Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1087 Nian Xi's Eight Characters
Although Cao Yong is not in a hurry to ask Yiduli to pay back the money, he still secretly supports him for taking the "Baby Pillow" so quickly.

After all, according to Brother Sixteen, the account books of "Hua Tiantang" must be handed over to the imperial court every month.

Yi Duli thought that he would hide his identity and not show off by going to the "Appraisal of Treasures Club" with the post.But the capital is such a large area, so it's impossible to hide it from someone who is interested.

Although he sold it ten days later and lost more than 2 taels of silver, it cannot be said that Yidu is a prodigal.

When the emperor has no money, it will never be a good thing for the courtiers to be rich.Seeing that he suffered a small loss now, he might have taken advantage of it.

After seeing Hua Tiantang's "Treasure Appreciation Meeting" twice, it was the end of July and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching.

"Daoxiang Village" began to buy mooncakes. Compared with previous years, the mooncake gift boxes in Daoxiang Village this year are much more luxurious.The price is not cheap, ranging from 28 taels of silver for "Fu Lu Shou Xi" to 280 taels of silver for "perfect".

Being able to sell so expensive is not because the mooncakes in "Daoxiang Village" are so rare, but because of the word "gift box" in the "mooncake gift box".This year's high-end gift boxes are all exquisite boxes made of real gold and silver.

The perfect moon cake box is made of 20 taels of pure gold. The box of "Fu Lu Shou Xi" used ten taels of silver.

In general, except for the cost of gold and silver and moon cakes, an average of 50 taels of silver can be earned per gift box.

Seven kinds of gift boxes, [-] boxes each, are sold separately in ten shops in Daoxiang Village in the capital.

People in the capital still recognize the pastry of "Daoxiang Village". The gift box was known to everyone within a few days after it appeared in the shop.

However, there are still many people talking about it, but few people buy it.After all, the price is high, and if real relatives and friends go around during the festival, it is not as real as real money.

There are a lot of people running for office this year, and this "moon cake gift box" that is real money and decent for the occasion has suddenly become the first choice for gift giving.There was a son of a senior official in the southern province who bought fifty boxes of "Perfect" in one go.

In this way, it can be regarded as a precedent.Those who ran for officials turned their attention to the "moon cake gift box" in Daoxiang Village.

On the seventh day of August, the 17 "moon cake gift boxes" in Daoxiang Village were declared sold out.This item alone made Daoxiang Village earn 5000 taels of silver.

Several shopkeepers of the shop saw that the momentum was good, and they had already come to Cao's mansion to ask for instructions whether to rush to make another batch of "gift boxes".The moon cakes are all ready-made, mainly the moon cake boxes made of gold and silver.

However, Chu Yu rejected this suggestion and told them to concentrate on the pastry and stop thinking about tricks.

Daoxiang Village is unwilling to add more "gift boxes", but other dim sum shops have long been envious.As early as when the gold and silver gift boxes in Daoxiang Village started to sell well, they started to follow suit, but because they were not as well-known as Daoxiang Village, the crowd was a bit deserted.

After the Daoxiang Village gift boxes were sold out, those who were a step late didn't like the ordinary mooncakes anymore, so they went to other shops to buy gold and silver gift boxes.

In fact, this businessman has a keen eye for doing things, and not only bakery shops but also gold and silver houses followed suit.

After the tenth day of the eighth lunar month, real gold and silver mooncake gift boxes have come out.Not only the box is made of gold and silver, but the mooncakes inside are also made of pure gold and silver, and the weight is getting bigger and bigger.

It's just that they also understand that it's a good time to sell their stature.If the asking price is too high, then everyone will find a goldsmith to make it by themselves.So it's just a [-]% to [-]% increase in the price of gold and silver.

Although it can't be eaten, it looks like a "moon cake" after all. If you have the cheek to bring this to your door, you can say whether it is suitable for the occasion.In this way, there are quite a few serious buyers, but the "moon cake gift boxes" of other pastry shops seem to be not as affordable, and some of them cannot be sold, and they are unsalable in their hands.

Until this time, the shopkeepers of Daoxiang Village who originally wanted to continue selling "gift boxes" felt lucky, and only praised their wives for their "foresight".

In fact, it wasn't that Chu Yu had the "foresight", but that Cao Yong, who was behind the plan, knew to "let it go when it's good".

It is in line with his way of being a person if he wants to earn a lot of benefits and not be eye-catching.

No, because Daoxiang Village had few gift boxes and they were sold out early, and later the pure gold and silver mooncakes came out, no one paid any attention to the money that Daoxiang Village earned in the first place.

He also saw Yi Duli buying land and raising cash, and thought of himself.

If he goes abroad, the West Mansion will not all go with him at that time, and the family will have to live in two places, and the money spent will be doubled.In addition to the East Mansion, if Cao Xiang returns to Beijing, he will face the situation of separating his family.

