Xianggong is a big man in men's clothing

After Lu Dongfu closed the courtyard door, she stared blankly at the closed courtyard door. Hearing the sound of Qi Zhongyu's footsteps gradually going away, she put her forehead on the courtyard door as if she lost her strength.

Her eyes were still weeping uncontrollably, but it was not as uncomfortable as before, and there was even a bit of warmth and joy in her heart.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang and the others were not in the yard, so such a shameful scene did not fall into their eyes. However, with their temperament, even if they knew they were crying, they would not care. Mrs. Zhang would despise the bad luck of her crying and offended the family. Mildew.

She wiped away her tears, turned and walked towards her own room.

In fact, the courtyard and house of the Lu family are not very big. The place where she lives now is the house where the third sister lived before she got married.

It was after she was sent back to the village that Mrs. Zhang cleaned up the sundries in the house and let her live in it for the sake of so many things she brought back.

Lu Dongfu is diligent and cleans the house when she has free time, so although the area where she lives is small, not as big as the maid's house in Xue Yuan's mansion, it is very clean and there is a faint fragrance of flowers and plants in the house.

Sitting on the bed, she didn't have any nostalgia for the Lu family. She couldn't be shy when she thought that the wedding would be held five days later, because time was running out and everyone in the Lu family was unreliable. She had to hurry up and get ready to get married. Things will do.

Such as the wedding dress, new shoes on the wedding day, and the small gifts prepared for the husband and relatives of the husband's family after the marriage.

These things, she had never thought of getting married before, so she hadn't prepared at all. She had to buy them from scratch. Time was limited, and she might have to stay up all night to catch up with work to finish.

Thinking of this, she couldn't sleep anymore, and planned to go to the hall to ask Mrs. Zhang for some money, and tomorrow she would go to the county town to pull some new cloth and come back to make a wedding dress.

When I arrived at the main room, I saw several people standing in the small space. Not only Zhang's couple and Lu Chengcai were present, but her third uncle, three aunts, and two sons were also standing in a circle, facing the round tables and stools. Look at the place.

She crossed the gap between the human walls, only to see the dead tiger that Qi Zhongyu had shot on the ground.

No one noticed her coming, Lu Xi, the third son of the Lu family, frowned and said in embarrassment: "Fourth brother, we have to peel off the tiger skin first, then pick out the tiger meat and sell it in the county, otherwise we will keep it for a long time." That's right, this tiger meat will be spoiled."

Lu Bei scratched his head and laughed, and said: "What the third brother said is that our second son-in-law is good at everything, but he doesn't know how to think too much about others, so he came to propose marriage with a big tiger on his shoulders, and he was tired." Her father-in-law and mother-in-law are in a hurry."

He was complaining, but his face was full of joy. Lu Laosan knew his temperament, so he rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Who let the fourth child give birth to a valuable daughter? Let’s not talk about the big girl. She was sent to Peng’s family to be a child bride ten years ago. The second girl was also bought by Ren Yazi ten years ago. Two silvers is the highest price for a girl in the village.

And before Erya returned to the village, at the beginning of this year, Mrs. Zhang accepted 20 taels of silver from the village carpenter Luo as a dowry, and married Sanya to two half-year-old sons as stepmothers.

In fact, this matter was not done properly, because the wife in front of Carpenter Luo had just passed away, Carpenter Luo himself was nearly 30 years old, and Sanya was only 13 years old this year, only three years older than Carpenter Luo's eldest son. The age gap between him and Carpenter Luo is really too big.

Carpenter Luo came to propose marriage, and made it clear that marrying her back was not for living a life, but for Sanya to take care of the two and a half children in the family.

People in the village gossiped a lot because of this, but the money fell into their own pockets, and the Lu family only thought they were envious.

After Erya returned to the village, because of her reputation, Zhang suffocated. A few days ago, Landlord Liu came to propose marriage, and finally complied with this breath, smiling triumphantly.

And now...

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the big tiger brought by the nephew of the village chief is worth at least a hundred taels of silver. Little brother who spends his days.

Originally, he thought that the other party had a lot of daughters, but he didn't expect that giving birth to a daughter could actually earn money. He couldn't help but stare at his two sons in disgust, which made the two adult sons, Monk Zhang Er, puzzled.

