The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

After eating the exquisite breakfast provided by the kitchen of Jufu Building, Lou Yuzhu and Lou Chengyi got up and found the mansion in the east of the town.Looking at the exquisite and imposing walls of the courtyard, Lou Chengyi was so nervous that he couldn't even speak.

Fortunately, Lou Yuzhu didn't expect Lou Chengyi to take on the responsibility suddenly, so she narrowed her eyes slightly and stepped forward to knock on the door.The concierge opened the door, Lou Yuzhu made it clear and stuffed a red envelope. "Uncle, please help pass the message. If the young master doesn't see you, we will also accept your sympathy." Inside the red envelope is 38 coins, which will not be too much for people to see, nor too small for people not to move.

The concierge hesitated to accept the red envelope and pass it on inside. After a quarter of an hour, there was a sound from inside the door. Lou Yuzhu's eyes lit up, she took a step back and stood side by side with Lou Chengyi, and looked at the crimson door with vigor.

One of the two thick doors opened, Zhou Cheng stepped out, his eyes turned around Lou Yuzhu, then looked at Lou Chengyi, then turned back to Lou Yuzhu, and then he smiled. "Come with me."

Lou Yuzhu gave the uneasy Lou Chengyi a comforting look, and heeled up.The corridors with seven twists and turns, the towering rockery, the flowing water, and the colorful flowers and green vegetation can be seen everywhere. It looks quite dizzying, but it’s a pity that these are for Lou Yuzhu who has changed the core. It's all pediatrics!

Zhou Cheng led the two of them to the flower hall, and said to them, "Sit down first, the young master will come right away."

Lou Yuzhu nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you Brother Zhou."

The word 'Brother Zhou' made Zhou Cheng raise his eyebrows, and then he went to find Pei Guanying.The servant brought the fragrant tea, and Pei Guanying arrived before the temperature had cooled down. After sitting in the first place, he began to look at the father and son.After looking at Pei Guanying, he knew what Zhou Cheng was talking about, but the adult who should have been calm was sweating nervously, but the younger brother who was supposed to be nervous was showing a calm expression with a smile on his face.

Lou Yuzhu got up to introduce, Lou Chengyi stood restrained and stammered, Pei Guanying asked the calm Lou Yuzhu directly: "You said you are here to repay your kindness?"

Lou Chengyi was sweating nervously, and Lou Yuzhu took over the conversation: "More than a month ago, my father had fetal gas and almost killed two people. It was the young master who gave me 20 taels of silver to save my life. If the young master didn't lend a helping hand that day, the consequences would be terrible." I dare not imagine. Firstly, I came here today to take my father to thank the young master for his great kindness, and secondly, I wanted to tell the young master that my father was cured after being diagnosed and treated by the doctor of Renshan Medicine Hall, and the younger brother in his stomach was also saved. I dare not forget the kindness of saving my life, when my younger brother is born, I will definitely bring him here to kowtow to the young master."

Pei Guanying thought for a moment that such a thing really happened, and he gave up the money out of compassion at that time. To be honest, he didn't feel at ease with that little money, let alone thought that someone would come to his door.Looking at Lou Yuzhu with a flash of interest: "Have you ever read?"

Lou Yuzhu said modestly, "I'm fortunate to know a few words."

"Who did you learn from?"

"I learned from my elder brother and my second brother. My elder brother is called Lou Hua, and my second brother is called Lou Ming. I was supposed to come today, but there is too much work at home and I can't leave for the time being. If the young master is free, I will bring the elder brother and the second brother over." Thank you." I didn't expect to be able to get online in a day, but once I was born and I was familiar with it, I could do it a few more times. "To repay the kindness, our family can't bring out any valuables for the time being, only the big red crayfish caught by ourselves is still fresh, I hope the young master will not dislike it."

Pei Guanying blinked, and Zhou Cheng next to him asked, "Did you send the big red crayfish from Jufulou?"

