Chapter 316 Unworthy Descendants
The next day was New Year’s Eve. After breakfast, Lu Tianyou went out.
As soon as I got out of the house, I bought a pound of peanut candy and a pound of sesame cakes at the grocery store outside the staff quarters, and took the bus and got off at No. 1 Middle School Station.
The Lu family’s old house is located in an alley two streets behind No. 1 Middle School.
The houses in this area are all old courtyards with a long history, and they were all lived in by wealthy people in the past.
However, there are fewer people living here now. Some of them went abroad a long time ago, and the houses are vacant. Some are still in the cowshed on the farm and have not returned.
The Lu family's courtyard was in the middle, with two stone lions at the gate, but they had been broken over the years.
“Knock knock knock…”
Lu Tianyou rang the copper ring on the door. After a long while, an old voice rang out from the yard: "Who is it?"
Lu Tianyou immediately said: "Grandpa, it's me."
After waiting for a while, an elderly woman in her fifties or sixties, wearing a flowery cotton-padded jacket, with her hair tied up and slightly gray at the temples, opened the door.
"Who are you?" Lu Tianyou frowned at the woman in front of him.
It's only been a few months since we last saw each other. Could it be that grandpa has found him a new grandma?
The woman smiled and said, "I'm the nanny hired by Mr. Lu's students to take care of his daily life. My last name is Zhang."
"Hello, Aunt Zhang." Lu Tianyou greeted her with a smile, then carried his things into the yard.
The huge yard is well-maintained, clean and tidy. The green plants in the yard are thriving, and the forsythia in the corner is in bud, full of vitality.
Lu Tianyou thought that if he could set up his wedding room here, there would be someone to serve him and Siyu when they eat and do laundry in the future, which would save him a lot of trouble and make him very comfortable.
"Why are you here?"
"Grandpa." Lu Tianyou walked into the main room and shouted at the old man who was sitting in an armchair with a book in his hand. He looked thin but in good spirits.
"Isn't today Chinese New Year? I missed you and came to spend the New Year with you."
Old Master Lu raised his eyelids and glanced at his grandson, surprised that he could be so filial.
In the past, he would not have let this grandson in, but today was New Year's Eve, so he let Xiao Zhang open the door and let him in.
"Grandpa, look, I bought you your favorite peanut candy and sesame cakes." Lu Tianyou placed the things he brought on the high table as if he was presenting a treasure.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Mr. Lu's eyes. "It was you when you were little who loved peanut candy and sesame cakes, not me. Besides, I'm old now, my teeth are almost falling out, and I can't eat these things anymore."
He said he missed his grandfather and came to spend the New Year with him, but he didn't even know what he liked to eat. He even bought peanut candies and sesame cakes that the old man couldn't eat. It was enough to tell whether he was sincere or not.
"I, I remember you used to buy peanut candy and sesame cakes often, I thought..." Lu Tianyou spoke incoherently.
Mr. Lu: "That's because you loved eating it when you were a child, so I buy it often."
"Grandpa, I'm sorry. You loved me so much when I was young, but I didn't even know what you liked to eat." While Lu Tianyou slid to his knees to apologize, he also recalled his grandfather's love and care for him when he was young.
Mr. Lu smiled sarcastically and shook his head.
"Xiao Lu, sit down and have a cup of tea." Aunt Zhang brought hot tea.
Lu Tianyou sat down on the armchair on the lower right, took the hot tea and took a sip. It was slightly bitter at first, but had a sweet aftertaste. The tea soup was clear and the fragrance was everywhere. It was obviously a good tea.
Although he had no children or grandchildren to serve him, his grandfather seemed to be living a very good life, at least better than theirs.
"Mr. Lu, does Xiao Lu want to stay for lunch? Do you need to prepare a few more dishes?"
Lu Tianyou: "Yes."
Mr. Lu: "No, he doesn't eat here at noon."
"Grandpa, I'm here to spend the New Year with you. I'll stay up with you tonight, stay in the old house for one night, and go back tomorrow." Lu Tianyou looked a little hurt.
He came specially to spend the New Year with his grandfather, but his grandfather didn't even let him stay for lunch and drove him away.
Mr. Lu: "No need, you should go back early and celebrate the New Year with your family."
In the evening, his students would come to have New Year’s Eve dinner with him and stay up with him.
During those years on the farm, he had nothing to eat, nothing to drink, and nothing to wear, but his son never visited him or sent him anything.
Only his students still cared about him and went to see him on the farm, bringing him food, clothes, and even life-saving medicine.
If it weren't for those students, he would have died on the farm long ago.
It was also because of his students that he was able to overturn his conviction so early and leave the farm to return to the city.
"Grandpa, you are my family too." Lu Tianyou said, "Grandpa, I have good news for you. I am getting married on the eighth day of the first lunar month."
Mr. Lu glanced at him and said, "Congratulations."
He's only been in college for a short time and he's already planning to get married. It's clear that he's not focused on his studies.
As an educator, Mr. Lu felt it was a pity.
It’s not a pity for my grandson, but a pity for the school and for those students who want to go to college but don’t have the chance.
As expected, his grandfather was happy that he was getting married and congratulated him.
"Grandpa, I'm getting married, you must be there."
Mr. Lu waved his hand and said, "I won't go."
"You must go!" Lu Tianyou said firmly, "My grandson is getting married, and there is one thing I need your approval for."
Mr. Lu looked at him, and the latter pursed his lips and said, "I'm getting married, and there aren't enough rooms at home. I was wondering if you would agree that we could find a room in the old house as our wedding room. Even if I slept in the west wing where I lived when I was a child, that would be fine."
As Mr. Lu spoke, his expression became colder and colder. After he finished speaking, he said in a cold voice, "You are here for the wedding house, right?"
He said, "I just came to see him once when I just returned to the city, but he ignored me and never came again. How come my grandson suddenly became so filial? It turned out that he came to visit his house."
It is true that one does not visit a temple for no reason!
Lu Tianyou did not deny it. Seeing that the old man was unhappy, he quickly explained, "It's not entirely because of this matter. It's more because your grandson missed you and wanted to spend the New Year with you. I don't want you to be alone during the New Year."
Old Master Lu snorted coldly, having seen through the young man in front of him.
"Go back. I won't agree to the wedding house. I've already severed ties with your parents, you, and your sister. Don't even think about taking possession of this house. When I die, I'll donate it to the country."
Lu Tianyou didn't expect the old man to say such a decisive thing. He was a little angry in his heart, angry at his grandfather's heartlessness. They were all a family connected by blood, why would he do this!
"Grandpa, I don't intend to take the house. I just want to borrow a room to get married so that I can have a place to sleep after the wedding. We won't stay at home for long. We will go back to school on the 20th of the first lunar month."
"Besides, your future grandson's wife is already pregnant, so you'll have a great-grandson soon. You probably don't want your great-grandson to sleep in the living room with his parents before he's even born."
"Bang." The candies and biscuits bought by Lu Tianyou on the high table were swept heavily to the ground by Grandpa Lu.
"You've had an affair without any plan and are pregnant before you're even married, and you still have the nerve to say it? You're so bold as to say it, but I and all the ancestors enshrined in this house are too embarrassed to listen."
"Get out, take your things and get out of here. Don't come back here and don't tell anyone that I, Lu Rulin, am your grandfather. In my Lu family, there is no shameless and unfilial descendant like you." Old Master Lu pointed at the door and cursed.
“…”
Lu Tianyou was stunned by the scolding. He didn't expect that when the old man knew that he was going to have a great-grandson, not only was he not happy, but he scolded him and told him to get out.
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