230, Ugly Son-in-law "Meets" Mother-in-Law
230, Ugly Son-in-law "Meets" Mother-in-Law
“Squeak—”
As soon as the door opened, Lu Mingfei saw his mother and three younger brothers standing outside the door. The two boys, Lu Mingrui and Lu Mingcong, ran over and grabbed his hands, one on the left and one on the right.
He didn't have time to pay attention to the two boys at the moment. He looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, how come you have time to come here at this time?" Lu Mingfei knew that the business at the braised food shop was quite busy at this time. Normally, his mother would not leave the shop at this time and would come back home to find him.
"I thought you were at home, so I came back to see you." When talking to the eldest son, Liu Sanniang saw someone standing behind him. Only then did she realize that there was a guest in the eldest son's room.
She remembered that this young man was a neighbor who lived in the yard next to theirs, but what was his name? Liu Sanniang couldn't remember it for a moment.
Seeing his mother looking behind him, Lu Mingfei knew that his mother was looking at Zhao Lang. At this time, he encountered the same problem as his mother. The last time Zhao Lang came to visit their home, what alias did he use?
Zhao Lang saw the mother and son looking at him with the same expression, and he immediately knew what was going on. He bowed to the elder in front of him and said, "Junior Wang Zhe, greetings to Auntie."
"No need to be so polite, no need to be so polite." Liu Sanniang raised the palm of one hand, meaning that the young master should get up quickly.
After smiling and nodding at the prince, Liu Sanniang withdrew her gaze and looked towards her eldest son, saying, "So you have guests here. Why didn't you remind me just now?"
"He knew I was at home, so he came to have tea with me." Lu Mingfei felt inexplicably guilty when facing his mother.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Liu Sanniang didn't notice anything wrong with her eldest son, nor did she think there was anything wrong with her eldest son closing the door and entertaining guests in the house.
The weather was so cold that they had built fireplaces in their bedrooms. When they were warming themselves by the fire, they had to close the door to keep the room warm. If the door was open, the wind would blow in and the wood in the fireplace would burn in vain.
So when she saw that her eldest son's face was a little red, Liu Sanniang thought that he was feeling hot in the house.
Thinking of what she had heard in the shop today, she said to her eldest son with some worry in her heart, "I heard that many candidates who came out of the Imperial Examination Hall today fell ill. Are you feeling unwell? How about I ask a doctor to come home and take your pulse?"
"No need, mother. I'm in good health." Lu Mingfei said.
Liu Sanniang thought her eldest son did not look sick, and she heard from her husband that this was the first time their eldest son walked out of the Imperial Examination Hall by himself. Other scholars needed help to walk, but their eldest son did not need that.
After confirming that her eldest son did not look sick, Liu Sanniang finally felt relieved. She turned her head to glance at the maid following behind her, then turned back to her eldest son and said, "I thought you might be tired today and didn't want to go out to eat, so I brought you some food and came back home to see you."
"I heard from your father that the palace examination will be held in two months. You should study hard at home for the time being. I think you should not go to the restaurant to eat for the next two months. From now on, I will have someone bring your meals back here for you every day."
Lu Mingfei then noticed that a strange maidservant following behind his mother was carrying a large food box. He presumably thought that the box contained his dinner. Thinking that his mother had come so far to bring him food, he felt a little guilty.
"Mother, why don't you just have someone send it back to me? Why did you come all the way here in person?"
"Why, can't mother come back to see you?" How could Liu Sanniang not see that her eldest son loved her, but she missed her eldest son too, so she wanted to come and see him.
Seeing her son, who had grown taller than her, she felt a deep sense of indebtedness towards her eldest son. When this child came to them, their family was going through the most difficult times. In the past ten years since he came to Kyoto, the eldest son has helped the family a lot, and they have never had a day of ease.
"No, I'm just worried that you'll be tired." Lu Mingfei then remembered that he had let his mother stand at the door for so long, and hurriedly turned aside to invite his mother into the house, "Mother, please come in and sit down."
"I won't go in. The store is busy and I have to go back to the store to work. You and this young master can have dinner at home. If you need anything, just send someone to the store to get it." Seeing that the eldest son had guests here, Liu Sanniang didn't want to disturb the eldest son from entertaining the guests.
Seeing that her youngest son and Lu Mingcong were about to go into their elder brother's room, Liu Sanniang was quick-witted and quickly grabbed one of the boys by the collar to prevent them from running in. "You two, go to your elder brother's room separately, so as not to mess up the things in your eldest brother's room."
"You two, come back with me to the store outside. Let's go back there and have dinner."
"Mom, I want to stay here." Lu Mingrui didn't want to leave, he wanted to be with his brother.
"You three come over after school tomorrow. I'll check your homework." Zhao Lang is with him today, and Lu Mingfei doesn't want to keep these naughty kids here to make trouble.
“…” Lu Mingrui, who originally wanted to play with his brother, suddenly froze in expression.
Lu Mingcong simply stopped talking.
Zhang Xiaobao hid behind his two younger brothers, hoping that the older brother would not see him.
