065, Lu Family New House
065, Lu Family New House
After leaving the old patriarch's house, Lu Youtian carried two big pig's trotters in one hand and a big basket in the other, which was also full of things.
Lu Mingfei was holding a bag of wedding cakes in one hand.
Actually, if you ask him, they didn't need to bring so many things back! They were just coming back to attend a wedding, so they should just give whatever gifts others gave. Bringing so many things back would cost them money, and the people in the old house wouldn't remember them for eating their food, and would definitely curse their whole family behind their backs.
These things might as well be fed to dogs. At least the dogs will wag their tails after eating them.
Unlike some people, who eat their food and then bark at them in front of them.
Really, people are worse than dogs series!
But his mother said that they had not been back to the village for so many years, and that it would be inappropriate for them to come back empty-handed, so she insisted on preparing so many things for them. Of course, his father listened to his mother.
He was the only one who felt indignant in his heart!
Lu Youtian looked at his son's angry face, and he knew what was going on in his mind. A smile flashed in his eyes, and he quietly reminded his son, "Don't look so stern when we get back. You're a scholar now, and everyone is watching your every word and action."
"I understand, Dad." Lu Mingfei raised his eyelids and glanced at his father. He really didn't know what to say to this person. He could still laugh at this moment!
On the way, they met villagers who saw the father and son carrying so many things and asked, "Youtian is back. Why are you bringing so many things home?"
"Since Dalang is getting married, I, as his uncle, can't come back empty-handed, right? I just brought back two big pig's trotters to add to the dishes for everyone." While speaking, Lu Youtian raised the two big pig's trotters in his hand to show to the people he met, smiling with a simple and honest look on his face.
"It's a blessing for your Dalang to have an uncle like you." The villagers looked at the two big pig's trotters in Lu Youtian's hands and couldn't help swallowing.
Seeing that Lu Youtian was holding a large basket, he asked again, "What's in this basket?"
"It's tofu. I saw the tofu made in the tofu shop was good this morning, so I bought some more." Lu Youtian replied.
For ordinary people who cannot afford meat, tofu is a rare delicacy to eat. Many of them usually don't eat it for a long time.
Everyone in the village knew that Lu Youtian had been separated from his family. They also knew that Lu Youtian and his wife had not been back to the village for seven or eight years. This time, when they came back to attend their nephew's wedding, they were willing to buy such a good thing. The villagers who accompanied them thought that Lu Youtian was a generous person.
Seeing a teenage boy next to Lu Youtian, an older woman asked, "Is this Qilang? He's grown up so much."
"He is the eldest son in our family. His full name is Mingfei. He has grown up now, and we seldom call him by his nickname." In fact, it is not because the child has grown up that they stop calling him by his nickname, but Lu Youtian does not want to call his child by the old name anymore.
The name Qilang came from when they were still in the old house and hadn't separated yet, and the children were ranked according to the order of their cousins. They no longer called the child by that name, saying goodbye to the past. Now they have two children in the family, one is the eldest and the other is the second.
"Hello, Auntie, Hello, Auntie." Hearing the elders asking him, Lu Mingfei greeted the elders with a smile on his face.
His greeting received a series of praise from the elders.
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The snow that fell a few days ago was still on the roofs, and there was also snow on the ground. At first glance, the whole village looked like it was covered with a layer of white.
Because there was a wedding in the village that day, the whole village was filled with joy, and adults and children all came out of their homes.
I saw many children on the street. Although their clothes had patches on them, they looked quite thick. The same was true for adults. Although they had patches on them, they looked thick and could keep them warm.
From these aspects, Lu Mingfei could tell that the lives of most people in his village had improved over the years. When he was a child, men and women, young and old, dared not go out during the winter. The reason was simply that many people lacked warm clothing and had to stay indoors during the winter. Many families even shared a single quilt to get through the winter.
Now many adults and children in the village dare to go out in winter. This at least shows one thing, that is, these people have clothes to wear.
However, Lu Mingfei barely recognized any of the children under the age of seven or eight. The only children his age were the ones he'd played with closely in his childhood. Hu Zi, for example, had been sent to a small county under Kyoto Prefecture a few years prior to his family's departure for school. He only returned to the village during festivals and long school holidays; he wasn't around the rest of the time.
After leaving the village, he basically lost contact with his friends. The only time he saw Hu Zi was two years ago when he was in the city. During their conversation, he learned that Hu Zi had been sent away by his family to study in another city.
As for his two younger cousins, they never went to the city to look for him. He never returned to the village, so he lost contact with the two cousins he had played with as children.
