Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1393
The next day, after breakfast, Cao Yong went to Li's house with Mrs. Li.

It's not the second courtyard built by the Gao family in the early years, but the old house of the Li family in Dongzhimen.

The house here was once sold by officials when Li's family was ransacked.Cao Yong had planned to buy it secretly, but unexpectedly, it was a step too late. The house here and several other properties of the Li family in Beijing were transferred at a discount by several families in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Until October of the previous year, on Li's birthday, before the palace bestowed the Princess's old mansion near the Xidan archway, the Household Department first got the news, and remembering the relationship between the Li family and the Li family, they made the Li family's old house " Birthday gift", send the house deed.

In the capital, it cannot be said that every inch of land is expensive, but the Li family's ancestors were officials to governors in their early years, so this house is naturally not too small.

Mrs. Li didn't want to accept generous gifts from outside for nothing, but this house had a different meaning to the Li family, so they still accepted it after all.He just took out his private money and asked Chuyu to prepare a similar gift in return.

The Li family's old house was given to the Li family by the Li family.

Because of Li Xu's status as a guilty minister, it is not appropriate to have private property under his name, so the house here was directly placed under Li Nai's name.

Because of this, Wang Shi still held her breath in her heart, and talked to Li Xu twice in private.

According to her opinion, since Li Dao and Li Zheng are Li Ding's flesh and blood, they should inherit the incense of the second wife, so that no one will serve Li Ding after his death.

In this way, the descendants of the Li family were divided into two houses.

Since the old house is the ancestral property, even if it is sold out and brought back by the old aunt, it is still considered a public property, so what if it falls directly under the name of the big house?

Seeing that she was confused, Li Xu didn't try to persuade her, he just said: "A hundred years from now, do you want to go out with Wulang and Liulang?"

When Wang heard this, she was startled, and said: "I am the wife of the grandpa, and the grandpa is here, why should I live with my grandchildren?"

Li Xu said: "Since I don't have that idea, let's live in peace, what about the big house, the second house, the boss will take care of you in the future..."

Although Wang's heart is partial to Li Tao and Li Zheng, she also understands in her heart that the pillar of the Li family is Li Nai...

Li Xu got the news yesterday that Li's mother and son were coming today, so he ordered someone to clean up his house inside and out.

But the smell in the house cannot be eliminated by cleaning.

When Cao Yong followed Li Shi, he was overwhelmed by the tangy smell.

Even Li Shi was taken aback by the taste.

This taste is none other than the "old man's taste".

Seeing Li Xu's oblivious appearance, Li Shi could only pretend not to know, greeted Li Xu, and then sat down on the chair in front of the kang.

Li Xuyuan refused to entertain guests in a half-lying position, and in the morning he ordered someone to carry him to the Arhat's bed.But then he started to cough, and he couldn't help it, so he had to go back to the kang and lie on his back.

Seeing + Li Shi now, Li Xu half leaned on the pillow, his face still showed some joy; when he saw Cao Yong behind Li Shi, he smiled and nodded, but he didn't deliberately get close like before, his eyes turned again Turning to Mrs. Li, he seemed hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Li looked at Cao Yong with some hesitation.

Cao Yong twitched his lips and smiled, and said to Li Nai next to him: "I haven't seen my eldest cousin for some days, if my eldest cousin is free, how about talking with my younger brother?"

Li Nai hurriedly said: "I have an itchy forehand, please don't idle, cousin, I'm just a stinky chess basket."

Cao Yong pleaded guilty to Li Xu, and followed Li Nai out of the house.

After entering the study in the West Wing, Cao Yongfang said: "Look at my uncle's complexion is much better than in the first month, I think he will recover soon."

However, Li Nai shook his head and said sadly: "It's just because of the warmer weather... But the doctor explained clearly that the old man's lungs are not good, and he is afraid of the cold... Even if the asthma is lighter in spring and summer, it will be worse in autumn and winter , when the time comes, you will have to resign yourself to fate..."

Cao Yong listened, could not help silent.

In fact, Li Xu is over seventy years old, which is already considered a long life in this era.

Although Cao Yong doesn't have a deep relationship with him, he knows what he means to his mother, and he still hopes that the old man can live for two more years...

