Lu Zhenghan knew that the third uncle was engaged to Mu Wanting, the third daughter of the Mu family, but Mu Wanting disappeared due to an accident in his early years, and the marriage came to nothing.

But he still remembered that even so, when someone approached his third uncle as a matchmaker in the past, his third uncle still refused the matchmaker on the grounds of "keeping the engagement for Mu Wanting."

Therefore, when Lu Zhenghan was very young, he felt that his third uncle was an infatuated man who valued love and kept promises.

But judging from Grandpa’s tone, could there be something hidden behind it?

"Young Master~"

Uncle Wang's voice suddenly appeared behind Lu Zhenghan, and Lu Zhenghan was forced to withdraw his thoughts. The old man and Uncle Lu in the room turned their heads when they heard the movement outside the door.

Two pairs of eyes looked at Lu Zhenghan at the same time.

Uncle Lu stood up from the ground, his expression a little embarrassed: "Xiao Zheng, when did you come back?"

Lu Zhenghan lowered his eyes and coughed lightly against his lips: "Just arrived."

"Did you hear everything?"

"Ahem... um."

Uncle Lu looked up at the sky helplessly and sighed, thinking that it was not just once or twice that he had been scolded by the old man in front of his eldest nephew, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

Because his father is still alive, he has returned to the old house where he grew up. Even though Lu Tianci is over fifty or over fifty years old, his wrinkled face is still filled with a little childishness.

He stretched out his hand, put his arm around Lu Zhenghan's shoulders, and looked at his old father: "Dad! Xiao Zheng is here, please save some face for me. Is this the end of today's criticism?"

Mr. Lu gave his eldest grandson Lu Zhenghan an angry look: "I called you to ask you to come back tomorrow. Why did you come back today?" You bothered him to repair his son!

Lu Zhenghan spread his hands and made no excuse.

Can he say that he is afraid that Uncle San, a dragon who often disappears, will suddenly disappear again?

Grandpa said that the third uncle had returned to his old house, so he hurried back without stopping.

Mr. Lu angrily banged his crutches, thinking that since your relationship with Girl Lin has made some progress recently, I won't care about you anymore!

He gave his third son Lu Tianci a hard look and said, "Be like your eldest nephew! He already has a wife and you are still single! Don't be ashamed!" After saying that, Uncle Wang supported him on crutches.

Left the ancestral hall.

When Lu Zhenghan heard his grandpa use him as an example to criticize his third uncle, he felt a little weird in his heart. He twitched his lips and was speechless.

Lu Tianci, however, hugged him and walked out indifferently: "Let's go! Let's go have a drink!"

Because it is in the suburbs, far away from the hustle and bustle and neon lights of the city, the old house is particularly quiet at night, and the moonlight over the house is especially bright.

Lu Zhenghan and Lu Tianci, uncle and nephew, were sitting on the stone table in the courtyard. The servants served seasonal side dishes one after another to go with wine. These ingredients were grown by the old man and the servants themselves, and after simple cooking, although

It's simple, but you can taste the true taste of the food.

But eating food was second to none. The uncle and nephew drank wine and talked about their experiences over the years, and they were all sighing.

Uncle Lu lamented that Lu Zhenghan had worked hard all the way to lead the Lu family to become the top family in the Taicheng pyramid, and it also raised the wealth and prestige of the Lu family group to a new level.

While the two were drinking, Uncle Lu couldn't help but praise Lu Zhenghan.

Lu Zhenghan just poured wine for his third uncle to toast, and the hardships were all in the cup, without saying much.

The two drank a few more drinks, and Lu Zhenghan mentioned the life events of his third uncle through the drunkenness.

"Third uncle, are you really single until now because of your engagement with the missing third lady of the Mu family?"

Uncle Lu was not surprised when he heard Lu Zhenghan asked this question. He laughed heartily and drank the wine in one gulp.

Suddenly, staring at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, there was an unprecedented sadness in his eyes.

He shook his head, his voice lonely and honest: "No."

Seeing the surprise on Lu Zhenghan's face, he smiled and patted Lu Zhenghan's back, saying with infinite emotion: "My eldest nephew, what is love in this world? It makes me burst into tears!"

After pondering for a moment, Uncle Lu continued:

"The Mu family was as powerful as our Lu family back then, and my engagement with the third daughter of the Mu family was considered a marriage. She and I were still young at that time, how could we have such deep feelings for her? Why wait until now in vain for her?

"

"When I reached the marriageable age, matchmakers came to my door. The reason why I drove those matchmakers away on the grounds of my engagement with Miss Mu San was just because I didn't want to get married at all."

"Ah?" When Lu Zhenghan heard this, even if he usually kept himself calm, he couldn't help being speechless at this moment.

Why doesn’t Third Uncle want to get married?

Seeing Lu Zhenghan's doubts, Uncle Lu did not hide them. He was happy today and wanted to tell everything.

"People say you should not meet someone who is too stunning when you are young. Your third uncle and I are a person who believes deeply in the word 'fate'. When I was in my twenties, I once traveled to the countryside and passed by a village. I met a

Girl, the first time I saw that girl, I felt what it means to be heart-thumping..."

"Because the first time I saw that girl, I felt that my destined person was coming. Then, I used the excuse of getting lost and asked the girl to help me lead the way. The girl talked very little and was very quiet.

, most of the time I was talking and she was listening. Occasionally when I asked her about some customs, she would also answer a few questions."

