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The Ji family abandoned the boat and landed in Tongzhou, and it was already the beginning of winter. After arriving in Tongzhou, the Ji family did not follow Qin Zhen into Beijing together, but deliberately lagged one step behind.

Master Ji and Mrs. Ji in the capital had already gotten the news, and when Ji Xiaotang helped Mrs. Ji to the shore, he saw Ji Xiaomu with a team of chariots and horses to greet him.

Ji Xiaomu is the eldest son of Master Ji, he is seventeen years old this year, he has been admitted to the juren, and now he is studying in Guozijian, and he is a famous talent in the capital. He once went to Qingyuan with Master Ji to mourn Mrs. Ji, so Ji Xiaotang recognized him.

Of the sisters in Master Ji's room, Ji Xiaotang has only seen Ji Xiaomu.

Ji Xiaomu has a long figure, a fair face, and a handsome appearance, judging from Ji Xiaotang, he looks like a typical Ji family, but Mrs. Ji doesn't think so. Mrs. Ji said that Ji Xiaomu was completely with his mother.

When Ji Xiaomu saw Mrs. Ji, she hurriedly stepped forward, and knelt down in front of Mrs. Ji regardless of what was going on underground.

"The grandson kowtows to the grandmother." Ji Xiaomu kowtowed to Mrs. Ji.

Old Mrs. Ji looked behind Ji Xiaomu, and the servants who followed Ji Xiaomu also knelt for a long time. But what Mrs. Ji is looking for is naturally not these people.

didn't see the person she wanted to see, and Old Lady Ji's face sank obviously.

Mrs. Ji's temperament is not very good, and she is not used to taking a boat, she has been suffering a lot these days, and now when she arrives in Tongzhou, the weather here is much drier and colder than Qingyuan.

Many factors come together in one place. Mrs. Ji's body and mood are equally bad.

"Get up," Mrs. Ji said coyly, "your father and mother sent you to pick you up." It's they who have a heart. ”

That doesn't sound like that.

Ji Xiaomu knelt on the ground, and he didn't dare to come out. He had never been raised by Mrs. Ji since he was a child, and he had heard Mrs. Ji say a lot of things about Mrs. Ji, and he was a little afraid of Mrs. Ji in his heart. Although he is the eldest grandson, he should be extremely favored, but in front of Mrs. Ji, he didn't dare to make a mistake in the slightest rule, let alone rely on the identity of the eldest grandson to be coquettish and stupid.

Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji are still behind. Others can't speak, so Ji Xiaotang naturally can't just look at it.

"Lobby brother, please get up and speak. My grandmother was not used to riding on a boat, and she was not very comfortable. I was happy to see my brother in the lobby. But in such a cold ground, the lobby brother knelt like this regardless of it, didn't it make my grandmother feel distressed? If you don't get up again, Grandmother will be even more angry. Ji Xiaotang said. Let Ji Xiaoyun help Mrs. Ji. She stepped forward and stretched out her hand to help Ji Xiaomu.

Ji Xiaomu hurriedly kowtowed again, then stood up, with a smile on his face, and he was really grateful to Ji Xiaotang in his heart.

Mrs. Ji gave him a faceless face in front of her subordinates, and she also blamed Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji for being unfilial.

Ji Xiaotang came forward and covered up all these embarrassments with a few understatements, as if Mrs. Ji was just distressed about her grandson. Therefore, he was angry with his son and daughter-in-law, and whitewashed a harmonious atmosphere of mother's love and filial piety, and happiness.

"Grandmother worked hard. There is still some way to get into Beijing from here. My father and mother were afraid of my grandmother's bumpy road, so I borrowed my grandfather's car, which was more comfortable than ordinary carriages, and asked my grandmother not to dislike it. ”

Old Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Xiaomu and then at Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang smiled at Mrs. Ji.

Old Mrs. Ji snorted softly and didn't say anything more.

At this time, Master Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er had already caught up from behind. When Ji Xiaomu saw Second Master Ji, he hurriedly stepped forward again and saluted Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji.

Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji were very happy to see Ji Xiaomu.

"Why did I send you here, I'm not afraid of delaying the homework of the Guozijian! With me and your aunt in the care, it is enough to send a steward who is familiar with the path. Second Master Ji picked up Ji Xiaomu and said.

Although Ji Xiaomu was equally respectful when he spoke to Second Master Ji, his demeanor relaxed a lot. Although the uncle and nephew don't see each other much, they get along very well and have a good relationship.

