029, New Home
029, New Home
They moved the next day and closed their stall, taking a day off.
As soon as the city gate opened in the morning, Lu Mingfei ran to the gate alone to pick someone up. As soon as he came out, he saw the old man leading the cow outside the city gate. He hurried over and called out with a smile, "Sixth Grandpa."
"Haha, it's Qilang. Are you out alone?" Mr. Lu Liu asked with a smile, looking at the little kid in front of him.
"Well, I'll come alone. Don't worry, Sixth Grandpa, I'm familiar with this city and won't get lost." He just came out to pick someone up. Lu Mingfei felt that he could do such a small thing by himself. His mother also had things to do, so he didn't let her come out with him to pick up the person.
Now his father still needed his mother's care. It was very troublesome for him to lie in bed and not be able to move freely, and to rely on others for everything. So he thought, what can I do to help his mother with as much work as possible? It was only a few steps from the city gate, and there were people all around. He wasn't afraid of human traffickers trying to kidnap him in such a place. Besides, he wasn't stupid enough to follow someone he didn't know.
Even if he was really forcibly taken away by human traffickers, he would be able to find his way home and his parents by himself.
As Lu Mingfei was speaking, he handed a hot sesame cake to the old man, "Grandpa Liu, this is a freshly baked sesame cake from the sesame cake shop. It's still hot. Please take it and eat it."
"No, no, I've eaten at home before going out. You can eat it yourself." Master Lu Liu reached out and touched the baby's head. He didn't feel comfortable taking the food from the baby's hand, so he pushed it back.
"Sixth Grandpa, I've eaten. This is for you." Lu Mingfei stuffed the pancake into the old man's hand without hesitation. He knew that the old man's "eaten" meant a bite of dry food he had eaten on the road. How many farmers had a full stomach these days?
Although their family was struggling right now, they had just received some silver from a pawnshop the day before, so they could still afford to treat the old man to a simple sesame seed bun. After they settled things in their new home today, they could officially begin their new way of making money tomorrow. He believed that soon, their family's life would improve!
Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Mr. Lu Liu had to accept it. However, he couldn't bear to eat it. Instead, he wrapped it in a clean cloth and put it in a small basket on the ox cart, intending to take it back home for his little grandson to eat.
Lu Mingfei glanced at it and then looked away. He looked at the things on the cart and confirmed that the furniture they had left at the neighbor's house that day. He discussed with the old man: "Can we first move the things on the cart to our new house and then come here to pick up my father and mother?" His father was currently unable to move around easily and needed a cart to move the things over.
"Okay, sure, no problem." Master Lu Liu lifted the kid onto the ox cart and sat him down, while he led the ox in front.
After entering the city, Lu Mingfei first took the old man to their newly rented house to put his things, and then took him to the pancake shop to pick up his father and mother, and loaded the things they had left at the pancake shop into the car.
The store in front of the pancake shop is doing business, and they go through the small door on the side.
After the family of three came out, Lu Mingfei said goodbye to the proprietress who had escorted them out: "Aunt, my father and mother and I are leaving. Goodbye."
"Okay, come and play with Auntie when you have time." Xu Yue Niang couldn't help but reach out and touch the child's head. She looked at Liu San Niang and said, "I'll come over to see you later when I'm free."
Liu Sanniang nodded, said okay, and said, "We have disturbed you these few days. Thank you for providing us with accommodation and taking care of three meals a day for our family of three." She had just stuffed silver and money into Xu Yueniang's hand, but Xu Yueniang refused to take it. The two of them pushed it back and forth, and the silver and money she gave out was pushed back into Xu Yueniang's hand.
So, the three of them were living and eating at someone else's house, but Xu Yueniang refused to accept the money she gave her, which made her feel a little guilty, thinking she was causing trouble for others and taking advantage of them. If they stayed at the inn for so many days, the cost of accommodation alone would be quite high, not to mention the food for the three of them.
But this little money was nothing to Xu Yueniang. She didn't accept it because she wanted to establish a good relationship with Liu Sanniang and her husband.
"Don't bother me, don't bother me. It's our fate that we meet." Xu Yue Niang looked at the little boy again before looking up at Liu San Niang. She hesitated for a moment and didn't say what she was thinking. She planned to wait some time before bringing it up.
After saying goodbye, Lu Mingfei and his mother followed the ox cart.
There are many people in this city. Mr. Lu Liu is leading an ox cart in front. The only person lying on the ox cart is Lu Youtian, who is still unable to walk.
