Dingjia Villa

The cold wind was Xiao Xiao, Lu Shangjing changed into a dress at this time, her whole body was neat and tidy, with a smile on her face, carrying her bags, and she waved at an old man with gray temples: "Over the years, I have maintained my livelihood with Xixi, and now I miss my home. ”

"It's because I'm a small temple here, and I hope you can have development in the future. Ding Yuanwai said with emotion.

At the beginning, Ding Yuanwai attached great importance to this Lu Shangjing, and this person knew the Tao at a glance.

But the word "hot and cold" came into being with the passage of time, and Lu Shangjing's reassuring teaching made others gradually despise it.

"What else can this scholar do without our Ding family?"

With this heart, gradually there are fewer benefits, more white eyes, and disrespect, and even the people who were appreciated at the beginning have gradually faded.

This is not just snobbery, but human nature - what you have is not precious, but you feel cherished when you lose it.

At this time, Ding Yuanwai looked at Lu Shangjing, and suddenly felt that this person was rich and talented, and his gestures were a kind of charm of a scholar, but he also knew that Lu Shangjing had not been treated well over the years, and he couldn't keep it, so he had to say regretfully: "I have treated you badly." ”

"Why do you say this!" Lu Shangjing bowed deeply: "If it weren't for the outside, the students would have been powerless to support themselves all these years, and I will never forget this kindness." ”

Even if he knew that the Tao was a cliché, Ding Yuanwai was still a little relieved, and with a wave of his hand, a servant would understand, and a small plate covered with a red cloth was served.

But he said: "This is your money this year, it was less than a year, only fifteen taels, but you and I have known each other, I have doubled with you, this is thirty taels of silver, you can put it away." ”

Lu Shangjing respectfully accepted it and said goodbye.

Out of the courtyard gate, on the ox cart, unveiled is thirty taels of silver, five taels of silver ingots, fine-grained silver, is a secret sigh.

When I went to Ding's house in the first year, I was treated the same as my parents and children, 30 taels, but then I gradually got cold, the food became worse, and the food became less.

Looking back at this village, the place where I have lived for eight years.

At that time, it was just an ordinary house, because out of the county, gradually the relatives were attached, and the children were reproduced, and they became the villagers, and after the county returned to the hometown, it was rectified for more than ten years, and the scattered villages were condensed into one.

At this time, once you leave, there is an inexplicable taste.

The car turned along the road, and the Cangshan Mountain covered the scene.

When he came back to his senses, he put away the six ingots, opened the package, and there were three hundred taels of silver tickets inside, and at this time the two were pinched in his hand, and he was in a trance for a while.

At this time, I heard the coachman congratulate: "Congratulations to Mr. on returning to his hometown and the family can be reunited, Mrs. must be very happy!"

"Thank you for your good words. Lu Shangjing smiled, his voice was desolate and bitter, and the balance in his heart slipped to the far side of the road, and he made his wife's old expectations, and escaped three years through the re-examination, and another three years through the re-examination, and now it has been eight years......

With a frail wife and young son, as a dignified husband, he thought he was a talented man, and he was once regarded as hope by the trapped villagers, but he achieved nothing, and he was unable to improve his life a little, so he could only ask the clan to take care of him, and he tightened his clothes and food outside, and saved almost all the money and sent it back, but on the surface he said: "I am living well outside, and you must be harmonious and take care of your younger brothers and sisters at home." ”

Every year, the family letter came, the wife knew some words, and the temperament was fierce, at first she asked if she was guilty, but then she gradually felt it, and then there was a letter from the trustee, only to complain about the parents' shortcomings, and only hoped to return as soon as possible.

At this time, I remembered again, only my heart was sore, and I was even more shameless.

It used to be a teenager holding his breath, but at this time it has become middle-aged sadness.

After a few days, the mountains and rivers are long.

One evening, arrived at the entrance of a village, saw the surrounding scene, Lu Shangjing was stunned, remember that eight years ago, this village people came and went endlessly, and when he came back at this time, the streets were decayed and the population was not prosperous.

