The Spring Festival is said to be a festive day for people all over the country, but for the Lu family, it is actually not that festive.

Especially for Lu Heng!

Because of old memories of grandma being seriously ill and having no one to borrow money from, Lu Youcheng and his wife did not have a good relationship with their relatives in the Lu family, and they did not move around at all.

The three Lu brothers came and went as usual, but not that frequently.

It is precisely because of this that when the Chinese New Year comes, Lu Heng is extremely free.

There was no place to go, so I just stayed at home reading and playing games.

It often lasts until the third day of the first lunar month, when brothers Lu Youfa and Lu Youde take their respective families back to their eldest brother Lu Youcheng's house and go to Mengjiao to sweep the grave together. Lu Heng's house becomes a lot more lively.

This year may be different. With Lu Youcheng opening three clothing stores in Cangshou, business is booming, and his reputation is gradually spreading back to his hometown. In the past, when his relatives occasionally came to the city, they would come to visit him.

Lu Heng had not encountered those scenes, but he knew that his mother had talked to him in private.

The meaning behind the words is also very simple, that is, after all, we are all relatives, and the relationship still needs to be developed. After all, no one has memorized the words before. If something happens in the future, relatives can at least provide more support than friends.

Of course Lu Heng sneered, but he didn't show it in front of his parents.

He also knows the thoughts of these older generations, and even if they talk about it behind their backs, they still want to greet them with a smile when they meet.

Moreover, the so-called relatives refer to people who are related by blood or smoking, not to mention thick and water, but there are a few people living in this world who can really let go of each other.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the Lu family decided to celebrate the New Year tomb-sweeping festival, and a group of nine people and four vehicles drove from Cangshou City to Mengjiao.

The village-to-village access project is well done. At least Lu Heng and his small fleet can easily drive to the village through the cement road that is neither wide nor narrow.

The four cars are the old Santana owned by the third uncle’s family, the Nissan Teana and Volkswagen Polo owned by the second uncle’s family, and the Volkswagen Passat owned by Lu Heng’s family Lu Youcheng.

Lu Heng did not drive his own car. Whether it was a Mercedes-Benz or a Land Rover, it would be too ostentatious in a village like this.

He also had his own thoughts in his heart. When he came back this time, he might have dinner at his uncle's house. This was the relative with whom he had the most frequent contact and whose relationship recovered the fastest after he became successful in the Lu family.

As for the reason, it is simply that Lu Youcheng's family has transformed from a poor family back then to a small wealthy family now.

A few mid-range models are enough. If Lu Heng drives his own car, he is not sure whether these "poor relatives" will follow suit and suggest something that is uncomfortable or even disgusting, but it is difficult for you to refuse directly.

requirements.

The simplest: helping the juniors arrange jobs, borrowing some money, solving enrollment problems, and other such trivial matters.

Deep down, Lu Heng hated these things, so he simply came here in a low-key manner.

However, what Lu Heng thought was a low-key motorcade was considered extremely luxurious by others in the village.

"Did you know that the three brothers from Lu Chaoyang's family are back to visit the graves?"

"What's so strange about this? I saw the three brothers when I was burning incense in Qingganling during the Chinese New Year the year before last. That's all."

"Hey, Liu Guisan, you don't know that this time is different from the previous times. In the past, the big guys in the village knew that they would come back to burn incense during festivals, but every time they came quietly, they would leave without eating.

But this time it’s different. The three brothers came back in four cars, carrying large and small packages of gifts. It looked like they were going to Lu Chao’s wealthy family to pay New Year’s greetings.”

"Hiss, four cars, incredible, incredible, which one of the three brothers has made a fortune?"

"In my opinion, it should be Lu Xiaoer, also known as Lu Youfa. Because when I just passed by, I saw Lu Xiaoer driving a car, and his daughter, who is still in college, also drove one. But I can't say no.

Yes, didn't Lu Youqing's mother-in-law say that she met the Lu family's wife when she went to the city to buy clothes? She also opened three or four clothing stores in the city, and the business was very good."

"It's incredible. After Lu Chaofu and Lu Chaoyang separated, Lu Chaofu's life became more and more prosperous. His son Lu Youqing also tried his best. He went out to work as a steel polisher on a construction site for two years, and then he went home and built a big three-story house with tiles.

At that time, everyone in the village looked down upon Lu Chaoyang, a sickly young man who died a few years after getting married. If his mother-in-law hadn’t raised three children by making tofu, Lu Chaoyang’s line might have been cut off. As a result, Feng Shui

As time goes by, twenty years passed in the blink of an eye, and it was Lu Chaoyang’s three children’s turn to return home in glorious glory.”

"Yes, no one can say for sure. However, in my opinion, Lu Chaoyang is more powerful. Not to mention how much money they make, just look at the next generation. Lu Youqing's son went out to the construction site with him before he graduated from junior high school.

.But I heard that the three children of the three brothers are all famous college students. One book! You know, one book. Last year, only one of us in our village passed the exam, and the village chief even rewarded her with five thousand yuan. That's it.

