Chapter 199 The old man rises!
Lu Qian returned home unhappily, and Mrs. Zhang personally greeted her. The food was ready, so she was waiting for Lu Qian to come back for dinner!
The rich family has a lot of rules. Lu Qian is the master of the second house. He doesn't come back. His wife, concubine, and even Lu Jun and girls cannot eat. Lu Qian's personality has always been unconventional in front of his younger generations, and almost all his children are afraid of him.
Lu Jun has not been at home for a long time and only Mrs. Zhang and several concubines have accompanied Lu Qian. Hong Shen has been serving Lu Qian, cautious and cautious.
"Master, look, there are always those gossiping people saying that I can't tolerate people, and that I just sent my third brother to Yangzhou but didn't want him to live.
Now that this matter has happened, the third brother is famous in Yangzhou, and he doesn't take my stepmother seriously! I asked Hong Shen to go over and think about taking him back, but what happened? My words are not effective. They are hard and they are reluctant to come back. I guess I won't be able to pick him up if I don't go to pick him up in person!" Mrs. Zhang said sharply and fired directly at Lu Zheng.
She seemed to have suffered a great grievance and paused and said, "My efforts ended up being both inside and outside. Master, do you give me some advice? Is this a plea?"
When Mrs. Zhang got angry, Hong Shen, who was standing by, secretly screamed. Lu Zheng was indeed a little famous in Yangzhou. With his own skills, how could that kid have such a promising prospect? In the final analysis, it was because of the Zhang family's support.
Lu Qian is strict with his children, but he is very modest to others. The Zhang family is Mrs. Zhang's parents' home. The Zhang family helped the Lu family to cultivate Lu Zheng. How can Mrs. Zhang speak without being straight and speaking today?
As the person involved in the whole matter, Hong Shen knew the whole story very well. In Mrs. Zhang's heart, she really wished that Lu Zheng would not die, otherwise she would not have sent him to her parents' home hundreds of miles away.
Who would have thought that Lu Zheng was not only not dead when he went to Yangzhou, but also had a promising future. He was the youngest and won the scholar after he got the junior year of the science exam. Mrs. Zhang was caught off guard but helpless.
She originally thought that Hong Shen would take Lu Zheng back. The Zhang family is still Mrs. Zhang in charge. She is not afraid that Lu Zheng will make a fuss. Unexpectedly, Hong Shen would return empty-handed. Mrs. Zhang's tone was really uncomfortable. If she didn't vent her anger today, she couldn't vent her hatred!
However, Lu Qian was a little unfocused today and didn't take much care of his wife's feelings. The main reason was that the scholars he met at the door made him feel uneasy.
As a father, Lu Qian can't remember exactly what Lu Zheng looks like. Now, Lu Zheng gave him "surprise" one after another. First, the old man in the family talked about Lu Zheng and said that this kid actually made Ruan Shangshu pay attention. The Lu family produced such talents, and Lu Qian, as his father, was actually kept in the dark. This was simply a shame for the Lu family.
After being scolded by his old father, Lu Qian sent someone to Yangzhou and returned empty-handed. But after the news spread, there were talented men who came to visit Lu Zheng. Is Lu Zheng the only one in the Lu family a talented man?
Lu Qian is a famous gentleman who is proficient in poetry and essays. Not to mention in Jiangning, there are even a reputation in Jiangnan. He is a dignified fifth-rank official of the dynasty, but he is not as good as a young scholar who is still young?
He invited several talented men with kindness, but the other party did not give him any face. They kept saying that they would come to visit Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng turned around and left, so where did Lu Qian's face be put?
In this mood, the effectiveness of the method that Mrs. Zhang had prepared carefully today was greatly reduced. Mrs. Zhang said that Lu Qian was just eating with his head. After dinner, he put down his chopsticks and said lightly:
"I haven't seen Qiuyue recently for a long time. Qingxiang, you arrange for your servant to clean up a yard for Qiuyue..." He paused, glanced at several other concubines, and continued: "Also, if you add an extra table to your meal in the future, Qiuyue will not have a good life in the past few years!"
"Uh..." Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment. She stretched her neck and couldn't speak. After talking for a long time, Lu Qian did not react at all. Instead, she asked her to arrange an independent courtyard for Qi Qiuyue?
Also, let Qi Qiuyue have dinner with everyone in the future? Let this fox Meizi have the opportunity to see Lu Qian every day? Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but tremble, and she was going crazy.
Lu Qian did not go to see Mrs. Zhang's expression, and stood up and said, "Is the old man back?"
"The slaves over there just passed by, saying that the day is a holiday, and the old man is coming back later, saying that all the rules today are exempted!" Hong Shen said obediently.
Mrs. Zhang, who was standing beside her, was about to speak, and Hong Shen said: "Second Mrs., the old lady said that she felt that the pot of camellia you sent yesterday was really good. She asked if there were any other varieties. She thought she could take care of it more!"
Mrs. Zhang kept her words in her heart and couldn't say them, but Lu Qian kept running to the study room.
