Xianggong is a big man in men's clothing

It's not that Mrs. Zhang doesn't care about Lu Bei. Apart from her son, she cares most about this husband-in-law.

It's a pity that she was responsible for the way things turned out now, no wonder.

This may be retribution.

If Lu Bei really couldn't make it through, Mrs. Zhang would feel guilty no matter how big-hearted she was.

What's more, Lu Bei is not alone, and there is an older brother, Lu Xi, who will definitely quarrel with Zhang because his younger brother is going to serve in the army.

At that time, it will develop into such a situation. It's really hard to say, at least I can be sure that this year, the Lu family will not have a good time.

However, Lu Dongfu had long since given up on the Lu family. She only sighed a few times in her heart before giving up and returning to her second uncle's house to continue making preparations for the new year.

Because there were incidents of military service in the village, and people died; coupled with the constant wars in the frontier, the situation was unstable, so Qi Changle told everyone that this year must be passed, but they must be more restrained, not the same as in previous years, It was too lively.

For example, in the past, during the Chinese New Year, there were lanterns, festoons, window grilles and firecrackers... This year, there is no need to make a fuss, just a simple decoration.

For example, during the Chinese New Year last year, every tree in the yard, no matter how big or small, would be decorated with festive decorations.

On the windows of every house, beautiful window grilles will be pasted. Most of these window grilles are bought from the county town, and a small part is made by the Qi family themselves.

There is also a child's room, which will be pasted with cute New Year pictures. This year, there is no need to decorate it. It is only necessary to paste Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu" on both sides of the courtyard door and main room.

There are also firecrackers. In previous years, I would buy a lot of firecrackers and put them back. This year I only bought a few strings, and I guess they will disappear after hearing a sound.

The form has been reduced a lot, but the core remains the same.

Before the New Year's Eve, no matter what the Qi family had to do, they would temporarily put it on hold and come back to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

Specifically referring to Qi Anye's family living in the county seat, besides Qi Anye who was still paying bills in the county seat, the second sister-in-law of the Qi family had already brought the children back home to help the elder sister-in-law prepare for the New Year, while the children gathered together happily play.

As the village head, Qi Changle has to solve many things in the village, and Yao, as the wife of the village head, will also come out to deal with the girls in the village, so every day is very busy, most of the time in the village, only when eating I just came home.

Qi Zhongyu was very strong, so he followed behind Qi Anning, the boss of the Qi family, and occasionally helped to clean up the things in the warehouse, and learned a little about human relations with him.

Lu Dongfu is clever and ingenious, staying with her two sisters-in-law and younger siblings during the day, occasionally finding time to take care of the children at home, or go to the kitchen to help cook.

Time flies, and on New Year's Eve, Qi Anye drove the carriage home early in the morning and brought two close servants home. He went to the study to report this year's accounts to Qi Changle.

The Yao family and other female relatives began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, because the cook was hired from the village, and they had to go home to celebrate the New Year, and they had to prepare a large table of meals on New Year's Eve, so not only the four daughters-in-law, but also the Yao Shi was also busy in the kitchen, but fortunately the kitchen was very spacious and didn't look crowded.

It took three hours to bring all the delicious dishes to the table in the evening.

Everyone gathered together to celebrate the New Year, Qi Changle specially set up bowls and chopsticks for the deceased parents, elder brother and sister-in-law.

After waiting for a while, he raised his wine glass, said a few auspicious words to summarize the past and look forward to the future, drank the wine in one gulp, and said cheerfully, "Happy New Year everyone, let's have dinner."

Everyone said in unison: "Happy New Year."

The men drank wine, the women drank tea, and the children drank sweet and sour syrup. They sat together and ate the New Year's Eve dinner with a smile.

There is no need to eat and talk today, so the room is full of the sounds of children playing and joking, occasionally mixed with the whispers of men and women, and the atmosphere in the room is very harmonious.

Seeing this scene, Lu Dongfu felt very warm in her heart. She should be glad that she accidentally went on the right path. The Qi family is the best family, and Qi Zhongyu is the best.

