The Lu family's meal tonight was quite lavish.
Although it's porridge, it's a thick, sticky white rice porridge that won't tip over when you stick chopsticks in it.
That's quite remarkable.
Besides, they even killed a chicken and stewed it.
Lu Xiaofang somehow managed to get a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor).
Wen Moxue took the glass directly, saying, "I'll pour the wine."
He then headed to the kitchen to get a bowl and pour the wine.
Lu Xiaofang quickly called out to her, "Sister-in-law, I've brought the wine bowl over."
Wen Muxue noticed that there were indeed quite a few empty bowls on the table, and said with a smile,
"The bottle neck is dirty. I'll go to the kitchen and get a rag to wipe it clean first."
Lu Xiaofang insisted on going, but Wen Muxue refused, saying, "I'll go, you guys eat first."
Seeing that she was still insisting on going, Lu Yuan said directly, "Let your sister-in-law go."
Lu Xiaofang then obediently sat down.
He glanced at Lu Yuan and a smile played on his lips.
"Then I'll serve you chicken soup. Everyone, have a bowl of chicken soup first."
Wen Moxue returned quickly, and Lu Xiaofang hurriedly handed her the chicken soup and took the wine bottle.
“Sister-in-law, you drink the chicken soup, I’ll pour wine for Dad and my brother.”
This time, Wen Moxue did not refuse.
The atmosphere at the dinner table looked very warm and cozy.
They were curious about Lu Yuan's recent work driving a tractor to deliver bricks for the brick factory, and asked him all sorts of questions. Considering it was his adoptive father's birthday, Lu Yuan was willing to chat with them for a bit.
Lu Xiaofang was relatively quiet. Apart from occasionally reminding Lu Yuan and Lu Guoqing to drink more, she rarely interrupted.
Lu Xiaojun didn't say much either. It was rare for his father to give him a cold shoulder today, so he could eat to his heart's content.
He ate ravenously, but not long afterward.
The pace of eating gradually slowed down.
I gently patted my head with the hand holding the chopsticks. I felt dizzy and sleepy.
But there's chicken today, so he can't sleep; he wants to eat more.
I feel really dizzy and sleepy, like I can't hold on any longer.
"Thud—"
The chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground, and then he slumped onto the table.
Lu Xiaoqin shook her head, slowly turned to look at her younger brother who was slumped over the table, and asked,
"Brother, what is this...?"
Before he could even utter the words "What's wrong?", he slumped onto the table, unconscious.
Lu Guoqing shook his head and tried to open his eyes wide.
"Boss, I think I'm a little drunk. But your little brother and sister didn't drink, so how did they get drunk?"
"thump--"
As soon as he finished speaking, he collapsed.
Lu Yuan and Wen Moxue quickly exchanged a glance, and then suddenly, without warning, they both lay down.
Seeing all the people who had fallen, Lu Xiaofang's heart pounded like a drum, and her palms were sweaty.
After a while, she gently nudged Lu Xiaoqin beside her.
"Little sister? Little sister?"
Seeing no reaction, he then pushed and shoved the other people one by one.
The same goes for everyone else.
Once she was sure they were all completely asleep, she hurriedly began searching through the pockets of Lu Yuan, Wen Moxue, and Lu Guoqing, but found nothing.
What she didn't know was that if she hadn't searched the pockets of the remaining siblings, she might have found a few more oddities.
Nothing worked, which was somewhat disappointing.
But there was no time for her to think about it; there were more important things to do.
First, he closed the courtyard gate, then ran to the kitchen and opened the back door.
Then voices could be heard.
More than one person.
"You brat, why are you only opening the door now? Has everyone fainted yet?"
"Grandma, she's fainted."
"Alright, eldest brother and third brother, let's hurry up and get them out of here."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the main room.
"Hey, Mom, this educated youth is so fair-skinned and tender-looking, it's a good deal for that Gousheng kid."
The speaker was a middle-aged man, and his voice sounded greasy.
"Hmph, so what if he's good-looking? He's still secondhand. Gou Sheng has never even been married before."
After saying that, he seemed to remember something and said to Lu Xiaofang.
"You brat, hurry up and give me the money."
Lu Xiaofang said weakly, "Grandma, I didn't. I just searched their pockets, and there wasn't a single penny."
"That won't do. You promised to give us 50 yuan, how can you not give us a single penny?"
"Grandma, but I really don't have any money."
"Hmph, I think you just don't want to give it."
Then she asked, "Which room is the man behind your mother's?"
Lu Xiaofang pointed towards Lu Guoqing's room.
Old Mrs. Huang immediately called to her two sons.
"Come on, eldest brother and third brother, let's go inside and take a look. Bring anything of value."
"Okay, Mom."
The eldest and third brothers followed them into the room.
Lu Xiaofang followed behind with a bitter face.
After a thorough search, the three members of the Huang family emerged with their hands full; clothes, food, and even canned goods, rice cakes, and cigarettes that Lu Yuan had brought earlier that day had all been taken from them.
Lu Xiaofang also tried to dissuade him.
“Grandma, Uncle, Third Uncle, why don’t you not take the things? After my affair with Lu Yuan is settled, I’ll ask him for the money and give it to you. If you take the things, it will be hard to explain when Dad wakes up.”
"Pah! You shameless hussy, who do you call 'father'? You're such an ingrate!"
"Remember this, you only have one father, and his surname is Huang."
Lu Xiaofang responded and then tried her best to persuade him.
"Grandma, you still need to take that Wen guy back later, it's inconvenient to carry so many things."
Old Mrs. Huang snorted, "Hmph, what's inconvenient about it? I think it's just that you can't bear to part with it."
"Don't worry about whether it's convenient for us or not. Just remember to ask that kid from the Lu family for the money and send it to us later."
"Also, remember what you said. That new house is for your second cousin's wedding. Make sure to vacate the house tomorrow. Your second cousin is getting married after the autumn harvest, so we can't let anyone live in their wedding house anymore."
Lu Xiaofang bargained.
"Grandma, can't we let my second cousin and his wife get married in this old house? This house is quite spacious, and I'm worried that A-Yuan won't be willing to give up his new house."
"If you don't want to, why don't you make a scene? He slept with you but didn't give you a house or money, so go sue him for hooliganism."
Lu Xiaofang said helplessly, "I understand, Grandma."
"Alright, stop putting on that reluctant act. You promised all of this yourself."
“If you’re not willing, then we won’t take anything today, and we won’t take this educated youth surnamed Wen with us either. You can come with us and marry Gousheng as his wife.”
"Grandma, don't worry, I'll get A-Yuan to agree to give up the new house."
She didn't want to go with them. Gou Sheng was a relative of her grandmother's, and his family lived in a remote village far away.
The key point is that the guy named Gousheng is a bachelor in his thirties, and he's also mentally challenged.
"You'd better keep your word," Old Mrs. Huang said.
"Don't worry, Grandma, I will do it."
Lu Xiaofang assured him, her tone much more resolute this time.
"Uncle, Third Uncle, could you please take A-Yuan to my room, and also take me... Uncle Lu back to his room? Otherwise, I won't be able to handle them by myself later."
Huang Laoda and Huang Laosan agreed to first take Lu Guoan back to his room, and then together they took Lu Yuan to Lu Xiaofang's room.
Soon, however, screams like those of a pig being slaughtered came from inside the house.
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