"Brother Chen, maybe this thing was dug out from the grave?" Lu Sheng pretended to ask casually.
Chen Jiaorong nodded: "It came out of the tomb, you haven't answered me yet, as my sister said, what is the degree of mutual understanding?" He changed the topic to his sister's marriage.
Lu Sheng had already avoided it once before, and now he was asked again, he immediately sighed.
"There's no need to rush this kind of thing. Brother Chen will see the outcome in the future, and I've only known Yunxi for such a short time. Is your family so relieved of me?"
"You can say this, I was worried at first, but now I am really relieved." Chen Jiaorong laughed, "If you agree, we can double the dowry!"
Lu Sheng smiled wryly.
He knew that, on the one hand, Chen Yunxi really liked him, and on the other hand, the Chen family had always been suffering from the fact that their daughter could not get married, and finally met a suitable one, so they did not let go.
"Let's talk about this matter later, at least after my fame is confirmed." Lu Sheng used the annual examination as a shield.
When Chen Jiaorong heard this, his eyes showed even more admiration. This is the temptation to instantly become rich as long as you accept it. If he was in the same situation, he would definitely agree to this situation. Anyway, if he gets married, he can also marry a concubine and find three, four, and five bedrooms. Although the younger sister Chen Yunxi has a little longer legs, similar to those with disfigured faces, and has physical defects, but there are still other points.
"That's it, let's make a deal like this. We will make a decision after brother Lu's year-old test. Yunxi is not too young. It's time to get married. I hope brother Lu will not delay."
Lu Sheng felt helpless and could only nod his head. The two separated after they came out of the winery, Lu Sheng saw that it was getting late, so he turned and went home.
After a night's rest, he went to the academy the next day, and just sat down in his seat when he heard a noise coming from outside.
"What's going on outside?" Lu Sheng looked at Song Zhenguo who was sorting out the scrolls.
Song Zhenguo's face was gloomy, and he replied in a low voice: "Wang Ziquan's family members are here."
Lu Sheng saw many people in the school get up and go to the window and door to look. The cries of women and children could be heard faintly outside.
He stood up and heard several classmates sighing.
"The Ziquan people seem to have disappeared. A young woman and two children came to the house. I heard that his old father was beaten and seriously injured in the government office in order to report to the government. He couldn't get sick when he returned home. Alas... .”
"How can the government yamen beat people?"
"It's not that his old father didn't believe that his son was drowned, so he knelt at the gate of the yamen and couldn't get up. As a result, the newly appointed magistrate has the worst temper..."
"Poor orphan and widow..."
"Yeah, it's a pity... His old father is dying..."
The more Lu Sheng heard it, the less he liked it. This Wang Ziquan's family was also a merchant before. Although the business was not big, he had a small fortune, but now his family was ruined.
Song Zhenguo also heard the voices around him, pushed people away and came over, standing with Lu Sheng.
"It was my fault, if I hadn't told him to go out that day...."
"Don't think too much, it's none of your business." Lu Sheng patted his shoulder. But Song Zhenguo still looked gloomy and didn't answer.
The two left the school one after the other, and saw a pretty young woman, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with two children who were only one or two years old, kneeling on the avenue that the school must pass, with her head bowed. , dressed in linen and filial piety, all in white.
There are no less than dozens of onlookers around, and there is a trend of getting more and more lively.
"Let's go, go and have a look." Lu Sheng teased Song Zhenguo, and walked out first.
"No! I'll go alone, it's my fault! I'll go!" Song Zhenguo grabbed him and said in a deep voice,
Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, but before he recovered, he saw Song Zhenguo standing in front of the young woman in three steps at a time, and started talking with her in a low voice.
Among the students of the surrounding colleges, two college teachers also squeezed in to ask about the situation. Soon, Song Zhenguo helped the young woman and boy, and quickly left the academy.
Lu Sheng also followed closely, left the academy together, and followed the two of them.
Before they took a few steps to catch up, they saw an official from the yamen coming to talk to Song Zhenguo and the young woman, and they quickly got into a carriage and left.
Before leaving, Song Zhenguo gestured to Lu Sheng not to follow, telling him to go back to class.
"Don't delay the New Year's Examination, go back! I'll take care of this!" Song Zhenguo yelled to Lu Sheng from a distance, and then got into the car and left.
Lu Sheng watched the black and red-striped carriage leave, and saw that it was a carriage specially designed for government offices.
He stood at the gate of the college for a while, then turned around and continued to attend class.
The matter of Wang Ziquan's family was circulated in the college for a while, but was quickly suppressed. Several times, Lu Sheng saw people from the government come to talk to the academic officers of several colleges, perhaps it was they who prompted the news to be suppressed. And Wang Ziquan's family didn't come to make trouble anymore.
Since Song Zhenguo went there that day, his face became a little more relaxed and relieved, probably because he made some compensation for Wang Ziquan's family.
The disappearance case, after a turmoil for a while, soon subsided. After the turmoil, the college slowly returned to normal, as if this had never happened.
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Song family.
