Chapter 3088 3090 [Time flies]

  In order to get his son Lu Zhaopeng back to get married, Lu Zilin not only went to the provincial capital many times to search for him, but also cut off Lu Zhaopeng's financial resources.

   But even so, it didn't affect Lu Zhaopeng, he still didn't come back to get married, and he didn't even know whether he was alive or dead.

   Because of this, this incident has become a joke in the eyes of the whole village.

   Everyone thinks that Lu Zilin has no way to teach his son, so he has such a rebellious son.

  Lu San even said that the reason why Lu Zilin’s descendants are like this, in the final analysis, is, “After all, the ancestor’s virtue is too shallow and too thin!”

   Lu Zilin was a chef in his ancestors, and he had to sell his body in order to learn from his master.

   Therefore, although the Lu family developed later, it became a well-known big family in the White Deer Plain. But when people look at the Lu family, they are still prejudiced, and they don't think much of it from the bottom of their hearts.

  In addition, during these years when Lu Zilin was a township coordinator, he often urged food and taxes, which offended many people. So everyone is happy to watch his jokes.

   This also made Lu Zilin even more sad.

  …

  Xiang Nan ignored the affairs of the Lu family, lived in peace and contentment, and lived his own life.

  He and Zhang Ziqing live a peaceful and beautiful life, and they can be said to be the happiest couple in Bailuyuan.

  The two are affectionate and affectionate, and they sprinkle some dog food from time to time, which makes Tian Xiaoe, Liu Chunni, Song Zhaodi and other girls quite envious.

   Time soon came to 1919, and Lu Zhaopeng still hadn't returned from the city.

  He said that the in-laws really couldn't afford to delay, and would rather pay a little more money and double the dowry gift, rather than wait any longer.

   Now that they are retiring, they still have time to talk about their in-laws. Wait for another two years, and when the daughter gets older, it will be difficult to talk about her husband's family. Therefore, they would rather spend more money and annul the marriage than throw their daughter in their hands.

  Lu Zilin actually didn't want to divorce, after all, the Lu family has become a joke on the Yuan, and if you retire now, it will not be easy to talk about your daughter-in-law in the future.

   After all, no family likes to be played by others. No matter how rich the Lu family is and how well-learned Lu Zhaopeng is, it is too much to be engaged and not marry.

  But the Lu family has already delayed the girl for two years, and it is really not good to continue to delay. Because of desperation, Lu Zilin had no choice but to agree to withdraw.

  Because it was his own son who could not forgive others, Lu Zilin did not ask for the dowry back, and left it directly to others as compensation.

  After this incident, Lu Zhaopeng's marriage is far away.

   Firstly, he would never go back to the original place, and if he wanted to talk to him, he couldn’t find anyone else; secondly, his story spread all over the original place, but no daughter of a good family would choose a husband like him.

  As for the daughter of a dubious family, even if she was willing to marry him, Lu Zilin would not want it. As a result, marriage naturally became a problem.

  …

  By comparison, Bai Jiaxuan's marriage to his eldest son, Bai Xiaowen, was much smoother.

  Bai Xiaowen married a girl from Guojia Village, eighty miles away. The family was a cotton ginner, and she was also wealthy.

  Before the new wife came in, Bai Jiaxuan bought a cotton gin. At that time, after the new daughter-in-law comes in, she can gin cotton at home.

  Then the villagers would not have to travel long distances to go to the city to gin cotton. This can be regarded as a small business of the Bai family, and it can be regarded as an income.

  Because Bai Xiaowen is the eldest son in the family, Bai Jiaxuan naturally wanted to make the marriage decent, so he specially killed a pig for the banquet.

  Although it is not as good as the five pigs slaughtered when Xiang Nan got married the year before last, the meal for one pig is already the first class in Bailu Village.

  So the villagers were very happy, they ate their mouths full of oil, and afterward they talked about it endlessly for half a month.

  Seeing that the Bai family married a daughter-in-law so lively and smoothly, and became the envy of the whole village, Lu Zilin felt even more uncomfortable.

  …

  Comparing the two, Xiang Nan's life is very good.

  After the first month passed, he took Tian Xiaoe away after obtaining Zhang Ziqing's consent.

   In this way, one wife, one concubine, and two maids.

  His days are the best in Bailuyuan, even Bai Jiaxuan, Lu Zilin, and Tian Fuxian can't compare.

   In the next two years, he also took Liu Chunni and Song Zhaodi in.

   This made the people in Bailuyuan envious of DC Halazi.

  In Bailuyuan, Bai Jiaxuan married the most wives, and he married seven wives in his life.

   But that's also because the daughter-in-law he marries doesn't live long, and he only marries one after she dies.

   Unlike Xiang Nan, who has married four daughters-in-law one after another.

  On the White Deer Plain, there are many poor men who can't marry a wife. Seeing Xiang Nan hugging each other, he couldn't help crying.

  Especially Lu Zilin was even more jealous.

  Xiang Nan has married four wives, and the two sons of the Lu family have not married any of them now.

  The eldest son, Lu Zhaopeng, does not know whether he is alive or dead now, and the in-laws he has finally formed are all ruined, making it difficult to talk about a daughter-in-law now.

   "Oh, how did I get into this?" He kept worrying.

   This has become one of his obsessions. He must find his son, let him marry and have children, and continue the incense for the Lu family.

  …

  In this year, another new thing happened in Bailuyuan, that is, Bai Ling entered Bailu Academy and became the first female student in the school.

   It turned out that she didn't want to go to school at first, but during the Chinese New Year, Bai Jiaxuan's cousin in the provincial capital came to visit relatives and brought his daughter who was going to school in the city.

  After Bai Ling heard that she was studying in the school, she also clamored to go to school. Bai Jiaxuan loved her daughter the most, so he had no choice but to agree.

   And Bai Ling is actually a seedling who reads, almost has a photographic memory, and can recite it over and over again. Mr. Xu couldn't help being very surprised, and praised her as a seedling for studying.

  Bai Jiaxuan couldn't help thinking that when Bai Ling was taken away by the white wolf, she could still laugh at the critical moment of life and death. Therefore, I am sure in my heart that my daughter is a blessed person, so I dote on her even more.

  …

   Time flies, and two years later, we came to 1924.

   This year, Lu Zhaopeng, who had not heard from him for a long time, finally came back.

  However, he did not return to Bailuyuan, but returned to Xi'an City.

  The articles he wrote under the pseudonym "Ruziniu" are often published in newspapers and magazines, promoting the concepts of democracy, freedom, equality, and innovation, and winning the support of a large number of ideal young people.

  After Lu Zilin received the news, he immediately went to the provincial capital to look for his son, but it was a pity.

  The city of Xi'an is so big, and he doesn't know the exact location, so trying to find his son is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

   But Lu Zilin was not reconciled, and kept looking for it, and finally found Lu Zhaopeng.

  He lied to Lu Zhaopeng that his grandfather Lu Taiheng was seriously ill and was about to die, so he tricked him back to Bailuyuan.

  After Lu Zhaopeng returned to the original place, Lu Zilin locked him at home, and then quickly asked someone to help him talk about his wife.

  Lu Zhaopeng stomped his feet anxiously in the room. He didn't like this kind of blind marriage and feudal arranged marriage at all.

  He wants to fall in love freely, congenial, and happy with each other. He wants this kind of marriage.

  (end of this chapter)