This is really unusually tight.
Logically speaking, after not seeing him for three years, my mother would be waiting impatiently at the door when she heard that she was back.
But it's been a quarter of an hour since I came back, and my mother hasn't appeared yet.
The mother must be seriously ill and unable to get out of bed or something else happened.
She stood up suddenly and walked out. The worry and doubt on her face could no longer be concealed.
"Sister, where are you going?"
Lu Cheng panicked and hurriedly followed Lu Ling as he walked out.
Lu Ling walked quickly and said, "I feel dizzy. My mother hasn't come out for so long. Are you hiding something from me?"
Lu Cheng said nervously: "Sister, please slow down, your injury is not healed yet! Mother is really nothing..."
How could Lu Ling believe it? Go straight to the back house.
But just as he turned into the verandah, he heard a woman coming this way crying, calling Lu Ling's name repeatedly.
Lu Ling's steps faltered, and his heart started to beat for no apparent reason.
Over there, two maids were holding lanterns, and Xin Yi helped Mrs. Lu over.
Mrs. Lu walked quickly and cried heartbreakingly. She was very different from the mother in Lu Ling's impression who could smile without showing her teeth and cry without making a sound.
"Mother!"
Lu Ling walked up quickly, knelt down a step away from Mrs. Lu, grabbed her arm, and shouted tremblingly: "Mother, my daughter is unfilial..."
Mrs. Lu immediately lifted Xin Yi away from him and threw herself on Lu Ling with such force that Lu Ling's heart suddenly hurt.
She gritted her teeth and held back, letting her mother hug her body tightly and cry continuously: "Ling'er, you are finally back! My dear boy, I thought you were going to abandon your mother like your father!"
Her tears rolled down Lu Ling's collar in large clusters.
Lu Ling just pretended not to know and let her mother do whatever she wanted.
However, her mother's strength was unexpectedly strong, and Lu Ling could hardly breathe.
Lu Cheng hurriedly went to grab Mrs. Lu: "Mom, get up quickly. You and sister are not in good health. Be careful of the cold."
Mrs. Lu grabbed Lu Cheng's sleeve and staggered up, her movements were a bit strange.
"Are you all blind? Xin Yi, use a handkerchief to wipe the lady's tears!"
Mrs. Lu scolded loudly, and Xin Yi beside her quickly took out a handkerchief to help Lu Ling wipe his face.
Lu Ling just wanted to say no, but Mrs. Lu pushed Xin Yi away roughly, then grabbed the handkerchief, held Lu Ling's face with a look of distress, as if treating a baby, and gently wiped away the tears from Lu Ling's eyes.
Lu Ling felt strange.
Why has my mother become so angry after not seeing her for three years?
Lu Ling turned around and glanced at Lu Cheng inquiringly. There seemed to be a flash of strangeness on Lu Cheng's face, but it quickly disappeared into the dimples at the corners of his mouth.
Mrs. Lu cried very sadly, clutching Lu Ling's wrist tightly and unwilling to let go.
Lu Ling lay gently on Mrs. Lu's body and comforted her with gentle words.
The mother and daughter hugged each other for half an hour. Mrs. Lu suddenly straightened up, wiped her tears, took Lu Ling's hand and said, "Good boy, Mom just made you your favorite hibiscus cake. Come on, Mom." Feed you."
As he said that, he dragged Lu Ling towards the kitchen with some force.
Lu Ling stumbled and almost fell.
Lu Cheng hurriedly ran to Mrs. Lu and said with a smile: "Mother, my brother-in-law is still waiting for you. You should go see my brother-in-law first."
Mrs. Lu's steps faltered, as if she just remembered. She quickly turned around and smiled at Lu Ling: "My dear daughter, look at your memory. Why did you forget that today is the day you come back? Why did you ask me to wait? I'm so sorry I’m confused! Come on, let’s go see my uncle!”
Lu Ling and Haitang were both stunned.
What's the answer?
Mrs. Lu, what on earth is going on?
Lu Ling looked at Lu Cheng as if asking again, but Lu Cheng avoided her eyes, ran to the other side and held Mrs. Lu's wrist, saying: "Yes, yes, yes, brother-in-law is still waiting. The food in the kitchen has been heated three times." , our family is going to eat first."
Turning around, he told Xin Yi: "Go quickly and get the hibiscus cake made by mother."
Xin Yi's face showed some confusion, but he quickly covered it up and said: "Okay, I'll go right now."
Lu Ling looked at Xin Yi's back.
…
After a while, several people returned to the main hall.
As soon as Mrs. Lu's right foot crossed the threshold, Song Wenzhou stood up quickly, walked to her in two steps, and saluted.
Mrs. Lu grabbed the clothes on Song Wenzhou's shoulders and pulled him up.
There was a look of love on her face. She held Song Wenzhou's face with both hands and looked at it carefully. Her movements were affectionate, as if she were looking at her own child.
Song Wenzhou was a little frightened by his mother-in-law's behavior. He wanted to push Mrs. Lu's hand away, but he was afraid of making her unhappy.
It was neither a refusal nor a refusal. His face suddenly turned red and he was at a loss.
Lu Ling was naturally surprised by his mother's behavior.
Through the memory of the original owner, Lu Ling knew that Mrs. Lu was also a sensible and gentle woman.
The reason why Lu Ling is well-educated and sensible is naturally due to the upbringing of a good mother.
However, just now Mrs. Lu cried and got angry at Xin Yi, and now she started touching Song Wenzhou, her son-in-law. It was simply...
Jaw-dropping.
Mrs. Lu held Song Wenzhou's face in her palms and kept stroking it, with a look of satisfaction in her eyes: "Good son-in-law, so good, a perfect match for our Ling'er. If the master is here, he will be very happy..."
"Mother!"
Lu Cheng hurriedly tore off Mrs. Lu's hand from Song Wenzhou's face and said with a smile, "Mother, you should feel relieved when you see your brother-in-law coming back with my sister."
Song Wenzhou hurriedly took two steps back and stood beside him with his head lowered, his face so ashamed that he almost stepped into his crotch.
Mrs. Lu's eyes widened and they were dull for a second.
Then she nodded quickly and dragged Lu Ling towards Song Wenzhou. Song Wenzhou almost instinctively took a small step back again.
"Come on, come on, you newlyweds should get closer to each other!"
As she spoke, Mrs. Lu grabbed Lu Ling's hand with one hand and Song Wenzhou's hand with the other, and forcefully put their hands together.
Lu Ling: "..."
Song Wenzhou was stunned for a moment, then retracted his paws, tightly grasped Lu Ling's soft and cold palm, and was overjoyed.
A calm smile appeared on Lu Ling's face, and he said obediently: "That's what mother said."
In her mind, she was thinking about the meaning of the words "return home" and "newlyweds" that Mrs. Lu just said.
Trying to find the reason for Mrs. Lu's strangeness from these two words.
"Sit down quickly, sit down!" Mrs. Lu pressed Lu Ling next to her seat, and then pressed Song Wenzhou to Lu Ling's right side.
"Come quickly, get ready for dinner!"
Mrs. Lu sat down with a happy face, and Lu Cheng also sat down on the seat opposite Lu Ling.
Butler Du quickly ordered his servants to prepare the dishes.
In my impression, Butler Du is very close to the Lu family and is older than Lu Ling's father. Although he is a servant, he is very respected in the Lu family.
Lu Cheng then said to Butler Du, "Uncle Du, sit down and eat together."
The Lu family is a family of merchants, and they pay less attention to rules than the Song family.
Lu Ling was still a little uncomfortable with it.
But Butler Du stood aside and smiled: "I can just wait for you, old slave."
