Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

After dinner, the two families sat on the floor and talked.

"Master, are you planning to settle down here?" Old Lady Liu looked at Lu Jiu while holding Yaoyao.

Lu Jiu nodded, his voice gentle: "Well, a few years ago we built a courtyard in Lihua Village, and there were special servants in the courtyard to take care of the house."

"You don't have a house here yet, so you can stay at my Lu Mansion for one night."

Old Lady Liu was delighted. "That's great! Tomorrow morning we'll go to the village chief to discuss the move-in and ask if there's any extra fertile land."

At the same time, Old Lady Liu was also worried. She didn't know whether the people in Lihua Village were easy to get along with. If they were not, they were just outsiders and would surely be ostracized by the villagers.

Seeing that the Yuan family had their own plans, Lu Jiu did not suggest that they could take the back door. Some things had to be resolved by the Yuan family themselves.

"Then we'll go back first. The Lu Mansion is built at the foot of the mountain in Lihua Village. You can come directly when you're done packing." Lu Jiu stood up and pointed in the direction of the Lu Mansion.

Xiao Ci reluctantly put Yaoyao down and said, "See you later, Sister Yaoyao."

Yaoyao gave him a big smile, "Aba Aba!"

good good!

This scene made the boys of the Yuan family very jealous. Their sister had never smiled at them like that.

The Yuan family quickly packed up their things, returned the three borrowed pots, and walked towards the Lu Mansion.

The family entered the village in a grand procession, attracting the villagers of Lihua Village to come out and watch.

Lihua Village is called Lihua Village, but there are no pear blossoms planted in the village.

Lihua Village has more than fifty households and a population of more than two hundred people, making it a large village in the area.

Although Lihua Village has a large population, there are few middle-aged men. Most of them are the elderly, the weak, women, children, and some retired soldiers from the battlefield.

These remaining soldiers could receive two taels of silver per year to live on, plus three mu of land.

It's barely enough to survive in a year.

These were all found out by Yuan Laoer when he borrowed the pot with his honest and simple face.

Everyone in Lihua Village knew that the Yuan family had followed Mr. Lu from the Lu Mansion all the way here, and they were all speculating about their relationship with Mr. Lu from the Lu Mansion.

Soon, the Yuan family arrived at the Lu Mansion at the foot of the mountain. It was made of green bricks and red tiles, with two stone lions squatting at the door, which looked particularly imposing. The door opened and a servant wearing a coarse cloth shorts ran out.

The servant saw the Yuan family and said, "We have cleaned your quarters according to the master's wishes. Please come in."

The Yuan family followed the servants into the Lu Mansion and were shocked by the luxurious decoration inside.

The Lu Mansion is a mansion with three courtyards.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see a winding corridor, and through the corridor you will see the main hall in the front yard. The residence that Lu Jiu arranged for the Yuan family was the three side rooms in the front yard.

"The master said that after you have finished packing, we should go to the backyard to have dinner together." The servant brought the people into the house and turned to say to Old Lady Liu.

Old Lady Liu quickly said, "Okay, we'll clean it up as soon as possible."

After watching the servants leave, Liu Laitai looked at his sons and daughters-in-law and said, "Just pack some clothes for changing, and leave the rest in the yard."

"Okay, Mom." Yuan Laoer and others nodded.

The third daughter-in-law was like Granny Liu entering the village, touching things here and there. When she saw a vase in the middle of the hall that was as tall as an adult man, she exclaimed, "This vase must be worth a lot of money, right?"

Old Lady Liu frowned unhappily, "Don't touch these things. Can you afford to pay for them if they break?"

"It's just a touch, what's the big deal?"

The third daughter-in-law curled her lips and did not take Old Lady Liu's words to heart.

Seeing a slightly larger compartment, I quickly ran in and took my clothes in, as if to say, "first I see it, I'll live there first."

"I'm so sorry for what I have done."

In order to prevent the Lu family from making a fool of themselves, Old Lady Liu had tolerated the third daughter-in-law all the way. Now that the Lu family was not there, she had to teach this arrogant daughter-in-law a lesson, so she grabbed the feather duster on the table and hit her.

"Mom, mom, why are you hitting me? Yuan Laosan, please persuade mom!" The third son's wife was suddenly blocked in the corner by Old Lady Liu and was pinned down by her.

When Yuan Laosan raised his foot, he saw Yuan Laotou, Yuan Laoda and others looking at him with cold eyes, so he pulled his foot back.

Forget it, the third son’s wife has indeed gone too far recently, and she needs to be taught a lesson.

The third son’s wife glared at Yuan Lao San, her teeth itching with anger.

After beating the third son's wife, Old Lady Liu arranged for the four brothers of the Yuan family to have one room, the daughters-in-law to have one room, and she and the old man and the boys to have one room.

After the rooms were arranged, the Yuan family was taken by the Lu Mansion’s housekeeper to the backyard for dinner.

The dinner Lu Jiu arranged was exceptionally sumptuous, with braised pork, lion's head, garlic-flavored butterfly fish, chopped pepper fish head, cumin lamb chops, garlic abalone...

Paired with Lu Jiuna's Qinglianzui, it has a sweet but not greasy taste, with the fragrance of green lotus and the slight sweetness of osmanthus, which makes people feel relaxed and happy after drinking it.

After dinner, the Yuan family went back to their rooms early to rest.

There are still many things to do the next day, so go to bed early and try to finish things within one day.

At dawn in the morning, the family had a simple breakfast and then left the Lu Mansion carrying a pound of pork and a fish.

The Yuan family didn't know where the village chief of Lihua Village lived, so they knocked on the door of a house.

"Squeak." A dark and thin middle-aged woman opened the door and saw the Yuan family standing at the door. She recognized them at a glance as the family who had delivered meat to them yesterday.

"What do you want from me?" asked Aunt Sun.

"Sister, I want to ask you if there is any place to live in this village? We have fled from the border and want to find a place to stay nearby." Old Mrs. Liu had a kind smile on her face.

Aunt Sun was a kind-hearted person. She had always heard about the drought at the border and the victims being forced to flee their homes. There was sympathy in her eyes when she looked at the Yuan family.

Especially when I saw that there was a little baby among the Yuan family, I felt pity for them.

"I'll take you to the village chief's house."

Aunt Sun locked the door and led the Yuan family towards the village chief's house.

As they walked, they chatted with Old Lady Liu as if they were just family matters, and soon they had a general idea of ​​the situation in Lihua Village.

The reason why there are so few young and middle-aged men in Lihua Village is that the imperial court recruited soldiers a few years ago, and every household must send a male to join the army.

Therefore, there are many remnants of soldiers who have returned from the border battlefield in the village. Most of them have no wives and live a very miserable life.

The remaining soldiers who retreated from the battlefield had more or less hidden injuries on their bodies. They lived for two or three years and died miserably. There were many vacant courtyards in the village.

Aunt Sun wiped away her tears. She fought on the battlefield and ended up with such a fate.

Fortunately, Lihua Village is prosperous and has a large population.

The village chief lives in the middle of Lihua Village. His house is bigger than other houses and is made of blue bricks.

The village chief had a fierce look on his face, but Aunt Sun said he had been to the battlefield and spoke in a gentle manner. When he heard that the Yuan family was going to settle down in Lihua Village, he started smoking his pipe.