Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1042
Because of Cao Yong's arrangement, the female family members of the Li family were spared the embarrassment of entering the yamen, and they only went around outside the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, and were led by Zheng Hu to the new house for resettlement.

The white-haired Taijun Gao stood outside the gate, watching the carriages of the crowd gradually approaching from the entrance of the alley.

Li Yu, who was riding a horse, already recognized her, quickly reined in the reins, got off the horse, rushed to Gao Taijun and knelt down: "Old Ancestor..."

Gao Taijun helped Li Yu up, looked behind him, frowned and said, "Why are you alone, where are your elder brother and third younger brother?"

Li Yu replied: "There are still some formalities to be done at the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment. The elder brother went there with the subordinate officials of the governor's yamen. The third brother traveled a long distance and was weak. He took the car with the fourth and fifth brothers."

At this moment, all the people in the carriage got out of the carriage and greeted Mr. Gao before approaching.

Gao Taijun forced himself to look at this, then at that, held back his tears, and led everyone into the courtyard.

Although this is a courtyard with two entrances, the courtyard is relatively spacious, and there are many houses with front and rear entrances, adding up to more than 20 rooms.

When they came to the room, headed by Mrs. Wang, everyone kowtowed to Mr. Gao in turn.

Changes happened in the family, and after a few months, they no longer thought about him.Now it was Gao Taijun who came forward to protect them, and their uneasy hearts were finally at ease.

Li Yu, Li Cheng and others are alright, but their eyes are red, and the female relatives can't help crying.

Gao Taijun's gaze slid across everyone's faces. Originally, there were more than 200 people in Li's house in Suzhou, and nearly 70 people in the capital.

The daughter-in-law who came in was not a daughter of a poor family, but a lady of an official and gentry family, and she had never suffered much.Unexpectedly, due to the ruin of the Li family, even the dowry was confiscated.

Gao Taijun sighed, and said to Li Yu and Li Cheng, "Help your grandma up." Then, he said to the Quan family's sisters-in-law: "Help your grandma up too."

Everyone responded, Brother Li Yu helped Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Quan helped Mrs. Sun, Mr. Gao pointed to the seat and let the two of them sit.

The others are concubines and great-grandchildren, all standing and listening to Gao Taijun's teaching.

Although Gao Taijun wanted to come out alone when he left Cao's mansion this morning, how could Mrs. Li let the old man do this, so after a while, he asked her to bring Qingmei and Qingtao out.

Right now, these two maidservants are waiting at the door, Taijun Bei Gao will give orders at any time.

When Mrs. Gao waited for Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Sun to sit down, she called Qingmei to come forward and gave her some instructions.

Qingmei responded, went to the east room to take out a box, and put it beside Gao Taijun.

Gao Taijun looked at Mrs. Wang, saw that her hair was half gray, and she was already showing an old appearance, and her disgust for her also faded a little, and said: "Nephew and granddaughter-in-law, you are also an elderly person, now your master is not here, you Take a break too. Let the granddaughter-in-law worry about this family from now on."

When Wang heard this, she was taken aback. She looked up at Mr. Gao, speechless.

Gao Taijun lived in the Li family for most of her life and never interfered in the Li family's affairs. However, she was not a fool, she knew the dispute between the Wang family and the Sun family.

When she was in Suzhou earlier, she could turn a blind eye to it. After all, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was the most difficult, not to mention that Wang was not Li Nai's biological mother.

Right now, the Li family is in a difficult time, and life is not easy, so how can they be allowed to fight among themselves.

Therefore, Gao Taijun made such decisions.

Seeing Wang's surprise, Gao Taijun glanced at the twins standing under Li Cheng, and said, "Wulang and Liulang are still young, and they still need someone to teach them. As a grandmother, you will have to worry more in the future."

Seeing the deep meaning in her words, Mrs. Wang froze, and said, "Daughter-in-law respects the old lady's orders."

Gao Taijun nodded, and asked Li Yu to go forward, put the box on the small table beside Sun's seat, and said: "This is 500 taels of silver, you keep it first, and use it as a home."

Mrs. Sun stood up, looked at Mrs. Wang who was looking uncertain, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Old Ancestor, the wife was the housekeeper earlier, and my daughter-in-law may not be able to take care of it."

Gao Taijun shook his head and said: "Your daughter-in-law has married three, and you still say this. Now it's not like before, you only need to take care of these ten people. Your mother-in-law is getting old, so you should be filial."

When Sun saw what he said, she no longer shied away, and bowed her knees to comply.

Gao Taijun nodded, and asked Qingmei to take a few silver seals, and said: "Women's family, you should always have some silver with you. The Li family suffered such a catastrophe, and your private house and dowry were all in vain. I'm still here Some money will be distributed to you today, the amount is not much, whether you want to praise it, or want to buy something you want, it is up to you to make up your own mind."

Saying that, Qingmei was divided in order, 200 taels for Wang, 100 taels for Sun, 60 taels for three people including Quan, and 20 taels for each of Zhao, Lu, and Hu.

After distributing the money, she said to Li Yu and Li Cheng, "I still have 2000 taels of silver here, one thousand is reserved for your grandfather to spend, and one thousand is reserved to see if it can redeem your father's punishment."

Li Yu and Li Cheng couldn't express what they felt when they heard this, they were both happy and ashamed...

*
Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard, Shang Fang.

Looking at Li Nuo who was kneeling on the ground, Mrs. Li personally helped him up, and said, "I haven't seen you for more than ten years, I really don't dare to admit it. They are all from my own family, why do you make such a big gift?"