Although in recent years, the East Mansion has successively bought outhouses and land for the separation of the family.But as a cousin, he never has the reason to live happily and let his cousins ​​live on their fingers.

As early as when Daoxiang Village opened, he had told his wife that in the future, he would use some of the money to subsidize his younger siblings, and Chu Yu agreed.

He had already made up his mind, and when the Dong Mansion was separated, he would take out some money and distribute it to the three cousins.What happens in the future is up to them to develop themselves.Both left and right are people who have families and careers, and he, an older brother, can't take care of him for a lifetime.

In this way, the ones distributed to the three cousins, and the ones that were released and brought to other places by himself, seriously need a sum of money, so he took advantage of the trend of people in the capital running away to give his wife such an idea, and made a small profit .

It's funny to say that some foreign officials, when they first arrived in the capital, didn't know much about the relationship between Cao Mansion and Daoxiang Village, so they sent the gift box of "Daoxiang Village" to Cao Mansion.

There are seven kinds of gift boxes in Daoxiang Village, and the Cao Mansion actually received three of them, including four boxes of one type of silver gift box and four boxes of two types of gold gift box.

The imported items, even if they were purchased from their own shop and changed hands in the middle, are only rewarded by servants.There was only that box, which was exquisitely made, and Chuyu distributed it to Niuniu and Tianhui to pack small items.

On this day, when Cao Yong was resting, he did not go out to see off the festival, but stayed at home to wait for guests.

As early as three days ago, Nian Xi sent someone to send a greeting card, and wanted to bring his wife to the door today.

It can be seen that there is intention to visit Cao Yong on the day when Cao Yong is resting. In addition, the two families are serious brothers-in-law, Cao Yong, who is a brother-in-law, naturally has to be cautious.Although he knew in his heart that Nian Xi Bacheng came to thank him, but he couldn't lose his courtesy.

Hearing that her younger sister and brother-in-law came to visit her, Chu Yu was filled with joy.

Although Wu Gege from Prince Chun's Mansion also married to Jingzhong, but because of her husband's strict family, it is not easy to go back to the Palace, let alone visit her sister's house.

When Mrs. Li heard this, she also attached great importance to it, and told Chu Yu to make a good show of the table, and not to neglect her relatives.

Cao Yong was very lucky for Nian Xi to survive the calamity of life and death, but he wanted the most important backer of the Nian family, Concubine Nian, to live a short life, and Nian Gengyao also ended up miserable. At that time, I don’t know what will happen to Nian Xi. It faded a little bit.

Sometimes, living is harder than dying.

At the beginning of Sichu (nine o'clock in the morning), Nian Xi and his wife arrived as scheduled.

Nian Xi still looked thinner, but he was very different from meeting him on the sick bed.It was lifeless that time, but now it cannot be said to be full of vitality, but also more energetic.

With such a serious illness, it is rare to see such improvement after three months of treatment.

After arriving at Cao's mansion, Nian Xi and Qi Gege first went to Lan Yuan to greet Mrs. Li.

Earlier, he also accompanied the old lady of the Nian family to visit Cao's mansion, but at that time he was a foreigner, and he had tea in the front hall, so he was not qualified to enter the inner house; now, he is a serious in-law, a real relative, so he naturally wants to meet with the whole family.

Speaking of which, Nian Xi's grandfather, Nalan Rongruo, was still Cao Yin's old friend.Although Nalan died of illness early, Mrs. Li also heard her husband talk about it in her early years.

In addition, I have also heard about the situation of the eldest son of the Nian family. He lost his mother when he was young, and his stepmother was unkind. He lived in Prince Yong's mansion when he was a teenager, and he also depends on his elderly grandfather to take care of him when he grows up. Li's heart felt a little more compassionate.

Between the consultants, she couldn't help showing a little kindness.

In Nianxi's family, his stepmother was born in the clan, and acted arrogantly; his aunt was reticent, polite and distant; although his aunt loved him, but because the age difference between the aunt and nephew was less than ten years old, he was more like an elder sister .

Nian Xi was moved by Li's kindness, and he replied with sincerity, intimacy and respect.

Seeing him like this, Mrs. Li felt more and more that he was worthy of being a young master, respectful and polite, and liked him even more, and said: "Since we are real relatives, if you don't dislike our low family background, you might as well walk around more in the future. Your brother-in-law's age is also the same How old are you, and you are an official in the same dynasty, you should be so close."

In Nian Xi's mind, the appearance of his biological mother was blurred.

Although he knew that Cao Yong had a rift with his father for a long time, and the family was alienated in the same year, he was unwilling to go against Li Shi's good intentions. Well, the elder brother-in-law is the savior of the junior, as long as the elder brother-in-law does not think the junior is clumsy, the junior is willing to ask the elder brother-in-law for advice on how to behave."

