Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 362 The thief is still alive

To Song Chunlin's surprise, Mr. Lu did not promote his daughter to Gu Fengyue. He only briefly said that he was unaware of and did not agree with what Miss Lu had done, and that he was heartbroken and felt infinite regret after learning about his daughter's absurd behavior.

Lord Lu is about forty years old and has been working in official circles for many years. He is very slick. Anyone who is not stupid would know that Miss Lu is offering herself to him. Lord Lu, or even the Lu family, could not be completely unaware of this. However, Lord Lu's words were so flawless that Gu Fengyue could not find any mistakes or loopholes in them. She had to be hypocritical with this old fox, and in the end, both parties were happy and put aside their past grudges.

After seeing off Lord Lu, Song Chunlin walked out from the next yard.

"This old fox is really cunning. He said both good and bad things. It's strange that he was exiled to the border with such ability."

When Gu Fengyue saw that he looked unhappy, she knew that he must have eavesdropped on his conversation with Lord Lu just now.

"Don't think about it. No matter whether he is truly repentant or is thinking of retreating to advance, I have given the order that no one or anything from the Lu family will enter our door from now on."

Hearing that Gu Fengyue had such awareness, Song Chunlin expressed his satisfaction. He stood on tiptoe and patted Gu Fengyue on the shoulder.

"Well done, do the same next time, got it?"

"As ordered!"

Looking at the young couple flirting with each other, the manager's old face turned red, he thought how could young people nowadays be so bold, in broad daylight. Wow, it's really better to be young, with deep affection and inseparable.

It's really hard for this old man. At his age, he has to watch them show their love. He can't leave, and he can't say anything. It's really hard for him.

Fortunately, Gu Fengyue still had some humanity. After playing with Song Chunlin for a while, she became serious again, but not for long.

He pulled Song Chunlin to sit on the chair and changed the topic to the land that Song Chunlin was about to plant.

When it comes to farming, Song Chunlin feels a little worried.

"Alas, it will take a lot of work to clear those plots of land. I'm afraid I won't be able to see these seeds sprout."

When talking about his own land, Song Chunlin talked incessantly. He has already made plans. After preparing the land, he will pile up base fertilizer. After piling the base fertilizer, he will plant some soybeans to fertilize the field. After next year, he can try to plant tomatoes, peppers and cotton.

"I discussed this with Uncle Fang yesterday and asked him to rent his shop to me. I want to change the seed shop into a sauce shop, specializing in hot sauce, ketchup, etc. If the soybean yield is good, I will see if I can make soybean paste, soy sauce, or soybean paste. These things are needed by every household in our place, and sales will definitely be good."

When the manager at the side heard Song Chunlin say that he wanted to sell soy sauce and some other sauces he had never heard of, he started to wonder. Among the sauces that Young Master Song wanted to sell, he only knew three of them and didn't know the others at all. These soybean sauces and pastes, couldn't they be made from fermented beans? Could those things be delicious?

Song Chunlin kept planning, imagining Fang Siyi's family becoming the largest sauce merchant in Baita City. He was very excited just thinking about it.

The more Gu Fengyue listened, the more speechless he became. He couldn't help but pinch Song Chunlin's mouth, signaling him to shut up.

"Are you just going to focus on the sauce? What about me? If you sell sauce here, does that mean you'll come to see me often?"

Song Chunlin was stumped by his question for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but punch Gu Fengyue.

"Are you trying to trick me?"

Gu Fengyue smiled and stretched out her hand to hold his fist: "Now, have you been tricked?"

I’m going to die, Song Chunlin wailed in his heart. How come this man has suddenly become so good at flirting after having had sex with several scumbags?

The angry person pulled his hand back without giving the other person any face.

"No!" Song Chunlin made a face at Gu Fengyue and ran away like the wind. He was afraid that if he didn't run away, he would not be able to control himself and make mistakes.

As soon as Lord Lu returned to his house, Miss Lu couldn't wait to come over and ask her father how things were going.

"Dad, has the Grand Marshal been willing to forgive me?" Miss Lu diligently served tea to Lord Lu, wanting to know whether Gu Fengyue had changed his opinion of her.

