peasant girl wedding

Chapter 159
Tong Zhaoyin thought at the time that Ji Guzi would definitely not be an ordinary person.

"You write one."

Ji Guzi finished signaling, and said to Tong Zhaofu.

"Well," Tong Zhaofu grabbed the pen and stood beside him, his arms trembling a little because he was too nervous.His body was almost lying on the table, and the writing brush he was holding in the palm of his hand wobbled before it tremblingly fell horizontally and vertically on the paper.

"Be upright."

Ji Guzi said.

Hearing this, Tong Zhaofu straightened up suddenly, and slowly moved the hand holding the brush on the paper.

After writing five words, Tong Zhaofu was sweating profusely, and his arms were so weak.

He looked at his own, and then at Ji Guzi's, feeling ashamed.

A hand rests on his head.

Tong Zhaofu raised his head a little flattered, and looked at Ji Guzi.

"Take your time. Writing can't be done overnight. Only after training day and night can you reach a certain level."

The story of Tong Zhaofu sounds very familiar.

Back then Tong Zhi'er taught Tong Zhu'er how to draw, that's what he said.

Tong Zhaofu suddenly felt that Ji Guzi was much kinder.

"By that time, will I be able to write such beautiful characters like Mr. Ji?"

Ji Guzi smiled, but Tong Zhaofu was stunned.

Ji Guzi didn't smile most of the time. At first, he was afraid of the face that said "no strangers should enter", so he just avoided it from a distance.After getting in touch with him a lot, he realized that Ji Guzi is the kind of person who doesn't like to talk, but can make you feel enlightened when he speaks.

Tong Zhaofu also often thinks about what such a handsome and handsome Mr. Ji will look like when he smiles.

Today I saw it with my own eyes.

Ji Guzi laughed, giving him a feeling of getting closer, like a big brother.

"Mr. Ji, can I often come to the store to find you in the future?"

Without thinking, Tong Zhaofu said this sentence.

The smile on Ji Guzi's face disappeared, and he calmly showed no expression.

Tong Zhaofu was confused again. Could it be that the smile he saw just now was a hallucination?

Ji Guzi's silence made Tong Zhaofu feel uneasy.

As a cashier, there are many things in the shop that need to trouble him, so why should I burden him.

"Mr. Ji, it's me..."

"Okay." Before Tong Zhaofu could speak, he was interrupted by Ji Guzi.He only said one word, but Tong Zhaofu's eyes widened.

"I said yes."

Ji Guzi repeated.

The astonishment in Tong Zhaofu's eyes turned into great joy, and his body was full of radiance.

……

Eating more in the evening than in the morning.

The dishes were freshly fried by Fang Cuiwei and Luo Shi, and the leftovers that were not finished in the morning were put aside, and they planned to eat them tomorrow.

Tong Zhi'er noticed that at the dinner table, Tong Zhaofu's smile never stopped.

When he was full and went to the room to take out snacks such as melons, fruits, and snacks, Tong Zhier asked Tong Zhaofu.

"Mr. Ji promised me that I can go to him when I come back from the private school."

Tong Zhaofu was beaming with joy.

It turned out to be the case.

Tong Zhi'er patted his head, "Then you should learn from Mr. Ji, but remember not to disturb him."

Tong Zhaofu nodded.

Two people came out of the house with fruits and snacks.

The two families stood vigil next to the firewood, talking about their future plans and things in the village. They washed their feet in the early hours of the morning before going to sleep.

The next morning, Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu got up early.

They got up early, Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin got up earlier, breakfast was ready and placed in the main room.

When Fang Cuiwei said it was time to eat, Tong Zhaofu went to the guest room and called Ji Guzi up.

After dinner, Fang Cuiwei and others cleared the table, Tong Zhixin and Ji Guzi sat in the main room.

After a while, Fang Cuiwei, Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu who were in the kitchen all came out.

"You sit in the main room, mother go change clothes."

Fang Cuiwei entered the house, and when she came out, she was wearing a festive dress, the neckline of twining plum blossoms intertwined, the skirt was embroidered with small plum blossoms, and her hair, usually wrapped in a blue cloth scarf, was coiled up today. At the back of the head, it is fixed with an emerald dish intestine hairpin.

"Mom looks really good today."

Tong Zhu'er said in a daze.

Fang Cui smiled slightly, "You have such a sweet mouth, come here, mother has something for you."

Tong Duo'er and the others walked to Fang Cuiwei's side.

Fang Cui lowered her body slightly, and took out four red envelopes from her sleeves, "This is the New Year's money that mother gave you."

"This is from dad." Tong Zhixin walked over with a smile, and put another red envelope in each of the four hands.

Tong Zhi'er giggled, looked at Tong Zhixin and Fang Cuiwei, "Thank you father, thank you mother."

"New Year's Eve has passed, I plan to go back to the shop today."

Ji Guzi spoke at this time.

Tong Zhixin and others looked over and asked to stay: "Mr. Ji, you can stay at my house for a while, most of the shops in the county are not open at the moment."

"No, you have to go away from now on, and I don't like excitement, so I'll leave, thank you both for your hospitality."

Saying that, Ji Guzi turned around and walked outside.

What Ji Guzi said was true, and it was difficult for everyone to refute, Tong Zhixin chased him out, drove him to the county in a carriage, and returned from the county after an hour.

