Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1167 Bingxi
In a blink of an eye, it was the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the day when the yamen in the capital were sealed.

Cao Yong is about to leave Beijing, and invites Yongqing and Ma Jun to meet in the house.A few days ago, Yongqing was out of Beijing on business, and the few friends have not yet reunited.

Old friends get together, toast and drink together, except for the current situation, the rest is about children.

After the brothers Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng "recognized their ancestors and returned to their clan", their household registrations did not move out, and they were still with the Cao family.According to the law, Bannermen are not married, and Ma Jun's eldest daughter has to find a Bannerman to naturalize, so that no one can make mistakes.

After all, Cao Yong and Ma Jun also have some identities now, so they can't be blamed because of their children's marriage and attract criticism.

Therefore, Yongqing took the initiative to recognize Xiangjun as a righteous daughter and transfer Xiangjun's household registration to Wanyan's family.

Most of the imperial court officials who were born in the Han Dynasty would be given birth and enlisted in the Han Army Banner if they rose to high positions;

It's just a formality, and it's not against the law in name, but I still have to prepare for marriage in my own home.

However, Yongqing got excited and was a little bit drunk. Hearing about Xiangjun and Zuozhu's marriage, he said to Ma Jun: "I don't want to bear this false name. I don't care how much dowry you prepare for your eldest niece. A father would never marry a girl empty-handed."

Knowing his good intentions, Ma Jun smiled and said, "Then prepare a lot of gold for you. From now on, I will be tight today, so I will find my daughter and son-in-law to beat the autumn wind!"

Yongqing shook his head and said: "How can gold and silver last forever? A few days ago, I entrusted my second child to buy a small village to make a rouge field for Mr. Xiang."

Cao Yong and Ma Jun were quite moved when they heard this.

Those who can be called a village have at least hundreds of acres of land, and the price of land in the capital is not low now.It's nothing to be a rich man like Cao Yong, but for Yongqing and Ma Jun, this gift is a bit heavy.

But the few people have been friends for half their lives, so it's not easy to worry about this.

Ma Jun pondered for a while and said, "If I remember correctly, Shanyu's eldest nephew will be fourteen this year..."

Yongqing nodded and said with a smile: "That stinky brat, who cares about his height, doesn't care about his mind, is now as tall as me."

Cao Yong and Ma Jun couldn't help smiling after hearing this.

Yongqing and the others are not people who like to talk, and the son they raised is a steady and stable boy, and he is a good boy.

Ma Jun put down the wine cup and said, "If Shanyu doesn't dislike it, how about we marry each other with our own blood?"

Yongqing was taken aback when he heard this.

He is currently the deputy commander of the fourth rank, and is on the same level as Ma Jun's Dali Temple Shaoqing.But he was implicated by the fourteenth elder brother, so he couldn't get the Sacred Heart, so he was at home.Even for the official position of the fourth grade, Cao Yong came forward and asked someone to find a relationship. It took a lot of effort to come back.

However, Ma Jun has a good future. After entering Beijing, he is like a fish in water, and he is appointed to be promoted after his term expires.

Seeing that Yongqing didn't speak, Ma Jun said with a straight face, "I've already opened my mouth, but Shanyu won't allow me to refuse. If that happens, I'll be slapped in the face!"

Yongqing looked at Ma Jun for a while, Fang smiled, and said to Cao Yong: "Fu Ruo, this time I invite you to be the big matchmaker."

"That can't be done!" Cao Yong shook his head and said: "This time, the second niece wants to enter my household registration and be my daughter. Where can I be a father and be an iceman for my daughter?"

After hearing this, Yongqing laughed and said: "Okay, okay, in this way, it is in line with the joke when I was young, everyone will be in-laws!"

People are refreshed on happy occasions, and a thousand cups of wine are rare when they meet bosom friends.

After a meal of wine, they drank until late at night, and everyone couldn't even lift the wine cups, so they dispersed.

The next day, Cao Yong set off for Beijing.

Accompanying him was Hang Seng who had asked for leave from the upper study.

Being able to go to Qingyuan and reunite with his family, Hang Seng was a little bit excited.

Seeing that his son was interested, Cao Yong also abandoned the carriage and rode with Hang Seng.

The scenery in winter is bleak, and there is nothing to see, but because of the snow a few days ago, the distant mountains are white, but there is some artistic conception.

I don't know if it is the influence of the two Mongolian guards who have been together for several years, which makes the word Mongolia occasionally appear in Hang Seng's speech.

Cao Yong then told Hang Seng what he knew about Mongolia one by one.

The vast grasslands, snow-white sheep, slave girls milking horses, and yurts built with sheep felt.The coolness in summer, the wind and sand in spring and autumn, and the heavy snow in winter.

Compared with the capital city, it is a land that is not rich, but it also has its style and splendor.

Hang Seng listened carefully, and occasionally showed a longing look, but it was more of a kind of anxiety.

Seeing something wrong, Cao Yong asked, "What's wrong?"

Hang Seng raised his head and said, "Father, I don't want to leave the capital."

Cao Yong frowned and said: "Leaving the capital? Is it a letter from the eldest son, or what did the fourth and fifth elder brothers say?"

Hang Seng replied in a low voice: "It's a letter from Mongolia, saying that the old prince's health is getting worse, and he wants to send someone to pick me up..."

Cao Yong raised his eyebrows and said: "If you want to go, you can go, and it's not that you can't come back. As you get older, going out more to increase your knowledge is better than going to the palace and dropping your book bag every day. You have to remember, you just have a few more relatives, not by yourself. New relatives have replaced Kyori's family."

Hearing this, Hang Seng's eyes brightened, and he nodded vigorously.

After getting rid of his worries, Hang Seng's mood became much lighter, and he wished he could go to Qingyuan immediately to reunite with his family.

