The Lady's Sickly Husband

C98. Happy New Year

Ever since Ji Xuyao arrived, Tong Zijing still refused to go back home, but he seldom followed Mo Qianxue everywhere.

They would meet at meals and ate together, but Ning Shaoqing was there too. Due to the cold air that Ning Shaoqing constantly spread, Tong Zijing was still a little daunted by him, because at that time, sister wouldn't be biased towards him.

Therefore, at meals, Tong Zijing acted very obedient and didn't talk much.

For the rest of the time, Ji Xuyao played with him while learning something.

Yet, Tong Zijing still suddenly thought of Mo Qianxue and insisted to take a look at her. If Mo Qianxue was doing accounts in the study room, he would call her sister in a sweet voice and gain Mo Qianxue's respond.

Then, under the urging of Ji Xuyao, he went back to class and continue to learned.

But for most of the time when he became reluctant to learn, he played naughty, sat opposite Mo Qianxue, and carved his loved wooden piece.

At those moments, a resourceful man as Ji Xuyao had nothing to do with him.

On Tong Zijing, only soft methods could be used.

That being said, his behavior had made great progress.

He used to have a vague idea about the relation between men and women, but now he could act with proper etiquette, on which Ji Xuyao had spent a lot of effort.

Moreover, Tong Zijing was getting smarter in that he already knew how to deal with the tutor, how to get along with Ning Shaoqing and how to please Mo Qianxue.

He was no longer the boy who only tittered all day long nor the boy who pulled Mo Qianxue outdoors to play. His mind developed rapidly.

For these, Ning Shaoqing was very satisfied, yet his face turned darker and darker. Only Mo Qianxue hadn't discovered yet.

Ji Xuyao was very puzzled as to why Mr. Ning could tolerate and even help this young man who stuck around his own wife and invited a tutor for him.

However, with the puzzle in his mind, he played his part diligently.

As long as he teached Tong Zijing well, lord Lu would give Ji family a big favor. Also, Mr. Tong paid him a good tuition fee. There was also a good opportunity to gain Tong Zijing's trust, which would lay a foundation for Ji family's future rise.

The days of leisure passed fast. Snowflakes thick as goose feathers floated in the sky. In three days, it would be New Year.

The river water was almost frozen, and as the weather was so cold and New Year was approaching, there were few ships anchored at Tianyou dock.

The porters on the dock didn't come for several days. The whole dock was sparsely visited.

Two days ago when Mo Qianxue came here, manager Tang and other officers had already taken the New Year's leave and returned to the city. Therefore, Mo Qianxue asked Yunyao to clean up the restaurant and got ready to close the door for the New Year.

Yesterday, nearly all the restaurants on the dock had officially halted operation. Mo Qianxue had wanted to come to pick up Yunyao yesterday, but Yunyao said that she needed to do a thorough clean up of the restaurant and make a perfect end to many other staff, so she came on the next day.

Yesterday, Mo Qianxue had let Nizi clean the vacant room in Ning's house. Today, Awu drove the horse carriage and picked up Yunyao and Xixi, her daughter, back to the Wang village.

At the dock, it was windy and cold. Since there were no ships or managing officers there, Mo Qianxue really feared that anything bad might happen to those poor mother and daughter.