You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 125 Why are you running?

In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. Early in the morning, more than 3,000 kilograms of watermelons were transported into the city by the people from Taibai Tower. After arriving in the city, the family split into two groups.

Wei Qinglang got off the car halfway and went to find the carpenter with the blueprints, while Cheng Shuang took his brothers and sisters to Taibai Tower to get something.

Several carts of melons were parked in the backyard. Shopkeeper Zhou asked, "Madam Wei, where do you want to sell them? I'll have my staff drive the cart over to you."

"Let's go to the East Market, the street facing the river. I heard that it's the busiest place today." Cheng Shuang said the place he had inquired about a long time ago.

Someone helped to drive the car to transport the watermelons. Cheng Shuang thought of something else. She selected a dozen high-quality watermelons, packed them into two bamboo baskets and gave them to Wei Nanxing, asking him to deliver them to the Lu Mansion in Baima Lane.

When Mr. Lu heard that the county magistrate's fundraising was related to her, he generously donated five thousand taels. Since she had nothing, she could only send a few melons to express her gratitude.

Wei Nanxing took the job, loaded the watermelons into the truck and drove away alone.

Baima Lane was not difficult to find. The donkey cart soon stopped at the closed gate of Lu Mansion. Wei Nanxing felt a little nervous looking at the high walls and courtyard in front of him.

Just as he was about to get off the car, the door of the mansion suddenly opened and a head poked out stealthily from inside.

Immediately, the two of them stared at each other.

After a moment of hesitation, Wei Nanxing jumped out of the car, "Ms. Lu..."

"Shh..."

Lu Yinyin signaled him not to make a sound, then quickly ran out, lifted her skirt and climbed onto the donkey cart.

Wei Nanxing looked at the scene in front of him in surprise. What was going on?

Lu Yinyin climbed up the car with her hands and feet. Seeing that someone was still standing there, she anxiously called out, "Wei Nanxing, why are you standing there? Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, the doorman will be back soon."

Wei Nanxing frowned, "What are you doing?"

"I'll explain it to you in a minute. Hurry up, or you won't be able to escape."

Wei Nanxing was confused, but still jumped onto the cart and whipped the donkey on its butt. The donkey let out a cry and ran forward.

After running straight for a few hundred meters and turning a corner, Wei Nanxing stopped the car in front of a teahouse, jumped out of the car, and looked at the person hiding in the car with a puzzled look on his face.

Lu Yinyin felt a little embarrassed when he looked at her. She looked around and got out of the car to make sure that no one from home was chasing her.

Her dress was a little uncomfortable and she almost fell down because of it. Wei Nanxing took a step forward to help her, but when he stretched out his hand, he felt something was wrong and retracted it.

Lu Yinyin saw his actions and quickly lowered her head pretending not to see it. She grabbed the bamboo basket on the cart and stretched her legs to reach the ground.

Seeing her land safely, Wei Nanxing asked, "Ms. Lu, what happened? Why did you run?"

Lu Yinyin tidied her dress and cleared her throat. "Isn't today Mid-Autumn Festival? My parents want to take me to my uncle's house, but I don't want to go."

Wei Nanxing was even more puzzled. "Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion festival. Isn't it normal to visit relatives and reunite? Why didn't you go and run out?"

"Because my parents have other intentions." Lu Yinyin snorted when she thought about it, "I've found out everything. Today, my uncle's friend will bring his son to visit us. He's old enough to get married, and he even passed the imperial examination last year.

As soon as I heard it, I knew what they were planning. They definitely wanted me to go and meet that person.

I wasn't going. I had no interest in scholars at all, so I had two of my personal maids lead the gatekeepers away and slipped out."

Wei Nanxing nodded, "I see. But marriage is decided by parents. What's the point of you running out like this?"

"Well, I don't care. I won't go today anyway. I'll play outside for a day and then go back at night. I'll scare them so they don't dare to force me in the future."

Wei Nanxing fell silent, feeling that he had done something wrong and shouldn't have taken her away.

Seeing his frown, Lu Yinyin belatedly asked, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, why are you at my door?"

"My sister-in-law asked me to come and deliver watermelon to your house."

"watermelon?"

Lu Yinyin blinked. She knew about watermelon. Many people in the city had been discussing it for more than half a month. Only Taibai Tower had it. People lined up to buy it every day, and her father had also asked people to buy it several times.

I was so nervous just now that I didn't notice what was on the cart. Lu Yinyin quickly ran over and stood on tiptoe to look at the bamboo baskets on the donkey cart. Her tone was full of surprise, "So many, are they all for my family?"

Seeing her happy, Wei Nanxing scratched his head and laughed, "Yes."

"How come your family has so many? Every time my father sends people to Taibai Tower, they can only buy half a piece at a high price."

"This watermelon was grown from seeds my brother and sister-in-law bought from foreign merchants when they went to the capital. Taibailou purchased the watermelon from us."

Lu Yinyin opened her mouth wide, her bright black eyes overflowing with surprise, and then she happily raised her face with admiration, "Sister Cheng is really amazing, she knows medicine and can also grow watermelons."

