Tong Jia anecdote

<May Fourth>

In the morning, when Tong Jiu woke up, she looked at Ji Lan with her eyes still closed in her arms, smiled, and gently pulled out her arms.

"Are you awake?" But she heard Ji Lan whispering in her ear softly.

"Huh? You woke up early, why didn't you call me, is your stomach still hurting?" Tong Jiu looked at her complexion, which was a little bloodier than yesterday.Then he covered her shoulders with a quilt, lay down beside her, and let out a tired breath.

Yawning, "I really want to sleep for a while."

"Are you tired these days? It sounds like your breath is heavier than usual when you sleep. I feel tired, but I don't want to move when I wake up. I want you to sleep longer." Ji Lan stretched out his hand and held Tong Jiu's forehead. The loose long hair was brushed back.

Asked, "Why, are you going out of the mansion today?"

Tong Jiu rested his chin on his arm, nodded resignedly, and said pitifully, "Chengde Mansion Dazhengchang is counting the year-end account, and even the income from horse and leather goods outside the customs is also included. I have to follow Jing Fu went there to see what it means to be busy for more than half a year this year, and it's the end of the year."

"What else can you mean? It's just that you've made money, just how much you've earned." Ji Lan poked Tong Jiu's forehead with his finger, expressionless on his face, but with a hint of reluctance in his tone, he said, "That's it." Counting nine cold days, your boss went so far to settle the accounts. All the big and second cabinet inspectors in Dazhengchang are all ladies who are more expensive than you, ma'am?"

"Isn't it just the end of the new year? Jing Fu and I rode horses and came back in about two days. If they came with tents, one is afraid that there will be omissions, and the other is that the boats and cars will be exhausted. , I missed the Chinese New Year again." Tong Jiu looked up at Ji Lan's hand poking lightly on her forehead, narrowing her eyes and smiling.

"Then their family celebrates the New Year, but we can't pass it?" Ji Lan said more seriously.

"Of course our family has passed, but—" Tong Jiu watched Ji Lan retract the hand that poked him, his thoughts moved, as if he understood something, he walked over with a smirk.

There was a little bit of joy, and he asked persistently, "You don't want me to go? Say it quickly, don't you?"

Ji Lan glared at Tong Jiu, and said indifferently, "Go as long as you want, who cares about you. It's just that I'm going to celebrate the New Year, what's the day now, and the things that the mansion needs at the New Year's end can be purchased. Down? When it’s the first month, everyone’s business is closed, so let’s drink the northwest wind.”

Hearing what she said was reasonable, Tong Jiu lay down and looked at the bed curtain, and said, "Really, if you don't tell me, I'd forget about this matter. It's not too late now, so I'll make a list later, what's missing?" Whatever it is, just do it."

"Who makes the list, I will make it? Who will make the list, I will go?" Ji Lan shrank back under the quilt as he spoke, and said dissatisfiedly, "When I married you, I never heard that I would do these things. "

He closed his eyes again as he spoke, and said earnestly, "Now that you are the one who is setting up the door, you should do your best in the house. Don't just talk about the front cabinet and run out regardless of day or night."

"Who wants to run to the cabinet? I don't want my daughter-in-law who is warm and fragrant in the bed, and I don't want to go outside and hang out with a group of bastards in the cold!" Tong Jiu said awkwardly Curling her lips, she embraced Ji Lan, and said with determination, "I won't go."

"Who is your daughter-in-law? You are a daughter, and you are so shameless when you open and shut your mouth." Ji Lan said amusedly.

"Hey, Mrs. Fucha, this is still in my bed, so I don't admit it. Let you go out! Tell me, is she my wife?" Tong Jiu smirked, wrapping her arms around her tightly, He said softly, "Ang?"

Ji Lan stopped laughing, and looked at Tong Jiu who was close at hand for a while.

Seriously said, "Jiu'er, I used to think of you as a child, uncertain, what to say and what to do mostly depended on the momentary mood. Some things, although I said it seriously, I was afraid that I would really answer you. It will only take a few days. You're getting tired of it."

"I'm definitely not like this!" Tong Jiu frowned, and said rationally, "I'm already twenty. This should be left to the Han people in the past, and they need to be crowned. The so-called 'a gentleman begins with a crown, and his heart begins to be tough. 'How can I be indeterminate?"

"What are you shouting about? Your crown is also a weak crown. You know, I'm about to stand up." Ji Lan sighed and patted her face, letting her listen to herself quietly.

So he said, "It's not just you, even me, this year's xinxing is far from last year's. If it was last year, who would dare to fight with me to maintain the righteousness? That is my hard work, how can I respond? But This year, whether Yangzhengtang's business is good or not, and how much money is in the account, to me, it's just a number."

Speaking of this, Ji Lan took a deep breath, looked at Tong Jiu and said, "So, I'm afraid that when you reach my age, I will be really old. You have experienced a lot, and you have seen a lot. If the family looks at me like that, I'm afraid they will be as bored as I look at Yangzhengtang today."

Ji Lan's words made Tong Jiu speechless.She never thought that a well-informed woman like Ji Lan would inevitably lose her former ease when thinking about these things, but like a woman in a boudoir, she would start worrying about nothing.

Tong Jiu shook his head, and said word by word, "I like you, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. These are not words of wine, but words from my heart."

The two of them talked about each other for a long time in the room. In the outer wing, Jing Fu had already dressed, packed his bags and dry food, and sat inside drinking tea in silence.

