While the Lu family was still basking in the afterglow of the happy occasion, Lu Lin received several visitors.
After Qin Yi recovered, he went down the mountain and gave Chen Xiaomi a deer as a gift. Chen Xiaomi couldn't refuse and had to accept such a generous gift. In return, Lu Lin treated the three of them to a meal.
Qin Yi felt a little embarrassed, but he stayed anyway.
Lu Lin made a bamboo shoot and cured pork slice dish, a braised fish dish, and also cooked three vegetarian dishes and a large pot of bone broth.
The two Qin brothers lived in the mountains, where conditions were very poor and the food was terrible.
After their mother passed away, the three of them ate even more coarse food. It was a rare treat to have such delicious food. At first, the two brothers were rather reserved, but they quickly became very excited.
No matter how Qin Yi tried to signal to his two sons, they still wolfed down their food.
Helpless, Qin Yi had no choice but to give up struggling. The food at Chen Xiaomi's house was just too delicious. After eating for a while, Qin Yi's eating habits gradually became more unrestrained.
Chen Xiaomai seemed very happy to see strangers. The large number of people eating together created a lively atmosphere.
"Brother Chen, your life is getting better and better!"
Qin Yi felt a little envious of Chen Xiaomi's situation. As a mountain dweller, Qin Yi also wanted to go down the mountain to buy a house, but he had a bumpy life and really didn't have the money. Back then, when Qin Yi saw Chen Xiaomi, a little girl, wandering in the mountains, he felt a little sympathy for her. He never expected that Chen Xiaomi would actually make a living and live such a good life.
Chen Xiaomi scratched her head and said, "I've been lucky lately and made a fortune." In Chen Xiaomi's eyes, Qin Yi could be considered a senior, and Chen Xiaomi respected her seniors very much.
Qin Yi finished his bowl of rice in no time, and Lu Lin gave him another bowl.
"The food here is so delicious," Qin Yi said.
Chen Xiaomi smiled and said, "Lu Lin is a very good cook."
After staying at the Lu family's house for a while, Qin Yi left with his two sons. Qin Lang and Qin Ming seemed to have been won over by the meal and were somewhat reluctant to leave.
Lu Lin gave the two children a bag of flatbreads. Qin Yi was very embarrassed, but he accepted it anyway.
Qin Lang held a bag of flatbreads, his face showing some excitement. He was still a little reluctant to give away a deer that could be sold for a lot of money. However, after having a meal at the Lu family's house, Qin Lang threw that reluctance to the back of his mind.
"Dad, Chen Xiaomi's cooking is so delicious! When can we go eat there again?" Qin Ming said, licking his lips. Qin Yi glared at his youngest son and said irritably, "All you ever think about is food."
Qin Ming scratched his head and said, "Dad, you ate a lot too!"
Qin Yi felt a little embarrassed after his son exposed his shortcomings. He wondered how the Chen family cooked their food, as the dishes were so delicious that it made one want to swallow their tongue.
The Chen family.
Looking at the antlers on the stag's head, Lu Lin said with some interest, "Brother Qin, you're really an honest man!"
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Yes! Uncle Qin is a nice person."
The Qin family wasn't well-off either, but they still sent over a live deer. Deer antlers are a valuable commodity; if sold to a pharmacy, they could easily fetch seven or eight taels of silver. This deer should be worth more than one tael of silver.
Qin Yi actually delivered such a valuable item without asking for any reward, simply to express his gratitude for saving his life.
Lu Lin suddenly felt that while many people in this world were annoying, many others were still very kind and honest.
Lu Lin cut off the deer antlers and stored them in the convenience store, while he planned to save the deer blood and meat for later consumption.
Deer antlers are a valuable commodity; they're easy to sell but hard to buy back. Lu Lin wasn't short of money, so he simply left the deer antlers in the convenience store.
Lu Chengyu's marriage was the talk of the village for a long time.
"Wasn't it said that he married the daughter of the registrar? Why hasn't the registrar shown up?"
"There's a mistake. She's not the registrar's daughter. The registrar is quite young; his daughter is only seven years old. The registrar is that girl's brother-in-law."
"So he was just my brother-in-law!"
"It's quite different. If she were really the daughter of the registrar, how could the registrar not show up?"
"Even if he's just a brother-in-law, he should still show up!"
"Does the registrar look down on country folk?"
"That shouldn't be the case! Lu Chengyu is, after all, a scholar!"
"So what if you're a scholar? There are plenty of scholars in the city."
"The Lu family really went to great lengths to marry this girl. I wonder how many gifts she brought with her."
"That old woman from the Lu family is notoriously stingy! It's not like the Lu family is poor. To save money, she even sent her second son to the battlefield. And now, to marry a young girl, she's going to such lengths. I don't think this girl's family takes the Lu family seriously at all!"
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Chen Xiaomi and Lu Lin's lives got better and better, but the marriage arrangements on Lu's side were not as good as the Lu family had hoped.
Tang had assumed that the bride would bring back the betrothal gifts sent out, but in reality, Li Fangyue only brought back a small portion. Li Fangyue was young and, after being subtly questioned by Tang, let slip the truth.
