her, with phoenix eyes and melon-shaped face, and she was very beautiful when she grew up. She and Lu Mingyu were called "Lu Family Shuangyu". Known as the number one beauty in the capital.In terms of beauty alone, Lu Mingyu really didn't think she was much better than her second sister, although Chu Sui didn't think so.

However, that is the future. At this time, Lu Huaiyu has a chubby little body and a chubby face, with her head raised arrogantly, her double chin is particularly obvious.On the contrary, Lu Yan, the third daughter from a concubine beside her, is just right thin, and she can vaguely see her future demeanor.

"Second sister, third sister." Lu Mingyu continued to act cute.

Lu Yan returned her a shallow and cautious smile, Lu Huaiyu snorted, and raised her chin even higher.She doesn't like the fourth sister, because the fourth sister is one year younger than her, but her homework is better than her. She can't recite a passage more than a dozen times, but the fourth sister can remember it after reading it twice. Teachers always praise the fourth sister , which made Lu Huaiyu, who ranked last in intelligence, very unhappy.

"Be careful of your grandfather scolding you." The second son Lu Jia'an mischievously tapped the top of his sister's head.They are all younger sisters, and he likes them all.

Lu Huaiyu was afraid of his grandfather, so he quietly looked into the main room, glared at Lu Mingyu, and ignored her.

"Let's go in first, don't ask the second elder to wait." The second lady said calmly, holding her daughter's fleshy little hand.

Second Master Lu nodded and took the lead to leave, followed by the Erfang family.

Mrs. Xiao stretched out her hand to her daughter, Lu Mingyu laughed and gave her little hand to her mother.In the past, she was most envious of the three older sisters who were loved by their biological mothers, but now she is also a child who is loved by her mother.

"A Nuan, here, the peach wood wards off evil spirits, and A Nuan won't get sick if she wears it."

Just about to take a step, a big white hand suddenly stretched out from the side, holding a pair of carved mahogany bracelets in the palm.Lu Mingyu couldn't help laughing, raised her head, and met fourth uncle Lu Xun's handsome face.Her father has four brothers, not a father with complicated feelings. Lu Mingyu's favorite in her previous life was her fourth uncle, because her fourth uncle was very kind to her, and would bring her gifts every time she went out. .

"Thank you fourth uncle." Lu Mingyu quickly put away the bracelet and thanked in a low voice.

Lu Xun patted his little niece's head, and when he saw Mrs. Xiao looking over, he smiled slightly, and then took a step back politely, without looking any further.

Xiao looked at her daughter and acquiesced in this gift.Aunt Zhou is safe and sound, Lu Xun is respectful and filial to his mother-in-law, even his mother-in-law only occasionally gets jealous of Aunt Zhou, and never says anything bad about Lu Xun. Lu Xun is particularly partial to his daughter, who has a relationship with her fourth uncle Recently, the mother-in-law also knows.

Such a big family gathering together should be joyful and lively, but Lu Zhan has accumulated power for a long time, with him present, no one dares to laugh.

I really can't eat without saying a word...

After dinner, Lu Zhan looked at his wife Zhu Shi, and met Zhu Shi's expectant and fearful eyes. Lu Zhan lowered his eyes, sat quietly for a while, and went to the side room, meaning that he would stay in Ning'an Hall.Clutching the veil tightly, Mrs. Zhu proudly swept towards Aunt Zhou. Aunt Zhou recalled that the master only asked her to pinch her forehead last night and did nothing else. She smiled wryly in her heart and was the first to leave.

The first room, the second room, and Lu Xun left one after another. Before Lu Jinyu left, he whispered to his younger sister to find her. Lu Mingyu smiled and agreed.

"Mother, let's go back first." Xiao said softly to her mother-in-law, father-in-law stayed, mother-in-law doesn't need them to entertain her.

Mrs. Zhu smiled, and told the young couple to take good care of Lu Mingyu.

Xiao nodded and called her daughter who was still in her grandmother's arms to come over.

