Chapter 306: Marriage Exchange
When Lu Dongcheng sent the telegram, it had been more than a week since Lu Donglin disappeared.
Now that the team is no longer busy, Zhang Hongying's mind becomes active again.
Lu Dongping left and settled down in the capital. I'm afraid he won't be able to return to this mountain nest in the future.
No matter how promising they are, they cannot be relied upon.
The only one I can rely on is Lu Donglin.
But this bastard just doesn't listen.
I want him to get married and settle down soon, and I just don't want him to be picky.
After the couple discussed it, they decided to follow Lu Minghai's example and go into the mountains to find a girl. They would just spend some food. As long as the girl was good-looking, more food would be fine.
Didn't Lu Mingqing's wife and Lu Dongcai's wife also get it this way? Didn't they live in harmony and happiness?
As for Lu Donglin, he doesn’t like good-looking ones, so he’ll just find one with good looks.
Once the person is brought back, he will be a member of the Lu family, and he will have to accept it even if he doesn't want to.
I was lucky enough to find a suitable one.
Then, without caring whether Lu Donglin was of marriageable age or not, or asking whether he was willing or not, he just brought her back.
The next day, Lu Donglin disappeared.
No, according to the girl, Lu Donglin ran out of the house the previous evening and never came back.
Zhang Hongying was furious, but she didn't think much about it: "Let him run. I wonder where he can go. Can he go to the sky?"
The result was that he disappeared for three or four days.
He neither went to work nor came home for dinner.
Lu Mingjiang and Zhang Hongying panicked and started looking for people to inquire about the matter.
But Lu Donglin didn't go to Lu Mingqing to write a note, nor did he go to Zhao Ping'an to get a letter of introduction. Where could he go?
The team searched everywhere but couldn't find anyone. Lu Mingjiang had no choice but to go to the county town to find Lu Dongcheng and Lu Dongfu.
Lu Donglin has been close to Lu Dongfu since childhood, so did he go to Lu Dongfu?
But, no one was found.
Lu Dongfu was shocked after hearing Lu Mingjiang's story. "No, Third Uncle, what are you and Third Aunt thinking about all day long? What are you so anxious about? Donglin is not even 20 years old yet. Even if you exchange her for someone else, you can't get a marriage certificate. Besides, life is getting better day by day. Who would want to exchange food for a wife? It doesn't sound good, right?"
Lu Mingjiang, however, didn't think he and his wife had done anything wrong: "If he had just been more obedient and saved me some trouble, we wouldn't have to worry about him so much. What's wrong with exchanging food? There are good things in exchanging food. Lu Mingqing's wife and Dongcai's wife are both like this, and they live happily together."
"He's very opinionated. He asked someone to introduce him to someone, but he didn't want to do that. He can't learn anything good, and instead just picked up his brother's bad habits."
"You're not old enough right now. If you haven't met the right person yet, wouldn't it be best to spend some time together at home before getting married? Damn it, when I find him, I'm going to break his legs! I can still vent my anger, I want to go to heaven!"
Lu Dongcheng never expressed his opinion. He felt that his third uncle and aunt had been blinded by greed over the past year and a half, doing all kinds of unexpected things.
He didn't say anything, but Lu Dongfu's mouth was busy.
"No, if you compare him to my second brother, the situations are completely different! He has the same personality as my second brother. Marriage is free these days, and that kind of thing really doesn't apply anymore."
The key is not whether it is popular or not, but where people have gone now.
He was eighteen, nineteen, and almost twenty. He could survive starvation, as long as he had arms and legs. But his food supply depended on the team. Where could he go? He had no letter of introduction, no money, and was he going to starve?
"Uncle San, where do you think he will run to?"
Lu Mingjiang had no idea. "It's been several days, and I don't know where he can go. He has no money, no tickets, and no letter of introduction. How far can he get on foot? I thought he would come to find you and Dongfu."
But if people are not here, where can they go?
It’s true that he didn’t regret it, but it’s also true that he was angry.
The worry is real.
Where did this person go?
"Uncle San, the situation is very bad now. He wanted to escape, but you didn't stop him and you don't have a letter of introduction. We don't even know where to start investigating. It's freezing cold out here, and no one knows where he went. Unless he really ran to the city, got caught without a letter of introduction, and was sent back. Otherwise, if he deliberately wanted to hide, there's no way we could find him."
Lu Mingjiang also knew that it was not easy to find someone in such a huge crowd. He had to have long legs to run. It had been five or six days, so where could he find him?
"Forget it, I won't look for him anymore. He's not three years old anymore. I raised him up, I've done him justice. Even if he dies out there, you can't blame me!"
Lu Mingjiang couldn't explain the feeling in his heart. "When we were sixteen or seventeen, we were all married and had our own families. Your dad wasn't even sixteen yet, raising me and your second uncle all by himself. How come life is getting better and better, but he's getting worse and worse? Wouldn't it be nice to have someone to take care of him? He's eighteen or nineteen, but he has no sense of responsibility and still acts like a three-year-old."
