In the spring of the twenty-first year of Chaohe, Old Lady Ji returned home, and more than three full years have passed since he came back during the last Chinese New Year. The Ji family didn't have much reaction to the matter of Old Lady Ji's return home, that is, Old Lady Ji also reacted as if she was ushering in a familiar old man.

This time, Mrs. Ji still did not return home empty-handed, he brought back five carts of belongings, three of which were women and children, and the other was luggage. He has retired from office and will settle permanently in Shuzhou City in the future. When Ji Shouye received the news of his return, he had already greeted his two younger brothers, and in the future, the Ji family could only be the husband and wife.

If the two younger brothers must understand the old father's difficulty, reach out to help everywhere, and hinder Grandma Ji's actions in everything, then the three of them will live separately, he doesn't want his wife to work hard for half her life, and she will have to bear the knife behind her back at this time. Ji Shoucheng's brows were tangled for a moment, agreeing with his brother's decision, the Ji family has always been the head of a big house, and the Ji family today is all relying on Ji Shouye's management.

After Ji Shoujia was born, it was the freezing point of the relationship between Mrs. Ji and his wife, Mrs. Ji's heart was already outside at that time, and her concern for this boy was only floating on the surface. And Mrs. Ji is frustrated, she just has the heart to take care of her youngest son, and he was almost taken care of by the eldest brother and his wife at that time, and the troublesome Mrs. Ji is the person with the least affection among the three brothers, but he has a natural sympathy between mother and son for Mrs. Ji. What's more, over the years, Mrs. Ji has always been a loving elder, and she treats her children and grandchildren very closely.

Naturally, it was a submissive nod. He smiled and said to Ji Shouye: "Big brother, I think I have the heart to respect the elderly and be filial to them, but I don't have to go to ask for peace three times a day, those empty things, no matter how much you do, will only grind the family affection." When my father came back, I asked my eldest brother to discuss with him, and we should go to his old man's house every morning to say goodbye, and not disturb the peace of the old man's house when we were free. ”

Ji Shouye looked at Ji Shoujia angrily and said: "Filial piety to your parents is naturally consistent with your words and deeds. My father liked the family to see him three times a day, so he let him go. Ji Shoujia looked at Ji Shouye's expression, didn't dare to continue talking to him, only looked at Ji Shoucheng with small eyes, saw that he was angry and funny, and said, "Little brother, I should call Li'er over and take a look at your current look." ”

Ji Shouye looked at him and discussed with Ji Shoucheng: "My mother told me that my father retired and came back to live, and she wanted to move to the backyard of the old garden. She said that after so many years, she has become accustomed to quiet days. Ji Shoucheng and Ji Shoujia's brothers immediately objected, and Ji Shoucheng said unhappily: "Mother thinks about everything for the sake of others, and I don't think that person will be moved by her understanding." Where she is used to living, why let it out. There is also a garden on the side of the old garden, so it is better to give it to my father to live in. ”

After the master of the Ji family came back, he didn't have much backlash about moving to the side courtyard of the old garden, he just asked for intimate people to serve him, and he also taught the underage concubine in person. Ji Shouye and his wife should both accept it, and they later mentioned these trivial matters to Mrs. Ji. Maybe the past affection has become an old thing in Mrs. Ji's heart, and that person makes her careless. Mrs. Ji didn't have any displeasure, she smiled and said, "Older people, there are caring people to serve you safely." ”

Ji Shouye and his wife mentioned it privately, and they sighed in their hearts, such a couple who shared weal and woe became strangers in their later years. However, what happened next made them even less free to think. Ji Shouye became the official position of the governor of Shuzhou City Congwupin in this year, which was an unexpected joy for Ji Shouye. He has been sitting firmly in the position of Liupintong for many years, and he has long lost confidence in promotion, and he just wants to keep his current position wholeheartedly.

The Ji family had just rejoiced for a few days, and then the Ji Shoujia made a mistake in their job and directly sent the remote town to the magistrate. Ji Shouye was very angry and directly invited Ji Shoujia to question, after listening to his words, he had to accept the reality, and he also felt grateful to the people above Ji Shoujia's family, who were indeed decent gentlemen, so they didn't trample him to the end. Ji Shoujia did make a negligent mistake in public office, according to the usual situation, he quickly made up for it afterwards, and the people above would turn a blind eye.

It's just that the thing that really upset the people above about Ji Shoujia was that he lost his words after drinking and offended the people above by what he said. Ji Shouye has a very powerless feeling about this younger brother, he is not an ignorant person, but he always makes mistakes in the subtleties, so that the official position is high for a while and low for a while. Ji Shouye sighed and said, "Since you went there, you can do it well, and there will be more opportunities to improve." ”

Ji Shouye left Ji Shouye's family to discuss the people to follow, and the two agreed that the place was too remote and not conducive to Ji Anning's studies, and for Ji Anning, the road was too far, she was too young, and she was worried that she would die on the road. Ji Shouye and his wife are willing to keep their brother and sister by their side, and Ji Shoujia is naturally happy. It's just that Tian wants to stay with his children, but Ji Shouye is in charge, she goes with her, guards Ji Shou's house well, and writes back quickly in case of trouble.

Before Ji Shoujia left, he sent out the group of women around him, leaving only two sensible people to follow him to serve. Tian is reluctant to face her children, but she understands more in her heart the importance of Ji Shou's family to her children. After she cleaned up the people around her children, she entrusted the affairs of her children to Ji Shouye's wife, Bu Shi.

The day before Ji Shoujia and his wife left, they packed Ji Shuli and Ji Anning's brother and sister into a garden. Ji Shuli arranged to live in a small study next to Ji Shouye's outer courtyard study, and Ji Anning lived in Bu's side room. Ji Shouye specially transferred two ten-year-old maids to Ji Shuli to serve closely, and Ji Anning arranged two fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls by his side.

When it was time to say goodbye, Tian took his children's hands and greeted Ji Li over and over again, saying that he must take care of his sister. She beckoned Ji Anning to obey her brother and talk to her aunt in case of trouble. All in all, Tian was dragged into the carriage by Ji Shoujia, and she also poked her head out of the window to look at a pair of children. The carriage gradually moved away, and Bushi accompanied a pair of children to stand at the gate of the courtyard, she took the hands of Ji Li and Ji Anning from left to right, and said, "Don't be afraid, your father and mother are not at home, and you have an uncle and an aunt." ”