"When my grandmother, my second uncle and my aunt's family entered Beijing, my nephew should go to Qingyuan to follow, but now that it's like this, it's already my nephew who is lazy. The second uncle should not say this, so that the nephew has no place to be ashamed. …… After a day or two of homework, I lived with my second uncle and asked for advice from time to time, which was better than being in Guozijian. Ji Xiaomu said with a smile.

"Don't say that, the Guozi Prison is full of contemporary Confucians, you have to listen carefully to their teachings." Ji Er said.

Ji Xiaomu replied respectfully.

Everyone would not stay on the dock for a long time, so Ji Xiaomu asked Mrs. Ji to get into Yang Ge's car, but Mrs. Ji refused. Qin Zhen gave the Ji family three carriages, and when they arrived in Tongzhou, so close to the capital, the second master Ji only left one, and still gave it to Mrs. Ji to sit on.

The rest of the people all took the carriage of the Ji family brought by Ji Xiaomu, but they left Yang Gelao's car idle.

"Grandmother is used to this car, so she doesn't want to change it, so don't think about it." Ji Xiaotang saw Ji Xiaomu's embarrassed appearance, and said a word before getting into the car.

From Tongzhou to the capital, it is a smooth official road. The carriage and horses were unimpeded all the way, and when they entered the capital, they turned to Guanliang Hutong and stopped at the second gate of Xinhuatang, which was already about to be dusk.

Ji Xiaotang helped Mrs. Ji get out of the car, and in front of the second gate, the flowers and branches were displayed, and the splendid bushes were headed by Master Ji, who was already kneeling.

"Mother......" Master Ji walked two steps on his knees, shouting in his mouth, but his eyes were already red.

Old Mrs. Ji's eyes tightened, and the hand on Ji Xiaotang's arm also tightened.

"Grandmother......" Ji Xiaotang reminded Mrs. Ji in a low voice. Fang was at Tongzhou Wharf, and he had already given Ji Xiaomu an ugly look, but now that he was in Xinhuatang, it would be very inappropriate to treat Master Ji and Mrs. Ji like this.

Mrs. Ji still listened to the persuasion, and her tense face finally relaxed.

Master Ji had already kneeled to Mrs. Ji, and opened his arms as if he wanted to hold Mrs. Ji's legs.

Old Madam Ji seemed to be frightened, and she took two steps back uneasily. He also stretched out a hand to refuse.

Master Ji's outstretched arms hung down, and when he pressed his two hands on the ground, he kowtowed to Mrs. Ji.

"Mother. I want to kill my son, woo woo. Master Ji was full of emotion, so he burst into tears.

"Get up...... bar. Mrs. Ji held Ji Xiaotang's arm and pressed almost half of the weight of her body on Ji Xiaotang.

Mrs. Ji has always been strong, but even if she is unwell, it is rare to do so.

When the mother and son met, there were not many words. However, Master Ji kept crying, and it was very touching to watch the scene. Mrs. Ji asked him to get up, but he refused.

Second Master Ji arrived. reluctantly helped Master Ji up from the ground.

"My father, mother, grandmother and second uncle's family came from afar, especially my grandmother was the hardest and felt a little unwell. Father and mother should quickly invite grandmother and second uncle, second aunt, sister and younger brother into the warm place of the house to talk. Ji Xiaomu stepped forward and said.

"That's exactly what happened." Master Ji nodded.

Mrs. Ji also nodded. Wipe the corners of your eyes with a handkerchief. It's the same as Master Ji. Mrs. Ji also had red circles in her eyes this time.

Everyone gathered around and entered the second gate, and invited Mrs. Ji to sit in the hall of Qianhua Hall, and then Mr. Ji's family knelt on the ground again and officially saluted Mrs. Ji.

Ji Xiaotang had the opportunity to take a closer look at Master Ji's family.

Old Man Ji is middle-aged, and his figure is slightly fat, but he can still see the handsome and chic silhouette of his youth. Mrs. Ji Da is a beautiful woman who is dressed up in a very luxurious and rich manner.

Because he had heard many rumors about Mrs. Ji, Ji Xiaotang couldn't help but look at Mrs. Ji a few times. Mrs. Ji is the same age as Master Ji, but her skin is fair and delicate. He looks very young, like he is in his early thirties.

Mrs. Ji is not like the northern woman that Ji Xiaotang is used to. There is a bit of a southern women's water show.