With that, he stood up and walked out: "Forget it, forget it, never mind, I can't control it anymore!"
Lu Dongcheng hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Uncle San, what are you doing? Since you're here, why don't you have a meal before you leave?"
Lu Mingjiang sighed, "No, why should I eat? The team is still very busy. I'm going back now. Please keep an eye out for him to see if he has come to the city."
"Uncle San, what about the girl you replaced?"
This matter must be sorted out. Lu Donglin is obviously unwilling, so that girl is not suitable. If he wants her to stay at home, won't she have to run around outside for the rest of her life?
"What should I do? I don't know what to do. The food has been given to that family, and the food relationship has been transferred. I can't send him back. He can either die out there or come back and live a good life for me."
Lu Dongfu: ...
If he were Lu Donglin and knew about his family's plan, he would rather die outside than come back.
His third uncle and aunt must be crazy. How could they have such a big idea?
Comparing Lu Donglin with his second brother Lu Dongcai, is there any comparison?
Not only did the two people have completely different personalities, but his second brother was married at the time and had a child. It would be enough to have a good one who was willing to live with him.
Besides, before his second sister-in-law came home, his mother first did some ideological work on his second brother and only did it after they had agreed.
Otherwise, if there was suddenly one more person in the room without any sound, who could accept that?
After sending Lu Mingjiang away, Lu Dongfu was in no hurry to go back. He turned around and went into Lu Dongcheng's office again: "Brother, where do you think Donglin can run to?"
It’s hard to say for Lu Dongcheng either.
The farthest place Lu Donglin has been to since he was a child is the county. It seems he has only been here once. Where else can he go?
"Do you think he will go to the capital to look for Brother Dongping?"
Lu Dongcheng looked up at him and said, "What are you thinking about? Do you know how far the capital is from here? It's not that easy to go there. However, I still need to tell Dongping about this matter."
It had been six days since Lu Donglin disappeared when Lu Dongping received Lu Dongcheng's telegram. Telegrams had a limited number of characters and were expensive, but Lu Dongcheng still managed to make his point clear within the limited space.
"My family offered me grain in exchange for my marriage, but Donglin ran away from home and never returned."
Lu Dongping was so angry that he wished he could grow wings and fly back to pry open his parents' heads to see if there was anything growing inside their heads that shouldn't be there.
A living person ran away from home. He had no idea where he went or what was happening at home. The distance was too far and communication was inconvenient.
He submitted his resignation, but not so soon. He had previously said it would be by the end of the year.
Lu Chun'e also plans to go back because they may have to go for internship next summer vacation and will have no time.
But I am taking exams these two days.
After the agitation, when he returned home, his mood had calmed down.
When Wen Wan came back from school, he told her about this: "Wan Wan, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the New Year with you here this year."
Wen Wan was stunned for a moment: "Are you planning to go back?"
"Hmm!" Lu Dongping sighed heavily. "I received a telegram from Brother Dongcheng today. That bastard Lu Donglin ran away from home."
Wen Wan: ...(′⊙ω⊙`)
"You know, there are only a few words on a telegram. Even though Dongcheng-ge has tried to be as detailed as possible, there are still many things I don't understand."
Wen Wan couldn't help but interject, "Donglin, why would he run away for no reason? He's such a sensible person. Is he angry with his family or what?"
"Brother Dongcheng said his family arranged an arranged marriage for him. I don't know the details, but you know his personality. He must have been unwilling to have his family do anything about it, otherwise why would he run away? He probably didn't have any money on him, and I don't know if he had a letter of introduction. I don't know how many days he's been on the run. Where could he have gone in this freezing weather?"
Wen Wan said, "Why not? Let's not wait any longer. If the bureau hasn't approved it yet, I'll go find my dad and ask Zhang Qianfeng to go there. You can buy a ticket back tomorrow morning."
Lu Dongping had calmed down by now and shook his head. "That's not necessary. It's not worth it. Even if I go back now, it won't help. If he's angry and hiding, he'll naturally come back after hiding enough. But if he wants to rebel against his family to the end and run away and never come back, I won't be able to find him even if I go back now. He's already grown up. If he can starve to death outside, there's no need for me to look for him. I'll wait until my resignation is approved before going back. I'll go back and see what they're trying to do."
Wen Wan nodded: "That's fine, I'm not, and I don't really want you to spend the New Year with me here. You've been away for more than half a year, it's time to go back and visit."
Wen Wan has an exam the next day, and after that it will be winter vacation.
The time is the same for Lu Chun'e.
In the afternoon, Wen Wan and Lu Dongping went to the Medical University, helped her carry her bedding roll and daily necessities, and took her back to Tonghua Lane.
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