Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1350
On April 26, it is advisable to go to Liang and move.

This is the day when Cao's house was relocated, and it was the day when Cao Yong, Tianyou and his son both took a rest.

The relevant things have already been packed and packed, and they are only waiting for the day to move directly to the new house.

The ancients preferred old objects, and the furniture and furnishings all paid attention to inheritance and simplicity.

After all, Cao Yong is not an ancient person, and he is more used to his previous life. Of course, he needs new furniture in his new home.

Except for the houses of the two generations of mistresses Li and Chuyu who were left vacant for their dowry, other living rooms, study rooms, flower halls and even the children's new houses in the new house were replaced with new furniture.

The furniture in the Cao Mansion is sorted, some are still kept, and some are put away for storage.

In this way, when moving, there are many less bulky things.

The servants of each courtyard have already separated several people to clean the new house the day before yesterday.

Everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

On April 26th, Cao Yong and Chu Yu got up early, and then went to Lan Yuan for breakfast.

After breakfast, Cao Yong and Chu Yu asked Mrs. Li to take Tianhui to Dongfu for a small sit.

After all, the Cao Mansion has been passed down for five generations. Although it doesn't look obvious from the outside, it has a bit of serious family background.

In order not to be conspicuous, as early as three days before the relocation, when there were few people in the early morning, a lot of things were transported to the new house.

Even so, there are quite a few commonly used ones left.

Not to mention Li's dowry, Chuyu's dowry and the private house saved for her daughter filled several rooms.

It will take half a day to move things out of the house from here, and then settle them there.

Cao Yong and his wife are going to preside over the relocation, but Li's is getting old, Tianhui is a boudoir girl, and the two of them are avoiding for a while, so as to avoid being bumped by the servants.

As for Changsheng, he was left behind by Cao Yong because he was already 14 years old; Tianbao was still young, so he went to Dongfu to study early with his husband.

Hang Seng arrived after breakfast, he was on duty, in order to spare time during the day, he deliberately changed the night with his colleagues before leaving the palace.

After a while, Zuo Zhu and Wei Wenzhi also arrived.

In addition to the Cao Xiang couple and Tianhu who came from Dongfu, there are quite a lot of people.

Regarding the relocation matters, the stewards took the lead and the nephews watched over them.

There is really no place for Cao Yong to do it himself.

Cao Yong then asked Cao Xiang to go to the study, set up the chessboard, made clear tea, and had a posture of drinking tea and talking with hands.

Cao Xiang was worried about the lack of manpower here, so he made a special trip to ask for leave from the Imperial Academy to come to help, but he didn't expect his cousin to be so idle.

Seeing that Tianyou brought a few children, divided into three groups, one went to the new house to watch, the other went to the old house, and the other escorted valuables, but the cousin was waving a folding fan with a relaxed look on his face. Xiang couldn't help but be troubled, and said: "Brother, my nephews are still young, and relocation is a big deal, should we also keep an eye on..."

Cao Yong shook his fan and said, "What is a trivial matter? God bless them already seventeen, Tianhu and Changsheng are also fourteen, how are they still young? Think about what we were doing when we were seventeen? They should also accept something happened..."

Cao Xiang was taken aback when he heard this, what were their brothers doing when they were seventeen?
My cousin has already gone to Beijing, serving as a bodyguard in front of the imperial court, dealing with the rich and powerful...

The second brother is also in Beijing, but he also started to socialize with his cousin...

When the third brother was this old, he was already...

When I was so old, I left the capital to become an official because of the obsession in my heart...

When the fifth brother was this old, he studied with his uncle...

Compared with the brothers of the older generation, God bless their generation is comfortable enough, but lacks enthusiasm.

Regardless of the prerequisites, there are parents to rely on.

Unlike their brothers of the older generation, the Cao family was in turmoil.Especially their second-family brothers, who are in the midst of their father's funeral, depend entirely on the care of their uncle and cousin.

The uncle is old and sick, and the cousin is also responsible for revitalizing the family...their brothers are young, and that was the most difficult time for the Cao family...

Thinking of this, Cao Xiang also felt relieved, and said, "Brother still sees through, let go when it's time to let go, like a hen, protect them under their wings, when will they become talents?"

Cao Yong pushed the teacup to him and said: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We have educated those who should be educated, and the rest depends on their own size... It is good to hope that their children will become dragons, but saints still have the saying of 'teaching students in accordance with their aptitude'." ..."

Cao Xiang blushed when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I understand, from now on..."

Cao Yong sighed, and said: "I'm not saying that it's wrong for you to pay attention to your nephew's homework, but Tianyu's age is there, it is the age of innocence, forcing him to sit for a day, even if he is obedient, maybe he can't Learn it? It’s too late, if you force him to be completely tired of books, wouldn’t the fourth brother regret it? We also came here as children, do you think it’s true?”

Cao Yong mentioned this matter, not aimlessly.

Ever since he came back from Jiangnan, Cao Xiang paid more attention to his nephew's homework, especially his son Tianyu.

Not only did he have to randomly check the endorsement every day, but when Tianyu couldn't keep up with his schoolwork, he also started to play ten hands.

Seven or eight-year-old children, even frightened and painful, fell ill.

Everyone thought that after this incident, Cao Xiang's heart would soften, but he didn't expect him to get worse.

