Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

However, with Lu Ci's continuous promotion and Lu's mother's business booming, the Lu family's foundation has become more and more prosperous.

Even so, Lu's mother never had the idea of ​​moving to another place with a better location, but has always lived in the house that Lu Ci bought back then.

In her opinion, Lu Ci has been working in Beijing all year round, and he may not be able to return to his hometown for a few years. He lives alone in Mizhou, and he has no relatives to move around. How can he use a bigger house?

If it weren't for Lu Ci's repeated letters to her, she would finally believe that he was very rich, even in Bianjing, where every inch of gold and land, he lived a comfortable and good life, and he had the closest relationship with her. If Zhong's family is a neighbor across the wall... She is afraid that she will sell this empty house that seems too big to her alone, and replace it with a smaller one, so that she can take the saved money with her .

For Lu's mother's insistence, even the eloquent Lu Ci often tried to persuade her to no avail, so he had to let her go.

Xu Shi encountered too many ups and downs when she was young, and she was used to hard life, so asking her to suddenly change from simplicity to extravagance is very difficult for her.

Even though she has gradually gained experience in running the store over the past few years, the merchandise has changed from a few simple ones just for her to pass the time at the beginning, to a wide variety, and she has also begun to purchase goods from remote states and counties. It doesn't show up in her daily life.

There are always two dishes and one soup on the table, and there is no second bowl for the meal.

As for the expenses of hiring accountants and clerks in the store, she clearly distinguishes them and knows that they are necessary, but she has always adhered to the principle of saving as much as she can in her own life.

When Lu Ci wanted to hire a few more people for her to do housework and take care of her, she immediately objected.

There are only so many things to do at home, just busy for a while when you have time, why do you need someone to serve?

In the end, for the sake of Lu Ci's filial piety, she reluctantly left two servants.

It is more than enough for one of them to take care of her daily life alone, and the other one is mainly responsible for cleaning the courtyard and other rooms.

At this time, Lu Ci was walking ahead, holding Di Qing's hand, talking and laughing, followed by Zhong Yuan with a serious face.Even though Zhong Yuan was looking forward to it from the bottom of his heart, the way home would be farther, farther, farther... Lu Zhong's family, which are next to each other, still seemed to have arrived in the blink of an eye.

Lu Ci knocked lightly on the door of Lu's house first, and soon someone inside heard an 'ah', and trotted over to answer the door.

After the door opened, the maid who was in charge of sweeping the courtyard suddenly saw Lu Ci's handsome appearance with a smile on her face. She was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to come back to her senses. She said happily, "Lord Lu, it must be Lord Lu!"

Although she had seen Lu Ci with her own eyes when she signed the deed through the dental office, after three years, not only did she grow taller, but her already beautiful face also grew a little longer, and her gentle temperament became more like those in high positions. The imposing manner made her dazed for a moment, but she couldn't recognize it immediately.

It is indeed the handsome Da Langjun who faces the wind in Yushu.

"I'm back." Lu Ci nodded with a smile, stepped into the courtyard, and asked, "Where's my mother?"

"It's still very early when she comes back on weekdays!" The maid said with a smile on her face, "Master, please rest first. After I ask someone to pour you a cup of tea, I'll go look for her right away."

"No need."

Lu Ci was not surprised by this answer.Before he set off from the capital, he only sent a letter to his family, saying that he would come back soon, but he did not specify the date.

One is that the journey is far away and there are too many variables, so we cannot give an exact date; the other is that I don't want Lu's mother to worry too much, which delays what should be done.

Now it seems that Mother Lu, who has always been restless, is indeed as he expected. With his return date uncertain, she did not wait at home every day.

He shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about me, what should you do? Although I haven't returned for several years, it's still my own home, and I arranged it myself back then. I don’t recognize the house anymore.”

The servant girl still wanted to insist, but although she had a kind smile on Lu Ci's face, there was a hint of indisputable majesty, so she couldn't help swallowing her words again, and said with an apologetic smile: "That's not true. Then I'll be busy first, Lang If the Lord needs anything, just shout."

Lu Ci nodded happily.

Since Di Qing entered the room, his eyes have been busy, he has been looking here and there, and he is still holding the small strap of the backpack tightly in his hand.

Lu Ci led him all the way to the only unoccupied guest room in his memory, and said with a smile, "Although this room is a bit small, it has the best lighting, and it will be yours from now on."

The rooms where Zhu Shuo, Liu Qi and Teng Zongliang once lived were also asked by Lu Ci to instruct his servants to keep them intact: no matter if it was personal belongings or furnishings, they all looked as they did when they left. .

As long as you glance at the rooms of several people, you can see the personality of the owner.

Zhu said that he was rigorous and upright, and the house was obviously the neatest, with everything neatly arranged, even the quilt was folded into neat tofu cubes, and the pens that were cleaned after use were also obsessive-compulsive. Spread out word by word, line up from short to long.

Liu Qi’s was in stark contrast, it could be described as extremely messy, not only was the mattress messy, but the bookshelves were mostly empty, and those books that he had only read halfway, but were discarded by him who loved the new and disliked the old, were randomly scattered on the table, even the pen, ink and paper were scattered on the table. The inkstones were pushed to the side.

