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"Your mother and I will send your second uncle and others out, and then go to your adoptive father's place to take care of things. You should study hard at home, and don't let your brothers and sisters influence you." Lu Youtian led the donkey out of the door, with his wife following him.
Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si stood behind with their two sons.
Looking at the donkey led by their third brother (third elder brother), Lu Laoer and Lu Laosi had indescribable envy in their eyes. They both thought in their hearts that when they made money one day, they would definitely buy a big blue donkey like this!
There was reluctance to part with their little cousin in Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang's eyes.
"Okay, Dad and Mom, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll study hard at home." Lu Mingfei nodded, echoing his father's words. He then said to his two uncles and cousins, "Have a safe journey."
"Okay, I hope Qilang passes the imperial examination and becomes a scholar soon, so that we uncles can also benefit from it." Lu Laoer said with a smile.
"I'd like to borrow your advice, Second Uncle." Lu Mingfei responded with a polite smile.
Then Lu Youtian and Liu Sanniang led the Lu family out. During the journey, the couple did not get on the donkey cart, but walked with the donkey.
After watching his parents and uncles leave, Lu Mingfei took Zhang Qi back to the yard, closed the outer gate and bolted it.
After eating the barbecue, the other children were soon so sleepy that they ran to their beds in the house to sleep, so now only he and Zhang Qi were left without a nap.
Today, because they had guests over, he spent his lunch break teaching his uncles and cousins how to make barbecue, so none of the adults had a nap. His father and mother had already gone out, so they would be busy all afternoon before they came back.
Now that he had some free time, Lu Mingfei felt a little tired and wanted to lie down and rest for a while, so he said to Zhang Qi, "If you're tired, go to sleep for a while. I'll go back to the room and rest for a while, and then I'll teach you to read in the afternoon."
"Brother, you go and have a rest first. I'll clean up these things outside." Zhang Qi was referring to the barbecue stall where they were having dinner today.
"No need to clean up, just stay here and we will continue to barbecue in the afternoon." Lu Mingfei said.
"Oh, okay." Zhang Qi thought of the barbecue he had today. He had never known that meat and vegetables could be so delicious. Thinking that he would have another chance to eat in the afternoon, he couldn't help swallowing.
Then Lu Mingfei ignored Zhang Qi and went to the study, lying down on the long sofa in the study to take a nap.
The adults in the family had gone out, and the younger brothers and older brothers had all gone to bed, so the whole courtyard suddenly became quiet. Zhang Qi stood in the yard for a while, sorting out the things they had barbecued today and tidying them up. He then went to tidy up the donkey shed and the things in the yard before entering the main room and sitting at the door to read.
This book was lent to him by his elder brother. He knew some of the characters, but not others. He memorized the location of the characters he didn't know and would ask his elder brother for help when he was free.
On this quiet afternoon, sitting in a place and quietly reading a book, this is a good day that Zhang Qi could not even dream of before coming to the Lu family. But now, because of meeting their eldest brother and Uncle Lu and Aunt Lu, the two brothers are living such a good life.
Thinking of his deceased grandparents, his mother, and his father who was far away and whose fate was unknown, Zhang Qi's eyes dimmed for a moment. But when he saw the book in his hand, the light in his eyes rekindled.
As long as he and his brother are alive and well, they will definitely find their father!
When Lu Mingfei woke up, the yard was still quiet outside. He knew his brothers were still asleep. When he went out to use the restroom, he saw Zhang Qi sitting at the door of the main hall reading a book. He smiled and went to the restroom first.
After coming out of the toilet and washing his face in the yard, he called Zhang Qi to the study.
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Only when the sun set did Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si return home with their two sons.
When Xiao Wang, who was waiting at the door, saw her husband and son coming back, she hurried forward, took her husband's hand, and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"
"Let's talk about it later." Seeing that there were still people from the main house in the yard, Lu Laoer gave his wife a look that said "no problem".
Receiving the look from her husband, Xiao Wang understood and deliberately said loudly: "The meal at home is ready, come back and eat quickly."
"Yeah." Lu Lao Er nodded and followed his wife into the yard.
Mrs. Lu's wife, Sun, who was in the courtyard, saw her two uncles returning from a day out with their son. She rolled her eyes and deliberately asked, "Hey, Second Uncle and Fourth Uncle, where have you been? You've been out all day and just come back?"
"You know, sister-in-law, our family only gets a little food. If the father and son don't go out to find work, our family will run out of food in a few days." Little Wang retorted sarcastically. She didn't take her sister-in-law seriously at all.
In the past, she would only show some respect to this woman because she respected her eldest nephew who was studying, and she let this woman act like her eldest sister-in-law in front of her all day long. Moreover, her eldest nephew failed the exams every year and it didn't seem like he had any chance of passing the exam and becoming an official. Now that they had separated and were living their own lives, there was no interest involved, so she didn't need to show respect to the eldest wife anymore.
Not to mention her sister-in-law, she no longer had any awe for her father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Especially when she thought about the division of the family this time, her parents-in-law were so unfair and they didn't get a single penny back from her mother-in-law, she felt very angry!
