They arrived very early. Chen Li and the others had just finished breakfast and were planning to go out to buy supplies when they heard Mother Wu come to report that Mr. Lu had come with Young Master Lu and Miss Lu.
Soon the two sides met, and Chen Li also saw Lu Cheng. As the richest man, he had a special temperament of a scholar. In addition, he was good-looking and dressed well, which made him look noble.
"Sister Ali!"
Lu Nian was wearing a brand new set of clothes, holding a wooden box in his hand, and running towards Chen Li happily.
Lu Cheng was also looking at Chen Li. The first time he saw her, he concluded that this girl was not a simple person.
Yes, when ordinary people are fleeing famine, they don’t have the courage to take two unrelated strangers with them, and they won’t even have time to get rid of them.
Thinking of this, he stopped and stood still, "My name is Lu Cheng, and I came here today to thank Miss Chen, Master Shen, and Madam Shen for saving our two children's lives."
After he finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the Shen family and stood up after five seconds.
Lu Jing on the side had no intention of stopping it. In his opinion, his father did not see his stepmother clearly when he married her. Not only did he not see her clearly, but he even trusted her immensely, which indirectly led to their tragedy.
It’s just a gift now, Sister Ali can afford it!
Lu Nian did not stop him, but moved a few steps to the side when his father bowed.
Lu Chen obviously took his children's actions into consideration and realized that it was his own negligence that almost harmed his children.
"Mr. Lu, you are so polite. Please take a seat."
After they sat down, two maids very considerately served tea to everyone one by one.
"I have prepared some small gifts as a token of my appreciation."
Lu Nian also pushed the wooden box in his hand over at this time, "Sister Ali, these are all my favorites, now I give them to you!"
The little girl then opened the box, revealing the glittering jewels inside. Although the wooden box was not big, the things inside were very valuable.
Just as Chen Li opened her mouth to refuse, she was stopped by Lu Nian, "Sister Ali, you can't refuse. These are the gifts I received in previous years. They are all from my heart."
Chen Li took out a night-shining pearl and said, "Anian, these things of yours are too valuable..."
“Miss Shen, although A Nian’s personality looks soft, he is actually very stubborn, so just accept it.”
"Okay, I'll take it then."
The father and daughter took turns to do it. Chen Li was not the kind of person who was pretentious, so she simply accepted it. And judging from Lu Nian's expression, these things were common to her.
Lu Cheng had a faint smile on his face the whole time. At this time, the servant brought a lot of cloth and gift boxes from the door. "It's just that I prepared a little gift for you. I hope Miss Shen won't refuse."
Then he took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and said, "By the way, I heard that Miss Shen and her group are planning to settle in Suzhou City. I have two manors outside Suzhou City, but they are a bit far away and inconvenient to take care of, so I gave them to Miss Shen."
Seeing that he gave away two farms at once, Chen Li was very moved. As for the words about it being inconvenient to take care of, just listen to it, it was just an excuse.
Lu Jing and Lu Nian were standing behind Lu Cheng, winking at Chen Li frantically, signaling her to put it away quickly.
Chen Li chuckled, feeling embarrassed to accept Lu Nian’s things, but her father’s things were different.
"In that case, thank you very much, Mr. Lu."
Lu Cheng shook his head. "These are just some external possessions. They are not as good as A Jing and A Nian."
"By the way, as far as I know, Suzhou City is now planning to accept refugees from all over the place. If Miss Shen goes there early, she can get a good place."
Chen Li nodded, "We had originally planned to leave in the next two days."
She really didn't know this now, but it didn't matter now that she knew it, as they were very close to Suzhou City.
Next, Lu Cheng exchanged a few words with Shen Changshan and others, and then went to several other courtyards with the servants behind him. He prepared some gifts for each family, but the one from Shen Changshan's family was the heaviest.
When Lu Cheng returned, Lu Jing and Lu Nian did not leave and volunteered to take Chen Li and the others shopping.
From then on, whenever the Shen family bought something, the brother and sister would rush to pay for it, and they also prepared some things for Shen Li and the others that they thought they really needed.
After this purchase, there was one more carriage full of things. Lu Nian waved her hand and gave the carriage and the horse to the Shen family.
Of course, Lu Nian did not forget her little friend Shen Xiaoya. She also prepared a gift for Shen Xiaoya and bought her a lot of beautiful clothes and skirts.
Lu contracted several tables for lunch, and when they returned home after buying things, the food had just been delivered.
Lu Cheng also showed up at this time, "I have prepared some light wine and food, please enjoy them."
Shen Changshan was able to accept it well. After all, he had accepted so many gifts in the morning, so it seemed that there was nothing unacceptable about the meal now.
Lu Cheng also sat at the same table with them to eat. He did not put on any airs and even picked up the wine glass and toasted the Shen family.
Chen Li also drank a few cups. According to Lu Jing, this is called Lihuabai, which many women like because it is soft and not strong, and the alcohol content is not too strong.
I haven't had any alcohol since I got here. I guess it's because I rarely drink alcohol after the apocalypse.
But today's food was quite good, with special dishes from Jiangnan as well as dishes from other places, and I didn't drink too much.
After dinner, Lu Cheng took the brother and sister away. Chen Li and her family checked the gifts prepared by Lu Cheng in the room.
Lu Cheng not only prepared rice, flour, grain and oil, but also a lot of cloth, jewelry, ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. Chen Li could tell at a glance that it was wild ginseng, but not of a very old age.
Maybe he heard that Fourth Brother also liked reading, so he had quite a few books. The rest were some snacks and supplies, such as teacups, tea leaves, etc.
In addition, there was a box containing a small box of banknotes. The family was stunned when they looked at the stack of banknotes.
"Oh my goodness, how much money does this have to cost!"
Shen Yuanzhou reached out and picked up one, and when he got close to it, he could indeed smell the ink of the banknote. Then he nodded seriously to the family, "This is real!"
The family came back to their senses because of his silly behavior. Shen Qi'an looked at his third brother and was speechless for a moment:
"Third brother, with the Lu family's wealth and my younger sister being the savior of the Lu brothers and sisters, there's no need for him to do this."
Shen Yuanzhou nodded. He had already taken the banknotes and started counting them. "Well, I know. This isn't my first time in the city as a country bumpkin!"
Except for Chen Li, everyone in the family was silent. It was also their first time for a young lady to get into a bridal sedan!
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