Tong Jia anecdote

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Early in the morning, Tong Jiu was awakened by the sound of firecrackers outside the window, looked around sleepily, and realized that he was on the kang in the main room.I touched my side, but it was empty.Ji Lan's bedding has been neatly folded and stacked on the kang cabinet.

"Come here!" Tong Jiu got up, and while putting on her robe, she called out, "Sister Hong——." He took a few sips of water from the small table.

Soon there were footsteps outside, from far to near, Hong Xiao came in wearing new clothes, and silently helped Tong Jiu wash and change.

"What happened yesterday is mine, isn't it? You were right." At the end, when Tong Jiu opened the door and went out, she said this lightly.Hongxiao sighed in her heart, she knew that the more Tong Jiu said that, the more it proved that she had a grudge in her heart.

Throughout the first month, Tong Jiu was depressed.

Ji Lan just ignored her blindly, but didn't mention anything about the Guan family and Mu Yun any more, with a calm expression on his face.

After resigning from the old year, Ji Lan changed from the laziness of last year. Every morning, she would go to Yangzheng Hall on time, and in the afternoon, she would follow Shu Guangxiu in Huizheng's female file, and make friends with all kinds of noble ladies in Beijing.

On the fifteenth day, Yangzhengtang's new pharmaceutical factory opened, and free clinics were started in different categories.Not only do doctors not charge consultation fees, but the prices of various medicines have been greatly reduced, especially Chinese patent medicines containing ginseng and rhodiola.

For a while, other pharmacies in the capital were deserted.The people who came to Yangzhengtang to see a doctor lined up several long streets.

Many of the medicines in Yangzhengtang are prepared according to the secret recipes of the ancestors. The most important medicines must be prepared by the head of the family. So once the free clinic opened, Jilan became even more busy and stayed in the hospital almost all day long. Enter Yangzhengtang and Fucha's mansion.

In this way, when Tong Jiu opened his eyes every day, Ji Lan had already left, and if he came back early, he could have dinner together in the evening.It was late, and he had already fallen asleep.

Slowly, Tong Jiu became more and more disorganized. After the Chinese New Year, he just went for a stroll in the street, and occasionally walked around with people of insight who were proficient in Westernization in Beijing and Central China. The whole person looked like dusk.

The indoor racetrack built for Su Le in Han's house was completed, and Tong Jiu asked Jing Fu and Dagula to go and see it together.The racecourse is covered with soft sand, and there are archery targets in the distance, and the next room is for wrestling and capture.

"How about being a kung fu master for Su Le and Jin Ming when your injury is healed?" After the visit, several people dispersed to the conservatory to drink tea. Tong Jiu looked at Jing Fu, his complexion improved a lot, and he drank the tea ceremony.

"Unless, you want them to grow up to be killers." Jing Fu's tone was still the same as before.After hearing this, Tong Jiu and Dagula looked at each other helplessly and smiled.

After drinking tea again, Tong Jiu said, "Since the new year is over, I've been stuck at home every day, which is very boring. Let's go to the garden to listen to a play, how about it?"

"Hey, I don't understand the babbling." Dagula waved his hands again and again, looked at Jing Fu and asked, "Master Hua probably doesn't like to join in the fun, does he?"

"Let's go, let's go together, it's just to accompany me." Tong Jiu said and left, pulled the two of them up, and ordered the boys to prepare the horse.

The three of them arrived at the opera garden and sat down in the private seats on the second floor. As soon as the refreshments and dried fruits were served, the play was about to start.

He heard someone next to him shoot the case, and shouted angrily, "Lin Laowu, that widow in your Yangzhengtang is trying to force Yu Hetang to death. At the beginning, I paid you off your gambling debts and bought shares, but I didn't want you to watch it here. drama."

Hearing Yangzhengtang, Tong Jiu turned his head and looked to the side, and it turned out that Fu Chalin was sitting in a private seat not far away with a middle-aged man.So he turned his head and listened carefully.

"Uncle Qi, if you talk like that, it will hurt your peace. Dare you come to see me today, not to see a play? It's to settle accounts after the autumn!" Lin Wu said generously, "You don't want to challenge me here, but Forty-nine cities to inquire, who have I been afraid of, Fifth Lord?"

"Oh, Lin Laowu, isn't it the situation where you were chased by creditors and ran all over the street and dared not go back to the house? Who said that you would use the secret recipe of your Fucha family to come to our Yu Hetang as a shareholder. Up to now, I saw a picture of your family's recipe. Don’t you have a child? Fifth, brother, I have treated you with the utmost benevolence.” Listening to that Uncle Qi said.

Lin Wu didn't speak, and Uncle Qi continued, "Sister Ling is a great way to secretly supply medicinal materials to the pharmaceutical factories of the six major pharmacies in the capital, and cooperate with them to lower prices, and clearly resist and exclude us Yu Hetang."

"If they surrender, you don't have to surrender." Lin Wu was not willing to listen to his words seriously, watching the play on the stage, and beating the time with his hands, he was already impatient.

"I lowered it? How can I lower it! Do you know how much the ginseng in my library is collected. It's strange to say that the price of ginseng has only increased over the years... hiss , how can your family get so much ginseng, it can be used to pay for the six major pharmacies." Uncle Qi couldn't figure it out.

"Oh, I want to tell you this, but I don't know either. But, I have to say that my young lady-in-law is not an ordinary person." Lin Wu shook his head and said, "Otherwise, why didn't my second sister make such a move when I was in the Guan family? Big news. You, you should take your sister back from the Guan family as soon as possible, and you won't be too discouraged if you lose all your households."

