Chapter 109: Ninety-nine Diagrams to Eliminate the Cold
"You are allowed to be blind, but I am not allowed to be blind?"
"In terms of age alone, I am already your father's generation." Shu Yuan sighed as he looked at Lu Mingchao, whose eyebrows were lively and whose anger was lively and unrestrained.
Teenagers are really a good time.
The same was true when he was a teenager.
But now, he is like a river that has been cut off for more than ten years and the water has long dried up.
Few people remember what it looked like when the water was flowing. What they saw was the exposed riverbed and the dirty and muddy river bottom.
Xie Huaiqian stuck his head out and asked, "You mean you want to be my grandfather?"
"Does my biological father know?"
The sudden words dispelled Shu Yuan's self-pity.
No, he is lucky too.
Clouds gather and disperse; the sun rises and sets.
In addition to continuing to teach Feng Jinyu to read, Lu Mingchao was also teaching Shu Yuan to change his appearance.
It is difficult to learn makeup quickly.
Fortunately, Shu Yuan does not seek beauty, but seeks change.
In a short period of time, he changed from a handsome scholar with red lips and white teeth to a farmer with a dark face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He perfectly integrated into Changxi Village without any sign of incompatibility.
Some people also secretly asked Lu Mingchao why the two brothers looked so different.
Lu Mingchao remained calm and said, "It's up to each of our mothers."
Afterwards, Xie Yan took Shu Yuan to the county government to register their household registration again.
Fortunately, Shu Yuan's original fake identity was impeccable.
Changhe County, Sunfu.
Rushing to the funeral, condolences, and burial.
The funeral was over, and the mourning clothes hanging on the eaves, corners, walls and gates were taken down one by one. The moment the house was no longer covered in white, Sun Zhiye breathed a long sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, they sent Mr. Sun and Mrs. Sun to a Taoist temple for meditation.
From then on, he had the final say in the huge Sun family.
However, after experiencing this series of events, the Sun family is no longer as good as before.
"My Lord, your reply has arrived."
In the light of the candle, a hint of joy emerged in the depths of Sun Zhiye's eyes.
There is never a shortage of opportunities to survive from desperate situations in this world.
Lu Mingchao will not always win, but he will not always lose either.
Restraining the ecstasy in his heart, Sun Zhiye took the letter.
"Can."
Be frugal with words.
But it was enough to comfort Sun Zhiye.
All along, what he lacked was a backer.
With lowered eyes and furrowed brows, his ambition is clearly hidden in his eyes.
He put the letter in the box, and his fingertips touched the flickering candle flame. He had to try to get the skin of the tiger, even if it meant risking his life.
Even if you cannot be an evergreen pine or cypress that stands proudly against the wind and snow for the time being, you can still try to be a climbing clematis that grows for prosperity.
One day, there will be a better way to say "clinging".
Sleeping on straw and daring.
Sun Zhiye said solemnly, "I heard that Lu Mingchao's elder brother Lu Lei was once planning a marriage with the daughter of a private school teacher in Lianhua Town, but it ended up in nothing. I sent someone to find out."
The candlelight reflected in the pupils, making the eyes even darker and deeper.
"yes."
The figure left.
The weather and human affairs are urging each other, the winter solstice brings the birth of spring.
Lu Mingchao and Yunniang decided to prepare some gifts and visit Master Cheng's home in Lianhua Town during the winter solstice.
In Daqian, Yuanzheng is the beginning of the year, and winter solstice is the restoration of Yang. Both solar terms are equally important.
In short, the Winter Solstice is as important as the New Year, and a gentleman should stay at home and be quiet.
In the court, all officials stopped working and the emperor did not attend to government affairs.
Common people choose an auspicious day to save trouble.
Many people visit relatives and friends on the Winter Solstice.
Lu Mingchao has always been concerned about Lu Lei and Cheng Zhi, but he has never found a suitable opportunity.
Visiting on the winter solstice would neither seem abrupt nor damage Cheng Zhi's clean reputation.