With a good husband, she has a gentle and reliable home, and she can look forward to every day in the future.

Jiao Shi was talking to her softly, she and Lu Dongfu got along best, and Lu Dongfu also liked to chat with her, so the two got together and talked.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone lit a lot of candles and oil lamps in the main room, and ate melon and fruit snacks and drank tea together. The children had a long fight, and when they felt sleepy, they rubbed their eyes and were taken back to the room by their mother to rest.

Others have to watch their age, and other people in the village can play cards for entertainment and so on, but Qi Changle does not allow the children in the family to gamble, even if it is of a playful nature, but they can't just sit and play like this Started a word game.

The whole family is all scholars, even Qi Anning who is in charge of the Qi family's land affairs, except for Qi Zhongyu.

Today, the second uncle is not polite to her anymore, and if he can't answer, he will stick a note on his face. Before half of the night, she already has a note all over her face.

Qi Zhongyu: ...

What can she do?She is also helpless.

It was not until it was almost dawn that the night watch was over, and the house was still brightly lit, which represented that all evil plagues would be driven away, and this year would be auspicious from beginning to end.

The adults were very tired after playing all night, Qi Changle and Yao Shi were the oldest, and they were already yawning.

Qi Changle said: "Okay, it's almost over. Everyone go back to the house and have a good sleep. After getting up at noon and having lunch, they will go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, write the names of Dongfu and Yuru on the genealogy, and then let them go Firecrackers, dumplings and lucky money, everyone has it."

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help laughing, and they all showed expectant expressions, which amused the two elders.

They simply tidied up the main room, and then went back to their rooms to rest. Qi Zhongyu was also a little sleepy, rubbing his eyes and yawning, but he still waited to take a shower before getting into bed.

Lu Dongfu was in a slightly better condition than her, and climbed onto the bed after cleaning up the bath water.

Holding her in his arms, Qi Zhongyu took a deep breath and said vaguely: "Lady, go to sleep."

Lu Dongfu tucked her in the quilt, looked at the faint blackness under her eyes, couldn't help reaching out to stroke her, and said, "Master, Happy New Year."

We will always be together from now on.

Qi Zhongyu opened one eye to look at her, and said with a smile: "My lady too, happy new year."

She kissed Lu Dongfu's cheek, and hugged her tighter, and was touched by the warm temperature of her body, and fell asleep after a while.

For some reason, Lu Dongfu couldn't fall asleep, and stared at her sleeping face for a long time before closing her eyes.

This sleep was very light, Lu Dongfu vaguely felt that she had fallen asleep, but she was extremely tired after waking up, but Qi Zhongyu was refreshed after sleeping, stretched her waist and said: "Lady, we Going to the hall for lunch."

Lu Dongfu nodded dully, and the two of them got dressed and went to the main room. The lunch was very simple, only porridge, side dishes, steamed buns, and the leftover soup from last night.

After the family had a quiet lunch, their drowsiness eased a lot, Qi Changle took them to the yard to set off firecrackers.

The children slept well last night, and now they are full of energy, slapping their hands, running and jumping, unable to sit still at all.

The adults were afraid that they would be hurt by firecrackers if they were too close, so they pulled them back.

Qi Anning put several strings of firecrackers together, and Qi Changle lit the fuse. Everyone covered their ears, and after a while, they heard the sound of "crackling" firecrackers.

Because I didn't buy many firecrackers, it only rang for a while, and then the yard became quiet, and the nose was full of gunpowder smoke, which was a bit pungent.

Qi Changle led the crowd to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. The ancestors of the Qi family have long been untestable, and the genealogy was also lost when they fled. Therefore, only the tablets of three generations were placed, namely Qi Changle's grandparents, father and mother, And Qi Changgui and his wife.

In previous years, next to the tablet of Qi Changgui and his wife, there was also a tablet of his son Qi Zhongyu.

Until last year,

To be more precise, the year before last, after Qi Zhongyu returned to the village, Qi Changle opened the ancestral hall, put away the memorial tablet, and added Qi Zhongyu's family tree again.

