Chapter 16: The Prodigal Son Returns
In the dead of night, it was drizzling outside the window. The cold of the rainy night in mid-spring was like silk, seeping in through the window. There is a big case of Nanmu in the window, and the tall man in purple is only wearing a single shirt, and he doesn't seem to feel any chill at all.
He sat under the lamp, holding a Hepu pearl in his hand, and looked at it thoughtfully.
That Hepu Zhu is the one left on Ji Xiaotang's shoes.
There was a sound of footsteps outside, and someone immediately reported at the door.
The man in purple didn't raise his eyes, but only called someone in a deep voice to come in and speak.
"How's it going?" The attendant entered the door and saluted, and the purple-clothed man asked.
"If you go back to your master, the Ji family has sent people into the mountains several times to look for them, but there is no result, it seems that they have stopped thinking."
"Hmm." The man in purple nodded, noncommittal.
"Master, what else do you have to say?" The attendant peeked at the purple-clothed man holding the Hepu bead, and he was blessed for a while.
"You tell everyone to prepare well and enter the city tomorrow." The man in purple didn't seem to hear the meaning of the attendant's words, and only commanded.
"Master, we Orion did a good job, why didn't we suddenly do it? If you go into the city, won't you startle the snake? "This attendant has been serving with the man in purple for many years, and he is quite relied on by the man in purple, so he dares to speak like this.
"Orion is doing well?" The man in purple raised his eyes, "We've been recognized." If you continue to do it, it will not do you any good. Change your identity and enter the city, and maybe there will be gains. β
"Yes, my subordinates will prepare."
After sending the attendant out, the man in purple looked at the beads in his hand again.
"Unexpectedly, I also have a day when I am rewarded heavily." In this world, there are only a handful of people who are qualified and dare to reward him.
"I accepted the first payment." The man in purple slowly tucked the beads into his sleeve. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and under the candlelight, a pair of dark eyes looked dark and bottomless.
Master Ji San was recuperating from his injuries, and there was no need for Mrs. Ji to speak, so Master Ji Er first said that he was temporarily exempted from all his homework.
Until Master Ji San fully recovers, he will no longer have to worry about studying. For Master Ji San, I don't know if this is a blessing in disguise.
It was getting late, and it was drizzling outside. Master Ji San suddenly sent a small copper coin to find Ji Xiaotang.
"The third master is in good spirits today, please come over and talk."
Ji Xiaotang thought for a while, then nodded in response, and covered one side with a lake-blue gold silk placket sleeve gown, and asked Jin'er to take the little girl to hold an umbrella and go straight to Master Ji San's side.
Master Ji San must have something important to look for her at this time.
When he arrived at Master Ji's house, Ji Xiaotang first took out the pigeon soup that Mrs. Ji had specially stewed for Master Ji San.
"My mother specially boiled it for my uncle, and after staying up for a long time, I brought it over to my uncle. Uncle drank it while it was hot, it was fragrant. Ji Xiaotang held the soup cup to Master Ji San.
"It's the soup made by the second sister-in-law, I love to drink this." Master Ji San was already sitting on the couch waiting for Ji Xiaotang, and when he saw Ji Xiaotang say this, he hurriedly took the soup cup and asked Ji Xiaotang if he wanted to take two sips.
"My mother added ginseng to it, and there were some other things, and I didn't drink it." Ji Xiaotang squinted.
Master Ji San was stunned, and knew that there must be bitter medicine in it.
Medicinal diet and medicinal diet can't escape a medicinal gas.
"Ha, then I'll be done." Master Ji San drank all the soup in two bites, and asked someone to remove the soup cup.
After a few days of careful recuperation, Master Ji San's face was already a little bloody.
"Uncle, how do you feel?" Ji Xiaotang asked faintly.
"Good, I still think I'm fat." Master Ji San touched his face, and then smiled, "In the past few days, you have been racing to bring me food, but I will not refuse to come, hehe." β
Master Ji San's smile was as lazy as ever.
