Chapter 86 I don't have the guts
"Thank you for your concern, Miss. I'm fine. Miss, please ask the second brother-in-law to come to the mansion quickly. The old lady has been waiting for him all morning." Butler Du said happily.
Lu Yao nodded heavily: "Okay." As she stepped into the Lu Mansion, she couldn't calm down for a long time when she thought about meeting her relatives.
She married and moved to the capital last spring, and it has been more than a year since then. Because the journey was long, she had not even visited her parents. She thought she didn't know when she would see her grandmother and father again, but unexpectedly she heard the news that her father was going to the capital to report on his work. She waited day and night, and finally they came.
"Here she comes, old lady, the second young lady is here."
The old lady couldn't sit still anymore after hearing the cheerful voice of the little maid outside, so she got up and left in a hurry. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Lu Yao coming towards her. The old lady looked at her granddaughter whom she hadn't seen for more than a year, and her eyes couldn't help but become red.
There are sisters in the family, and she is the eldest. When she married and came to the capital alone, the old lady was worried. Because of her temper, the old lady was always restrained in her feelings towards her children and grandchildren. Except for Lu Xiang, whom she doted on openly, she was indifferent to other granddaughters.
However, when she saw him today, the old lady realized that her longing for Lu Yao was even greater than she thought.
"Grandma..." The moment Lu Yao saw the old lady, tears suddenly rolled down her cheeks. She used to be the one she respected the most at home, but until she left home, Lu Yao only felt that even her stern grandmother was kind and gentle to her: "Grandma, your granddaughter greets you. Long live the grandmother."
Lu Yao knelt down and bowed to the old lady. The man beside her also bowed and said, "Greetings, grandma. Grandma is so young. Standing together with Yao'er, you look like mother and daughter. Yao'er often talked about grandma at home. Now we can finally be reunited in the capital."
This is a fart shot...
The old lady smiled from ear to ear and looked at the man in front of her: "You are Yao'er's husband, Huai Cheng."
"That's right, grandson-in-law." Zhou Huaicheng smiled and squinted his eyes. "Yao'er has come back a long time ago, but I was afraid that you, grandma, would have a lot of things to do just after you arrived in Beijing, so I had to wait until you were settled before returning. This is the first time I accompany Yao'er to visit you, and I brought some gifts for you, grandma. I hope you won't dislike them."
Zhou Huaicheng had red lips and white teeth, and wore a dark blue robe with cranes embroidered on the lapels and cuffs with fine silver thread, a hollow gold belt, and embellished with emerald green bamboo pendants. On his slender fingers, he wore a ring on each thumb, looking extravagant.
“By the way, all the brothers and sisters have also prepared gifts.” After a pause, Zhou Huaicheng said again.
"Okay, you are thoughtful. Stop standing at the door and come in." The old lady smiled and told the maid, "Go and call the young masters and young ladies over."
Lu Chao followed Qiao Jingru to Fuyuan Hall. His handsome face was full of anger. He glared at the back of Qiao Jingru's head and said, "Qiao Jingru, I really misjudged you. I just asked you for some money to spend, but you are so stingy."
Qiao Jingru turned her head away, her teeth gnashing with anger: "Husband, if I remember correctly, I gave you two hundred taels when we first arrived in the capital. In less than half a month, you spent it all?"
You think you're right if you don't make money?
Lu Chao choked, but thinking of his manliness, he couldn't lose, so he stiffened his neck and said, "You also know that we are in the capital now. Not to mention that the cost of living in the capital is high, I have just arrived and I have to make good friends. Which of my classmates is not rich or noble when they go out? Two hundred taels of silver, is it enough for a few drinks?"
"My husband, it's not that I don't want to give you money, but if you use it this way, when my dowry is all gone, are you going to starve to death?"
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. My father is now the Minister of Works, and his salary is quite high." Lu Chao said without any burden. Although the Lu family did not have a deep foundation, they still had several farms and shops.
Qiao Jingru's face suddenly darkened: "This whole family depends on our father to support them all. It costs money to deal with all kinds of social interactions. How can we allow our children to squander like this?"
"Give me a straight answer, will you?"
"No." Qiao Jingru snorted and turned away.
Lu Chao: “…”
Oh, he's so mad.
Didn't my father let him marry Qiao Jingru because the Qiao family was rich and the dowry was generous? This stingy and evil woman was unwilling to spend even a little money on him. Divorce her, she must be divorced...
But even though I thought about it, I just didn't have the courage to do it.
As Qiao Jingru was walking, she suddenly turned and went in another direction.
Lu Chao was stunned: "Hey, you're going the wrong way."
Qiao Jingru: “…”
I don't want to die with this guy. Even those who live long will have their lives shortened by him.
She had inquired around, and it was true that Lu Chao was busy building good relationships with his classmates, but many of these people were playboys who were not only uneducated but also spent their days in debauchery. If there were only a few of them who were playboys, then how many of the rest who often hung out with them were good people?
If Lu Chao continues to hang out with these people, he will be ruined sooner or later.
So Qiao Jingru felt that this trend should be nipped in the bud.
I spend two hundred taels a month, no more! See how you can continue to follow those people.
Lu Xiang looked at Qiao Jingru, who was walking towards her like a wild bull, and asked in surprise, "Where is sister-in-law going? Isn't she going to grandma's place?"
"I'll come find you, let's go together."
"Oh, okay." Lu Xiang was confused: "Why are you so angry? Who made you angry?"
"Your elder brother." Qiao Jingru gritted her teeth when she mentioned Lu Chao. "He said he wanted to build a good relationship with his classmates and asked me for money, but I have already given him two hundred taels, plus the monthly allowance my father gives her, it is not small, but he thinks it is too little and can't drink with others for a few meals. But I have secretly inquired, and most of the people who associate with Lu Chao are playboys. If I give in to him, he will continue to hang out with those people, which will ruin him."
She was also counting on Lu Chao to pass the imperial examination!
Lu Xiang frowned when he heard this: "We can't go on like this."
"I don't know what to do either." Qiao Jingru sighed helplessly: "Your elder brother..."
Lu Chao had been in the mansion every day these days, but Qiao Jingru still felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Lu Chao treated her well, but he was not as affectionate and warm as she had imagined. There was always something missing.
And most of the time they were together, they quarreled.
"Forget it, let's not talk about him for now." Qiao Jingru hesitated for a while and said, "When I married into the Lu family, my second sister was already married. Tell me about her. I don't even know what kind of person she is."
Lu Xiang looked at Qiao Jingru with a smile on his face: "Sister-in-law, with my past personality, how much do you think I understand her?"
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