Tong Jia anecdote

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Busy until noon, everyone hastily ate some dry food, and returned the fields of several nearby villages one by one before returning home.After entering the city gate, it is time for the lights to come on.

Tong Jiu kept wondering where the money for the land payment would come from, so that Ji Lan would not notice it.Of course, the expenses of charging the Han Mansion are not acceptable. I and Ji Lan only signed up on the account book yesterday, and today I can't hide the sudden extra few thousand taels of silver.

Thinking of this, when he looked up, he had already reached the gate of the mansion.

"Jiuye, Grandma is coming to the south of the Yangtze River." When Tong Jiu got off the horse exhaustedly, the servant at the door reported.

"Ah?" Tong Jiu was a little surprised, seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to come, why did Grandma Han come from Jiangnan to Beijing all of a sudden?I haven't heard of the communication before.So, he frowned and walked in.

"Jiuye is back!" the boy at the door shouted, and Tong Jiu lifted the curtain and entered the main hall.Seeing that the grandma of the Han family was sitting at the head, all the female relatives and two children from the house were there, chatting and laughing, it was very lively, so she felt relieved a little.

Seeing her coming back, everyone got up one after another. Tong Jiu greeted the grandma and said, "Madam didn't give me a word when she came this time. We can go to meet you. I've been out running all day. "

The eldest grandma said very kindly, "After this year, your elder brother Lu Ming will come to Beijing from Shandong to report on his work. On your side, you have married a new wife, and you are opening a subdivision and a bank. Thinking about it You children, where can I sit in the house?"

As he spoke, he smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "When I wrote to you last month, I was already on my way. I was afraid that you would say that the current weather is not good, so I will not be allowed to come. I, I will do it on my own." It’s time to cut first and play later. In front of the new daughter-in-law, I’m disrespecting the old.”

"When I was outside the customs, I was going back to Jiangnan. However, after entering Beijing, there were a lot of trivial business matters, so I couldn't take care of going back. Come to think of it, there is an aunt at home, so what else should I worry about?" Tong Jiu asked Su Le and Jin Ming waved and asked, "Have you two met Grandma?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it." The grandma patted Su Le's head kindly, and said to Tong Jiu and Ji Ran earnestly, "You have done such a good job in business. As for our Han family, there is nothing right now. It’s missing. Only in this group of people, your three families should also spread their branches and leaves.”

"Yes, yes." Tong Jiu cleared her throat, and asked Ji Lan, "What's for dinner? I chewed some dry food at noon, and my stomach is a little empty right now. Shall we have dinner? I'll go inside and wash my face."

Saying that, he got up and walked inside, and Ji Lan also followed in, "Hey, Lu Qi——." He wanted to call Tong Jiu to stop, but Tong Jiu had already strode in with the curtain lifted.

"Oh, you're back? My aunt has been waiting for you for a long time." Tong Jiu just stood up straight, and saw Seventh Miss of Fucha's family sitting on the kang.

"What are you doing here?" Tong Jiu didn't expect that she really came, and she was still sitting on the kang between herself and Ji Lan.

"Of course I came here to ask Second Sister to comment. Do you think I'm just talking? Huh!" Miss Seven hurried over without any explanation, and pulled Ji Lan who came in later to her side, saying, "Second Sister, you have to do it for me." I'm the ruler!"

Tong Jiu went out for a day of running and felt a little tired. He wanted to come in to wash his face so he could have dinner early, but he met this Miss Seven who was making trouble for no reason.Immediately, his face turned cold, and he said, "Get out for me."

"Second sister, look at him, what kind of brother-in-law is he!" After hearing this, Miss Qi pointed at Tong Jiu angrily, stomped her feet, and shook Ji Lan's arm.

"Lu Qi——." Ji Lan patted her sister's back comfortingly, looked at Tong Jiu helplessly, and called out, "Hongxiao, Hongxiao!"

"Master, Mr. Hua's appetite is a little uncomfortable. Sister Hong went to take care of it." Fu Chaqin came in to answer after hearing Ji Lan's call, and asked with a smile, "Master Jiu, do you want to wash your face? I'll bring you some water." .”

Tong Jiu frowned, and muttered dissatisfiedly, "I don't know what I'm doing every day! No one needs it, I'll go down by myself." After speaking, he turned and went out displeased.

So, I washed my face, and my face was still sullen until eating.Seeing that Ji Lan made this or that for Miss Seven, he didn't eat much, but just told Miss Seven to eat more.

Tong Jiu rolled her eyes inwardly, but at this moment, Miss Seven proudly shook her head at Tong Jiu, with an expression of wondering if the second sister would spoil me more.

"Lu Qi, eat more." The grandma, seeing Tong Jiu's awkward face and lack of appetite, put some vegetables in Tong Jiu's bowl.

After reluctantly eating a few more mouthfuls, Tong Jiu said he was full, got up and went to the study.

"Look at how promising you are, that Miss Seven has been convulsed since she was a child. That's why the Fucha family indulged her." Hong Xiao saw Tong Jiu's behavior at the banquet clearly, teasingly Said, "Tell me, how can you compete with such a little girl?"

"I just washed my face myself!" Tong Jiu leaned on the back of the chair, pouted.

"Jing Fu, she has a stomachache, so I'll go and see the stall. You did such a big thing. It's my servant's negligence. I can't make up for you, okay?" Hong Xiao smiled at her childish nature. .

