Mrs. Quanfu wants to leave

Brother Fang cheered, "Okay, I like going to the night market the most."

There is a small curfew in Kyoto. There will be no more vendors in the market at around Moxuzheng ([-]:[-] p.m.) on the first watch, and walking around should be avoided as much as possible.

There is no curfew in Piling, and it is possible to swim around the lake all night. Generally, vendors start to close their stalls only after the sound of the second watch drum, and the market quiets down around Haizheng (ten o'clock in the evening).

It's still not dark yet, the beginning of the Wu Dynasty has just passed, and the night market has just opened, which is the time for excitement.

"Mother, are you going too?" Brother Ju asked Lu Fenghe.

Shen Nanxun also looked at Lu Fenghe, Lu Fenghe looked at the two of them like this, and rejected them with great difficulty.

"Mother has been out for a little longer today."

Shen Nanxun picked up Brother Fang, "Let your mother rest well, we are all going out, my sister should be sad, we will bring back some delicious food later."

Brother Fang put his arms around Shen Nanxun's neck, and looked at Lu Fenghe, "Mother, stay with your sister at your grandfather's house. Dad and I will be back soon."

Lu Fenghe nodded in response, somewhat guilty of the child, but still couldn't help confessing, "Eat less, be careful of food accumulation."

Shen Nanxun carried Brother Fang into the yard, told Shou Kang to make arrangements, and after thinking about it, he put Brother Fang down again, "Go ask Mu Mu to follow, and then wait for Dad in the yard, and Dad will go and have a word with your mother." talk."

If you can go out, brother Fang is one hundred people who are willing, so he ran to call for Mu Mu.

Shen Nanxun turned back to the study, Lu Fenghe looked up and saw Shen Nanxun, "What's wrong? But something was pulled down?"

Shen Nanxun shook his head, "Actually, I don't think Brother Fu's statement makes sense. I'll find you a yard near the Lu Mansion, live closer, and live separately."

Lu Fenghe got angry, "What's the matter? Brother Fang is your son, so he's not mine? Don't I feel sorry for the child? You always have to adapt when you change places."

Shen Nanxun comforted Lu Fenghe, "It's not just this one, it's all trivial matters, so naturally he won't dawdle after two meals."

"Then what do you mean? Do you think your Shen family's children are being raised by the Lu family, which has lost your face?"

"Do you still care about this if I let you go back to Piling?" Shen Nanxun asked back, "The Lu family is your home, so you naturally feel that everything is in harmony with you, but Brother Fang doesn't. Brother Fang thinks that he is coming to his grandfather's house If you are a guest, the other children will only treat you as a guest."

Shen Nanxun thought about it, "If you really plan not to return to the capital, it's really not good to live in Lu's house forever."

"Brother Fang would rather stay in an inn now, until he grows older."

Lu Fenghe didn't speak, Shen Nanxun was not in a hurry, but Brother Fang was in a hurry.

"Father, have you agreed with Mother? When are we leaving?"

Shen Nanxun rushed outside to answer, "Come here." Then he said to Lu Fenghe, "I always hope that you are well, I will take Brother Fang out for a stroll first."

Walking to the door, Shen Nanxun turned back again, "I'll send my brother in later, and then come to pick up the local chronicles."

Brother Fang saw Shen Nanxun going out, rushed over and dragged Shen Nanxun out, "Hurry up, it's getting dark."

Brother Fang and Shen Nanxun chatted lively and left, but Lu Fenghe fell into deep thought.

Indeed, as far as she is concerned, she is going home, but as far as Brother Yu Fang is concerned, this is not his home, he is just visiting relatives.

Now, where to go and what to play in the mansion, you have to listen to your older brothers and sisters, because Brother Fang is not familiar with him. If things go on like this, Brother Fang may survive, but he has developed a timid temperament.

Could it be... Are you really going to move out?

Lu Fenghe sat alone and didn't wake up until Cuizhi came in to light the lamp.

"Are you still used to it this time?" Lu Fenghe asked.

Cuizhi replied, "This servant is originally from Piling, so I don't feel very uncomfortable."

"Are you on errand? Brother Fang said that he won't be able to find Waishang when he comes back in the afternoon, and neither can he find you."