Influenced by Hang Seng's return home like an arrow, Cao Yong also accelerated his speed. The original plan was to go to Qingyuan on the day of Xiaonian, and the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month will arrive.

The family was reunited, and the governor's mansion immediately became a little more festive.

Hang Seng greeted several elders first, and then congratulated Niuniu and Zuo Cheng.

He asked for leave this time to celebrate the New Year with his family. Not only did he arrive, but he also prepared several cars for the New Year's gift.It was only because he and Cao Yong were in a hurry and the carriage moved slowly that they arrived at Qingyuan on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

Two carts of home-made greenhouses and all kinds of vegetables that can be found in the capital, and two carts of potted plants, either in flower buds, or just blooming, full of vitality.

Although the capital city had already sent New Year's goods over, they were not as thoughtful as Hang Seng had prepared.

Both Li Shi and Chu Yu felt relieved, and even Gao Taijun was very rare for the two pots of asparagus bamboo that Hang Seng honored for several days.

The happiest ones are the younger ones.

Tianyou, Zuo Zhu, and Zuo Cheng took Hang Seng around Qingyuan, and led Hang Seng to taste the local specialties.

Hang Seng is most concerned about the Lotus College opposite the Governor's Mansion.

The younger uncle and brothers were all studying there, and it was Mr. Feng who planned to build it.If he wasn't restricted by his status as the prince's companion, he would still study there.

After Laba, the academy has an annual holiday.Now, apart from Shanzhang's family, there are several servants on duty in the academy, and all the other gentlemen and students have left the academy.

Therefore, the academy was very quiet.

As for schools and bookstores, they are all empty houses, without popularity, and not worth seeing.When we arrived on the ice of the lotus pond, the younger brothers became interested, and sent someone back to the Governor's Mansion to pick up the ice cart, and played on the ice for a while.

Hang Seng was thinking about the noble girls in Beijing, who also participated in ice games in the palace in winter, and Niuniu and Tianhui who were tied up in the Governor's Mansion, so he proposed to take them out tomorrow.

The academy was quiet, but he was not afraid of being bumped into by others. Everyone agreed with Hang Seng's proposal.

When I went back to the Governor's Mansion, I found that Niuniu and Tianhui were also very interested.Even Chuyu was a little moved, remembering that before she left the pavilion, her cousins ​​had participated in the ice play.

So, Chu Yu told her husband, and the couple decided to join in the fun with the children.

In the end, it was the husband and wife who took the children there.

Niu Niu and Tian Hui were the only ones who had skating on the ice in Cao Mansion Garden when they were young, and they were quite interested in spinning tops and skates.

With family members in front of them and no outsiders, the aunt and nephew let go of their restraint, wearing ice boots, learning to skate, swaying around, watching Chuyu follow Xuanxin, for fear that they would fall and knock.

In the end, it was Chuyu who came on stage and demonstrated in person, which allowed the two sisters-in-law to find some connections.

Tianbao was still young, dressed like a little bear, sitting on an ice cart, pushed by several elder brothers in turn, "giggled" and laughed uncontrollably, overjoyed.

Even though he was wearing a lot of clothes, he was young after all, everyone was still afraid of freezing him, and fearing that he would not sit still and fall on the ice, so they took turns to sit behind him and protect him in their arms.

Changsheng thought of the phrase "Lying on the ice and begging for carp", thinking about the fish under the ice, and talking to his brother.

Cao Yong also remembered the fun of smashing ice net fish, so the boy went back to the governor's mansion to get the iron drill and fishing net.

Then, Cao Yong took Changsheng to a place far away from everyone's ice play place, ready to start digging ice.

It was the twelfth lunar month, and the ice was solidly frozen. The two brothers worked hard for half a quarter of an hour before they dug half a foot deep.

Tianyou and Hengsheng were all attracted to take over Cao Yong and Changsheng, and took turns to go forward to dig the ice.

After a while, the ice was finally cut open, exposing a half-foot-diameter water surface.

Everyone looked at Bingyan and looked at each other in blank dismay, no one knew what to do next to catch fish in the ice water.

Cao Yong had no choice but to send people back to the governor's mansion to invite Jiang Jian.

But he found the wrong person. Jiang Jian grew up in a monastery and almost became the master of a monk. How could he do such killing activities?

In the end, it was Wei Hei who came forward, chiseled out the ice eyes, and demonstrated to everyone what fishing in ice water netting was, the children couldn't take their eyes off it.

Although the lotus academy was expanded at the beginning of the year, the lotus pond has been around for a long time.

This net goes down, the harvest is more than a lot.

In addition to the half-foot-long crucian carp, the one-foot-long grass carp and carp, there was also a four-foot-long black fish mixed in, and everyone who watched was amazed.

Not to mention the children, even Cao Yong and Chu Yu have never seen such a big fish a few times.

It was Jiang Jian who was compassionate, and whispered a few words of the Buddha's name in a low voice, and said a few good words for the black fish.

Such a long fish has been grown for decades and has spirituality, so it is better to let it go.So the black fish was put back into the water again.

Another net was cast, and the harvest was not as good as before, and there were dozens of fish.

Cao Yong picked a few big ones and sent them to the head of the mountain, and sent the others back to the governor's mansion.

That night, braised carp and crucian carp soup were added to the dining table of the Governor's Mansion.

In addition to receiving a few fish, the head of the academy mountain also received 50 taels of silver, which was sent by the governor's mansion to buy fish fry in the spring of next year.

The head of the mountain stroked his beard, looked at the ingots of snowflake silver, and said in a low voice: "Even eating a few fish is so thoughtful, if it is not a great kindness, it is a great hypocrisy..."

(End of this chapter)