After returning to Tong's house, the brother and sister went to Songhe Hall together.

Old Lady Tong and Old Lady Tong sat on both sides of the main seat, and the people in the three rooms were all there, and even Aunt Luo also came, standing behind Xiao Ji.

After seeing them come in, the corners of Xiao Ji's mouth raised, wanting to call them to his side. Aunt Luo lifted the corners of her mouth slightly and nodded lightly at the two of them.

Tong Jiayan saluted with Tong Yihang.

"Grandfather, grandmother."

Old lady Tong nodded, and asked Tong Jiayan instead: "Suddenly called you back, Miss Tian is not unhappy, right?" ”

Compared with Mrs. Tong's snobbery, Mrs. Tong seems a little naïve in dealing with the world.

Tong Jiayan said: "No." ”

Old lady Tong nodded and smiled as if relieved: "That's good, that's good." He touched his long, well-maintained white beard, "If only it didn't hurt the friendship between your little sisters." "A very understanding and kind elder.

Mrs. Tong was speechless on the side: "......"

The people in the house are not surprised by Mrs. Tong's frequent inconsistency.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Mrs. Tong couldn't stand it, so she directly diverted the topic and returned to the topic, "The position of the third child has been decided, and the household department member is a foreigner." Let's analyze and analyze together, what does it mean that the Holy Admiral arranges the third child in the household department? ”

Tong Jiayan stood behind Xiao Ji, thinking with his eyes down.

Sure enough, just like in the previous life, my father finally entered the household department.

The household department is in charge of household registration and finance.

When my father was an official in Anhui, he was excellent in the last three consecutive years, and the local fiscal revenue was significantly higher than in the previous years. The imperial court took a fancy to his father's ability to accumulate wealth, so he deliberately arranged him into the household department, the purpose of which was to see if his father could make the treasury richer.

In the previous life, my father didn't understand what he wanted, and following the rules became what others called inaction, without eyes.

He was left out in the cold.

Later, when the Jiangbei snow disaster and the saint wanted to allocate money for disaster relief, but the household department couldn't come up with the money, the Son of Heaven was angry, and the household department pushed his father out as a substitute for the dead ghost.

Tong Jiayan still can't forget his father's lifeless eyes after he was removed from his post and returned to Jinling.

This life......

Tong Jiayan's eyes crossed with a touch of firmness.

In this life, she will not let the tragedy happen again.

She wants her father to be safe and sound, free from disasters and difficulties.

"Tobe...... It's supposed to be a fat mess, right? After all, it's a good place to run the country's finances. ”

Master Tong looked envious, as if he had seen countless real money in front of him, beckoning to him shiningly.

"Whatever he means, ...... above means," he said, gesturing his hand to the sky, "how can we guess." Anyway, it's not a bad thing, it's much better to be a Beijing official than the third brother who has been out to be a county master with a sesame mung bean. ”

Master Tong San agreed: "The eldest brother is right, the third brother has entered Beijing, and when I talk about it outside in the future, my face will be much brighter." ”

The eldest wife, Jiang, and the second wife, Luo, did not express any thoughts.

Mrs. Tong also felt that it was a good thing that her son could be left in Beijing to do things, and she took the opportunity to mention another matter: "The third child said in his letter that there are many things in Beijing, and he has to be busy with the things that take office and move to a new house, so he won't come back." But someone in the family had to take care of his food and daily life. At this point, the conversation stopped.

Old Lady Tong lifted her eyes slightly, and her gaze swept down.

Aunt Luo pursed the corners of her mouth, and there was a smile on her face.

Tong Changning, the third master, is simple, speaks directly, and blurts out: "Wouldn't it be okay to let the third sister-in-law go over?" What's so bothering about that? ”

The corner of Mrs. Tong's forehead twitched, and she wanted to shoot her second son to death.

The second wife, Luo Shi, hurriedly pulled Tong Changning's sleeve quietly, frowned at him and shook her head.

Tong Changning looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Since Tong Changning mentioned Xiao Ji's family, Xiao Ji's family took the initiative to stand up and ask: "Mother, let me go to the capital to serve the master." When I was in Anhui, I always took care of my lord's daily life, and I knew some of my lord's habits best. ”

Tong Jiayan kept staring at Aunt Luo, and when she saw that after Xiao Ji's words were finished, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Aunt Luo's mouth.

Old Mrs. Tong said vaguely "um": "I'll discuss this matter later, and I'll inform you when I discuss it with your father." ”

Neither agree nor disagree.

Xiao Ji said "eh", and on the way back, she excitedly said that she asked Mama Zhou to help her make a list of things that should be sorted out and taken away.

I didn't know at all, tonight, Mrs. Tong would call her to Songshoutang alone, and tell her that the final decision was to let her stay and Aunt Luo to go to the capital.

"Mother ......" returned to Fangzhi Courtyard, Tong Jiayan mentioned to Xiao Ji, "Does my mother want to write a letter to my father?" ”

"Write a letter? Why do you write to your father? ”

"It's been a while since my father went to the capital, doesn't my mother want my father?" Tong Jiayan continued to persuade.

"Of course I thought about it......" Talking to his children about this, Xiao Ji still blushed a little, "But won't I be able to see the master soon." My lord is so busy, I should not write to him, so as not to disturb him. ”

"No, my father must have missed us too. His mother wrote to him, and his father would be happy to see him. Tong Jiayan said with a smile, "If my mother doesn't write, then I'll write it." I miss my father, so I'm going to write to him. If there is anything my mother would like to say, I can also unload the letter on my mother's behalf and tell my father. ”

"W-That's embarrassing." Xiao Ji was shy, but seeing Tong Jiayan's insistence, she had no choice but to agree, "Then I'll write one too, and we'll send it to your father together." ”

"Okay." Tong Jiayan bowed his head, Lu Wu had already brought a pen and paper, Tong Jiayan took it and handed it to Xiao Ji, "Mother, hurry up and write." ”

Xiao Ji took it in a daze, and in Tong Jiayan's smiling and encouraging eyes, he quickly finished writing a letter home.

In the afternoon of the same day, Tong Jiayan found a messenger and sent the letter to the capital quickly.

……

Xiao Ji raised his head in disbelief.

"I've already decided, let Aunt Luo go to the capital to take care of the third child, and you stay to take care of our old couple." Mrs. Tong said this in an unquestionable tone.

Xiao Ji couldn't help but want to say something: "But...... But ......"

"Could it be that you don't want to serve our second elder?" Old Lady Tong's eyes narrowed, and she suddenly showed a bit of seriousness and horror.

Xiao Ji hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that. ”