Tie Kui Extra Story (73)

After the beginning of spring, Ruhui explained the family affairs to Zhong Shantong, and then set off for Tongcheng with Ning Zhan.

Just after leaving the capital, Ruhui was in high spirits, and felt strange about everything she saw. But after walking for a few days, I became so tired that I couldn't get excited about anything.

Ning Zhan said with a smile, "Second Sister, if you don't know, you might think it's your first time going out!" When the capital was in turmoil that year, Ruhui went to the Northwest with Xiao Shi.

Ruhui touched her drowsy head and said, "I was young at that time." Moreover, when I went to the northwest, I was terrified, and I had to comfort the frightened Xiao Shi, so I couldn't care less about other things.

Ning Zhan saw that she didn't look right, so when he passed by the county the next day, he didn't hurry but stayed in an inn. After resting, he sent someone to invite the best doctor in the county to come over.

The doctor took the pulse and said that Ruhui had caught a cold and fell ill. Seeing that Ning Zhan's face had changed, the doctor quickly comforted him: "It's just a cold, if you find it in time, just take two patches of medicine and you'll be fine."

Ru Hui leaned on the bed and said weakly: "I thought it was motion sickness!" Who knew it was a cold, no wonder it was so uncomfortable!

Ning Zhan was also speechless: "Sister, you can't even tell the difference between illness and cold." Thanks to him seeing Ruhui's abnormal appearance, he called a doctor just to be on the safe side. If it is delayed, the minor illness will become a serious illness.

"It's not like this when I was sick before." She used to have a fever when she was sick, but this time she didn't have a fever and was just dizzy. And this symptom is very similar to the legendary motion sickness.

Ning Zhan didn't argue with her on this meaningless question: "Heal your illness first, and then go on the road." Anyway, they are not in a hurry, and it doesn't matter how many days at night. But he was afraid that Ning Hai and Xiao Shi would be worried, so he wrote a letter and sent it over.

After Ruhui recovered from her illness, she rested for another day before the siblings continued on their way. Passing by Anshan, the two sisters turned to visit Tiehu.

Because he didn't write a letter to inform him beforehand, Tiehu was overjoyed to see the two brothers and sisters, and hurriedly greeted them to go in. Hearing that the siblings came to visit him specially, Tie Hu was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Mrs. Fu hurriedly tidied up the guest rooms at home, and covered them all with brand new quilts. All the furnishings in the house were replaced with the best ones at home.

After staying in Tie's house for three days, the siblings received the highest standard of hospitality during these three days. It made them very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, three days passed quickly, and they continued on their way.

Chunni and Mrs. Fu prepared a lot of food for them. For the next two days, the siblings will no longer have to eat the hard cakes that are as hard as stones.

At noon that day, Ruhui said while eating scallion egg pancakes, "Second aunt is so nice, why did she let such a heartless son like Duan Honglang get paralyzed!"

When Duan Honglang and his wife heard that Ning Zhan and Ruhui were coming, they hurried over to make friends. It's fine if it's just a way of getting close, at best they would ignore him, but Duan Honglang proposed to go to Tongcheng with them. But before their siblings could speak, the husband and wife were kicked out by Tiehu.

When Ning Zhan heard this, he smiled and said, "You can't say that, every family has a scripture that is hard to recite." Like their family, there is also Tie Fangjia, who is doing nothing.

Ruhui said: "You can't say that. I don't think the empress has this trouble. The two princesses and the four princes are all so good." And the relationship between siblings is very harmonious, there is no such thing as brothers fighting in the rumors .

Ning Zhan didn't answer. Outsiders think that the princes are as good as the princess, and the emperor and the queen are good at teaching their children so they don't need to worry about their children, but he often walks around the palace without knowing how beautiful the third prince is. The emperor and the queen have a lot of headaches. However, he would not tell Ru Hui about this royal secret.

how to say! Women like gossip the most. If you tell her on the front foot, if you are not sure, she will tell others on the back foot.

Skipping this topic, Ning Zhan said: "Speaking of it, Cousin Duan is also quite strange. Before my father asked him to find an errand in Tongcheng, he thought the environment in Tongcheng was too poor and he was afraid of suffering. He didn't want to go. This time he clamored to follow When we go to Tongcheng, we don't know where the trouble is coming from."

Ruhui rolled her eyes: "I don't know what you don't know." How could she know about it when she huddled in the backyard all day long!

The siblings didn't know about it, but the members of the Tie family did. Tie Honglin has been promoted, and now he has been promoted to a seventh-rank official. It's only been a few months, and I've been promoted to a level. Duan Honglang knew, and became jealous again.

There are very few literate people in Tongcheng, so there is a shortage of civilian personnel in the army. Many documents were also hired to help deal with criminals who were wearing crimes. Someone like Tie Honglin who has a reputation as a scholar and has a clean net worth is very rare in the army. And after he went there, he devoted himself to his errands, especially the overtime work during the Chinese New Year last year, and he never cried out that he was tired or bitter. So after the beginning of spring, it was upgraded to a higher level.

Tie Hu said to Chun Ni with a sullen face, "Did you go to see Duan Honglang again?"