Cuizhi fell to her knees with a plop, "Young lady redeemed your sins. In the afternoon, my old acquaintances came to talk to my servants, but my servants just... couldn't come to Yunhua Courtyard to take orders."

"Get up, I don't want to ask why you are not here, where do you live now?"

"Live in the inverted seat behind the mansion."

Lu Fenghe knew that it was the two rows of upside-down seats next to the last wall of Lu Mansion, which was also a room for the wall and the current people.

Six out of ten servants of the Lu Mansion are there, and it is quite a distance from Yunhua Courtyard, but it is not enough to walk for a quarter of an hour.

"Several people live in one room."

"Four people live in one room, four servants live in one room, Xiang Ya'er and Liu Ye'er share a room with the three second-class maids beside his wife."

Lu Fenghe sighed, "No matter what happens in the future, there will always be one of you four who will take orders in the yard. Now that there is no place to stay, if you have nothing to do, you can wait in the study."

Cuizhi bowed in response, "Yes."

"Work hard for a while."

Lu Fenghe himself was not very willing to ask her to move out as soon as he came back, even if she said that his father and brother would not be happy either.

Lu Fenghe really couldn't think of a good solution.

"Go get my land deed and house deed."

Cuizhi never asked why, and let Que go.

Lu Fenghe's dowry is not gold and silver, but real estate deeds, among which the most important is the shop Zhuangzi.

Mrs. Zhao felt that only shops and Zhuangzi could make money, while mansions could only shed ashes.

Mansions that are easy to rent are not too big, and real valuable houses cannot be rented out, and they are reluctant to rent them, and they have to spend money on repairs and cleaning.

Lu Fenghe has shops in Piling, Suzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou, and Kyoto, and Zhuangzi also has shops in the other three places except Jinling.

If you want to move out and don't want to buy or rent a house, you can only live in the Zhuangzi by the Taihu Lake, or the Zhuangzi behind Yuhu Mountain where the Heming Academy is located.

These two Zhuangzi are the two nearest Zhuangzi to Piling City, but they are still outside the city.

Renting a house, Lu Fenghe really didn't want to live in someone else's place, and always felt that he would be kicked out at any time.

If buying a house, I'm afraid... the family will know about it as soon as I find my matchmaker.

Could it be that Shen Nanxun can only act in the name of Shen Nanxun?

Lu Fenghe sighed again, startling Cuizhi, "Miss, do you have something to say?"

Lu Fenghe waved his hand, "Nothing."

Lu Fenghe remembered what he said to Shen Nanxun before, that he still needs to have money, and with money in hand, his troubles can be solved.

"Go and find out the lease of the shop."

There are many shops in Lu Fenghe, but none of them are operated by themselves, all of them are leased out, and the lease is signed once a year at most, and some even only once every three to five years, which is convenient and easy, so don't worry about it.

"Does the girl want to make a living by herself?" Cuizhi couldn't help asking.

Lu Fenghe shook his head, "It's too troublesome."

Lu Fenghe's first thought was to sell a shop, but then she thought again, she is not rich in selling things, she only has a lot of things, and she sells them for money, and her little dowry can't stand her toss.

Lu Fenghe flipped through the lease, the time was not short, and the price was not low, even if she did business by herself, she couldn't think of what to sell at this moment.

"Let someone go and see if Mr. Silang is in the backyard. If he is, please invite Mr. Silang to have tea."

I still have to ask Shiro about Jiangnan affairs. The matchmaker can sell the goods to Dayong and sell them overseas to earn money, and so can she, she can sell Dayong's things outside.

Lu Silang came very quickly.

"Brother didn't go forward tonight?" Lu Fenghe asked.

Lu Silang sat down, "Why do you think of making cakes and tea today? Don't you think this kind of drinking is not very particular?"

Lu Fenghe changed the tea, boiled water, and brewed again.

"Shen Dalang asked me about Mengle, so he found out and gave him a taste. Thinking that my brother also likes this tea cake, I invited him to have a taste. How does this tea cake taste?"

Lu Silang turned his head to look, "Where's Shen Dalang? Are you back in the front yard?"

"I took Brother Fang out to visit the night market."

Lu Fenghe shared a cup of tea with Lu Silang, "Brother, actually I have some things I want to discuss with you first."

