Tong Jia anecdote

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A few people sat around the dining table, looking at Tong Jiu who still had a good appetite and buried himself in eating noodles.

"Looking at her now doesn't affect her mind, it's just that she can't remember some people and things for a while. In my opinion, it's not a bad thing." Hongxiao saw Ji Lan's guilt, and said in a flat tone, "Now she is like this. Son, naturally don't worry about letting her go out to manage it. She still likes to look at the accounts, so let her take care of the accounts?"

"Hongxiao." When the two were discussing the deal in a low voice, Tong Jiu put down his chopsticks and called her seriously.

"Brother, what are your orders?" Seeing that she had finished eating, Hong Xiao asked patiently as she handed her a handkerchief habitually.

"This day, it's getting colder day by day. Go tell the accountant, hurry up and buy winter clothes for everyone. Why do you delay this matter every day?" Tong Jiu ordered, her tone very unhappy .

"Yes, let's pass on the word and let them do it right away." Hong Xiao responded, but met Ji Lan's eyes.I don't understand why she thought of this while eating well. I haven't heard her mention the matter of making winter clothes before.

Tong Jiu rubbed his forehead, and said to Hong Xiao with some complaints, "Yes, I saw Steward Ao yesterday, and he was so frugal, and he was wearing a single gown. He always cares about his face and won't bother about these trivial matters. Masters. But if outsiders look at this, they will say that our family is not considerate of the servants. Butler Ao is an old man in the family——"

Seeing that Hong Xiao's face turned pale immediately after hearing this, she grabbed the hand of Tong Jiu who was chattering endlessly, pulled her, and asked in a trembling voice, "Brother, you said you saw Steward Ao? When did it happen! "

"It was just at the door yesterday." Tong Jiu thought for a while and asked Hong Xiao, "Didn't you see it when you helped me out of the car? We talked for a long time. He said that Ama Erniang called me back home, I said go to Jilan first and take a look and then come back."

Hong Xiao held Tong Jiu's hand a little tighter, stroked Tong Jiu's head nervously, and smiled dryly at her, "Brother, in the future, apart from Sister Hong and Mrs. You can't just follow suit, can you save it?"

"Naturally, I can save this. I wanted to go too, but I first agreed to Ji Lan at Huihuizhuang at noon, and I will come to the mansion in the evening." Tong Jiu frowned, and said to Ji Lan again, "ah, I remembered."

As he said that, he took out the jade lock around his neck and said, "Ao Steward also asked me who Ji Lan was. I didn't know how to tell him, so I took out this jade lock and showed him, saying that I was giving this lock." The person who gave it to me. But as soon as I took it out, he disappeared, and he must be anxious to go back and answer."

"Who is talking about this? Could it be a human trafficker?" Seeing Hongxiao's reaction, Fuchami knew that this person must be unusual.

"She just ate, Xiaomi, you accompany her to bask in the sun in front of the room, so as to digest the food." Ji Lan patted Tong Jiu's shoulder, put the jade lock card in her bosom, and said, "Outside The sun is warming, go with Xiaomi, don't go far."

Tong Jiu got up and went out with Fuchami.

After the two of them went out, Hong Xiao said to Ji Lan, "Butler Ao is the housekeeper of our Tong family. He has been dead for more than ten years. It's strange to say that when Brother Jiu's mother went to the funeral, he was very good on the road. I didn’t catch my breath and then followed. Brother Jiu was still young back then, and I vaguely remembered that he was indeed only wearing a single coat.”

Ji Lan nodded, then said fearfully, "Last night I thought she was drunk and drunk. Thinking about it now, she must have encountered something unclean on the way back. No wonder she didn't say anything at the time. It's as if I'm stunned, and I don't know why."

Several people were silent for a moment, feeling chills in their hearts.

Fu Chaqin was older, and said with relief, "It's okay, it must be my uncle's mother who was worried about my uncle and ordered someone to come and have a look. Besides, it is indeed cold today, and it is time to send cold clothes .”

After thinking about it, he said to Ji Lan, "Master, why don't we find a master to come over and have a look and talk about it later."

Then he said to Hongxiao, "Sister Hong, don't worry, the jade lock on my uncle's neck is the dowry of Miss Erniang, and it has been passed down from generation to generation for many years. It must have been protected by the ancestors, so it has some aura."

Hong Xiao sighed and said, "Brother Jiu lost his mother since he was a child, and he has a lot of worries. Since the family changed last year, I have been burying resentment and resentment. Later, after working hard for days on business, I felt a little more relaxed. , but I know that she can't let go of this matter in her heart. It's really good to hit her head now and forget about the previous things. "

Most of the local people believe in Lamaism and Shamanism. Hongxiao said that Horqin believed in Shamanism.

So Ji Lan entrusted the local Mongols to find a prestigious old shaman in the grassland in the afternoon.In the evening, the Tiaoshen ceremony was held in the two mansions respectively.

Ji Lan accompanied Tong Jiu, and according to the shaman's instructions, respectfully worshiped the gods and ancestors, tossing and tossing for most of the night before resting.

It was later heard that the two should have made their own proposals to worship and get married.Although he worshiped heaven and earth, he did not tell his parents about the blame of the spirit in heaven.

Tong Jiu himself often drinks and walks at night. Recently, due to hard work, his body is also a little weak, so he brought in this unclean thing.

Ever since she hit her head, Tong Jiu naturally fell into Ji Lan's arms when she slept at night. At first Ji Lan wasn't used to it, but she couldn't push it out a few times, and eventually she let her go.The sky is getting colder, and the night is also a bit cold, but they sleep peacefully by hugging each other for warmth.

