Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 136 No Salt

"When we get back to the capital, we'll visit our father-in-law and mother-in-law. It's okay to stay for two days. If you're homesick, we'll go back to Beijing earlier..."

"Lu Xiaowen, I'm not talking about the He family in the capital."

A faint sadness filled He Shaoguang's heart, and there was no one here who could even understand what she said.

Lu Xiaowen was silent, he didn't understand what He Shaoguang meant, isn't her home the He family in the capital?
Seeing him like this, He Shaoguang burst out laughing: "Okay, it's not the first time I'm talking nonsense, so why worry?"

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With a serious face, Lu Xiaowen decided not to talk to her for an hour.

"Lu Xiaowen, let's go! What are you doing there?"

He Shaoguang had already walked to the front first, she saw that Lu Xiaowen hadn't followed, she turned her head and waved at him.

When she calls herself by name and surname, the ending of the last word is always upturned, which is different from others, like the hair of mangosteen scratching the tip of her heart.

He seemed to remember that he should have told her his name from the beginning, right?She always refuses to call, does it always mean that she still thinks that she does not belong to the Lu family's wife?

Thinking of the boy who blushed and accosted her that day, in fact, he was a man of her age.

Young people always have all the courage, and he has more responsibilities in his heart. At that age, he should be counted on to support the entire Lu family.

It was the first time he got married. At that time, he was always suppressing rebellion and suppressing bandits everywhere, and he had almost no communication with Jiang in the mansion. He didn't feel that there was anything wrong with having a meal and taking a rest.

Later, he was single for three years, and he didn't really want to remarry.

Now he felt that husband and wife should not be like that, at least not dryly "Have you eaten? Have you slept?"

If she doesn't want to do some things, he is not in a hurry.

It won't be too late until she can truly accept her identity, when she is Mrs. Lu.

He stepped up to follow, keeping three steps left and right: "It's you who walked too fast."

Seeing that the master had finished eating, Zhijun and Nijun hadn't eaten yet, so they re-boiled a bowl of noodles with Lu Xiaowen's leftover pot of noodle soup in the small kitchen, and then ate them.

"This side smells quite delicious." Ni Jun hissed, blowing the heat of the cold noodles, and couldn't wait to feed himself a mouthful.

"My uncle cooked it himself, isn't it delicious?"

Zhijun was happy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"At first I saw my uncle's face was cold, but he was actually warm-hearted."

As far as cooking is concerned, how many men in the capital who love their wives on the surface can't do it?

It's okay for someone to be a general, but what are they talking about, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, tsk, no wonder he is a general.

"No, how do I feel about this noodle..." Ni Jun put the noodle in his mouth, feeling strange.

"what happened?"

"Why is it tasteless?" She chewed and shoved the bowl and chopsticks to Zhijun, "Can you try it?"

Zhijun also ate it.

The two of them looked at each other: No way, my uncle didn't add salt just now.

Zhijun greeted him with a strong smile. He Shaoguang was hugging the cat to bathe it, and asked Lu Xiaowen beside him to help.

Zhijun secretly waved to Lu Xiaowen and whispered something in his ear, Lu Xiaowen's face turned blue and red immediately.

No wonder He Shaoguang paused when he took the first bite, because he forgot to add salt!

Then she ate up the bowl of noodles to save face for him.

so awkward.

He couldn't help coughing twice in embarrassment, touched the heel of his nose, took the cat and said to her, "I'll do it."

"Will you give the cat a bath?" He Shaoguang looked at him suspiciously. People who can't grasp the strength of holding hands, don't stress the cat.

"I'll try." He decided to do something to hide his embarrassment.

"Okay." He Shaoguang picked up the mangosteen, handed it over, and decided to stand aside, and if he saw him "abuse" the mangosteen, he would take it back immediately.

In the successive autumn rains, the people of Jinling ushered in the news that Chi Pingye ransacked his home. The adult males were beheaded, and the adult female relatives were enslaved by officials.

On the day of Wenzhan, even though they were not able to watch it in person, there were many bitter hosts who stood at the door of their houses and swept away the dust in the house with a broom.

Zhan Cunli, the new prefect, is a 16-year Jinshi in Yangjia. His ancestral home is from Jinling. He is about the same age as He Jingsong.

Before he took office, he had quietly visited Lu Xiaowen and He Shaoguang to discuss comforting the family members of the deceased in the Mid-Autumn Festival stampede.

He Shaoguang asked him: "Hasn't Chi Zhifu already comforted him?"

Zhan Cunli had investigated it before, so he proposed to re-compensate.

His tone was full of disapproval: "After the incident, most of the money spent by Chi Zhifu was used to bribe important officials in Beijing to ask him to be dismissed, and very little was used on the common people. The family members did not make a fuss It’s because Yawei sent the consolation money in person, if anyone has any objections, they will be closed and quietly suppressed.”

"It's abominable! Mr. Zhan has a kind heart, and he must take good care of these family members on behalf of the imperial court."

Zhan Cunli and the Prefect Zhan fully agreed. In addition, he inadvertently brought up a doubt of his own: "I am curious, why did his original wife suddenly reconcile with him before the Chi Zhifu incident happened? There is a fifth girl who is waiting to be married. Her biological mother, Aunt Tao, was betrayed by Mrs. Yuan Chi before the couple reconciled? There seems to be no record of what happened to her, and there is no whereabouts."

He Shaoguang smiled and said, "Really? That's really a coincidence. I heard that Mrs. Chi has long since existed in name only. Maybe the absurd incident that day made her think about it. As for the fifth girl, maybe she voluntarily followed Aunt Tao Woolen cloth?"

"Really?" Prefect Zhan's eyes were full of light. Although he asked her with a smile, He Shaoguang felt the pressure.

"Does it have anything to do with us?" She asked softly.

Lu Xiaowen reminded at the right time: "Ming Yan should be back from school, you go and have a look, and bring him to discuss with Mr. Zhan for a while."

"I heard that the young master studies hard in the middle of the capital, so you don't forget your homework when you go on a long trip?" Mr. Zhan smiled, showing great enthusiasm.

"The original intention was to take him on a study tour, but he still has his sister, so I can't bear to make him run around." Lu Xiaowen asked the magistrate Zhan to take an examination of the prefectural school, "Master Zhan was born in Jinling Prefectural School, so he can be regarded as your senior."

Lu Mingyan blinked and looked at Prefect Zhan.

"Young master, do you want to tell me something?" Prefect Zhan saw what he wanted to say.

"I have two friends who are also students of the government school. Can you bring them to discuss with us?"

Kong Wen'an and Hua Shaotang are still waiting for him.

"Of course, then let Zhan see the current level of the students of the government school." He was a little complacent, after all, his knowledge was considered very good at the beginning.

So Lu Mingyan sent someone to call his little friends over again. When the three of them stood in front of Prefect Zhan, Prefect Zhan hadn't noticed the "danger".

(End of this chapter)