Chapter 29: Antecedents

"Third Sister ......"

Tong Jiajing, who was suddenly named, frowned and shook her head gently at Tong Jiaqi, first found Tong Jiayan who appeared at the door, and as soon as she changed her words, the attention of several people in the room was shifted to her.

"The seventh sister is here." Tong Jiajing stood up with a wave of her eyes, and saw Tong Jiaxin standing behind her, and greeted with a smile, "Eighth sister." ”

Tong Jiayan raised his feet and entered the door and greeted her: "Sixth sister." ”

and he saluted the others in turn.

"Second sister, third sister, fourth brother."

The crowd returned the salute in turn.

Only Tong Jiaqi wanted to stab her twice, but as soon as her mouth opened, she suddenly closed it for some reason, twisted her face, and sat on her seat and ignored her.

It caused several people to look at each other in surprise and strangeness.

Especially waiting to see the lively Tong Jiaxin, her eyes stared at the abnormal Tong Jiaqi like a ghost, and wondered how she could see Tong Jiayan, who was like an enemy, but she didn't have the expected reaction at all.

Isn't it time for the enemies to meet, be very angry, and finally jump like thunder and fight again?

Speaking of which, Tong Jiajing is one year younger than Tong Jiaqi, but she is quiet in nature, different from Tong Jiaqi's coquettishness, and her behavior is mature and steady, so she is not like her sister, but more like her sister than Tong Jiaqi, and she is recognized as a dough-like and amiable person.

"I haven't seen you in a while, so it's good to be back." She stepped forward with a smile and took Tong Jiayan's hand and pulled her to sit beside her, "I heard that you came back, I originally wanted to go to see you, but I thought that you were afraid that it would be hard to ride in the car this way, so I didn't go to bother you, you won't blame the sixth sister, right?" ”

Tong Jiayan smiled: "How come? He blinked his eyes again, "I have received the sixth sister's heart, I will definitely sleep well today, rest enough, and wait until tomorrow to invite the sixth sister and a few sisters to come to Qingfeng Garden to play." ”

The deliberately funny words made several people in the room laugh.

"Okay, you little leather monkey!" Tong Jiajing smiled and reached out to pinch her nose.

Tong Jiayan smiled and turned his face sideways to dodge.

Tong Jiaqi pursed her lips and turned her face away.

"It's noisy, it's noisy, can you be quiet?! Too many women are trouble! It's strange that Confucius said that only women and villains are difficult to raise. The fourth young master, Tong Yijie, who had been sitting on the side, finally couldn't help but get angry.

Speaking of which, there are nine brothers and sisters in the family, but the eldest brother Tong Yizhou has already been married, so he rarely stays with them, and the fifth brother Tong Yihang went to Luzhou, Anhui Province with the third uncle, and he is the only beautiful man left in the family, wrapped in a pile of fat powder, which makes him very depressed.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden scolding.

Tong Jiayao looked at her brother dissatisfiedly and said, "Fourth brother, you scared us." Also, who taught you to say these things? Unorthodox! ”

Tong Jiayao felt that her brother would lose her face by talking like this.

"The book teaches that there is a saying: 'It is difficult to feed women and villains.'" How? Second sister, haven't you read the Analects? ”

Tong Yijie showed an expression of "You are not", so angry that Tong Jiayao's face turned red, and he pointed at him and said angrily: "You-"

Tong Yijie grimaced: "What am I?" ”

"I'm going to tell Mother! You don't learn anything! Tong Jiayao was so angry that she finally held back such a non-lethal sentence.

"I have to tell my mother every time it's a big thing, Tong Jiayao, how old are you? Are you naΓ―ve? Tong Yijie rolled his eyes and pouted.

"Poof."

Tong Jiaqi, who had been sitting on the sidelines watching the play, couldn't help laughing.

"Uh...... What do you want me to do? She swept around the crowd, and rolled her eyes like Tong Yijie, thinking in her heart, it was really cool to see Tong Jiayao eating deflated, and how she would pretend to be mature and stable in front of her in the future, and always use this to make the elders happy.

Seeing that Tong Jiayao's eyes were gradually turning red, and when she was about to cry in the next second, the red warbler who had left before appeared in the warm pavilion again.

After noticing that the atmosphere in the warm pavilion was a little abnormal, the red warbler lowered her head and lowered her eyes, and said, "The old lady invited a few young masters and young ladies to move over to the flower hall for dinner. ”

Tong Yijie took the lead, and ran out as if he was running away.

Tong Jiaqi followed.

After Tong Jiaxin looked at Tong Jiayan, she stood beside her obediently and waited for her to be with her.

Tong Jiajing said to the two: "You guys go first, I have something to ask the second sister about, and we'll come later." ”

Tong Jiayan bowed his head, and left first with Tong Jiaxin, who turned back three times in one step.

After everyone else left, Tong Jiajing instructed her maid to fetch water.

"The second sister's bun seems to be a little loose, I'll ask Cuiliu to comb it for you. Her skills at combing her hair are pretty good, so why don't you let her comb our two sisters' hair? Let's surprise Grandmother in a moment! Tong Jiajing said slightly excitedly.

Tong Jiayao burst into tears and laughed: "How did your head grow?" What a bad idea in the stomach! ”

Tong Jiajing said aggrievedly: "Where is a bad idea." ”

provoked Tong Jiayao couldn't help but poke her face.

The two of them cleaned their faces and put on makeup, and they both changed into the same new buns, and then walked to the flower hall hand in hand.

……

As soon as Tong Jiayan entered the flower hall, he saw the eldest wife Jiang leading the eldest young grandmother Qiao to set up the dining table.

There are two tables in the flower hall, but at this moment, only the large round table in the Ming Hall, which can accommodate more than a dozen people at the same time, has been placed with a lot of meals.

It seems that Mrs. Tong or Mrs. Tong should have said hello, and there is no need to eat at separate tables today.

Tong Changning, the second master, and his wife Luo were both sitting in the east room, Tong Changning was drinking a cup of tea in his hand, but the second wife Luo was pulling her son Tong Yijie to ask something, Tong Yijie showed an impatient look on his face.

Tong Jiaqi was sitting by the window, blocked by the eldest young master Tong Yizhou, who was standing with a straight face.

Tong Jiayan glanced around the room, and then entered the door to greet the elders.

The eldest lady turned her head to look at her, her eyes were flat, and she said lukewarmly: "Let's go and sit over there first." The tail of the eye is tilted to the east.

Tong Jiayan bowed his head and said, "Yes." Then he went to the east.

When the second master Tong saw her, he put down the teacup with a smile and said, "The seventh niece is back?" When did you come back? Is it fun to live in another village? ”

If these words are said by others, there may be some deliberate stinging meaning, but if it comes from the mouth of the second master Tong, then it is another matter.

The second master Tong is the most like the old lady Tong, who is open-minded and open-minded when he speaks well, but he is a little out of tune when he says it badly, and he often speaks amazingly.

Master Tong donated a small official of nine grades and reluctantly got rid of the identity of a businessman, Master Tong San took the road of the imperial examination, and he took the official examination to seek a release, only the second master Tong lived up to expectations, did not hesitate to pick up the burden of the family, and became the heir of the family industry, and walked the road of managing general affairs.

Of course, the decisive factor is that he is indeed not a reader.