Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1143

As a woman, Tian's family relied on Cao Yong to be the master in major matters, and Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng also obeyed.

Cao Yong couldn't get away and returned to Beijing. The eldest son Tianyou was only more than two months older than the Zuozhu brothers, so it was not appropriate to come forward.

Cao Yong then wrote a letter to Cao Xiang and Cao Fu, asking their brothers to take one of them to live with Zuo, and Zuo Cheng to go to Ning's house to "meet" Mrs. Ning.

At the same time, he also sent a letter to Ma Jun, mentioning this matter, just to let Ma Jun be a witness, so as not to fall into the eyes of Mrs. Ning, it is as if the Cao family self-acted and directed two children to inherit Ningchun incense. .

When Mother Xu and Mother Tian returned to Beijing, there would be more Zuozhu Brothers and his party.

Mammy Xu and Nanny Tian were in doubt, they leaned in front of Brother Zuozhu, and wanted to ask a few questions.

Zuo Zhu was silent, and every time he saw them approaching, he just kept his mouth shut and listened, and seldom spoke; Zuo Cheng was eloquent, but he knew what to say and what not to say, not only did not get caught out, but also learned from the two nuns. Mammy inquired a lot about the recent situation of the Ning family.

Mrs. What's fiftieth birthday last year, the house was very lively, relatives and friends all came to celebrate her birthday; Young Master Sun, on his second birthday, can already speak, he is really smart, like his wife loves her dearly; The fourth grandma is the most virtuous and filial, even though she is the wife's niece, she does not dare to forget her role as a daughter-in-law, she is sober, she has never been rude, and so on.

Brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng had different thoughts after hearing this.

What Zuo Zhu thought about was that this family was happy and harmonious, but it seemed that their brothers appeared out of the blue, and they might not be willing to treat their brothers as relatives; just like their brothers, even if they knew they were blood relatives, it was weird to want to get close to each other.

Zuo Cheng thought more about it. When a niece is a daughter-in-law, more courtesy means less intimacy, which shows that the aunt and nephew are not close; .

Since that "Fourth Master" was in the officialdom without the help of his family, he was not confused. How could he be confused about family affairs?
Whether it is really soft-hearted or weak-hearted, or deliberately sided with the biological parents, it is hard to think about.

A family of three adults, with three hearts, is lively.

Thinking of this, Zuo Cheng couldn't help but snorted softly, showing a sense of ridicule...

Cao Yong's two letters went to the post station, and they arrived in the capital one day earlier than Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers.

As for the matter of his nephew and son-in-law, Ma Jun was naturally concerned.

His eldest daughter Xiangjun is half a year younger than Zuozhu, and she is already thirteen this year, and it will only be a blink of an eye when Jiji gets married.

When he promised to marry in Cao's mansion, Xiang Jun's mother and his ordinary wife Zhong Shi cried a lot afterwards, and he was very dissatisfied with the new son-in-law.

With the passing away of the Ma Shilang brothers, the Ma family is no longer as prosperous as before, but the Cao family is rising. Zuo Zhu has achieved fame at the age of 11, and Zhong's grievances are much less, but he has to nagging in front of her husband secretly. Nag a few words, Mr. Xiang is the eldest sister, and Mr. Yuan of the big house is the younger sister. There is no reason why no sister says that she is better than her sister.

Ma Jun could only scold her not to talk too much. Although Ma Jun's uncle died of illness, his aunt was still alive.

Although Yuan Jun is the second daughter of Ma Jun, she is the first daughter of Fang's family, and her status is no less than that of Xiang Jun, the second family.She is one year younger than Mr. Xiang, and she is also at the age of marriage.Ma Jun is not alone in deciding her marriage.

Since Cao Yong's letter mentioned that he would hand over the matter to Cao Xiang brothers, Ma Jun sent someone to send a post to Cao's East Mansion.The meaning in the post was to ask for a letter, and when their brother led Zuozhu brother to Ning's house, he also wanted to go with him.

Brothers Cao Xiang and Cao Fu also received the handwritten letter from their cousin on the same day.