Tong Jiu opened the ledger on the case, took notes, and said, "Go to Shen Xiangping tomorrow and ask him to withdraw 5000 taels of silver from my account in Huizhengsheng and send it to the housekeeper. What is it for, the housekeeper Know."

"Brother, you've been withdrawing money one after another these days, do you know it in your mind? You just raised 3000 taels in the racecourse, and you're going to raise another [-] taels tomorrow. Do you know what you're doing with so much money? "Hong Xiao was a little worried.

"She doesn't need to know, if she really asks, you can just say that I bought a horse." Tong Jiu said casually.

"Buy a horse? Then you have to see the horse, where is the horse?" Hong Xiao persuaded, "Brother, let's pick someone who is easy to fool, okay? Don't turn your head and turn your eyebrows and stare. of."

Tong Jiu closed the account book, and said impatiently, "The money on that account is my bonus, and I can do whatever I want. Even if I go out to gamble and whore, can she control it?"

"She doesn't care, don't you know what to do?" Hong Xiao gloated, then turned and left.

"I can't figure it out!" Tong Jiu muttered, and when she raised her head indifferently, Ji Lan was standing at the door, looking at her with great interest.

"Cough—." Tong Jiu got up slowly, pretending to be calm and said, "I didn't gamble, let alone prostitute."

"Did I say anything?" Ji Lan was puzzled, walked over gracefully, pulled up a chair and sat down.He casually picked up the account book on Tong Jiu's case, flipped through it lightly, but said, "I was hungry at night, but I didn't see what you were eating."

"Yeah, I'm hungry." Tong Jiu stared at the account book and interrupted, "Has your seventh sister left? I want to take a bath and rest earlier."

Ji Lan closed the account book, and said, "Oh, yes, I came here to tell you. It's late today, and Lao Qi won't leave, so he stayed in the main room."

"She lives in the main room, what about me?" Tong Jiu raised her eyebrows.

"You sleep in the study." Ji Lan took a look around the study and said as a matter of course.

"Then, what about you?" Tong Jiu hurriedly asked.

Ji Lan thought for a while, then asked in a low voice, "Where do you want me to sleep?"

Tong Jiu said truthfully, "Of course I want you to be with me." He held Ji Lan's hand, stroked it understandingly, and sighed, "It's okay, isn't it just for one night, you go to accompany her Go to sleep. I'm here, so I can settle the score."

"Well, you have to do the math. Otherwise, where will the 5000 taels go?" Ji Lan nodded and followed her.

"5000 taels, I bought a horse—" Tong Jiu rolled his eyes guiltily and replied.

Ji Lan shook her hand instead, looked into Tong Jiu's eyes, smiled, and said, "I know you bought a horse, and the housekeeper also said you bought a horse."

"Hey, why is your family like this?" Tong Jiu understood, the housekeeper had told Ji Lan.

So, he said dissatisfiedly, "No, we both discussed it when we came back. I don't want the money from the medicine field, and I will take it out of my bonus. He obviously agreed and won't tell you about it. I want you to see me." For God's sake—"

Before Tong Jiu finished speaking, Ji Lan hugged her by the waist, and said softly, "I'll sleep here with you tonight."

"En." Smelling the warm orchid fragrance on Ji Lan's body, Tong Jiu calmed down after being restless all night.The two hugged for a while, Ji Lan let go of his hand and said, "You are tired, go take a bath, let's go to bed earlier."

After Tong Jiu went out, Ji Lan sent someone to call the butler and asked about the situation of returning the land to the countryside today.The housekeeper replied to Ji Lan with the appearance of an old monk in meditation.

"I heard from Miss Seven that Master Jiu beat the people in their house, is there such a thing?" Ji Lan listened to his nonsense, and they all talked about how the villagers treated Tong in different ways. Nine was grateful to Dade, so he said leisurely.

"This matter—." The housekeeper said in deep thought, "Oh, it seems that there is such a thing. It was the servant of the third room who was trying to dig up the family's graves. He wanted to beat the people first, so Master Jiu beat him a few times. Whip. It’s not like the servants below, they deserve what they deserve.”

Ji Lan asked calmly, "The land has been returned, and the papers have been established. Did we recover all the money we received when we took the land?"

"It's back." The butler said.

"Oh, I see, you go down." Ji Lan nodded.

After the housekeeper left, Fu Chaqin brought in freshly smoked quilts and spread them out layer by layer. Then Fu Chami stuffed Mrs. Tang into the quilt.

"Master, you don't want to take a bath, why don't you soak your feet? The water is ready." Fu Chaqin looked at Ji Lan sitting there, and asked the little maid to bring in the wooden tub for washing his feet, and came over to call Ji Lan.

Ji Lan got up and sat down in front of the bed, and said to Fu Cha Qin who was removing her shoes and socks, "Sister Qin, if I tell you that the butler cheated on me with Master Jiu, would you believe me?"

"Huh?" Fu Chaqin was stunned unexpectedly, and said, "Master, to be honest, I don't believe it. But since you asked this, it must be true." Then he said firmly, "They will be deceiving you , it must be for your own good."

The warm potion spread over Ji Lan's calf, exuding the fragrance of herbs. Ji Lan took a long and comfortable breath and said, "Why do you all trust Han Luqi so much?"

"Because the master trusts him." Fu Chaqin stepped on Ji Lan's footsteps and said, "Master Jiu really respects people and things."

After hearing this, Ji Lan smiled tenderly, and said, "She knows how to deal with people and things. I didn't see the stupid look when she just stared and blasted Lao Qi out of the main room."