Under the leadership of Qi Changle, everyone worshiped the ancestors respectfully, listened to Qi Changle tell the ancestors about the major events that happened in the Qi family this year, and focused on telling Qi Changgui and his wife about Qi Zhongyu's marriage and prayed to the ancestors to bless the family in good health. Things went well.

After that, they began to write the genealogy for the newly married daughter-in-law.

Qi Changle turned to the page where Qi Zhongyu was, and next to his name, Lu Dongfu's name and her birth date were written.

Next to Qi Anhao's name on the page, Jiao Yuru's name and date of birth were written.

In this way, it can be regarded as a family tree, and it has officially become the Qi family from then on. Unless they reconcile or divorce their wives, this family tree will be handed down forever with future generations.

Not only the wives who marry into the family will have a family tree, but when the family has a child, and the child is six years old, the family tree will also be written.

The reason why it is six years old is because the mortality rate of children in the other world is very high. Even in a family like the Qi family, there was once a child who died of an accident when he was one year old.

And this child is the eldest son of Qi Changgui and his wife, that is, Qi Zhongyu's elder brother.

Back then, Qi Changgui got married a few years later than his younger brother, but Qi Zhongyu was nearly ten years younger than Qi Anning. It was because Qi Changgui's eldest son died of an accident that Qi Zhongyu was finally born a few years later.

Qi Changgui never mentioned this matter to Qi Zhongyu, even Qi Zhongyu himself didn't know about it, only Qi Changle and Yao Shi knew about it.

They never mentioned this sad incident. After worshiping their ancestors, they closed the ancestral hall. Next time, they will not open it again until next year's Chinese New Year.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, it is time to offer sacrifices to the gods. In fact, as early as before New Year’s Eve, the kitchen gods and door gods have been worshiped. From the first day of the new year to the Lantern Festival, other gods in the sky will be worshiped. It is the God of Wealth.

After Qi Changle led the crowd to sacrifice to the God of Wealth in front of the courtyard, he let them go to kill time in the afternoon.

And people who came to the Qi family's yard to give gifts have been in an endless stream since the afternoon.

Most of them are Qi Changle's students, and some are villagers from the village, thanking Qi Changle for his generosity during his service.

If it wasn't for Qi Changle's own money to hire someone to prepare hot water and food for the villagers in Yuehe Village who are serving, they wouldn't be able to survive the 40-day service.

What's more, the officials who supervised the military service also accepted Qi Changle's benefits, so most of the villagers did not go into the water to do the hardest work, but carried the materials needed to build the dam on the shore.

Although tired, but not in the winter, soaked in the river water frostbite.

The two people who died accidentally also had an accident during the construction and transportation.

The villagers thanked the village head for his life-saving grace. Although most of the villagers were not well-off, they still came to thank them with eggs or snacks.

Qi Changle naturally wanted to come forward to entertain these guests, regardless of their origins, he would treat them equally.

But too many people came, and Qi Changle couldn't take care of it alone, so Qi Anning and Qi Anye would also come forward to help his father share some of the pressure.

Qi Zhongyu and Qi Anhao looked at each other, they were not very good at dealing with people, so they hid away.

After Qi Anhao got married, he unexpectedly matured a bit. Seeing that Qi Zhongyu would be awkward occasionally, but most of the time he had an excellent attitude.

Qi Anhao sighed and said: "If you are like dad, you can be a teacher in a government school and be loved by students, it's not bad."

Qi Zhongyu said: "Being a master is much easier than being an official. Did Second Uncle tell you when to take the provincial examination?"

Qi Anhao shook his head, and said helplessly: "Originally, father wanted me to travel with my second brother to travel north and south, to see a little bit, and then to take the imperial examination. But didn't the incident of King Kang's assassination happen before? The entire Huainan Road is not peaceful, and The adjacent Henan Road and Shannan Road have evil remnants of the Demon Cult, which is even more chaotic than Huainan Road, so Dad let me stay at home

Continue to study, and wait for the outside to settle down before going out to travel.The matter of the imperial examination...it seems that there will be further delays. "

Fortunately, he didn't actually plan to become an official. If he had thought about it before, he would rely on his father's connections to become a county magistrate after passing the exam.