Lu Mingyu actually wanted to ask her grandmother a question, but her grandmother wanted them to leave quickly, and Lu Mingyu couldn't spoil her grandmother's good deeds, so she hugged her grandmother reluctantly, and she raised her head and said, "Grandma, if you miss me, ask someone to look for it." I, Ah Nuan, have something else I want to tell you."

Zhu's heart flew inside early, and he hummed a few times perfunctorily.

Lu Mingyu was amused and helpless, and left with her parents.

Mrs. Zhu finally sent her daughter away, straightened her dress nervously, and whispered to Nanny Lan before entering the door, "How is it?"

Her eyes were watery, and she looked like a shy girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.

Sister Lan smiled without saying a word, and gently pushed her.

Zhu shi blushed and went in.

Lu Zhan sat cross-legged on the warm couch, saw her coming in, with a shy face, looked at him timidly and immediately lowered his head, Lu Zhan was in an indescribably complicated mood.He likes Mrs. Zhu, otherwise he would not have married her at the beginning, but Mrs. Zhu is simple and stubborn. After entering Beijing, she insisted on following other noble ladies.Lu Zhan didn't like it, he told her plainly that it was good to keep it as it was, and Mrs. Zhu promised well in front of him, and continued to go her own way after turning around. I really don't know where the courage came from.

Lu Zhan couldn't remember how many times he persuaded him, but Mrs. Zhu just didn't listen. As time went by, she became more and more unfamiliar, and after he entered the military department, he became more and more busy. Not wanting to intrigue with the ministers and face a hypocritical her one day after returning, so she went to Aunt Zhou's side.

In terms of relationship, Lu Zhan didn't pay special attention, he just thought that all women are similar, one is enough.After the death of his original wife, he had no woman so he picked up an aunt. Later, when he met Mrs. Zhu, Lu Zhan only went to Mrs. Zhu. After all, this was the wife he was marrying as a matchmaker, and Mrs. Zhou was a concubine or a slave, so don't worry about it.

When he was disappointed with Mrs. Zhu, he was still young, and when he was young, he was easily impulsive, and he hated iron for being weak. After remarrying, he went to Aunt Zhou's side for the first time. He really touched Aunt Zhou. Shi was jealous and wronged, so he coaxed him well at night, and in the next few days, Zhu Shi even forgot about those vanity comparisons and threw himself on him wholeheartedly.

Lu Zhan continued to stay with her alone until Mrs. Zhu went out as a guest, probably aroused, and her old behavior relapsed.

Lu Zhan pretended to look for Aunt Zhou, and did nothing at night, and the next day, Mrs. Zhu really changed back, and so on and so forth... Aunt Zhou was lucky, she conceived a child in one night, and raised her child after giving birth. , Lu Zhan didn't worry about it, and while teasing his wife, he worked hard to gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of War. Unknowingly, 20 years have passed.

Now that he is old, his energy is not as good as before. As the minister of the Ministry of War and the cabinet minister, he has more and more things to worry about.His wife is also getting old, but Mrs. Shangshu is doing better and better, and she doesn't seem to value him so much.Lu Zhan no longer deliberately played tricks when he was young, and went to Aunt Zhou's place not to sleep or to stimulate her, but to find a quiet place, and asked Aunt Zhou to pinch her forehead to relieve her headache.

If possible, Lu Zhan only wants to come to his wife's side, but his wife is too stubborn.

When she was young, she acted obediently to please him in order to win back his heart, and Lu Zhan was willing to accept it. Now, Lu Zhan just feels tired.

He hoped that Zhu Shi would completely change back, not just as a stopgap measure, but unfortunately things backfired, and now she didn't even change her makeup.

Looking away, Lu Zhan went down to the ground, and admonished him in a cold voice: "You want to save face, and you want to be the first in everything, but Ajun is my daughter, and as a father, I can give her all the honor and dignity, and there is no need for her to work hard on her talent." Study hard to get ahead. I can't control your stubborn personality, but if you dare to teach your daughter to be like you, don't blame me for prohibiting you from meeting."

Zhu's blushing face turned pale.

Lu Zhan remained indifferent, and strode away with a sullen face.

He had already lost a wife and did not want his daughter to become vain and superficial.

(End of this chapter)