After hearing what his fourth uncle said, Lu Feng could only curse in his heart.
The reason why Lu Feng was lost was that his aunt abandoned her.
It turned out that Lu Mingshan, the eldest uncle of the Lu family, was the eldest son in the family and married Kang. Kang had been married to Lu Mingshan for more than a year and finally got pregnant. But who knew that the baby was a girl, which made Kang very sad.
The next year, Kang became pregnant again and prayed to God for a son. However, not long after, she fell and lost the baby in her belly.
At this time, it was reported that Lu Mingyuan's wife Yunniang gave birth to a boy, who was the original owner. This pierced Kang's lungs. In her eyes, she was the eldest son and daughter-in-law, so the eldest grandson of the Lu family must be born by her. Who knew that the second family would get it first? Out of jealousy, she took advantage of the busy family to steal the original owner away and threw him on the mountain.
When the Lu family found out that their child was missing, they began searching all over the village. Kang even pretended to join them in the search.
Finally, a child said that he saw Kang carrying something up the mountain. The clan leader then had Kang arrested. After interrogation, they learned that Kang had thrown the child up the mountain with him. Later, all the clan members went up the mountain to look for the child, but they still couldn't find him.
After returning, Uncle Lu divorced Kang with a letter of divorce and sent her back to her parents' home.
From then on, Uncle Lu felt sorry for his brother and his wife, so he lived with his parents in the ancestral home, never remarried, and raised his daughter alone. Because of what Kang had done back then, Lu Feng's cousin finally married in Lin County, and has been married for a year now.
After understanding what happened, Lu Feng found it funny. Kang never thought that what she did would be seen by a child playing in the village, and she ended up being divorced.
After Fourth Uncle finished explaining what had happened, he patted Lu Feng on the shoulder.
"Boy, now you are not only our savior, you are also a descendant of our Lu family."
Lu Feng smiled and clasped his fists. "Look at what Fourth Uncle said. I've never considered myself a lifesaver. In my eyes, since I've seen someone, why wouldn't I save him?"
Yunniang was delighted and said hurriedly, "Feng'er, sit down with your father and uncles first. I'll go make you something to eat. You've been back for a while now and you must be hungry."
Lu Feng nodded, "Mom, you go ahead. I'll stay here and talk to Dad and the others."
Yunniang went to the kitchen, and Lu Feng also chatted with several elders here, and learned about the history of the Lu family.
It turned out that more than seventy years ago, the ancestor of the Lu family came from Huzhou Prefecture in the south to settle in Bingzhou Prefecture.
It is said that the Lu family of Huzhou Prefecture was a famous and prominent family more than a hundred years ago. The ancestor of the Lu family was also an official of the second rank in the previous dynasty. Later, the descendants did not make progress and were obsessed with women, so the family declined.
The ancestor of this branch of the Lu family was born to a second wife. When his father died, he was only ten years old. Because his eldest brother (born to the first wife) was disliked by his father, he had no choice but to run away from home and there was no news of him since then.
Several illegitimate sons in the family began to fight for the family property. The ancestor's mother was a second wife and a weak woman. She was secretly poisoned by them. At the last moment, she found a loyal servant and asked him to take the ancestor, who was only eleven years old at the time, away from the Lu family and finally settled down in Xichang County, Bingzhou Prefecture.
After our ancestor came to Bingzhou Prefecture, he started a family with the help of his loyal servants and eventually gave birth to five children.
These five children have now become the heads of the five families in Lujia Village.
The ancestor, Lu Jingming, married a woman from the Lan clan. The current clan leader, Lu Lanchen, is the eldest branch of the clan.
Lu Mingyuan and his family belong to the third branch.
Lu Lancheng had four sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Lu Mingshan, married Kang (who had been divorced) and had a daughter, Lu Ziyi, who is now married to the Zhao family in Lin County.
The second son, Lu Mingyuan, married Tan Yunniang and had an eldest son, Lu Feng, fifteen years old; a second son, Lu Ziyan, thirteen years old; a third son, Lu Zimo, ten years old; and a youngest daughter, Lu Zixuan, seven years old.
My daughter, Lu Minglan, married into the Qi family in the next town and had a son and a daughter. Her son, Qi Hao, was nine years old, and her daughter, Qi Yan, was six years old.
The third son, Lu Mingjiang, married Shen and had a son, Lu Zixuan, who was eleven years old.
The fourth son, Lu Minghai, married Lu and had a son and a daughter. His son, Lu Zihao, was nine years old, and his daughter, Lu Ziqing, was five years old.
But just now, my fourth uncle said that my third uncle and fourth uncle’s family have a bad relationship with my own family, and I don’t know what caused it.
Yunniang came in and said, "Let's eat first, and then we can continue."
Fourth uncle and two other cousins refused to eat here no matter what. What time is it now? No family has any surplus food. They should go home quickly!
Looking at the wild boar on the ground, Lu Feng said.
"Don't worry, uncles. I'll go sell the wild boar and bring you the money."
Fourth Uncle waved his hand and said, "Brother Feng, there's no need to be like this. This wild boar was meant for you to kill, so it's yours. Don't even mention giving us a share of the money."
After saying this, my fourth uncle and the other man left in a hurry.
After returning to the house, his mother had already served him a meal. Looking at the wild vegetable porridge in the bowl, Lu Feng's heart tightened. He could see that this family was really poor and they estimated that the only things they could eat were some wild vegetables.
"Mom, is there no food at home? I'll go to the town or county to buy some food."
When Yunniang heard that her son, who had just returned home, wanted to buy food for the family, she felt reluctant and wanted to refuse, but in the end she kept her mouth shut. It was because the family had no food that the head of the family had to risk going into the mountains to find food.
"Alas, Feng'er, this is the situation now. You can see it. It's not just our family in the village, every family is like this. It's been three years of drought. Every family has no food. Who knows what will happen in the future?"
Lu Mingyuan looked at his injured leg and was very distressed. He was in such a situation now and his leg was still injured. What should he do in the future?
Lu Feng looked at Lu Mingyuan and Yunniang and said, "Dad, Mom, don't worry about money and food. I'll figure it out. It depends on what Dad said just now. Do we need to go south to escape the famine?"
Lu Mingyuan didn't expect his son to be so sensitive. When he hesitated for a moment, the child actually thought about fleeing from the famine.
"Indeed, your grandfather came a few days ago and told me that your clan's eldest grandfather is planning to take the tribe south to escape the famine. There's nothing left on the outskirts of the mountains. If we want to find food, we have to go deep into the mountains. However, several people from the neighboring Li Village went into the mountains and never came out. Now no one is going deep into the mountains anymore."
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