But after being personally oppressed by the current county magistrate, he became tired of the officialdom, not because he regarded himself as noble, but because he was too upright and not suitable for beating around the bush.

He has been extremely intelligent since he was a child, and his father also said so, so he taught him more carefully.

In fact, he can also learn from the second brother, who is good at dancing with long sleeves and wins people's hearts. Over time, he will naturally figure out the ways of the officialdom.

But at that time... was he still him?It will definitely become unrecognizable.

He didn't want to become what he hated, but fortunately his wife knew his thoughts and supported his decision, so now he lived more and more clearly.

He said: "It doesn't matter if I don't take the imperial examination for the time being. I plan to continue to study hard by my father's side. When I have free time, I can go to the county town to find my brother-in-law and see how he teaches students, so as to prepare for teaching and educating people in government schools in the future."

Seeing his firm eyes, Qi Zhongyu couldn't help but curled up his lips and smiled, and said: "It's not bad to be a master, just like the second uncle, the world is full of peaches and plums, and you can study world affairs without leaving home. For you It couldn’t be more appropriate.”

Qi Anhao smiled and nodded, Xu had spoken to Qi Zhongyu, his attitude towards her became more gentle and natural.

Qi Zhongyu thought with a smile: As expected of Qi Changle's son, after passing through his youth, he immediately became mature.

They chatted until the evening, and the number of people who came to give gifts gradually decreased.

Qi Changle sat on the chair and took a sip of tea to moisten his dry throat. Thinking of continuing to interact with guests in the next few days, he couldn't help clearing his throat.

Seeing this, Yao said, "Master, I have ordered the kitchen to stew pears with rock sugar. Your throat will be much more comfortable after you drink it."

Qi Changle said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, my lady."

Yao Shi has also been tired all day, because she has to register which company sent the New Year's gift, and then find a suitable opportunity to return the gift. Gifts are reciprocated, and the relationship between people can last.

She smiled and said, "It's all what I should do. I'll have dinner later, so go to bed early."

Qi Changle nodded, he is not young anymore, last night he watched the New Year's Eve, even though he slept all morning afterwards, he messed up his schedule, so he is very tired now.

Fortunately, the food in the kitchen was almost ready, and it was quickly served on the table, and the family got together for dinner.

Halfway through, the courtyard door was knocked again.

Mo Bao, Qi Anye's servant, glanced at the crowd and said with a smile, "I'll go and open the door."

He went to the courtyard gate and opened it, and saw a carriage parked outside the courtyard. The person who knocked on the door was a young man, tall, burly and heroic.

With a smile on his face, he asked, "Excuse me, is this the Qi family?"

Mo Bao said: "It's the Qi family, what can you do?"

The man breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "I don't know if Qi Zhongyu is at home? I'm here to give Qi Zhongyu a New Year's gift by order of the master."

Mo Bao raised his eyebrows in surprise, he guessed that this person was here to give a gift, but he didn't expect it to be a gift for the third master.

After this day, no one came here to give gifts to the third master, because the third master was a cold and reticent man who had never had any relationship with the people in the village. Only after getting married these days did he become easier to get along with. They live alone in the mountains.

It's hard to imagine that a person like him would have friends.

What's more, this person is handsome, he doesn't look like an ordinary person, but he is only here to give gifts at the order of the master, which shows that the master of the other party has a lot of background.

Mo Bao was surprised for a moment, but when he thought about the ability of the third master, he didn't think it was strange anymore, he said respectfully: "Please come in, the third master is eating in the room, I will report to him right now."

The young man waved his hand and said, "Since

He is eating, so I will wait outside the courtyard for him to finish eating. "

Mo Bao had no choice but to go back to the house to report.

When everyone heard that someone was looking for Qi Zhongyu, their eyes fell on her. Qi Zhongyu pondered for a moment, finished the leftover rice in the bowl in two or three bites, and after drinking the soup, said: "I'll go out and have a look."

