225, Friendship
225, Friendship
"Why don't you eat something before going over?" asked Lu Qingfeng on the side.
"Is there anything to eat?" Without mentioning food, Lu Mingfei didn't feel hungry. As soon as he mentioned food, his mouth couldn't help but secrete saliva. He wanted to eat something, the kind that was very greedy!
"We have roast chicken, braised pork, and mutton buns, all hot on the stove. Why don't you go up and take a look?" Seeing his adopted son's greedy look, Lu Qingfeng felt both amused and distressed. This child had been with them for so many years, and he had never been hungry.
But this time, after spending a few days in there taking the exam, the child's face had become thinner, which showed that those few days in there were not easy for him.
"I'll go up and take a look." Thinking that Zhang Lingxuan and the others might not come out so soon, and that he could go look for them later, Lu Mingfei climbed into the carriage again.
Just now he was only at the front of the carriage and didn't see what was inside. This time when he climbed in again, he saw that there was a stove inside the carriage, and a steamer on the stove.
When I opened the steamer, I saw roast chicken, meatballs and braised meat inside.
"Wow, it's roast chicken!" Lu Mingfei stretched out his hand, pulled a roast chicken leg, brought it to his mouth and took a bite, "Wow, it's so delicious!"
"Godfather, Dad, are you guys eating?"
"We don't want to eat, so you eat it. Drink some water before you eat." Lu Qingfeng came up from behind and poured a cup of hot tea for his adopted son.
"Thank you, godfather." Lu Mingfei took the tea handed to him by his godfather and gave him a grateful smile.
"Don't be polite with my godfather." Lu Qingfeng said with a smile.
The wind was strong outside, so Lu Youtian lowered the car curtain.
He just wanted to take a closer look at his son, so he stood beside the carriage and lifted a corner of the curtain to look inside. When he saw his thinner son sitting cross-legged inside, eating roasted chicken legs in big mouthfuls, he didn't know why, but his eyes suddenly became moist.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
"Hmmmm."
After eating a chicken leg, two big-headed steamed buns, and drinking two cups of tea, Lu Mingfei rubbed his stomach with a sense of satisfaction. "This is the best meal I've had in the past few days! If I had known earlier, I should have brought a... no, two roast chickens with me!"
Hearing this, Lu Youtian and Lu Qingfeng couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, I'll go find Zhuo Ran and the others to see if Ling Xuan and Senior Brother have come out." Lu Mingfei said as he climbed down from the carriage. After filling his stomach, he found that it was not so cold anymore.
"I'll go with you." Lu Qingfeng also got off the carriage, opened an umbrella in his hand, and handed it to his adopted son.
Lu Mingfei took the umbrella and held it over himself and his adoptive father's heads.
"I'll wait here for you to come back." Lu Youtian thought that there was no need for so many people to go there, so he waited in his own carriage.
Lu Mingfei said to his father, "It's cold outside. Dad, please wait for us in the carriage. I don't know how long it will take Ling Xuan and the others to come out. It may take a while." It was still snowing outside, and the snow on the ground was very thick. It seemed that it had been snowing outside for the past few days. No wonder it was so cold when they were taking the exam in the examination room these days.
"Okay, go ahead and come back soon." Lu Youtian waved his hand and told his son to leave quickly.
After waving to his father, Lu Mingfei took his adoptive father away. After walking two steps, he found someone following them. When he turned around, he saw it was guard Ma.
Knowing that Guard Ma was ordered to protect him, he allowed the other party to follow him and did not let the guard go back.
Lu Mingfei followed his adoptive father to the other side and saw only the carriages and coachmen of the Ye and Zhang families there, but no one else. After asking, he found out that the others had gone to the front to wait for someone.
They stood here and looked towards the gate of the Imperial Examination Hall, and saw that many candidates were supported by their family members when they walked out; some even came out unable to walk and were hurriedly carried away by their family members.
You can’t find one person like Lu Mingfei who can still jump around lively and energetic among a hundred people.
Lu Qingfeng glanced at his adopted son who was still shouting to come out and look for his companions, and he was already hesitating in his heart whether to persuade him to go back and rest.
However, Lu Mingfei didn't wait for his adoptive father to speak, as he had already made a decision. "Let's go look for them up ahead. If Ling Xuan and the others come out, we'll be able to see them."
"...Okay." Lu Qingfeng hesitated for a moment and had to accompany his adopted son.
Finding his friend waiting for someone in the crowd, Lu Mingfei patted Ye Zhuoran on the shoulder from behind and called out, "Zhuoran!"
"Hey, Ming Fei!"
Ye Zhuoran looked back and saw that it was his friend who had just come out. He grabbed his friend's arm with a look of surprise and asked, "Didn't you just leave with your father? Why are you here again? I saw you just now and wanted to look for you, but in the blink of an eye you ran away and I didn't catch up."
"Are you... okay?"
"I'm fine." Realizing what Ye Zhuoran meant by the following question, Lu Mingfei found it funny again, "I'm fine."
"I'm here to wait for Ling Xuan and Senior Brother with you. They haven't come out yet, right?"
"Not yet. I've been waiting here for so long, but I haven't seen them come out." As Ye Zhuoran spoke, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the Gongyuan gate.
"Lu Jieyuan." When Zhang's father, who was standing by, saw his son's classmate, he bowed and greeted him.
"Hello, uncle. Please don't call me like that. Just call me the same as before." Lu Mingfei then noticed that Zhang Lingxuan's father was also here, and hurriedly returned the greeting to the elder.
Lu Qingfeng also bowed to Zhang's father.