Seeing the expressions of the three boys, Liu Sanniang couldn't help laughing. This time she didn't need to catch them, as the three boys were willing to follow her.
Seeing these three boys looking like they were afraid that their eldest brother would check their homework, she couldn't help but shake her head in her heart. These three boys together were not as good as the eldest son.
This eldest son had studied since childhood, yet he had never caused his parents to worry or watch him closely. He had risen through the ranks of a Tongsheng (a student) and eventually became a Juren (a juren). If things went well again, he would become a Jinshi (a jinshi). Perhaps it wouldn't be long before this eldest son of their family would become an official.
It’s not that the three guys at the back are bad, but compared to the eldest brother, they are still far behind.
"Okay, mother will take the three of them back now." Liu Sanniang signaled her eldest son to see her off with her eyes.
After receiving the look from his mother, Lu Mingfei asked Zhao Lang to wait for him here while he sent his mother and brothers out.
When they reached the gate of the courtyard, Liu Sanniang lowered her voice and asked her eldest son, "I heard Zhang Qi say today that you asked him to work with your father. So, do you want me to arrange two more servants to come over and give you orders?"
"No need, mother. I have someone here who can follow me. I study here on weekdays, so it's nothing to do." The person Lu Mingfei was talking about was Brother Ma, the bodyguard.
One horse guard can do the work of three people. He can be a servant, a coachman, and a guard.
"...That's fine too." Seeing that her eldest son didn't want anyone to serve him, Liu Sanniang gave up and said to him, "If you need anything, ask Xiao Ma to go to the store and tell me, and I'll have someone bring it to you."
"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded and said to his mother, "Mother, from now on, I will ask Xiao Ma to go back to the store every morning and evening to get food, so you don't have to send anyone to deliver food here."
Liu Sanniang said "OK" and reminded her eldest son to take a rest while studying here and not to get tired. Then she took the three boys and several maids away.
After watching his mother leave, Lu Mingfei turned and went into the yard.
As soon as he came in, the guards sent by Zhao Lang to get the food came back with two large food boxes.
Adding the box of food that his mother personally sent back, there were three big boxes of food in total.
Thinking that he and Zhao Lang couldn't finish all the dishes, he picked out some of each dish and shared it with the guards outside. The rest was left in the house as dinner for him and Zhao Lang.
After closing the door, I saw someone already sitting at the table drinking.
He walked around behind Zhao Lang, grabbed Zhao's ears with both hands, and gritted his teeth in anger, "I was almost scared to death, and you still have the mind to sit here and drink!"
"Is Lu Jieyuan really that brave?" Zhao Lang put down the wine glass in his hand, grabbed Lu Jieyuan's hand with his backhand, and pulled Lu Jieyuan towards him. He was even more excessive, wanting Lu Jieyuan to sit on his lap.
But this time Lu Jieyuan refused to sit on his lap and slapped him.
After being slapped on the shoulder by Lu Jieyuan, Zhao Lang did not get angry but laughed instead.
"So what if I only have this little courage?" Lu Mingfei sat down at the seat next to him and rolled his eyes at the person who was laughing.
"Okay, don't be angry anymore. Eat a chicken drumstick to calm down." As Zhao Lang put the chicken drumstick from the plate into the bowl in front of Lu Jieyuan, he deliberately asked, "Am I considered... an ugly son-in-law meeting his mother-in-law today?"
"..." Lu Mingfei stared speechlessly at the laughing person. He was so angry that he laughed.
But Lu Mingfei knew in his heart that what happened today wasn't entirely Zhao Lang's fault. If he hadn't cooperated, Zhao Lang wouldn't have nearly stripped him of his clothes. Fortunately, his mother came over, otherwise, if the two of them were locked in this room, something might have happened.
Zhao Lang left without moving last night. It was probably because he saw that he had just finished the examination in the Imperial Examination Hall and asked him to rest at home.
But today, someone obviously had other thoughts about him.
He was already eighteen this year, but his birthday was in a different month, so he wouldn't be turning eighteen until the end of the year. He was still growing, so Lu Mingfei didn't plan on having sex with Zhao Lang anytime soon.
Zhao Lang was three years older than him. Calculating by lunar age, Zhao Lang would be twenty-one this year, and his actual age would be twenty.
The reason why he remembered Lang's age so clearly was that he personally put the hair crown on Zhao Lang when Zhao Lang came of age last year.
According to the rules of this era, men came of age at the age of 20, which also meant that men had grown from youth to maturity and became adults.
Originally, when a man came of age, his father or an elder in the clan would crown him and give him a name.
However, because Zhao Lang came to Kyoto Prefecture, his father was not around, and he was not close to the Zhao clan members in Kyoto Prefecture, so on Zhao Lang's birthday last year, he asked him to tie his hair and put on a hair crown.
Thinking about what Zhao Lang asked him to wear a hair crown last year, Lu Mingfei finally understood a little bit. In fact, Zhao Lang had already had feelings for him at that time? Otherwise, he would not have entrusted such a special thing to his "friend". 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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