Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

"Xiao Xia, here we come."

Before stepping down the last step of the stairs, I heard the voice of a not-so-young man.

Luo Xiazhi raised his eyes to the round table on the right hand side of the living room, and saw a well-maintained man about 35 or [-] years old who was flipping through the newspapers while smiling at him.

The man looks very "like", and he is almost carved out of the same mold as Xiao Xia.It's just because she's older, she looks much stronger and more stable than the frail Xiao Xia, and her lips are a little thinner.

I heard that men with thin lips are fickle.

Rorschach subconsciously licked his rather thick lips.

This person should be the eldest son of the Luo family, Xiaoxia's eldest brother Luo Yunze.

In the "dream" before, Luo Xiazhi told him that their Luo family's ancestral home was in Shaoxing, and they had been farming for generations, and it was not until Luo Zhenhua's generation started to do business.In addition to his original wife in the countryside, Luo Zhenhua married eight concubines one after another after his fortune, and gave birth to three sons and six daughters for him.

The original wife and the second wife died early, and five of the remaining seven concubines stayed in the old house in the country. Currently, only the seventh concubine He Lan and the eighth concubine Taibai Fenghuang lived in Shanghai.

"Lorxia Zhi" was born by the eighth aunt.

A large list of wives and children's names stunned the modern Luo Xiazhi. Apart from admiring Mr. Luo's "strong and strong body", he really couldn't find any other adjectives.

As the eldest son of Luo, Luo Yunze wore an English-style suit vest like him. A silver watch chain protruded from the pocket of the vest, connected to a small pocket watch hanging on the buttonhole, reflecting the sunlight reflected from the silverware on the dining table. Reflected back.

Luo Xiazhi looked down at the same pocket watch on his vest, then looked up and smiled.

"Morning father, morning brother, morning aunt, morning mother, morning fifth sister, morning sixth sister..."

Facing a large table of strangers in front of him, Luo Xiazhi greeted them one by one according to the rank taught by Xiao Xia in his dream.

Currently living in Luo Mansion, apart from his father Luo Zhenhua, eldest brother Luo Yunze, two concubines, his fifth sister Luo Hehe and sixth sister Luo Minmin.

It stands to reason that these two ladies are married and should not appear at home.But sixth sister Luo Minmin's newlywed husband has been doing business abroad for the past six months, so she goes back to her mother's house for a short stay from time to time.

As for the fifth sister, Luo Hehe...Because she was too aggressive, she would often go back to her mother's house angrily because of falling out with her parents-in-law and sister-in-law, and stayed for ten days and a half months.So after a year, counting the days in her mother's house, it was not much worse than in her in-law's house.

Luo Xiazhi saw the empty seat next to Luo Yunze, and walked over in small steps.

A Le graciously tied the napkin for him, and according to the taste of "Rorschach", stood beside him and served him dishes.

Rorschach watched the other people on the table calmly.

The head of the Luo family sitting facing south is naturally Luo Zhenhua, the patriarch of the Luo family, with the eldest son Luo Yunze sitting on his right hand side.

Luo Zhenhua looked about 70 years old.He has a square chin, a slightly fat body, and a few strands of white hair on his sideburns, but he is still energetic and not angry.Seeing "Rorschach" coming downstairs for dinner today, he nodded approvingly.

Sitting on Luo Zhenhua's left hand side were two women who looked about thirty or forty years old, they must be his "cheap real mother" and "cheap little mother".One of the two was well-dressed, the other fashionable and enchanting, and it was unclear which one was his mother.

The other two young ladies should be his sixth and fifth sisters.These two people look quite similar, but their temperaments are quite different.One was wearing a bright yellow lace cheongsam, and the other was wearing a color-block cheongsam with vertical stripes. Seeing him coming, the latter rolled his eyes at him with a half-smile.

Luo Xiazhi pretended not to see it, and sat down on the seat.

It seems that this is the Fifth Miss Luo Hehe who is famous for her pungentness, he thought to himself.

"Yesterday, I heard from Dr. Zhou that brother, your brain is broken, and people can't recognize it. I think you are quite normal today, don't you look like your brain is broken?"

Luo Hehe sarcastically said, "My brain is broken".

"Well, I'm also having bouts of it. Sometimes I have a headache and can't think of anything, and sometimes it doesn't hinder me. Thank you, sister, for your concern."

Luo Xiazhi said four or two times.

Luo Hehe snorted coldly and stopped speaking.

Aleb stood behind him respectfully after finishing the dishes. Luo Xiazhi raised his intact left hand and frowned embarrassingly when he saw the ivory chopsticks on the chopstick rest.