Lu Silang slowly drank the tea in the teacup and put down the empty one, "Sure enough, you don't have free tea here."

Lu Fenghe glared at Lu Silang, "Look at what brother said, even if you don't give tea, brother can't hide from what you have to do."

Lu Silang smiled indulgently, "Tell me, what's the matter."

"There are two, the first one, I want to move out..."

"What? Someone in the mansion is gossiping? Who said it?" Before Lu Fenghe finished speaking, Lu Silang asked.

Lu Fenghe shook his head, "I've only been back for a day, so if I have gossip, I have to put it aside for a few days."

"then you……"

"Brother, you know the situation at home better than I do. It's a bit crowded now. How can we live comfortably when the children grow up? Besides, brother Fang and sister Zhen are always surnamed Shen. No matter how well the family treats them, They always feel that they are outsiders, that they are here to visit.”

"It's really not a problem for us to stay at home for a long time, and it doesn't mean that we will move immediately. We always have to plan in advance. I just want to tell you first. If my mother finds out, I'm afraid I will be angry."

Lu Silang really couldn't say how to let her squeeze in the mansion, now they only occupy one yard, but when the child grows up, brother Fang will occupy the front yard, and it is impossible for sister Zhen to live with her mother all the time .

The occupied yard not only occupied their three rooms, but also affected the other two rooms to some extent. There were so many people, they could control the three rooms, but they couldn't control the mouths of everyone in the house.

The reason why Lu Silang didn't go to the front yard tonight was because Mrs. Lu pulled him to talk, and also mentioned this matter, and he even reprimanded Sister Qing.

Originally, if Lu Fenghe didn't come back, Sister Qing would be able to live in Yunhua Courtyard when she grew up. Seeing that her parents were there, Sister Qing asked her where she would live if she couldn't live in Yunhua Courtyard.

Lu Silang also reprimanded Sister Qing, that the yard belonged to my aunt in the first place, now that my aunt is back, it is natural that my aunt lives there, and when she grows up, she will have a place to go when she grows up.

Mrs. Lu also said that he reprimanded the child for what to do, and just talked to the child.

When he talked about becoming an official with Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu was more happy than worried.

"Then you definitely can't go back to Piling to be an official. If you are an official, there will always be an official office."

Lu Silang still couldn't help pouring cold water on it, "Whether the gap can be filled, or when it will be filled is unknown."

Mrs. Lu's attitude is quite good, "I finally have something to look forward to. I went to talk to my mother in the afternoon, and my mother asked if we want to live in a separate mansion, should we live in the same mansion with them, or we will live in another mansion alone."

"What did you say?"

Mrs. Lu gave Lu Silang a sideways glance, "What can I say, although you are the fourth son, you are the eldest son of the third house, how could you share the house with your parents, of course you live with your parents."

Lu Silang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's the truth."

Mrs. Lu was not happy, "You are so unreasonable, I am the kind of daughter-in-law who doesn't care about her elders."

"Mother wants to divide the government?" Lu Silang quickly changed the subject.

"That's what my mother meant. I'm afraid my father can't explain it. After all, my grandparents are still alive."

Mrs. Lu said again: "Let me tell you, if you want to become an official, father and Balang should also see if there is a chance. They are both Jinshi masters. What are you doing in Piling? It means that there are too many Jinshi in the Lu family. If you put it in any other house, it will be a person who honors the ancestors and the lintel of the gate."

"Go out and earn some money. It would be great if you have a future. At worst, you will resign and come back. You scholars just stay in Piling, and you are so boring that you even drag beggars to talk about benevolence and morality."

This is really not an exaggeration by Mrs. Lu. A member of the Lu family went to buy steamed buns. He met a beggar who stole steamed buns. He caught him and told the beggar that he was stealing without asking. He also said that people should live morally... …

Later, he simply picked up a stone and squatted in the alley to teach the beggars how to read, and went there for three consecutive days, causing the beggars in Manpiling City to run away when they saw the Lu family lord.

Lu Sanye didn't expect that the women in the house would be more open-minded than those who walk outside every day when it comes to becoming an official.

On the contrary, those who have read so many books are timid.

What was even more unexpected was that this woman was all concerned about the mansion, even her younger sister.

