Tang Ji walked into the small courtyard. The walls of this courtyard were very short. If you stand outside and put your feet up, you can see clearly inside. Like other houses, they are made of mud, and some parts have been eroded by the wind.
It was a bit of a mess, with a thatched pavilion on the side, a small stove underneath, and firewood piled on the side.
Li Yu could imagine how poor people living in such an environment were, but he looked at Tang Ji curiously.
Since he has such great ability, why didn't he go to the city to do business before? Could it be that losing his memory made him smarter?
right!
That must be it!
Li Yu seemed to have discovered Tang Ji's little secret and looked at him with a wicked smile.
For some reason, Tang Ji's back was cold when he stared at him, and goosebumps appeared on his body: "Don't stare at me with your lewd eyes."
"Hey, Tang Ji, I was wondering how could an ordinary person be so powerful, with a photographic memory, a master of arithmetic, amazing poetry, and a wonderful writing style... It turns out that these are all obtained in exchange for amnesia." Li Yu seemed to be a
He folded his hands across his chest like a wise man, and soon returned to his silly smile: "Tell me, if I were beaten up and suffered from soul-losing syndrome, would I become as smart as you?"
Tang Ji shook his head speechlessly: "He will become a dead person."
This guy is really going to lose his memory. Then it will be easy for his two brothers to kill him. What is he if he is not a dead person?
There was only a dilapidated wooden house in the small courtyard. Tang Ji walked to the damaged wooden door with yellowing paper and stretched out his hand to push the door. Unexpectedly, the door did not move at all. In desperation, he had to open the door wider.
strength.
"Crack-"
The wooden door seemed to be connected to the ground, making a harsh friction sound as it was pushed.
Soon there was a slight movement inside, and a rat scurrying around in a hurry because it couldn't find its direction, hit the threshold and passed out.
"Ahem~" Li Yu took a mouthful of ashes as soon as he came closer, and coughed twice while holding on to the door frame: "Ahem, Tang Ji, your life in the past was too miserable. I don't think you should get back that period.
It’s better to remember to avoid sadness.”
Everywhere in the house was indeed covered with dust. Tang Ji covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and walked in.
This room is divided into three sections. Tang Ji and the others are located in the middle section. There is a round table with a corner missing, and there are wooden frames on both sides. There is also a set of coir raincoats hanging on the wall. The part on the right is obviously
It is a place for reading and writing. There is a brown desk, and there are two or three books with no covers and unclear handwriting on the shelves behind.
Tang Ji picked up a book and immediately felt extremely familiar. After flipping through a few pages, he put it back.
The layout of the house is very simple, and it is kept very clean. Everything can be seen at a glance, and nothing unusual can be seen.
At this moment, the wooden door that separated the middle and left parts suddenly fell inward. Li Yu stood outside the door, almost frightened out of his mind, and turned around with a stomp: "I will push it gently.
, it falls, it’s none of my business.”
Tang Ji walked straight into the room on the left and held up the wooden door. As he thought, this was the bedroom. The two beds were far apart. It was still very clean, but the quilt on it had been eaten by mice.
It's hard to chew the ground.
Then, he rummaged around the back room again, but still didn't find anything.
After a while, Tang Ji closed the door of the house and returned to the outside of the courtyard with Li Yu. They saw that many villagers had gathered here. They all looked at Tang Ji and kept saying something.
An elderly man took small steps and said, "Xiao Ji, do you really not remember us?"
Tang Ji smiled and shook his head: "I really can't remember. I wonder what I called you, sir? Can you tell me some past events?"
"Hey...Okay, you are such a good child, how...how did you become like this!" The old man spoke with a trembling tone, and his kind eyes showed distress.
Aunt Sun from before stood up again and said: "Mr. Wu is withdrawn by nature and doesn't talk to the villagers very much, but since he got you, he seems to have become a different person. I remember when you had a fever when you were a child, he carried
I asked you from door to door for medicine, but in the end it was the half-baked vet Liu at the entrance of the village who saved you. Unfortunately, Old Wu died. He fell while working three years ago and could not save his life. But fortunately for you, a little
This guy worked hard, helped him keep his filial piety, and was admitted as a scholar. Our whole village is counting on you to be the number one scholar in high school. When the time comes, everyone will have a bright face when they go out. Who knew something like this would happen..."
From the words, Tang Ji could tell that the original owner had a good reputation and had a good relationship with his neighbors.
He thought for a while and then continued to ask: "Did Grandpa ever talk about my life experience?"
"That's right, your kid used to call him grandpa." The old man from before looked a little excited and continued to add: "Old Wu rarely tells outsiders about you. I just remember one time when he was drinking at the old man's house.
Drunk, I mentioned something. It is said that an injured young man handed you over to him. He also left a piece of silver, your name and birth date, and, by the way, a piece of jade pendant.
The one you wore around your neck before."
Jade pendant?
Tang Ji was in a daze. After he woke up, there was no jade pendant around his neck at all. As for the jade pendant, only Yue Shuhua had given him one. But later Jiu'er said he liked it, so he gave it to the little girl.
However, I finally learned something, and my trip was not in vain. I bowed my hands to everyone around me: "Although I can't remember what happened in the past, I am also very grateful to all the folks for their help to Tang Ji."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Changlin: "Mr. Zhao, Tang Ji will be responsible for the taxes of Niujia Village next year."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers immediately spoke to stop him.
"Xiao Ji, what are you doing? We can support ourselves, just take care of yourself."
"Yes, I heard that you can take the imperial examination again in three years. You are still young and have a chance. We can support ourselves!"
"Xiao Ji, leave some money for yourself."
"..."
Tang Ji liked this atmosphere very much. He felt that these villagers were many times better than those in Linxi Lane. He continued: "Don't worry, everyone. Although I have lost my memory, I have also done some small business in the city. Now
It’s time to give back to everyone!”
Zhao Changlin couldn't make up his mind, so he turned his attention to Li Yu. Seeing him nodding, he said with a smile: "Hahaha, it's rare that Mr. Tang has such a heart, so you should stop shirk and help him."
In the end, everyone agreed and thanked Tang Ji one after another. When they heard that he was leaving, they all went home to get some eggs, rice and other things as gifts, but he still refused.
Tang Ji learned from the village leader the location of the grave of Mr. Wu who adopted him, so he rushed over and kowtowed a few times in front of the grave: "Thank you for raising me up. I am not prepared today. I will come back to visit your grave tomorrow."
Pay homage."
As the saying goes, "If you are born but not nourished, you can return it if you cut off your fingers! If you nourish it if it is born, you can return it if you cut off your head! If you raise it before it is born, it will be difficult to return it in a hundred lifetimes!" If it were not for this old man, there would be no original owner, let alone myself, so go there
In the end, I really had to visit his old man every year.
When Tang Ji stood up, Li Yu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be sad, you still have to look forward in life!"
"Who is sad? Let's go. It's time to go back. Let's rest for a day and return to Yunhuai County tomorrow." Tang Ji swatted his hand away and walked towards the location of the carriage.
"Hey? Are you leaving now? It's too fast!" Li Yu quickly chased after him.
Tang Ji sighed and replied: "I told you not to follow me!"
"Oh, just stay for two more days, one day, one day, that's fine!"