The sunset was like fire, and at this time he only felt that the cold wind was biting, Lu Shangjing got off the ox cart and said to the driver on the ox cart: "You look at the goods, I'll go see the road first!"

There is half a cart of goods in this car, which is not luxurious, it is all practical household goods, but at this time, it can't be managed, according to the road in memory, and rushes towards home.

Until a small courtyard, although the walls were peeling off, the fence door was neat and intact, a little relieved, and rationally recalled that he had just received a letter from home half a month ago, and the Juanxiu font was indeed written by his wife, and even crookedly added a few words to his young son.

At this time, the heart missed even more, but the feet hesitated, the instinct of the hometown timidity, leaned over to the fence door to look, the thatch on the roof of the house is a little old, the weak woman is really unable to do more, fortunately it has not been broken, the small tree planted together in the courtyard when the marriage has been a foot high, some buds have been germinating.

My heart is even more eager, and I finally muster up the courage to speak out.

Gurgle, cluck-

A few old hens jumped out of the house with fluttering wings, followed by a drooping boy laughing happily, driving to play, at this time the alert raised his head, just opposite the eyes of the outsider, turned his head and ran back to the house: "Mother, mother, there are bad people outside!"

Shouted twice, and heard a soft lesson inside, the child stuck out his tongue, but found a backer, half-hid behind the door frame, looked curiously and timidly, and there was a vague shadow of Lu Shangjing on his childish little face.

"This is my son......" Lu Shangjing discarded the two gifts she was carrying, muttered and stretched out her hand, instinctively wanting to scream, but her mind was blank.

Until the woman in a hairpin cloth skirt came out, holding a dustpan in her hand, when she saw it, she fell to the ground with a "bang", the beans rolled down and scattered, and the two chickens jumped over and pecked, but their faces were pale and unconscious.

"Madam......" Lu Shangjing finally called, and two lines of tears fell.

The two of them looked at each other across the fence, thinking about getting together day and night, the scenery or shame, grievance or anger, but in fact they couldn't withstand the wear and tear of life.

"It's back. Lu Shangjing pushed open the door and saw her squatting down to pick up beans, so she went in silently to help.

At this time, when I was close at hand, I saw that my wife's face had already been lost in beauty, and she sighed suddenly: "It's me who is sorry for you." ”

Lu Cao's hand was slightly sluggish, and his voice was hoarse when he opened his mouth again: "Don't say anything, it's good to come back!"

There was silence again, only the sound of beans falling into the dustpan, grain by grain, grain by grain......

The child cleverly drove away the pecking chicken, this bean is a good food, he can't eat much, seeing that this is a puzzle: "Mother, who is he?"

Regarding his son's question, Lu Caoshi couldn't help but answer: "This is your father." ”

"Father, isn't he an official outside, and doesn't want us anymore?" the child fox looked at the stranger suspiciously, blinked his big black eyes, and said firmly, "I don't think so." ”

Lu Shangjing was embarrassed and ashamed, and she couldn't deal with it.

"Poof-" Lu Caoshi laughed out of tears, and his voice choked: "Don't be tough, scream!"

After all, the child was not good at concealing it, snorted, stubbornly turned his head and did not admit it, and ran into the room.

"This kid!" Lu Caoshi frowned and scolded lightly, trying to restrain his emotions.

Unexpectedly, a hand touched his face, Lu Caoshi was alert to instinctively jump up, but he was pressed again, and then he came back to his senses that it was her husband's rough hand, and she realized that her face was full of tears at some point.

Mu Ran let him wipe his tears, listened to the muttering apologies, hugged her in a trance, thousands of emotions surged into her heart, and she couldn't suppress her crying: "You still know that you are coming back! You dare to come back......!"

Lu Shangjing hugged her tightly, listening to this sad mourning, her face was miserable, and she could only repeat muttering: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......."