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In Li Xu's room, Li Xu looked at Li Shi and said, "Mrs. Wang is getting more and more confused, thinking about nagging you again yesterday, it's all unreasonable. I've already told her, sister, don't worry..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li became more and more guilty.

Brothers Li Dao and Li Zheng are already 16 years old, and their birthdays will be passed in a few months, so they are considered adults.

With the current ability of the Cao family, Cao Yong really has the heart to take care of him. It is not too difficult to arrange an errand for the twins.

But because Cao Yong was estranged from the Li family, he seldom took the initiative to manage the affairs of the Li family. Li did not want to embarrass his son, so he avoided talking about it.

Now that I'm in front of my cousin, I can't deceive myself after all.

Regardless of whether she is the daughter of the Li family or not, it is a fact that she has been under the care of the Li family for more than ten years.

The person in front of him and the deceased Han family are named brothers and sisters-in-law, but they actually acted as adoptive parents when Gao Taijun ignored the world affairs.

Because Li Xu is a man, he concentrates on foreign affairs, the relationship between brother and sister is weaker, not as close as mother and daughter like Han and Li.

"I really can't do my best for the official school, but don't worry, brother, as long as I'm still here, I won't make it really difficult for my nephews and grandchildren. Brother, you are old, live a good life and enjoy the blessings, and stop worrying about your children and grandchildren." body." Li said with concern.

Li Xu shook his head and said: "In these years, I have inherited too many sisters, and my children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Seeing that the younger ones will also become adults, let them make troubles on their own. Compared with the previous few years, today's life is already better There are too many..." At this point, he hesitated, and said: "I left my sister, because I have a few words to tell her..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly said: "Brother, just give orders, although I can't guarantee anything, I will definitely do my best."

Li Xu was silent for a long time, then he took out a palm-sized silk bag from under the pillow, and said solemnly: "I shouldn't bother my sister anymore, but I can't procrastinate any longer, so I can only ask my sister for help." , Send the silk bag to Li Shi.

Seeing Li Xu like this, Li Shi also became more solemn, and took the silk bag, although it didn't weigh much, but still felt heavy in his hand.

Li Xu signaled Li Shi to open it, and after seeing the contents inside, Li Shi couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It turned out to be a stack of bank notes from the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were a dozen of them.

The top one is 1000 taels of silver, and after turning back, there is no one with a smaller amount, and the last one is 1 taels.

This stack of banknotes was deposited at different times, and it is estimated that there are three to forty thousand taels when they are all added up.

"Brother, this is..." Upon seeing this, Mrs. Li was in shock.

Li Xu stroked his beard and said, "After the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened, it asked people to deposit one after another. It didn't use my name, and outsiders didn't know about it."

Looking at the stack of banknotes, Mrs. Li could somewhat understand what her cousin was thinking.

The Li family was charged with a huge deficit. After the Li family was confiscated, there was still a big hole left.If these tens of thousands of taels of silver go in, it will not help anything. If it is hidden and passed on to descendants, there is hope for the family to turn around.

It's just that he didn't expect that his cousin would entrust this money to himself.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Li nodded, and said: "Cousin, don't worry, I will definitely hand over the money to the children in a legitimate way..."

Unexpectedly, Li Xu went on to say: "These are just small heads, the big ones were not deposited in the bank, but hidden in the tombs of Tongzhou... Under the old man's tombstone, there is 5000 taels of gold left by the old man in his early years; your sister-in-law's tombstone Excuse me, there is 5000 taels of gold, which I buried when your sister-in-law was buried."

Mrs. Li was surprised at first, but at the end she disapproved: "1 taels of gold is 10 taels of silver...plus the money in the bank, big brother is enough to make up the shortfall...why do you have to suffer so much... "

Li Xu sneered and said, "Although Li Jiaming's deficit is more than [-] yuan, even if he fills up the deficit, he will be accused of other crimes... It's just an emperor and a courtier..."

Mrs. Li was speechless, showing some distress: "Brother, if you transfer 1 to [-] yuan from your sister and then give it to the children, it won't be too much trouble... Even if it is spread outside, it will only be said to the others." It's just the words of the younger generation of my natal family... But if you add the [-] taels of gold, the movement will be even bigger..."

