Chapter 171 Don’t go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing
When Lu Jia entered the house, she happened to meet Lu Rong, the guard beside Lu Jie, pulling the carriage down. After thinking for a moment, she asked: "Is the master here?"
Lu Rong replied respectfully: "The master is in the study."
Lu Jia looked towards the study room to the east, then turned back and nodded to Lu Rong.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, there will be several festivals before and after the new year, and the Spring Festival will begin in February next year, which is a busy time for Lu Jie.
Yang Bonong was also very busy, constantly going back and forth between the Shangshu Mansion and the Ministry of Rites.
When Lu Jia arrived home in the afternoon, he remembered that Lu Jia walked out angrily in the morning. Just as he was about to ask a few questions, the servant said, "The eldest lady is here."
Lu Jie quickly raised his body that was just close to the back of the chair.
Even Yang Bonong put down the teacup he had just brought to his mouth to soothe his throat.
"Father!"
There were gentle footsteps at the door, and finally the girl's clear and delicate voice rang out.
Lu Jia appeared at the door with a sweet smile. After taking a look inside the room, he saluted Lu Jie first, then saluted Yang Bonong, and then said: "It's almost dark, father and Uncle Yang are still busy. ?”
Her attitude was so different from that in the morning that Lu Jie could not relax at all: "Why are you here? What happened?"
"Looking at what you said, I can't come to comfort my father?"
Lu Jie obviously couldn't agree with this.
Lu Jia waved back, took the tray from Mingxiao who came in next, and put it on the desk in front of Lu Jie: "My daughter has cooked some Tanzhou dishes for her father. Does he like it? - Hey, Uncle Yang is also here, the portion I made is enough.”
Yang Bonong smiled and said: "I don't need it. My wife is still waiting for me at home. The eldest lady will accompany you and take it easy."
After saying that, he glanced at Lu Jie, said goodbye and left.
On the tray were a portion of steamed fish with black bean sauce, a portion of bacon with green bamboo shoots, and two portions that were not named, but were served with some spicy red pepper. Although they were folk side dishes, those who saw them were salivating.
"Did you do this?" Lu Jie looked at her curiously.
"In this family, no one else can cook except for me." Lu Jiali placed the meals one by one on the kang table next to him, then sat on the kang table and looked at him.
Lu Jie raised his chopsticks, took two bites, nodded and said, "I can't tell you still have this skill." After thinking about it for a while, he felt a little sad. He looked at her and said, "When you were in Shawan, you had to do these menial tasks every day. ?”
"What kind of menial work is this? In civilian life, cooking is already the easiest thing." After speaking, she smiled and said: "Is it delicious?"
Lu Jie nodded with a smile and picked up his rice bowl.
While he was eating, Lu Jia picked up the teapot on the small clay stove next to him and diligently made him tea.
"I was ignorant this morning. Even though my father had upheld justice, I was still angry at my father. I will apologize to you, my daughter."
Being so low-key and small, how could he look like the cannon that shot into the sky in the morning?
The father and daughter have not seen each other for ten years, and the warm scenes in the past have been somewhat diluted by time, but this scene now brings back all the past.
Lu Jie put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his lips with a handkerchief and said, "Is it because of what happened in the morning that you thought of cooking for your father?"
"It's my daughter's fault. I want to ask my father to forgive me." Lu Jie raised his lips: "Silly boy!"
How could he blame her?
He thought for a moment, leaned to the side, opened the drawer under the Kang table, took out a few sesame candy, and stuffed it into her hand: "You used to like to eat it."
After saying that, he picked up the bowl again and ate one mouthful after another.
This Tanzhou cuisine is spicy. Fortunately, he has traveled to many places all over the world in the past and has dabbled in various cuisines, so this is nothing. Especially when his daughter made it herself.
A few candies weighed heavily on Lu Jia's hand, and the corners of her eyes felt a little astringent.
Putting the candy into her sleeve, she couldn't help but look out the window.
After a while, he looked away and saw that Lu Jie had eaten seven or eight points, and then said: "I went back to grandma's residence today. Thinking about the splendid Shangshu Mansion where I live now, and then thinking about the small little house where grandma lives. After entering three times, I felt strange.
"Father, my adoptive mother's family has raised me to this age. Shouldn't our Lu family repay them in return?"
"That's natural," Lu Jie said, "I've asked Bonong to do it, and the gift list for the Xie family will be made tomorrow. Su Zhixiao and his wife will send it to them by then. Don't worry, I will definitely let them do this. You will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life.”
"Of course my daughter can rest assured when her father is doing things. However, even if her father gives them more money, they may not be able to keep it."
Lu Jie frowned when he heard this: "I heard that they had done business before, and didn't you also help them start their business again in Shawan? I see that Brother Yi is quite smart, and he can take care of the family business in the future. ”
"I'm not worried about their ability to do business. What I'm worried about is that they don't have the ability to protect themselves." Lu Jia said, "Does father know how the Xie family fell?"
Lu Jie stopped chewing: "How?"
After Lu Jia returned home, he naturally asked people to inquire about the Xie family's origins in private. He originally thought that there wasn't much information to find out in Shawan, but he didn't expect that ten years ago, they had been working in the capital for several years. Buying and selling, naturally they have heard about the things they have been involved in.
But he didn't know why Lu Jia suddenly mentioned this?
"My mother and I, who are orphans and widowed, are actually helpless. Apart from my daughter, the only people closest to me are the family of the former imperial censor Liang Jun.
"I know that my father has a high position and is very inconvenient to do some things. But the Liang family is different.
"The Liang family still owes a great debt of gratitude to the Xie family, and I will definitely repay the Xie family if I have the opportunity in the future. And the Xie family is not short of money now, so I thought it would be better for my father to help with other things."
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Lu Jie looked at her intently for a moment and immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks. He glanced at the food in front of him and said, "You will go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing!"
"Father!" Lu Jia got off the ground and stood next to him: "The icing on the cake is far better than giving someone timely help! I asked, the Liang family didn't commit any big things at the beginning. Think about it, it's really unpardonable. It's not too late. Just beheaded?
"With your relationship with Mr. Yan Ge, it's not difficult to help deal with Mr. Liang's affairs."
"You girl!" Lu Jie's heart, which had just been warmed, immediately turned cold. "If you hadn't begged me for this, I wouldn't be able to appreciate your filial piety."
"Don't say that..."
Lu Jie pulled a long face, snorted, and walked out of the door.
"Hey, father!"
Hearing the sound behind him, Lu Jie walked faster.
On the other side of the Aquarius Gate, Yang Bonong was still standing in the corridor chatting with the guards. After seeing him come out, he smiled and said, "Have you eaten, sir?"
Lu Jie looked unhappy.
With his back to Yang Bonong, he stroked his beard. After a moment, he turned around and said, "What is the current situation of the censor Liang Jun who was imprisoned ten years ago?"