The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"It just so happens that the prince is here today. Let's sit down, have a drink, and chat while eating." Lu Deming said with a smile: "It's the New Year, so I'll take a break. I'll go to the greenhouse and pick two cucumbers. When the cucumbers are green, they are crisp and tender, and they are best eaten raw. They are all planted by me. It's rare to see them in Chang'an City in the winter."

Li Fu nodded repeatedly.

This is really not something that ordinary people can have. If you want to eat such fruits and vegetables in the winter, you can only build a greenhouse at home, and it takes a lot of effort to maintain a greenhouse.

There is no greenhouse in the Jingyang King's house in Chang'an City, but there is an old house in Jingyang County, which is specially for Li Fu to eat fresh fruits and vegetables in winter.

"Okay, then I'll accompany you. Drink less. I just brought you two jars of good wine. Please try it." Li Fu smiled: "Let's do this today. I drink your good wine and you try the good wine I brought. How about it?"

"Okay, all right!" Lu Deming smiled generously.

Soon, Lu Dunxin arranged the food. Lu Deming took Li Fu to the small side hall. The main reason was that the room here was small. After putting the charcoal basin, the room was warm. Although the hall was large, it was cold and uncomfortable to sit.

Li Fu was wearing shoes and socks and sitting on the couch. There was a table between him and Lu Deming.

Lu Dunxin came with the wine from home. Lu Deming signaled his son to fill Li Fu's glass.

Li Fu asked Lu Dunxin to get the good wine he brought and give it to Lu Deming.

Lu Dunxin asked the servants at home to prepare it quickly, and finally poured it into the wine pot, brought it up, and placed it in front of Lu Deming.

Lu Deming also poured himself a glass of wine.

Seeing the clear and transparent wine in the glass, his eyes were filled with excitement.

"Your Highness, this wine..."

"Home-brewed, try it." Li Fu smiled.

"Good, good." Lu Deming responded repeatedly.

The wine is clear and the aroma is rich. It can be determined at a glance that it is a good wine.

It is worthy of being a good thing from the Jingyang King's house, and it is well-deserved.

After drinking a glass of wine, Lu Deming's throat was burning.

He had never drunk such a strong liquor.

"How is it?" Li Fu asked with a smile.

Li Fu also picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of sake.

"This wine is spicy." Lu Deming said, "Is this the new wine brewed by your highness?"

Li Fu nodded: "Yes, it is brewed in the farm. The output is not high. Some of it was reserved and given as New Year gifts to each family. Otherwise, there is really nothing to show. I just came to Chang'an City last year and I didn't know anything. I almost made a fool of myself. Fortunately, there were some things in the house that were not available outside at that time. I gave the New Year gifts. Otherwise, I, the King of Jingyang, would have become a joke in the whole Chang'an City."

"Huh? How could this happen?" Lu Deming was puzzled.

He met Li Fu in the summer. At this time last year, the two of them didn't know each other, let alone sitting together to eat and chat like now.

Li Fu smiled and talked about the previous things.

"You know, I got this status halfway. I don't know that many people in Chang'an City. How could I think so much at that time? At my age, there is no head of the family. When the emperor or His Majesty thinks of something, he will send someone to tell me, and then I will know what to do." Li Fu said: "Although the housekeeper Zhao Shu is old, he came to my house when he was young, and he has been with me all the way."

"It's really not easy." Lu Deming was also very emotional.

He never paid attention to these things before, and he didn't care about the lives of ordinary people.

But since he came back from Jingyang County last time, he would pay special attention and inquire about it, so he knew more about the hardships of people's livelihood, and he also understood more clearly what Li Fu said to the three little princes on the farm: "Every porridge and every meal should be thought of as hard-earned, and every thread and every thread should be thought of as hard-earned."

Now this is considered a family motto in the Lu family mansion.

When a family lives together, it is definitely not wrong to save money.

"I thought about some of the things His Highness said on the farm before. I hope that some of them can be passed down as the family motto of the Lu family." Lu Deming said.

Li Fu thought about it.

What did he say on the farm? How could he be fooled by old man Lu?

"The Lu family has a patriarch like you who is highly respected. Your character and knowledge will definitely be passed down as the pillar of the Lu family." Li Fu smiled and said, "Farming and reading will be passed down for a long time, and poetry and books will be passed down from generation to generation. The Lu family will be such a family."

Lu Deming's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Farming and reading will be passed down for a long time.......

Poetry and books will be passed down for a long time......

There isThe truth is so true.

Poetry, books, and farming, the artistic conception is profound.

In the past, I only knew poetry and books, which was not considered farming and reading. Now I do it myself, which is considered farming and reading, so I have more insights...

"Your Highness, what you said is extremely reasonable, and I am willing to learn from you." Lu Deming bowed and said.

Li Fu smiled and waved his hand.

"What do you want to learn from? In fact, who doesn't understand the truth? It's nothing more than whether you can do it, and whether the reality is like what we think." Li Fu said: "I haven't read too many books, unlike you, who is well-educated and has your own research on classics, history, and collections, and has published books and established specialties. Because I have not lived in a big family since I was a child, many people have blamed me behind my back because of this."

Lu Deming heard this and waved his hand quickly.

These are not Li Fu's own mistakes.

In terms of being a person, it is not a gentleman's behavior to use other people's past experiences and pains to criticize others.

"Your Highness, come." Lu Deming picked up the wine glass and clinked glasses with Li Fu.

After drinking for more than thirty minutes, Li Fu's chatterbox also opened up a little.

It was also quite relaxing to sit with old man Lu and drink and chat.

There were not so many twists and turns, and there was no need to play tricks.

Old Lu was just a pure scholar, a pure scholar, and he was fundamentally different from those thousand-year-old foxes in the court.

"However, let others say what they want. Anyway, the life of the Jingyang King's house is pretty good now. The emperor often comes to sit, and His Majesty is also thinking about this place." Li Fu smiled and said, "So, they can say whatever they want behind my back. As long as they don't say it in front of me, I will pretend that I don't know. What do people live for in their lifetime? I just want to be happy, I have no ambition, and I want to enjoy a little, so what?"

Lu Deming shook his head repeatedly.

"Your Highness said that, but in fact, Your Highness has done a lot of good things." Lu Deming said: "In the counties around Chang'an City, there is no manor that can compare to your manor in Jingyang County."