"Dad, Mom, it's time to eat." Lu Erhua, who had prepared the meal, came to call her parents and younger brothers to eat.
Xiao Wang no longer cared about her sister-in-law and went to eat with her husband and son.
When Chen from the fourth room saw her husband and son coming back, she also came over and called her husband and son to go back to their place for dinner.
The Lu family originally had only one kitchen. Later, when the second and fourth branches separated, they cleared a new area in the yard to build a kitchen. However, since neither branch had the money to build a kitchen, they simply found a few stones and built a stove in the yard for cooking. For the time being, the cooking area was placed outside the yard.
Fortunately, when they divided the family property, the second and fourth rooms received a few broken pots and bowls, otherwise they wouldn't even have a pot to cook with or bowls to eat with.
Because the family received little food after the division of the family property, the second branch of the family ate vegetable porridge that night. This porridge, with less rice and more vegetables, was essentially just a pot of boiled vegetables. However, their vegetable porridge tasted a little better today because it was salted.
When Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao Si left today, their third brother (third elder brother) lent them some money. Before they came back, they bought some soy sauce, vinegar and salt needed for setting up a stall. Most of these things were prepared for barbecue.
Since they had salt at home, they put a little salt in the food they ate tonight. They also knew that if people did not eat salt for a long time, their hands and feet would become weak, so even if the days were difficult, salt was something they had to eat.
But even so, Lu Erhua ate the vegetable porridge in her hand with peace of mind. Now that the family had been divided, she was no longer so worried that her grandmother would sell her out and use her betrothal money to marry off her cousins. Even if her grandmother still wanted to do this, her mother would definitely not agree.
However, when Lu Erhua saw her brother slurping his porridge, her gaze froze. She only thought about her older cousins and forgot that she had a younger brother.
This younger brother is only two years younger than her and is also of marriageable age. Their family is in the current situation and they certainly cannot afford the money for his marriage. She is afraid that her family will inevitably want to marry her off and use her betrothal money to help her younger brother get married.
Thinking of how women had no say in their marriages since ancient times, and how her elder sister never came back after getting married, Lu Erhua's eyes dimmed again.
"Second sister, what are you looking at me for?" Feeling someone was looking at him, Lu Wulang turned around and saw his second sister staring at him. How should I put it? This look at him was a bit strange.
But today he was in a good mood, and without studying the look in his second sister's eyes, he moved his butt over, squatted beside his second sister, and asked her quietly, "Second sister, do you know what my father and I went to the city for today?"
"What have you been doing?" Lu Erhua put away her distant thoughts, looked at her brother's face and asked.
"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone." Lu Wulang glanced around while speaking.
"Yeah." Lu Erhua responded.
"My father, fourth uncle and I went to my third uncle's house today. Qilang told us a way to make money. On our way back, my father and fourth uncle said that we should prepare everything and go into the city to set up a stall. Once we make money from the stall, we can eat meat." Lu Wulang almost drooled when he thought of the meat he had eaten today.
Thinking that they had eaten up all the food they had baked today, and that he had forgotten to bring some back for his mother and sisters, Lu Wulang felt a little sorry for his second sister and his mother and sisters.
But today, their little cousin taught them how to bake, so they felt embarrassed to take food home after they were full. Moreover, when they left, their third uncle even lent money to both of their families. Their third uncle was very kind to both of their families.
Later, Lu Wulang talked a lot to his sister.
While his son and daughter were talking about setting up a stall in the city to sell things, Lu Lao Er was also whispering to his wife about setting up a stall to sell barbecue. He also mentioned the division of profits among the families. "I discussed it with Lao Si on the way. Our two families are going to do business together and split the profits three-thirds."
"We'll split 30% with the fourth branch and 40% with the third brother."
"Why should we give them so much?" Xiao Wang said unhappily.
"The recipe was given to us by Qilang, and my third brother and his wife also lent us money to do business!" Lu Laoer glared at the woman who knew nothing and said.
Meeting the man's gaze, although Xiao Wang was still somewhat dissatisfied with the division of profits, she did not dare to say anything.
After it got dark, everyone in the Lu family courtyard returned to their rooms, closed the doors and went to sleep.
After returning to the house, Lu Laosi told his wife about their trip to the city today, and also mentioned that they were doing business together with the second branch and how they would divide the profits in the future.
Chen had no objection to the three wives' partnership in business, saying that 40% should be given to the third wife. She even gave the man her silver bracelet as a dowry and said, "Business requires money. You can pawn this bracelet and get some money to use."
"This... is the dowry your mother gave you. I can't take it." Lu Laosi refused to take it.
"Take it." Chen stuffed the silver bracelet into the man's hand and lay with her back turned, fearing that he would regret and want it back after seeing the bracelet.
Lu Laosi grabbed the silver bracelet in his hand, hugged his wife from behind, and promised: "When I make money in the future, I will buy you a pair of thick silver bracelets to wear on your wrists."
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