Teng Zongliang's appearance seemed ordinary, but there was a hidden mystery. Lu Ci once discovered by accident that the neatly arranged set of books clearly only had the cover of the book, and the wine in a small porcelain bottle was hidden behind it.

Even if they might not live here again in the future, treating the room like that, as if they just went out for an ordinary trip and could come back at any time, inexplicably made Lu Ci feel a lot better.

Now that Di Qing came, the arrangement Lu Ci gave him was of course to arrange a room exclusively for the other party, not to replace the other three friends.

Hearing this, Di Qing suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened in astonishment, and he looked as round as a real cuckoo slave squatting obediently on his shoulders.

Before he could refuse, Lu Ci asked knowingly with a smile, "Don't you like this room?"

Di Qing desperately turned her head to deny it: "Hi, I like—"

Lu Ci pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "That's good. Otherwise, the other rooms will be occupied by Brother Zhu and the others. If you're not satisfied, I'm afraid you'll have to be wronged to sleep in my room and share with me."

What he didn't know was that Di Qing immediately took his casual joke seriously.

After that, Lu Ci was going to go back to his room to take a rest, and considerately gave Di Qing a chance to be alone.

But he didn't know that after he went out, the little raccoon slave's face collapsed, swept away the previous excitement and excitement, listlessly put his small luggage on the spotless table, and then began to sit on the bed in a daze.

One hand was still on the shivering little pear blossom's back, carelessly stroking the smooth cat's fur.

I knew so.

——I knew it earlier!

Lu Ci, who originally wanted to go back to his room to take a nap, just came out of the short corridor, and just passed the small hall, when he was caught by Zhong Yuan, who was covered in heavy clouds.

"The two of us have been friends for so many years." Zhong Yuan brewed up such a dry emotional card for a long time, and just started the finished draft, and he disgusted himself, and he simply recovered. Impatient nature: "What are you going to say?"

The most uncomfortable thing is not to be stabbed severely, and then lie on the bed for half a month, but to hang a sharp knife on the neck, and it will not be able to fall off after such a slight distance, which is the most tormented.

Lu Ci raised his eyebrows: "Are you in such a hurry?"

Zhong Yuan scratched his head irritably, took a deep breath, and reflected deeply: "I did not handle this properly..."

In fact, he had already thought about not going to the capital to hit the wall for a second time.

However, whenever he was ready for a showdown, seeing the expectant smiling faces of his parents and wife, and the thoughtfulness when packing his luggage, he couldn't say these words anyway.

Lu Ci was noncommittal, and asked instead: "Uncle Zhong and the others thought you had already left for the capital?"

Up to now, Zhong Yuan can only honestly nod and admit it, holding on to the determination to break the jar, and express all the thousands of thoughts lingering in his heart in one breath.

He originally thought that he might as well just treat it as a waste of time for his family.

But when he got the boat ticket to Bianjing, and came to the pier with all the bags on his back, he was caught off guard by Yi Shu, who was studying hard for a while in the dim light of dawn. At that moment, his poor determination was instantly crushed.

There is a fundamental difference between him and Yi Shu.

In fact, ever since he knew Lu Ci many years ago, and was "tricked" into studying in the academy by accident, he felt very clearly that he was not a student at all.

The most irritating thing is that if he really didn't achieve anything in his studies, he was lucky enough to be able to solve it twice in a row.

But how is his own level, can he still not know?You have passed the understanding test, but you can't get in the provincial test no matter what!

However, no one in Zhong's family would believe his words, which made him suffer even more.

Seeing Yi Shu who worked so hard, Zhong Yuan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and fled back and forth for the first time, and moved to a member's house for a temporary stay with his burdens.

Just like this, he took turns living there from house to house, and Yi Shu, who was rejected by him, didn't have time to tell others, so the news was miraculously concealed.

Until today, when he was struggling with skills and couldn't bear to see Nandu Society lose, he finally played Cuju for a while, and was caught by Lu Ci.

When Zhong Yuan poured out his heart, Lu Ci listened carefully and patiently, never saying a word.

It wasn't until Zhong Yuan finished speaking that Lu Ci took a sip of his tea and said calmly, "I understand."

Zhong Yuan said what he had held back for many years, and his heart was much more relaxed, and the anxiety was gone.

Isn't it just that the Dongchuang incident was revealed, the family members cried and scolded, and the people around them despised it?

Just looking at Lu Ci who seemed to be meditating, the guilt in his heart quietly surfaced again, and he couldn't help saying: "I know that I can't help you the most. You really put too much thought into me, but I just A piece of mud that won't stick to the wall, blinding you for so many years..."

Lu Ci smiled gently and let him babble without interrupting or explaining anything.

After all, he knew very well that after letting Zhong Yuan express such guilt, the person who would feel most comfortable was actually Zhong Yuan himself.

When Zhong Yuan spoke so dryly that he had to stop to pour water, Lu Ci got up and said in a warm voice: "It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day. I will accompany you to Uncle Zhong right now to help you make it clear. Bar."