"It used to be, and now my grandpa's family is delivering it. Because the shipment volume is too much, and my father is a strong laborer when our family just separated, it's really too busy."

Pei Guanying murmured: "There is no need to do that. I gave up my money and never thought of reporting it,"

"The young master's benevolence and benevolence does not seek to return is the young master's noble character, but for us, it is a great kindness that concerns the lives of our loved ones, and we will never forget it in this life."

The 20 taels of silver that he didn't care about made people so grateful. To be honest, Pei Guanying was a little flattered, and for a while he couldn't resist the feeling of not knowing how to deal with it.

Lou Yuzhu looked at it, and led Lou Chengyi to stand up and leave.

Zhou Cheng took the initiative and said, "Master, I'll see them off."

Pei Guanying nodded reservedly.

Leading the people back from the original road, Zhou Cheng glanced at the father and son and said, "The big red crayfish in Jufulou sells for 48 renminbi a catty, and there are probably hundreds of catties per day, even if they are sold at the market price of [-] renminbi The profit you make in a day is not a small amount, but why did you find your grandma's house instead of grandpa? I remember you said that you still have two uncles, right?"

"I'm ashamed to say it," Lou Yuzhu glanced at Lou Chengyi, and then said embarrassingly, "It can be said that it's a family scandal." As he spoke, he picked two important things that happened recently, and then Fu Linshu got pregnant on the day of separation The matter of Liu Amo forcing him to drink the medicine was left untouched, and after she finished speaking, she reached the door, Lou Yuzhu stopped and smiled at Zhou Cheng: "Brother Zhou will send it here."

Zhou Cheng nodded, watched the father and son leave, turned back to the study and told Pei Guanying the matter again.

Pei Guanying was surprised when she heard this: "I thought that such partiality only existed in the separation of concubines and concubines in wealthy mansions. I don't think there are such cruel disputes in a small farm."

The big butler waiting beside said earnestly: "As long as there is interest, there will be fights no matter whether it is a mansion of a wealthy family or a small courtyard of a farm. The difference is only in the number of people involved."

Hearing this, Pei Guanying's face darkened, obviously thinking of herself.He is the grandson of the first Hou Jinghou, and his father is a third-rank official in the dynasty, but what happened?Didn't those who were persecuted by their relatives have to avoid the edge and go to this big town to think about their mistakes?If his father hadn't slapped him to wake him up, he might have turned the whole Houfu upside down, so he must ask his good second uncle and big brother to understand why he has ulterior motives and impure intentions!

Zhou Cheng glanced at the faces of the housekeeper and Pei Guanying, and said: "What's interesting about Lou's family is that the first and second rooms are obviously selfish, but the third room is honest and honest. Fortunately, the third room brothers are united and successful. , now that the family is separated and the business of big red crayfish is in their hands, I am afraid that they will achieve a lot in the future when they are temporarily down."

The big housekeeper stroked his beard and looked at Zhou Cheng with a funny face: "Cheng boy is very optimistic about the third room? The third room is white, don't forget that the first room is a scholar, and there is a young man who is young." The big housekeeper's surname is Hu. The eldest son of the Hou's Mansion was also Pei Guanying's father's long-term follower, and he took advantage of the opportunity to become a housekeeper. As a loyal and confidant housekeeper, he was certainly no stranger to the servants next to the young master.

"I'm really optimistic about Sanfang. I don't dare to say about the future. The character is reassuring." Not paying attention to Butler Hu's joke, Zhou Cheng said to Pei Guanying: "I'm afraid the young master will stay in Huya Town for a while, and make friends with him." Officials and wealthy households don’t want to befriend these farmers whose character is reassuring, so that they can worry about it, and they won’t be afraid of being gossiped when they go back and forth.”

Pei Guanying thought for a while, then shook her head: "Let's talk about it later, I don't want to make friends with anyone now."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng and Butler Hu looked at each other and had no choice but to give up.After all, they are just servants, who can make up their minds, see their ideas and plan, but it is up to their masters to make up their minds.

