Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 138
On the second day of September, Cao Yong and Cao Yi arrived in the capital.

On the seventh day of September, the auspicious day counted by Jueluo's family came to Dading.

Jueluo's family is not rich, and the big man who has saved money still needs to keep it for building a house, so this decent dowry gift of sixteen liters was purchased by Xi Tala's family by pawning some old gold jewelry.In fact, Xi Tara has never been ashamed of being poor, and offering such a big gift is not to save face and be rich, but the truth is that he does not want to wrong Cao Yi, the future daughter-in-law, just to show a kind of respect and love .

However, in the eyes of Jueluo's relatives, this ceremony is quite different.

Originally, many relatives thought that her family was poor and lazy to move around. Since Xi Tara would not take the initiative to make friends with them, this relative rarely communicated with her.However, everyone had to find a "Quanfu wife" if they were small or big. Xi Tara had no choice but to reappear in the sight of the group of relatives and find such a "Quanfu person".As soon as the news that Seshtu was going to marry a rich daughter of an earl spread in the circle of relatives, many relatives moved around again.

On the day of Xia Dading, several relatives and women came. Seeing that Mrs. Sitara had prepared a dowry gift of sixteen loads, many people secretly scolded Mrs. Sitara for pretending to be poor in the past, so she is so rich!Therefore, some guys who came to fight the autumn wind were born, some of them were close to Xi Tala's.

Xi Tara knows the faces of these people well, so he just treats them indifferently, neither cold nor hot, so that those who want to take advantage of it can't find a place to start.But among them there were one or two people who were eloquent, and Xi Tara was a little tempted by what he said—they were talking about nothing else, but the house.

There are only two entrances to the Jueluo family's small courtyard, and it is okay for the mother and son to live there. If the daughter-in-law comes in, it will not be able to live in it at all. Could it be impossible to let the daughter-in-law live in the wing room of the inner house!Saishitu searched in the capital early in the morning, but there was really no suitable one. Most likely, the price was still missing, so he couldn't afford to buy a house and live on.The mother and son discussed it for a while, and decided to buy the neighbor's house to the west, break through the wall, and open up a yard to make a new house.After negotiating with the neighbor's family several times, the neighbor agreed, but he did not move for a long time.

When someone among the relatives said that they had idle property and wanted to sell the Saishitu house, Xi Tara was very concerned, asked carefully, and then quietly ordered Saishitu to go to the place the relatives said when he came back from Cao's house. Take a look, seeing is believing.

Sai Shitu agreed, and then went to Cao's mansion with the dowry.

This time, the Cao Mansion not only needs to build the main courtyard where Cao Yong and his wife will live in the future, but also renovates the hall in the front courtyard, which is much more grand than before.

Seshtu came in all the way, saw several exquisite settings, and was full of praise.Cao Yong smiled politely and let him drink tea in the hall.

Different from the rules of married Han people who buy furniture for men and women, according to Manchu customs, it is the man who is responsible for laying out the new house, while the furnishings, furniture, kang mats and other bedding are all accompanied by the woman.So after sitting down and having tea, Cao Yong asked: "I don't know what's going on with your house over there? Let's find someone to measure the size and buy household items."

Seshtu apologized slightly: "But it hasn't been decided yet. I found several houses that are not very satisfactory. I thought about buying the adjacent yard and expanding it, but that house couldn't be moved for a while. Left and right In a few days, I will definitely write to you."

Cao's father and son knew the situation of the Jueluo family, and had discussed buying a house for the young couple, but they were afraid of hurting the face of the Jueluo family, so it was hard to mention it.So Cao Yin only gave the silver to his son and told him to act cheaply.Cao Yong heard that he was going to buy a house at this moment, it couldn't be better, and he said immediately: "We are all a family, and I don't talk heretics. The house of your house is a bit remote, far away from the imperial city. , it’s not so convenient for you to be on errands during the day. Let me say, buy a house closer to the imperial city.”

Seshitu smiled: "Although it's a bit far away, it's okay. I thought about finding a closer one, but I haven't found a suitable one."

Cao Yong remembered that Ning Chun had found a house last year, and he thought he might have some connections, so he told Seishtu and asked Ning Chun to look for a house on his behalf.The hot spring villa that Sai Shitu went to last time was also familiar with Ning Chun, so there was nothing unusual, so he nodded in agreement.

*
Bamboo Courtyard, Shangfang Nuange.

Bao Ya came here early in the morning. She is fifteen years old this year, and she is much taller than last year. Her round face is also closer to the oval face, but she looks more handsome last year.His temper is still the same, and he is always chattering.