Yunniang paused while sewing insoles. "You should discuss this with your elder brother."
Lu Mingchao nodded and said, "I must ask my elder brother first."
"Then I'll go see my second brother."
Lu Yao taught Lu Xiaoxin how to draw a plum blossom. A plum blossom has nine petals.
The literati and scholars of Daqian always liked the winter solstice, and they painted a branch of plum blossom with eighty-one petals.
Each day dyes one petal, and when all the petals are dyed and ninety-nine petals emerge, spring is deep.
This kind of plum blossom painting has a nice name, “Jiujiu Xiaohan Tu”.
Lu Mingchao sat up and said, "Second brother, you can also draw a picture for me. I will paint one petal every day, okay?"
"Sister." When Lu Xiaoxin heard Lu Mingchao's voice, he raised his head happily. The ink on the brush dripped and smudged on the paper, ruining the already disfigured plum painting.
"Lu Xiaoxin, you're going to be scolded!" Lu Mingchao said with a smile.
Lu Xiaoxin shook his head and said, "Second brother will save Hua."
Lu Yao was helpless. He picked up the brush with his left hand, dipped it in ink and started writing. His strokes flowed smoothly. After a moment, the delicate and pale plum blossom painting suddenly turned into an upside-down branch of tender plum blossoms.
The plum branches are slender, strong and luxuriant, stretching left and right, full of prosperity.
The gorgeous blooming plum blossoms perfectly covered up the ink stain.
"My second brother's left-handed painting skills are so superb and lifelike." Lu Mingchao praised from the bottom of his heart.
Lu Yao picked up the pen, walked to Lu Mingchao, and poked Lu Mingchao's forehead. "You are getting better and better at flattery."
"How could mother bear to bring you out?"
"Did your mother get angry?"
Lu Mingchao peeled an orange and a refreshing fragrance wafted out.
"Xiao Xin, eat." Lu Mingchao handed it to Lu Xiaoxin, and then looked at Lu Yao, "Just now, my mother and I discussed going to Master Cheng's house tomorrow to discuss the marriage of my eldest brother."
Lu Yao sniffed the fresh fragrance in the air gently, thinking to himself that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely find a piece of ink that would let the fresh fragrance linger on his fingertips.
"I don't think my brother would agree to this."
Lu Yao's voice was clear and gentle, as if he was calmly stating a fact.
"Why?" Lu Mingchao asked puzzledly as he picked up the orange peel with his fingertips.
Lu Yao frowned and snatched a slice of orange from Lu Xiaoxin's hand. "I guess, big brother has visited Master Cheng privately more than once, and he must have heard a lot of unpleasant things."
"Also, when I went to the bookstore to copy books, I heard from an old classmate of Master Cheng that Cheng Zhi had a close relationship with the son of a clerk in the town."
"The son of the official promised Cheng Zhi that she would never take a concubine in her lifetime."
"If you have no children, you can take a concubine only when you are forty."
"Did Cheng Zhi agree?" Lu Mingchao asked.
Lu Yao rolled his eyes at Lu Mingchao and said, "Since it has come to this point where you promised to make the promise, it means that before this, the two families had already tacitly agreed to the marriage."
"In my opinion, visiting on the winter solstice is to humiliate oneself."
Lu Mingchao slammed the orange peel on the table. "If I had known this, I wouldn't have worried so much and would have just come over and asked earlier."
Lu Yao's mouth twitched slightly. "Useless."
"Master Cheng doesn't like Lu Miao's evil intentions, nor does he like your display of power."
"He believed that women should be submissive, gentle, tolerant and forgiving."
"The dispute between you and Sun's family has been widely publicized. In his mind, you are an immoral person who is disloyal, unsteady, unvirtuous, and disrespectful."
"In comparison, he is more accepting of Lu Miao."
Lu Mingchao was stunned.
She had previously secretly cursed Lu Minghui for doing evil and ruining a good marriage.
He also praised Master Cheng as a master who loved his daughter and was afraid that his daughter would marry into a filthy family and suffer hardships.
Born a bitch