Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 121
Cao Yin was ill, but he was still the chief official of the Weaving Mansion, but fortunately, most of the errands from the south to the capital were concentrated in spring and autumn every year.In spring, Mr. Zhuang was still there, so he naturally cooked clearly.For autumn, it is still early to prepare.Although it is not Cao Yong's turn to intervene in the official affairs in the yamen, he, the son-in-law, needs to come forward to entertain the private contacts of Zhizao Mansion.

On this day, Cao Yong had just come out from his parents' yard to invite Ann, when someone in the front yard sent a young man to invite him, saying that there were two people who claimed to be young masters who wanted to see the master, and they had already been invited to the front hall to settle down.

Two young masters?Where there are other people haunting Jiang Ning, Cao Yong immediately thought of Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi brothers.Sure enough, in the front hall, sitting with Erlang's legs crossed was Tushou's eldest son Yuan Wei, sipping tea lazily, with an arrogant look of "I am the uncle"; Zhi, looking at the unusual furnishings around him, frowned and thought about something.

After making a fuss at the gate of the Liuhe Bank that day, the two brothers returned to the Governor's Mansion, still thinking about begging for a gift from their grandfather.After all, they had been making a fuss about the bank for a long time, and they also heard that Jiang's family had millions of dollars, and they were faintly moved.Thinking that they are just ordinary merchants, if they find out some crimes and extort two sums of money severely, they will be able to spend a lot more easily.

I don't want to, someone from Gali has already reported it.Recently, Zhang Penghe, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was in charge of Jiangnan to investigate Gali's impeachment of the former Jiangsu governor Yi Sigong's corruption case, so Gali had already told his nephews and disciples not to do anything arbitrarily.The Yuanwei brothers learned a solid lesson.Although the two were dissatisfied, they could only endure it.

Today, the two brothers came to the door to send invitations for the Governor's Mansion——April 28 is the birthday of the Governor's wife.Originally, it was not the turn of the two young father-in-laws to run errands like this, but because they were bored and panicked, they saw that their uncles were all dispatching errands for the stewards, so they wanted to get involved.

Although Gandu is Gali's only son, he is not a direct descendant, and his relationship with his aunt Shu Shujue Luo is not good either.The mother of Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi is a prostitute, because of their grandmother's doting, and relying on their status as yellow belts, they can't even speak of respect for this uncle who was born as a concubine.Although Gandu was smiling and didn't seem to care on the surface, he actually plotted against the two nephews a little - that is, he sent them the invitation from the Zhizao Mansion, but he didn't warn them about the Cao family's death. It is not negligent.

The two brothers Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi rode tall horses and came to the door with their servants.The two brothers had made good plans in their hearts. The other party was just a fifth-rank official. With our identities, and the invitation from the Governor's Mansion, it would naturally be extremely respectful and a big red envelope.

Unexpectedly, the two reported the name of the governor's mansion, and the weaver named Cao didn't have the imaginary welcome at the middle gate, but just came out to be in charge.Looking at the other party's appearance, it seemed that they were going to be taken to a side hall to serve tea as a reward.

It's really unreasonable, Yuan Wei almost exploded on the spot, fortunately Yuan Zhi looked at the gate of Zhizao Mansion, felt something was wrong, pulled his brother back, revealed his yellow belt identity, and secretly observed the steward.The steward just felt a little surprised, not too surprised, but was more polite in terms of etiquette, letting the two of them into the front hall, without intentional flattery or real fear.

After entering the living room, Yuan Wei felt a little proud.Yuan Zhi looked at the surrounding furnishings, but was secretly startled.Just looking at the gate of the Yamen of the Weaving Mansion, it is obviously over-the-top, even more magnificent than the front of the Governor's Mansion; looking at the living room again, although it looks ordinary, the furnishings everywhere are not ordinary.Although Tushou, the Duke of Zhen, is not as powerful as the other clans, his family is considered a Duke after all, and Yuan Zhi still has a bit of insight.

Yuan Zhi thought of Gandu's slightly weird smile just before he came out, and felt a little defensive.However, for a while, he couldn't guess the intention of Qiandu. Could it be that the Cao family is the enemy of his grandfather, and his two brothers will suffer when they come here?But thinking about it, it doesn't look like it. After all, my grandfather is the governor of Jiangnan, and no one dares to directly oppose him on the ground in Jiangnan.

When Cao Yong came out, Yuan Wei and Yuan Zhi were very surprised and stood up from their seats involuntarily.

Cao Yong clasped his fists and smiled: "Cao Yong, I don't know what you two can do to find my father?"

