wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 158 II 23. Besieged on All Sides
Tongbat raked his hair: "Tian Erya, do you think you cleaned up the yard and did the right thing? I should thank you?"

Tian Erya was taken aback for a moment, in fact, she really thought so in her heart.However, seeing his cold attitude, as if she had done something wrong again, she apologized nervously: "My lord, I shouldn't disturb your rest."

"You still have a little self-knowledge. With these broken houses and messy yards, what can be done? This will be cleaned up, but it will still be so dirty and messy? You sweep the yard, just It will make noise and make people disturbed." Tongbat glared at her and drank his tea, then spit it on the ground and threw the tea bowl aside, "This place is full of wind and sand, and the water smells like earth when you drink it."

Li Hu stepped forward and handed him a jar of wine: "My lord, this is specially brought back from Jiangnan by Da Shengkui's third innkeeper, in honor of your daughter Hong, please try it."

"I'm confused like this, they still have filial piety? They want to expect me to do things for them again, it's purely muddled by lard." Tongbat curled his lips, pulled out the stopper, lifted his head up from the jar and drank.

Tian Erya watched the wine flow down his chin into his chest, and scratched his head.Everyone said that Mr. Tong was a nobleman of the royal family, and his behavior was unusual. Now she saw him as a lazy man in the village.

Tong Bat drank a jar of wine in one breath, his cheeks were flushed, and he fell asleep on the chair next to him, snoring loudly.

Li Hu signaled Tian Erya to go to the kitchen with him: "Can you make hot soup?"

"Yes." Tian Erya saw that the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen were in a mess, and firewood and chopping boards were piled up at random.

"We, Karen, have changed several cooks. They all felt that the place is remote and difficult for adults, so they ran away after working for a few days. I haven't recruited the right ones yet, and I'm all fooling around by myself." Li Hu looked She is diligent and very satisfied.

"My lord, I saw that your stewed chicken is very good!"

"I didn't stew it. I let the restaurant stew it until it was half-cooked in the morning, and then reheated it again when I came back. We adults are picky and insist on eating fresh out of the pot, so I reheated it again. Today, you come Cook, make some hot soup for the adult. The adult may vomit when he wakes up, and it will be very uncomfortable. You make it delicious and let him drink two more sips."

"Since he feels uncomfortable drinking, why does he still drink so much?"

"Use wine to relieve your worries. My lord was dispatched here from the prosperous Dongning Mansion. He used to be a fifth-rank prefect, but now he has no first-rank. The gap in his heart is too great, and no one can bear it."

Tian Erya muttered: "After being hit, you can't just stand still! Otherwise, when will you be able to make a comeback?"

"A comeback?" Li Hu snorted softly, "Since ancient times, the courtiers involved in the imperial examination fraud case have basically plummeted and will not be reused again. In front of adults, you should not mention these again."

"Oh." Tian Erya didn't understand, cleaned the kitchen, scooped noodles and mixed lumps while boiling water.

"What if you want pimple soup? I haven't eaten it for a long time..." Li Hu was chattering when he suddenly heard the sound of Tong Bat vomiting in the room, and hurried out.

Tong Bat vomited all over the floor, his complexion was sallow, and he lay weakly on the stool.

Li Hu touched his head and found it was hot. He was shocked and hurriedly dragged Tian Erya over: "My lord is sick, what should I do now?"

Tian Erya was at a loss: "Go hire the doctor! I don't know what to do."

"There is only one Tulang in a radius of thirty miles, and this Tulang walks around the streets every day. I don't know where he is going today."

"Then I have to go to him. Are there any spare herbs here?"

"No." Li Hu turned around anxiously, "The master specially arranged for me to stay by the young master's side to protect him, but now that the young master is in this situation, I can't do anything. Sigh!"

Tian Erya wiped the dirt on Tongbat's face and body with a towel: "Go to the nearby people and ask. It's remote here, so it's not convenient to hire a doctor. The locals will definitely have herbs at home."

"What you said makes sense. I'll look for it. But, what should you do, sir? It's all the fault of the secretary. He didn't count his leave, and took away the only two sentinels."

"I can help take care of the adults first..."

"Thank you. I'll be back soon." Li Hu waited for her words, and ran out the door.

"Huh?" Tian Erya didn't stop him, with a sad face.She was helpless in the face of a drunk man with a fever.It suddenly occurred to me that when she was a child, she vomited or felt uncomfortable. After drinking fried rice water, it was okay, soon, whether it worked or not, she had to try it first, it was better than just sitting still.She immediately rushed to the kitchen and poured out the fried rice and rice soup that she carried with her.

Tongbat could vaguely see someone feeding him soup, this caring scene was like a mother treating him.His tears couldn't stop pouring out. Ever since he was involved in the scientific examination fraud case, Fujin had often quarreled with him and went back to her mother's house arguing, never showing a gentle side.He turned his head away: "Mother, you don't have to take care of me yourself, just let someone take care of me."

Tian Erya blinked her eyes, is he talking nonsense?Why did you mention that mother is here?She took a spoon and continued to feed him rice soup.

"Mother, you know, after I was implicated in the scientific examination fraud case, everyone started to hide. Uncle, my father and elder brother also thought that I would not be promising again. Fujin quarreled with me every day, disgusted that I failed to give Bringing prosperity and wealth, but making people laugh. Have they ever thought that I am actually the most pitiful, pathetic, and most in need of comfort. After I was promoted by the emperor to be the magistrate, I also wanted to make a big difference. I followed my brother’s advice I want to get closer to the talented scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. I also want to reserve talents and attract more people with lofty ideals for our Tong family. I didn't accept bribes from those scholars, but I went to express my condolences to them before their exams. The emperor does not Listen to my justification, and beat me to the end."

Tian Erya listened to Tongbat's cry, feeling sad.He was not the only one who was involved in the scientific examination fraud case and felt wronged?Zheng Yuansheng was extremely talented, but because he lived in the same inn as the cheating Juzi, he was dismissed from fame and assigned to Ninggu Pagoda.We are all poor people.

Tongbat was wronged and cried: "Uncle, father and brother don't plead for me, my father-in-law doesn't speak for me, my Fujin can't see my difficulties. Manchu civil and military and young companions avoid me. Mother, son Now I am besieged on all sides, exhausted physically and mentally, and sent to a place where the birds don’t shit, to be a small manager who doesn’t even have a rank. What should I do? The world is so big that there is no room for me to display my talents.”

Tian Erya didn't know how to comfort her, so she patted his hand.

"Mother, I know, you are the only one who misses me." Tongbat said, curled up together, hugged his stomach and screamed for pain, and sweat was pouring out from his head.

(End of this chapter)