"I really have to make plans for this matter, but I'm not in a hurry. Now that the two children are still young, they will live for another year or a half."

"As for the future, it's hard to say. If I go to a place, as long as it's not too desolate, I will always take my family with me."

"Brother, is this going to be an official?" Lu Fenghe exclaimed, "Great? What did dad say, did he know? Does he agree?"

Lu Silang nodded, "Father knows, he also has plans to become an official."

"What? Dad is also an official? Dad is almost half a century old!"

Lu Fenghe couldn't help thinking of himself, feeling a little weak, "It's because I'm not filial, I still have to..."

Lu Silang interrupted Lu Fenghe's words, "Don't talk nonsense, why is it because of you, if you want you to say that, my brother is also unfilial, he can't be an official earlier, and he still needs dad to lead the way."

"The grandfather..."

"Grandpa doesn't agree, there's nothing he can do. At Daddy's age, Grandpa can't be obedient just by beating him up. Besides, there's Fourth Uncle."

"What? The fourth uncle is going to be an official too?"

Lu Silang nodded, "Father said that we will go together when Shen Dalang returns to Beijing, and Wulang will also be there at that time, and we may have to ask the other brothers."

"You guys are famous, one of you will be an official?"

Lu Silang shook his head, "We and Sanshu Wulang are determined to become officials. As for the others, they just ask. If they want to become officials, they will join them. If they don't, it's up to them."

This is also the difference between big families and ordinary families. There are too many people, but resources are limited. If you really want to become an official together, I'm afraid it will be the Eight Immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers, but you can't make a decision secretly without telling them. After all, this is also a matter of loss and loss.

"I reckon that Qilang might be together, but Liulang and Hachiro are hard to say."

Lu Fenghe unconsciously remembered the events of his previous life. In the last life, even Jiulang was not able to become an official, let alone other people, because he wanted to reconcile and leave, so he brought such a big change?

It's hard to say whether being an official is good or bad, at least it's not so good if the Lu family didn't become an official in the previous life.

"Shen Dalang...should not be angry with the Lu family because of my affairs with him." Lu Fenghe said, no matter what the Shen family has a title, they have been in the capital for so many years, so they can help a little.

"When you go to the capital, you should be careful in everything. If the situation is not good, it's okay to come back."

Lu Silang knocked on the table, motioning for Lu Fenghe to make tea.

"Understood, you don't have to behave in the affairs of the outside world, it's the business to take care of yourself."

Lu Fenghe nodded.

Lu Silang still remembered that Lu Fenghe said she had two things, "What is the other thing?"

"Now I have nothing else to do except my children. I want to start a small business, but I don't know what to do for a while, and I want to ask you for advice."

"You want to open a shop in Piling?" Lu Silang asked.

Lu Fenghe frowned, "I'm not willing to open a shop myself, not to mention the trivial and tiring, and I don't necessarily make money."

Lu Fenghe went on to say: "I'm wondering if I can also sell Dayong's things to other places like the matchmaker."

Lu Silang thought for a while, "Mutual market or sea trade? It's not impossible, it's just that some of the silk and cloth books are made by my uncle's family, so there is no need for my family to fight."

Lu Silang tapped his fingers on the table, comparing them rhythmically.

"How much money do you have now?" Lu Silang asked.

Lu Fenghe made some calculations, "Including the dowry money, it would be about ten thousand taels."

Lu Silang didn't expect his younger sister to be so rich, "The principal is enough, but I can't get involved in the mutual market. I have to ask my third brother about Haimao."

"Then you can ask the third brother to ask me a question? The third brother has a lot of things, so I may not be able to find someone."

"Okay, I'll go to the front yard to find my dad for something, and I'll go to Xifu to ask my third brother for an idea. The only thing is that the profit is the same as the risk. The higher the profit, the greater the risk. It's hard to say about Haimao. A ship may bring back a ship full of gold and silver, or... the ship may not come back."

Of course Lu Fenghe knew that there was no risk in being safe and sound, but there was no profit either.

"I know, if you don't want your child to be tied to a wolf, then there is a lucrative business."

Lu Silang drank two more cups of tea, then got up and left.

On the way to the front yard, I met Shen Nanxun who came back with Brother Fang.

Lu Silang didn't say much to Shen Nanxun, "Come to father's study later, we'll wait for you."