"Cao Yong? Why does this son sound so familiar?" Yuan Wei shook his head and looked at Cao Yong.

Next to him, Yuan Zhi had already smiled back: "Oh, I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance. It seems that our brothers are really destined!" Speaking of this, he introduced to his brother: "Brother, this is Ping Wang Fujin's brother, Chun The son-in-law of the prince of the county, the companion of the sixteenth uncle, and the eldest son of the earl's mansion, although we have only met once in Beijing, we have been famous for a long time!"

When this series of titles came down, Yuan Wei was stunned for a while, his mouth could not be closed for a long time, and it took him a while to realize, "haha" twice: "No wonder this name is familiar, so it is with Guishan That kid fights Cao Yong!"

Although these two brothers are sometimes arrogant, they are not the kind of people who are overwhelmed.Cao Yong was in the capital last year, and he made a lot of limelight.He fought with the children of Xianghuangqi, and was personally married by Kangxi.In the officialdom, there are also various rumors. It turns out that some people even say that Cao Yong is the blood left by Long Live Lord during his southern tour.Otherwise, why would Banzai shelter?However, when the decree of giving marriage came down, the rumors would naturally be self-defeating, and there was no reason for an uncle to marry a niece or daughter in the world.However, there were new rumors later, saying that Cao Yong's grandmother, Mrs. Fengsheng, entered the will before her death, and asked Long Live Lord to take care of her eldest grandson, so Kangxi returned with a particularly beautiful appearance.

No matter what, even the reckless Yuan Wei knew that this person in front of him was not something their brothers could offend.Not to mention anything else, just hearing the titles of this palace and that palace made him tremble and his butt itch.Imagine that in February, he just hit an actor related to Prince Jian's mansion, and his ass was hit by dozens of boards.

Cao Yong saw that the faces of the two young grandpas were uncertain, and they didn't seem to be looking for trouble, so he smiled slightly and asked again: "I'm really Cao Yong, are you looking for my father?"

Yuan Zhi has already turned the corner in his mind, since he is Cao Yong's father, isn't the other party the father-in-law of Prince Ping, an earl?Uncle is super high grade, higher than his own grandfather's grade, just now his brother let people come out to meet him, but it was impolite.Therefore, he hurriedly said: "Young Master Cao, our brothers were sent by Guo Luomafa to send invitations!" As he said, he sent the bronzing invitations.

Cao Yong accepted it with a smile, and ordered someone to serve new tea.But the two brothers were sitting on pins and needles, and after a few perfunctory sentences, they excused themselves to send invitations to the governor's yamen, and left.

Cao Yong listened, secretly thought it was funny.After returning to the south of the Yangtze River for more than two months, he also knows something about the officialdom here.The relationship between Governor Gali and Governor Zhang Bonian is almost the same, if not equal.Not only the two, but the officials from the Governor's Yamen and the Governor's Yamen have little contact.It's just that these messy things have nothing to do with the Cao family, and Cao Yong just listens to the excitement.

Sending off Yuanwei brothers, Cao Yong opened the invitation and saw that it was Mrs. Tai's birthday, and remembered the pious old lady mentioned by her mother that day.No matter what, this kind of human relationship still has to go, and it's up to my father to decide how generous the gift is.Just thinking about it, I saw Cao Fang came in, but I had something to discuss with Cao Yong.

It turned out that someone from a family of pearl divers from Guangdong had already arrived in Jiangning, and wanted to see the master of the Pearl Fair. Cao Fang came to ask whether he could see him or not.Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and decided to disappear first, fearing that someone had an exclusive idea, but he had some entanglement, and asked Cao Fang to send someone to Wei Xin, asking him to come forward and find out the details of the other party first.

When the young man from Cao's family arrived at Wei's house, Wei Xin was not at home, he only said that he went with someone to propose a marriage.

*
Xifu, Zhaojia's room.

Zhao Jia's face was as frosty, looking at her husband almost with a knife in her eyes.Cao Quan felt chills all over his body, leaned back in the chair, and argued, "It wasn't my idea either, that Lu Daotai is a confidant of the Governor's Mansion, so I sent someone over quietly like this, although there is an intention to win him over." , but it was also done in private. If I send it back like this, not only will it sweep the face of the governor's mansion, but even the governor's yamen will mistake me for a person who eats inside and out."

Zhao Jia sneered: "That's right, you have your own difficulties, how can a pretty concubine be willing to send it back?"

Cao Quan smiled apologetically and said, "Madam, don't worry, am I that kind of person? It's just to avoid the limelight, and if I think of another reason to dismiss her, go?"

