Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1288 Comforting Mother

Returning to Beijing with Zhang Yi was Mo Shu, who was in charge of Cao Song.

Mo Shu is also the son of Cao's family. He was Cao Song's servant in his early years and went to Tibet with Cao Song. He is one of the most useful people around Cao Song.

Mo Shu went to Beijing to escort the birthday gift.

In addition to the birthday gifts prepared for Li, there are also tributes from Cao Song to Da Nei.

Cao Song mentioned in his family letter the tribute to celebrate the birthday, which may be inappropriate, so please look over the gift list and delete it as appropriate.

There are four gilt-bronze Buddha statues, eighteen white sandalwood Arhats, each one foot two inches high, eight plates of various colored beads, and two hundred catties of sandalwood.

With Cao Song's grade, it is not bad to be included in this Longevity Festival gift.Not to mention, this birthday gift catered to the emperor's desire to pay respects to the Buddha, and it could be regarded as what he liked.

The other ones are okay, but the white sandalwood is not a common thing.Even in Beijing, white sandalwood Buddha statues are priceless.

Eighteen statues, each one foot two inches, require a lot of material to be serious, so they are a bit eye-catching.

"Is that the material your master collected?" Cao Yong asked Mo Shu about the yellow sandalwood.

He was not afraid that Cao Song would spend money, but that Cao Song would take someone else's. This white sandalwood is really rare and precious.

"This material was donated by Wan Fu. There are two pieces in total. The whole piece was given to Li Dutai. Li Dutai entrusted people to carve a three-star statue of Fushoulu; the two pieces of the master are smaller, and eighteen arhats are carved." Mo Shu replied.

Since Wan Fu claims to be the descendant of Wan Yunlong, and holds the resources left by Hongmen in his hands, it is not unusual for him to have some good things in his hands.

Cao Yong nodded, feeling that the birthday gift was well prepared.

Cao Yong couldn't help being stunned when he saw his gift list.

In addition to the common gold, silver and jade, there is a white sandalwood Guanyin statue and two white sandalwood hand beads on it.

No need to ask Mo Shu, Cao Yong can also think that these are made of the leftover materials of the eighteen arhats.

In previous years, this white sandalwood was only a rare thing. Now the auspiciousness of the government and the public is mostly white, so Cao Yong has to be careful.

"Although these two things are inferior to the tribute items, they are not usable for people like us. Save them for now, and you can add them when the New Year's gift to Prince Yi's mansion arrives at the end of the year." Cao Yong said.

Mo Shu hesitated for a moment, and said, "My lord, there are two sculptures of this Guanyin. In addition to the one that was given to Shangjing, our old lady also kept one. I asked the presiding master of Qingliang Temple to light it. Now it will be enshrined sooner or later."

When Cao Yong heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "I see, when you go back, tell your masters, just tell me what I said, that Guanyin can't be kept, and I should find a chance to give it to your fourth aunt."

Mo Shu bowed and responded, Cao Yong called Cao Man and told him to take Mo Shu to the House of Internal Affairs to give a birthday present.

Cao Yong went back to the Wutong Garden, but Chu Yu was not there. Hearing the servant girl's report, she went to the Orchid Garden.

When Cao Yong changed his official uniform, Chu Yu had already received the letter.

She said with a smile: "This birthday gift, the old lady is very happy."

Cao Yong was taken aback when he heard the words: "Is it because of the white sandalwood Guanyin?"

"It's not because of that." Chu Yu replied: "Although the old lady praised the rare white sandalwood Guanyin, the most rare thing is the few dried vegetables prepared by the second old lady. Yigou, the old lady is homesick these days, how can she not be happy when she sees the dried vegetables?"

Cao Yong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said: "It's good to be happy, and put away the Guanyin and hand beads first."

Chu Yu wondered, "Why is that? Avalokitesvara is mostly begging for a child, and the old lady is still muttering, first look at the fourth sister. If there is no movement in a year or so, please give Avalokitesvara to them."

Cao Yong said: "The second child got a piece of white sandalwood and made it as a tribute. The rest of the material is used to make Guanyin and hand beads. These two things are really not suitable for use at home."

Chu Yu nodded, knowing that her husband was worried.

This kind of thing is the hardest thing to say. When it is peaceful, it is Cao Song who is filial to his aunt;

Because of this Avalokitesvara, Chu Yu thought of something, and said: "Today, Zheng Hu's family came to say hello to the old lady, and mentioned their aunt. The Zheng family invited Guanyin from the temple to enshrine, and I heard that they have already started to eat a long meal. It's embarrassing. With such sincerity, counting her age, she is not young anymore."

"Didn't mention any news about the Wang family?" Cao Yong asked, raising his eyebrows.

Chu Yu said with a smile: "I really mentioned it, saying that their uncle spent several thousand taels of silver to make up for the real shortage of his brother, who is a sixth-rank Zhoutong. It's just that the place is a little far away, it is in Fujian. After the Longevity Festival , is about to go to office."

"It's really cheap for him." Cao Yong said with a snort.

Although he has never dealt with Wang Quantai's brothers, he may be unbearable to both Wang Lusheng and Zheng Shi, which is enough to make him disgusting.

Chu Yu was still talking about the interesting things that Zheng Hu's family mentioned when he said hello today.

"Zheng Hu? Zheng Hu!" Cao Yong muttered in his mouth and stood up all of a sudden.

Chu Yu was taken aback, and said, "Master, what's wrong?"

Cao Yong said: "I haven't seen him for some days. I just wanted to see him. I sent someone to invite him over. Today I want to have a good drink with him."