"Third sister, I feel that the Luo family's marriage proposal is really surprising to me! I didn't believe it when I first heard about it, but I don't know when Seshitu thought about it? I thought he was a decent person, I didn't expect to hit the third sister's idea!" Baoya said, with an indignant expression on her small face.

Cao Yi blushed, lowered his head and murmured, "He's not that kind of person!"

Baoya still said in a nasty voice: "No, I can't blame him for leading the horse and helping to carry things when he was at Wenquan Zhuangzi last year. It turns out that he has no good intentions!"

Cao Yi was afraid that Baoya might misunderstand, so he quickly raised his head, trying to defend Seshtu, but seeing Baoya's face flushed from holding back a smile and looking at him, he realized that it was a deliberate joke, and couldn't help but hit her twice .

Bao Ya got up from the kang, hid aside, scratched her face with her hands, smiled, and said, "Third Sister, are you ashamed, this person hasn't been in the house yet, it's better for him!"

Cao Yi smiled and glared at her: "It's getting bigger and bigger, and Gege is getting worse and worse. I want to see if Gege didn't take such a day!"

Baoya raised her head triumphantly: "I have already told my sister and sister-in-law, so I don't want to marry early. If you don't want to be a good aunt, who cares about marrying a man!"

Cao Yi couldn't help scolding: "This 'man' has already spoken out, where did he learn the foul language, don't say it in the future!"

Lingque, who came with Baoya, said: "Miss San is not right. I have persuaded her servants several times, but Gege just doesn't listen! This year, Geli did what he wanted and didn't say it in front of Prince Fujin, otherwise it would definitely scare him." You spoiled the two masters! Even if you dote on Ge Ge again, I'm afraid Ge Ge will be restrained and learn the rules!"

Bao Ya wrinkled her nose: "I know the seriousness, I only have fun with the third sister!"

*
Pingjun Prince's Mansion, Pingjun Wang Naersu originally wanted to go down to Cao's Mansion, but because he was caught by the Ministry's errands, he came out at noon and went back directly to the mansion.

Cao Jia only thought that her husband came back from the Cao residence, and while helping him take off his overcoat, he asked, "How about the betrothal gift? I heard that Jueluo's family is not very rich, so I can't wrong my third sister!" "

Ne Ersu shook his head and said: "I thought I could go over there to have a look, but I didn't want to be dragged away to do some errands before leaving the palace, so I just came back after work, I thought it was noon, so I didn't go over there!"

"My parents are not in the north, so we have to be careful as sisters and husbands, but I'm the only one!" Cao Jia said with a smile, "Don't annoy me, I'm going to use my body to make up my sister! "

"Look, she is such a good sister, but it seems that I am a brother-in-law who is stingy!" Narsu took his wife's hand and sat down beside the kang: "I have also sent someone to investigate the Jueluo family carefully, but it is serious. The family is simple. I heard that the in-laws wife is also from everyone, and she is very kind. Speaking of it, I really envy you brothers and sisters who take care of and support each other, but there is a real relationship, which is unusual. The calculations and calculations of the big family."

When Cao Jia heard this, she smiled: "Isn't the master treating Baoya very well?"

Ne Ersu sighed: "Bao Ya is just a child, she is not young, but she is only a child at heart, I don't know when she will be more sensible."

"Look at the frowning of Grandpa, it doesn't look like he's an older brother, he looks like he's an Ama, no wonder everyone in the world says 'elder brother is like a father'! But you don't have to worry about it, I think Gege is a lucky one, The face is more lively, but the heart is sensible!" Seeing that Na Ersu looked tired, Cao Jia got up and went behind her husband to help him squeeze his shoulders.

Fang squeezed twice, but was stopped by Naersu: "It's a waste of effort, don't do it, don't you say you want to eat sour these two days? What if you have it, please call the imperial doctor quickly Come and see!"

Cao Jiashi blushed and pushed Nersu: "What did you say? It's just that I got tired of eating sweet fruits that day and wanted to change my appetite. Fuxiu is not yet one year old, and I have a big belly. It's a joke!" Speaking of this, she couldn't help but smiled at her husband: "My lord is only twenty this year, and he has four sons, isn't that too little?"

Neersu laughed and said, "I'm looking forward to my daughter? If one day it's our lady's turn to make a decision, then I, the father-in-law, must put up my airs and make my son-in-law obedient!"

*
In April, Ning Chun got a post from the Ministry of Industry. Although he is busy now, how could he refuse when Cao Yong asked him to do something?Naturally, he patted his chest and agreed.

