Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Mother Lu took these new clothes, which were obviously not suitable for Lu Ci, and showed them to Di Qing one by one. She couldn't help but look more and more satisfied, and pretended to ask: "These robes are still [-]% new. If Lang doesn't dislike it, he can take it all."

Di Qing looked at Lu Ci in bewilderment.

"Alright," Lu Ci said with a smile, "In this way, at least Brother Di's trip will not be in vain."

Mother Lu also looked at Di Qing with a smile: "Are you willing to accept it?"

Di Qing, who knew he had taken advantage of it, had no reason to be unwilling, blushing and nodding vigorously.

Seeing Di Qing put one on on the spot, Mother Lu walked in front of her to show her affection, and she couldn't help sighing, "Da Lang, if only you could be as strong as Di Lang."

In the eyes of the mother, of course, the stronger and healthier the baby, the better.

Lu Ci laughed, and before he could speak, Di Qing hurriedly helped him distinguish: "It's better to be like Gongzu, much better."

Mother Lu wanted to laugh in her heart, but she deliberately said: "This shoulder can't be picked up by hands, and since he was young, he picked up his mouth and liked to avoid laziness, and he often changed ways to ask people to help him carry things. What's wrong? Thanks to his clever mind, otherwise people can make a living by farming and hunting, but he can't do it."

Lu Ci helplessly spread his hands to Di Qing.

In normal times, Di Qing would not listen to others saying anything bad about his father-in-law, so he had to turn his face.

But the person who said this was the grandfather's mother. He was so anxious that his face turned red and he couldn't think of a good way to say it.

Finally, after racking my brains, I managed to hold back this sentence: "...When I was at home, my parents often complained that I wasted too much food and my brain was still stupid. Of course, it is my grandfather who is so good."

Mother Lu was startled, and subconsciously looked at Lu Ci, wanting to ask for proof.

Lu Ci nodded resolutely, and couldn't help but said with a smile: "During dinner, mother will be able to open her eyes and see the majesty of Di Xiaofantong."

Di Xiaofantong: "..."

Mother Lu couldn't help laughing: "No wonder you hit it off with Da Lang!"

Don't they all have a scary appetite but don't see much flesh on their bodies?

However, compared to Lu Ci, Lu's mother is obviously a kind person, and by letting Di Qing try on clothes one by one, Lu Ci was unable to continue teasing him who was already blushing.

Seeing that after trying one by one, all of them were very suitable. Mother Lu was happy that her hard work would not be in vain, and Lu Ci was also happy to see the results, so they really belonged to Di Qing.

Seeing Di Qing picking up these new clothes, Lu Ci showed a rare look of joy, and couldn't help teasing: "I usually buy you new clothes, why don't you like them so much?"

Di Qing said embarrassedly: "This is different."

Not only because the person who donated the clothes was Lu's mother, but also because the clothes were originally intended for Lu Gongzu.

Seeing that his mother was even more happy after hearing this, Lu Ci couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said slowly, "I didn't expect you to look clumsy, but you are actually a brain."

No, just after we met each other, he coaxed his mother into a happy mood.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ci suddenly remembered something, and asked his mother again: "Why are these clothes all the same size and length?"

According to common sense, even if you haven't seen the face for a long time, you have to measure the size of the clothes, but the part of the man's long body will be expected, and the clothes will be looser every year.

Lu's mother took it for granted: "Of course it's the same, it was all done in the first year you left."

Lu Ci blinked.

"I really missed you so much that year, so I made a piece of clothing every time I missed you..." Lu's mother said with nostalgia on her face, "Later, the business got bigger and there were more mats. Come on, where is the time to miss you?"

Lu Ci: "..."

Such a realistic mother-child relationship is indeed biological.

In the next few days, Mother Lu quickly made Lu Ci understand more deeply what the real mother-child relationship is.

When Lu Ci first returned to his hometown, due to the exhaustion of the journey, he rested at home for a few days and woke up naturally every day. In addition to personally tutoring Di Qing in his homework, he asked his servants to go to the street to buy new local Mizhou special snacks. While drinking the newly brewed fruit wine bought in the main store, I lay leisurely under the rocking chair in the backyard, watching the snowy scenery and killing time.

At the beginning, Mother Lu did not hesitate to push aside the work in the shop and sit idle with her Dalang.

However, soon, she couldn't be idle anymore, and resumed her inspection of the shop, not saying anything, and tactfully suggested that Lu Cimo stay idle at home, and take Di Qingduo out for a stroll if he had nothing to do.

Lu Ci was willing to help her with the affairs of the shop, such as settling accounts, registering purchases and shipments, etc., but Lu's mother refused without thinking.

Mother Lu said unceremoniously: "It's really unnecessary. Not to mention that you rarely come back, with your algorithm, although it is much faster, it requires people to relearn a lot of messy things. I just watched Just dizzy, where can I learn?"

Lu Ci didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's just to hire an accountant to learn, so why do you have to do it yourself?"

Lu's mother shook her head resolutely, plausibly saying: "You are thinking too easily. Any accountant with some ability has his own set of accounting methods and treats them as family heirlooms? If you want others to learn from you, they may not be happy, even if they are willing Well, that will take a lot of effort and waste your own time. In the end, when I want to check the accounts, don’t I have to follow your instructions to understand? I can’t learn. It’s better Let them follow the old stupid way to manage the accounts, although it is slower, but at least they are relaxed, and I can understand the accounts, so I won’t be blinded by it.”