Zhao Jia patted the table, stood up, and said sharply, "What kind of person are you? What kind of blessings did I enjoy after I followed you? Back then, I coaxed me and told me not to take concubines, but after a few years, It made the servant girl's belly bigger. I just gave birth to Shuo'er, and you stole Baodie again. The old lady pointed at Fei Cui, and you pretended to be unwilling in front of me, and you took the house immediately At this point, he started to cry, wiped his tears, raised his eyebrows and said, "If you hadn't touched that Hu Meizi, how dare he send you to the door like this. I Bah, what about the orphan girl in the clan, I don't know if it's the powder bought from that flower shop!"

Cao Quan was ashamed and furious at being scolded, but he was used to being manipulated by Mrs. Zhao Jia, and he was at a loss, so he could only say: "It's my fault, the lard has deceived my heart, and my wife spared me this." Come on! Even if you give Lu Mei a title, can you still surpass you, the eldest lady?"

Zhao Jia was trembling with anger, pointed at Cao Quan, and said angrily, "As long as I'm still alive, don't you think about it? Is it easy to bully when I'm Zhao Jia? If you don't want face, I naturally don't want it either. At worst, let's go to the uncle and sister-in-law to tear it apart and see who is at fault?"

After all, Cao Quan was a member of the officialdom, so he naturally knew the rift between Ga Li and his elder brother last year. Although he had some scruples about accepting Lu Mei in the mansion, if he explained these devious ways in front of his elder brother, he might be dissatisfied.Thinking of this, thinking of being intimidated by colleagues' jokes on weekdays, and thinking of Lu Mei's beauty and those lovely three-inch golden lotuses, seeing Zhao Jia's a little impatient, frowned and said: "It's just accepting It’s not a crime to be a concubine! If it’s another family, the big house has a body like you, who wouldn’t take the initiative to choose two concubines for the husband? Even if it’s in front of the big brother, so what? You can learn from the big sister-in-law Don't be sour and jealous all day long!" After finishing speaking, he walked out quickly without waiting for Zhao Jiashi to reply.

Zhao Jia was so angry that she couldn't speak. Since she married Cao's family, she had never been so angry, and she shed tears.Helpless, her natal family is far away, and there is no one to call the shots.Thinking of this, he wiped his tears with a handkerchief, called the servant girl to change clothes, and was determined to go to Dongfu to file a complaint.

*
Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Cao Yi saw that his father had been eating porridge for a long time, and although he was able to eat some meat recently, but he didn't have much appetite, he thought of the few small dishes that Baoya cooked in the capital last year.Although it looked bland, it tasted delicious, so I asked my brother about the recipe carefully, and cooked it myself.

Unlike Baoya, who has never cooked before, Mrs. Li once asked someone to teach Cao Yi some cooking skills.Although in a family like them, the wives don't have to work in the kitchen themselves, but they still have to learn what should be learned.Daughter's family, female celebrity cooking skills should be known.

Therefore, Cao Yi didn't cook these few small dishes by others, but she made them herself, which is due to her filial piety.

Seeing how caring and filial their daughter is, Cao Yin and Li Shi naturally smiled and acknowledged their love, and they used it together.Mrs. Li ate the yam cake, which was sweet and glutinous, and liked it very much. She couldn't help asking: "This looks like a new skill, and I haven't seen it done in our house. Where did Ping'er learn it?"

Seeing that the side dishes suit the taste of his parents, Cao Yi was very happy, and replied with a smile: "My daughter has seen Baogege make these dishes, but this is the first time I have made them!"

Mrs. Li was very surprised when she heard this, and shook her head: "I didn't expect Bao Gege to be like this? I've seen her a few times, and she looks like a little fairy who doesn't know anything about the world!" Said When I got here, I thought of my future daughter-in-law: "But I don't know how the character of Princess Chun's Mansion is? After all, she is a noble daughter of the Tian family, and I think she is precious."

Cao Yin glanced at his wife, and understood her worry in his heart. It was nothing more than worrying about Qi Dafei, fearing that his son would be suppressed by the daughter-in-law of the princess.He wanted to comfort him, but because his daughter was present, he couldn't let go of his face.

At this time, I heard the servant girl Xiuhe answering at the door: "Madam, the second wife is here!" Before the words finished, Zhao Jia was heard crying in a hoarse voice outside: "Sister-in-law, I can't live anymore!
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Before the 5th, the monthly pass will be doubled, everyone, some of them will be reserved. . .

(End of this chapter)