However, although he is jealous, he will not show it on the bright side. Now there are only him and the fourth brother left in the Lu family. His father, mother and other brothers and sisters all starved to death during the famine in the early years, so on weekdays The two brothers are still very close.

Lu Laosi made this windfall, and he has always been generous to his own brother, so he can get a lot of money.

Therefore, Lu Laosan was very enthusiastic about this big tiger worth a hundred taels of silver, and helped his younger brother to make suggestions. He decided to go to the village to find someone he knew acquaintance to borrow a scooter and send the big tiger to the market tomorrow. The decision to skin and sell meat.

Lu Dongfu stood aside and listened quietly to what they had to say, and then said hello to third uncle and the others, and then said to Mrs. Zhang: "Mother, I want to go to the county seat tomorrow, and I will visit you in a few days." We are about to get married, and we haven't prepared the wedding dress and embroidered shoes for the wedding day, and the gifts for the village chief's family members when we serve tea after we get married."

As soon as Mrs. Zhang heard that she wanted money, her smiling face drooped immediately, and it seemed that she didn't want to give her money.

But Lu San understood the deep meaning in Lu Dongfu's words, and said: "You should prepare well, after all, your future husband is the nephew of the village chief's family, and we will become in-laws in the future, so it's not good to lose the village chief too much." Face. Fourth daughter-in-law, give your second daughter a few taels of silver, our family can't be too shabby."

Mrs. Zhang was so distressed that she reluctantly said: "How many taels of silver do you need? Why is the fabric so expensive? I don't think it is necessary at all. The wedding dress I wore when I got married is still there. You can take it back and change it." The size is still wearable. As for the village chief, he is a scholar, and he is not a man who hates the poor and loves the rich, so he won't care about you."

The third son of Lu was not angry when he persuaded her not to move. He glanced at his younger brother lightly. The fourth son of Lu came back to his senses and said angrily: "What kind of decent is this, let Erya wear the clothes you married decades ago?" Clothes, when the people in the village saw it, I almost laughed my teeth out. It’s not like our family can’t afford to pay this little money now, what about you? Go back to the room and get the money, don’t be ashamed here, it’s too shameful .”

Mrs. Zhang is still a little reluctant. She loves money like her life. Except for her son and husband-in-law, money ranks first in her life. The money that passes through her hands has always only come in and never goes out.

Lu Dongfu had long since given up on her, and reminded: "The village chief may not mind that he is from a family background, but Qi Zhongyu is a man with a weird temper. If he sees me dressed in shabby clothes, he may think that I have lost his face. ,By the time……"

Mrs. Zhang couldn't help trembling when she heard the words, Qi Zhongyu is a big evil star, compared with a few taels of silver, his own life is more important.

She immediately walked back to the house to get the money, but the youngest Lu looked at Lu Dongfu a few times, and said meaningfully: "You are lucky, after you marry your husband's house, remember to come home often Look, after all your parents worked so hard to give birth to you and raised you for some time."

Lu Dongfu didn't want to listen to his warning, so she nodded obediently on her face, and the appearance of listening to the words made Lu Laosan smile with satisfaction.

He turned his head and stared at the tiger again, discussing with Mr. Lu how to sell it.

Lu Dongfu waited for Mrs. Zhang to bring the silver, then left respectfully and turned back to the house. Mrs. Zhang only gave her two taels of silver, which should be her entire dowry. She needs to plan carefully so that the money will not be insufficient. Something went wrong.

Before dawn the next day, a few adult men from the Lu family borrowed a cart and drove the big tiger to the county town to sell it.

Lu Dongfu made the meal a little later before leaving for the county seat.

Siyuan County is not too far from Yuehe Village, and it only takes half an hour to walk there.

Lu Dongfu met a few villagers on the road. She didn't know them, but they recognized her. They immediately gathered together and muttered together, with a hidden smile on their faces, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Lu Dongfu lowered her head and concentrated on walking, and she ignored people who called her narrowly, because she knew what kind of gossip the villagers would say.

The villagers were ignorant and bored, and even when she explained her experience, they were only willing to believe what they thought.

She didn't want to waste her precious time with irrelevant people, so she hurried past them and came to the county town.