Ji Xiaotang sighed secretly.
Maybe others can't find out, but she who knows the inside story best can't help but be aware. Master Ji San's smile added something else.
Master Ji San seems to have grown up overnight. He deliberately made a heartless appearance as a cover-up.
After laughing, Master Ji San waved his hand and pushed all the people serving in the house away.
Only Master Ji San and Uncle Ji Xiaotang were left in the house.
"Uncle."
"Xiaotang."
The two of them glanced at each other, and they were all silent. After a trip to Qingxi Mountain, the uncle and nephew can finally talk properly.
"Xiaotang, I've wanted to talk to you for a long time." Master Ji San sat up straight on the couch, and the laziness on his face had long since disappeared.
"I want to wait for my uncle's health to get better." Ji Xiaotang said.
"I can't wait." Master Ji San said with a straight face, "Xiaotang, what I said at the time came from the bottom of my heart. I stayed for this purpose. From then on, Uncle took your horse as the head, in the water and fire, for the Ji family, for you, and fought for my life, and I was willing. Xiaotang, you sue Uncle SΓΉ. β
Knowing that the family he would harm was ruined, his mother and Xiaotang would starve to death. Master Ji San wanted to die at that time. But Ji Xiaotang said that there were traitors in it, and Master Ji San didn't want to die.
If he survives, even if he dies with the traitor, he must save his relatives.
Master Ji San, who used to have nothing to do and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, now has only this one thing in his heart.
Ji Xiaotang did not answer immediately.
"Xiaotang, don't you believe in Uncle?"
"Uncle, I believe you." Ji Xiaotang stared at Master Ji San for a moment, and then nodded solemnly.
"Xiaotang, you sue Uncle SΓΉ, ...... "Who was he deceived, who was calculating the Ji family, and for what?
"Uncle, our Ji family...... Raising a tiger has become a ......" Ji Xiaotang lowered his voice.
For several days, Ji Xiaotang went to accompany Master Ji San every day. The uncle and nephew often sent people away, and they didn't know what to say when they got together, but they didn't let people get close.
"It's better for their uncle and nephew to be like this. I don't know how much they have to say about themselves every day! "Mrs. Ji knew, so she told Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji. This seems to be a number, but in fact, it is spoiled.
"It would be nice if Xiaotang was a boy." Old Lady Ji sighed again.
Master Ji San is an old man, and he is very different in age from his brothers, and he can't play together, so he is inevitably a little lonely.
Mrs. Ji said unintentionally, and Mrs. Ji listened to it next to her, and she felt that she was stabbed in the heart. She and Ji Er have been married for many years, and only gave birth to two daughters and no sons.
However, Second Mrs. Ji is a broad-hearted person, and she also knows that Mrs. Ji has always been so unguarded when she speaks, and her heart is blocked for a while, and then she lets go.
The third brother and Xiaotang lost their temper. Don't look at Xiaotang who is well-behaved and clever, but also naughty about that. Mrs. Ji said.
"Hehe," Mrs. Ji didn't know what to remember, and suddenly laughed out loud.
"If the old lady has something funny, let her daughter-in-law hear it." Mrs. Ji asked.
Although Master Ji San was injured, it was rare that Mrs. Ji had a good temper this time, and her attitude towards her had improved a lot compared to the past.
"I heard the little girls say that Xiaotang went to see her uncle these days, and her uncle had to let Xiaotang if she had anything to eat. Even the medicinal food made according to Lang Zhong's recipe in the kitchen, he let Xiaotang eat it. Mrs. Ji said.
"Hey." Mrs. Ji Er sighed, crying and laughing, "They are still children's tempers, and it can be seen that their uncles and nephews are closer than others." β
There is no big thing in a child's family, and he is good to people, that is, he is willing to give his things to this person.