"After that, I rented a house near that village and lived there. That girl was more conservative. Every time I pretended to meet her in the fields, she was always very shy, but she seemed to like listening to me.

Tell some anecdotes about the outside world, and every time I tell them, stars will twinkle in her eyes."

"Later, I finally plucked up the courage, returned to Taicheng to find your grandfather, and told your grandfather that I wanted to marry that girl. Your grandfather immediately refused. With the prestige and momentum of our Lu family at that time, how could he possibly

Agree to let me marry a powerless girl from the countryside? Your grandfather not only refused me, but also imprisoned me at home and refused to let me out again, so as to cut off my contact with that girl."

"I forced myself to go on a hunger strike, and I went on a hunger strike for several days and nights. Seeing that my life was at stake, your grandfather agreed in desperation. After being nursed back to health, my health improved and I quickly returned to that place.

Village, ready to confess to that girl, but..."

When Uncle Lu said this, his originally bright and soft eyes suddenly darkened, and he sighed helplessly.

Lu Zhenghan heard this with excitement and his appetite was whetted. When he heard his third uncle talking, he suddenly stopped and not only urged: "But what's going on? What happens next?"

"That day, I was planning to go to her home to visit her parents and talk about the marriage proposal, but I saw...I saw her wearing a red wedding dress being carried into a sedan chair..."

"Ah?" Lu Zhenghan placed the cup in his hand heavily on the table.

"It turned out that she was a child adopted by her parents. Because her family was in such a poor situation that the adoptive parents could not afford the school fees for their biological children, so they randomly married her to a family in a neighboring village. That family promised to give her parents three

A gift of 10,000 yuan.”

"For money?" Lu Zhenghan frowned, "Then third uncle, why don't you find her parents, explain everything to her parents, and stop this ridiculous marriage, which is ten times and a hundred times more than this 30,000 yuan.

Our Lu family can also afford the bride price!"

Uncle Lu smiled and shook his head.

"It's too late, everything is too late. I followed her all the way to the house in the neighboring village where she was going to marry. She also saw me in the crowd. While they were toasting, she sneaked out. I told her

I asked her to come with me, and I promised to make up for the money given to her adoptive parents, but she..."

"But she said that in the countryside, getting married is not a trivial matter. The wedding has already been held. If she escapes from the marriage, her adoptive parents will be criticized by the villagers and will never be able to hold their heads high in the village. Her younger brother will never be able to hold his head high in the village.

I won’t be able to get a wife either…”

"It was also at that moment that I understood that worldly concepts bound her, and she was determined not to leave me... In the end, she pushed me away with her own hands, wiped her tears, turned around and ran into the house where the poster was posted.

A family with a red and happy character."

After hearing the end, Lu Zhenghan was deeply shocked, and the sharp gaze he cast on his third uncle was filled with complicated emotions.

After a long silence, he spoke:

"So, the reason why you are unwilling to get married so far is not because of your engagement with Miss Mu's third daughter, but... because of that girl from the country."

Uncle Lu smiled bitterly: "Exactly."

"Sometimes I wonder, if I hadn't come back to inform your grandfather at that time, but had cut it off first and told them later, went directly to the girl's adoptive parents and proposed marriage to them, would the outcome have been different..."

"Sigh... that's all. This relationship that ended in vain only proves that the girl and I are not destined to be together. There is no need for me to blame your grandfather for blocking her..."

As he spoke, Uncle Lu poured himself a glass of wine, drank it with his neck raised, and his smile became even more far-fetched: "Perhaps, your grandfather learned from my experience, so he no longer cared so much about his granddaughter-in-law's background, and chose a family background for you.

It's very ordinary, you can say that she is a wife who is completely different from our Lu family."

"In other words, this is something that makes me, your third uncle, quite happy. Being able to see your grandfather's attitude change makes my sacrifice worth it!"

Lu Zhenghan nodded slightly, his face remained calm, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

The third uncle's analysis made sense. According to Grandpa's standards for looking at people, even if his granddaughter-in-law was not a well-matched candidate, she should at least come from a wealthy family.

Grandpa acted so unconventionally and chose Lin You for himself, which was contrary to common sense. At the time, he thought it was strange. Now that he thinks about it, Grandpa may have been influenced by his third uncle because he didn’t see his family background in his character.

.

Thinking of this, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Lu Zhenghan's back. If it hadn't been for the incident with his third uncle, then he and that girl might never have interacted in this life, let alone become husband and wife through a flash marriage...

The story serves as a guide, and strong wine penetrates the intestines, which is the most intoxicating.

Lu Zhenghan's narrow eyes were dyed red due to the alcohol attack. Under the cold moonlight, his eyebrows were even more profound. He narrowed his eyes sharply, and suddenly, the little girl's bun face appeared in his mind.

The moon tonight is extra round and bright, just like the unadulterated eyes of a little girl.

He raised his eyes and looked out.

I wonder if the little girl is asleep at this time.

If she hadn't slept, was she staying by her mother's side at this moment, and was her pair of black and clear eyes looking at the moon hanging high outside the window?

*

The wind blew the white curtains in the ward, everything was silent, and the moonlight shone brightly. In the past, every time when she stayed in bed with her, when night came, Lin You would feel that the surroundings were cold, and there was only the unpleasant smell of disinfectant in the air.

But tonight was different. She held her sleeping mother's hand, her eyes were soft, and she felt that the smell of disinfectant in the air had become so good.

There was a smile on the corner of his lips, and his watery eyes slowly raised, squinting and looking out the window.

The moon today is so gentle...


Chapter completed!