Chapter 8 The Qin Family Visits
Chapter 8
After waking up from a nap, Lu Songli led people to clean the yard inside and out.
Xie Zhan and the original owner's families had been engaged for many years, and they had maintained regular contact over the years. Every New Year and the original owner's birthday, the Xie family would send gifts, including food, daily necessities, and other items. Of course, the Lu family would also return the favor.
Jiang knew her daughter valued Xie Zhan as her fiancé, so she gave her a lot of the gifts from the Xie family, besides food. These items were carefully preserved by the original owner, and even when they were used, they were used with great care.
Lu Songli wasn't the original owner, so she couldn't feel any pity for these insignificant items. She couldn't just throw them out, but even if she sold them secondhand, they wouldn't be worth much. She could only put them away in a cage and store them in a corner. Once the matter with the Xie family was settled, she could give them all to the servants.
Lu Songli also discovered a purse embroidered by the original owner for Xie Zhan, a fan she had made, and a high-quality wolf-hair brush she had traded for… Each piece was meticulously crafted. The trigger for her decision to clean up the yard was a set of underwear the original owner had secretly made for Xie Zhan!
Now she lives in this yard, and she can't tolerate these things being an eyesore in front of her.
Lu Songli decided to give the top-quality wolf-hair brush to her father! Her father was worthy of using such a good brush, not Xie Zhan. She gave this semi-finished product to Mo Bing and asked her to find a skilled maid to modify it, intending to give it to her younger brother Lu Mingzhi. There was no way, the material used was Hangzhou silk, which was very expensive, and she was reluctant to throw it away. Forget it, she thought about it and decided to open the warehouse and take out the good materials accumulated by the original owner, make one for each family member, and give them out during the Chinese New Year. Otherwise, it would be too strange to just give her brother a set of underwear.
From the moment Lu Songli decided to clean up her place, the servants in her yard began to work. After she had dealt with the eyesores, she had nothing to do, so she decided to find a book to read.
She checked the original owner's bookshelf and found that there were only a few books on it, and even the covers were covered in dust. She flipped through them and found that they were all books like "The Book of Filial Piety" and "Precepts for Women". The only book "Strange Stories of Mountains and Rivers" was placed at the bottom. There were two storybooks, both of which were about good wives and mothers. She took a look at them and threw them aside. After searching her memory, Lu Songli knew the origins of these books. Except for "Strange Stories of Mountains and Rivers" which was given by her younger brother, the other books were either given or recommended by the original owner's group of sisters who had played well with Zhao Yutan. The excuse was that she would need them when she became the eldest lady of the Xie family, and the original owner regarded them as treasures.
Lu Songli didn't know what to say, so she simply took a fishing rod and a wooden bucket to her own pond to fish, just to relax. Mo Bing quickly followed.
She had just caught four or five palm-sized fish weighing about 700 to 800 grams when she saw Butler Chen and his servant hurried past.
Mo Bing called out to him, "Uncle Chen!"
Butler Chen stopped and noticed that his second young lady was fishing. He smiled and said, "The second young lady is fishing with Mo Bing?" He glanced into the wooden barrel and saw several fish in it. He thought, the second young lady's fishing skills are pretty good.
"Well, Uncle Chen can take two when he comes back later. The fish are not big, but they look quite fat, and the key is that they are jumping around, so the meat must be very tender." Lu Songli was wearing a veil hat. In this age without sunscreen, sun protection is really important.
"Okay, I'll take the two tails home later. I have something to do here, so I'll leave first. Miss, you guys have fun." He kept walking while speaking.
"Uncle Chen, what's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?" Mo Bing asked as he chased after him.
"The Qin family has sent an invitation to the master, hoping to visit him. They are currently waiting outside the gate." Do you think it's urgent?
Mo Bing nodded, "Oh, I see." That was indeed quite urgent.
Lü Songli heard the name "Qin family"? Was it the Qin family Zhao Yutan was betrothed to? She felt her guess was correct. The arrival at such a sensitive time could only be from the Qin family. Lü Songli was instantly intrigued, eager to see who the other person was. In the original novel, the original protagonist suffered a tragic fate, but the Qin brothers were no less miserable. One won great honor for the heroine, only to lose his life, and the other was clearly a victim, having been completely drained of blood by the hero and heroine.
"Mo Bing, you continue fishing here. I'll go find my mother." Lu Songli put the fishing rod in Mo Bing's hand, lifted her skirt and walked slowly towards the main courtyard.
