Little Scholar's Circle of Husbands

Lu Fangzhou finally asked Yan Yan for advice, because it was a scandal of the Lu family, he didn't say it directly, but used other stories as a metaphor for this matter.

Yan Yan didn't point it out, just said: "Since there must be deception all of a sudden, if you don't see it but don't see it, if you don't pay attention to it, you will be caught because of it, which is not good for the future. It's better to treat each other with courtesy and follow the rules. Let's see what the other party does. ?”

Lu Fangzhou immediately understood what Yan Yan meant, and went to the county seat on the same day to find out the customs of birthday worship in Sheng County, and prepared all the necessary congratulatory gifts, and added new year gifts.

On New Year's Eve, he took Er Niu and hired two sedan chairs, a group of porters, and went to Lu's house in a decent manner.

The Lu family has two houses, one is located in the east of the county seat, and the other is located in the south of the county seat. The one in the east of the county seat is an old house with a small area. It was not originally the house of the Lu family, but the house of Lu Fangzhou's mother, the Zhou family.

Mr. Lu was born in poverty, the oldest in his family, and started herding cattle at the age of five. There was a private school in the village where he herded cattle. He often eavesdropped quietly under the corner of the school. The master saw it and thought the boy was good, so he kindly funded him to study.

Mr. Lu also strived for success, and won the first prize at the age of 20.Seeing that the master of the Zhou family liked it, he married his only daughter to Master Lu without mentioning marriage.

After a few years, the master of the Zhou family passed away. Master Lu didn’t study anymore after passing the examination of a scholar. He devoted himself to business. He had more and more tea gardens in his hands, and gradually began to neglect his wife Zhou, often taking advantage of the busy business That's why I don't return home at night.

A few years later, when the Zhou family passed away, Mr. Lu moved out of the old house on the grounds of thinking about things when he saw things, and sent all the old members of the Zhou family back one by one, leaving a deaf and dumb old man to look after the house.

The new house in the south of the county seat had already been built before Zhou's death. The area of ​​the new house was quite large. At that time, Lu Fangzhou had already won the prize of a scholar. Two scholars in one family made the Lu family able to build a lot more than others.

There are five entrances to the new house, the front door is on Xinglong Street, and the back door is on Xianqian Street, occupying the best location in Sheng County.

Master Lu celebrated his birthday today, even though it was New Year's Eve and it snowed heavily, there were still a lot of people who came, but almost all the people in the county who could have any connection with the Lu family came.

The Lu family sent several family servants to welcome them at the door, and they were greeted by the main entrance or the corner door next to them according to how well-dressed they were.

Most of Master Lu's decent relatives were poor. After Master Lu made his fortune, he remembered the pain of his elder brother bullying him, and did not help them much. Therefore, most of them were not well dressed, and they felt uncomfortable when they were forced to go through the corner door.

When Lu Fangzhou arrived, everyone at the door stopped. He didn't get out of the sedan chair at first, and everyone murmured that this is a nobleman from the Lu family who brought so many birthday gifts. After Lu Fangzhou got off the sedan chair, everyone Surprisingly, it was the unfavorable and rotten Lu Fangzhou who came.

Lu Sheng, the housekeeper of the Lu family, got the care of Master Lu early in the morning, and when he asked him to look at Lu Fangzhou, he immediately welcomed Lu Fangzhou in.Lu Sheng complied, and the onlookers became even more surprised.

Lu Fangzhou was full of speculation about what Master Lu did.He didn't pay any attention to the expressions of the people around the audience.

After entering the door, Lu Sheng did not lead Lu Fangzhou to the birthday hall, but walked through the side corridor and went directly to Master Lu's study at the second entrance. Go in and report, and come out soon: "Master, please let the young master go in, and ask Miss Sun to go and sit with the girls at the back."

The girls in Lu Sheng's mouth are half of the daughters of today's distinguished guests, and half are the daughters of Lu Xingzhou's concubine. He has not yet married the main wife, so they are arranged according to their status. , the highest status among grandchildren.

Lu Fangzhou thought about it for a while, understanding that all the distinguished guests are here today, and they are all young girls, so they should not make things difficult for Er Niu, so he told Er Niu not to shrink back when things happen, just go back.

Erniu agreed and followed Lu Sheng to the back.

Lu Fangzhou lifted the curtain and went in. The charcoal fire inside was very warm, not only Master Lu was there, but Lu Xingzhou was also there.Master Lu and Lu Xingzhou were almost printed from the same mold, with the same flat nose.

When the two saw Lu Fangzhou coming in, their attitudes were indifferent, completely opposite to Lu Sheng's greeting at the door.

Master Lu also snorted: "Finally came back? You have lost your fortune outside and forgot about your father? You don't even know your birthday? Do you want me, a father, to post for you?"

When he came up, he scolded with guns and sticks, and gave him a blow. Lu Fangzhou filtered it again and directly caught the key words. How to make a fortune?What kind of fortune?