Chu Yu looked out of the window, wondering: "Master, it's already dinner time, why don't you just go and call for someone? Besides, the old lady ordered the kitchen to cook some dried vegetables, saying that she wanted us to go to the Orchid Court for dinner. "

At this moment, Cao Yong also calmed down.

Zheng Hu is different from Cao Song, except that he is a sixth-rank commissioned infantry academy and is about to go to the northwest, and there are a few cutscenes in the middle, which cannot be considered clearly in a moment.

Besides, it still depends on Zheng Hu's wishes.

Being willing to become an official to support a girl's status is two different things from being willing to go to the Northwest to gain wealth with your life.

The husband and wife went to the Orchid Courtyard together, and several children came back one after another. The big guys had dinner with Mrs. Li lively.

Although they heard Li's praise and praise, Changsheng and Tianbao were still not used to the southern style dishes, and the total amount was only one or two chopsticks.

Li looked at it, but didn't say anything, but felt a little uncomfortable.

The older generation of the Cao family has passed away, and the younger generation has grown up one after another. They speak Beiyin and have the same eating habits as the people in the capital.

It has been too long since the Cao family lived in Jiangning for decades.

Except for her, no one seems to remember that the official residence of Jiangning Weaving Mansion used to be the home of the Cao family.

Thinking of these, Li Shi was a little sentimental, and his spirit was a little sluggish.

Seeing this, Cao Yong sent Chu Yu to take the children away, and stayed by himself.

"The old lady need not be sad, Jiangning is not too far away from the capital. When the spring of next year, the old lady will go to the south for a walk, and it won't take long." Cao Yong sat on the chair beside the kang and comforted Mrs. road.

Mrs. Li shook her head and said, "It's just that I've been thinking a lot for a while. How can it be so easy to travel thousands of miles? I don't know if it's because people like to think about the old things when they are old. Yesterday, I again I dreamed of your father...and dreamed of your grandmother...your grandmother is in high spirits, I will serve tea to her..." At the end, she was in a daze.

When Cao Yong saw this, he was worried that his mother would be depressed and hurt her body. He said: "Xiaosi's errands are free, let him take two months leave from the Yamen after the new year, and accompany you to Jiangning. God blesses the marriage between Hengsheng , almost in the second half of next year, and the second aunt is the elder of the family, so she will always come back to participate. My mother lived in the past for a few months, and she happened to come back with the second aunt."

Mrs. Li straightened her waist and said hesitantly, "Is this okay? Will it be too much trouble for Xiaosi?"

Cao Yong said with a smile: "I can go back to Jiangning with the help of the old lady. Maybe Xiaosi can't wish for it. He also grew up in Jiangning until he was a teenager. Even if he can't keep up with the old lady's thinking, he may have the opportunity to go back to the south. See, it will be full of joy."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li had hope, and said, "It's a long way, isn't it cheap?"

Cao Yong said: "As long as it's not the winter months, the twelfth lunar month and the first month of the first month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has boats to and from the capital and the south. It's just to say hello to the Sixteenth Lord. It's the most convenient."

Li's face showed a bit of anticipation, Cao Yong accompanied the old lady to count the days, it is already the middle of October, if he travels in February next year, it will be three and a half months, a hundred or so days, it will be fast .

After enlightening his mother, Cao Yong waited on Li's resettlement before returning to Wutong Garden.

Chu Yu said with a guilty face: "It's all my fault. I knew the old lady was homesick, but I didn't know how to explain it. I led the old lady to talk about the things in the early years all afternoon, which made the old lady think about the south even more."

Cao Yong told Chu Yu that he planned to arrange Li's return to Jiangning in February next year.

Chu Yu was happy at first, but then hesitated: "Even if the master is not free, I will serve the old lady as well..."

Cao Yong waved his hand and said: "I just arranged for the old lady to go back to the south to relax, so there is no need for someone to wait on her? Even if you want to follow, the old lady will not follow. There are so many housework, and I can't do without you..."

Now that this plan is in place, the husband and wife no longer have to worry about Li Shi becoming depressed.

There was nothing to say all night, and when Cao Yong went to the Yamen the next day, he sent someone to Zheng's house to spread the word, asking Zheng Hu to come here for dinner at night.

When he arrived at the Yamen, Cao Yong first looked at the residence newspaper and approved documents as usual.

Not long after, a commotion was heard in the distance.

It's not a vegetable market, so why would anyone be making noise?
Without Cao Yong's instructions, Jiang Jian has already gone to inquire about the news first.

Before Jiang Jian came back, Elder Sixteen arrived.

The sixteenth elder brother held back a smile, looked at Cao Yong, and said gloatingly: "The mouth of eating people is soft, and the hands of taking people are short. You are talking about your family members. Since you have won the 'charcoal respect' from others, you should also be a good student." It's right to do things for others, what does it look like if you procrastinate?"

"Tian Wenjing is here?" Cao Yong asked in surprise, "Is his head caught by the door, and who offended him?"

Brother Sixteen smiled unkindly: "Who knows, he is notoriously mean, who knows what he is holding on to? You don't have to go out, Zhang Tingyu is here, let's see how Zhang Tingyu responds..."

When Cao Yong heard the words, he was quite fortunate.

If Zhang Tingyu was not around, he would be the one to take care of it.

If Tian Wenjing refuses to let go, no matter whether it makes sense or not, it will be a shame for both of them.

Cao Yong asked someone to serve tea, and said, "Master Sixteen is here to find me?"

Elder Sixteen smiled and said, "That's right, I'm here to announce the good news, Fu Ruo, you are moving..."

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On the last day of the double monthly ticket, Xiao Jiu begged everyone to vote.

(End of this chapter)