Because of the experience of looking for a house in the first year, Ning Chun picked out four or five courtyards of suitable size, and took Cao Yong and Sai Shitu to look at them one by one.

In the end, all three of them settled on a house located outside the Xihua Gate, with four courtyards and two gardens, one large and one small, with good orientation and layout.This was originally the house of a Dali temple judge. Because he retired from his old age and returned to his hometown, his whole family left, so he wanted to sell the real estate in Beijing, asking for 500 taels.

Ning Chun was a good talker, and his tongue became more and more sharp. This hippie smiling face even fooled and tricked him, and he helped him cut down to 900 taels.

Seshtu didn't say anything at the time, but he was ready to give up.In fact, the price of the house is not expensive, but it is not easy for him to spend 700 taels of silver, so he has to find another affordable one.

Cao Yong guessed his difficulty, so he pulled him aside, and said seriously: "Before I left Jiangning, my father gave me 3000 taels of silver and asked me to come to Beijing to buy something for you. It is his gift to your family." Return the gift. Now I just found this Hexin house, so my father will fill it in with the 3000 taels of silver, wouldn’t it be cheap? It’s also a favor for me, saving me the trouble of figuring out what to buy for you.”

Could it be that Seshitu didn't know what he meant, shook his head and said, "I appreciate your kindness. It's not that I'm pedantic, it's just that it doesn't make sense."

Cao Yong nodded secretly to praise his strength of character, and persuaded: "This is indeed what my father meant. After all, it was given by the elders. As a son-in-law, you should show some affection. Do you still think we are outsiders? You also I know my family, my father’s branch, but there are three brothers and sisters, you and I, who don’t have siblings, who can kiss us? Right now, we need to arrange marriage affairs, so the cost will naturally be more. Since it’s given to you, you can take it .. Wait until you have more money, then buy a gift for your father. Isn’t that the way people are, you come and go, why bother to be serious, it hurts the old man’s heart!”

Seishtu still shook his head: "Since it was a gift from my father-in-law, I shouldn't resign, but on the mother's side..."

Cao Yong couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder: "When I first met you, I saw that you were enthusiastic and quick-tempered. I didn't expect you to be a good son! The old man lives in the inner house, so he said he was the owner of the house. Those who are in urgent need of money can get it with two thousand silver coins!"

Seeing that Cao Yong lied as if he had made up his mouth, Sai Shitu didn't react for a while, and when he woke up, he was dragged to press his fingerprints on the purchase contract.Saishitu is not a mother-in-law, and if he acts up at this time, it will make people laugh, so he solemnly thanked Cao Yong.

*
After buying a house, Ning Chun called the two of them to have a drink, and then sent someone to call Yongqing, the private room on the second floor of the VIP building as usual.

Yongqing is also busy these days, and has no time to see Cao Yong, so he gathers together and asks about Jiang Ning's family.

Everyone mentioned the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River, and they also talked about the fact that Wang Duzhao, the right servant of the household department, was the governor of Zhejiang recently.

Ning Chun had a drink, shook his head and said, "There are so many vacancies in the household department now! From the comprador to the businessmen, there are a total of 34 people who testify to the officials of the Deyin Hall! Since the 44th year of fighting, a total of more than 20 taels of silver have been eroded. It is said that the compensation is limited and the punishment is exempted, but those who are too greedy will be dismissed. --It is said that more than [-] taels have been eroded The minister of the interior, Shifona, has already been dismissed. This position has been vacated all of a sudden, which is really eye-catching."

Yongqing laughed and said: "You are just greedy! The Ministry of Industry has a lot of oil and water, and you are not satisfied. The Ministry of Households is just a vain official position, and there is no great benefit. Why are you jealous?"

Ning Chun smacked his tongue: "My elder brother, I just finished talking, that Shifuna has been greedy for 20 taels in two years, and he is responsible for the bulk of the deficit in the household department, so there is no profit?"

Cao Yong said: "The money you get from being greedy for ink. Something will happen sooner or later."

Ning Chun chuckled: "Don't worry, brother, I'm just hot-eyed. Even if I don't have an errand right now, I can't get in." He stretched out two fingers, pointed to the sky, and lowered his voice: " The people above are more or less related to this matter. I'm afraid there are a few people who have taken advantage of it and sent their lives for nothing. At this moment, the people above are probably trying to force people in. That's like me This kind of pen and post style, naturally, is all about sharpening your head and trying to gain profits."

Cao Yong couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, and hurriedly advised him: "You should stay away from there! It's no joke to get involved!"

Ning Chun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have my own measure."
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(End of this chapter)