The moment he opened the door, a trace of surprise flashed across Lu Xinghe's face, "The disaster relief matter has been taken care of."
As he said this, he let Xu Heng into the courtyard very naturally.
Xu Heng looked around the courtyard and said, "Not yet, but there are only two finishing touches left in the town. I thought it would be over in these two days, so I came back early."
Lu Xinghe nodded and walked towards the house.
"Come with me."
The two entered the room and sat opposite each other on the futon.
Lu Xinghe put a pot of water on the charcoal stove to burn, then turned to look at Xu Heng, "When did you come back?"
"The afternoon before yesterday." Xu Heng adjusted his sleeves and looked up at Lu Xinghe, "Has the county office announced the exam date?"
Lu Xinghe shook his head, "Not yet."
Xu Heng said with relief, "The time for announcing the exam period is different every year. If there is a disaster this year, it may be delayed. Don't worry."
Lu Xinghe hummed and slowly cleaned the tea set in front of him.
"I'm not in a hurry. Since there is no announcement announcing the suspension of exams, the exam dates will be announced sooner or later."
"That's the truth." Xu Heng bit his lip and looked in the direction of Lu Xinghe cautiously, "Brother Lu."
"Huh?" Lu Xinghe stopped washing the tea set in his hands and looked at him doubtfully, "What's wrong?"
Xu Heng scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I have a friend who encountered a difficult matter and wanted to ask you for advice."
Lu Xinghe was stunned for a moment, glanced at him faintly, and then picked up the boiling water and poured it into the teapot.
"What happened to your friend?"
"he……"
Xu Heng swallowed nervously. After a while, he still shook his head. It was ridiculous to ask someone to learn how to pursue his sister when he was an older brother.
"fine."
Lu Xinghe's hand making tea suddenly stopped, he raised his head and looked in Xu Heng's direction, and roughly guessed what he wanted to ask.
He had long seen that Xu Heng was interested in Lu Yufang, but some time ago, Yufang seemed to be avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally. It was probably because of their family backgrounds that she was afraid that her grandparents, fourth uncle and aunt would attract people to gossip.
But in fact, based on his understanding of Xu Heng, he doesn't care that much about his family background.
Otherwise, he would not be on good terms with himself who came from a poor family.
"If Brother Xu insists on not telling us, after passing this village, there will be no such shop."
Xu Heng looked at him suspiciously, "Brother Lu seems to know what I want to ask?"
Lu Xinghe raised the corners of his lips, poured the tea in the pot into a cup, and handed it in the direction of Xu Heng.
"I've probably made a guess, but is it related to the personal relationship between children?"
Xu Heng looked at Lu Xinghe with a face full of surprise and shouted, "Brother Lu, you are really amazing, can you guess this?"
Lu Xinghe raised his eyes and glanced at him.
"What happened to you and Yufang?"
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Xu Heng's face, "How do you know it's about her?"
Lu Xinghe held the teacup and blew on it.
"You are embarrassed to speak out about your troubles, so you use friends as an excuse to explain that it is a secret matter. Furthermore, as an onlooker knows, how could I not see the connection between you and Yufang when I have been working on disaster relief for many days? But if you can really succeed, I would also like to hear about it, at least I think you are reliable."
"Brother Lu thinks highly of me."
Xu Heng breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that Lu Xinghe would blame him when he heard that he was interested in Lu Yufang.
"We got along fairly well when we were in Tongzhi County. After what happened when Miss Chu was hunted down, I was afraid that her family would lose her reputation if she rode on the same horse as me, so I asked her What do you think of me? Ever since I asked this question, she has always avoided me."
Lu Xinghe nodded, "If I were her, I would have many concerns."
Xu Heng looked serious, "What are you worried about?"
"Her family background, status, and personal conditions are all obstacles to her."
"But I don't care." Xu Heng explained hurriedly, "If I cared, I wouldn't have said that to her."
"But she cares. She is afraid that if she marries you, the world will scold her and her family for climbing a high branch and flying up a branch to become a phoenix. Of course, if she is determined to be with you, she can overcome this. The most important thing is that you Would your parents want you to marry a peasant girl? Are you sure Yufang and her family will not be harmed by this?"
"My parents are very easy to talk to..."
Lu Xinghe put down the tea cup in his hand, "What if they only accept Yufang as their concubine? What should you do?"
Hearing this, Xu Heng fell silent.
Indeed, he had never thought about it for so long before, nor did he expect that Lu Yufang would have so many concerns.
However, he had never thought about taking a concubine, otherwise at his current age, the government would have arranged a girl to marry him.
"Then what do I do?"
Lu Xinghe looked at him with his deep eyes, "Yufang has already reached the age of hair, and her fourth uncle and aunt have been having a look at her for a long time. If you don't want to miss it, you can talk to your family members and settle the marriage first. If you don't want to, Just pretend that I didn’t say that, according to Yufang’s conditions, she cannot marry into a wealthy family, but ordinary people are still very popular. Maybe my fourth uncle and fourth aunt will make arrangements for her when she returns this time.”
When Xu Heng heard this, he couldn't sit still anymore, got up and ran outside the house.
"Brother Lu, I'll thank you later when things are done. I'll leave first."
Looking at Xu Heng's leaving figure, Lu Xinghe picked up the tea in front of him and took a sip, the corners of his lips rising unconsciously.
His method of stimulating generals really works.
However, side effects revealed that Xu Heng was attracted to Yufang.
When Xu Heng returned home, he was called to Mrs. Xu's place by the maid waiting at the door.
"Why did my mother call me?"
he asked as he walked.
The little maid who trotted behind said, "I don't know, I don't know. Madam just told me to wait at the door for the master to come back, and then I called her."
Xu Heng nodded and quickened his pace.
When he arrived at Mrs. Xu's yard, the women and maids at the door saw him and saluted respectfully.
"Son."
Xu Heng nodded slightly and walked quickly into the room and came to Mrs. Xu.
"Mom, are you looking for me?"
"Yes." Mrs. Xu's face was red, and she pointed to the seat opposite her with a busy smile, "You sit down first."
Xu Heng was full of doubts, "Mom, has something happy happened to our family?"
"It's just a happy event!" Mrs. Xu smiled with a mysterious smile on her face, "Heng'er, mother has arranged a blind date for you. She is a well-educated and sensible lady. When the other party writes, you can go with mother to meet her girl. This time , safekeeping to your satisfaction.”
Xu Heng shook his head hastily, "Mom, I can't go."
Mrs. Xu raised her eyebrows and said, "Why can't you go? You will be nineteen by the end of this year. If you don't get married, it will be difficult to find a right-door marriage."
Xu Heng did not hide it, he looked directly at Mrs. Xu with a trace of determination on his face.
"I already have someone I like, so I can't see other girls. Please forgive me."
