105, Lu Family Farce
105, Lu Family Farce
"Grandma, please make the decision for me and Dalang."
Not long after entering the house, Xu Chunniang knelt down in front of the old lady and begged her to make the decision between her and her lover.
"You and Dalang? Who am I to rule over you?" Old Lady Lu looked at the woman in front of her in bewilderment, not knowing what was going on. "Why are you kneeling before me? Get up quickly."
"I'm pregnant with Dalang's child..." Xu Chunniang covered her belly, raised her head, looked pitifully, and looked at the old lady in front of her cautiously. Naturally, she also saw the old lady's face change drastically after she said this.
As soon as Xiao Wang walked to the door, she heard the last words Xu Chunniang said while she was kneeling in front of the old lady.
Because she had guessed that the woman must be pregnant. A pregnant woman who came to their eldest nephew's house was most likely pregnant with their eldest nephew's child. So when she heard Xu Chunniang say that she was pregnant with their eldest nephew's child, she was not too surprised.
Noticing her mother-in-law's face flushed with rage after being shocked, and fearing she might attack Xu Chunniang, Xiao Wang rushed into the house, blocked her mother-in-law's feet with her body, and helped Xu Chunniang up. She said to her kindly, "Hurry up, get up! Kneeling with a big belly is not good for the baby."
"Mother, Chunniang is pregnant with Dalang's child. This is good news. We should be happy." After helping Xu Chunniang up, Xiao Wang said to her mother-in-law.
"What's good about that? Wu's pregnant is about to give birth, and Dalang, why is Dalang out there..." When Mrs. Lu said this, she didn't know how to scold her eldest grandson. She pointed at the woman who was sobbing behind her daughter-in-law and scolded, "You must have seduced our Dalang!"
"Grandma, Dalang and I are in love with each other, so how can there be any talk of seduction?" Xu Chunniang lowered the sleeves that were covering her face, looked at the old lady with red eyes, and said with a look of three parts pity and three parts sadness: "It was Dalang who told me that he liked me and would marry me, but but but but..."
After a long time of talking, Xu Chunniang still couldn't say what she meant.
In reality, Xu Chunniang herself was filled with hatred for the man who hadn't appeared since learning she was pregnant. She had considered going to Lu Zhiyuan's school to cause a scene, but then she realized that if she did, her beloved would be unable to study at the academy, and he would be embarrassed in front of his classmates. If he ruined her beloved's future, why would she marry this man?
That's why she came up with a plan and went to Lu Zhiyuan's house to make trouble. As long as she could win the sympathy and consent of the Lu family, she could enter the Lu family.
Xu Chunniang was a clever woman. She knew that even if she didn't think about her own future, she would still think about the baby in her belly. As long as she could enter the Lu family, her child would be born into a legitimate family. Perhaps Lu Zhiyuan would go further in the imperial examinations, and her child would have a better future.
"You, you have no shame!" Old Mrs. Lu pointed at the woman and cursed.
Seeing her mother-in-law was extremely angry, Xiao Wang hurriedly pulled her mother-in-law to a corner and whispered to her: "Mother, please don't be angry. We really can't drive Xu Chunniang away. If we drive her away, what if she runs to Dalang's school and makes trouble?"
"She dares!" Old Mrs. Lu glared at the woman with a fierce look.
Little Wang Shi saw that Xu Chunniang didn't seem like someone who wouldn't dare. However, she didn't say this out loud. She just kept admonishing her mother-in-law: "Mother, scholars value their reputation the most. If Dalang's teachers and classmates knew about this, they would definitely have a bad opinion of him. Our Dalang will be an official in the future. It would be bad if his reputation was ruined."
"Besides, she's pregnant with Dalang's child now. What if it's a son? Who knows if Xiao Wu is carrying a boy or a girl... Mother, don't you think so?"
Xiao Wang knew that her mother-in-law wanted a great-grandson, so she added this sentence at the end.
Sure enough, after hearing what the second daughter-in-law said, one was related to the future of the eldest grandson, and the other was related to the first great-grandson of their Lu family, Mrs. Lu showed some hesitation on her face and said, "You go to the field and call the others back." This matter concerned the eldest grandson, and the old lady could not make the decision on such a big thing alone.
"Okay, I'll go right away. Mother, you and Chunniang stay at home well." Xiao Wang reminded her mother-in-law and gave Xu Chunniang a kind smile before turning around and going out to call people from the field.
***
Not long after, all the men in the Lu family returned home.
As soon as Old Man Lu entered the house, he glared at the strange woman sitting in their home, then turned around and said to his eldest and second sons who were following behind him, "You two go to the city to find Dalang and bring him back."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Boss Lu hadn't expected his eldest son to be so foolish, having gotten himself into an affair and having someone find him at home. Now the situation at home... well, he could only put down his things and go to the city with his second brother to look for someone.
