Chapter 1906 - Thrift Day
When Yongmen Yuhan's children were serving moon wine, Chi Zhongtian came once, and he hadn't seen them for several years.
"Look, I told you not to buy anything, and here you have another pile." Looking at the seven or eight large and small boxes next to Chi Zhongtian, Yongmen Zidi was also helpless.
"Nothing good, just for the children." Chi Zhongtian said with a smile.
"Let's go in."
When I came to the door and knocked, a voice came from inside.
"Who?"
"It's me, Yongmenzi Di."
The door opened quickly, and a woman in her forties appeared in front of the door.
"Mom Liu, it's me."
"Oh, it's Master Yongmen."
"Is your wife here?"
"Yes, madam and master are both here."
"Okay, General Chi and I are here to see your wife."
"Please hurry up!"
Saying that, Liu's mother ran all the way inside.
After a while, Yongmen Yuhan came out.
"elder brother!"
"Yu Han." Yongmenzi Di hasn't seen her for more than half a year. Although everyone is in the capital, as a family member, it's not easy to visit her all the time.
"Don't just see me, look at who this is."
Yongmen Yuhan smiled slightly and said, "I've seen it a long time ago. Isn't this General Chi? I'm a polite concubine."
"No, what are you doing?" When Chi Zhongtian saw that she was about to salute, he quickly supported her.
It happened that at this time, Longjiang also came out.
"Lord Yongmen, General Chi!"
"Brother-in-law!" Yongmen Zidi smiled and walked over and patted his shoulder. Chi Zhongtian also said hello quickly.
"Why are you two here together?"
"Brother Chi came to the capital for business. I think I haven't come to see you for a long time, so I made an appointment with Brother Chi."
"It's rare. Seeing that it's almost noon, I asked Ma Liu to prepare the meal!"
"Forget it, Mother Liu still has to take care of the children, so she can't be busy here. You'd better go to the Hongyan Building and ask for a table of food and drinks."
As soon as Yongmen Yuhan finished speaking, Long Jiang's face didn't look good.
"That's too troublesome. I'll just look at Bing'er later and ask Mother Liu to cook."
"Haha, you two don't need to bother me. When I just came here, I already went to Hongyan Tower and asked them to prepare a table of wine and food. I can still trouble you for such a small matter." Chi
Zhongtian quickly said with a smile.
"Oh? Since General Chi has made all the arrangements, I don't have to worry about it. You guys are chatting. I have something else to do. Let's have a few drinks later."
"Okay, Mr. Long, please excuse me."
After Long Jiang left, Yongmen Yuhan said with a dark face: "You will make a fool of yourself!"
"Forget it, let's go, little sister, go to the living room to talk."
After entering the living room, Chi Zhongtian felt something was wrong.
The furnishings here seem to have not changed much from when I came here a few years ago. The paintings on the walls were still painted by Yongmen Zhen, and the tables and chairs are also a little bumpy and faded.
If not, who would have thought that the son of the commander of the Imperial Guard and the sister of the Minister of War lived here.
"Brother Chi, sit down."
"Yu Han, although it is a good thing to be frugal, don't be too frugal." Chi Zhongtian picked up the cup and almost scratched the gap on the edge of the cup.
After Yongmen Yuhan poured the tea, he sighed, moved a stool and sat in front of them.
"Brother Chi, you don't know, Yuhan has been greatly wronged."
"Long Jiang has nothing to do all day long. He just sits alone in the study reading, writing and painting every day. Brother Chi, you still say that I am frugal and I am not afraid of your jokes. These things were bought with the personal money my father gave me.
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"Why, Long Yun and the others don't give some?"
"He? He is an honest official. He is truly pure. His monthly salary is only a few dollars, and he doesn't have much money left to give to us." Yongmen Yuhan continued.
"Yes, this is all a family scandal, but Brother Chi, you are not an outsider, so let's just talk about it. Just now, you saw Yuhan asked him to go to Hongyan Tower to buy some food and drinks. Look at his face. Then
How much money do you have? It’s only one hundred and eighty taels of silver, and he doesn’t want to spend it. I don’t want to be on the same level as him now. I’m afraid that if I say something unpleasant, Yuhan will be wronged again.”
It was fine at first, but when Yongmen Zidi said some thoughtful words, Yongmen Yuhan's eyes almost turned red.
"Why don't Long Yun find a job for Long Jiang? In the past, it was okay to live a comfortable life, but now you have to support your family."
"Long Yun refused to speak for him, saying that he could not break the rules and let him take the imperial examination by himself, but Long Jiang always said that it was not time. He has been saying this for several years."
"So, how have you been here these past few years?"
"Yes, during the holidays, I have people prepare a lot of things and send them, which is enough for them to use for a while. Long Yun will occasionally give Long Jiang some money, and the family invites an old lady and a housekeeper.
The nursing staff couldn’t spend much money, but they just felt that Yuhan had been wronged.”
"Okay, stop saying nice things. You are afraid that I will be wronged. Why didn't you stop me when I got married?"
"My good sister, you have wronged me. I was our father at the time..."
"Brother and sister, please stop fighting here. How about, brother Xian, help Long Jiang find a job?"
"You think I didn't find him? It's a good thing you didn't mention it. I was even more angry when I mentioned it. The year before last, there was a shortage of someone in charge of miscellaneous matters in the Hubu Yamen, so I went to find Liu Yinghui, but no one took him seriously.
It was just a trivial matter, but when I mentioned it to Long Jiang, he scolded me and said I looked down on people."
"Alas." When Chi Zhongtian heard this, he understood and could only shake his head and sigh.
"Why are you two here? Just to worry about me, then you two can leave!" Yongmen Yuhan became more and more sad the more he listened, and tried to drive them away.
"Haha, no, no, we won't talk anymore, we won't talk anymore."
"uncle!"
At this moment, a little girl suddenly ran in outside. She was about three or four years old, with two pigtails. She was very cute.
"Hey, Bing'er, come on, come on, let uncle hug you!" Yongmen Zidi quickly picked up the little girl.
Yongmen Yuhan gave birth to a daughter four years ago and named her Long Bing.
"Is this Bing'er? She's already so old. When I saw her back then, she was just like this." Chi Zhongtian said while gesturing with his hands.
"Nonsense, it was the full moon at that time!" When Yongmen Yuhan saw Long Bing, all the grievances on his face disappeared, and he began to become very kind and happy.
"Bing'er, come and see who this is." Yongmen Zidi asked, pointing at Chi Zhongtian.
Long Bing blinked and then shook his head.
Chapter completed!