Wei Nanxing unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, "My sister-in-law is here too. Our family is going to Dongshi Street to sell watermelons today."

"That's great. I want to go and see it too." Lu Yinyin became excited. She was worried about where to go after running out.

"I think I should take you back." Wei Nanxing was embarrassed. "Your parents will definitely be very worried if you run away like this."

"I'm not going back." Lu Yinyin quickly shook her head and stepped back, pointing at the donkey cart and saying, "You still have melons to deliver, right? Hurry up, hurry up, before the melons get spoiled by the sun."

"Where are you going if you don't go back?" Wei Nanxing asked.

"I'm going to go play with Sister Cheng and Pan'er."

"etc....."

Lu Yinyin turned around and was about to run, but Wei Nanxing quickly called her back.

"Do you know the way?"

Lu Yinyin shook her head and said indifferently, "Isn't it just Dongshi Street? I can ask someone."

Wei Nanxing frowned. If the person refused to go home, he couldn't let her go out on the street alone.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Why don't you wait for me for a while? I'll deliver the watermelon to your house, and then we can go together."

When Lu Yinyin went out in the county town, she always took a horse carriage or had a servant who knew the way to lead the way. No one had ever gone out without knowing the way.

She thought about walking with Wei Nanxing. She could follow him at a distance, which would not count as being alone with a strange man.

After thinking about it, Lu Yinyin nodded, "Then go quickly and come back soon. I'll go into the teahouse and wait for you for a while."

In the Lu Mansion, Mrs. Lu was furious when she found out that her daughter had run away. She made the two maids kneel on the ground and clean up the situation later, and then hurriedly asked the housekeeper to gather the servants to go out and look for her.

Mr. Lu said calmly, "Don't be angry, Madam. The child must have run out to the street because he was playing. Getting angry is bad for your health."

Seeing that he wasn't worried at all, Mrs. Lu got even more angry. She reached out and poked his head again and again, "It's all your fault! Look at what you've spoiled your daughter to be like. I was just choosing clothes for her, and she actually lied to me about having a stomachache and ran off. Does she even look like a lady anymore?"

Mr. Lu was scolded. He folded his hands and lowered his head, muttering softly, "Isn't it because you, Madam, insisted on taking her to see the bride? The child said she didn't want to go."

Madam Lu narrowed her eyes. “What did you say? Say it again!”

Mr. Lu quickly shut up and shook his head.

At this time, a servant came running in, "Master, Madam, there's a young man named Wei outside, he said he's here to deliver some watermelons."

"Watermelon? The one with the surname Wei?" Mr. Lu looked at his wife in confusion.

Mrs. Lu was annoyed. "Don't you just know someone named Wei?"

Thinking that it was Wei Qinglang who came, Mr. Lu went out and found that it was his brother who came.

Wei Nanxing saw that Mr. Lu was still feeling a little guilty, so he stepped forward to greet him and explain his purpose. He also relayed the message Cheng Shuang had asked him to bring, "My sister-in-law said she thanks Uncle Lu for his generosity in helping the villagers. These watermelons are just a token of her appreciation."

As soon as Mr. Lu heard it, he knew it was about donating money. He was very surprised when he saw the two large baskets of watermelons. He waved his hand and said, "You're welcome."

In fact, it was not entirely because of Cheng Shuang. He also wanted to make friends with the upright county magistrate. After his business grew, he knew one thing: he should not be stingy with officials.

A few servants came out to move the things into the mansion. Mr. Lu thanked Wei Nanxing and said, "Second Young Master Wei, thank you for coming here. However, there are some things going on at home right now, and it's a mess. I can't invite you into the mansion to entertain you."

Wei Nanxing hurriedly said that it was okay, as he also had things to do and had to rush back. Just as he finished speaking, he saw more than a dozen servants running out of Lu's mansion.

Guessing something was wrong, Wei Nanxing asked knowingly, "What happened?"

"Nothing, Yinyin just ran away for fun, so I sent my servants out to look for her."

Wei Nanxing saw that Mr. Lu had a worried look on his face, and knew that he must be worried, so he blurted out, "I know where Miss Lu is."

Mr. Lu was stunned. "What? You know? Where is my daughter?"

"She's with my sister-in-law."

Wei Nanxing reacted quickly and thought of an excuse. "Our whole family has come to the city. We just happened to meet Miss Lu on the street. She followed my sister-in-law to the street."

Mr. Lu heaved a sigh of relief and patted his chest, "That's good, that's good."

Then he turned back to the housekeeper and said, "Go, go, call everyone back. Don't let anyone see and think that something happened at home."

"What about the Madam?" asked Butler Tong. "Don't you have to go to your uncle's house soon? Don't you need to go and fetch the young lady?"

Mr. Lu sighed, "Let her play outside. I'll talk to my wife later. If she doesn't want to go, then she doesn't have to go. She's still young and there's no rush."

Then he looked at Wei Nanxing and said, "Wei Erlangjun, please tell your sister-in-law to look after my naive daughter and send her back when she's had enough fun."

Wei Nanxing nodded, "Okay, I'll definitely bring it there."