Zhang's father looked at Lu Mingfei with eyes full of admiration and love. He wanted to say a few more words to Lu Jieyuan, but he heard the boy from the Ye family calling his son out. He took back his words and turned to look in the direction of the Imperial Examination Hall gate.
"He's coming out, he's coming out, it's Ling Xuan!" Seeing someone coming out of the gate, Ye Zhuoran excitedly grabbed his friend's hand and rushed forward.
Zhang Lingxuan was holding on to his breath and slowly walking out when suddenly a person appeared in front of him. Then he heard a familiar voice, "Lingxuan, you're finally out!"
"Let me get it." Ye Zhuoran hurriedly took the thing from Zhang Lingxuan's hand. Looking at the pale man, he reached out to touch the back of Zhang Lingxuan's hand, then reached out to touch Zhang Lingxuan's forehead, and asked uncertainly, "How do you feel? Is there anything wrong with you?"
"I'm fine, don't worry." Zhang Lingxuan shook his head and looked at the first young man who appeared in front of him, with a faint smile on his lips.
"Ling Xuan!" Zhang's father called his son.
Hearing his father's voice, Zhang Lingxuan looked up and saw his father appear in front of him. He shouted, "Dad."
"Hey. Can you still walk? Let me support you." Father Zhang came forward and held his son's arm.
The servant who followed them hurried forward and took the things from their young master's hands.
At this time, Lu Mingfei also came over. When he saw Zhang Lingxuan like this, he knew that Zhang Lingxuan was now a strong crossbow. He said to Zhang's father and Ye Zhuoran: "Why don't you take Lingxuan back first? I will wait for the eldest brother here."
Just as Mr. Zhang was about to say yes, his son grabbed his hand.
"We'll wait with you." Zhang Lingxuan said.
This is the unspoken rule that has been agreed upon among them. Every time they come to take an exam, they must come together. After the exam, they will wait for everyone else to come out before leaving together.
When Lu Mingfei met Zhang Lingxuan's gaze, he knew that Zhang Lingxuan was insisting. He had no choice but to let Ye Zhuoran and Zhang's father take Zhang Lingxuan to the carriage to rest for a while. He, his adoptive father and the servant of the Fu family waited here for their eldest brother to come out.
After Zhang's father helped his son leave, Lu Qingfeng saw his adopted son still waiting eagerly for someone and said to him, "Mingfei, why don't you go to our carriage and rest? I'll wait here for Master Fu."
"Godfather, don't worry. I'm fine. I just..." Lu Mingfei wanted to say that he had just taken a nap in the examination room, but when the words were on his lips, he took them back and changed his words, "I'm in good spirits."
"What did you say just now?" Lu Qingfeng saw that his adopted son changed his words halfway through, and looked at him strangely.
"Hehe, nothing, nothing." Lu Mingfei didn't dare to tell his family that he had taken advantage of the last half day of the exam to get a nap. He might think he had failed the exam and was sleeping in the middle of it.
Or you may think that he is proud and complacent, thinking that he is very good, and that while others are taking exams, he is sleeping inside.
In short, no matter what kind of misunderstanding it is, he will be scolded by his family, so it is better not to let his family know.
…
This time they waited for a long time before their eldest brother came out.
"Senior Brother." Lu Mingfei was the first to rush to the senior brother.
"Young Master." The servant of the Fu family also ran forward and diligently took the things from their young master's hand.
Lu Qingfeng also helped to take the package from Fu Boming.
After seeing the familiar people, Fu Boming showed a relaxed smile on his face and put his weight on the little apprentice brother, "Please, help me walk a few steps."
"Okay, walk slower." Lu Mingfei responded.
The guard on horseback who followed grabbed Mr. Fu's hand from the other side.
Fu Boming glanced at the man and realized that he was Lu Mingfei's coachman. He gave him a grateful look before looking at his energetic junior brother who was still able to help him walk. He asked, "When did you get out? You look really energetic."
"I was the first one to come out. My exam room was near the gate, so I came out earlier than you." Lu Mingfei looked at his senior brother's pale face and two big dark circles under his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't sleep well in the examination room during the past few days of the exam.
"How are you feeling? Are you feeling unwell?"
"...No, I'm just a little tired. I'll be fine after a good sleep." Fu Boming felt a little breathless when he spoke. It was the first time he felt so tired.
He looked at his junior brother who was so energetic, and while he envied his junior brother's good health, he also secretly made a decision in his heart that he must exercise well after returning. Otherwise, an exam would almost ruin him, let alone his life and ideals!
After several classmates and friends met up and made sure that everyone was present, they got on their respective carriages and went back home.
However, when they returned, Ye Zhuoran was the only one sitting in their carriage, and he felt a little unhappy. He had wanted to let Zhang Lingxuan ride in their carriage, but because the elders of the Zhang family were there, he couldn't do that, so he could only let Zhang Lingxuan ride in his own carriage.
Zhang Lingxuan was stuffed into the family carriage by his father. He looked at his father who was sitting in the same carriage with him, and his mind was thinking about his good friend who did not participate in the imperial examination this time but came to pick him up. Thinking of the look the young man had just given him, he felt a little unspeakable in his heart.
The father and son sat in the same carriage, facing each other in silence.
Finally, it was Zhang's father who spoke up and asked his son, "How do you feel? Should I take you to the clinic and have a doctor see you?"
"I'm fine, let's go home directly." After saying that, Zhang Lingxuan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, thinking that he would go find the person sitting in the other carriage tomorrow.
After seeing his son want to rest, Zhang's father also did not speak. Author's words: Thanks to Bole 9492239 (9492239) for supporting me, mua! Want to know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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