"But when it was delivered to the capital at the end of the New Year, who would have thought that as soon as the offering fruit was handed over to Wanfu, there would be no more movement. My parents waited until the Lantern Festival, but they did not receive the two thousand taels of silver that they had negotiated in advance. Dad My mother had no choice but to go to the capital to ask for it. Who would have thought that even if she entered Wanfu, my parents could not even enter the city gate. Only then did my parents realize that they had been tricked by Wanfu. My mother could not bear this blow. He committed suicide that night, and my father wrote a petition, but who is the leader of the Wan family? So who in the capital would dare to accept his petition?"
Having said this, Song Tong curled his lips sarcastically, paused and then said: "That spring, Long Live took in my father and I when we were desperate, changed our identities and names, and my father stayed in the palace as a housekeeper. Du Heng and I studied martial arts with Lord Long Live. I always wanted to repay the prince's kindness, so six years later, Lord Long Live took Du Heng and others to southern Xinjiang, while I quietly came to Beidi. "
Ji Xiang listened to him talking about these old things in silence, and looked at the calmness on Song Tong's face, but felt a dull pain in her heart. Suddenly she bent down, took the fire fork and started to stir in the stove. After a while, from the dots of fireworks, Pulling out a round gray fluffy thing, she patted the dust on it and looked at Song Tong with a smile: "Brother, did you eat it when you were a child?"
Song Tong stared at the things in her hand and said with a smile: "I have eaten it, but it has been twenty years since I have eaten it."
Ji Xiang lowered his head and smiled as he patted the dust off the things, revealing a fragrant sweet potato. He broke it open and sent the big half to Song Tong. He said with a smile: "Come, let's relive the fun of childhood." ”
Song Tong continued with a smile, peeling the skin while eating soft white sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes were very sweet and glutinous, just as delicious as when they were children. Song Tong couldn't help but sigh: "This was the best bite when I was a child."
"Bake one for Ke'er tomorrow," Ji Xiang nodded, holding his lips and saying, "The little girl will definitely like it."
Song Tong looked at her smiling eyes and was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and continued to eat the sweet potato in his hand.
"Then considering the time, when brother came to Beidi, the princess had not gone to Dali yet, and I was still in Beidi." Jixiang suddenly remembered when and looked at Song Tong with excitement, "Brother, at that time you Have you seen me?"
Song Tong glanced at her. She was a twenty-nine-year-old woman. She was really not young, but her bright eyes were as clear as a cardamom girl.
Jixiang saw that he didn't speak, and felt a little sad for a moment. He comforted himself in his heart, how old was he then? What is his identity again? How could Song Tong have noticed her? Even if Song Fu hadn't accepted her as his adopted daughter, how could Song Tong have even looked at herself, a plain-looking woman in her late thirties
Ji Xiang was belittling himself when he suddenly heard Song Tong speak.
"I've seen it before," Song Tong took the last bite of sweet potato into his stomach and looked at Ji Xiang with a smile, "When you and the princess went to Dali, I was the one who sent you to Kyaktu and handed you over to the Dali guards. , you cried so much at that time. The princess didn’t cry at first, but you opened your voice so loudly that you made the princess burst into tears. I was still half a kid at that time, so I couldn’t coax the child. ? At that time, the two girls who couldn't stop crying were so busy that they almost cried with you. "
Ji Xiang couldn't remember the scene at that time. He only remembered that he was crying. Hearing Song Tong's description, he felt a little embarrassed: "Really? Did I really cry that hard?"