After discussing, the two brothers decided to wait for Zuozhu and their brothers to come back, and Cao Xiang would take them to visit Mrs. Ning.

Cao Xiang is older and has a higher official rank, so if he represents Cao Yong, it can also show to the Ning family that the Cao family attaches great importance to Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers.

When the brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng arrived in Beijing, Cao Xiang sent someone to send a post to Ma Jun. The two agreed on a time, and sent someone to send a post to Ning's house two days in advance.

Mrs. Ning had already learned about Zuo Zhu's brother's return to the capital from the two nuns, and she was not surprised to hear that the two brothers were coming to say hello, but after seeing the greeting card, they signed the letters of the two fourth-rank officials. The name took a deep breath.

Mrs. Ning was annoyed and worried, showing a bit of fear.

It was still Nanny Xia, who recognized Zuo Zhu's brother, and was partial to the young master in her heart. She was afraid that Mrs. Ning would have troubles, so she refused to admit her relatives. The other masters of the family also want to give respect to the two young masters. Madam, you can wait and enjoy the blessings. With the care of Governor Cao, the two young masters are studying and striving. ... The most rare thing is that the wife of the princess also really loves the two young masters. This time, the old slave was ordered to go. Hearing what the wife of the princess said, he had already prepared money for the two young masters, and he will marry a wife in the future The wife of the princess will take care of it... Daoxiang Village is making money every day, and who doesn't know that Prince Chun's mansion is one of the most wealthy people in the clan, and his private house is the richest..."

Only when officials from the third rank and above are granted imperial orders, besides the mother and wife, there is also the role of grandmother.

Brother Zuo Zhu is only fourteen now, when he becomes an official, how easy is it to make it to a senior official of the third rank?
Nanny Xia is just drawing a big cake, trying to seduce Mrs. Ning's heart.

Aunt Xu was at the side, although she was dissatisfied that Madam Xia was full of good things about the Cao family, but she also understood the current situation, if the wife recognizes relatives, only the good ones will not suffer.

With two grandsons returning to the clan, Kuanjie would have some scruples if they wanted to unscrupulously provoke the relationship between the fourth master and his wife.

Mrs. Ning was really tempted by Madam Xia's words. She was only worried that two grandchildren would come out and divide up the little property in her hands; If you stop it again, you will not know what is good or bad.

"The two brothers are good at studying? It's easy to be a scholar, but it's not so stubborn to be a scholar or a Jinshi..." Mrs. Ning's eyes showed a little hesitation.

"When I was studying with a few young masters in the Governor's Mansion, I invited several masters to be Hanlin; now in the academy over there in Baoding, I also study with the old Hanlin who retired from the Hanlin Academy. If I study like this, I can't read well. , then there is no place to reason." Mother Xia said.

Mrs. Ning murmured, turned over the greeting card and looked at it for a while, then said to Madam Xu on the side: "Go and invite the fourth master and fourth grandma to come over and discuss how to entertain guests in the future..."

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Not to mention how Mrs. Ning explained this to Yongliang and his wife, how surprised Yongliang and his wife were, in a blink of an eye, it was the third day when Cao Xiang and Ma Jun took Zuozhu brother to Ning's house.

Behind the two, apart from Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, there was a Hang Seng.

He asked for leave from the upper study when he made a special trip, and he was able to go with Cao Xiang after torturing Cao Xiang for a long time.

According to his words: "The fourth uncle will stand up for the father and mother, and the nephew will stand up for the eldest brother and younger siblings, and accompany the two elder brothers to strengthen their courage, so as to save them from being bullied!"

During Cao Yong's absence for half a year, if the Cao family had any contacts and entertainments, most of them were Cao Xiang brothers who brought Hang Seng to the scene, which gave Hang Seng a lot of experience.

Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng lived in the Cao family, with their parents taking care of them, and their brothers and sisters supporting each other, so they had never been wronged; now because of a surname and a clear background, they might have to be mean and make things difficult for them.

Hang Seng is the most enthusiastic, so where he can stand by and watch, he naturally has to follow and protect them to prevent them from suffering.

