Transmigrating To The Ancient Times With Lu's Convenience

Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Yet Another Failure

When spring arrived, people started to get busy again.

The students were busy preparing for the exam, while the farmers were busy with looking after domestic animals and crops.

Tang continually pestered Li Fang Yue for information. Li Fang Yue dared not guarantee anything, she would just evade the issue and looked away.

They were struggling financially, Tang desperately hoped that Lu Cheng Yu would be able to get the title of Xiucai so she could show off in the village.

Li Fang Yue didn't dare to promise Tang something that was beyond her and her family's ability. The Secretary-General had taken another concubine recently, they were passionately attached to each other at the moment. Li Fang Yue's sister Li Ru was out of favor with the Secretary-General, she was deeply troubled by the new concubine, she felt sorry that she was not in a position to give help to her sister.

The exam was just around the corner, Tang was frustrated by Li Fang Yue's ambiguous statements, what she wanted was a promise. She started to quarrel with Li Fang Yue. Tang asked Li Fang Yue whether her sister was just a concubine.

How could Li Fang Yue admit it? She avoided that question, she kept saying that her sister and the Secretary-General were very much in love, the Secretary-General promised her sister that he would marry her as his wife once she gives birth to a son.

Tang wasn't satisfied with the answer, the two started to argue loudly, Lin Xiu'er who was walking past the hallway had heard it all.

Lin Xiu'er was shocked to the core when she heard what the argument was about. She walked back to her room in a daze.

......

"What's going on with you? You look unwell." Lu An couldn't help asking when he noticed Lin Xiu'er's expression.

After a while, Lin Xiu'er calmed down and said, "Li Fang Yue's sister is a concubine."

Lu An was stunned by Lin Xiu'er's words. "What did you say?"

Lin Xiu'er calmed down and said word by word, "Li Fang Yue's sister is a concubine. She said it herself."

Lu An's eyes widened. "How is that possible? If Li Ru is just a concubine, why would Cheng Yu marry her?"

Lin Xiu'er thought for a moment and thought, "Yeah!" If Li Ru was just a concubine, why would Cheng Yu marry Li Fang Yue?

"Perhaps Cheng Yu didn't know at first that Li Fang Yue's sister was a concubine."

Lin Xiu'er suddenly remembered that Tang treated Li Fang Yuewell at first, but it went downhill all of a sudden. Lin Xiu'er thought that Tang must have known the truth back then, but she was afraid of losing face, so she kept it from Grandma Lu and the rest of the family.

Lu An's face darkened and he said indignantly, "We have spent so much money for this marriage only to marry a concubine's sister? "

Concubines of rich people was a special existence in the villagers' eyes. They were jealous of their comfortable lifestyle but they looked down upon their status.

Lu An thought about the betrothal presents that Lu Cheng Yu had sent to the Li family and now the family was arguing for 1 tael of silver. Anger simmered inside Lu An, it took him so long to finally calm down.

Lin Xiu'er looked at Lu An and asked in confusion, "You were in town before. Don't you know about this?"

"I've heard people say that the Li family's daughter married Secretary-General, who would have thought that she was just a concubine."