She went directly to the busiest street market in the city and bought moderately priced red cloth and more expensive silk cloth. Perhaps she bought quite a lot of cloth and spent nearly two taels of silver, so the smiling shopkeeper gave it away for nothing. Give her some rags and a sewing set.

Lu Dongfu thanked the shopkeeper for his kindness, temporarily stored the packed fabrics in the shop, turned around and went to a pastry shop not far away, bought some delicious hard candies, and planned to give them to the children of the village chief's family.

She spent all the money on her body, hugged these things, and went home with difficulty.

After arriving home, it was already afternoon. Mrs. Zhang was sitting at the gate of the courtyard, watching eagerly. It seemed that the Lu family brothers hadn't come back yet.

Seeing the things in Lu Dongfu's hands, she said displeasedly: "I just gave you some money, and you spent it all. You are a prodigal."

Lu Dongfu called "Mother" in a flat tone, and went back to the house to thread the needle and start sewing the wedding dress.

After she was sold into Yuan Xue's mansion, she was transferred and taught by the shrewd and strict nanny next to his wife for half a month, and then sent to the second lady's side as a little maid who ran errands.

To be honest, the second young lady is a gentle and kind master. She learns needlework and plays the piano with her master every day.

Lu Dongfu's task is to accompany the Second Miss and follow her orders.

So when Miss Er was learning all kinds of skills, she would also learn something through her ears and eyes.

She was trembling at that time, for fear of being rejected by the second lady, so she learned most of the skills seriously.

In her free time, unlike other maids who gather to chat and entertain, she sits in the house by herself, remembering the skills that the embroiderer invited from the mansion taught to the second lady, and practicing them herself.

Over time, she developed excellent embroidery skills. Even the embroiderer said she was talented in this area, but it's a pity...

She knew what Xiuniang didn't say, but it's a pity that she is a maid, and her main task is to serve the second lady, not to become a master of embroidery.

Although later, she concentrated on honing her cooking skills, and her embroidery skills were temporarily rusty, but it was no problem at all to sew her own wedding dress.

She knew the size of her clothes, and after cutting out the red cloth she bought, she began to sew.

After staying up late at night, she was really sleepy, so she put the semi-finished product on the stool, lay down to rest, and didn't pay attention to whether the Lu family brothers came back from the county.

After waking up, she went to the kitchen to make breakfast, drank the porridge by herself, and then went back to the house to continue working.

She sewed the inner lining of the wedding dress first, and after sewing the inner garments of the upper and lower body, she realized that her neck and body were stiff.

She spread out the clothes on the bed, twisted her shoulders to move her body, and sewed simple lace on the corners of the clothes as an embellishment.

After all the sewing was finished, she put the clothes away and put them in the closet. When she wanted to continue sewing the coat, her stomach growled with hunger. Only then did she realize that it was already afternoon, and she had been busy with work before. All ignored the time.

Mrs. Zhang didn't know what she was busy with, but she didn't open the door to come in and scold her for being lazy and not making lunch.

She simply tidied up her needlework, rubbed her sore eyes, and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. She cracked an egg laid by her own hen, went to the vegetable garden to pick green onions and cut them into chopped green onions, and added a little flour. A few egg pancakes were spread out on the oil pan.

There was still a lot of porridge left in the pot in the morning, so she scooped up another bowl and ate it with egg pancakes and pickles.

After eating, she took out the food and planned to carry it to Mrs. Zhang.

But Mrs. Zhang wasn't at home, and she didn't know where she went, not even Lu Chengcai.

Lu Dongfu frowned, and didn't care too much about Mrs. Zhang's whereabouts. She took the food back to the kitchen, cleaned up the stove, and was about to go back and continue sewing the wedding dress, but at this moment, she heard a knock on the courtyard door. the sound of.

The knock on the door was very light, intermittent, with a bit of hesitation, not like the carefree behavior of ordinary villagers, which made her a little curious about who came.

She walked over to open the door, and saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl standing outside the door. She was a few inches shorter than her. She was full of childishness in terms of figure and appearance, but she was wearing hair that was obviously a woman's. bun.

She raised her head and glanced at Lu Dongfu, then quickly lowered her head, and shouted timidly, "Second Sister."