Yijia Yishi

Chapter 8 The Lu Family
The Lu family in Changle Town made their fortune by casting iron tools.

Lu Shuyi's great-grandfather, Lu Yuanyuan, was just a small merchant in the silk business in Yizhou.

In the 30th year of Zhou Kang, by chance, he found out that Changle Town was rich in iron ore.Moreover, the authorities at that time did not interfere with the development of iron ore, as long as they did not privately forge weapons and sell them.

So Lu Yuan moved his family to Changle Town, and used all his savings to buy half a mountain, started mining and smelting iron, casting iron tools, and doing business with people in Yunnan and Shu areas, selling iron agricultural tools.

With this coming and going, the Lu family gradually prospered and began to rise with Changle Town.

In the 36th year of Zhou Kang, the Liao people went north, and the whole Jizhou was in a mess.

The Liao people coveted the Lu family's iron mines, and wanted the Lu family to forge weapons for them.

Lu Yuan has a strong temper and refuses to obey him.Because of this integrity, he was appreciated by Huo Ju, the Marquis of Dingbei, Jizhou at that time.

Later, the Huo family's army fought against Japan for three years and completely drove the Liao people out of Jizhou.

After the peace of the Sifang, under the protection of the Huo family, the Lu family's iron mines spread more and more widely, and gradually became a big family in Jizhou.

Dazhou does not prohibit iron ore mining, as long as it is a legal business and pays national taxes every year.

This is also the reason why the Lu family has been able to survive for so long.

However, the Lu family is obviously not as good as before in the generation of Lu Shuyi's grandfather Lu Zhanye.

Lu Zhanye is a man who only seeks profit, and puts profit first in everything, and does not have the integrity of Lu Yuan back then.

Because of this, he was not appreciated by the current Jizhou Dingbei Marquis Huo Guang.

In addition, Jizhou now has new rich men like the Pei family and the Pan family, and there are several generations of deep-rooted families like the He family and the Zhou family.

Surviving in the cracks, the glory of the Lu family in Lu Yuan's era is gone forever.

But Lu Zhanye is very speculative. He married the daughter of salt merchant Pei Shirong.

The Pei family is now the new favorite of Huo Guang, Marquis of Dingbei, Jizhou. With the help of the Pei family, the Lu family's business has not declined, and it still looks prosperous.

The Lu family's house was built on Ronghua Street in Changle Town, covering an extremely wide area of ​​about 50 mu, divided into two mansions, the East and the West.

Lu Shuyi's grandfather, Lu Zhanye, was the eldest son and lived in Dongfu.

Along the way, the street market is full of people, and the pedestrians are dressed in gorgeous clothes, showing a prosperous atmosphere.

No wonder it is so, although Changle Town is only a small town, its prosperity is comparable to places like Yizhou.

The carriage stopped at the east and west corner gates of the East Mansion.

After Mrs. Yang got out of the car, a woman went to report to Mrs. Mrs. Lu.

Yang stroked her temples and glanced at Wu Cheng: "Waiting for us here."

Although Wu Cheng is a guest, he is not allowed to enter the inner courtyard where the women live.

Mrs. Lu lives in Fushouju.

To go to Fushouju, you have to follow the vertical flower gate, pass four mahogany fan-shaped wooden screens all the way, and then pass the chaoshou veranda, and you will see the small Jiuqu bridge passing through the lake.

At this time, when the wind and lotus are in full bloom, where the breeze passes by, the lotus is swaying, like a fairy dancing gracefully over the vast mist.

Walking on it, don't have a taste.

But at this moment, Lu Shuyi is not in the mood to watch these things. All she cares about now is her mother's illness.

Lu Shuyi supported Mrs. Yang, followed by Lu Wenjie and Lu Shujing

Lu Shujing walked slowly behind, her little face flushed with heat.

Just halfway along the road, several women and maids greeted them with smiles on their faces, and bowed their knees as soon as they met.

Among them, a woman wearing a sapphire blue copper coin-patterned beanie had the prettiest smile. She hurried forward and took the lead and shouted: "Hello, my wife."

But his eyes quickly swept over Lu Shuyi.

She is Mrs. Lu's most capable nanny, Mrs. Qian, who was brought over by Mrs. Lu from Pei's house.

For Mrs. Lu's people, Mrs. Yang always wanted to show some face, and said with a smile, "Hi, Nanny Qian."

Although Qian Momo is in her 40s, her face is not old-fashioned, she is white and fat, with few wrinkles around her eyes, but she looks like a 38-year-old.

Nanny Qian in her previous life was extremely capable, and Mrs. Lu relied on her for everything big and small.

So she also became the object of fawning on each room.