If it is evaluated objectively, Mrs. Ji Da can naturally be called a beauty, but this level of beauty is common even for Ji Xiaotang. Legend has it that the fascination of Master Ji is not just based on his beauty.

Master Ji and Mrs. Ji kowtowed to Mrs. Ji, followed by Ji Xiaomu and Yang.

Ji Xiaomu became a relative at the beginning of this year, the Yang family is one year older than Ji Xiaomu, and is the granddaughter of Yang Ge Lao and the cousin of Ji Xiaomu's relatives.

Then, it was Ji Xiaolian, Ji Xiaoxue and Ji Xiaoqin, all of whom came over one by one to kowtow to Mrs. Ji.

Next, Ji Xiaotang, Ji Xiaoyun, and Changsheng gave a salute to Master Ji and Mrs. Ji, and then Ji Xiaomu and others met their uncles and aunts.

Finally, the sisters met each other and talked about each other's years.

On the side of the male grandson, Ji Xiaomu is the elder, the second master Ji Xiaoxue, and the third is Changsheng.

On the granddaughter's side, Ji Xiaolian is the oldest, then Ji Xiaoyun, Ji Xiaotang, and the youngest is Ji Xiaoqin, she is the same age as Ji Xiaotang, but her birthday is two months later, and she was born at the end of September.

“…… arranged a banquet for his mother and second brother. Master Ji smiled lovely.

"Family, don't pay attention to these false courtesies. The banquet can be eaten at any time, and the old lady is tired all the way, so it is better to rest early. Second Master Ji said.

"Everything depends on my mother and second brother." Seeing that Mrs. Ji looked dazed, he didn't have much energy, so he immediately agreed.

Speaking of rest, it was Mrs. Ji who came out to speak.

"Knowing that the old lady and the second master's family were coming, I immediately started to clean up." Mrs. Ji smiled and spoke, her voice crisp and neat. "This Qianhua Hall is naturally for my mother to live in."

Master Ji and Mrs. Ji gave up the five courtyards on the middle road, and let Mrs. Ji take the second master of Ji and his family to live. They themselves moved to the courtyard on East Road.

"It's all been cleaned and replaced with the favorite furnishings of the old lady, the second master, the second wife and a few nieces." Mrs. Ji kept smiling and was very kind.

Qianhuatang is the main hall of the main house, and when she heard Mrs. Ji say that she wanted to give her this Qianhuatang to live in, Mrs. Ji's face was not only not happy, but a little annoyed.

"I'm not used to living here." Old Lady Ji said with a stiff face.

Before entering Beijing, according to Mrs. Ji's meaning, she wanted to buy another house to live in, and she did not come to Master Ji's Xinhuatang.

However, the Ji family did not have other ready-made mansions in the capital, and the second master Ji persuaded Mrs. Ji that if the family went, they would not live in Master Ji's house, but go outside to find another house, which was unreasonable.

Mostly. This has a very bad impact on Master Ji.

Because of the events in the early years, Master Ji had a faint reputation for unfilial piety, if it weren't for the fact that someone behind him was pressed to maintain it. Master Ji has long been unable to sit still.

Now Mrs. Ji is like this again, it is clear that Mr. Ji is not filial.

In order to persuade Mrs. Ji, Second Master Ji also said that if he did this, it would also make outsiders suspect that their brothers were not compatible, and it would be very unfavorable to him.

After repeated persuasion by the family, Mrs. Ji reluctantly agreed to come to live at Mr. Ji's house.

Now, Mrs. Ji can't say that she can't live in Qianhuatang. Her words were direct, and she did not hide the disgust on her face.

Master Ji smiled, but looked at Second Master Ji.

Mrs. Ji lowered her eyes. Hiding the sharpness of her eyes, when she raised her eyes again, her face was full of smiles.

"The old lady meant, although she came. But I just came to enjoy the blessings of my eldest brother and sister-in-law. He refuses to take care of things. Living here is not cheap. Second Master Ji said, "What is the eldest brother and sister-in-law, just stay the same, find two other yards, and we will accompany the old lady to live." ”

Second Master Ji didn't plan to live in the courtyard of the middle road.

"How does this make. The mother came, and the mother of nature was in charge of everything in the house. That is, when a female dependent came to visit, the mother came out to meet her. It's also that I have a light on my face. The fetus is young, and the mother needs to guide him in everything. "What Master Ji said was eager and natural.