Coming out of the study, Housekeeper Hu looked at the secretary with worry. "I hope the young master can figure it out as soon as possible. The master did this for the young master's benefit."

"The young master knows it well, but he just can't accept it all at once." The master is a biological father, but he slapped him in front of the second uncle and his concubine brother; Hou Ye is his own grandfather, but he is uncharacteristically fond of sternly criticizing him. This sudden change is unbearable even for a determined person, let alone Pei Guanying, who was born with a smooth wind and was born superior and was raised by a baby.

"...I hope so." Butler Hu sighed, and seeing Zhou Cheng hesitated, he said, "You wanted to redeem the sale of wedges before, I wonder if you can postpone it a bit? You have deep feelings, if you leave at this time, I think the young master will feel even worse."

"Housekeeper Hu, don't worry, I have the same plan. I have been serving the young master since I was a child, and I have been treated kindly. If I say something disrespectful, I will treat the young master as a relative. He is in a bad mood and I feel bad. What do I do?" I will wait for the young master to feel better before talking."

Hearing what Zhou Cheng said, Butler Hu felt relieved.

After returning home, Lou Yuzhu explained the whole process of coming to thank her, and Lou Chengyi hesitated and said with uneasy expression: "...Actually, we can pay them back with interest." Seeing that no one objected, Lou Chengyi Yi plucked up his courage and said: "Just sell the big red crayfish for ten days and we will be able to get it all together, and we will not owe Young Master Pei any more when we pay back the money."

Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu raised her eyebrows and asked Lou Hua, "What do you think, big brother?"

Lou Hua thought for a moment: "...Will this annoy Young Master Pei? After all, he is the money he gave up. Will we make him think that we are looking down on him?"

Lou Chengyi was in a hurry: "20 taels is not a small sum. I used to have no money and couldn't pay it back. Now that I have money, if I don't pay back the money, won't it make people poke the spine?"

"To us, 20 taels is a lot of money, but to Young Master Pei, 20 taels is nothing more than a drop in the bucket. Dad," Lou Yuzhu looked at Lou Chengyi: "Master Pei came from the capital to look at things. His vision is different from ours. Judging from his attitude today, is he no more than the 20 taels of silver? It was his kindness to extend a helping hand to me, who I had never met, which means that he has a kind heart and a perfect character, which is priceless. Yes. We use 20 taels of silver to measure the priceless character. This is not a good intention but a slap in the face of Young Master Pei! It is rumored that outsiders say that Young Master Pei is stingy and caressing, but it is not bad reputation?" Others want to build relationships He can't even knock on the door, is he stupid if he has something ready-made and throws it away?

Thinking of not paying back such a large sum of money, Lou Chengyi felt like a cat scratching his head, unable to settle down.

"I know Father thinks it's only natural to pay debts, but this is also conditional. First, Young Master Pei no longer cares about the money. Second, this is not a loan but a gift. What we owe is not a debt of money but a debt of favor. It’s love that can’t be measured by cold money. Our family’s current situation can’t help much, but in the future, when the eldest brother and the second brother enter the school and learn something, they can always pay back some of it.”

Lou Hua's heart skipped a beat.

Lou Yuzhu smiled: "Brother, don't tell me that you haven't thought about it."

"I, I really haven't thought about it." As he spoke, Lou Hua stroked the back of his head, a silly smile rarely appeared on his usually calm and mature face.

His eyes swept over Lou Chengyi who was excited like he was going to school, and Fu Linshu whose eyes were red, and then smiled at Zhang Dazhu who was listening: "I have already missed the time this year, so there is nothing I can do. In the spring of next year, the eldest brother and the second brother will be able to go to town read."

"Go to the town?" Lou Chengyi opened his eyes wide: "Aren't you going to the next door, Chen Family Village?"