Every time Ji Lan wakes up, she will see Tong Jiu leaning on the head of the bed with her clothes on, watching the book quietly. The state of the two of them just changed after getting up.

Sometimes Ji Lan would feel in a trance that the child was pretending to be crazy, otherwise why would he have a very clear understanding of the past from the occasional few words.But sometimes looking at her demeanor, it is indeed very different from before.

Tong Jiu made her feel that the biggest change was that she smiled more than before, and she would smile badly from time to time, even Hong Xiao said that this was never done before.

In the past, Tong Jiu was very busy every day. When he walked, there was wind under his feet, and finally he was rushing around.But now Tong Jiu's temperament is much quieter and calmer, and his whole person is also quiet and gentle. Even when he is looking at the account book, he often smiles at the corner of his mouth.

However, Ji Lan was still worried about her occasional headache and dizziness. She watched her take medicine every day, watched her eat less beef and mutton, and followed Ji Lan's recipes to make her meals more refined.

Moreover, every night before going to bed, I accompany her to copy the scriptures neatly, and I feel comforted that there are no dangers in the day and no nightmares in the night.The second is to cultivate fertility and cultivate character, so that the resentment in her heart can be relieved as soon as possible.

That night, Tong Jiu was copying the scriptures quietly as usual, while Ji Lan sat beside him and read the letter from the capital.

"Pa" After reading it, he slapped the letter on the table, his face was angry.

Tong Jiu was first startled by the sudden sound of her slapping the table, paused her hand, and looked up at her. The tip of the pen in her hand didn't pay attention, and the ink spread on the rice paper in an instant, turning black.

Seeing that the results of one night were scrapped like this, Tong Jiu raised his eyebrows, put down his pen, and went around to Ji Lan with a teacup.He casually took the letter that Ji Lan had just put down on the case, and watched it while drinking tea.

"Ahem——." After reading the outline, he was taken a breath by the contents of the letter, choking on the tea in his mouth.

Ji Lan took the teacup in her hand, motioned for her to sit on the teacher's chair beside her, and said, "Looking at the situation, I have to go back to the capital."

"Guarja's family is very difficult to deal with." Tong Jiu flipped through the letter paper and said to Ji Lan with a smirk, "It's thanks to the two of us getting married that I got you out of this sea of ​​suffering. Come back as soon as it snows outside the customs." If you want to go, I’m afraid it will be difficult on the road.”

Ji Lan glared at her, "Have you copied too many Buddhist scriptures? Are you going to cross me out of the sea of ​​suffering?" He pretended to look at the dark yellow smoked leather jacket on her body, and said jokingly, "Well, look at the yellowing of the whole body, don't worry about it. Is it a fire pit?"

"Don't say it, if it's true what your eldest sister said, because of your immorality and infidelity, the medicine from our Yangzhengtang will no longer be used in the palace in the coming year. This is really a pit of fire." Tong Jiu was folding the letter paper carefully with her head down. Realized that Ji Lan was talking about herself.

Shaking his head regretfully with his mouth pursed, he put the letter away, drew a circle the size of a bowl with his hand, and said, "It's still this big."

"If you don't need it, you don't need it. Auntie's medicine stores are all over the world. Are you afraid of losing customers from their family?" Ji Lan said boringly, "If I don't supply them, I won't be charged with fear. But, Guarjia, we I can't swallow this breath!"

"That's right, it's braids when you die." Tong Jiu patted her legs and stood up, pulled her braids from behind, loosened them, and said with a smile, "Yangzhengtang is also an old name of nearly a hundred years, and the imperial medicine is no longer available. Even if you hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days, you will die. Besides, we still have the income from the exchange house to make up for it."

"Well, I think so too. It seems that the exchange houses in Baotou Mansion have been very profitable in the past few months. It's time for us to go back to the customs and let it bloom everywhere." Ji Lan originally wanted to leave before, but Tong Jiu was caught in the middle After the smashing incident, he did not leave for a long time.

Now I'm packing up and staying in Beijing for a while, and I can just go to Jiangnan during the New Year's Eve.

Tong Jiu unbuttoned the jacket on the jacket, and said, "Guarjia is really a descendant of generations of treacherous traitors. In the early years of Lord Kangxi, Oboi came out, and now he comes out with such a thing. It's okay, we are barefoot Anyone who is not afraid of wearing shoes has no braids."

Seeing her expression of fearing that the world would not be chaotic, Ji Lan approached her with a smile, helped her unbutton her with his hands, looked at her and called out "Jiuer——."

Tong Jiu ducked back a little and looked at Ji Lan.

Ji Lan widened the mandarin jacket for her, then lowered her head to untie the belt outside her cotton robe, and asked, "You said that you have always hated the Guan family in your heart, but you are hindering your sister Yun, and you can't do it. Until the end, I was so mad with anger that I simply forgot about it."

"Hongxiao, I want to take a bath." Tong Jiu broke free from Ji Lan's hand holding his belt, and called out the door.

"Hongxiao told me already, you were all good before, eating the same food and sleeping in the same bed, the only difference is—" Before Hongxiao came in, Ji Lan dragged her relentlessly.

"What's the difference?" Now Tong Jiu was puzzled, and stopped the previous struggle, but the force in Ji Lan's hand did not stop, and the two collided with each other, Tong Jiu hooked the corners of his mouth, and smiled badly. He raised his eyebrows and said.

The two have been in contact with each other more recently, so naturally there will be more chatter.

Ji Lan looked at Tong Jiu, who was as close as that night, and suddenly remembered the intimacy of that night. After a moment of silence, he pinched her neck and pushed her back, keeping a distance from her.

He also yelled outside the door, "Hongxiao! Your ancestor wants to take a bath, why don't you hurry in and serve him?"

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