Sometimes he thought of the crying children chasing after their car the year they left the village, as if it had just happened yesterday. Returning to the village where he grew up, Lu Mingfei felt a little emotional.
Not long after they walked, they saw a newly built blue brick and tile house in front of them. There were still a few old houses on both sides of the new house, which seemed to be kitchens and firewood rooms, as well as houses where people lived.
Lu Mingfei suspected that one of these remaining old houses must have been occupied by his cousins, as he didn't believe the people who built the new house would allocate one room for the girls. Ironically, these large brick and tile houses were built with the money they earned from selling the girls!
Today the Lu family is getting married and holding a wedding banquet at the old house. Many people from the village have come to help with the work.
At this time, someone saw Lu Youtian coming back and asked Chen, the fourth wife of Lu, who was working with them, "Mrs. Chun, do you think your third uncle is back?"
Chunniang was called Chen, and her real name was Chen Chunniang.
Chen looked up and saw that it was indeed her third uncle who had returned. Seeing that her husband was already at the door to greet him, she did not get up to go over.
Lu Laosi, who was greeting guests at the door, saw his third brother coming back with something, so he stepped forward to greet him with a smile, "Third brother, you're back. Is this... Qillang?" Seeing a familiar-looking child following his third brother, Lu Laosi asked uncertainly.
"This is Mingfei." Lu Youtian said with a smile.
Seeing the smile on his brother's face, Lu Laosi immediately understood what his brother meant. He looked at his brother standing in front of him, but he felt that there was a chasm between the two brothers that could never be crossed.
"Hello, Fourth Uncle." Lu Mingfei still remembered his Fourth Uncle. His father and Fourth Uncle looked a bit similar. They were both tall and thin with long faces, high noses and big eyes. This look was inherited from his grandfather.
His eldest uncle and second uncle both looked like his grandmother, short and with triangular eyes, and both had extremely selfish and difficult-to-mess-with faces.
When their family lived in the old house, the relationship between the third and fourth branches was quite good, and he and his cousin Lu Liulang also got along well. So when he met his fourth uncle, he asked about his cousin whom he hadn't seen for a long time, "Fourth uncle, is Sixth Brother home?"
"They and Dalang went out to welcome the bride, and they will be back later." Seeing that his brother and nephew were coming back with things in their hands, Lu Laosi asked, "Why did you bring so many things back? We are back home, there is no need to be so polite. We are not strangers anymore." He said this deliberately, and wanted to use this sentence to bring him closer to his brother.
Unfortunately, Lu Youtian's expression remained unchanged, maintaining a distant yet polite smile as he said, "Thinking of Dalang's wedding, I brought back some meat and tofu to complement your meal. Where can I put these?"
"Give it to me." Seeing his wife outside, Lu Lao Si called her over and said to her, "These things were brought by my third brother. Go tell my eldest sister-in-law and ask her what to do with them."
"This is the wedding cake that my mother asked me to bring." Lu Mingfei handed the wedding cake in his hand to his fourth uncle.
"Let me take it." Seeing that his wife couldn't hold so many things in her two hands, Lu Lao Si took the wedding cake from his nephew's hand and asked his wife to take the other things away first. He asked his nephew, "Why haven't your mother and the others come back yet?"
"Mom couldn't leave, so Dad and I came back." Lu Mingfei knew that the busy stall was one reason, but the main reason was that his mom didn't want to come back. In fact, if he wasn't worried that his fool dad would be fooled by the people at the Lu family's old house, he wouldn't want to come back here with him.
"Your brother must be three or four years old, right?" Lu Laosi asked casually.
"I'm four years old in terms of my age." Lu Mingfei responded with a polite smile on his face.
"Third brother, Aye and Aniang are inside. Let me take you to see them." As he spoke, Lu Lao Si led his brothers and nephews who had returned inside and said to them, "The house at home is finished, but you haven't come back to see it yet."
"The house was built a few days ago, and just as Dalang was getting married, Aye and Aniang decided to hold the new house and Dalang's wedding together, so they chose a date in October."
"Oh, that's good too." Lu Youtian looked at the new house here without any ripples in his heart. Their third branch had already separated and lived separately, so it was normal that they didn't have a share of the house here.
Even though his brothers asked them to move back and give them a room, he still didn't want to come back.
There is no room for their third room in this house, and he doesn't care about these things. Compared to staying in this place with his brothers and calculating for a house, Lu Youtian would rather move out with his wife and children and work hard outside, which is better than coming back here. Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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