Shen Nanxun happened to have a question in his head that he wanted to ask, so he nodded in response.

"Mother, I'm back and I brought you magnolia cakes." Brother Fang shouted as soon as he entered the courtyard gate.

Lu Fenghe walked to the door, "Thank you Brother Fang, mother just feels hungry."

Brother Fang ran to Lu Fenghe with the oiled paper bag, and held it up to Lu Fenghe as if offering a treasure, "Mother, look, it's still hot."

Lu Fenghe asked Cuizhi to fetch the plates, took the oiled paper bag with one hand, and led Brother Fang into the door with the other.

"What did you eat at the night market?"

Brother Fang counted it carefully, "I ate half a bowl of three delicacies wonton, I shared it with Brother Mu, and I also ate a four-color dumpling with fresh meat, the rest was eaten by my father, and there were two spoonfuls of candied taro , Dad only let me eat a taro, but I drank a few more mouthfuls of sweet soup."

The portions at Jiangnan Night Market are not as good as those in Kyoto. There are really only four four-color dumplings, and no more than ten three-delicacy wontons. As for the sweet taro, there is only a small bowl.

Brother Fang, these things are not much for Brother Fang's food intake.

Lu Fenghe patted Brother Fang's head, "You're so good."

Brother Fang looked at Lu Fenghe with bright eyes, "Mother, can I have another magnolia pancake? Just one." After speaking, he stretched out an index finger to compare, for fear that Lu Fenghe would not know that one is very few.

Lu Fenghe looked at Cuizhi's magnolia pancakes on the plate, "Eat half of them and try if it tastes good. If you like it, I'll buy it tomorrow."

Brother Fang hesitated for a while, then nodded reluctantly, "Okay."

Shen Nanxun couldn't help laughing at Brother Fang's gluttony, Lu Fenghe looked up at him and didn't speak.

Shen Nanxun touched the tip of his nose, "I'll take a few books and leave."

Lu Fenghe turned his body sideways, "Do as you please."

After speaking, Lu Fenghe picked up a magnolia cake, gave half of it to Brother Fang, and ate a small bite.

"Well, Mom thinks the magnolia pancakes are very delicious."

Brother Fang nodded after taking a bite, "It's really delicious."

"Brother Fang bought this for my mother, and it tastes better than other magnolia cakes."

Brother Fang also said: "My mother and I eat the same one, and it tastes better than the others."

Lu Fenghe nodded, "Exactly."

In addition to the Fan Bangzhi given by Lu Fenghe, Shen Nanxun also went to Shanchuan Silu Zhi, Liangguang Zhi, and Fujian Zhi.

Lu Fenghe glanced at it, "Why are you from the south?"

Shen Nanxun told the truth, "Because I have never been to these places and I want to know more about them."

Lu Fenghe looked at Shen Nanxun's intentions to find these books, and it didn't seem like an excuse to come to Yunhua Academy.

"There are also some local chronicles in the East Wing of Bailu Garden. If you want to read them, you can look for them."

Lu Fenghe didn't take away almost all of the books in Bailuyuan, he left in a bit of a hurry, and they were not rare copies, so Lu Fenghe asked Qing Ling to stay first, and take away the important things first.

Shen Nanxun took a few books and said to brother Fang: "You must listen to your mother, tomorrow dad will take you to eat pork ribs with sauce."

Brother Fang nodded repeatedly, "Father, you have to remember, we have to go early tomorrow."

"it is good."

Shen Nanxun asked Fu'an to send the books to Lu Balang's study room where he lived temporarily, and went straight to Lu Sanye's study room. Unexpectedly, not only Lu Sanye and Lu Silang were there, but Lu Balang was also there, and Lu Siye and Lu Wulang were also there. exist.

This scene looks like he came to Xingshi to question his guilt, no, no, it looks like he came to ask him for an explanation.

After Shen Nanxun greeted the two elders and the three uncles, he sat down on the empty chair beside Lu Silang.

"I heard that you went to He Niang to ask for local chronicles to read?" Third Master Lu didn't exchange greetings, and got straight to the point.

"Yes, this junior is not familiar with the places south of Jiangnan."

Mr. Lu nodded, "It's a good way to read local chronicles."