The father-in-law, uncle, and brother-in-law are the three most valued relatives of the Bannerman.Nian Xi was happy to be close to his son, and Li Shi was also happy.

After saying hello to Mrs. Li, Cao Yong accompanied Nian Xi to the living room in the front yard to have tea, and Qi Gege was invited to Wutong Garden by Chu Yu, and the two sisters talked about themselves.

As Cao Yong expected, Nian Xi and his wife came up to thank them for their gratitude.

In addition to the words of sincere gratitude, the couple also prepared a big gift.Part of it belongs to the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony, and part of it is a gift to honor Li and meet the children.

Not to mention Changsheng, Tianyou, Hengsheng, and Tianhui, the uncles and nephews of the Cao family, even Niuniu, Zuozhu, and Zuocheng, the three children with other surnames, everyone has a share, which shows his intentions.

Chu Yu sees that the meeting gift prepared by the children is too heavy and refuses to accept it.

Qi Gege said anxiously: "If the elder sister doesn't accept it, she just doesn't want to see our relatives. These things are carefully prepared after we discussed with the old man. Even if the elder sister doesn't care about the relationship between the younger sister and our master, Anyway, it depends on our old man."

She brought out her elders, but Chu Yu couldn't say anything more.

Qigege changed the conversation, and wanted to see Tianhui and Niuniu.

When she was a child, she followed Qifu Jin to the Cao Mansion twice, and met Niuniu and Tianhui.

Chuyu sent someone to call Niuniu and Tianhui to come over. After a while, the two came to meet the guests.One is called "Sister Seven", one is called "Aunt Seven", Qi Gege returned the gift, one is called "Sister Ping", and the other is called "Big Girl".

Speaking of which, she herself is only 15 years old, only one year older than Niu Niu.

Just like Nianxi has changed, Qi Gege has lost her childishness in the past three months, her face is round and softer.

Chu Yu is someone who has experienced it, so she can see the difference, and she is relieved.

Since the brother-in-law has been able to consummate the house, the younger sister has hope.Even if the brother-in-law's illness relapses in the future, as long as the younger sister has a son and a half, she can count on something to rely on.

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Forbidden City, Yikun Palace.

Nian personally held a cup of tea and sent it to Yongzheng.

Yongzheng took it, took a sip, saw that she was weak, and said: "It's autumn, you should add clothes earlier, and you took medicine a few days ago, it's just better, if you get sick again, you won't be so stubborn."

After hearing the words of Guan Ai, Nian blushed a little, and said: "Thank you for your concern, my concubine is well."

She is the youngest among the wives and concubines in Yongzheng Qian's mansion. She entered the palace in her teens and is in her early thirties this year.

On the body of the woman next to her, at this age, youth is no longer there, but it is an exception for her.She is still beautiful, retaining the sweetness and shyness of a young woman.It's just because of too many ups and downs in these years, while enjoying the exclusive favor, she also experienced the pain of bereavement again and again, which made her brows add melancholy, but it made people feel more distressed.

Because of pity for her sufferings, Yongzheng has shown more love and indulgence to this concubine these years.

Nian's health was not good a few days ago, and Yongzheng didn't check her brand for some days, and now he is a little emotional.

Nian had something on his mind and was thinking about how to speak, but he didn't pay attention to Yongzheng's reaction.

Yongzheng saw her eyes flickering, just a little bit of desire arose, then suddenly cooled down, and said: "Aifei looks worried, but what's on your mind?"

In the past two years, there were not one or two courtiers who turned to Nian's family openly and secretly. Those people were not flattering the majestic Fuyuan General Nian Gengyao, but the noble concubine in the palace who gave birth to a prince.

Yongzheng has experienced the pain of Jiulong seizing his heir, and he will not let his sons repeat the same mistakes.In addition to loving and loving Concubine Nian, he also grew wary.

The reason why he didn't intervene in the "standing in line" of the ministers was that he wanted to use the whetstone of the Nian family to test who among the courtiers was selfish and who was truly loyal to the emperor.

Nian wanted to ask him for advice, but when he saw him asking, he said, "It's not because of Nian Xi. Although he is better now, who knows what will happen in the future. I don't know which unscrupulous monk instigated him in front of the old man, saying that Nian Xi The old man was so confused that he planned to adopt Nian Xi to the eldest son. The eldest son has no heirs, so it is natural to adopt a nephew, but there is no reason to adopt the eldest son of the second wife. The last time my concubine returned to the province, I heard about this and persuaded the old man. The old man didn't say anything at the time, and the concubine only listened to him as an old man. I didn't expect that now that Nianxi recovered from his illness, the old man brought up this matter again..."
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It's the 27th, and Xiao Jiu asks for a monthly pass. .

(End of this chapter)