It turned out that Li Nuo came out from the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, thinking that Mr. Gao was still in Cao's residence, and also thinking that he had received the favor of Cao's family, so he came to pay his respects to his parents.

"I haven't seen my aunt and grandmother for many years, and my grandson dare not be rude. This time my grandfather and father are in Beijing, thanks to my aunt and uncle for taking care of me, my grandson is right to thank you." Li Nuo said: "Where is the old ancestor? Please allow me The grandson is going to say hello, and then I will talk to my great-aunt."

He is 24 years old and has a short beard. He looks honest and stable, just like Li Nai when he was young.

Mrs. Li looked at him, thinking that Li Nai was dragged down by his father and ruined his official career. These grandchildren wondered if they could support the Li family.

"The old lady is worried about you. She left here early in the morning and went to the new house." Mrs. Li replied after hearing his question.

After hearing this, Li Nuo talked with Mrs. Li for a while, but it was just about the details of the Li family's crimes in the past few months.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li sighed.For Li Xu, he couldn't tell whether it was resentment or pity.If the cousin could listen to the advice, restrain his light like his husband, and plan as soon as possible, how could he have come to this point.

After talking about the household chores, Li Nuo hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Grandpa, did my cousin tell you when will my grandfather be dispatched?"

Li Shi said: "I mentioned it once, because your grandfather was not in good health a while ago, and now he is recuperating, it seems to be at the end of the month. Don't worry, he will always let you go."

Since Li Xu had already been convicted, he had nothing to hide from his family, and he arranged for the Department of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so it was not difficult to meet him.

Li Nuo heard this and said: "Grandmother, grandfather is old, grandson wants to go with grandfather and serve grandfather at his knees. I don't know if the yamen will allow it, if not, grandson wants to ask uncle..."

Li Xu is old, and Li's heart is not at ease, but Li Nuo is the eldest grandson, Li Xu and Li Nai are not around, the Li family still needs to be taken care of.

"Why didn't Brother Yu go? You are the eldest son of your father, and this family is all old and weak, women and children, and you have to take care of them." Li Shi asked.

"Second brother is quick-witted and more considerate than grandson. It's better for him to stay in the capital." Li Nuo said.

Seeing his insistence, Mrs. Li said: "Since that's the case, I'll ask your cousin to ask."

Li Nuo stood up again and thanked him. Because he was worried about his family, he pleaded guilty and left Cao's mansion, and was led to Li's new house.

At Li's new house, after Gao Taijun finished explaining about Yinzi, he ignored everything and let Sun make arrangements.

So Sun arranged a place to live. Wang's house was pointed by Mr. Gao. It was in the west room of the main house in the backyard, and Mr. Gao lived in the east room.

The others' residences are arranged by the Sun family.

There are two side rooms, where three concubines live.There are three rooms in the east wing of the backyard for Li Cheng and his wife, and three rooms in the west wing for Li Dao and Li Zheng brothers.

There are three main rooms in the front yard, Mrs. Sun lives in the east, and the west room is used as the living room.The east wing was for Li Nuo and his wife, and the west wing was for Li Yu and his wife. The three rooms were used as kitchens and storerooms.

When Li Nuo came back, everyone had dispersed from the front of Mr. Gao and went back to tidy up their houses.

Li Nuo saw that the new home was small but well organized, and he was very grateful to Mrs. Gao in his heart.He first went to Gao Taijun to invite Ann, and then said that he wanted to serve his grandfather and go to Shengjing.

Gao Taijun was also thinking about this matter, after all there are no servants in the Li family now, and Li Xu is getting older, I don't know if he can survive it, it is better to have children and grandchildren by his side.

Knowing that this great-great-grandson is prudent, she still wants to keep him in charge of the family in Beijing, so she wants to persuade him to stay and arrange for Li Yu to go.

Li Nuo smiled wryly and said: "Old Ancestor, the Li family has fallen and become a family of common people, so what else should my grandson take care of? The third younger brother is not in good health, and he is determined to take the exam, so he can't be moved. Although the second younger brother is taciturn, , but he has an idea. Although the grandchildren have a place to settle down today with the help of the ancestors, they can't just sit idle like this. The second brother has the ability to gather wealth. In the future, the Li family will have to rely on him to take care The grandson was just being lazy and chose an easy job for himself."

Although the Li family is currently in a slump, Gao Taijun is quite relieved to see that the great-grandchildren are all sensible.

"I still have 3000 taels of silver here. I originally wanted to wait for your father to come back and then give it to him to buy land or property. Since you said that Erlang has this ability, then I will give half of it to him and let him do whatever he wants." Why? You have to think about it, this 3000 taels of silver is the last capital of the Li family. If it is lost, life will be more difficult in the future." Gao Taijun thought for a while and said.

"Grandson believes in the second brother, and will not disappoint the ancestor." Li Nuo said.

Gao Taijun pondered for a moment, and said: "Since that's the case, then do this..."

*
When Cao Yong came back from Luoya, he heard Li Shi mention Li Nuo's greetings.

Cao Yong's impression of him is still the meeting in Kangxi's 49th year. At that time, Li Nuo was seven or eight years old. Because he was a concubine, he acted very well.

Counting him now, he is only in his early twenties.

He is the eldest son of Li Nai, who takes care of his family when his father and grandfather are away.He could have sent his brother to exile to perform filial piety in the name of housekeeper, but he wanted to go there in person.

This filial piety alone made Cao Yong feel good about him: "He has inherited the loyalty of his big cousin. If he really wants to do this, I will find a way to fulfill his filial piety..."

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(End of this chapter)