Chapter 743: Chapter 743: You Move Back to the Old Courtyard
“I’m back.” Tong Sanlang replied in a calm tone.
“Tired, aren’t you? Come sit down and rest.” Li Rou walked over with Tong Xiaoxing and Tong Xiaoyue, her expression was very gentle, “Darong, quickly serve the food.”
The delicious food Tong Xingda had ordered from the Jíwèi restaurant was waiting in the kitchen for Tong Sanlang.
Tong Darong answered and moved the table to the courtyard next to the other table, creating a large one. Then he quickly served the food onto the plates and set the table.
“All sit down, all sit down, eat, eat.” He called out.
The whole family gathered around, including Zhu Hongyun.
Ever since Tong Sanlang and Qiao Xiaomai had nearly demolished her house in Zhu Village, she had been left with quite a shock. Seeing Tong Sanlang now, she still felt timid.
She chose to sit as far as possible from Tong Sanlang. As she saw Tong Erlang wanting to get closer to Tong Sanlang, she hastily pulled him back, signaling him with her eyes to sit next to her.
Tong Erlang caught her eye signal and, laughing merrily, sat down next to her.
With a sidelong glance, Tong Sanlang had a look at Zhu Hongyun and Tong Erlang, and then at Zhang’s family and Tong Xingda, sighing inwardly.
At the moment of his success in the imperial examination, these people had put aside their previous grievances.
It was just as well they harbored no grudge, he just wanted to live a peaceful life.Upd@te by novg0.co
Seeing Tong Darong pouring wine, a smile appeared on his face.
“Come on, let’s the men have a drink.” Tong Xingda lifted his bowl and called out.
Tong Sanlang picked up the bowl in front of him, clinked it against Tong Xingda’s, Tong Tiehu’s, and Tong Darong and Tong Erlang’s, then drained it all in one gulp.
The spicy liquor slid down his throat and he put down his bowl, picked up his chopsticks and grabbed a bite of food.
“Sanlang, what are your plans for the future?” Seeing him put down his bowl, Zhang’s family hurriedly passed him a piece of meat.
“Continue my studies in preparation for next year’s palace examinations.”
“Now you’re a scholar, a different status, you need to pay attention to things you previously ignored.” Zhang’s family refrained.
“Like what?” Tong Sanlang asked.
“For example, reputation.” Zhang’s family put down her chopsticks and said, “You’re a scholar. People from the nearby villages should address you as Scholar Sir. With this status, how can you continue to live in the Qiao family’s place?”
“You are a Tong family member, the head of the Tong family, the face of the Tong family. If you live in the Qiao family, where would we put the face of our Tong family? You are not a son-in-law to the Qiao family, you married a daughter of the Qiao family.”
“Isn’t it because we are poor? It’s more comfortable living in the manor than in the old house.” Tong Sanlang replied.
“Not poor, we have money. If you want to live comfortably, your mother and I will renovate the old house tomorrow, and make sure you are satisfied.” said Zhang’s family eagerly. Original content can be found at Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
“Is the money for renovating the house coming from the sixteen hundred taels that Xiaomai gave?” Tong Sanlang asked.
“I have savings, enough to renovate the house.” Zhang’s family replied.
Previously, she had taken out her savings to buy a gold hairpin for Qiao Xiaomai, but Qiao Xiaomai refused and returned the one hundred taels to her.
One hundred taels is more than enough to renovate the house.
Tong Sanlang’s family name is Tong, and he is now a scholar. Originally, the Tongs were a well-respected family in the village. So, it doesn’t look good for Tong Sanlang to be living in the barren farmland of the Qiao family.
First, they needed to bring Tong Sanlang back to the village and have him stay in the old house.