A few days after the engagement, Shen Chi and Grandma Shen returned to the town.
Lu Lin and Chen Xiaolai sat facing each other. Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaocai and asked, "What do you think?"
"I'll take Shen Chi to Liu Town." Chen Xiaocai said without thinking.
Some time ago, Chen Xiaocai came back from Liuzhen to work as a shopkeeper here, and was annoyed by the seventh and eighth aunts in the village. It's really annoying, because I'm an acquaintance, and it's not easy to say harsh words. Once I say two harsh words, a group of people will press people with the airs of elders, and spittle can drown people.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Alright."
The fighting power of the seven aunts and eight aunts in this world is very strong.
Many people in the village had proposed marriage to Chen Xiaocai before, and Xiaocai had set up Shenchi, so some people inevitably felt sour.
Before, Shen Chi was not engaged to Chen Xiaocai, and it was not good for Lu Lin to let Shen Chi run around with Chen Xiaocai as a little girl, but Shen Chi and Chen Xiaolai were already engaged, so it didn't matter, Shen Chi also Knowing how to count, he can just give Chen Xiaocai a check. With Shen Chi's help, Xiaocai should also be able to relax.
Shen Chi is also very willing to go to Liu Town, Shen Chi has heard from Chen Xiaolai that he has seen and heard a lot about Liu Town.
Before Chen Xiaocai went to Liuzhen alone, Shen Chi was quite worried.
Lu Lin sent Shen Chi and Chen Xiaocai to the carriage, "Uncle Qin, please take care of these two brats for me!"
Qin Yi smiled and said, "Young Master Lin, don't worry, I will protect them well."
Lu Lin watched Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi leave, feeling like a baby in my family.
The days on Lu Lin's side are getting better and better. On the Lu's side, another big event happened that shocked the whole family. Lu An lost his job in the town.
"Head of the house, this shopkeeper is not kind!"
He said no and no, it was too much.
Once Lu An's job was lost, Mrs. Wang felt as if her heart had been twisted, and her whole body was in a bad mood.
The old man was sitting on the kang smoking a cigarette, his face was a little sad.
They have more than 20 mu of land, which is enough to support a large family, but it is a bit reluctant to support the eldest grandson to study.
The family is about to have a baby, and without the salary of the fourth child, life may be difficult.
"Fourth, the boss just fired you without giving an explanation?" the old man asked.
Lu An said angrily: "He just wanted to drive me away and make room for his concubine's younger brother. How can there be any explanation!"
The old man frowned, and said: "If that's the case, then I'm going to talk to him."
The old lady was full of excitement and said: "Yes, I want to talk about it, I can't just let it go, he married a concubine, and then resigned our son, what's the reason, it's too immoral."
Lu An said with some embarrassment: "Father, don't go, boss Zhang gave his aunt's pillow the wind blows and he can't find it. How can I listen to what you, an old brother, are saying? It's useless if you go. , and, isn’t he rich? Most of them look down on us country people, dad, don’t make fun of yourself.”
The old lady said excitedly: "That's not what I said."
"Mom." Lu An complained.
Li Fangyue rubbed her belly, feeling a little worried. The food in the field was not yet ready for harvest, and the family's expenses depended largely on Lu An's wages. Now that Lu An lost his job, the family's expenses would increase again.
Li Fangyue looked at Lu An, and vaguely felt that Lu An was not telling the truth. As Lu An's bedside person, Li Fangyue always felt that Lu An's emotions were not quite right some time ago, and he was probably caught by someone. That's why he was dismissed. came back.
Although Lu An advised Mr. Lu not to seek trouble, Mr. Lu went to Boss Zhang the next day to "excuse him".
Mr. Lu went there angrily, and came back with a shameful face.
"Old man, what's the matter?" Wang said a little excitedly.
"Nie Zi." Old Master Lu cursed.
Old man, what's the matter with you?" Seeing the old man's face, the old lady felt a little uneasy.
"This bastard has completely embarrassed me." The old man scolded angrily.
The old lady was a little confused by the old man's words.
The old man called Lu An to him alone, and Lu An probably knew that something was wrong, so he didn't care.
"Fourth, did you take money from others?" The old man asked angrily.
The old man originally went to Boss Zhang in a rage. He thought he was morally obsessed. In the end, Boss Zhang told him that it was not because of his concubine that he dismissed Lu An, but because his son forced the employees under him to give him a job. Gift money.
Whoever doesn't give him money, he will assign all the dirty and tiring work to that person, which makes the migrant workers underneath a lot of resentment.
Lu An frowned, and said, "Father, don't listen to Boss Zhang's nonsense, he just doesn't want me anymore, so just find someone to borrow." The old man said angrily, "You still have the face to say, if you didn't accept someone How could someone get fired for the money? "
With a dark face, Lu An said, "It's not me who collects the money alone, whoever doesn't accept it."