The Lu family prepared a dowry of thirty taels of silver and several pieces of gold and silver jewelry to welcome Li Fangyue. However, Li Fangyue only brought back five taels of silver. Her dowry consisted of some inexpensive cotton quilts, which was far from enough compared to the Lu family's dowry.
Lin Xiuer was very unhappy that all the family's money had been spent on the wedding.
These past few days, the meals we've been cooking at home have been rather simple.
Li Fangyue was spoiled and couldn't get used to such bland food, so she started making a fuss. As a result, she was scolded by the old lady, who was already not very happy.
Li Fangyue was not one to be trifled with. After being scolded by the old lady, she started clamoring to go back to her parents' home and demand that her family stand up for her. Although the Lu family was dissatisfied with this new daughter-in-law, they were afraid that she would cause trouble at her parents' home and leave a bad impression on the registrar, so they had no choice but to tolerate it.
Mrs. Tang said with great frustration, "Your brother didn't just bring home a wife, he brought home a tyrant!"
Lu Tong ignored Tang's complaints. In her opinion, her new sister-in-law was an ancestor, but her parents had invited her in willingly.
Li Fangyue was really not good-looking. Every time Lu Tong saw Li Fangyue, she felt that she was really wronged to marry a widower. Li Fangyue was much uglier than her, and the dowry was thirty taels. Her beauty was being wasted.
Lu Tong has been focusing more on her wedding lately. Her family has spent a lot of money on her older brother's wedding, even selling land, and now they probably don't have much money left.
Just by looking at Li Fangyue, you can tell that a married daughter is like water spilled from a cup; no matter how powerful her maternal family is, if she herself doesn't have much wealth, her life will still be difficult.
Looking at Li Fangyue, Lu Tong felt a little worried for herself. Before Li Fangyue entered the family, her mother and grandmother thought that this new daughter-in-law was good in every way. However, as soon as she entered the family, they found fault with her in every way. Li Fangyue also had a brother-in-law who was a registrar, but she had nothing.
Lu Tong used to admire Lu Chengyu a lot, but recently she suddenly felt that her brother was just a student who had studied for so many years and all he knew was how to spend the family's money.
Lu Family
Lin Xiuer returned to the bedroom, looked at Lu An, and said indignantly, "Cheng Yu's new wife is really a pampered young lady, she does nothing."
Lin Xiuer thought to herself: Lu Tong is also lazy, but if you say a few more words, she is willing to lend a hand. This newly married daughter-in-law really thinks she is someone important, thinking that she has married into a wealthy family and become a rich lady. Sometimes when she asks her to do chores, this girl will bring up her sister and talk about how her sister is usually like this or that.
Li Ru married a registrar; if Li Fangyue were capable, she wouldn't have needed to marry into their household.
With so much work to do at home, and no one willing to do it, how are we supposed to get by? Lin Xiuer couldn't help but reminisce about the time when the second wife's family was still around. Suddenly, Lin Xiuer felt that with the second wife's family all dead, it would be the fourth wife's turn next.
Now that Cheng Yu's matter is settled, shouldn't Lu Tong's matter be dealt with as soon as possible? Lu An nodded and said, "Yes, we can't delay any longer." Lu Tong's matter needs to be dealt with quickly, otherwise we'll have to pay taxes.
Lin Xiuer said sullenly, "The girl Cheng Yu married, is she really from an official family? She doesn't seem like it." Lu An frowned and said, "Her sister is the wife of the registrar; they're quite close."
Lin Xiuer said sullenly, "Even if the registrar is too busy to show up, why didn't her sister show up either? Madam Tang has told many people that Lu Chengyu is going to marry an official's wife this time. So much so that during the wedding banquet, many people in the village kept pestering him to ask who the bride's family members were and which ones were from the official family. Lin Xiuer didn't know how to explain it to them."
Lu An shook his head and said, "I don't know either, maybe I'm just busy."
Lin Xiuer sighed and said, "No matter how busy you are, you can't just not show up for such a big event as a wedding!" Why did their family make such a big show of it? Wasn't it to leave a good impression on the other side? In the end, the bride's relatives didn't take them seriously at all.
When they got married, he did see Li Fangyue's brother. He was nitpicking and called her a country bumpkin, and he looked down on people.
Lu An gritted his teeth. They didn't take them seriously, which was something he could only do. He could only try to get to know them better in the future.
The Lu family was not very satisfied with their new daughter-in-law.
Lu Chengyu himself was actually somewhat disappointed with this troublesome marriage. Li Fangyue's appearance was average. Lu Chengyu had always dreamed of becoming a marquis and prime minister, so he naturally hoped to marry a beautiful woman. He married Li Fangyue because of her connections, but he did not expect that the registrar would be so disrespectful and not even show his face on the wedding day.
Lu Chengyu was arrogant and proud, and he felt disgusted that the woman's family didn't take him seriously.
After Lu Tong's marriage was settled, she became somewhat depressed.
Lu Tong watched coldly as her family sold land and made all sorts of preparations to get her older brother married. She felt a growing jealousy and resentment towards her new sister-in-law. In Lu Tong's view, the main reason her family had married her off to a widower was largely due to this new sister-in-law.
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