She went to the gate of the courtyard with Mo Bao, and saw the man still standing straight and waiting outside the gate.

Qi Zhongyu raised his eyebrows and said, "I remember you, you are... Xie Xinghe."

She thought for a while before remembering his name, thinking that he died in the mid-autumn fire just like other disciples of the New Sun Sect.

Unexpectedly, he was still alive and well.

Xie Xinghe said with a smile: "Returning to senior, I was lucky enough to drag my sick body back to the master. Today, by the master's order, I came here specially to give senior a New Year's gift."

Qi Zhongyu's identity is not a big secret, even if Tan Haoran didn't know about it at the time, after sending someone to the county to inquire, he learned his current name.

Tan Haoran would occasionally send people to inquire about his news, and when he learned that Qi Zhongyu lived on the mountain with his wife and only went down the mountain once or twice a month, he couldn't help shaking his head helplessly.

He was very clear that what Qi Zhongyu said before was not false, he really wanted to live a stable and stable life, and his wife was also a gentle and polite girl, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

As the leader of the New Sun Sect, his power has expanded a lot, so he is very busy every day.

Even before the Chinese New Year, he had to deal with many affairs within the church, but he still took time out to specially prepare New Year's gifts, and asked his most trusted Xie Xinghe to personally escort these gifts to Yuehe Village and give them to Qi Zhongyu.

Leaving aside Xie Xinghe's thoughts, he has always completed the tasks assigned to him by Tan Haoran very well.

On the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year, he drove a carriage to visit him, and saw Qi Zhongyu himself again.

Qi Zhongyu combed his long hair back today, revealing a handsome face, with a lazy look in his eyes, and he also looks lazy.

But Xie Xinghe has seen his ability with his own eyes, so he naturally knows how powerful power is hidden in his thin body.

He wasn't going to change his mind in front of Qi Zhongyu at all, the expression on his face was respectful and docile.

Qi Zhongyu said: "It's hard for you to make a special trip this far, come into the house to have dinner, rest for a night before leaving."

Xie Xinghe shook his head, and said with a smile: "Master cannot live without people, and the business is busy during the Chinese New Year. Since I have brought the gift, it is time to go back. This car is also given to you by the master. Please You accept it."

Qi Zhongyu snorted, and said: "No hurry, I didn't know he would give me a gift, I didn't prepare in advance, at least let me write him a letter and send it back."

Xie Xinghe showed a hesitant expression on his face, after thinking about it, he nodded and agreed, he led the carriage into the yard, and asked, "Where are the things in this carriage?"

Qi Zhongyu led him to the backyard, outside the guest room arranged by the second uncle for her and Lu Dongfu, and said, "Let me move it, you rest on the stool for a while, and I will take you to dinner after moving."

Xie Xinghe quickly refused, Qi Zhongyu saw that he couldn't be persuaded, so he moved the things from the car with him.

Mo Bao said: "Third Master, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare dinner for this guest."

Qi Zhongyu felt that this was good, so he agreed.

The things in the car were piled up to the brim, and based on Qi Zhongyu's understanding of Tan Haoran, everything must be extraordinary.

She felt helpless, she didn't like to owe favors to others, but she couldn't refuse Tan Haoran's kindness, so when she was moving things, she thought about how to repay this gift.

Tan Haoran is not short of money, and Qi Zhongyu has no other skills other than martial arts, so she is having a headache now.

After moving the things in the car, she led Xie Xinghe to the room where guests were entertained. Mo Bao also came over with several dishes, Xie Xinghe said

Thanks, I sat down at the table and ate voraciously.

He was really hungry, before he even had time to eat, he hurried over to give gifts.

Qi Zhongyu had already eaten and drank enough in the main room just now, propped his chin to watch him eat, Xie Xinghe was embarrassed no matter how thick-skinned he was, pretended to suddenly remember, took out a letter from his bosom, handed it up, and said: " This is what the master ordered me to hand over to you."