Chunni nodded and said, "I'm going to see you. He asked me to ask Kuizi to find him a job too. But don't worry, Dad, I've already rejected him."

Tiehu looked at Chunni in disbelief.

"Father, the last time he was asked to work in Tongcheng, he didn't go because he was afraid of suffering. Now, I don't have the face to speak up."

Tiehu's expression softened a little, and he said: "Hongbo is the chief bookkeeper, and Honglin is doing well in Tongcheng now. All of this is thanks to Kuizi. Nizi, even if he is a real sibling, Kuizi has done enough. Don’t talk about Duan Honglang in the future, even Hongbo and Honglin’s affairs, you don’t need to worry about them anymore. Kuizi will naturally support them if they do their errands well. Begging will only consume past affection.

Chun Ni hurriedly nodded and said, "Don't worry, Dad, I won't beg Kui Zi again for the children's affairs." The eldest son and the youngest son act in a proper manner, so they don't need to worry about it. As for the second son, she doesn't want to care about it anymore, she likes it anyway.

Tie Hu said: "I hope you can do what you say."

Back in the house, Chunni sat on the bed in a daze. When Duan Dongzi entered the room, she couldn't help but said, "This child, why did he become like this? To say that he has no face or skin is considered light."

Duan Dongzi said: "I told you not to go see him, but you didn't listen."

In the Tie family, Duan Dongzi has always been a person who works silently and never does anything. As a result, Duan Honglang thought that his father had no status in the family, so he always looked for Chunni when he needed something, never for Duan Dongzi.

He couldn't ask for money the first two times, and then he didn't come to her for more than half a year. This time, he was looking for her because of an errand.

Thinking of this, Chunni was so uncomfortable that she couldn't breathe: "Listen to you, I won't see him in the future." Every time I came to see her to ask for money or something, my motherly heart was exhausted.

Duan Dongzi hummed and said, "If there is anything, I'll go see him."

The couple decided on this matter.

After passing Spring City, the siblings walked for a while. On this day, Ruhui couldn't help muttering: "I've been walking for several days, why is there not a single village!"

Ning Zhan said: "The wars in the past few years killed a lot of people. Those who didn't die also fled abroad. Later, the imperial court took over Liaodong and gathered the few people together." Sometimes there are only a few left in a village. Or a dozen people, this is not Jiangnan. Backed by the mountains, these people would probably lose their lives if the beast ran into the village.

Ruhui said with a oh: "So that's how it is!"

After walking for five days, I arrived in a town, but when I checked into the inn, I found that there was not even a washbasin except for the bed and quilt. Going out, no matter how simple it is, I can only bear it.

When it was time to eat, I looked at the large pots of stewed vermicelli with cabbage and pork belly, stewed beef with potatoes, and a Northeast hodgepodge on the table. Ru Hui lost her appetite at all: "Why do you eat this?"

Ning Zhan smiled and said, "This is for the guards. Our dishes are still ready." The people who escorted the siblings to Liaodong were all from the Northeast. These dishes are all their favorites.

As long as she is not allowed to eat, Ruhui has no problem.

The closer you get to Tongcheng, the harder it is to see people. Looking at the boundless mountains, Ruhui said, "No wonder many people don't want to come to Tongcheng, it's too desolate." After walking for more than ten days, I didn't see a single village. There are high mountains everywhere, and it is not safe for two or three people to walk this way.

"Ordinary people, no one wants to go to the border town." Since it is a border town, the conditions are naturally very bad. If people go to high places and water flows to low places, everyone must go to places with better conditions.

Looking at the two big characters "Tongcheng" engraved on the majestic and tall city wall, Ruhui sighed and said, "It's finally here." After walking for almost two months, it was really not easy.

After entering the city, Ruhui found that the houses here were very short and dusty and ugly.

"Ah Zhan, why are the houses here so ugly?" Dusty and colorless. And there were no people on the street, so it was very deserted.

Ning Zhan has never been to Tongcheng, so he cannot answer this question.

The city wall of the General's Mansion is very high, much higher than the houses next to it. However, it is also gray.

The steward has been guarding the door, seeing the two siblings and hastily welcomed them in: "Master, Second Miss, Madam is going to attend the wedding banquet at General Chen's house."

Fang Hui is nineteen years old this year, it's time to talk about marriage. Since Fang Hui wanted to make a career in the army, he naturally married a girl from a general's family. So from the beginning of the year, the Xiao family has often participated in activities organized by various wives.

Ning Hai didn't believe Xiao Shi's vision, so she asked her to help select girls of the right age and good temper. As for character, he inquired about it himself.

When I entered the general's mansion, I found nothing but some green pines and cypresses. As a result, the mansion seemed particularly empty. Fortunately, there were flowers planted in the corridor of the yard where Mrs. Xiao lived, but unfortunately none of them had bloomed yet, it was just green.

After entering the house, Ruhui collapsed on the soft bed and said with a smile, "I should be able to have a good night's sleep tonight." Most of the traveling these days is in the wild, so I haven't had a good night's sleep.

Ning Zhan smiled and said, "Then will you come again next year?" They had discussed before and returned to the capital in early September.

Ruhui shook her head and said, "I won't come, I won't come." This time, she was so tired that her bones were about to fall apart, and she didn't want to suffer this again.