Although Chunhua was full of reluctance, he knew that his son was indeed too delicate, and he was afraid that he would be useless if he didn't teach him, so he didn't come forward to stop him.

Tianbao was closest to this cousin, and seeing that he was in a pitiful condition, he begged his father seriously.

Even children know who speaks the most in the family.

Although Cao Yong had some complaints about the way his cousin taught his son, he had no intention of interfering.He himself has a son, and when he saw Tianbao being naughty sometimes, he wished he could beat him with a stick.

Father and son are united, even if Cao Xiang hit Tianyu, the most uncomfortable thing in his heart is not others, but his strict father.

Just in time for the two brothers to meet today, Cao Yong thought of it and felt it was necessary to warn his cousin one or two.

A child's rebellion should not be underestimated. If you really want to force him to beat him because he is tired of books, not to mention using a ruler, even a big stick and wheel will be useless.

Cao Xiang was embarrassed, drooping his head, and remained silent.

Cao Yong ate tea leisurely, picked up the chess pieces and played the score, and did not disturb his cousin's meditation.

After a while, Cao Xiang sighed quietly and said, "Brother, what do you and the second brother think, why did you allow Xiaowu to transfer to the sixth department instead of me?"

Cao Yongdao: "What else can it be for? In terms of age, you are the elder and he is the youngest; in terms of grade, you are the highest and he is the lowest. Father and son brothers avoid the same Yamen, so it should be him who avoids it. "

Of course, so it seems right, but where do so many of course come from?
Cao Xiang raised his head and said: "Cousin, Xiaowu is not only born from the ancestral line, but also taught by his uncle himself..." He said in a low voice, "After all, there is a difference between the auntie and the concubine..."

This question has been buried in his heart for several years.

He knew that although the East Mansion and the West Mansion were separated in name, the brothers still had their cousin as their leader.

If the cousin hadn't nodded, Xiao Wu wouldn't have left Hanlin back then to make room for himself.

But why did the cousin nod?
As for the brothers in Dongfu, because the second elder brother was young and followed behind the eldest brother, the brotherhood was stronger, and the remaining few younger ones had similar feelings due to limited contact with each other during hours, so there was no bias.

Looking at his daily words and deeds, it is quite a rule, he pays attention to his concubines, why is he an exception here?

Hearing the words "the difference between concubine and concubine", Cao Yong's expression was concentrated, and he looked at Cao Xiang and said, "there is a difference between concubine and concubine? Do you really think of yourself like this? How many of you brothers, no matter whether you are a concubine or a concubine, as far as I am concerned, it is the same. It's my cousin. The second brother and the others have half of the blood of the Cao family and half of the second aunt's blood; you have half of Aunt Bao's blood and half of the Cao family's blood. With me, with the Cao family, You are no different."

Cao Xiang was fascinated by this lineage theory.

I heard Cao Yong said: "The same is true for Tianhu and them. Tianhu and Tianyang are my nephews, and Tianyu and Tianwang are also my nephews. No matter what you think of me as an old man, I This uncle will not divide nephews into three, six or nine classes..."

When Cao Xiang heard this, he thought that because he saw the eldest son working hard, he was afraid that his son would be suppressed by his elder brother in the future, so he made up his mind to force his son to study, and he couldn't help feeling extremely ashamed.

That's right, in terms of blood, no matter if it's a concubine or a legitimate son, all of them have their own blood flowing through them.

After saying this in one breath, Cao Yong took two sips of tea, and then said: "I don't despise concubines, but I don't support taking concubines... I have never kept this from your brothers... Aunt Bao is honest, his aunt Tianyang It's also your duty, so there's no need for you to make any jokes. In the eyes of the fourth brother, what he saw before getting married was that the aunt was unvirtuous and treated the concubine harshly; All the first wives in the world should be like the four younger brothers and sisters. They should follow the virtuous way and obey the four virtues with women. But now you also have a daughter. Will it make Sister Min virtuous and magnanimous?... How many families in this world, because of their wives, concubines, concubines, concubines, and concubines, make their homes uneasy... It is really unlucky, and it is not uncommon for families to be destroyed and incense to be cut off... When you were in Jiangning, you also saw Aunt Zhang’s rampantness and Aunt Lu’s strength. I’m a lazy person, and I hate trouble the most. I didn’t bother with these things myself, and I don’t want to worry about it for my children and grandchildren... ...I have already told God you that you are not allowed to accept maidservants and concubines, and you are not allowed to have concubine sons if you have a concubine, just because I am afraid that the fourth brother, third sister, and fifth sister will think too much. This family law has not been written into the family rules; Plus this..."

Cao Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and asked for a long time, "The concubine...can't give birth too?"

Cao Yong sighed and said: "The fourth brother still doesn't understand? He doesn't worry about being few, but about unevenness. The second uncle passed away early, and he didn't care about the upbringing of his children. He has no obvious bias towards you brothers... If If you really prefer one, will the other brothers be jealous? Brothers, there are also those who have turned against each other because of their parents' favor, not to mention half-brothers? But people's hearts are biased, just like what you think before you get married You can't wrong Tianyang's mother and son; but what about now? What you think is that you can't wrong your wife and son. You are also respecting the etiquette of the aunt and concubine, which is in line with the way of the family, but can the etiquette be greater than human feelings? It's all meat, do you have to suppress one side in order to preserve the other side? Now that you're in a dilemma, who can you blame..."

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