"If this person has a bad back, drinking cold water will fucking stuff his teeth." Uncle Qi cursed and sighed, "To tell you the truth, in order to climb up to the palace, I spent a lot of money on the Guan family and the third son of the Guan family. It's all right now." , all in vain.”

"Then let me tell you the truth. Don't talk about the two of us, even ten of us together can't beat my second sister. If you don't believe me, just fight her to the death. Don't blame me for not reminding you." Fu Chalin drank the tea ceremony, "If it is true as you said, she unites six families to boycott your family. Anyone with a discerning eye can see who wins and loses in this game of chess. There is a silver mountain behind her. You Is there any?"

"In your opinion, what should I do now?" Uncle Qi asked.

Lin Wu lit his pipe, took a puff and said, "If you want me to tell you, don't worry about whether imperial medicine is not imperial medicine. It's better to sell the common people's medicine first. If you are willing to let it go, I will help you later. Check out my second sister's words, she has provided medicinal materials from six families, and there must not be many from your family."

As the drama on the stage gradually improved, the two people behind stopped talking.

Tong Jiu retracted her tilted head and adjusted her sitting posture.While playing with the new handle in his hand, he was thoughtful.It turned out that Ji Lan's free clinic was so busy these days that he pushed Yu Hetang out, and it seemed to be quite effective.It's only been a few days, the eldest of the Qi family panicked, it would be hard for him to come out to discuss with a master like Lin Wu.

But thinking of the few words that Lin Wu just said Ji Lan, he smiled noncommittally, and he finally understood this time.In all business in this world, no matter what you are selling, the most fearful thing is that it will not be sold well.

There are so many landlords in the Qi family, and the personal food and clothing expenses of the upper and lower levels all depend on Yu Hetang's business.In terms of family background, their Qi family really can't compare to the generosity of Fu Cha's family.

After the show ended, Tong Jiu came out of the garden, looked at the darkening sky and the falling snowflakes, Tong Jiu got on the horse.He said to the two people behind him, "Go back first, I'll go to the Yangzheng Hall." After speaking, he urged the horse to leave.

"Master Jiu is here?" Fu Chaqin saw Tong Jiu coming in from the outside, snowflakes were still hanging on the cloak, and he stepped forward to untie the cloak for her, and said warmly, "Master is still dispensing medicine in front, if you have What is the order, I will pass it on."

Tong Jiu waved his hand and said, "I just finished the show, come here for a walk. Thinking about when you will finish your work, let's go back together." He hesitated and said, "Uh, there is nothing left and right. She is busy with her, I will go to the accountant to see Look."

After all, since the two signed the contract, Yangzhengtang transported medicines from outside the pass to Dazhengchang's caravans and horses.After the two got married, Ji Lan never kept the secret from her about Yangzhengtang's accounts, and she supervised many of them.

It wasn't until the Chinese New Year period that Tong Jiu was lazy and Ji Lan was selling medicinal materials here, so she didn't know.

Today, I accidentally heard Uncle Qi's talk about Jilan supplying medicinal materials to six pharmaceutical factories at the same time. Tong Jiu just listened to it, but felt uncertain.

So let the accountants hold the account books for the next year, and do the calculations by themselves, and go through the entire account in their hearts, so that they can understand how Ji Lan's move will be.

As soon as the abacus was done, Tong Jiu forgot the time as soon as he calculated it cracklingly.Until the last ups and downs of the abacus beads settled down, and then looked at the numbers on the ledger, Tong Jiu withdrew his hands and rubbed them together, staring at the abacus beads intently, lost in thought.

"Is it over? After that, let's go eat." Ji Lan's voice came from behind.

Tong Jiu turned around, closed the ledger, got up and said with a light smile, "Are you done?"

Ji Lan brushed off the foam left by the medicine on his hands, and said in a slightly aggrieved tone, "You've seen it too. I've been busy these days, and I'm not making wedding dresses for others."

"Let's go eat." Tong Jiu held Ji Lan's hand in the palm of his hand, seeing that the old slender fingers and nails were covered with black drug foam, rubbed them tightly, and pulled Ji Lan towards him. leave.

Fuchaqin lifted the curtain, and with the bitter north wind paving the way, the outside was already covered with snow, Tong Jiu couldn't help but said in surprise, "Oh, such a heavy snow."

"It's snowing so much, what are you doing here?" Ji Lan took her words, tightened the fur collar around her neck, and said, "What kind of joke did you watch, and you think of me instead?"

"If I said I watched "The Case of Guillotine Beauty", would you still be kidding me that the prodigal son turned back after seeing the guillotine?" Tong Jiu smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Don't care what kind of prodigal son you are, I'm not Qin Xianglian." Ji Lan said so, but pinched the back of Tong Jiu's hand, and said, "However, with this new year, Master Jiu is very happy. .”

"Where am I so free? These days, I can't eat and I can't sleep." Tong Jiu rubbed his nose and said, "Aji, actually I——."

Ji Lan shook her hand instead, patted it, looked deeply at Tong Jiu, and said, "I won't mention the past. I asked the dining room to boil milk tea, and it will be cold after a while."

Tong Jiu sighed, and said listlessly, "Aji, I have read the account. So, will our family be compensated?"

Ji Lan pulled her into the main hall, and said, "There is no reason for a businessman to trade at a loss. When we get to the back, don't talk about the previous things, let's wash our hands."

The author has something to say: I caught a cold when I came back from a business trip, and I stayed in bed for a few days.Entering November, the work will be even busier, and the update progress still cannot be maintained.It should gradually recover by December.