Everyone knows that Li's private house is rich, and he "spends out" tens of thousands of taels to buy property for the poor Li family, which is barely justified.

After all, the Li family has been kind to Li's upbringing.

But "spending" 10,000+ taels of silver to "subsidize" the Li family is a bit unreasonable.

After all, the apparent wealth of the Cao family is not much more than 10,000+.

Li Xu shook his head, and said: "It's only the money to bother my sister, I don't intend to touch the gold... Wang is not the eldest biological mother, but has two grandchildren, and she acts more and more stingy, and the eldest is honest and doesn't like to care... My son is filial, but he is a concubine after all. When Cheng'er comes back, this family will eventually be handed over to Cheng'er. When Cheng'er comes back, my sister will quietly tell him where the gold is buried. Just say what I said, within 20 years, no Use that gold..." At this point, he sighed and said: "If there is something wrong with Cheng'er... wait for Brother Nuo to take charge of the family and support the family, and then tell Brother Nuo..."

Hearing the meaning of Li Xu's words, he was not only guarding against the waste of the Wang family, but also did not believe that the eldest son had the ability to manage the family.

It's not bad, it's just a bit cooler.

Mrs. Li was silent for a while, and said: "Since it is a matter of hiding gold, elder brother has an arrangement in mind; then for the tens of thousands of taels of silver, please make a regulation for elder brother, and younger sister will definitely follow it..."

Li Xu said: "Half the money, I troubled my sister to help set up the land, and found a reason to send it over as public property... The other half, 2000 taels to brother Yu, and 2000 taels to Xiangyu... They are two brothers and sisters, is it me? I was dragged down by the family, and I suffered a lot in the early years. As a grandfather, I must do my best... The rest, don't move for the time being. After I close my eyes, if there is any unrest in the family, who will suffer? If I feel wronged, I ask my younger sister to come forward to appease me... Wang Shi has been with me all my life, and Nuo'er has been with me through hardships in the Northeast. It's better not to make the two of them suffer too much..."

Li Shi said: "Okay, my sister has made a note, and I will act according to the arrangement of my elder brother..."

Mrs. Li and Cao Yong, mother and son, returned home after having lunch in Li's house.

After returning home, Mrs. Li directly called her son into Fuyuan Hall, and then sent out all the maids, talking about the bank notes.

The Li family kept silent about the matter of hiding the gold, not because they didn't trust their son, but because they didn't want his son to despise the Li family even more.

There was a certain number of salaries in the Qing Dynasty, let alone the 1 taels of gold, the old lady of the Li family and Li Xu were suspected of being "greedy".

Cao Yong listened, always feel something wrong.

Even though the name of the Li family was not signed, the money in the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was indeed deposited by the Li family.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, even if it is kept secret, who knows if there will be any clues outside.

If outsiders really want to know, it seems that the Cao family is hiding their property for the Li family, which is against the law.

However, since Mrs. Li had already accepted the bank notes, he was unwilling to say anything, which caused the old lady to feel uneasy.

He had already made a plan in his heart, and in a few days, he would find a reason to collect the money from the Li family from his mother.

These banknotes of the Li family did not move, and they subsidized the more than 3 taels of silver by themselves, not for anything else, but for the peace of mind of the mother.

But he didn't know that these banknotes had only been stored for a few hours before and after reappearing.

That night, before going to bed, Mrs. Li dismissed all the maids, lit the dozens of bank notes one by one, and burned them to ashes...

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When I came to participate in the starting point annual meeting, I lived with Futian MM on the first night, chatted excitedly, and stayed up all night until dawn. I was so excited that I didn't calm down to code words.Tragedy the next day, I fell asleep before I finished coding, and I just finished coding the second half of the chapter today... I didn’t update it after I owed two chapters, and I will make it up as soon as possible when I return to Beijing today.

Everyone should also see that the characters of Chongkang are beginning to call their curtains.

Xiao Jiu doesn't want to control the fate of the characters in the book, and tries to give them a reasonable future.

(End of this chapter)