Mo Bing subconsciously tightened his grip on the fishing rod, looked at the Second Young Lady who had already walked away, and hurriedly asked someone to catch up.
Not long after Lu Songli arrived at the main courtyard, the Qin family arrived. Mrs. Qin was seriously ill and could not come, so Qin Sheng’s eldest brother Qin Heng brought him here.
The two were received by her parents.
Jiang placed her in the inner chamber of the flower hall and did not let her show her face in public.
The Qin family's purpose for coming was very simple. First, they came with gifts to express their condolences to the injured Lu Songli, and second, they wanted to express the Qin family's willingness to take responsibility for the matter.
"In this matter, your second young lady and Ah Sheng are both innocent. Her falling into the water was an accident, and Qin Sheng was right to save her. But they both suffered an undeserved disaster because of it, and their marriage has encountered setbacks."
"Things have come to this. After all, it was Qin Sheng who had physical contact with Miss Lu Er. If the Lu family needs our Qin family to take responsibility, we are willing to do so. If not, we will not insist and will do everything according to the Lu family's needs."
Qin Heng's words made the three people from the Lu family feel very comfortable. Look, this is what responsibility means!
But seeing Qin Sheng's reluctant attitude, Lu Desheng felt a blockage in his heart and blurted out, "What about the Zhao family?"
Qin Heng smiled, "The Zhao family is not a problem. Our Qin family has agreed to cancel the engagement between the two families." As he spoke, he reached out and rubbed his brother's head, "Lord Lu and Madam Lu, don't mind. He was just broken off his engagement this morning and he's still a little overwhelmed." His voice was full of apology.
Qin Sheng was angry but dared not speak.
Qin Heng's words really made the Lu couple let go of the unhappiness they had felt because of Qin Sheng's attitude.
Lu Desheng sighed. Indeed, he had seen Qin Sheng parading through the streets, dressed in fine clothes and full of vigor. Yet, such a young man had his engagement broken off. Ultimately, he and his daughter were the most innocent. Then he thought again, the Qin family was so straightforward, worthy of their military descent. But since their daughter was a daughter, she was vulnerable, so caution and hesitation were inevitable.
Qin Heng has a nice voice and speaks neither too fast nor too slow.
Lu Songli couldn't help but pull the curtain slightly and peek out, wanting to take a look.
The general had sharp senses, and as soon as she looked over, the person over there immediately noticed it and looked towards her with a pair of sharp eyes.
Lu Songli felt her scalp tingle. No, this is Qin Sheng? The light was too dim last night, and her mind was not on him at the time, so she didn't even look at him closely.
She hadn't expected Qin Sheng to have a face that was both good and evil. His features were thin and sharp, and his face was very angular. This kind of appearance can be very good, but it can also be very evil. His narrow nose bridge, coupled with the tight distance between his eyebrows, gave people the feeling of being locked in and aggressive when he looked at people. My God, Qin Sheng's appearance, paired with rimless glasses, was simply the gentleman villain who walked out of urban literature. She had seen a photo of a certain uncle in the circle ceiling when he was young, and he looked similar to him now. With this kind of appearance, when he gets older and is immersed in the aphrodisiac of power, he feels like a fierce villain.
It was that woman. Recognizing Lu Songli as not some assassin or some other random person, Qin Sheng's sharp gaze suddenly dimmed. But then he frowned again. Why was this woman looking at him like that? It was as if she had just met him.
Looking at his face, Lu Songli was stunned for a while.
And Qin Sheng glared at her when he saw her like this, and kept staring at her? How shameless!
Lu Songli: ...
This face paired with this personality is such a waste. Lu Songli turned her face away in disgust.
Lu Songli shifted his gaze slightly and fell on the person next to him. This slightly older man should be his eldest brother Qin Heng. He has a long face, with a long and thin middle part. He has a mature temperament, combining elegance and perseverance.
Qin Heng also noticed something at this moment and looked over inconspicuously. Seeing Lu Songli, he was stunned for a moment, as if he had guessed her identity, and then smiled at her reassuringly.
They were caught, and they were brothers. Lu Songli pulled the corners of his mouth into an awkward smile, then hid to the side, trying his best to pretend nothing happened. As long as I am not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.
There was no one else in the flower hall. Father and Mother Lu saw the reactions of the Qin brothers. They understood that they had discovered their daughter hiding inside, and the reactions of the Qin brothers were also relatively friendly.
The Qin brothers didn't stay long before leaving. Lu Desheng personally saw them off. Clearly, the Qin family received better treatment than the Xie family.
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