The night light was on, and there were waves in the small village, and many people came to the humble home, all of whom were close neighbors who were happy to hear that Lu Shangjing had returned.

Lu Shangjing is such a thoughtful person, this half ox cart of goods is prepared for this, no more, no less, according to the seniority, send the corresponding gifts, the relatives can bear it, and the neighbors and friends praised one after another: "Lu Xianggong is really out to rest." ”

"Lu Niangzi did not wait in vain. ”

"Let's just say that this family is rich and noble, and this kid is smart and sensible, and he will definitely be able to go to high school in the future. ”

All these kinds of don't want money and good words to send, it was noisy and lively for a while, Lu Shangjing was able to entertain freely, Lu Cao's just smiled gently, and his stubborn son during the day was also well-behaved, calling his father without ambiguity.

Until the last uncle was sent to the last one, the courtyard was quiet, Lu Cao's family was busy cleaning up the remnants of the banquet, and Lu Shangjing patiently dealt with his son's various difficult problems.

After a while, when he was about to rest, Lu Cao's coaxed his son to sleep first under the hint of her husband.

Lu Shangjing closed the door tightly, took out the bag, and as soon as he unfolded it, he revealed twenty taels of snow-white filament silver, took out the silver ticket, and solemnly handed it over to his wife: "Although I failed to get the show, but I can polish some talents, a few days ago, I accepted the help of nobles, and hired a guest secretary with three hundred taels, and when I resigned, I got thirty-two years of gold, and the gifts were spent, and the rest was left for you to take care of." ”

At this time, I looked at my wife in a daze, she was over 30 years old, and when I looked at it under the lamp, she was still frowning, smiling, and faintly carrying the charm of the year.

Lu Shangjing recalled that his talent was beginning to appear, and he was born as a child in one fell swoop, and Cao Laoxiu valued it, and married his daughter to himself.

Lu Cao's upbringing is of high quality, and he knows how to control these levels of money and maintain the dignity of the scholarly family, but he has suffered with his husband for many years, especially after the death of his father-in-law, he is even more embarrassed when he loses his mother's help, and he has not seen so much silver for ten years, and he is very uncomfortable for a while.

At this time, he was stunned, a little surprised, and muttered: "Why are there so many...... Don't you want to be deceived or do forbidden things?"

As a wife, don't you know that she consumes fifteen taels a year, sends ten taels home, and the other five taels of silver will be used for a year, but fortunately, the Ding family is still in charge of the meal, and in the blink of an eye, it has lasted for seven or eight years.

Looking at this bright eye with concern, Lu Shangjing was a little sad and a little relieved, and said: "Your husband is not lucky, he has a little bit of ability to see people, and he is also a law-abiding person, doesn't Mrs. know this?"

He said softly: "With this money, Mrs. doesn't have to work like this, pay attention to nourishing the body, and when your son is also enlightened, you can teach more, send him to school, and prepare for the imperial examination." ”

"Yes, I originally had thirty-five taels of silver in my house, which you sent back over the years to store, but now that you have these, you will have plenty of money and can buy some land. Lu Cao said.

Only then did he take the ingot, looked at it carefully, touched it, and carefully figured out the three hundred taels of silver tickets, wrapped them carefully in red cloth, and hid them at the bottom of the dowry box...... This cautious move invisibly enriches the family with a safe atmosphere, and warmly nourishes the mood of the two.

She took the key and hid it close to her, turned around, her face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and asked, "Do you still want to go out?"

Lu Shangjing was just about to answer, looking at her habit of subconsciously rubbing lotus shoes when she was nervous, she was vaguely girlish, originally haggard and hidden, but at this time she was radiant, plump and plump, showing unseen beauty, she couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously hugged her in her arms, and changed her euphemism: "I stay at home with you these days." ”

Lu Cao's wisdom was lost at this time, and he only responded: "Okay...... Hey, husband, how-"

But he was pressed on the bed, and the next moment, the light was blown out.