Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1247 Virtue and Selfishness
Chu Yu listened, feeling ashamed and astringent in her heart, she lowered her head and was speechless.

I heard Mrs. Li go on to say: "In the world, who can make a child alone? There are many brothers in the Dongfu, and the descendants are flourishing. The second brother and the three brothers are getting better and better. Even if you don't take care of them, they will still be able Support the door; on our side, Changsheng was young and spoiled and raised, not the temperament to support the door; Tianbao is still young, and the status of Hang Seng is not cheap. It is really weak to rely on God's blessing and his father. Help. Sister Hui's search for a proper marriage is just a matter of effort with us, but if you choose someone well, you can also add an arm to Tianyou... You are not a stingy person. The brothers and sisters are all well taken care of, why come to Sister Hui's place, but they are only superficial and can't get close?"

Speaking of this, Li Shi hesitated for a while, and said: "Is it true that you are still guarding against Wen Qi?"

When Chu Yu heard this, she raised her head immediately, and prayed a little: "Old lady, no matter how confused my daughter-in-law is, I dare not have such thoughts. Since the grandmother of the Han family is the adopted daughter of the old lady, even if the daughter-in-law cannot treat her as the second aunt , Third Aunt and Grandma, she never underestimated her in the slightest..."

Although outsiders talk about Princess Herui of the Earl's Mansion, they say that Cao Yong has no concubine, and say she is jealous; but in the mansion, in front of her mother-in-law and husband, Chu Yu has a gentle and pleasant temperament.

In Li's words now, there is suspicion that Chuyu is jealous, so Chuyu naturally dare not agree.

When Li Shi said this, it was not empty talk.

Although Chu Yu is well maintained, she looks much younger than her actual age, but after all, she has given birth to three children, and after giving birth to Tianbao, she has light spots on her face, and her appearance is not as good as before.

On Cao Yong's side, he only added power. He often went out in Qingyuan two years ago and got tanned. After returning to Beijing for more than half a year, he has been raised again, and he still looks like a young man in his twenties.

"People are old and pearly", what a terrible thing.

In order to prevent this from happening, Chu Yu used the pretext of getting older for the good-looking maidservants in Wutong Garden to point out that they had gone to match someone else, and the ones who remained and the ones who were newly recruited were all ordinary-looking.

For the Han family, time has treated her very kindly.

She is older than Chuyu, but because she is a virgin, under the protection of the Cao family in recent years, she has nothing to worry about except raising her daughter, so she looks like a girl in her teens.If you don't say it, no one will believe that she is already middle-aged.

In Chu Yu's heart, she was not without envy.But when it comes to jealousy, it's out of the question.

Because she knew that her husband seemed to be gentle and courteous to women, but he actually liked submissive women.Although Han Jiang's family is not delicate and brutal, it has nothing to do with being submissive.

In addition, she believed that her husband would save her face, and even if she really wanted to add a concubine one day, it would not be Han Jiang's.

Although Han Jiang was born as a merchant and a widow, since he worshiped under the Li family and Tong Chuyu has the title of "aunt and sister-in-law", it would be a big joke if he changed wives and concubines.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law's expression does not seem to be fake, Li nodded and said: "It's good if you don't have such thoughts, otherwise I won't be able to ask people to pick up their wives..." When he said this, his expression became more gentle, and he said: "I Although I can't see being lonely and weak, I feel sorry for their mother and daughter, but I won't go past you... Having you as a daughter-in-law is also a blessing for the Cao family, but recently the daughter-in-law has become a little anxious. God bless his father's character, others Can't believe it, don't you believe it? Even if you really want to accept someone, you won't hide it from you. Don't think so uselessly, guard against this and that, if there are traces, let God bless his father to see through, and it will make the couple There's a rift."

Even though she was embarrassed before, after hearing her mother-in-law's compassionate words, Chu Yu was only grateful.

She choked up and said, "My daughter-in-law doesn't know what's wrong. I just looked in the mirror and saw the wrinkles on the corners of my eyes. I was really terrified and couldn't help thinking wildly. It's my daughter-in-law who is wrong. Annoyed, I began to suspect that the master would like others..."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li's eyes darkened.

In the eyes of the world, cardamom is a good time for women at first, and when they reach their thirties, they are not "old women" but can also be called "aunts".

The wives of princes and aristocrats, except for those who are loving with their husbands, the rest do not spend much time in bed at the age of 30, and start eating and reciting Buddha, waiting to grow old.

Even Mrs. Li once guarded the vacant house for several years, watching her husband doting on the young concubine.

Although he knew his daughter-in-law's worries, Mrs. Li didn't say anything to death.

Just like what she said to Cao's daughter-in-law just now, the heirs of Cao's family are too weak. If her son wants to take a concubine one day, although Li Shi feels sorry for his daughter-in-law, he will not object...

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Front door, off the street.

Tianyou was invited by Gu Xian to accompany him to look at the shop here, and Jiao Wen also accompanied him.In the morning, I saw two places, the price was too high for satisfaction, and the location with low price was not good.

Although Gu Xian was born into a country gentry family, and his parents were also big families outside Qingyuan City, those family backgrounds were incomparable to those of the rich and powerful in the capital.

He is also the second son, with the eldest brother who will inherit the family business, and the father's old son, which makes him really have little weight in the family.