Lu Ci was surprised, but after listening to his mother's explanation, he also felt that there was some truth, so he stopped forcing it.

However, Lu's mother really couldn't bear him being bored at home all day long, and after a few days, she couldn't help it anymore, and began to kick him out before she went out every day: "You yourself are bored all day long." Come on, why don't you think about Di Lang? He came here with you all the way, so he must go out for a few laps."

Lu Ciyuan also had this plan, and was about to readily agree, when Di Qing, who was defended, became anxious: "I don't feel bored, I really don't feel bored at all."

It would be better to say that, apart from being quite nervous during the quiz several times a day, for fear of disappointing Lu Ci if he doesn't perform well, he couldn't be more happy in such a fairy life where only the two of them face each other day and night.

Lu's mother was really puzzled: "He keeps you studying all day long, it's very boring. In the past, besides him, only Zhu Lang could stand it. But Liu Lang, Zhong Lang, Teng Lang and the others can't stop complaining, you really don't realize it. stuffy?"

She knew that Lu Ci's strictness was for the good of the friends who would rush to the tribute exam together, so she never expressed any opinions.But Di Qingnian is much younger, and has already missed the opportunity to participate in the boy's examination this year. The next tribute exam will probably be three years later, and it is rare to come to Mizhou again, so she specially meets with Lu Ci. I mentioned it.

Unexpectedly, the person who would not agree the most would be Di Qing himself.

Di Qing shook his head like a rattle.

Lu Ci rubbed Di Qing's head in relief, and said with a smile: "Since mother has said so, I will take you out today, and I will reward you for being hardworking and sensible these days."

Mother Lu felt relieved and went to the shop on her own.

Lu Ci first led Di Qing and two servants, put on hoods to protect their faces from the cold, and walked around the market. When they came out, the servants were already full of large and small bags.

There are everything from bits and pieces to firewood, rice, oil, salt, larger clothes, hand stoves for keeping out the cold, and medicinal materials for nourishing the body.

Both sides of the horse's back were already covered with souvenirs that Lu Ci brought from Bianjing.

Although Di Qing could easily see who the grandfather was going to visit, he didn't seem to have any curiosity, except for honestly helping to carry the bag, he never asked half a word at all.

It was Lu Ci who smiled and explained to him on the way up the mountain with a few people: "I will take you to Nandu Academy first to visit my old teacher, so that you can be influenced by the aroma of books in the academy."

Master Li was originally planning to personally send Yi Shu to Beijing to take the exam, and he took the opportunity to stay at the home of his most proud disciple Lu Ci for a while.

Unexpectedly, a few days before going out, he occasionally felt a cold, but he didn't take this little cough to heart, and went to the academy to attend classes as usual, but the illness worsened the next day.

On the day of departure, he was at the worst stage of his illness, his whole body was in a daze from fever, and he was still talking about going to Beijing in a daze, which made his wife angry and funny.

Even if she knew that Master Li would definitely sulk with her assertiveness after her illness got better, she would not hesitate to send a letter to Yi Shu who didn't know whether she should wait, and let him go on his own. This stubborn old man with a fever.

And because after Lu Ci returned to Mizhou, he lived in seclusion at home for the past few days, and he also wore a cloak when he went to the market, so not many people knew the news that he had returned.

Mother Lu wanted to deliver a letter to Master Li on the same day, but was stopped by Lu Ci, and she was going to visit in person to surprise Master Li.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, there was a fine snowfall at the foot of the mountain, and the ground was slippery. For safety reasons, Lu Ci stopped riding a horse at all, and walked shoulder to shoulder with Di Qing in front, followed by his servants, talking and laughing.

Di Qing was obviously full of curiosity about the road that Lu Ci had traveled for many years, and couldn't help looking around and asking questions. This unprecedented excitement surprised Lu Ci.

Because the two chatted all the way up the mountain, when they reached the gate of Nandu Academy, it seemed like a blink of an eye.

The old man at the door was wearing a thick winter coat, leaning against the doorpost under the narrow eaves, dozing off.

He suddenly woke up when he heard some movement, and looked up again, and saw a group of figures approaching in the distance, so he quickly got up: "You are..."

When asking, he naturally ignored the other three and kept staring at the leader, Lu Ci.

Lu Ci saw that the other party was not the one he was familiar with before, so he said politely: "I used to study in the academy, and now I have a little success, and I am free again, so I came to visit Mr. Li."

"Oh, it's Mr. Li again!"

The man was only amazed at how well Lu Ci was born, but after hearing what he said, his doubts were all cleared away.

He looked at the big and small bags behind Lu Ci, and couldn't help muttering that this didn't seem like a "slightly successful", and with this posture, he might have a big future.

Regardless of Mr. Li's temper, he is also a very good teacher. He taught Lu Ci, who won three consecutive yuan and was still a high-ranking official in Beijing, and now there is another outstanding student.

Still willing to make a special trip to buy so many things and go up the mountain to visit the teacher, obviously a person who knows how to repay his kindness.

He said cheerfully: "He didn't come to teach the students today, he must be recuperating in his own room right now. I'll take you there right now."