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Chapter 7: Inquire

After lying in bed for some days, Lu Xiangge no longer had a fever after waking up yesterday, and could barely hold himself up, but his hands and feet were still weak.

After lying down for a long time, my back and buttocks hurt.

Although she was able to stand up, she did not dare to move. When she moved, the pain in her heart was still bearable, and her internal organs seemed to shift. It always made her feel like her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys would be spit out from her throat if she opened her mouth.

It was really uncomfortable to lie down, so she could only gently move her body and change her position to make herself more comfortable.

There was a red and swollen round hole in the heart. Lu Sheige studied it carefully and found that the wound was not deep and even the bones were not damaged.

The reason why she kept lying down and couldn't get up was probably because the impact of the arrow feathers on the spot was too strong, and her internal organs were still injured after all.

She woke up in the past two days and thought carefully about her previous dream.

She was certain that it was not a dream, but something she had personally experienced, but it became blurry because of the conflict between the two memories.

Through her dreams and the news from Lu Quan, Lu Sheige had a general understanding of everything.

The little girl was born well and her family was extremely wealthy.

On the day something happened to the Lu family, my mother took her two brothers to her uncle's house.

The little girl who was originally going to go with him was left at home because she caught a cold.

When the government came to suppress the bandits, the little girl's father led a group of servants in the family to fight back, and finally died under random arrows.

The huge manor of the Lu family was also completely burned by fire, leaving only the broken eaves and broken walls, and it no longer enjoyed its former prosperity.

Lu Sheige thought about it over and over again, and always felt that this matter was very suspicious.

Why would such a wealthy Lu family want to liaise with bandits?

The Lu family is aboriginal in the local area. Starting from Lu Yuanshan's grandfather, he was an only son. When Lu Yuanshan arrived, he didn't even have a sister.

Someone secretly spread the word behind the scenes that the Lu family had done something immoral, and it had only been passed down for a few generations.

However, these are all rumors and there is no evidence. On the contrary, because there are few descendants, the Lu family has always been charitable and famous in the countryside.

Until Lu Yuanshan's wife Chen gave birth to two sons and a daughter. It is said that the second son was born, and Lu Yuanshan was ecstatic. When the youngest daughter was born, Lu Yuanshan knelt down and burst into tears.

The members of the Lu family are almost all side branches, except for the clan leader and a few famous elders in the clan. Because they and Lu Yuanshan have not yet released the fifth server, they are considered to be small rich.

Most of the other Lu family members make a living by renting the land from the Lu Yuanshan family.

The government broke into the Lu family in the name of suppressing bandits, but the surrounding Lu family members were not affected.

So, why did Lu Yuanshan resist the government?

Isn't he afraid of harming his clan members, or is he really collaborating with bandits, so he has to resist desperately in order to get a chance of survival?

Also, who sent her to the fisherman Lu’s house?

How does this person know that this family is from the same clan as the Lu family in Dongyang County? And can he be sure that this family has a good nature and is grateful to the Lu family?

Were they prepared in advance, or were they secretly inquiring?

Who is this young master that Lu Quan and his wife talk about?

Does he have a grudge or enmity with the Lu family?

Will there be any safety risks if she stays on the boat like this? Will anyone recognize her? Will...

Lu Xiangge's mind was still spinning when Qiu lifted the curtain and walked in with rice porridge.

"Mom, I'll do it myself."

Lu Singge was supported by Mrs. Qiu and leaned on the pillow, refusing to be fed by Mrs. Qiu.

She was so dizzy with fever a few days ago that she couldn't make the decision herself. Now that she was awake, Lu Sheige was still a little cautious when letting Qiu feed her.

"Then be careful."

Mrs. Qiu picked up the bowl and was about to hand it to Lu Sheige. He was afraid that she would be burned, so he used a spoon to stir it. Seeing that there was not much heat and she didn't feel it was hot, she safely placed the bowl in Lu Sheige's hand.

"Mom, this porridge..."

Lu Xiangge swallowed hard, still not used to Qiu's closeness, "I can't finish this porridge, so I'll share some with my sisters."

She couldn't finish eating, but she could hear what Lu Xiaoyu said in the shack.

"Eat yours."

Mrs. Qiu pushed back the bowl handed over by Lu Sheige without any hesitation, "Mom has cooked a pot, and I don't miss this one of yours."

Jiangjiaba is adjacent to Honghu Lake and is a famous land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River.

But even in this land of plenty where rice is grown, ordinary people like them cannot afford to eat the white rice.

Lu Sheige wanted to give in, but was forced to accept it because of his physical condition.

She didn't feel very good, so she could only secretly swear that when she got better, she would find a way to make money.

At least, you can't let yourself and the Lu family go hungry.

I can’t even bear to eat porridge!

Seeing Lu Sheige holding a bowl and starting to drink porridge, Qiu's dark and thin face showed a faint smile.

She was afraid that the child's body wouldn't be able to hold it up, so she didn't move away. She only rested half of her buttocks on the edge of the bed and stretched out one hand to drag futilely on the bottom of the bowl.

Lu Shengge was drinking porridge, and Qiu kept talking to her.

This was what Lu Quan ordered when he left, saying that he was afraid that the child would lie down and think too much, and if he talked to her too much, he would have no time to think about things.

"Your father went to the dock. He earned twenty-six cents yesterday. Although the work at the dock is a bit heavy, it is safer than fishing."

"Your eldest sister followed your Grandma Chen and Yao Yao to dig wild vegetables. It's a good spring day, and there are a lot of wild grasses outside. Your Grandma Chen also said that we will go back to open a piece of wasteland to plant some vegetables, so that there will be no wild vegetables in the autumn.

I don’t have to worry about running out of food sometimes.”

"It's not okay to open up wasteland to grow food. Our household registration is not here, but no one should care about opening up a small piece of wasteland to grow vegetables. I have thought about it. I want to make it smaller and less conspicuous..."

"In the morning, your second sister and I went to collect the nets, and we also collected several kilograms of fish and shrimp. Your second sister took them to the town to sell them, and I guess they could sell them for ten or twenty cents. It's okay if they are not sold out.

Mom will make fish soup for you when you come back. This rice porridge nourishes people, and the fish soup also nourishes people."

Mrs. Qiu felt indescribable joy in her heart as she watched Lu Shengge take small sips of the rice porridge from the bowl with a wooden spoon.

In her eyes, as long as the children can eat, that's fine.

Unlike the first few days after the baby came, she just slept in a drowsy state, sometimes hot and sometimes cold. Her heart was restless, and she was deeply afraid that the baby would not recover.

Mrs. Qiu rambled on, from the dock to the vegetable patch, and from the vegetable patch to the fact that the fishing net at home should be repaired.

Lu Xiangge just listened quietly and did not interrupt. He just said "hmm" to show that he was listening.

A bowl of rice porridge came to an end amidst Qiu's chatter.

Lu Sheige is not Lu Xiaoyu who has never eaten rice porridge. She has lived in the new era for more than 20 years.

Even though my days in the orphanage when I was a child were not as luxurious as those of a wealthy family, I still had plenty of food and clothing, and I never experienced the days of eating bran-fed vegetables.

But when I drank this bowl of warm rice porridge, the fragrance of the rice porridge went down my throat.

The scalding hot porridge made her body scream like crazy, as if what she was eating was not ordinary rice porridge, but some delicacy from the mountains and seas.

Mrs. Qiu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Lu Shengge finish the rice porridge and help her lie down.
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