It’s not a famous university, it’s just an ordinary school, and the three brothers’ children went to Chongqing University, which is well-known throughout the country.”

Let’s not mention what these villagers, who have spent their whole lives with their faces turned to the earth and their backs to the sky, talking about the three Lu brothers. From what Lu Heng saw along the way, he could only feel that the warmth and warmth of human nature were particularly clear on this festive day of the New Year.

In the past, they came back every year to burn incense, but very few people greeted them along the way. Most of them looked in a hurry and couldn't even say a few words if they stayed.

But today, we were obviously only ten minutes away from the Lu family's old house, but we were delayed for more than half an hour by enthusiastic fellow villagers.

There were so many people who deliberately came up to say hello along the way.

"Isn't this Lu Xiaoer? He has made a fortune outside! Will you come back today to offer incense to your parents?"

Lu Youfa stopped and looked at the man in front of a brick house. The brand new suit looked mismatched.

Lu Youfa smiled and nodded, taking out a pack of cigarettes and giving the man some smoke.

"Yeah, let's burn some paper money for my parents and let them have something to spend down there. Come and smoke, smoke!"

"Hey, Zhonghua, I originally wanted to give you a cigarette, but I think your cigarette must be at least forty or fifty, so I'll smoke yours."

Lu Xiaomei on the side curled her lips. The cigarette was given to her mother when she was at work. A pack cost more than forty or fifty, at least ninety-nine.

Lu Youfa laughed and didn't say much, so he stopped and chatted with the man for a while.

Basically, those who greeted the Lu family along the way always got close to the second uncle first.

The second uncle has a rather slippery personality and has been able to get along no matter where he is since he was young.

The third uncle has a loud voice, a tough temper, and is irritable. He is the least likely to get along with the people in the village. He can't stand those faces.

As for Lu Youcheng, if we look at it now, he had good academic performance since he was a child, and he just focused on studying. He was an out-and-out nerd. Although society has changed a lot in the past 20 years, in the eyes of his family, he is still a nerd.

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After chatting here for a while, Lu Heng and his party set off again, embarking on the road back to their old home.

The name of their village is very simple, Shimen Village. As the name suggests, there are several large stone quarries in the village. In those years, there were many villagers who made a living by breaking stones, so they changed the name to Shimen Village.

Back then, there were two brothers in the Lu family, the old Lu Lu Chaofu, the second brother Lu Chaoyang, and Lu Heng's grandfather was Lu Chaoyang.

Later, after the family was separated, the eldest son got a brick house in the center of the village that was passed down. Grandpa Lu Heng started a new family and built his own house on a high ground far away from the center of the village.

It was the kind of house with bamboo slices wrapped in mud as walls. It was in this kind of house that Grandpa Lu Heng married a virtuous and virtuous grandmother, and then gave birth to the three Lu brothers.

Later, considering that he had more children, Grandpa Lu Heng thought day and night that this would not work!

He dragged his sick body to the quarry to cut stones. After working for a few years, he renovated the original mud and bamboo house into a bluestone house, which was at least much stronger.

However, as a result, his already poor health completely collapsed, and he passed away before Lu Heng, his grandson, was born and without even seeing his daughter-in-law.

So next, it was Grandma Lu Heng who supported her three children by growing crops, grinding tofu and selling them.

They even revealed Lu Youcheng, a college student who was astonished back then!

Standing on the bluestone stairs, looking up at the corner of the bluestone house covered by the lush bamboo forest, Lu Youcheng took off his glasses and sighed.

"If you have talent and virtue, let them tidy up the old house. Let's go visit the uncle."

Lu Youfa took a puff of cigarette, took the gift bag from his wife Guan Guan, and expressed his agreement.

Lu Youde raised his eyebrows and waved his hand.

"If you want to see that old guy, go alone. Don't take me with you. I won't deal with him! I'll go back and see if the ditch behind the house has been washed away by mud and water. If the homestead is soaked by water, the old man has to get out of the coffin.

Climb out and beat us three to death."

ps: Note: Chongqing dialect old man = father

Xiaoyu is not very old in her life, but she has lived in five types of houses.

The house made of bamboo chips and mud that my parents got when they separated, the bluestone house at my grandma’s house, and later the red brick and blue tile house that my parents spent 3,000 yuan to build when I was six years old. My parents left their hometown to work and rent.

A demolished house of 15 square meters, and an elevator house that I bought myself now.

In addition to the new house I live in now, the other four houses have been lived in for more than five years, and the memories are particularly fresh.

During the Chinese New Year this year, if the book is not finished, it may be interrupted for more than three days. The reason is very simple. The ditch behind my grandma’s bluestone house and my brick house is filled with mud and water, and I have to carry soil to drain it.

In fact, there is no need to say this, it is purely based on my feelings. Maybe when I return to my hometown, I will go through various matchmakers to propose marriage! After all, with your support, my book can earn a thousand dollars a month. For the poor people in my hometown,

He said that he is already a very powerful and powerful young man, and he is a high-quality resource among blind dates.

Hahaha, shameless author
Chapter completed!