Hongxiao looked at the time, sighed and said, "That good-for-nothing, he won't get up for this meeting, and he probably won't go. Don't worry about these things, pack up, let's have breakfast."

Soon, at the main room, Tong Jiu and Ji Lan got up.Several personal maids went in to serve.

After Ji Lan finished washing and washing, she was afraid of the cold and leaned against the Kang in the warm pavilion, her legs were covered with a leopard-print leather blanket.Looking at the meals they put on the kang table one after another, I lost my appetite and didn't want to move.

When Tong Jiu came in from the outside, he saw several people happened to be there, so he said, "Sister Qin, Sister Hong. It's the end of the new year now, and I'm discussing with my wife about buying some new year's goods. Look at the food and clothing expenses during the year, But something is missing. Make a list. Later, I will take the boys to do it."

As he spoke, he pulled up his sleeves and filled a bowl of hot soup for Ji Lan, and after handing it to Ji Lan, he filled another bowl for Hong Xiao, and said with a smile, "I feel really sorry for making Jing Fu wait for nothing all morning, so I will give you a bowl." Warm her body with hot soup."

How could Hongxiao give her a good face, brought the soup, glared at her, and went out.

Facing Hong Xiao's back, Tong Jiu curled her lips and sat on Kang Yan'er after seeing her go out.Looking at a small iron pot on the kang table, milk is being boiled, and a set of dried meat, fruits, and fried rice are placed on the side plate.

Tong Jiu threw the jerky into the milk, put another piece in his mouth and chewed it, and said with a smile, "It's rare, this breakfast is not only porridge, but also added these."

"Master ordered, don't you always think that the breakfast in the past is dull. From now on, the breakfast in our house will have more milk and jerky." Fu Chaqin replied with a smile when he saw that the masters were kind. .

While talking, Su Le wore a small mink fur jacket and a roe cap, and walked in obediently.Kneeling on the ground in a well-behaved manner, kowtowed to say good morning, "My son is for Ama, and my mother is greeting me."

"Get up, get up." Tong Jiu saw that he was not a tall child, he was tightly wrapped, with a hat with eyes and ears on his head, and a hat with two horns on his head. He looked really cute. He waved and said "Come here."

Seeing Su Le approaching, Tong Jiu gave him a piece of jerky, and jokingly said, "This roe cap is a rare item in the capital. Why, our young master will wear it today. Are we going to ride a horse or go hunting? "

"I think Ama taught me how to ride a horse." Su Le whispered, but his eyes were on Ji Lan, who slid away to drink the soup as if he was asking carefully. Ji Lan only cared about the soup, obviously not paying attention to his request.

"Er Niang, I have worn too many clothes today, and I also wore a warm hat." Su Le raised his voice slightly.

"That doesn't work either. You are recovering from the illness and your body is still recovering. After a while, it will be warmer and it will not be too late to go to school again." Ji Lan put down the soup bowl in his hand.

Looking at Su Le who had already put on a small face when he heard the words, he raised his eyes and looked at Tong Jiu who was holding a piece of jerky in his mouth, but didn't chew it, as if he was thinking, and cleared his throat.

"Oh, your mother-in-law is right. It's really too cold outside for riding a horse." Tong Jiu rubbed her eyebrows, helped Su Le with the hat on her head, and thought, "It's okay. Let the boys clean up the rooms in front of the stables, so that you can use them to learn horses in winter."

"Thank you, Ama!" Su Le grinned excitedly, took Tong Jiu's arm and shook it, and asked in a low voice, "Ama has had breakfast, is she going out of the house?"

"Su Le, let you, Ah Ma, have a good meal." Ji Lan raised his face.

Seeing him let go quickly, Tong Jiu took another piece of jerky and handed it to him, patted him, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me in the wing."

After breakfast, Tong Jiu took Hong Xiao, Fuchami, Jing Fu and Su Le out of the house to do New Year's shopping.Ji Lan leaned there, looking at the Buddhist scriptures leisurely.

"Brother Lan, the concubine is here." Fu Chaqin came in and said a little worriedly.After hearing this, Ji Lan raised his eyes slightly, twitched his knuckles lightly, and turned the pages of the Buddhist scriptures, his face was indifferent, and he ignored it.

"Second aunt is still angry?" When Fu Chaqin was in a dilemma, Tuya walked in with a smile when he heard voices from the door.

Looking at Ji Lan, who had a bad complexion, she sat down on the edge of the kang with a smile, and said, "Da Dong, good sister, don't be angry. It was my sister who was wrong yesterday, and I came here to make up for it. Just calm down." .”

Ji Lan simply closed the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, looked up at Tuya and said, "What's the matter with the queen concubine coming to our Han family?"

"Oh." Tuya sighed, and said, "Isn't this Yangzhengtang's big account these days? I don't understand those current accounts. It's up to you."

"Fucha Tuya, we are sisters of the first-born compatriots, didn't Er Niang teach you to read the account book when she gave birth to you?" Ji Lan asked curiously.

"No." Tuya hesitated and shook her head in confusion.

"Oh." Ji Lan nodded, and said with a sneer, "Er Niang also never taught me."

"Sister, it's the end of the year, and there's already a lot of work in the palace. I've been so busy these days—" Tuya said only a few words with reason and emotion.

"The matter of your royal family's armor has nothing to do with me, a civilian woman." Ji Lan's tone was not slow at all, and he choked her back with a word.

The author has something to say: urgently urged, sent it out in a hurry, if there are mistakes, I will correct it when I have time.

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