When those ladies see her, they always give her some face.

"Has the old lady eaten?" Yang asked as she walked.

"I've used it, but it didn't help much. I barely managed to drink half a bowl of jujube porridge." Qian Momo sighed, frowned, and took advantage of the situation to help Mrs. Yang: "The second wife has been ill for the past two days, the old lady I was also in a hurry, I couldn't eat or drink, so I went to the small Buddhist hall to worship the Buddha for a long time this morning."

The second wife is Lu Shuyi's mother.

But Lu Shuyi didn't believe that Mrs. Lu would go to the small Buddhist hall to pray to her mother, and naturally she wouldn't believe that she couldn't eat or drink.

She curled her lips quietly, still following Yang closely.

Although Yang knew what was going on in her heart, she still had to put on a face: "Yes, the old lady is kind to everyone, and everyone in the Lu family doesn't praise her."

When Qian Momo heard this, a smile bloomed on her face.

Along the way, Zuo was nothing more than polite words and compliments, which were of no use.

Lu Shuyi didn't bother to listen anymore, so she slowed down her pace and asked Lu Wenjie secretly: "Jie'er, do you miss your mother?"

After hearing this, Lu Shujing couldn't help but glared at Lu Shuyi, tugged at Lu Wenjie's sleeve, and whispered, "Don't pay attention to her."

Lu Shujing also had lingering fears.

Last year, she and Lu Wenjie went to live with her grandmother's house for seven days. After returning, Lu Shuyi asked the same question.She replied that she missed her mother, but Lu Shuyi secretly pinched her.

Thinking about the scene at that time, she still felt a burning pain in her arm.

Lu Shuyi suddenly thought of this, and turned her face away a little uncomfortable, but hated her previous life in her heart, why was she so out of tune...

Fortunately, we arrived at Fushouju soon.

Fushouju has a total of seven large rooms, three main rooms, two side rooms, and two suites connected with the main room.

Usually, Mrs. Lu meets guests in the main hall in the middle.

Nanny Qian led Mrs. Yang into the main hall. Old Madam Lu was sitting on a low table with carved mahogany roses wrapped around branches, wearing a furry blue tunic with swastika pattern, waiting with a smile on her face.

After meeting, the two couldn't avoid some polite words.

The three sisters Lu Shuyi also came forward to salute, but the old lady Lu didn't have time to pay attention to them, she just asked someone to take Lu Wenjie down.

Lu Shuyi stood under the southeast window with drooping eyebrows, secretly glanced at the old lady Lu, her nails dug into her flesh fiercely, her palms were burning hot.

In her heart, she hated Mrs. Lu very much.

In her previous life, she was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall by Mrs. Lu for three years, and she never let her step out of the Buddhist hall.

Although she did it on her own back then, she deserved it.

But later the Lu family was defeated, and the old lady Lu could have used her natal family's power to marry off her granddaughters early and escaped.

But she didn't do this, for fear that her natal family would be implicated, so she just watched her unmarried granddaughters being humiliated by the officers and soldiers, and finally did not become official prostitutes.

Thinking of this, she only felt chills running down her back, as if she had returned to that day again.

The Lu family was wailing all over the sky, and the women's screams were drowned out...

At that time, Lu Shujing was just 14 years old, at the age of a flower, it was the most beautiful time for a girl, and the time when she looked forward to the future the most...

The corners of Lu Shuyi's eyes were a little warm, and she didn't even dare to look at Lu Shujing again.

Lu Shujing didn't feel it, and just stood quietly by the side.

Old Madam Lu's sad voice sounded next to her ear: "A good-natured person, if he says he falls ill, he will fall ill. Hey... If my old lady can replace her, I would like to replace her!"

The old lady Lu rubbed the center of her eyebrows and coughed lightly twice.

"Who says it's not." Yang's eyes were a little dim, she lowered her eyes to look at the shining floor, and said after a while: "I'll go and see Lianxue first, her brother is still waiting outside!"

"Uncle is here too? Why don't you come in?" Mrs. Lu glared at Qian Momo with some reproach.

Mrs. Yang hurriedly said: "After all, it's the inner house, and he's not a child, so it's better to be on guard."

After Mrs. Yang said this, Mrs. Lu didn't say anything else, she just glanced sideways at Lu Shuyi who was standing aside, with a smile on her face, she said very kindly: "Yi'er, then you can take your grandmother to see Your mother, I'll go later."

Go later?
Mother has been ill for a few days, why has she ever been there in person?
A hint of hatred flashed across Lu Shuyi's eyes, but she immediately covered it up, and replied respectfully: "Yes", and led Mrs. Yang to the Champs Courtyard where her mother lived.

(End of this chapter)