However, Lord Lu just glanced at her calmly without saying anything. Miss Lu was extremely nervous, and seeing that the servants were still around, she quickly sent them away, leaving only one or two confidants guarding the door.

Seeing that his daughter was quite considerate, Lord Lu's expression improved a little. He looked at his beautiful daughter, who still had a faint mark of the slap on her cheek.

Thinking of the day when Miss Lu brought her maid, both of whom had a red and swollen slap mark on their faces, Lord Lu was furious and almost wanted to find trouble with the person who dared to hit his daughter on the spot.

As a result, after Miss Lu tearfully told the whole story, Lord Lu gave up the idea of seeking justice for Miss Lu. He just looked gloomily at his daughter, whom he had spoiled since she was a child, with disappointment in his eyes.

Seeing the wound on his daughter's face that had not yet healed, Lord Lu's expression softened a little, and he even had the mind to ask if the wound on his daughter's face had healed.

Miss Lu was secretly delighted, thinking that her father should have calmed down by now, so she immediately put on a hesitant expression, stroked her cheek, and said that she was almost well.

"I've been applying medicine every day these days. The doctor said that in two days, the marks on my face will disappear. But when I wash my face in the morning and evening, my cheeks still hurt a lot."

In fact, Song Chunlin's slap only hurt her skin. Miss Lu has always cherished her appearance. After being beaten, she smeared expensive ointment on her face as if it were free. Her cheeks no longer hurt, but Miss Lu knew her father's temper. She had to lower her posture and make herself more pitiful, so that Lord Lu would pity her more and hate the person who hurt her more.

Lord Lu was just as she expected. Seeing his daughter about to cry, his heart ached. He was mistreated by the people in the clan when he was young, and his health had always been poor, so he only had a son and a daughter until now. The daughter was the apple of his and his wife's eyes. From childhood to adulthood, the couple had never been willing to say a harsh word to their daughter. But now, she was slapped in public by a country boy, and the reason for the slap was very reasonable, which made him not even qualified to come to his house to ask for an explanation.

Going to Gu Fengyue's mansion today was actually to test Gu Fengyue's attitude. Gu Fengyue was very tight-lipped and Lord Lu didn't even hear his daughter's name from her. Now looking at his daughter's sad eyes, he was thinking about how to tell her that Sima Gu had no interest in her at all and had no intention of taking a concubine.

In order to prevent his daughter from thinking too much, Lord Lu only expressed his opinion in a tactful way.

"Gu Sima is a soldier, and he has a lot of evil spirit. You, a delicate girl, can't subdue him. Besides, if she takes a concubine before her husband even gets married, it will be bad for the Gu family and the Lu family if the news gets to the capital. You should stay at home for a while and don't go out."

Does this mean you want to stop thinking about it?

Miss Lu came to her senses and immediately refused.

"Father, are you willing to stay in this remote place forever? Sima Gu is the only hope of our family. As long as we can get close to him, your promotion will surely come soon."

"Stupid!" Lord Lu angrily shook off his daughter's hand. He pointed at his daughter, looking extremely distressed.

"Do you think that royal marriage is a joke? Let me tell you, if Sima Gu is a smart man, he will definitely not give up the marriage granted by the emperor and take you, a daughter of a fifth-rank official, as a concubine. Not to mention that her fiancé will be unhappy if he knows about this, how happy will the emperor be if he knows about it? You interfered, but the emperor issued an imperial decree, and Princess Baohua acted as a matchmaker for the marriage between Gu and Song. Which of these nobles can I, your father, afford to offend?"

Lord Lu's words were like a wake-up call, which made Miss Lu sober up a little, but this was not enough, she was still unwilling to give up.

"No, I don't want to stay here forever. The people here are so rude and the climate is bad. I've been here for less than a year and I can't stand it anymore. You still have two years before you can return to the capital. If my family continues to make trouble, they can let you stay for three years, and then they can let you stay for another three years, three years after three years. The good men in the capital and my hometown have already been divided up by other officials' wives. Where is there any share for me?"

"How can you, a woman, talk about men all the time? You have no shame!"