Otherwise, his parents would not have allowed him to stay temporarily at a relative's house and Cao's house, and only after he repeatedly said that he wanted to stay in Beijing, they pooled up 3000 taels of silver and sent it to him.And the meaning behind the words is that although they will not divide the family for their brothers, except for the 3000 taels of silver, the family's fertile land and big house have nothing to do with him.His marriage expenses are also included here.

On Jiao Wen's side, clan members who had not been in touch with each other for decades came to give away houses and houses; on his own parents' side, they wanted to kick him out immediately, for fear that he would take advantage of something.There is no other reason, but Jiao Wen won the Jinshi and he failed.

Moreover, he also clearly mentioned in his family letter that he is not a material for studying, and he is lucky to pass the exam, and he dare not ask for anything else.Staying in the capital is not to study and prepare for the next subject, but to find something to do instead of relying on family.

He neither intends to pursue an official career, nor can he become a supporter of the family, so it is not uncommon for the family to let him fend for himself.

Although Gu Xian was a little discouraged, he was not complaining, and was still cheerful every day.It cost 600 taels of silver to buy a small courtyard outside the front door, and spent more than 100 taels of silver to buy gifts for the elders of the Cao family. I bought a few decent outfits with Jiao Wen.

For the rest of the money, he originally wanted to buy land, but the land in the capital is expensive, and the first-class fertile land has grown to more than ten taels of silver per mu; he planned to buy a shop, but he didn't dare to spend all the money all at once, after all, he was also trying to learn The way of operation, whether it can be successful or not is another matter.

Tianyou has been with Gu Xian for half a year, and he likes his open-minded and kind nature very much.

Not to mention other things, just say that he once sponsored Jiao Wen to study in private, but never boasted of his kindness; after he failed and Jiao Wen was awarded a Jinshi, he was only happy for his friends, and he didn't have any jealousy. Your heart is worthy of respect.

Seeing that Gu Xian was in trouble, Tianyou looked up at the sky and said: "It's almost noon, the sun is full, let's find a place to have tea..."

Although it is not yet the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is hot at noon, and everyone is wet and greasy after walking for a while.

Tianyou's proposal was immediately approved by Gu Xiantong and Jiao Wen.

They found a quiet teahouse nearby, and the three of them asked for a private room and ordered a pot of Longjing tea.

When Xiao Er brought the tea, the private room was filled with tea fragrance not long after.

Gu Xian picked up the teacup, put it under his nose, sniffed it vigorously, squinted his eyes and said: "The tea is fragrant and elegant, it is this year's pre-rain tea, if Cheng Yi hadn't led the way, I really don't know their tea is good." Speaking of this, he rubbed the teacup in his hand again and said: "Porcelain is also of the highest quality, even if it is placed at home to entertain guests."

"Chengyi" is Tianyou's word. After winning the exam last year, there were more entertainments outside. Cao Yong took it for the sake of socializing.

Tianyou smiled when he heard this, this is the private property of Prince Zhuang's mansion, so there is naturally good tea.

Jiao Wen's expression was a little stunned, as if he was struggling and annoyed infinitely.

Gu Xian put it down, ignoring the tea, put down the teacup, looked at Jiao Wen and said, "What are you thinking about? I pulled you out today because I saw you had a hard time preparing for the exam, and I wanted everyone to go for a walk to relax. I didn't want to add to your worries." !"

Jiao Wen raised his head, unable to hide his annoyance: "You stayed in the capital to start a business. I should have helped you, but I was too short of cash. If I had known this, I should have inherited their property, and I wouldn't have made it difficult for you. .”

After hearing this, Gu Xian quickly waved his hands and said: "Stop, stop, what are you talking about? Big shops can't buy it, but I can buy small shops. I have also studied until now, and I have watched other people's excitement about merchants. If it is true If you start a big stall, if you can’t manage it, wouldn’t it be worse? The cost of buying and selling a small shop will definitely be low, even if there is a mistake, it won’t hurt the fundamentals. Abducting several crooked cousins ​​to stick to you is not worth the loss."

Jiao Wen's expression gradually stabilized, his eyes were clear, he looked at Gu Xian and said, "Even if I don't get into the Imperial Academy, I will still seek employment in Beijing... Maybe I am still poor, but as long as I have one day, you will have an extra way out, even if you Throw away all the money sent by the family, and I will have a bite of food for you here. If you have not married a wife at that time, the dowry will also be on me."

His voice is not high, but the sincerity in it has not diminished in the slightest.

Gu Xian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and said with a smile: "I remember, it's not okay to be half full, I have three bowls of rice for a meal, you can't think I eat too much..."

Tianyou is by the side, seeing them like this makes me envious.

Although in the same year, some people were originally from Zhili, but when they heard that Jiao Wen didn't recognize his relatives and clansmen in his hometown, they all murmured behind his back.

Tianyou admired his casualness and chicness.

Cannibals have short mouths and soft hands.If Jiao Wen accepts gifts from his tribe, although he cannot be said to be at the mercy of others in the future, it is true that he will never be able to get rid of these people.

At that time, to protect a clan with one person's power, one must climb up hard.Even if you don't want to be greedy for money yourself, you have to be careful that your clansmen use his name to do evil...

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