Mrs. Ji was speechless. He only raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and the corner of his eye swept over Master Ji's face, the meaning was unknown.

The two sides talked like this for a long time, but Mrs. Ji never let go, and the second master Ji kept persuading, and Master Ji only half pushed and half responded on the spot.

"This is what the mother means, and we children can only obey, but our hearts are uneasy."

"The eldest brother doesn't have to be uneasy, so that the mother is also at ease, which is the filial piety of the eldest brother." Ji Er said.

The smile on Master Ji's face was even more kind: "Second brother is right. ”

The matter was settled in this way, Master Ji and Mrs. Ji still lived in Qianhua Hall, and the Sanjin courtyard on East Road was vacated for Mrs. Ji and Ji Xiaotang's family to live in.

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Xinhuatang is located in the Guanliang Hutong in the northeast of the capital, with a total of five courtyards, divided into middle road, east road and west road, with more than 300 houses. Originally, Master Ji's family lived very spacious, but now that Ji Xiaotang's family is here, the house is also very sufficient.

Mrs. Ji didn't like to be lively, so she lived in the fourth Xuanhua Hall, the second master Ji and the second Mrs. Ji lived in the third Jinghua Hall with immortality, and the fifth Yanhua Hall was given to Ji Xiaotang and Ji Xiaoyun.

The three courtyards are very clean and neat, and they are cleaned up early at a glance.

Ji Xiaotang sat in the house on Yanhua Hall, watching Mama Cheng take the girl and daughter-in-law to clean up and settle everywhere.

A lot of the furnishings have been replaced with the things that Ji Xiaotang brought from Qingyuan.

"Yao'er, you make a separate booklet and register all the decorations that originally existed here." Ji Xiaotang instructed Shen Yao.

Shen Yao agreed, and when he was busy, he went to make another register to register.

The main room of this Yanhuatang is a structure of three rooms and two ears, because Mrs. Ji was reluctant to let Ji Xiaoyun and asked Ji Xiaoyun to live with her, so this Yanhuatang belonged to Ji Xiaotang alone, and Ji Xiaotang arranged it.

There are three main rooms, one as a bedroom, one as a living room, and one as a study. There are two ear rooms, the east ear room is given to Mama Cheng, and the rest of the girls live in the west ear room.

In addition to the main room, there are three east and west wings, the west wing was made a warehouse by Ji Xiaotang, and the east wing was temporarily vacant and other arrangements were made.

In addition, there are several podiums behind the main house, which are given to the rest of the servants.

Ji Xiaotang entered Beijing, and brought two big girls who served Jin'er and Xiu'er closely, and four little girls, Cui'er, Bi'er, Yao'er, and Qiong'er. In addition, there are four daughters-in-law who accompanied her to guard the back corner door that night, and the four daughters-in-law who were extremely loyal and brave and capable, as well as two little maids who did not keep their heads.

Yanhuatang already has a maid in charge of sprinkling and sweeping, and Mrs. Ji also assigned four girls to serve Ji Xiaotang.

Ji Xiaotang only felt that there were enough people serving around her, and she didn't plan to leave the girls who didn't know the details by her side, but she didn't want to refuse Mrs. Ji's kindness, so she called the four girls in.

Four girls, wearing a green vest, a vermilion jacket and a thread skirt, the two younger ones are thoughtful, and the two are slightly older. The girl who is about sixteen or seventeen years old is quite colorful.

Ji Xiaotang looked at a few girls and asked a few more words. Looking at the way they responded, they had an idea.

She asked Jin'er to take out the reward envelope and give it to the two older girls.

"What the eldest lady gave should not have been resigned. It's just that I'm young and don't need too many people to serve. Sending my two sisters to serve the old lady is also a piece of my filial piety. Ji Xiaotang asked Jin'er to send the two big girls to Xuanhuatang.

Because of the matter of the eldest lady sending the girl, Ji Xiaotang thought for a moment in his heart. Don't worry, I handed over all the affairs of Yanhuatang to Mama Cheng, and I took Cui'er and Bi'er to the front.

Ji Xiaotang first arrived at the Jinghua Hall of the Second Master and the Second Mrs. Ji.

The structure of Jinghuatang is similar to that of Yeonhwatang. It's just two more small cross-yards. Ji Xiaotang sent the people in the house out, and talked to Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji.