Lou Yuzhu shook her head: "Eldest brother and second brother have already wasted a lot of time. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to go to Chenjiacun to learn from scratch? I have already figured it out. The eldest brother and the second brother can read both characters. The difference is the familiarity of writing and the writing. Anyway, there is still more than half a year left, and I will focus on practicing calligraphy and writing, and I should be able to catch up with the progress in the spring of next year." He said to Louhua: "Time is very tight, I am afraid that the eldest brother and the second brother will suffer."

"It's okay, I can bear it!" Things that were unimaginable before can now be realized, so what's the point of suffering and suffering?

"Brother, it's good if you have confidence." If you have confidence and motivation, you just need to make up for your shortcomings with hard work. "Uncle," Lou Yuzhu said to Zhang Dazhu, who was listening, "I will trouble my uncle to go back and bring my second brother back in the afternoon, and bring some articles written by my two cousins ​​by the way, and my uncle wants to share with my grandfather." Say something, let grandpa tell the two cousins ​​to concentrate on their studies, and in the spring of tomorrow, I will go to Yishan Academy in the town to study with my elder brother and second brother."

Hearing this, Zhang Dazhu's hands trembled with excitement, and he asked anxiously, "Do you need a guarantor to enter Yishan Academy? Is there a way for Brother Yu to get four guarantors?" Going to the academy is much better than Chenjiacun's teachers!The Zhang family just suffers from lack of contacts, otherwise Zhang Heng and Zhang Yuan should have gone to the town instead of taking a class in Chenjia Village.

"I have already told shopkeepers Jiao and Zhai about guaranteeing postings. They promised to guarantee us. We will only be able to enter the school after the quiz in the spring of next year." I just spoke.

"Then I'll go back and talk now!"

Zhang Dazhu's impatient nature is exactly the same as Xu Se's. Lou Yuzhu hurriedly pulled him back, dumbfounded: "My dear uncle, it's almost time for lunch now, do you still have something to eat when you go home now? Baotie won't grow legs Run, you can rest assured to eat lunch and then talk about it!"

Unable to get away, Zhang Dazhu had to stay for lunch, but he pretended that even the meat was not tasty, so he finished the meal with a few mouthfuls of patience, got up and left.Lou Yuzhu understood Zhang Dazhu's concern about his son's future, so he put the prepared ten shrimp nets, two catties of meat and one catty of dried nuts into the bag and handed them to Zhang Dazhu.

Zhang Dazhu hurriedly waved his hands, but he remembered his father's words that he would no longer collect things and only put down sixty shrimp nets, so he would have to be trained a lot if he wanted to collect things and go back.

Lou Yuzhu shoved Lou Zi into his hand angrily: "Uncle, just tell grandpa when you go back, if he dares to send the things back, I will never call him again when I come in the door! The things that grandpa sent are not good." Received!"

Now Zhang Dazhu couldn't laugh or cry. "Brother Yu, just open your mouth and say, it's your uncle who will be scolded when you go back!"

"Don't uncle always say that he is thick-skinned and rough? Being scolded by grandpa is not painful."

After hearing this, Fu Linshu walked up and slapped Lou Yuzhu on the back of the head, scolding: "It's not big or small!" After the slap, he said to Zhang Dazhu: "Brother, just tell Dad that it's my idea when you go back."

Hearing this, Zhang Dazhu had no choice but to pat his head and put the things on his back.After making mental preparations for a long time, he thought he would be scolded severely, and didn't want to repeat Fu Linshu's words. Mr. Zhang abruptly took back the swearing that came to his throat, and then hid in the house with his eyes stained red.

Zhang Dazhu was dumbfounded at the time, and looked at his father blankly.

Xu Se's eyes were also red, and he stared at the elder son embarrassedly and scolded: "What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you put things in the kitchen?"

"Yeah!" Zhang Dazhu sent the things to the kitchen in a hurry, but he still couldn't figure it out after racking his brains.Why don't you scold me if you are so good?What did Lin Geer mean by that?

In fact, the meaning is very simple, but Fu Linshu is grateful.