Song Zhenguo silently ate the food brought by the maid. Chickens, ducks, fish and geese were set up on the table, but he just had no appetite and was worried about something.
The footsteps and voices of the old father passing by could be faintly heard outside the room, and he didn't go out to greet him, but just sat in the bedroom and sighed long.
They are also outsiders who moved their family to this mountain city along the coast. The old father's business has just started, and he is extremely busy.
"But why doesn't my father understand Jun'er's goodness? If I marry her, I will have a harmonious family and a successful career in the future. With Jun'er's help, the family will be stable, and I will definitely be able to achieve success in the next year..." Song Zhenguo thought in his heart. lament.
Puff puff puff.
While eating, another black pigeon suddenly flew by the window, staring at him with a pair of pink eyes.
Cuckoo.
The pigeon called twice.
When Song Zhenguo saw it, his face immediately showed joy.
He walked over a few steps, grabbed the pigeon in a hurry, took out a scroll from under its feet, and quickly unfolded it.
Don't worry about what Jun'er said before. Jun'er threatened to die, but the bow finally agreed. Tomorrow night, during the festival, as long as Brother Song can come up with 10,000 taels of silver, he will redeem Jun'er's body. Brother Song, don't worry, although 10,000 taels is a lot, but Jun'er has a lot of savings over the years, at least it can make up most of it.
Brother Song must come alone tomorrow night. Jun'er, I will hand over my body completely to my elder brother, I hope you... pity... .'
After Song Zhenguo finished watching, he felt a burst of uncontrollable joy from the bottom of his heart rushing straight to the top of his head. He straightened up, his face flushed quickly, and he kept walking back and forth in the room holding the scroll.
"Jun'er....Jun'er....You are mine! I will definitely take you out of the boat and get you out of that ghost place. I will give you a title!" He clenched his fists and murmured in a low voice. But he completely forgot what Xiaojun reminded him before, not to go painting boats during the Satin Festival.
After being excited in the room for a while, Song Zhenguo slowly calmed down.
"But Jun'er said before that you don't want to go painting boats during the Satin Festival? Are you afraid that I will be deceived?"
He thought for a while, his face gradually calmed down, and he stood still for a while after hesitating.
"When I see Jun'er, I'll ask why I wasn't allowed to go to the Satin Festival before. Maybe there's some special reason."
Filled with joy, Song Zhenguo began to prepare banknotes. Ten thousand taels of silver was a big amount for him. Some of the wealth he had accumulated over the years was also spent on Jun'er during this period of time, and it was somewhat difficult to get together 10,000 taels in a hurry. Although Jun'er said that she would make up most of it herself, is he the one who makes his own woman bear these burdens
"It doesn't matter, let's go to my sister to borrow some money." He didn't eat, and hurried to the door and was about to go out. Suddenly remembered something and stopped.
"This is such a good event, although Jun'er is embarrassed and wants me to go alone. But this kind of happy event should be shared and celebrated by two friends." Song Zhenguo quickly sat back at the desk, pouring ink and pouring water , began to write letters to his only two friends now.
But just started to prepare pen and ink, he hesitated again, and put down the pen.
"Forget it, it's better for me to go alone. To avoid extra complications and increase variables. It's okay to notify other people after the matter is settled."
He quickly went to his sister and borrowed 15,000 taels of silver notes from there, saying that he would invest the money for business, and soon everything was ready.
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It was getting closer and closer to the New Year's Examination, and Lu Sheng's family also sent Qiao'er over, along with a thousand taels of silver notes, which was regarded as supplementing his recent expenses.
But Lu Sheng also knows that the family is already selling various real estate shops and is preparing to relocate, and because of the big explosion in Jiulian City, many people have relocated, and the prices of commercial real estate have also greatly depreciated. If the family wants to repurchase real estate in the future, they must Leave a lot of money behind.
So being able to give him another thousand taels of silver was already an expense squeezed between teeth. After all, the Lu family is now in a precarious period.
The turmoil gradually calmed down, and Lu Sheng gradually put Wang Ziquan's affairs behind him, and began to concentrate on improving himself, and also began to find ways to make money.
"There is a clear spring in the middle of the mountain! There is a juicy yellow in the red ditch! There are sparrows outside Baisha Town! Turmeric is flowing on the surface of the Xinzhao River!"
"Yanshan City! My hometown Yanshan City! My hometown la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la my hometown... .."
"La la la la la la la!"
"La la la la la la la!!"
Lu Sheng stood at the window expressionlessly, listening to the shrill male voice singing.
He was woken up at three o'clock in the morning, that is, Yinshi was woken up by the noise, and then he saw these teams outside one after another, some with sharp voices, some with rough voices, passing by the street continuously .
At this time, there is a long line of teams on the street blowing suona and singing loudly, dressed in red, blue and blue, mostly uncles and aunts, beating drums, smashing gongs, and shouting songs. Slowly rush in the direction of the city center.
What made Lu Sheng even more speechless was that the people who came out to watch the excitement in the surrounding streets didn't feel noisy at all. Instead, they happily followed the team, and some even sang along. There are also special officials from the Yamen to maintain order.