128, Spring Dream
128, Spring Dream
"Dad, were you nervous just now?"
"I wasn't too nervous, but I felt a little uncomfortable going to someone else's house."
By the time the father and son returned to the pancake shop, the sun was about to set.
The food at home has been prepared and we can start eating as soon as the two of them come back.
Their family also brought the Zhang brothers and four servants with them. The large group had dinner at the pancake shop before leaving. When they left, they also took Lu Mingcong with them.
On the way, Lu Mingfei asked the boy with red eyes, "Why don't you want to stay at home? Those are your father and mother, don't you want to go with them?" He noticed just now that Lu Mingcong was crying and wanted to go with them, and his stepmother looked a little sad.
"...They're not fun." Lu Mingcong pouted, and then added, "I want to play with Xiaobao and my brother."
"There are also Big Yellow, Little Yellow, and Little Black to play with."
The three puppies we bought have been named by the three children. The two yellow puppies are called Dahuang and Xiaohuang, and the black dog is just called Xiaohei.
Lu Mingcong and Lu Mingrui each asked for a yellow dog and gave the black dog to Zhang Xiaobao.
It means that each of the three of them adopted a puppy.
Now in the hearts of the three children, there is probably no friend more important than their own puppy.
"..." Lu Mingfei, it seems that his adoptive parents are not as important as three dogs in their biological son's heart? He doesn't know whether to feel sad for his adoptive parents or beat up this brat on their behalf!
Even Lu Youtian and Liu Sanniang couldn't help laughing when they heard the child's childish words.
It was completely dark when they returned, but they were walking with lanterns, so it was not dark along the way.
Kyoto Prefecture suddenly became quiet under the cover of night, forming a sharp contrast with the bustling daytime.
When we got home, a group of people came into the house, some were packing up their things, some were fetching water, and the house suddenly became lively.
Originally, there were only four or five people living in their house, but now the number has suddenly increased to eleven, with three more puppies. Because there are so many people, Lu Mingfei can feel that this small courtyard has suddenly become crowded.
There were too many people outside in the yard, so he went into the study and sat for a while, waiting for the people outside to finish their work before he went to fetch water and take a bath.
“Knock knock—”
"Father."
Lu Youtian knocked on the door and asked his eldest son who opened the door for him, "Are you still reading?"
"No, I'm not reading. I'm thinking about something." Lu Mingfei opened the door and let his father in to sit down. He saw Ji Kang standing guard outside his room. He said to Ji Kang, "Go clean up and go back to sleep. You don't have to stay here to watch over me."
Although he had an extra servant, he felt that there was nothing he needed the servant to do, so he let Ji Kang follow his father out of the city every day to help outside the city.
After saying this, he ignored the people outside and went into the study to ask his father to sit down and talk.
The man outside stood there for a while, and when he saw that his master really had nothing for him to do, he turned around and left.
Entering the study, he saw three tables and chairs, a bookcase, and a long sofa. There was no room to turn around. Thinking that his eldest son would sit in such a small place to study all day long, Lu Youtian felt a little sorry for him. "Your study is a bit small. When our family makes money next year, we will buy a house with two entrances."
"There's no need to rush to buy a house. If we can't afford it next year, we can just rent a bigger one and wait two years before buying a house." Originally, they were planning to buy this small house, but now it seems that this house is a bit too small.
However, Lu Mingfei did not think that the family had to spend so much money to buy a house. If the family did not leave any extra money to settle down, if they encountered any situation that required money, they would not be able to come up with so much money at once.
Lu Youtian sat down and told his eldest son about some arrangements for the duck farm outside the city. "The duck shed over there has been built. Your adoptive father and I will go to see the ducklings tomorrow. If the ducklings are all right, we will buy a batch and raise them here first, and then buy a second batch next month."
"Once we sell this batch of ducks, we'll have more money at home next year."
Lu Youtian also realized that the house was too crowded. Now that the two children had grown up, the children of the Lu family often stayed at their house, and now there were two more brothers from the Zhang family.
Even without servants, this single-story house was too small for their family. Not to mention that the children would be studying for the imperial examinations, and would inevitably have friends they met during their studies and exams visiting. If the family didn't even have a tea room for the children to entertain friends and guests, it would be difficult for the eldest son to have friends over.
