At this moment, Uncle Lu was leaning sideways, and only half of his masked face could be seen from the direction of the two of them.
Lu Xinghe nodded slightly towards Uncle Lu.
"Yueyue often tells me about my uncle. It's a pleasure to meet a fellow countryman in the capital."
Uncle Lu just smiled and nodded without speaking.
Chu Yue then pointed Lu Xinghe to introduce Uncle Lu.
"Uncle Lu, this is what I told you before, my fiancé, Lu Xinghe."
Anyway, after tomorrow, her marriage to Lu Xinghe will be known to everyone in the capital, and there is no need to deliberately hide it from anyone.
Hearing the name Lu Xinghe, Uncle Lu was startled. He was unsteady and the bamboo plaque containing the medicinal materials in his hand was suddenly knocked to the ground.
"Uncle Lu, what's going on?" Chu Yue looked confused.
"No...it's okay, it's just that my hands suddenly lost some strength." He hurriedly knelt down and collected the medicinal materials on the ground to cover up the panic in his heart.
Uncle Lu's eyes were slightly red and his hands were trembling.
Thirteen years.
It has been thirteen years since I left home.
I never thought that one day...
But now that he has changed beyond recognition and is in this situation, how can we recognize him?
"Uncle's body hasn't recovered yet, so it's better to rest more." Chu Yue said, looking at Ningdong aside, "Ningdong, come and help uncle pick up the medicinal materials."
"yes."
Ningdong hurriedly trotted over to help Uncle Lu.
Chu Yue looked in the direction of Lu Xinghe.
"Mr., can you have lunch?"
"not yet."
Lu Xinghe glanced at Uncle Lu who was squatting on the ground and felt that this man was acting very strangely.
What's so weird about it, I can't tell.
But when they met for the first time, he couldn't bear to ask questions, so he suppressed his inner thoughts for the time being.
Chu Yue smiled and took Lu Xinghe's arm.
"I invite you?"
Lu Xinghe scratched her nose with a loving look on his face.
"good."
…
After returning from Ruyiju, Lu Xinghe did not follow him back to the medical clinic, but went directly to Yuan Mansion.
Chu Yue returned to the medical clinic, and since it was not busy at the moment, she went directly to the backyard.
There is a tall elm tree in the corner of the backyard of the hospital. It has lush branches and leaves in spring and summer, which is very good for shade and cooling.
There is a swing under the elm tree. When Chu Yue is free, she will come here to sit, drink tea, eat cakes, and chat.
When she came to the backyard, she saw Uncle Lu sitting at the stone table with doubts on his face.
"Uncle Lu, why don't you go and rest?"
Uncle Lu rubbed his knees nervously and said with a smile, "I've slept too much these days, and I can't sleep now, so I just sat in the courtyard."
Chu Yue placed the snacks she was holding on the stone table.
"Here, try the pastries I brought back from Ruyiju."
Uncle Lu sighed, took a piece from the plate and put it into his mouth to eat.
He glanced in Chu Yue's direction, wanting to say something or ask something, but he didn't know how to speak.
Chu Yue sat down on the swing chair nearby and looked at him with a smile.
"Is it tasty?"
Uncle Lu nodded hurriedly.
"tasty."
Having a full stomach has been a luxury these years. For him, as long as he can fill his stomach, he doesn't have to choose anything.
Chu Yue said while gently swinging the swing frame, "Thinking about the past days, and then thinking about the present, it's really like a dream."
Uncle Lu stopped chewing and looked at her.
"You used to have a hard time, right?"
"How should I put it?" Chu Yue frowned and continued, "I won't talk about the bad things that happened at my parents' house before. Ever since I went to Banpo Village, life was actually quite difficult at the beginning."
"It was not easy to have a full meal at that time, let alone pastries."
"After that, I started going to the mountains to collect herbs and treat people's illnesses. It was by chance that I made some money, which temporarily solved the problem of food and clothing for my family."
She said, looking at Uncle Lu.
"Uncle, what was your situation before? How did you come to the capital after that?"
There was a hint of nostalgia on Uncle Lu's face, "Our family was not rich at that time. The few acres of land we cultivated, excluding the annual taxes, were barely enough to make ends meet. Later..."
Later, after he was admitted as a scholar, his family's situation improved slightly.
"What happened next?" Chu Yue asked.
"Later, the situation at home improved a little, and I left home again, and I never went back again." Uncle Lu spoke concisely and to the point.
Chu Yue was thoughtful.
"What about your family?"
Uncle Lu shook his head mockingly, "I'm afraid they thought I was dead. It's just that I offended the nobles in the capital. I had no chance of escaping death. But then I survived by luck. With the pain all over my body, I didn't dare to go back and cause trouble." They are.”
Hearing this, Chu Yue nodded.
"No wonder the uncle would rather beg outside than go back."
Uncle Lu looked at her again, "The princess's fiance, doesn't he have any other family members at home?"
"Yes, I still have my mother and two younger brothers at home, and my grandparents are still alive. They are all very good people," Chu Yue replied.
Hearing Chu Yue say that there were two younger brothers at home, Uncle Lu paused and his eyes gradually dimmed.
She remarried?
Also, I have been away for thirteen years, there is no man in the family, and it is difficult for a woman to live with her children, so remarrying is a wise choice.
It seemed that he still had to leave the capital after his body recovered a little.
His appearance should not disturb their now peaceful life.
Chu Yue looked at him.
"Uncle, why didn't you speak?"
Uncle Lu suppressed the emotions in his heart, smiled slightly with red eyes, "It's nothing, just listening to the princess talking about her family, suddenly I also thought of my family."
Chu Yue smiled.
"If you ask me, uncle still can't hide like this for the rest of his life. Think about it, you cut off contact with your family without saying a word. How heartbreaking it is for those close relatives."
Uncle Lu sighed, raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes.
"I'm a little tired after sitting for a long time." He stood up slowly, pointed to the room and said, "I'm going back to the room to rest first."
Chu Yue nodded.
"Okay, uncle, have a good rest."
After sitting on the swing for a while, Chu Yue got up and went to work in the medical center.
…
The next day, as soon as Chu Yue arrived at the medical clinic, she saw that the backyard was in a mess.
"what happened?"
The young man hurriedly ran out of the hospital, "Princess, there was a fire in the backyard of the hospital last night. Fortunately, Uncle Lu put out the fire in time, otherwise our hospital would have been burned to ashes."
Chu Yue frowned and walked quickly towards the backyard.
"Uncle Lu is not injured, is he?"
"A small area of my arm was burned, but the rest is fine." The boy followed and replied.
"Why did it suddenly catch on fire? Didn't the fire in the kitchen go out before leaving yesterday?" Chu Yue looked confused.
"These days, because of the fires in Jingshui Building and Tianfu Liang Shop, we will check carefully before leaving. The fire should not have started in the kitchen." The boy also looked puzzled.
"Go and have a look first."
As soon as Chu Yue came to the backyard, she saw Uncle Lu, covering his arms and sitting at the stone table with messy hair.
"Uncle Lu, are you okay?"