Hong Shen stayed behind, and Mrs. Zhang said with a cold face: "Hong Shen, you can do it. I asked you to go to Yangzhou to do an errand. I learned to slander when I came back. Tell me, what is Qi Qiuyue? I...I...I also want to arrange a special yard for her? Then I just asked her to live in my yard. I can live directly in the Western Palace!"
Mrs. Zhang was obviously throwing a tantrum. Hong Shen looked calm and said, "Second Mrs., you should listen to the master. Mother is noble because of his son. This has been the case since ancient times. Even the palace in Long Live Master is still the same!"
Mrs. Zhang was so choked by Hong Shen's words that she could not speak, and she could not steal a chicken and lose a lot of rice. When she sent Lu Zheng to Yangzhou, she never thought that it would be today? Lu Zheng could stand out in Yangzhou, which was something she had never dreamed of.
Now that all her plans have failed, she will have to give Qi Qiuyue and his son a separate courtyard. The Lu family will soon know about this. Will her second wife still have prestige in the future?
Hong Shen approached Mrs. Zhang and lowered his voice: "Madam, when the master came back just now, he met many scholars who came to visit him. They all thought that Brother Zheng had already returned home and wanted to visit him..."
"Uh..." Mrs. Zhang was shocked. When she came to her senses, Hong Shen had already left without a trace.
"Where is Jun'er? Where has Jun'er gone?"
"Madam!" The eldest girl, Mulan, came over carefully, and wanted to speak but stopped.
When Mrs. Zhang saw her expression, she was furious and said, "Have you gone to teach Fangsi again? Go and call him back, and send me my words back, and confine him to study at home. If you dare to teach Fangsi again, I will break his leg!"
Mrs. Zhang got angry and the yard was in chaos. Mulan didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurried to run to Jiaofangsi. The second master is famous for not loving reading and singing opera. Mrs. Zhang had never been so angry before, but this time she seemed to be really moving. She was just letting trouble in Yangzhou. In the future, the maids and servants in the second house will be afraid that their lives will be difficult!
He was speechless all night, and early the next morning, because of the rest day, Lu Qian got up later than usual.
As soon as he got up, the old man sent someone to send a message. Lu Qian washed up and rushed towards his father in a hurry.
The weather was good, and the old man was wearing strong clothes and punching under the old locust tree in the yard. Lu Qian did not dare to disturb him, so he stood aside and waited quietly. He thought that it would take some time for the old man to finish a punch, but he expected that the old man would see him coming, so he immediately stopped and breathed a long sigh, staring at Lu Qian and said:
"Second, has Zheng'er taken this child back?"
"ah……"
Lu Qian didn't sleep well all night yesterday, and he was thinking about Lu Zheng's affairs in his mind. I have to say that the incident at the gate yesterday gave him a bit of excitement.
His dignified fifth-rank official of the dynasty, and no one is popular with the yellow mouth. He felt fucked when he thought about this. If Lu Zheng had no foundation in Jiangning, he would even suspect that someone had ulterior motives and deliberately did this!
Even if Lu Zheng has some talent, how many abilities can a child with a yellow mouth have? Some people come to visit him? Just a few poems, how high can he be? It is amazing?
Lu Qian held it in one night, but he didn't expect that when he woke up in the morning, the old man asked Lu Zheng about what happened today. He pondered for a moment and said:
"This unscrupulous son actually said that the teacher was ill and needed to serve the medicine, but he didn't come back with him. Hey, it's really..."
He said halfway through his words, and looked up and saw that the old man looked very ugly. He held the words in his mouth and dared not say them anymore.
The old man Lu Shanchang snorted softly. At this moment, several servants carried out several cases, and then served the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in a regular manner. The old butler Hong Quan personally arranged it. After everything was done, he was hunched over and said, "Old Master, everything is ready!"
"Um!"
Lu Shanchang walked to the front of several cases, took a pen, and walked on the rice paper with a pen, writing: "Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming from the sky, flowing to the sea and never returning..."
Although Lu Shanchang is old, his pen is still vigorous and powerful, and he has great accomplishments in calligraphy. He writes cursive script, and his pen is full of heroism. When he looks at the content he writes, it makes people feel even more shocked.
Hong Quan's turbid old eyes suddenly brightened, and he praised: "Okay!"
Lu Qian couldn't help but lean over and silently recite in his heart: "Don't you see that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, flows to the sea and never returns.
Haven't you seen that the mirror in the high hall is sad and the white hair is as white as black hair in the morning, and the evening turns into snow.
You must be happy when you are in a happy life, and don’t let the golden cup face the moon empty.
I was born with my talents and I would be useful, and I would come back after all my money was lost.
It is fun to cook sheep and slaughter cattle, and you will have to drink three hundred cups of it at a time..."
Lu Qian claims to be talented and loves elegance the most in his daily life. How can he appreciate poetry, songs and essays be average? Seeing this poem, he couldn't help but feel excited and his heart was surging. He was immersed in the artistic conception of poetry.
Chapter completed!