Lu Xingbai returned to Xi'an City after attending the funeral. It was already dark when he entered the city. He passed by the ceramics studio and found that the lights were still on.
He walked into the studio and saw Yuan Qingyue carefully carving patterns on the pottery embryo.
When Yuan Qingyue saw him coming in, she looked happy and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Nothing."
"Give me another five minutes and let's go eat together."
"Okay."
"Where have you been these two days?"
"An old man at home has passed away."
Yuan Qingyue was startled and quickly put down the tools in her hands: "Ah? Who died? Grandparents? Or maternal grandparents?"
Lu Xingbai replied: "It's my ancestor from outer heaven."
Yuan Qingyue was a little confused: "What is the Outer Heaven Ancestor?"
Lu Xingbai explained: "Counting from bottom to top, the nine generations above are father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great ancestor, heavenly ancestor, fierce ancestor, great ancestor, distant ancestor, and originator. The deceased are my great-grandmother's grandfather and grandmother." p>
Yuan Qingyue became more and more surprised: "How old have they lived?"
"I don't know too well." Although the two have been together for three years, their relationship has progressed slowly, and they have always been in a state of being lovers above AUO. Lu Xingbai has never taken the initiative to say that he is a member of the Lu family, so this time he refuses to say what the old man is.
How many years have you lived?
Yuan Qingyue tidied up a little, then went out with Lu Xingbai and found a familiar restaurant. After sitting down, he ordered a pot of tea and drank it slowly.
"Xingbai, who else is in your family?" From the information she saw, there were only Lu Xingbai's father, Lu Mingming, and mother, Tao Yiyi, and no other relatives.
"My parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents are all still alive."
Yuan Qingyue thought to herself: "Even for a generation of 20 years old, my great-great-grandfather's generation should be a hundred years old. Nowadays, spiritual energy has revived, and it is not uncommon for old people to live past a hundred years old."
Afterwards, she comforted Lu Xingbai a few words, and the waiter began to serve the food.
After a while, Lu Xingbai said: "I am preparing to defend myself in advance and graduate in June this year. After graduation, I will work at a local aerospace research institute. This is a relatively hard job, and I may not have much time to make ceramics with you.
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Since Yuan Qingyue was accepted as a disciple by Chi Yingyue, she has practiced "Yiyun Jue" and her skills have progressed rapidly. She is almost at the threshold of advancing to the innate level. She heard from her master that once she becomes an innate monk, it is equivalent to embarking on the journey of immortality.
Even as a woman, she didn’t have to get married early, so she relaxed and played slowly with Lu Xingbai.
She smiled sweetly and said, "It doesn't matter. Come over when you have time."
Lu Xingbai stared at her flawless face and graceful figure, and suddenly said: "Qingyue, I like you, and I want to marry you."
When Yuan Qingyue heard this, she was dumbfounded.
"How...why are you making such a leap? I'm not even your girlfriend, so why did you propose? You didn't even mention a ceremony to propose?"
She wanted to refuse, but she was very happy in her heart. After having been together for three years, she knew Lu Xingbai's character well. Apart from being born in poverty, he had no shortcomings and a lot of advantages. Especially, Lu Xingbai was also a monk of the Immortality Sect. , the skill is not inferior to hers, which is very rare.
"I...I..." Yuan Qingyue was panicked and blushed for a moment: "I like you too, but this is not a proposal, right?"
Lu Xingbai said: "Well, this is not a proposal, it's just an expression of intention. If you agree, I will invite someone to your house to propose marriage."
Yuan Qingyue said: "What kind of marriage are you proposing? This is not an ancient society."
"After I finish my defense, I will go home with you and meet your parents."
"You want to go to my house?"
"Hmm. Your home is still in Wuxi? I heard that the terrain in Wuxi is low. Has it been flooded?"
"Most areas have been flooded. My home is in Huishan Ancient Town, where the terrain is relatively high, and the houses have not been flooded. However, I am planning to move. I have bought a house at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. It is near the Qinling Wildlife Park. It’s very convenient to see giant pandas.”
The climate has further warmed in recent years
As the sea level gradually rises, a large number of people from the eastern coastal areas are moving westward, including the relocation of the capital, and some government departments have already moved to Xi'an.
Lu Xingbai said: "I heard that the government wants to change the name of Xi'an because it is the center of the world because it is the capital of Xi'an. It is not appropriate to call it Xi'an anymore. It plans to change it back to the name of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an."
Yuan Qingyue smiled and said: "Chang'an still sounds pleasant."
After dinner, we returned to our respective homes. It was not yet nine o'clock.
Yuan Qingyue couldn't calm down, so she took out her mobile phone and called her mother Wang Yuan: "Mom, I have a boyfriend. I will take him back in late May."
Wang Yuan didn't seem too surprised and asked: "Is it Lu Xingbai?" She read a lot of scandals on the Internet and also saw photos of her daughter and Lu Xingbai standing together, but every time she asked her daughter, she said that was not the case. The matter was just a working relationship between the two parties and was misunderstood by netizens.
But she is someone who has been here before, and once she saw the look on her daughter's face and the affectionate eyes, she already knew what she was thinking.
Yuan Qingyue said "Yeah": "It's him."
Wang Yuan said: "Okay, you can let him come. You don't need to bring gifts. Our family is lacking in everything. Although he is a chess grandmaster and has won several championships, the prize money is very limited. Don't make it difficult for him."
Lu Xingbai also called his mother Tao Qianqian.
Tao Qianqian said: "Don't worry, I'll make some arrangements and prepare some gifts for you to take over."
She is now the mistress of the Lu family in charge of general affairs, and has the power to mobilize 18 trillion yuan of property. Under normal circumstances, Mei Lingshang and Jiang Qiuyun will not intervene to correct the decisions she makes, unless there is a major mistake. p>
For the current Lu family, property has long been an external possession. What is the difference between having one trillion yuan and eighteen trillion yuan?
In other words, even if the next generation of headmistress makes a major mistake and loses 90% of the family property, it will not be a big deal. Lu Cheng and Lu Qingshan, the two fathers and sons, did not blink an eye, compared to the father and son Lu Lingchen and Lu Xingbai.
In their hearts, I am afraid that they will feel that it is too much. This has something to do with the level of skill and the realm of life. The higher the skill, the less the wealth and glory of the world.
In the blink of an eye, in mid-May, Lu Xingbai successfully passed the defense of his doctoral degree.
A doctorate degree sounds very high, but in fact it was very common in later generations of China, with hundreds of thousands of people graduating every year.
The problem is that there are not many people like Lu Xingbai who graduate with a doctorate at the age of 24 in the world. Generally speaking, a person is eighteen years old after graduating from high school, four years for a bachelor's degree, five or six years for a master's degree and a doctorate. By the time he graduates with a doctorate, there will always be twenty-seven or eight years.
Years old, a little later, there are many people who graduate at the age of thirty.
In particular, he is also a chess grandmaster and a top Go player, which is very valuable.
Therefore, when he followed Yuan Qingyue to Wuxi Huishan Ancient Town empty-handed, he was not criticized by the Yuan family.
Yuan Qingyue's father Yuan Heng, mother Wang Yuan, grandfather Yuan Taichong, and grandmother Li Qiying all welcomed him with smiles. Only Yuan Qingyue's brother Yuan Qingyang showed a slightly unswerving expression on his face.
Yuan Qingyang is 31 years old. He has taken over the family business and is the chairman of two companies. He feels that his sister should marry a rich man instead of Lu Xingbai. In his opinion, knowledge and talent are fake, and only bank deposits and making money can be earned.