in spring

Chapter 18
The second uncle of the Lu family looks to be in his 30s, and his skin is older than his cousin Lu Yougui. He is black and thin, and he wears unremarkable civilian clothes, but he has good features and a sense of sincerity. The human temperament makes people feel more cordial at the first sight.

After he entered the door, he touched Chunying's head first, and asked, "I'm cured? What do you want to eat, just tell the second uncle, and the second uncle will keep it for you." Chunying smirked twice, and carefully stepped aside, I'm afraid that the second uncle will find out that the niece's shell has changed.

Mother Lu came up to say hello: "Why are you here at this time? Have you eaten yet? Unfortunately, your elder brother just got drunk and fell asleep."

Second Uncle Lu looked at his elder brother on the kang, stomped his feet and said, "I rushed over as soon as I heard about your family, why did my brother fall asleep? Then I'd better go back." He took the cloth in his hand Put the bag on the table: "This is something I brought back from the south of the Yangtze River. There is a bag of Yunling in it. My sister-in-law crushed it. Every morning, I mix it with boiling water and give it to Chun'er. It is best for weak people. But, there are still two pieces of material underneath, which are not very good, sister-in-law should keep them for the children to make clothes." Then he paused, and took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket.

Lu's mother was very happy when she saw the things in the cloth bag. When she saw that he wanted to give money, she struggled a bit, and said: "No need, these are enough. Your elder brother knows that I took your money. You must scold me."

Second Uncle Lu simply put the money on the table: "The money I give to my nephew and niece has nothing to do with my elder brother. My sister-in-law just keeps it. I don't give it for nothing. If my sister-in-law is free, she can give me more money." Several pairs of shoes, the few pairs given before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, have been worn out."

Mother Lu exclaimed: "That's a thousand-layer bottom! There are eight pairs! Are they all worn out?" She sighed: "You said you run outside all day, what's the use of getting more money? You're so tired. You are so thin, you are already 28 years old, and you haven't married a wife yet. If you continue to mess around like this, how can you rest assured your elder brother and me?"

Second Uncle Lu smiled and didn't answer. He just said, "I'm leaving. When the eldest brother wakes up, my sister-in-law will tell him to come to me tomorrow." went out.

Chunying scratched the messy hair and muttered "why do you keep touching my head?" Seeing her mother carefully put away the money, she asked curiously, "Mother, the second uncle did it." Alien, what the hell is it? Why did you wear out eight pairs of shoes in half a year?"

Lu's mother flipped through the materials in the cloth bag, and replied casually: "It's just running errands for the masters above. This time he went to the south of the Yangtze River, I heard that he went to a few villages that the mansion put down in the old year. I also bought some items along the way. Although this kind of errand has many benefits, it is also extremely hard. Your second uncle spends more than 360 days out of the 200 ​​days a year. He can't eat well and sleep well. No one is there, look at the robe he is wearing, I made it for him the year before last, and the sleeves are almost worn out."

Chunying listened, and felt that something was wrong. Since there are many benefits, how could the second uncle dress so...ordinarily?Could it be...he did it on purpose?

She kept an eye out, maybe this second uncle of the Lu family is not as honest as he looks.

"Why are you in a daze? The food is cold, eat it!" Lu's mother moved the candlestick closer to see the texture of the material, and she clicked her tongue twice: "This is the best Songjiang cotton cloth. Look at this, it's Sansuo cloth , keep it for your brother to make two clothes, if there is any left, I will make you a small one, okay?"

Chunying poked her head to look, but only knew that they were two pieces of white cloth, and couldn't see any difference, so she answered indiscriminately, and buried her head in eating again.

Mother Lu packed up the materials and medicinal materials, and sighed again: "These things are not cheap, although your second uncle's monthly money plus reward money is quite a lot, but now it is different from the past, working with the young master, I am afraid life will be difficult, Why spend so much money on us.”

Chunying blinked: "Mother, I always hear you talk about the young master, but I don't remember much about him. He... was born by my aunt, right? So it's hard to live in the house?" She didn't ask. Yes, the second young master is also a concubine, why can he be favored?

Lu's mother said: "It's fine if it's my aunt's, but he..." After a pause, she said: "Anyway, you just need to remember that the young master is shameless in front of the old lady and the wife, and sooner or later he will separate. When you enter the mansion, don't interact with the people in his house, and don't be too courteous in front of the young mistress."

Chunying thought about it.

Nothing happened all night, but the next morning, Lu Yougui learned about his cousin's message from his wife. Although he was puzzled, he still found time to talk to him. When he returned home at night, his wife asked what was the matter. , he said: "Second brother went to Jiangnan this time and took some local products in his hands. He didn't have time to take them out. He will go out again in a few days. He is afraid that things will be broken in his hands. Let me inquire for him. As long as he goes home It's reliable, and it's okay to be cheaper. When the job is done, he will give me a share of the money."

Lu's mother said happily: "This is a great thing! Since it is the second uncle's request, do you agree?" Chunying immediately threw away the Tongsheng book and stared at her father.

Lu Yougui nodded, but said with a stern face: "His goods and the money he sells are naturally his. What do you want to share with me? Just treat me to a drink when you are free."

Chunying closed her eyes, picked up the book again and continued to flip through it, and Mother Lu scolded, "Why are you so stupid?! That's your brother! What's the point of taking a few hard-earned money?!"

"You also know that it's hard money. He has no family and no business. Is it easy to live? Why take advantage of him?"

Mother Lu stomped her feet: "Who took advantage of him? It's just a car fee. Don't you need to run errands? The family is not rich. You see that the second uncle is dressed poorly, but you don't know that he is a rich man!"

