Chapter 50
Lu Songli rode a carriage leisurely to her sister-in-law's natal family, Tian's house. They set off early and arrived at about ten o'clock in the morning.
Lu Songli noticed from a distance that a carriage was parked in front of the Tian family gate, and many people were carrying things from the house and stuffing them on it. Her eldest brother was talking to the two half-year-old children.
"That's enough, Axiu Awen, don't move."
"Brother-in-law, I can't listen to you or my sister on this matter. We have to listen to grandma."
"Yes, brother-in-law, you have helped us a lot during this time. This little thing is nothing."
The carriage approached, and Lu Songli poked her head out of the carriage, "Big brother and sister-in-law?"
Hearing the voice, Lu Zhiyuan turned around and was very surprised to see Lu Songli, "Little sister, why are you here?"
When Lu Zhiyuan saw his biological sister, he thought something had happened to his parents. It wasn't until Lu Songli denied his suspicion that he felt relieved.
"What are you doing?" Lu Songli looked at the stuff packed in the back of the carriage and had a guess in her mind.
Lu Zhiyuan said, "Your sister-in-law and I just heard about the marriage granted by the Queen Mother, and we were planning to go back today." Such a big thing happened at home, and as the eldest son, he should be at home to help his parents share the burden. It was said that he had been regretting not going back earlier.
Lu Songli thought to herself, the news spread quickly.
"Stop standing outside, let's go inside first." Sister-in-law Lu Tian noticed that the neighbors were starting to poke their heads in, and she even dealt with the two people who wanted to come over.
Sister-in-law Lu led her to rest, but Lu Songli said, "I'm not busy. I'll go see my wife first."
Then Sister-in-law Lu took her to see her in-laws. Mrs. Tian injured her left hand and leg after falling and was still lying in bed recuperating.
Lu Songli saw her sister-in-law helping Mrs. Tian up. Seeing that the other party was inconvenienced, Lu Songli said a few greetings on behalf of her parents, while Mrs. Tian was very polite and grateful for her brother's recent help and her. Parental kindness.
Lu Songli only stayed for a while, and then came out after speaking, without disturbing the injured patient's rest.
Then, Lu Songli followed Sister Lu to the main room, where her elder brother was already sitting.
"Little sister." Seeing her, Lu Zhiyuan wiped his face, trying to cheer himself up.
"Brother, you are so tired these days, aren't you?" Lu Songli looked at him with a sallow face, red bloodshot eyes, clear eyes, and a look of exhaustion on his face. He must have worked hard recently.
Lu Zhiyuan smiled bitterly. Originally, his family came to celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday, and they only planned to stay for two or three days before going back. At that time, my father-in-law and brother-in-law had just gone out to look at medicinal materials. They had just packed their luggage and wanted to go home. Unexpectedly, at that moment, the mother-in-law fell. The fall was not light, and one hand and one leg were injured. Broken.
The Tian family has a medicine shop. When his father-in-law and brother-in-law are there, they are the ones busy in the shop. If they are not at home, it is the mother-in-law who makes rounds. Now the mother-in-law is injured and cannot move. The remaining brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law are young, only eight years old, and they are not responsible. There is no one in charge of the Tian family. If they leave, the entire Tian family will be in chaos. . He had no choice but to stay with his wife and children to help.
Lu Zhiyuan didn't want to mention the situation on his side for the time being, and there was nothing to mention. He was more concerned about his little sister and his family, "Little sister, what's going on with the marriage granted by the Queen Mother?"
So Lu Songli briefly described what happened at home recently.
Lu Zhiyuan was stunned. He had never expected that his family would undergo such earth-shaking changes in just half a month after leaving home. The matter of changing his biological sister to her fiancé was so tortuous. Xie Zhan, the unmarried sister-in-law who had been his family for nearly ten years, became Zhao Yutan's, and Zhao Yutan's fiancé Qin Sheng became his sister-in-law.
"Isn't this nonsense! What does Xie Zhan do for food?" Lu Zhiyuan slapped the table angrily, and then couldn't help but walk up and down the hall with his hands behind his back. He didn't expect that a small incident of falling into the water would have such huge consequences.
Lu Songli didn't say anything and let him vent. The matter was already a foregone conclusion.
"I should have gone back earlier." Lu Zhiyuan regretted it.
Lu Songli ate the freshly baked snacks and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter, you won't be able to help much if you go back."
In modern times, she liked to eat salty traditional snacks and disliked sweet snacks very much. She rarely ate cakes and the like. Maybe it's because of the lack of sugar in this era, and her body is thirsty for sugar. Now she is eating the candy made by the Tian family, and she actually feels very good.
Lu Zhiyuan: Sister, these words hurt my heart.
"Little sister, it's all my fault for keeping your brother at your parents' house to deal with things." Sister-in-law Tian also blamed herself very much. She didn't expect such a big thing to happen at home. Before Tian An went back, his parents-in-law gave them a message, saying that they could handle and take care of things at home, so that they could help the Tian family with peace of mind.
She hesitated for a moment and then agreed. The Lu family had her parents-in-law in charge, but if they left her natal family, there would really be no one who could make the decision.
"Sister-in-law, there is no need to blame yourself. What I just said is true. Even if my eldest brother goes back, the situation will not be better than it is now. By staying here, the family has saved food for half a month."
Lu Zhiyuan: This is even more heartbreaking. Is he just a loser at home?
Lu Zhiyuan hummed and said, "Although your brother and I haven't helped you at home, I have gained nothing in these half months."
Lu Songli was curious, "What's the gain?"
Lu Zhiyuan nodded towards his wife, Tian smiled at her and entered the house.
He turned to her and said, "You will know later, little sister."
Not long after, her sister-in-law came out with a wooden box of good quality. At Lu Zhiyuan's signal, she handed the wooden box directly to Lu Songli.
Lu Zhiyuan raised his chin, "Take a look."
Lu Songli took it and opened the wooden box without hesitation. She recognized it at a glance, "Hey, this is wild ginseng?" That's right. In ancient times, ginseng was all wild, and there was no concept and technology of artificial cultivation.
She lifted the box and carefully observed the ginseng's reeds, body and whiskers. This ginseng has short and thick roots, yellow-brown skin, and two legs stretching to both sides. The shape of the ginseng is like iron wires, dense and deep, with ring patterns growing on it.
Lu Songli got closer and smelled the faint smell of ginseng, and said, "Is this ginseng fifty years old?" The key is that it is still in good condition.
Lu Zhiyuan looked at his sister in surprise. Does she know anything about ginseng? The age of the ginseng she mentioned was correct, exactly fifty years, just a little more. The problem was that when he planned to buy this ginseng, he asked an old master to do it. This old master was very good at identifying ginseng. In order to get the old master to do it, he spent twenty taels. silver.
