Chapter 261 Walking out of the inner house
To whom will the Lu family's huge fortune be passed down?
Naturally, it was left to Lu Zhaozhao and Lu Zhaoyang.
Lu Zhaoyangzhi no longer wants to do business, and Grandpa Lu did not train this grandson to take over the business, but to let him enter the official career to show his ambition and change the Lu family's status.
When Mr. Lu gets old or lives a hundred years later, who will take over his business?
Perhaps as Lu Zhaoyang embarks on a career in politics, the Lu family's business will be destroyed.
As for Lu Zhaozhao, she will get the Lu family's huge wealth and will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.
Han previously thought that Lu Zhaozhao had the family fortune earned by Mr. Lu and the protection of Lu Zhaoyang, so her life would be complete if she could marry a man of her dreams.
But after listening to Tong Huaqiong's words, Han thought deeply about it.
As two of the same offspring, Mr. Lu’s vision for Lu Zhaoyang was to bring honor to the family and he did his best to support his studies, whereas his vision for Lu Zhaozhao was to just be a pampered young lady in the boudoir.
Even if Lu Zhaozhao has a lot of money in the future, she will just be a bird in a cage. It is a question whether she can keep the money.
Lu Zhaozhao is half a year younger than Gu Taohua. Gu Taohua already has the air of a young master, while Lu Zhaozhao still has the image of a naive girl.
Han had a bold idea in her mind: why couldn't her uncle hand over the business to Lu Zhaozhao?
Why can't Lu Zhaozhao learn to do business and run a shop like Gu Taohua?
Maybe if Lu Zhaozhao learns how to do business, and marries into the Gu family in the future, she will get along better with Tong Huaqiong.
So Han said to Lu Zhaozhao: "Zhaozhao, Taohua is the same age as you, and she has already started a shop. Your family has such a big business, you can also learn to do business."
Lu Zhaozhao said in surprise: "Me too?"
Lu Zhaozhao had never thought about getting involved in the family business, and no one had ever asked her to manage the family business.
Although she had no parents since childhood, she had never suffered any grievances under the protection of her grandfather.
Her food, clothing and other expenses are better than those of a young lady from an official family.
Her grandfather had already prepared enough money for her to last a lifetime, so even after she got married, she didn't have to spend a penny from her husband's family.
Grandpa said this gave her confidence.
"Why not? Zhaozhao, think about it, if you were a boy, would you have already started learning how to do business?" Han said.
Lu Zhaozhao widened his eyes and soon fell into deep thought.
Han never thought of sowing discord between Lu Zhaozhao and Mr. Lu. She was just being direct in her words.
Tong Huaqiong glanced at Han.
Han's words hit the nail on the head.
Compared to her finding a good husband for Lu Zhaozhao, letting Lu Zhaozhao participate in the family business is obviously more secure for Lu Zhaozhao.
Tong Huaqiong believed that Han's consideration was not based on gender equality, but was purely out of her simple concern for Lu Zhaozhao.
A girl who holds the way to make money in her own hands will be confident no matter what her future husband will be like.
"Girls and boys are different." Lu Zhaozhao said in a low voice.
As for what was different, she couldn't explain clearly.
It simply means that boys need to achieve great things and bring honor to their family, while girls only need to take care of their husbands, raise children and manage the household.
But she really envied Gu Taohua!
During the wheat harvest season, she went to Taohua Dessert in Yanguan Town. She saw Gu Taohua, who was in high spirits, greeting customers and checking account books and using an abacus.
My cousin's aunt was right. If I were a boy, I would probably either be studying in Wanliu Academy like my brother, or be taught by my grandfather how to manage a shop.
Han said, "What's the difference? Did you hear what your Aunt Tong said just now? We women are just as capable as men, and sometimes even more capable."
Lu Zhaozhao raised his head and looked at Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "That's right! But the important thing is what do you think? Zhao Zhao, let me ask you, do you want to learn how to do business? Do you want to manage your family business in the future?"