Qi Zhongyu said: "You don't have to be so polite with me."

She meant not to use the honorific "you", Xie Xinghe smiled and said nothing.

Qi Zhongyu didn't force it, tore open the envelope in front of him, and took out the letter paper to read.

Tan Haoran's handwriting is clear and correct, just like his people, the letter mentioned what he did these days, of course, it was all important things, and it was very simple.

It was only later that I wished her and her family a happy new year, a small gift is not a respect, they are best friends, Qi Zhongyu just keep it calmly, and don't need to think about returning the gift.

Finally, it is strange to say that this winter is a warm winter, so prepare in advance, such vague words.

After reading it, she read it again and asked, "Just this letter?"

Xie Xinghe nodded.

Qi Zhongyu patted him on the shoulder and said: "Then you continue to eat, and stay here with me after you finish eating. It's not too late to leave tomorrow. I'll write a reply, and I'll trouble you to bring it back to him when the time comes."

Xie Xinghe responded and watched her leave.

On the way here, he had already read the content of this letter, and he was quite disdainful at the time, thinking: Tan Haoran is just too indecisive, at this time, he still misses his friend who lives in seclusion in the countryside.

Moreover, the warm winter...

It has to be said that when Tan Haoran talked about this matter, he didn't notice it, and when he thought about it carefully, he broke out in a cold sweat.

There is no other reason, the auspicious snow heralds a good year, and the warm winter means that various terrible disasters may occur in the coming year.

One of them is the plague of locusts.

Xie Xinghe unconsciously recalled that more than ten years ago, it was really a hell of people eating people, and he lived a life like a nightmare.

Thinking of the possibility of a locust plague next year, he couldn't sit still any longer. After giving several orders to his cronies, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked all the way to Yuehe Village with a heavy heart, thinking: It seems, He has also been prepared as soon as possible.

And when Qi Zhongyu just read the letter, the expression on his face has not changed, presumably he has not realized the seriousness of this matter.

That's fine, let him personally experience the disaster that may happen this year, maybe the other party can recover from the gentleness and help Tan Haoran fight against the imperial army.

With his help, Tan Haoran has a powerful general, and Qi Zhongyu is not good at wielding power, he is the best pawn to expand the territory, and it will be too late to kill him after he has exhausted his use value. not too late.

Xie Xinghe slowed down his eating speed and moved his chopsticks slowly.

And Qi Zhongyu went to the second uncle's study room, spread out the white paper, and studied ink while thinking.

The technique of studying ink was also learned from Tan Haoran. She sighed and started to write.

She didn't have a main line, so she wrote whatever came to her mind. She first thanked Tan Haoran for his New Year's gift, and then said that she didn't prepare to return the gift in advance, and felt a little sorry.

After talking about her life on the mountain, she was very peaceful and peaceful, and she didn't want to bring up the old things again.

In the end, she talked about the war in the frontier, maybe this is what Tan Haoran said, everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng, hoping that the other party can seize the opportunity and achieve what he wants.

I wrote seven or eight pages ramblingly, and my writing hands were sore. Looking at the dog crawling font I wrote, I smiled, dried it, put it in an envelope, sealed it, and planned to send it tomorrow. Give it to Xie Xinghe.

When she returned to the main room, Second Uncle and the others had already had dinner, and even the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up. Seeing her enter the room, Qi Changle endured it for a while, but couldn't help asking curiously: "Who is looking for you?"

Qi Zhongyu wrote lightly

: "A friend I met when I was traveling the rivers and lakes. I ran into him in Siyuan County a few days ago. When I learned that I live in Yuehe Village, I sent someone under him to give me New Year's gifts."

Qi Changle had heard Mo Bao talk about the general situation before, and he also had similar thoughts in his heart.

He said: "Since you are a friend and you are here to give a gift, you can't take it lightly. You didn't prepare a gift before, so you just picked a few suitable ones from Second Uncle and sent them back to him."

Qi Zhongyu responded, thanking Qi Changle for not continuing to ask.