"It's okay if you don't know shame. It's better to be shameless than marrying a local here. Sima Gu is from the capital. He will definitely return to the capital in the future. Then I can go back with him. He will definitely not watch his father-in-law suffer here. Then you can go back with me. With the support of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, those people in the clan will definitely not dare to look down on you, father."

Thinking of his own clansmen, Lord Lu was actually shaken for a moment, but reason quickly told him that this approach was a dead end. He looked at his daughter who was already pretending to be crazy, and reflected on himself, wondering if he had really spoiled his daughter so much that she would do anything to achieve her goals.

Lord Lu felt more and more that he should do something, so he called the housekeepers and asked them to look after Miss Lu, while he went to discuss with his wife what kind of family they should find for his daughter. It would be best to marry his daughter off as soon as possible to prevent her from having wild ideas all day long.

Miss Lu, who was imprisoned, was so angry that she smashed a lot of things in the inner room. When Mrs. Lu came over, she was frightened by the noise inside.

"What's going on? You just watched the young lady smash things. Can't you put away those fragile things first?"

Following Mrs. Lu's rebuke, the maids and servants came in one after another and cleaned up all the decorations in the room and the debris on the floor.

Sitting on the tidied chair, Mrs. Lu patiently counseled her daughter.

"You, stop being stubborn with your father. If your father had that ability, would he still be demoted to be an official here?"

Mrs. Lu naturally knew her husband and daughter's tempers very well. She actually supported her daughter's behavior in her heart, but her daughter was too aggressive. She hadn't established a good relationship with Sima Gu yet, but she rashly stepped forward to stand up for others, and ended up hitting a wall. Now, her face was swollen.

Madam Lu gently stroked her daughter's cheek and said softly, "It doesn't hurt anymore, right? Take good care of yourself for a while. Your father is right. Don't get close to those two people for the time being. His fiancé has come all the way from the capital to see him, and they are in love now. If you get close to them at this time, not only will you be asking for trouble, but it will also easily disgust them. Have you forgotten what your mother taught you?"

Miss Lu nodded gently: "Remember, mother, you said that everything should be done step by step."

"Yes." Mrs. Lu looked at Miss Lu with satisfaction.

"Just remember it. The young man from the Song family can't stay here forever, right? He will leave sooner or later. When he leaves, isn't it time for you to show off your skills?"

After being enlightened by Mrs. Lu, Miss Lu felt that she was indeed too impatient. Why didn't she wait until Song Chunlin left before approaching Sima Gu?

"That's exactly what mother said. The Song family's young man hasn't married yet. How dare a fiancé who hasn't married yet stay in his fiancé's house? If you tell others about it, aren't you afraid that people will laugh at you for being too eager to get married?"

When Miss Lu said this, she didn't think about her previous behavior at all. Wasn't she also eager to get married? Even her way was more disgusting. She didn't want to marry Gu Fengyue, she just wanted to be Gu Fengyue's concubine.

Seeing that her daughter had figured it out, Mrs. Lu took her people away. Before leaving, she did not forget to instruct the servants that although the door did not need to be locked, someone must be sent to watch Miss Lu secretly, and no matter where she wanted to go, she had to report to her in advance.

After arranging everything in her daughter's yard, Mrs. Lu leisurely returned to her own yard, where Lord Lu was already waiting for her.

"You're back? How's she doing?"

Madam Lu gave Lord Lu a reassuring look: "Don't worry, I've already persuaded her. Don't watch her too closely recently. As long as she doesn't go to find Sima Gu, everything will be fine."

Lord Lu felt relieved upon seeing this, and he couldn't help but praise Mrs. Lu.

"Madam, you have to take action. I have said so much to her today, but she didn't listen to a word. She cried and shouted that she wanted to be someone's concubine. Is being a concubine a good thing? It's not worth it for her to rush like this."

Speaking of his daughter, Lord Lu had a special headache. Finally, he did not forget to remind Mrs. Lu to ask those wives of officials recently and quickly find a good husband for his daughter. As long as she got married, this man would give up.

Madam Lu agreed on the surface, but she had other plans in her mind. According to her standards, there were really few young men in Baita City who were worthy of her daughter.