Zhang Zhang's boss replaced the person with his brother-in-law, and he didn't believe that person would not accept him. That guy didn't look like a good guy at first glance, and he might have charged more than him.
The old lady frowned, and said, "Fourth, where did you get the money? Where did the money go?" The old lady thought that Lu An was quite peaceful, and she paid honestly for the wages for her hair. The old lady felt apologetic, and sometimes Only charge half. Unexpectedly, Lu An still has extra money.
Lu An said lightly: "It's a flower."
The old man said excitedly: "Where did you spend the flowers?"
"I work in the town, and I always have to eat."
The old man said with a dark face, "Boss Zhang's wages for you are already high enough, why are you so dissatisfied?"
The old man went to look for Boss Zhang before, but was reprimanded by Boss Zhang, and his face was very uncomfortable.
Lu An was a little excited and said: "Boss Zhang pays a lot of wages, but don't I have to turn in the money every month? If it weren't for Dad, you are urging me to pay the wages every month, and I don't need to pay others." Cheng Yu married a daughter-in-law, and you don’t even mention her for spending so much money, but you know how to criticize me, and your hearts are too biased.”
The old man was trembling with anger from Lu An, "You, you talk like that, you really pissed me off."
The old man felt that he was good enough for his young son, but he didn't expect the young son to think so.
The news that Lu An lost his job quickly spread in the village.
"Why was Lu An suddenly fired?"
"I thought Chen Xiaomi would be fired. Chen Xiaomi must not be able to work for several months. I didn't expect that it would be Lu An who was fired first."
"I heard from the old lady of the Lu family that it was because the boss married a new concubine, so she wanted to give up Lu An's job to his brother-in-law, so this friendship is not as good as a pillow, the boss in this town , and there are not many kind ones."
"I think Chen Xiaomi's boss is quite kind."
"Really, no one saw the boss."
"I heard that the boss is a big business person, and he doesn't care much about the affairs of the store."
The old lady of the Lu family didn't have the nerve to tell people that Lu An lost his job because he took bribes or used Lu An's own excuse. people believe so.
The news that Lu An lost his job also reached Lu Lin's ears.
Lu Lin's status in the eyes of the villagers is getting higher and higher. When the villagers come to deliver goods, they always chat with Lu Lin about the family affairs. The news of Lu An's job loss has reached Lu Lin's ears.
"Lu An has no work to do, this Lu family may be busy again." Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin nodded and said, "That's not true, but it's fine if Lu An loses his job. If he loses his job, he can go to work in the fields." The Lu family has a lot of land, but not many people work.
When Lu An works in the town, he only needs to manage his subordinates, but it is not so easy to farm the land.
"Yeah, it's almost autumn." Although the weather didn't cool down very much, it seemed that autumn was really coming.
"Why was Lu An suddenly fired?"
"The old lady said that because the boss married a new concubine, Lu An's position was taken by the new brother-in-law. However, the old lady's words have limited credibility." Lu Lin shook his head and said.
Lu Lin narrowed his eyes. The boss seemed to be more inclined to let the original owner's father do the work of Lu An. However, the old lady at home felt sorry for the youngest son, so he asked his cheap father to give up the seat. .
Some people believe what Mrs. Lu said, and some don't.
Lu An was in the seat before, and the migrant workers below naturally respected him three feet, fearing that he would lose his job by wearing small shoes, and tolerated him in every possible way, but now, Lu An has been fired, and the employees below are eager to curry favor with the new boss. Lu An's affairs were turned upside down.
At the beginning, Lu An also accepted filial piety from the people below, but the amount he received was relatively small. In the past few years, the amount has been increasing. was replaced.
Chen Jing is not good at reading, but he has a lot of friends, so you can find out by just asking.
Chen Jing knew that Lu An was dismissed because of the crushing of the workers, so he told his family when he got back. The old lady Chen made such a publicity in the village, and everyone knew that Lu An was dismissed because his hands were not clean. The Cheng family was laughed at again.
The matter of Lu An affected Lu Chengyu to some extent. The old lady in the Lu family had previously reported stealing money, and now it was Lu Chengyu's uncle who was rumored to accept bribes.
Lu Chengyu was ashamed in the academy, and when he got home, he turned his anger on Lu An, scolding Lu An for being crazy about money, for doing such a thing.
Lu An was not easy to mess with, Lu Chengyu pointed at his nose and scolded him, and he got angry too, and simply scolded Lu Chengyu as a wimp, after taking the exam for so long, he was still a child student, and he read so many books all day long with a pretentious attitude. I still have to rely on nepotism to get to the top, and after spending so much money, please come back to a little ancestor who lost money, wasting the family's money in vain.
The old man of the Lu family had a headache seeing his eldest grandson and youngest son quarrelling.