After the men of the Lu family returned, the women of the Lu family also returned home one after another.
As soon as she got home, Mrs. Lu's daughter, Sun, who knew what was going on at home, rushed over to hit Xu Chunniang, "You vixen, you must have seduced my son! You ruined his reputation!..."
"Woo woo, I didn't... It was Dalang who said he liked me..." Seeing that the fat woman was about to hit her, Xu Chunniang cleverly hid behind someone else.
"Sister-in-law, please talk nicely. Chunniang is pregnant with Dalang's child. Don't touch her. Be careful not to cause miscarriage..." Little Wang deliberately stood in front of sister-in-law Sun, and advised her not to do anything, but she was very happy in her heart.
Humph, I let you show off how great your eldest son is all day long. Now you feel relieved!
Xiao Wu, who was in the house, heard the noise outside and walked towards the main house. She heard her mother-in-law chasing and beating a woman. She heard the voice of her second aunt, Xiao Wang, and looked at the woman hiding behind her. She asked her mother-in-law with a dull look, "Mother, what are you talking about? Who is pregnant with Dalang's child?"
Everyone in the room suddenly became quiet.
***
"Lu Zhiyuan, someone is looking for you outside."
"Who is it?"
Lu Zhiyuan, who was in the academy, heard someone say that someone was looking for him outside. He thought it was someone who was looking for him. When he came out to see who it was, he found that it was his father and second uncle. He walked over and just as he called out "father", he was slapped on the arm by his father.
"You little bastard! What a good thing you did!" After slapping his son, Boss Lu did not let his son run away. He grabbed his eldest son who wanted to run away and dragged him to the entrance of an alley where there were few people. Then he told his eldest son about what happened at home.
When Lu Zhiyuan heard that Xu Chunniang had found their home, his face suddenly changed with fear. "What? Why did she run to our house?"
"You ask me, but who should I ask?" Boss Lu sighed and said, "She's at our house right now. Your grandfather asked us to come and take you back to deal with this matter. Come on, come home with us."
"Father, I don't want to go back..." But Lu Zhiyuan didn't want to go back. He used his other hand that was not held to push his father's hand away, "You guys just go back and chase her away. Why do you want me to go back?"
But as a scholar, his strength was no match for that of a farmer doing farm work.
So no matter how hard Lu Zhiyuan pushed, he couldn't push his father's hand away.
"Dad, don't hold me, let me go, let me go by myself." Seeing that being tough didn't work, Lu Zhiyuan could only try being soft, hoping to get his father to relent and let him go.
"You must go back with us today!" Boss Lu did not let go of his son's hand, and pulled his son in the opposite direction of the academy.
Seeing that they were getting further and further away from the academy, Lu Zhiyuan felt panicky. "...I still have classes in the academy. I need to go back to the academy to attend class. If the teacher can't see me later, he will say that I'm absent without reason and I will be punished."
Lu Lao Er, who was following behind, couldn't help but shake his head when he saw his nephew, who had gotten a woman pregnant and refused to go home to face the consequences, having gotten a woman pregnant. Such a heartless and irresponsible man, even if he really studied and became an official in the future, would he be a good official?
Please don’t implicate their innocent family members!
"Da Lang, stop shouting. Do you want to make this known to everyone?" Lu Lao Er asked his eldest nephew.
Lu Zhiyuan finally lowered his head, gave up the idea of running away, and said to his father and second uncle, "Father, please let go of my hand. I will go back to the academy and ask for leave from the teacher, and then I will come out and go back with you."
"You have to promise not to run away." Boss Lu looked at his eldest son with distrust.
"Brother, let him go back. He may run away on the first day, but he won't be able to escape the fifteenth day." It was Lu Lao Er who was standing aside who advised.
Hearing this, Boss Lu had no choice but to let go of his eldest son's hand.
Lu Zhiyuan asked his father and second uncle to wait outside the academy. He went into the academy, asked for leave from the teacher, packed his things, and then went out and went home with his father and second uncle.
It was already late when they left the city, so they asked to return to the village as soon as possible. The three of them even took a bullock cart back.
When they returned to the Lu family residence, they were met with a chaotic scene. Wu was so angry that she went into premature labor, and after a day and a night of labor, she gave birth to a daughter.
The pregnant Xu Chunniang successfully stayed in the Lu family's old house and became Lu Zhiyuan's concubine.
Since there was no spare room for Xu Chunniang to live in the Lu family, Mrs. Lu decided to arrange for Xu Chunniang to live in the house of her eldest grandson and his wife, and to share the house with her eldest grandson's wife, Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu, who had just given birth to a daughter, was so angry that she burst into tears again.
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