Seeing her husband on the oxcart looking at them, Liu Sanniang smiled and said to him, "You haven't been to our newly rented courtyard yet. You'll definitely like it when you get there. In the future, let's take Qilang and do some small business in this city and live a good life."
Lu Youtian also knew how much money the rented courtyard cost per month. At five taels per month, it was hard to do badly. Although his son said a lot of comforting words, he was still worried that he would end up lying in bed and become a complete invalid. He would be a burden to his wife and children, so it would be better for him to know his life sooner rather than later.
Without hearing his father's answer, Lu Mingfei guessed what his father was thinking, so he told him, "Don't worry, Dad. As long as we are together as a family, our lives will get better and better."
"Yes, Youtian, you've finally saved your life, you need to get better soon. It's easier for you to just leave, but your wife and children will have a hard time if you leave them here." Even Master Lu Liu, who was leading the cow in front, encouraged his nephew. He and Lu Gensheng were cousins within the fifth degree of mourning, so the relationship between the two families was quite close.
They were all from the same village, and Master Lu Liu was well aware of what happened in the village. He knew that if the little kid had not been smart enough to go to the clan leader's house to ask for his life, Lu Youtian would have been dead long ago.
Mr. Lu Liu had lived to a ripe old age and had seen many cruel people, but he had never seen anyone like Lu Gensheng and Old Wang. They say even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but some people are worse than beasts!
"Yeah, I know." It was precisely because of this that Lu Youtian had thought about dying several times while lying in bed these days, enduring the pain, and watching his wife and children wait on him. In the end, he suppressed these thoughts. He had to live, even if not for himself, then for his wife and children!
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After about half an hour, they arrived at Tongshu Street.
Having been here once before, Master Lu Liu parked the ox cart at the gate of the innermost courtyard as if he were familiar with the place. After his nephew opened the door, he led the ox cart into the courtyard.
"Sixth Grandpa, Mother, wait a minute. I'll go find someone outside to help get Dad down." Lu Mingfei was worried that his mother and the old man wouldn't be strong enough and would throw his father to the ground. He had spent a lot of money to treat his father's leg. If he got hurt from the fall, all their money and efforts would be wasted.
Liu Sanniang also knew this, so she told the child: "Go quickly and come back quickly." She was also worried that the child would be targeted by bad people if he ran around outside alone.
Lu Mingfei replied "OK" and ran out the door.
During the day, this alley was filled with the elderly, women and children who stayed at home, and the adult men were all out working, so he had no choice but to run to the street and spend a few copper coins to hire a strong man to help.
Fortunately, the money was worth it. The other party not only carried his father into the house, but also helped them move all the things off the ox cart.
After taking the money, the other party left very quickly.
Seeing that there was nothing to do here, Lu Liuye also suggested leaving, "Then you guys stay here, I'll leave first."
"Sixth Grandpa, would you like to sit down and have a drink of water?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"No, no, I have water in the car." Mr. Lu Liu said with a smile.
At this time, Liu Sanniang took out a purse from her bosom and took out a small string of copper coins to give to the old man, "This is the money we asked you to pay for the transportation to the city. Sixth Master, please don't think it's too little."
"No, no, we are all alone, so you don't have to pay." Mr. Lu Liu stretched out his hand to block Liu Sanniang's hand, feeling embarrassed to accept the money.
"Sixth Grandpa, you have to take it quickly, otherwise we will be embarrassed to ask you for help next time." Lu Mingfei took the copper coin from his mother's hand and stuffed it into the old man's hand.
A string of copper coins was pushed back and forth, and finally Mr. Lu Liu accepted it.
As Mr. Lu Liu was about to leave with the ox, he said to the mother and son, "If you need anything later, come find me at the city gate. Unless it's raining or snowing, I usually send someone to the city every day."
The villagers didn't have any land of their own, so they either worked as tenant farmers for landlords, or as laborers for landlords, or found work in the city to save up a little money to buy salt, needles, and cloth to supplement their family income. Mr. Lu Liu's family was better off than others because his eldest son worked as an accountant in the city. When he had money, he bought the family an ox. During the busy farming season, the ox could plow the fields and rent it out for rent. During the slack season, he would take the ox out to pick up passengers in the city, earning some money for the rides. This meant that the family had a little extra income throughout the year.
"Okay, thank you, Sixth Grandpa." Lu Mingfei and his mother saw the old man out the door.
After watching the old man lead the cow away, they turned around and returned to their own yard, closing the yard door and lowering the bolt behind it.
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