But he didn't want to think about it, if the Ning family really broke their face, didn't even talk about the relationship between Cao Xiang and Ma Jun, and showed no pretense to Brother Zuo Zhu, then what could he, a half-child, do?
On the side of the Ning Mansion, in order to welcome the guests, Yong Liang took half a day off from the yamen.

It has been nearly two months since Mrs. Ning learned about Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng's brothers, but because of her concerns, she kept hiding it from Yong Liang and her fourth grandmother.

Until the day before yesterday, when the guests were about to arrive, she told Yongliang and the fourth grandma the truth.

Yongliang's complexion changed again and again, but he didn't say anything; Fourth Grandma's complexion was also not good-looking, she looked at Mrs. Ning, uncertain.

I don't know how the couple discussed it, but they went to Mrs. Ning early the next morning to ask about saving time, but they congratulated Mrs. Ning in unison.

Prosperous descendants are the foundation of a family's prosperity, and there are two more promising nephews, and they can only be happy as uncles and aunts.

Whether it's true or false, Mrs. Ning is generally very satisfied with the understanding between the two of them.

The family's power is weak, even if they want to lose their conscience and deny Zuo Zhu brothers, with the power of the Cao family and the Ma family, there is still a way for them to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.

Rather than tossing around like a clown, it's better to be kind and friendly.

Therefore, after Cao Xiang, Ma Jun and others arrived at Ning's mansion, they felt Mrs. Ning's kindness.

It should be said that Mrs. Ning still had some grievances in her heart before, after all, the choice she made now was made after fearing the power of the Cao family, so she was somewhat unwilling.Seeing the Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng brothers' similar appearance to Ning Chun, this unwillingness turned into full of sadness.

"I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..." Looking at the two brothers, Mrs. Ning couldn't help being moved when she remembered the scene of the family being destroyed many years ago, her eyes turned red and she said, "It's still the grandpa and grandma who thought carefully. The house is in a mess, funerals are going on one after another, no one knows if the house can be kept... If Miss Ruqiu stays in the mansion, it's a question of whether she can give birth to two brothers peacefully ...

Brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng were a little surprised to see that Mrs. Ning did not make things difficult, but instead looked at each other with kindness.

When Ma Jun heard "Miss Ruqiu", he frowned slightly and looked at Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang coughed, took out a pair of suet and white jade double happiness pendants from his sleeves, and said, "There is one thing I haven't mentioned to you. When Grandma Ning sent someone to leave my brother alone, she left In other words, it is said that Tian's son can be righted up, and instead, Brother Ning and Grandma Ning will fulfill the responsibility of raising the child, and use this as evidence."

Mrs. Ning looked at the pair of happy clothes, but she couldn't take her eyes away.

Seeing this, Yong Liang stepped forward to take the Shuangxi Pei, and handed his hands to Mrs. Ning.

Mrs. Ning groped for the Shuangxi Pei, took a good look at them, and then said tearfully, "That's right, it's the pair of Shuangxi Pei that Grandma brought over from her natal family as a dowry. , which fits the boudoir name of the eldest grandma..."

Cao Xiang and Ma Jun were both taken aback when they heard this.

In the package that Niu Gulu's handed over to Ning Chun's grandmother, there were mostly gold, silver jewelry, jade pendant rings and other objects.

Among them, the most valuable is the pair of Double Happiness.

Mrs. Tian was grateful for the kindness of Mrs. Niu Gulu, and distributed the pair of happy pendants to her two sons as a thought, saying that it was a gift from her aunt.

Cao Xiang's remarks are Cao Yong's meaning.

Although it is not kind to speak in the name of the deceased, but for the sake of Tian's, Zuo Zhu, Zuo Cheng's mother and son's life in the future, I can only lie.

Since this pair of wedding dresses was the dowry of the New Colu family, then the bag was so soft...

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Looking back at the previous article, the order of Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng is a bit mixed, and Zuo Zhu is unified as the elder brother, and Zuo becomes the younger brother...It’s the end of the month again, everyone, order monthly tickets, monthly tickets, panacea...

(End of this chapter)