Qi Changle yawned, and said: "Okay, go back to rest early today, and tomorrow you can each take your daughter-in-law back to your mother's house."

Everyone nodded, Qi Zhongyu and Lu Dongfu went back to the room, Lu Dongfu looked at the gift boxes piled up in the corner, and said in surprise: "So many?"

Qi Zhongyu responded and said, "Do you want to take it apart and have a look?"

Lu Dongfu shook her head, it is too troublesome to wrap the gift box after opening it now.She asked, "Is it the friend who helped Xianggong before?"

"It's him."

Lu Dongfu laughed and said, "This friend, Mr. Xiang, is really rich and powerful. Mr. Xiang will just listen to the second uncle and borrow something from the second uncle as a gift in return."

Qi Zhongyu said in his heart: This is the only way to go.

She said: "It's getting late, I have to go back to Lu's house tomorrow, let's go to bed early."

Lu Dongfu nodded, and the two of them took a bath and lay on the bed. Lu Dongfu was a little worried about Lu Bei's physical condition. Although she had no feelings for Lu Bei, she didn't want to see him die. She only hoped that he could get through this. Some days.

Early the next morning, Xie Xinghe took Qi Zhongyu's flimsy return gift and a thick envelope, bid farewell to Qi Zhongyu, and drove the carriage back to return to his command.

Qi Changle chatted with Xie Xinghe for a few words, and after seeing him leave, he couldn't help frowning.

Seeing this scene, Qi Zhongyu asked, "Second Uncle, what's the matter?"

Qi Changle paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, your brothers and sisters have all returned to their mother's house with their wife, you should hurry up and leave."

Qi Zhongyu said yes, and took Lu Dongfu back to Lu's house. Luo Zhenhai and Lu Sanya were also there when they went there.

They greeted each other a happy new year, and went to visit Lu Bei in the room together.

After a few days of absence, Lu Bei's condition got worse.

Hearing Mrs. Zhang crying in a hoarse voice, Lu Bei developed a high fever a few days ago. She hurried to the city to invite doctors, but the doctors were also celebrating the New Year. Later, Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to send her son Lu Chengcai to Linxi Village A visit to the Peng family and ask them to come and help.

Originally thought that the Peng family would ignore it, but the Peng family sent someone over to prescribe medicine for Lu Bei. After taking it for two days, he got better.

But the Peng family also said that the physical condition cannot be objective and must be taken care of carefully, otherwise...

Mrs. Zhang has been in tears for the past few days, regretting that she should not have pushed her husband to serve in this wolf's den and tiger's pit because of the 50 taels of silver.

Crying and crying, she scolded the county magistrate again. She was used to being aggressive, and the nasty things she said were so dirty that it was unbearable to hear.

Fortunately, they are all from my own family here, and no one will leak it out, otherwise the county magistrate will not let her off lightly if he hears about it.

Qi Zhongyu and Lu Dongfu saw her cursing and rushing in and out to serve Lu Bei, feeling a lot of emotion in their hearts. After leaving New Year's gifts, they said goodbye and left.

Lu Sanya's eyes were red, and she said in a crying voice, "I hope Daddy will be safe this time."

Luo Zhenhai put his arms around her shoulders, comforting her in a low voice.

Lu Dongfu also had the same thoughts as her. Although Lu Bei was not a very good person, he was lazy and idle, but no matter what, he was their biological father.

They would rather spend some money to support him than die like this.

Walking to the intersection, Luo Zhenhai suggested to go to his house for a while, Qi Zhongyu and Lu Dongfu had nothing to do, so they nodded and went to Luo's house.

It wasn't until evening that he returned to his second uncle's house. After dinner, Qi Zhongyu watched the yard frolicking and playing

The children couldn't help looking at Lu Dongfu beside them.

With a gentle smile on her face, Lu Dongfu looked at the children's eyes, as if they were shining.

Qi Zhongyu didn't dare to look any more, but her heart was very heavy. It wasn't until Lu Dongfu held her hand suddenly, and the warm body temperature warmed her cold palm. Then she looked down at her, and saw Lu Dongfu's eyebrows and eyes crooked. , Said: "Sanggong, I just want to be with you."

