After three days and three nights of traveling day and night, the convoy led by Ge Hong finally arrived at Hukou Town and met the three brothers Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun and Yu Tie.
In a restaurant, three people were cleaning up Ge Hong's family and ordered a table of delicious dishes, but they did not ask for wine.
Because after the meal, they had to send the quicklime transported from Ganquan County to Beiying Station to cater for Chai Yan's disinfection work.
So everyone had tea instead of wine and chatted about the situation in Beiying while eating vegetables...
Ge Hong asked the three of them: "How are you doing these days, Mr. Chai?"
Guan Maochun said while eating the vegetables: "That's great. If our Lord Chai hadn't been here, I don't know what kind of chaos their Beiying would be in..."
After hearing this, Ge Hong looked at Cheng Jiu and asked: "Fourth brother, please tell me quickly, what is going on with Mr. Chai?"
Cheng Jiu hurriedly put down his chopsticks and carefully told what he knew about what Chai Yan did in Beiying.
Yu Tie nodded and ate his food while listening, proving that what Cheng Jiu said was true and not exaggerated.
Ge Hong was so happy that he immediately took a sip of tea and said with admiration: "As expected of Mr. Chai, he is really awesome! Haha..."
Cheng Jiu and three others nodded in agreement.
Then, Cheng Jiu asked: "By the way, brother, you and Lao San are over there in Ganquan County. Is everything okay?"
In fact, Cheng Jiu wanted to ask about Situ Jing's current situation, but due to the large number of people, he was too embarrassed to ask directly.
Ge Hong understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, but he pretended not to hear it and said: "Ah, it's all good, it's all good! Lao San and I are very leisurely every day, basically just eating.
Go to sleep and eat when you wake up. Look, you’ve gained weight... No, no, you can’t eat like this in the future..."
Cheng Jiu asked hurriedly: "Brother, that's not what I'm asking about, it's... it's her!"
"She?" Ge Hong pretended to be confused and said, "Which one is she?"
"Who else is there?" Cheng Jiu rolled his eyes helplessly.
"I don't know, which one is she?" Ge Hong shook his head dully, looking completely unaware.
Guan Maochun on the side couldn't stand it anymore and said anxiously: "Brother, the fourth brother is asking about Miss Situ, why don't you understand?"
Yu Tie, who was at the same table, burst out laughing, thinking to himself, who doesn’t understand? You are the only one who doesn’t understand, and you still take the joke seriously!
Ge Hong raised his hand and poked Guan Maochun's temple, and laughed angrily: "Are you stupid? I was joking with your fourth brother."
"Oh." Guan Maochun touched the area poked by Ge Hong's finger and responded in a muffled voice.
Cheng Jiu picked up the teapot at this time, poured tea into his elder brother's tea bowl with a smile on his face, and said: "Brother, please don't make me anxious, just tell me..."
Ge Hong glanced at Cheng Jiu, took a sip of tea slowly, then put down the tea bowl and took out an envelope from his arms, handed it to Cheng Jiu and said, "Here, it's for you!"
Cheng Jiudeng was overjoyed. He immediately took the envelope, opened it, took out the letter inside, and left the table.
Guan Maochun immediately became happy. Looking at Cheng Jiu walking away, he said: "Brother, look, fourth brother is even shy and avoids us, hahaha..."
Yu Tie also laughed, but he was still happy for Cheng Jiu in his heart.
Ge Hong picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. While chewing it, he said to Guan Maochun: "Why are you laughing? You will understand it all when you find a woman you like."
Guan Maochun was stunned for a moment, then shrugged and said: "It must be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse..."
After a while, Cheng Jiu came back after reading the letter.
At this time, the letter had been folded up again by Cheng Jiu and hidden somewhere close to him, which was very dear to his heart.
Guan Maochun asked curiously: "Fourth brother, what did Miss Situ say in the letter?"
"What are you asking about? It's none of your business!" Cheng Jiu was in a good mood, smiling and raising his eyebrows.
Guan Maochun immediately said: "Fourth brother, we are sworn brothers who share life and death. You can't focus on sex over friendship! Isn't that right, eldest brother, second brother?"
Ge Hong smiled and said nothing, but Yu Tie nodded his head regardless of the trouble, and seemed to agree with Guan Maochun's words.
"Who cares about sex over friends? Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart?" Cheng Jiu shouted immediately, feeling that Lao Wu was just worried that the world would not be in chaos.
After the two of them had laughed, Ge Hong said seriously: "Tell you, Fourth, Miss Situ asked me to send this letter, but only with Master Situ's consent!"
Cheng Jiu couldn't help but be stunned, and then said: "Brother, does it mean that Mr. Situ already knows about Situ Jing and me?"
Ge Hong took a sip of tea and said, "Although Master Situ didn't say it himself, I think he already knew it, but he never made it clear!"
Cheng Jiu felt nervous and asked quickly: "Brother, Master Situ...has he punished Situ Jing?"
Ge Hong nodded very seriously and replied: "Yes!"
"Ah?" Cheng Jiu was surprised and asked anxiously: "What did Master Situ punish her for?"
After Ge Hong pretended to think, he said: "Copy the scriptures as punishment!"
"Copy scriptures?" Cheng Jiu was very surprised.
Ge Hong suddenly laughed and said: "Okay, okay, big brother won't tease you anymore, Miss Situ is very good, Master Situ did not punish Miss..."
"Then big brother, why are you talking about copying scriptures?" Cheng Jiu felt that the eldest brother would not say "copying scriptures" out of nowhere.
Ge Hong stopped smiling and explained: "At that time, Miss Situ learned about the plague outbreak here and wanted to come with me..."
Cheng Jiu screamed and interrupted: "How can that be done? She is a weak woman, how dangerous it is to follow her!"
Ge Hong raised the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows: "Nonsense! Even if you are willing, can Lord Situ be willing?"
Guan Maochun and Yu Tie also laughed.
Cheng Jiu glared at the two of them with a sullen face and said, "Brother, keep talking, keep going...'
Ge Hong continued: "When Master Situ heard this, he naturally disagreed, and neither did Miss Xiaohuan or I. Later, Miss Situ calmed down and did not follow. However, she decided to copy the "Peace Sutra" at home.
A hundred times, I hope Master Chai, you, me, and everyone else can return safely!"
"A hundred times!" Guan Maochun was shocked: "The Peace Sutra is not short. How long will it take to copy it a hundred times?"
Ge Hong curled his lips and said, "What do you know? This is called sincerity. Otherwise, how could Buddha bless Mr. Chai and us?"
While Cheng Jiu felt sorry for Situ Jing's suffering, he did not forget to tap Guan Maochun on the forehead and glared: "Stop being so verbose! Isn't it for our own good that she works so hard?"
Guan Maochun rubbed his forehead and said nothing, continuing to eat vegetables and drink tea.
Ge Hong took a deep breath and whispered: "Don't worry, Fourth, I don't think Master Situ has any objection to you. Besides, Master Chai will make the decision for you, so it shouldn't be too difficult between you and Miss Situ.
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These words made Cheng Jiu very happy. He immediately picked up the tea bowl and said, "Brother, I respect you!"