"Mr. Ji returned to the shop?" Fang Cuiwei asked.

Tong Zhixin nodded.

"Mr. Ji is a man, he can't cook, and he doesn't know how other shops in the county are doing before they open." Fang Cuiwei muttered, looked at Tong Zhi'er, and said, "Zhi'er, you go to the county for a few days. Mr. Ji will deliver the meal."

"okay."

Fang Cuiwei went to the kitchen to boil hot water, let the family wash their hair, and cleaned the house again.

Tong Zhixin was chopping firewood in the yard, and Tong Zhi'er put the firewood he chopped in small bundles into the firewood shed.

After finishing all this work, Tong Zhide's family came to make an appointment, saying that they were going to the Tong family's old house to pay New Year's greetings to the old man and the old lady Tong.By the way, I will offer the three liang of silver that I promised to give when the family was separated, so that the old lady will not come to ask for it at that time, and say something that makes people unhappy, disturbing the mood.

Fang Cuiwei didn't want to go, neither did Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu.

Tong Zhide's house and Tong Zhaoyin didn't want to go either.

Seeing that Fang Cuiwei was not going, Luo Shi didn't go either.

Therefore, only two brothers Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin went to the old house of the Tong family.

Tong Zhide brought three taels of silver and a piece of meat, Tong Zhixin brought a chicken, a duck, twenty eggs, two pieces of meat, and a bottle of wine, and set off for Tong's old house.

Fang Cuiwei cooked dinner for the four children and warmed up in the fire room.

The salted meat in the jar was almost marinated, Tong Zhixin went to the door and hung them on top of the fire.In this way, you can smoke meat and keep warm when you are roasting.

There are pickles from the top and bottom of the meat, and everyone sits away from the fire.

squeak------

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Fang Cuiwei got up and left the room where the fire was warming. After a while, when she came over, Tong Zhixin followed behind her.

"There is food in the pot, you can make it yourself, the children and I have already eaten."

"Ah."

Tong Zhixin replied, and went to the kitchen next door.

Tong Zhi'er looked at Fang Cuiwei, who had a bad face, and asked, "Mother, did Dad not eat in the old house?"

This also makes Fang Cuiwei unhappy.

In the eyes of Mrs. Tong, she is an outsider, so it's fine if she doesn't cook for her. Only her two sons, Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin, went, and they brought something, but they didn't even give them food. It's really... It's so annoying.

Tong Zhi'er felt that the old lady was really too stingy.

But it's also true, except that she can cook, Tong's old man can't get out of bed in the old house. Tong Zhiming is usually lazy, Tong Zhiyi is a child, Tong Zhide and Tong Zhixin went, it's normal that they didn't eat.

After eating in the kitchen, Tong Zhixin came over to warm himself up by the fire, was silent for a while, and sighed: "I'm afraid Dad is not well."

Fang Cuiwei was shocked, Tong Zhixin's words were too sudden.

"What's going on? When Dr. Dong watched it before, didn't he say that besides not being able to get out of bed, Dad has nothing else to do."

"Alas..." Tong Zhixin sighed, "Because of what happened yesterday..."

"Because the old lady who celebrated the Chinese New Year came to my fourth brother's house to make trouble yesterday, my father was so angry that he couldn't get over his breath. He held it for a long time. He guessed that he hadn't been well served at home before, so his body was defeated. gone."

In the thatched cottage, Tong Zhide said to Luo Shi and Tong Zhaoyin.

"Has the doctor come to see?" Luo Shi asked.

Tong Zhide nodded, "Dr. Dong, please. Dr. Dong said that my father is deeply depressed. At the end of the day, there is nothing I can do."

"Then... how long can we last?"

"Probably after the new year."

No matter what old man Tong has done in the past to make people gnash their teeth, when people are about to die, everything will be turned into ashes.

The next day, Tong Zhide brought Luo Shi, Tong Zhixin brought Fang Cuiwei, and the four of them went to Tong's old house together.After taking care of old man Tong's meals and laundry, those who waited until noon for dinner went back to their own homes.

"Did dad cry today?"

Fang Cuiwei said with some uncertainty.

Tong Zhixin didn't speak, and after a while, said quietly: "He must have regretted it."

Tong Zhi'er has a lot of feelings in his heart.

Because Tong Zhixin, Fang Cuiwei, Tong Zhide, and Luo Shi are busy taking care of the emaciated old man Tong who has not had much time, the guests at home are entertained by the four sisters Tong Duoer.

Speaking of the guests, they were actually Fang Dalin's family, followed by Tong Zhaoyin's married sister Tong Hua'er and brother-in-law Wang Tu.

Now Tong Zhi'er has seen what Tong Hua'er looks like.

Almost carved out of the same mold as Luo Shi, weak, shy, and not much talker.Her husband, Wang Tu, is a butcher. He is honest and tall, and when he smiles, he reveals two front teeth, which is a bit silly.

Wang Tu is very kind to Tong Huaer.

From the way he rushed to help Tong Hua'er with work and looked at Tong Hua'er, he knew it.

Although he is kind to Tong Hua'er, Tong Zhi'er feels that it is a pity that Tong Hua'er marries him, the two are really not compatible.

(End of this chapter)