Today, he and his eldest son went to visit the Zhang and Ye families. Seeing how spacious and luxurious other people's houses were, and then comparing them to the small house he rented, Lu Youtian felt a gap in his heart. He also realized that if he, as a father, didn't work hard, he wouldn't be able to give his children a good life.
The father and son were chatting that night. When his mother came to ask if they were going to take a bath, Lu Mingfei said to his father, "Dad, you go first. I'll go later."
"Okay." Lu Youtian got up and went out without any delay.
Lu Mingfei looked at his own reading notes in the study for a while. He didn't put down the notebook and went out until his father came to call him to take a bath.
When he came out of the shower, someone had already prepared the bath water for him.
He said to the person who had prepared the bath water for him, "Go and have a rest. You don't need to follow me here."
"Yeah." This time Ji Kang responded and watched the person go into the bathroom before he turned and left.
***
After Lu Mingfei took a shower and returned to his bedroom, as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw a person sitting in front of the desk. It was Zhao Lang, the eldest son of the Zhao family.
After closing the door, he lowered his voice and asked the man, "When did you come in?"
"When you are taking a bath." Zhao Lang said.
"Have you eaten rice dumplings today?" Zhao Lang sat on the only high stool in the room, and Lu Mingfei pulled the recliner he usually sat on over to the side, sat down, and wiped his hair with a cloth in his hand.
He went out for a run all day today and his head and face were covered in sweat. His hair was soaked with sweat for a long time, so when he got home he couldn't go to bed without washing his hair.
"I've eaten." Zhao Lang looked at the young man who was wiping his hair with a cloth in his hand. The young man was wearing a short suit, revealing his slender arms and legs. There was a smile in his eyes when he spoke, and his eyes seemed to be shining with a layer of light, which was particularly bright.
"I asked Guard Ma to come to our stall today to pick up some rice dumplings. I was wrapping them inside and didn't see if he came or not."
"He went to get it."
Zhao Lang had eaten the rice dumplings that Lu Mingfei sent him, and the rice dumplings he ate today had that familiar taste.
Noticing that Zhao Lang's clothes were more complicated than usual, Lu Mingfei asked, "Did you enter the palace today?"
"Yeah." Zhao Lang nodded.
Seeing Zhao Lang here, Lu Mingfei remembered that the model he promised to make had not yet started, so he said to Zhao Lang: "I haven't started working on the model I promised to give you yet. I will send it to you in a few days when I finish it."
"No rush." Zhao Lang said.
"Nothing happened when you entered the palace today, right?" Lu Mingfei had never been to the palace, but he had watched palace fighting dramas in his previous life, so he could probably guess that there would definitely be all kinds of intrigue in a place like the palace.
It was also difficult for Zhao Lang and his group of hostages. They had to go into the palace during every festival to have sex with the emperor and the court officials and concubines.
Zhao Lang remembered the Queen's suggestion that she would matchmake him and Qi Jun. He didn't take the Queen's words seriously, so he replied to Lu Mingfei, "No."
Since Zhao Lang said no, Lu Mingfei didn't believe it.
Today is a holiday, because he knew that he was busy and Zhao Lang was busy too, so they agreed the night before to rest up tonight and not practice archery or ride horses, so he didn't plan to go to Prince Ding's Mansion tonight.
The two people behind chatted for a while and heard the sound of night watchmen outside.
Knowing that his father and mother would be up and working soon, he let Zhao Lang go back first. "It's very late today. You should go back first. I'll come find you tomorrow night."
"Yeah." Zhao Lang glanced at Lu Mingfei before turning around and leaving.
After watching Zhao Lang's back disappear over the other side of the courtyard wall, Lu Mingfei let out a long sigh, went to the toilet, and then returned to the house to sleep.
He didn't know if it was because he had seen Zhao Lang just before going to bed, but that night he had a colorful dream. Zhao Lang appeared in the dream and scared him awake.
When he woke up, he found his crotch was cold. Lu Mingfei raised his hand to his forehead, and his heart was filled with Spartan...
Fortunately, when he got up the next day, all the adults and children in the family had gone out.
He quickly and secretly washed the pants he took off and hung them inside the clothes he had taken off yesterday, which had already been washed. He planned to collect the clothes himself in the afternoon so that the extra pair of pants would not be discovered!
He didn't know if it was because of the colorful dream that day, but he couldn't concentrate on reading.
So he had to put down his books, went into the craft room to find some materials and tools, and returned to the study to do some small crafts. He was busy all day and finally made a small hand-cranked electric fan.
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