Jinghuatang here, Mrs. Ji also sent people, except for the rough ones. There are also four girls. The daughters-in-law of the four stewards.

As soon as Ji Xiaotang came in, he saw these people, so he knew what to expect. The four girls, all fifteen or sixteen years old, are brightly dressed, but they are Zhou Zheng but not outstanding.

"Mother, father," Ji Xiaotang sat in the upper hall, "The eldest lady also gave me four girls." I gave two of them to my grandmother. ”

"Oh......" Second Mrs. Ji wanted to say something, but she could see Ji Xiaotang's face. I realized something in my heart and swallowed back what I was going to say. "Then I'm ...... here"

"Mother, it doesn't have to be like this here. The eldest lady gave it to her mother, and she thought it was clever and reliable, and the girl in our family had just arrived, and she was not familiar with the path, so the sisters sent by the eldest lady could pass the news back and forth to her mother. ”

"That's what I'm going to do." Mrs. Ji nodded. No matter how generous Mrs. Ji is, she will not use people around her who don't know the details. The people sent by the eldest lady are naturally serving outside.

Ji Xiaotang saw that Mrs. Ji understood what she meant, so she put her mind at ease: "I'll go see the old lady." ”

Coming out of the back corner door of Jinghua Hall, I turned a pink and white shadow wall, which was Xuanhua Hall.

The layout of Xuanhuatang is exactly the same as that of Jinghuatang.

Mrs. Ji took Ji Xiaoyun to live in the upper room, Gu Xueer lived in the west wing, and Yao took Zhou Nianhong and Zhou Qiao to live alone in the east cross courtyard.

Mrs. Ji was sitting on the big kang near the window, losing her temper, and no one in the room dared to say anything. Seeing Ji Xiaotang coming, Mrs. Ji's face was a little better.

"You're done with it? But if there's anything wrong, tell your grandmother, and your grandmother will arrange it for you. "When I arrived in the capital, compared to being in Qingyuan, Mrs. Ji became more and more kind and loving to Ji Xiaotang." It's here that someone wants to treat you sisters slowly, and grandmother can make decisions for you! ”

In addition to the old lady Ji and the girl brought by Ji Xiaoyun from Qingyuan, there were also a few eye-catching girls in the room, all of whom were trembling and laughing.

"Everything is arranged for me by Mama Cheng, and I will come to see my grandmother. Grandmother rest assured, the eldest lady is attentive and thoughtful, everything is in order. Ji Xiaotang sat next to Mrs. Ji, while ordering everyone to quit.

The peonies all retreated, and the few who were born in the eyes, led by a mother-in-law, were still standing with laughter.

"Let you out, what are you waiting for?" Mrs. Ji became impatient and glared at her mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law was about to step forward to speak, but when she saw that Mrs. Ji was like this, she didn't dare to speak at the moment, but just laughed with her, and led a group of people to retreat.

Ji Xiaotang was about to persuade Mrs. Ji, but Mrs. Ji seemed to know what she was going to say, so she waved her hand and didn't let her say it.

"Xiaotang, you are still young after all, and you are a solid-eyed child. What have you experienced in the inner house, what you have seen is only your living Bodhisattva-like mother, and then there is a mouthless person like me, where have you seen that merciful and ruthless, honey-bellied sword. Listen to your grandmother, or you're going to suffer! At this time, Mrs. Ji suddenly became energetic, and she deliberately raised her voice to say the words "Compassion and Cruelty", as if she was afraid that people outside would not hear it.

Ji Xiaotang wanted to persuade Mrs. Ji to persuade Mrs. Ji that, seeing her like this, he was a little helpless.

“…… To say that the main house and courtyard will be vacated for me to live in is nothing but a lie. If they really have this filial piety, it is not them! I'm just too lazy to bother with them, and what kind of Qianhua is really disgusting to me, otherwise, I'm going to live there and see what kind of face they have! Mrs. Ji was furious.

It was this incident that she scolded in the house just now.

In Mrs. Ji's maiden name, there is a Chinese character.

Ji Xiaotang knew that this was true. Cui'er was clever, so she took the opportunity to run to several courtyards on the middle road, especially Qianhua Hall, except for the main hall where they had just been, the rest of the places were all traces of the residence of Master Ji and Mrs. Ji, and the two of them had no intention of moving out at all.

They expected that Mrs. Ji would not live in Qianhuatang, and Second Master Ji would not live in the middle of the road over Mr. Ji's family.

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