Lu Yougui glanced at her: "Okay, with those few coins, do you still care about these small coins? Stop it. That's my brother!" Turning to Chunying who listened with her ears open, she said, "All day long What are you doing with that book? You can’t read, so you might as well do more work.”

Chun Ying hurriedly smiled and said: "The painting on this is interesting, I am looking at it." Turning her eyes, she asked again: "Father, are you literate? Can you teach me?" Not illiterate.

"Your father and I are naturally literate, otherwise how would we read the posts? But you are a girl, what words do you need to read? You are not a lady in the house." Lu Yougui was very disapproving.

"It's always better to know how to read than not to know how to read. If I can read, I can read posts, read the account book, and go shopping without being cheated into the scale." Chun Ying carefully changed the concept, hoping that her father would not find out .She just needs a cover to cover up the fact that she actually "literate".

It's a pity that the father of the Lu family is not very cooperative: "If you want to learn arithmetic, just go to your mother, she can also recognize numbers. Forget about anything else. Ah, dad's hat is broken, you can fix it."

Chunying looked at the hat, took it discouragedly, and casually pulled the sewing basket over to sew.When Mother Lu saw this, she was a little embarrassed and said: "Although I have learned a little bit, I haven't used it for many years, and I forgot it long ago. Now I only remember what ten numbers look like. Your Aunt Lu has learned a lot. She knows how many numbers. The hundred characters were all taught by my aunt when she was at home. But the smartest one is Qingxie who was married as a dowry, not only can memorize poems, but also learned how to play the piano and chess from my aunt."

Chunying was very interested: "Are they all taught by my aunt? My aunt must be a talented woman, right?"

"Naturally she is a talented girl." Lu's mother said excitedly, "She looks good, and her temperament is even more classy. She treats us waiters well. It's a pity that she married far away. My aunt's family is Jin Shanbo in Nanjing. The surname is Huo, and it is also a family that has inherited the title from generation to generation. The family is well-matched and the relationship is good, but it is that I have not seen my relatives for many years..." At this point, she felt a little sad again.

Chun Ying hurriedly said a few words of comfort, but her mind turned elsewhere.Since the young lady of the previous generation was a talented woman, the current young lady should not be illiterate. When she enters the mansion, she will still have the opportunity to touch books. Maybe the second young lady will follow the example of my aunt and teach the maid to read and write?Anyway, there are only a few months left, so she should be patient.

Then, she noticed a message revealed in her mother's words: my uncle's family is in Nanjing.She thought of Songjiang Bu last night. Since there is Nanjing and Songjiang in this world, it seems that this is really the Ming Dynasty, but it seems to be a little different from the Ming Dynasty she knows.

Chunying couldn't help but take another look at the Tongsheng book.She had just read the story of filial piety, and there was an allusion called "the general attends his mother", which said: a general during the Jianwen period of this dynasty, his biological mother died young, and he was raised by his stepmother.After he became a general, his stepmother fell ill. He was not too dirty or too tired. He personally took medicine for the old man and washed his feet, even if he was splashed with medicine juice, he didn't care.Someone advised him that it was not his own mother, so he didn't need to serve him himself, just hand it over to the maid.But he said that his stepmother had the kindness to raise him, no different from his own mother. Serving his mother is the filial piety of a child. How can he dislike his mother's illness?The emperor was very moved when he knew about it, and specially ordered someone to add his deeds to the filial piety.

This is a story that happened in the 23rd year of Jianwen.So Chunying got tangled up.She clearly remembered that Emperor Jianwen of the Ming Dynasty was robbed of the throne by his uncle Zhu Di not long after he ascended the throne, and he himself disappeared. How could there be 23 years of Jianwen?At first I thought it was a coincidence, it just happened to use the same year name, but now that the place names can also match, it's another matter.Seeing that the emperor's name was Taizong during the Jianwen period, she began to wonder, could history have changed?
She couldn't help throwing down her hat and flipping through the book again. After turning the pages, she accidentally found a simple map. She couldn't see any specific terrain changes. She only recognized that the curved line was probably Jiangnan, and the protrusion was a bit like Shandong, and then the word "Daming" is written in the middle, the small circle on the upper left is Yilibali, the crooked trapezoid on the upper right is Wala, and the peanut on the upper right is Qing Dynasty.

What is this all about?Where did she wear it? !

After struggling for a while, she simply put the book aside.No matter where she wears, life is still going on, isn't it?These national affairs have nothing to do with her family having children!
Chunying picked up the hat and patted it a few times in a fit of anger, only to realize that her father was looking at her, and hurriedly made amends: "There is some dust on the hat..."

Lu Yougui glared at her, and then said: "You can be fascinated by looking at such a painting? Put your mind back to the right way!" Then he glared at his wife: "You recruited her! If you have the time to remember the past, Why not find a good wife for my brother!"

Lu's mother made excuses with a smile and talked about it. After dinner, she quietly walked to the kitchen and whispered to her daughter who was washing the dishes: "Help me put those shoes away later, we will find your second friend tomorrow." Uncle, don't let your father know."

Chunying blinked: "Looking for Second Uncle? What are you doing?"

"Stupid girl!" Lu's mother knocked her down, "Your father is so stupid that he let go of money for nothing, we can't live up to your second uncle's good intentions."

Chunying let out a long "Oh" and smiled knowingly.

(This chapter is a bit difficult to write... Is it because I am in a bad state? No matter what, on the first day of PK, I will always shout: Please vote for me more, little pink~~~)

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