Chang'an City, Lu Family
"Ah sneeze - ah sneeze -" Lu Desheng, who was reading, sneezed twice in a row.
Jiang stopped the needlework in her hand and looked at him suspiciously, "Aren't you catching a cold?"
Lu Desheng waved his hand, "I didn't catch a cold. I usually wear thick clothes! You see, it's not cold in our house either."
He thought to himself, which old bastard or little brat was thinking about him, let him pick and choose to see who was most likely thinking about his Grandpa Lu.
Mrs. Jiang touched the back of his hand and found that it was quite warm. After making sure that he was not catching a cold, her mind turned to other things, "I wonder where my daughter and son-in-law have gone?"
When this was mentioned, Lu Desheng no longer wanted to read, "Let me take a look."
Lu Desheng found a map, did some calculations, pointed at Luoyang on the map, and said, "No matter how slow we are, we should reach Luoyang."
Ms. Jiang also came over and looked at the map. The route from Chang'an to Pingzhou was marked by her husband as a slightly crooked red line. Her eyes fell on where his finger was pointing, "This is the route." A third of them are like this?”
"Absolutely." Lu Desheng replied.
During the Chinese New Year this year, apart from the two of them, only the eldest family was present. This year is the most uneven year for the Lu family, and it is also the most deserted year in so many years. Although on the second day of the new year, the eldest daughter Lu Songyun came back with her uncle and three grandchildren and stayed one night. But the two elders still miss their youngest son and daughter who are away from home.
"You have to keep a low profile these days." Madam Jiang told him. The new emperor listened to someone's advice and promoted a capable minister to compete with four ministers who cared about life. Now the court was very lively, and the Lu family could Can't be sucked into it.
Lu Desheng feels wronged, isn't he low-key enough? Except for the big court, he would not show up if he could. Even if he went to court, he would not speak, and he would just keep his mouth shut.
"Good boy, let's not show up for now." His daughter is not here, what if he accidentally shows up and is plotted against? Just be patient, after this period of time, they can leave Chang'an City.
"If you are too busy, help your eldest son. He has become tired and thin recently." Mrs. Jiang said.
As early as when they planned to transfer to the Northeast, they had already begun to sell their family properties one after another, mainly the land, shops, villages, etc. around Chang'an City. These matters were left to the eldest son to run around.
Recently, the eldest daughter-in-law has been quite silent about the two elders' decision to move their family away from Chang'an City. Jiang could also understand that the other party was reluctant to leave her mother's family. They would be far away now that they were gone. After all, Pingzhou was more than three thousand miles away from Chang'an City. She asked her husband to help out, so that her eldest son could take some time to have a good time with his wife.
People's thoughts are all different.
When the eldest daughter went home to visit relatives on the second day of the new year, she secretly told her that her mother-in-law and father-in-law had also considered leaving Chang'an City with them, but they wanted to wait until their uncle Xu Zheng came back to see how the situation in Pingzhou was before making a decision. , but has been quietly collecting family wealth. Chang'an City has been really turbulent recently, so it's no wonder they had such thoughts.
"No help! Don't feel too sorry for him. It's normal for men to beat and beat outside. It's normal to be tired." Isn't he tired in the court? As if walking on thin ice, not only the body is tired, but also the mind is tired.
Lu Desheng now uses his eldest son without mercy.
When his younger son was kicked out by him, his eyes fell entirely on his eldest son Lu Zhiyuan.
At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the boss. He just has some minor flaws. He is not smart, one-minded, and has soft ears. Thinking about the time when the eldest son and daughter were born, the family situation was not good, and he could not eat anything good in his wife's mother's womb. Probably for this reason, the eldest two children were not very smart after they were born. With this foundation, it seems that the boss's small flaws can be understood.
If the eldest daughter-in-law has a good idea and the eldest son listens to her, that's fine. But the problem is that the eldest daughter-in-law herself is not a person who can make decisions.
After Lu Desheng realized this problem, he thought about something again recently.
He will grow old and die one day. When he thinks about it, he did not teach his eldest son well before he died. After he dies, there will be no elders to look after him, and his eldest son will also be promoted to the eldest elder. If he starts to do something, he will give it to his grandson. What should I do if Lu Xiao is holding me back? What should I do if my daughter causes trouble to my youngest son and others?
When he thinks of this, he, as a father, can die with his eyes open.
So, he decided he couldn't go on like this anymore. Anyway, now that he has free time, he picks up his eldest son and trains him.
In fact, he, the father, and Lu Xiao, the son, don't mind supporting them as a couple. The premise is that the two of them have to be self-aware and understand how much they weigh, so they can't cause too much trouble.
Therefore, he recently kicked his eldest son out for training. It’s just as much as he can practice. I don’t expect him to be very promising. Anyway, I don’t expect him to develop any skills. I just hope he can understand that the world is difficult and that his abilities are average and his abilities are average.
Lu Zhiyuan: ...Dad, you are really my good dad!
Yanzhou, Tonghua County, county government
Zhang Xian looked at himself in the mirror, looking at his hairy temples, feeling sad.
He is only in his early thirties and already has white strands in his hair. It's a pity that he has been an official for more than ten years, and he is still just a county official with a salary of 500 shi, so his official career is not going well.
I remember that when he was an official, a blind man passed by their village. His wife took pity on him and asked him to bring him a bowl of pure rice.
After the blind man finished eating, when returning the bowl, he looked at him intently and said that he was a talented person with outstanding literary talent and would become an official with literature.
He smiled reservedly at that time.
The blind man later said it was a pity. It was a pity that he was destined to be a villain, so his official career was not smooth from the beginning and was destined to be wasted for many years. After he was established, things would turn around. At the age of sixty, you have to meet noble people. If you can get help from them, then your official career will start to go smoothly...
The other party called himself Wu Daozi, and after saying that, the other party left.
At that time, he didn't care about what the other party said and just laughed it off.
But he didn't expect that his official career was really as he said. When he looked back and wanted to find the other party, he couldn't find him.
He reached out his hand and pulled out a white hair from his temple.
At this moment, his wife Zhang pushed in the door, holding a bowl in her hand and speaking gently, "You have been coughing a little these past two days. I boiled some pear water. Can you drink a bowl?" "
Zhang Xian stepped forward and took it, "Thank you for your hard work."
His wife is gentle and virtuous. Over the years, he has served as an official in the most border area of Dali. She has always followed him and never complained about hardship and tiredness. He also loves her very much.
At this time, his confidant Yan Liang knocked on the door.
He glanced up at the sky, and it was already dark. He knew that his confidants must have something important to come to him at this time.
This was not the place to talk. He was going to take Yan Liang to the study.
His wife handed him the pear water, and he drank it in one gulp. Before leaving, he asked her to rest early and not wait for him.
On the way, Zhang Xian learned that Yan Liang came to him with a letter, saying that it was Lv Mingzhi, the youngest son of Lu Desheng, the censor of the imperial court, who asked someone to deliver a letter to him.
Zhang Xian was a little surprised when he heard this. After asking, he found out that Lu Mingzhi had now arrived in Tonghua County, Yanzhou and was currently living in Qingxi Village. In other words, when the other party came to his territory, Zhang Xian thought, the other party didn't know what to do with him, and if it wasn't difficult, he would handle it for him.