"Can't speak?" Lu Xingzhou also opened his mouth, "Thanks to my good eyesight, I saw you that day, otherwise you secretly poked and hugged mountains of gold and silver, and we would still be bored."

that day?Lu Fangzhou thought about it, he and Lu Xingzhou met once, the last time when they were selling torreya at Zhenpin Zhai.Torreya torreya is hard to find now, so the fortune, gold and silver mountains mentioned by these two people are torreya torreya?

Lu Fangzhou's silence annoyed Lu Xingzhou, and he immediately sneered and sneered: "Lu Fangzhou, do you think you can deny the facts without speaking? Let me tell you, if I hadn't brought Miss Du, the magistrate's daughter, to Zhenpinzhai, Does your torreya have such a good chance to catch Madam Du's eyes and send it to the palace as a tribute?"

Lu Xingzhou said it bluntly, and Master Lu didn't mean to stop him, but also gave Lu Fangzhou a cold look.

Lu Fangzhou immediately understood the purpose of Mr. Lu calling him to pray for his birthday, so he dared to think of the torreya, and said: "To be able to be a tribute, it must be my torreya fried well. Go and see other houses, which are comparable to mine. Is it?"

"It's just relying on the method of frying. Let me tell you, news came out from the palace. Concubine Du Gui said that the amount of torreya is too small, and the Yuezhou government should pay more tribute. Your mountain is only one torreya, and it will only last a year." With such a few catties, can you pay for the palace? When the time comes, the goods will not be enough, and Concubine Du Gui will blame you, can you bear it?" Lu Xingzhou snorted coldly.

Lu Fangzhou was also polite: "I only have one torreya tree on the top of my mountain, but there are other people's mountains, not only in Shengxian County, but also in the next county. I just ask them to buy the torreya fruit."

"Torreya is hard to find, and the price of torreya fruit has skyrocketed. If you really got it, why didn't you continue to speculate?" Lu Xingzhou sarcastically.

Lu Fangzhou didn't mention that Zhenpinzhai asked him not to fry it this year, but laughed and tried: "I didn't continue to fry it, but I have other plans. Many people have come to inquire about the price and buy out the method of frying Torreya torreya. Prices vary, I'm evaluating."

"Lu, Fang, Zhou! Are you still a child of the Lu family? Selling frying methods? This is something from my Lu family. You can sell it if you want?" Lu Xingzhou scolded anxiously.

Master Lu also changed from a casual expression to staring at Lu Fangzhou.

Lu Fangzhou was disgusted to see it, and his food was too ugly. He was left in the mountain and ignored, and rushed to snatch him if it would be profitable.

Then he said: "We separated early in the morning, what is in my hands now is mine, not your Lu Xingzhou's."

"Hey, unfilial son! If you have benefits, you want to monopolize them all and pretend to be my Lu family. Let me tell you, I have the support of Yuezhou magistrate. This matter is supervised by their family. If he wants your frying Method, just a word, you have to give it if you don't want to!" Lu Xingzhou snorted coldly.

"The things are in my hands. If I don't want to give them, I won't give them. What can he do to me? Left and right are just forcing me to death. If I die, you won't get anything." Lu Fangzhou also snorted coldly.

Lu Xingzhou was speechless immediately, he didn't expect Lu Fangzhou to become so reckless, he thought that he could succeed under coercion.I had to take a look at Master Lu.

Master Lu quickly darkened his face: "Today is my father's birthday, and it's New Year's Eve. Why are you talking about death? Are you purely embarrassing my father?"

"Father, don't be angry. I'm also here to pay my respects in a serious manner today. I don't want to mention whether I'm alive or not. It's just that there are some people..." Before Lu Fangzhou finished speaking, he was cut off by Master Lu: "Enough, I will I know that you are a restless kid, and it was because of this that you separated your family early. After the family was separated, your brother didn't have any division in the method of speculation. Do I have a father? Your two families are mine after all. "

"Filial piety is paramount, father wants it, and a son should give it. But the son has had a hard time these years, and finally got through the difficulties. It is impossible to hand over things easily. Sons and daughters need to be raised. Don't expect officials to Miss Jia treats her like a wealthy family. If father insists, he must come up with decent things, otherwise I have already been to the county government once, and I don’t care about going a second time. " Lu Fang Zhou said angrily, before Master Lu could answer, he had already lifted the curtain and went out. It happened that there was also a commotion in the corridor, Er Niu ignored everyone's obstruction, and rushed straight to the study.

Lu Fangzhou knew at a glance that someone was bullying the second girl, and his heart became even more angry: "I don't want any decent etiquette on New Year's Eve. I don't want to stay in this kind of place for a moment. Let's go! Let's go back."

As he spoke, he pulled Erniu out of the gate of Lu's house. There were still people coming to pay their respects at the gate one after another. Seeing this, they all stopped and pointed at each other. Lu Fangzhou didn't care. Er Niu walked a few steps towards the intersection.

Suddenly, an old man with a kind face and a kind smile stopped Lu Fangzhou and saluted respectfully: "Master, girl, please get on the sedan chair."

The author has something to say: Lu Fangzhou: Do you want something to eat from your grandfather?It's not that easy!