Qi Zhongyu was startled when she heard the words, she understood what Lu Dongfu meant, and said with a warm heart, "Okay, don't regret it."

Lu Dongfu shook her head, said with a sweet smile, "I won't regret it."

The two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of deep affection for each other.

They stayed at Qi's house for a few more days before they led the horse and went back to the small courtyard in the mountain with a lot of gift boxes on their backs.

After unpacking all the New Year's gifts from Tan Haoran, he was shocked by the other party's deep financial resources. Everything the other party sent was not ordinary, at least worth a thousand taels of silver.

Qi Zhongyu felt more and more guilty, because the things she gave before were nothing compared to the pile of things in front of her.

Lu Dongfu was also silent for a long time, and said: "Sir, why don't you put these things away and keep them properly, and return them back when your friend needs it in the future."

Qi Zhongyu thought about it, and thought it was a good idea. She didn't want to be favored by others for no reason, and it would be hot to touch even if it was placed in the room.

In addition, Tan Haoran is rebelling against the imperial court, and he will never dislike having a lot of money on hand. When he is short of money one day, sending it back can just relieve the other party's crisis. For now, it is better for him to store some of his property with her.

Thinking of this, the heaviness in her heart was swept away, and she treasured it into a strong box, waiting to be opened again in the future.

They got up and cleaned the yard, and then began to decorate the yard, because it was not yet the end of the year, and it looked a lot more festive to paste window grilles and New Year pictures in the house.

Qi Zhongyu folded his arms and admired the masterpiece, and said, "That's right, let's decorate the house every month from now on."

These window grilles and New Year pictures were all made by Lu Dongfu herself. She also felt that the yard would look a little more beautiful after pasting them up, so she nodded and approved her proposal.

They don't have any acquaintances in the village, so they don't have to go down the mountain to visit relatives. They spend the rest of the Spring Festival in their rooms and plan to visit their second uncle's house again after the Lantern Festival.

Qi Zhongyu flipped through the script, suddenly remembered what Tan Haoran said, shivered and covered the quilt, and said: "My friend also said that this year is a warm winter, obviously people will freeze to death."

Lu Dongfu tied a knot, bit off the thread in her hand, put the sewn clothes aside, and asked, "Warm winter?"

Qi Zhongyu nodded and said, "Yes, my friend wrote me a letter before, and finally said that this year is a warm winter, and asked me to prepare in advance. There is nothing to prepare for, and it is not warm at all."

Lu Dongfu thought about it. She lived in Xue Yuanwai's mansion before, and only returned to the village this year during the summer heat. Xue Yuan's mansion burned earth dragons, and she was in charge of the kitchen. She didn't feel that the winter was very cold, so she didn't feel that this year's winter was too cold. It's hot.

She said: "Perhaps you are concerned about your husband's body. After all, it is easy to catch cold in winter."

Qi Zhongyu felt that what she said was reasonable, and said: "That's right, but I am a martial arts practitioner. Unless my internal energy is disordered, I won't get sick. Now that you have practiced martial arts for several months, you have a lot of internal energy in your body. Like me, you won't catch a cold easily."

Lu Dongfu nodded with a smile, and got under the covers to read the script with her.

However, we can't speak too early, because within a few days, Lu Dongfu fell seriously ill, and it took half a month for Lian Mian to recover from the sick bed.

As for the reason of the illness, it is a bit painful to say, that is, Lu Bei survived for a few days, but still did not survive, and died of illness two days before the Lantern Festival.

It was someone from the Qi family who came to the mountain to tell the news. At first, Lu Dongfu thought she had heard it wrong. It was not until the other party repeated it that she murmured: "Passed away from illness."

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Yu frowned, seeing that her figure was precarious and her face suddenly turned pale, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to hold her in her arms.

She said to her servant: "Please come to the mountain specially, go inside and sit down and have a cup of hot tea. We will go down the mountain with you and return to the village later."

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