Lu Zhaozhao did not answer, but said: "Grandpa prepared a large sum of money for me, enough for me to spend until I die. I don't need to do anything, I can live a stable life."
Tong Huaqiong felt a little pity for the girl in front of him.
Lu Zhaozhao’s idea was not wrong, at least not for girls of this era.
But the key point is that this stable life cannot be achieved by just having money.
Especially for a naive girl like Lu Zhaozhao, holding a large sum of money is like a three-year-old child carrying gold through a busy city.
In her previous life, didn’t Lu Zhaozhao marry her ideal husband Gu Jingzhe with a large sum of money? What was the final outcome?
If Lu Zhaozhao in her previous life had not been trapped in the inner house, but had been trained by Mr. Lu to become the head of the Lu family, she would not have pinned all her hopes for the rest of her life on Gu Jingzhe. Even if Gu Jingzhe tried to get close to the princess, she would probably be able to kill both of them.
Of course, it doesn't mean that you leave the inner house just to deal with the scumbag, but it means that by leaving the inner house you will see a wider world, and you will be able to face anything calmly in the future.
Instead of letting the hand of fate strangle you.
Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and said to Lu Zhaozhao, "Zhaozhao, what do you mean by a stable life? Marrying a man of your dreams? Even if you marry a man of your dreams, you still have to rely on his conscience to live. In the capital, you must have heard of unfaithful men who studied hard and then went into business to make money. Even in our countryside, some men will have unfaithful thoughts if they harvest dozens of kilograms of grain. If you don't get married, you can keep a large sum of money, which can guarantee that your relatives and clansmen will not be tempted by money. Can you guarantee that you will have no worries in your life?"
"Zhao Zhao, I'm not saying this because I don't wish you the best. I'm saying this because I hope you'll be even better. If nothing else, just look at your aunt and I. We both got married, and we didn't live a stable life."
Tong Huaqiong's words made Lu Zhaozhao fall into deep thought.
No one had ever said anything like this to her. Her grandfather told her that the Lu family's money would ensure that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, and her brother told her that he would protect her for the rest of her life.
What about herself?
Just wait to be protected and enjoy the money?
From the Lu family to another family, relying on grandfather, brother and husband, what if they are all gone, what if the husband changes his mind?
Who else can she rely on?
Lu Zhaozhao was not stupid, and she had been able to read and write since she was young, so she listened to Tong Huaqiong's words after thinking about it for a moment.
Han nodded and said, "Your Aunt Tong is right."
Lu Zhaozhao said softly, "I can use an abacus and do accounting, but later my grandfather said that girls shouldn't learn these things and shouldn't show their faces in public, so I didn't learn them."
To be honest, Lu Zhaozhao was very resistant to Mr. Lu's expectations for her.
Tong Huaqiong had searched Tong Dajiao's memory about Grandpa Lu. He was a man who knew how to make plans for his granddaughter, but his plan was to train Lu Zhaozhao to be the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family.
This explains why he resisted Lu Zhaozhao learning abacus and doing business. For a woman from a noble family, the most important thing is to manage the inner house, take care of the husband and raise children, and she does not need to show up in public to make money.
In his previous life, after Lu Zhaoyang passed away, Mr. Lu lost his spirit and promised Lu Zhaozhao to Gu Jingzhe.
If Lu Zhaozhao had followed the direction of training that Old Master Lu had given her in her previous life, she could really have become the wife of a wealthy family.
The Lu family has huge wealth, and with Lu Zhaoyang's abilities in the future, Lu Zhaozhao is no longer an orphan and is worthy of marrying into a noble family.
Does that mean Lu Zhaozhao and Gu Jingzhe are not destined to be together in this life?
Thinking of this, Tong Huaqiong felt quite conflicted.
However, whether it is to be the wife of the current family or to renew her relationship with Gu Jingzhe, it is necessary and beneficial for Lu Zhaozhao to step out of the inner house.