"You don't know. Xiaotang came back with you for the first time. You go out, and she's with me. At that time, she was only how old she was, and she couldn't walk steadily, but her uncle liked her, and he also got something to eat, so he brought it to her first. β
"Xiaotang's child doesn't pick, she eats whatever her uncle gives her. That day, her uncle brought some fresh mulberries, but he didn't know how to take care of people, and he didn't let the maids and daughters-in-law who were waiting for him help, so he fed them to Xiaotang himself. β
"By the time I saw it, Xiaotang had already eaten his face."
The little man carved in pink and jade, eating with purple hands and faces. When Mrs. Ji saw it, she was startled at first, and then couldn't help laughing.
Even now that she thinks about it, Mrs. Ji can't help but laugh.
Mrs. Ji reluctantly laughed twice, and couldn't help but slander in her heart.
Master Ji's unreliability, I'm afraid part of it comes from this old lady Ji.
Master Ji San is a person who can't be idle, and he will soon get off the kang to walk around. The Ji family invited Lang Zhong to come and see, so they were willing to let him walk a few steps every day, and the people who were waiting were not allowed to leave left and right.
Seeing that Master Ji San was able to come out and walk around, everyone was still happy. Mrs. Ji asked the kitchen to prepare a table of exquisite meals, and everyone gathered in Mrs. Ji's room to eat.
Master Ji San was happy at first, but later he was a little embarrassed.
"What's the matter, what's uncomfortable, let someone invite Lang Zhong to come." When Mrs. Ji saw this, she immediately became nervous.
"Mother, I'm fine." Master Ji San said, but he didn't let people invite Langzhong.
"Uncle read the book for half an hour today." Ji Xiaotang said suddenly beside him.
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Ji Xiaotang.
"It's true." Ji Xiaotang hurriedly said, "Uncle won't let me sue people." Uncle said that this time he was injured, he finally figured it out, and he didn't want to live idly like before. Uncle wants to work hard to become a talent. β
Everyone's eyes fell on Master Ji San again, and they were all gratified and hopeful.
Mrs. Ji even had tears in her excited eyes.
"However, when the uncle picked up the book, he had a headache." Ji Xiaotang added in a low voice.
No matter how low she was, everyone present could still hear it clearly.
"Uncle endured a headache and read for half an hour, but in the end he couldn't support ......"
"Ahem, it's good to want to study, you don't have to rush it." Master Ji San said with some mixed feelings. He had a gut feeling that something was wrong.
"That's it, what your second brother said is reasonable. If you want to read, you will be all right. Even if you don't read, there's really nothing. "Mrs. Ji has always doted on Master Ji San, and I don't know how many times I have said this.
Master Ji San was in pain, muffled and didn't speak,
"That day, Lang Zhong came to see Uncle. Grandmother, father, mother, do you remember what Lang Zhong said? β
Lang Zhong said a lot of things, and everyone didn't know what Ji Xiaotang was referring to.
"Uncle was seriously injured this time, and if he recovers, he must always pay attention to it, and it is best to learn some kung fu to strengthen his body in order to keep it safe for a long time." Ji Xiaotang said.
This sentence was said by Ji Xiaotang and Ji San's master Langzhong.
"I remember. After a few days, I will invite someone to come and teach the third brother a set of five poultry plays, and the third brother will practice diligently and live a long life. Second Master Ji said.
Master Ji San was still pretending to be pitiful, and when he heard this, he immediately secretly exchanged glances with Ji Xiaotang.
Master Ji San's wish is not a five-bird drama for health.
Ji Xiaotang's wish is not only that.
"Learn to become a martial artist, and sell the goods to the emperor's family. Uncle and Daddy are both Congwen. Uncle can't write well, why not abandon literature and follow martial arts. It not only strengthens the body, but also shines on the lintel. Ji Xiaotang said simply.
"I am willing to learn martial arts, participate in martial arts, and bring glory to my Ji family." Master Ji San came alive in the blink of an eye.
Mrs. Ji was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her face.
Second Master Ji changed his face.
It is recommended to finish this book with a weak face
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