"Ale, the young master's hands are inconvenient, don't you know?"

One of the aunts sitting next to Luo Xiazhi raised her brows, shook her head dissatisfiedly at Ale, stood up, and put a spoon in front of Luo Xiazhi.

It seems that this is my real mother!

"Thank you, Mom."

Luo Xiazhi picked up the spoon and smiled, and looked at her calmly.

Xiaoxia's mother is a very young woman. Although her son is eighteen, she is only 34 or [-] years old. In the future, she may still be a single nobleman at this age.

The most rare thing is that there is still a bit of innocence in her eyes, which makes me feel pity.Her face is very full, like a powder puff dipped in face powder, the pink is tender and tender, and her lips are pouting unconsciously, which is actually a bit sexy.From the perspective of Luo Xiazhi a hundred years later, she has to be praised as a great beauty.

His mother is also a poor person. I heard from "Xiao Xia" that her mother was poor since she was a child, and she was sold into an opera troupe when she was four or five years old.When she was 16 years old, she finally managed to sing something famous and went to the Shanghai Theater to run the pier. Unexpectedly, after singing for half a year, Luo Zhenhua, who was old enough to be her father, fell in love with her.Immediately took over the house and became the eighth concubine.

She didn't go to school, but suffered too much, and became a golden bird in a rich cage when the poor became rich. The only way to survive was to cling to her husband and lock her son tightly.

Luo Xiazhi made up his mind that in the future, he must be filial to Xiao Xia for her and let her spend her life in peace.

After Luo Zhenhua moved the chopsticks, everyone carried the bowls and chopsticks one after another.

Luo's breakfast is very Shanghai style.Congee and side dishes, flatbread fried dough sticks, served with a few dishes of shredded ginger, pickled cucumber, and yellow mud snails, it is very refreshing to eat.Luo Xiazhi, who had eaten dry bread for several years because his mother, Ms. Wu, was too lazy to cook in the morning was deeply moved.

"dad."

After eating and drinking enough, Luo Xiazhi yelled at Luo Zhenhua as he put down his spoon.

Maybe the original Xiao Xia seldom made such a move, and everyone in the room looked at him one after another.

Especially the mother and daughter of Helan.

"what's up?"

Luo Zhenhua may also feel that this young son who has always been gentle and cowardly rarely takes the initiative to talk to him. He was about to get up and leave the dinner table, but sat down again.

"Dad, I thought about it for a while. I'm not in good health now. I want to go to Jiangnan to recuperate for a while and come back after summer."

Ordinarily, after the summer is over, this "Luo Xiazhi" should go to St. John's University to study, but Luo Xiazhi has no such plan-he can't even read traditional Chinese characters now, so how can he study?

And when he removes the plaster and writes with a pen, the handwriting will definitely be completely different from the original "Rorschach".

The members of the Luo family all look like human beings, and they will definitely attack him when the time comes.He must go to a place far away from their big family to cultivate first, and then make other plans.

"Hey, you are a boy, why are you so spoiled? It's only been a few months, and you're going to escape the summer heat?"

Luo Hehe laughed mockingly.

Her younger sister Luo Minmin didn't say a word, she picked up the milk and sipped it slowly.

I don't know which of these two sisters is more like their own mother, He Lan.

"Yeah, I'm just not in good health. How else would I 'suddenly' fall off the terrace?"

Luo Xiazhi blinked, and smiled "Chen Ken" at Luo Hehe, "Fifth Sister, tell me, don't you?"

According to Xiaoxia, a week ago, he was standing on the balcony on the third floor to endorse, and he clearly felt someone push hard from behind, and he fell down unexpectedly.

I just don't know who the murderer is.

"How do I know, what do you mean by asking?"

Just as Luo Xiazhi thought, Fifth Sister Luo was a firecracker, and she would explode at a touch, her pretty face flushed immediately, and her willow eyebrows stood on end.

"Don't be noisy."

Luo Zhenhua raised his eyes, and the sound of firecrackers immediately disappeared.

"You're right, your body is too weak, it's better to go to relax..."

It is rare for Luo Zhenhua to want to express his love for his son by caring about him. Seeing this always weak and kind-hearted old man now pale and seriously injured, his father's love suddenly surged.

"Don't go to the south of the Yangtze River. Don't I still have a villa on Chongming Island? I just had someone redecorate it last year. When your plaster is removed, you can live on the island for two months. If you live If you like it, I will give this villa to you, and it will be a gift for you as an adult."

"what?"

Luo Xiazhi, who was given a house for the first time, was stunned.

Dad is so generous!