Chapter 46: Returning Home
"The eldest young master is here" The servant said in the hall, and before Zhang Wu could speak, two people came up to him.
The person who came was sitting in a wheelchair, looking like a crepe, his little face was white as if he had been powdered, and he was thin and coughing, and the other pushed him in, and when he saw the people shouting one by one, he pushed him aside and sat down.
"Third brother" Zhang Ting supported the wheelchair with his hand and wanted to be right, and he barely sat upright and began to cough with his eyebrows, and the aunts around him saw the two sons for the first time, and they didn't know how to look at them for a while.
"Big Brother"
"Hello ladies and gentlemen"
The women of Yingying and Yanyan sat in a circle, their eyes were eager to be divided into two halves, one looked at the eldest brother and the other looked at the second brother, some of them covered their sleeves and smiled, and some looked at the two of them generously.
"Third brother, cough cough, I haven't been here for many years, but I've been doing well"
Zhang Lin was still sitting upright, without a trace of expression on his face, and replied "good"
"Of course it's good, it's good to come to Mincheng for a month and a half and I don't know how to go home to see"
"That's, ahem, Mincheng has been in crisis recently, ahem, ahem, the third brother is focusing on the overall situation, if I can still stand up, I will definitely defend Mincheng with the third brother, ahem, it's a pity, ahem,
The person behind him hurriedly poured a cup of hot water and handed it to him, and when he saw that he was going to die when he said a word, he felt very sorry in his heart.
At the beginning, the eldest young master was also a big man in the stormy field, if he hadn't been injured, he would definitely be as powerful as the third master now.
"Where's Grandma?"
"In the room, she didn't know you were coming back tonight"
"Why, cough, don't tell her, the third brother finally came back once"
"Tell me to go, my mom I don't know yet? When she saw me, she was annoyed, and she wanted to kill me."
"Tonight's good day, my son and the third young master are back, everyone should be happy, why do you get serious, if I don't come, can it be that you just sit there until midnight?"
A woman in a half-dress walked in, she was old, there were wrinkles at the end of her eyes, but her beauty was still the same, looking at her, everyone's expressions eased a lot, and the aunts stood up one after another.
"Mom"
"Second Aunt"
"All sitting" Tian Ji waved her hand familiarly, sat on the other side, and smiled in the corner of her eyes, "It's all back, I'm resting in the house tonight, it's been more than ten years, and I've grown a lot more handsome, I'll let my mother take a look, and see what my baby son looks like."
"Mom, don't let me, cough, aunts look at jokes"
"How dare they? How is your health lately, I've been looking for a doctor recently, I'll let him come and show you, don't you come here and just stay for a few days and leave, the big guys finally get together"
"Also, what about you, you stinky boy" said she stared at Zhang Lin as if complaining, "You see that I am still expressionless, if you don't give me a smile or not, I will beat you"
"The young masters have just come back, it's normal to be restrained, and when they come back, they will naturally get closer."
"Yes, my heart is a lot warmer when I see the two young masters, it's good to be lively in this house, it's always cold in the past."
"Shao Pin, this is the last thing you should say, yesterday you asked me to play mahjong with the fourth grandmother, today you say that it is lonely, I look at you, it is to throw you into the street to live in you to feel lively"
"How can I have! Don't talk nonsense! Playing mahjong is all a pastime, so what's the excitement at all"
"I don't see it all, it's you who are really bored and flustered!"
"That's it! Don't keep ridiculing Shao Pin, people are not as beautiful as you, the two young masters have just come back, you should leave a good impression on others! One of two"
The originally embarrassing atmosphere finally eased up, and everyone finally started chatting with a smile, Tian Ji paid attention to the two brothers Zhang Ting and Zhang Lin from time to time, adjusting and regulating their anger from time to time, and also gave the two brothers something to say.
The house is not prosperous, the second young master, the fourth young master, and the fifth young lady who were still in the house went on the road because of that accident in the early years, and there were two young masters left in the house for a while, but the eldest young master was still weak and sick, and he was panting when he took two steps, and the third young master who was still young also took on the burden of the whole family.
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Tickets are hard to find, if it is in Haicheng, it is okay, you can always use the identity of the third master to steal a convenience, but now it is in Nanjing, in this place of life is not familiar, regardless of your three masters and four masters, whether the ticket is grabbed or not depends on the ability, Xu Jing went for several days and returned empty-handed.
Today is the same, she queued up until midnight, still no tickets, and when she came back, she could only order a bowl of noodles downstairs, and inquire about the news while eating.
"Can you escape? I'll leave in a few days and take my family to England."
"Flee from what? It's not a comfortable day now."
"Comfortable? You look to the north, especially Mincheng, even the third child of the Zhang family, who has never returned home, has gone back, how do you say there? Not only the Japanese, but the bandits in the north don't know what to go abroad or not, seeing that they are beating their buttocks and tidying up overnight, they drill into the south overnight, harassing everywhere, Mincheng is at the junction of the north and the south, you said that once you cross this border, let's not talk about escaping, even eating is a problem"
"These bandits are fierce when they rob people and things, how can they see the Japanese like mice, if they have those skills and those temperaments, I don't believe they can't beat those little Japan"
Xu Jing heard that Min Cheng was in danger, and her heart chuckled, and she turned around and asked the two people who were talking.
"What do you two know about Min Cheng?"
One of them looked up and asked, "What?" Are you going? ”
"Right"
"Then don't go" The other person poured a bowl of hot tea, "Recently, the bandits want to take Mincheng for themselves, and they are pouring in one by one, although Mincheng is equipped and Zhang Lin is in charge, but it is always difficult to defeat the four fists with both hands, and there are many losses, and the city gate is about to smoke"
"Even if it's a critical juncture, then I have to go back" Xu Jing took out a ticket and paid for it, "My mother is seriously ill at home, I want to go back to see her for the last time, but recently the ferry ticket is hard to find, and the two of you know what the road is closer"
"I know this, but I have to make several turns along the way, and I have to turn three times just by water, I don't think you are like ordinary people, I'm afraid you won't be able to endure this hardship."
"I can naturally endure this hardship, and please lead the way"
"It's not difficult, I just happened to know that old man, you just need to wait by the Jianghan River the day after tomorrow, and when the time comes, you report my name to him, and he will naturally take you there"
Xu Jing thanked them, and observed them together, seeing that although they were not dressed like rich and noble families, they were not poor, and they also said that they would not play any tricks when they parted.