Although the old master Lu and the second master Lu of the Lu family are brothers, the difference in their status is as huge as heaven and earth.
Old Master Lu is a person who has appeared in history textbooks.
A combat hero during the Liberation Period, he participated in the Korean War and made countless contributions throughout his life.
After the war, he was demobilized and returned home. The organization arranged for him to be a leader in a coal mine in Jinzhong, with extremely high salary.
The years he worked in the mine were the years when the Republic's industrial construction was at its most vigorous. Iron Man Zhang Xishun was born under his leadership.
Industrialization requires electricity, and power generation requires coal. During the years he managed the coal mines, he used his sweat and wisdom to transform coal into black gold, which was then converted into electricity, supporting the country's path to large-scale industrialization.
He devoted almost all the risks of the second half of his life to the coal mine. He had countless workers and technicians under him, dealt with countless factories and state departments, and had connections all over the world.
After the reform and opening up, he retired from the mine. In order to find a way out for the laid-off miners, he took the workers to start a business. His three sons Lu Yuanlong, Lu Yuanhu and Lu Yuanbao also showed their talents and eventually established a business empire.
This is how the Lu family made their fortune.
However, Old Master Lu was a man of great talent and had a life full of ups and downs. In comparison, Second Master pales in comparison.
This second master was a farmer and remained a farmer all his life.
The reason is that when Old Master Lu left home to join the army, his mother was still alive at home, so his younger brother stayed with her to take care of her.
One step wrong, every step wrong, so in the end the gap between the two brothers became infinite.
However, despite farming for a lifetime, the two brothers have now come to the same conclusion and live together in this big yard.
Moreover, compared to the current troubled Old Master Lu, the Second Master actually has more simple and happy happiness.
Because of the Lu family, no one dared to look down on him as a man who had been farming for half his life, and from time to time, filial sons and grandchildren would come to "pay their respects" to him.
If you think carefully about the fate of the two brothers, you can only sigh that it is fate that plays tricks on them.
"Why don't you stay for dinner?" The second master said happily, holding Chen Sheng's hand.
"No, no..." Chen Sheng waved his hands repeatedly.
"Come on, two more pairs of chopsticks won't make much difference."
Chen Sheng's eyes lit up with hope: "Will you eat with the old man?"
"Why would that bad-tempered fellow eat with us? I'll just ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes and send them to my room, and we can eat together."
Chen Sheng's eyes dimmed instantly, and he said with a lack of interest, "Alright."
He thought that the second master wanted to keep them and eat with the other families in the manor.
The people living in this manor are all core members of the Lu family. For him, a son-in-law from a marginal branch, it would be an honor if he could bring his son to the table.
Even if she could make those core members remember her and her son's faces, it would be a great achievement. Lu Ruixiang didn't know how happy she would be.
Unfortunately, this is just a dream.
After agreeing to have dinner together, the second master kept talking to Chen Sheng.
When the old man got old, he had no companion around him. The people in the manor were all people of prominent status, and no one wanted to listen to an old man's nagging.
Finally, someone came and was willing to listen to him. Once he got into the mood to talk, he couldn't stop talking.
Chen Yaren was tired from listening, so he made an excuse to go out for a walk, and walked out of the house leisurely under Chen Sheng's questioning gaze.
When they first came over, Chen Sheng warned him, "Don't look too much, don't ask too many questions, don't walk around," and so on, but he didn't take a single word of it to heart.
After going out and walking on the road for a while, he soon lost his way.
This place is too big.
Even in winter, there is no desolate color. The lawn is lush and green, and evergreen trees are dotted around.
The gardeners were still busy in the garden, and from time to time, unidentified people walked by. Some of them stared at Chen Ya, the uninvited guest, but no one came forward to ask him what he was doing.
In this ordinary scene, Chen Ya inexplicably saw a bit of the feeling of the late Grand View Garden in "Dream of Red Mansions".
There's a sense of forced support in it.
He took a quick look and estimated that the daily expenses of this manor, including labor, flowers, plants, food and living expenses, would be no less than 100,000.
When Aihua was still in the hands of the Lu family, the family could still afford such spending, but it is hard to say now.
I just don’t know how long this big family, which is holding on to its pride and refusing to bow its head, can last.
After walking around and looking around, I soon arrived at the pond and rockery that I saw when I entered the door. Sure enough, there was an old man sitting there fishing.
The old man had a dark face and looked somewhat similar to the second master he had just met, but he was obviously healthier. With two white sword-like eyebrows on his square face, he looked a bit like a tough old actor.
He sat on a small stool, staring at the water. Chen Ya stood behind him without concealing his footsteps, but he did not even turn his head.
Chen Ya stared at him from the side. He didn't move, and the pole didn't move either. Only the buoy swayed on the water with the wind.
After looking for a long time, Chen Ya suddenly asked:
"The water is clear and there are no fish, so what can you fish for?"
The wind blew between the two of them, taking away the silence for a while.
"How do you know there are no fish?" the old man asked. "Can you see the bottom of the pond?"
"You're just arguing." Chen Ya said bluntly.
"You are the one who is arguing." The old man also responded sharply and refused to give in.
Chen Ya smiled slightly, put his hands behind his back, and walked away slowly:
"Go fishing, go fishing, it's all in vain, it's better to go home. Besides, the wind is so strong that it's easy to catch a cold..."
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