Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 181 Farewell
Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Today when Wei Bai went out of Beijing, Cao Yong did not go to the household department to be on duty. It was not because he stayed here to see him off, but because he was ill.The night before, he, Wei Hei, and Mr. Zhuang practiced for Wei Bai. Everyone drank a lot of wine, probably because of the wind blowing when they came back at night, and they vomited and diarrhea for half the night. Take a bowl of medicine and rest.

Chu Yu sat on the chair beside the bed, looked at Cao Yong lying there, and couldn't bear to wake him up, so she sent someone to the household department to ask for leave.

Xiyun walked in lightly, and replied in a low voice: "Ge Ge, someone from the palace has come to pick him up!"

Because today is the newborn little elder brother "Xisan" of Prince Chun's Mansion, who sent a letter to Chu Yu long ago.

Chu Yu glanced at Cao Yong who was sleeping soundly, got up and walked outside, and whispered: "The forehead is like this, how can I go away? You and Xiyan go there for me, and take the things I prepared for the past two days. Send the gift box over, and say hello to a few Fujins. You don’t have to raise your forehead to feel uncomfortable, so as not to save them from sending people to come and make troubles inside and out. Just say that there is something wrong in the house, and I can’t leave. I will meet again when the little elder brother is full moon. Let's go over to congratulate together!"

Xiyun responded and went down to prepare to go.Zhu'er and Huan'er came in, and Zhu'er said: "Princess, the hangover soup is ready, but serve it now?"

Chu Yu shook her head: "My son-in-law has been tossing and tossing all night, and I have suffered a lot. I will rest at dawn. It is less than two hours away. Let's talk about it later!"

"Yes!" Zhu'er replied and withdrew.

Huan'er greeted Chu Yu, Chu Yu saw her carrying the food box, and asked with a smile, "Sister Zijing sent you here to deliver sober soup to the forehead?"

Huan'er nodded first, then shook her head, probably feeling a little confused, Fang replied with a smile: "Sister Zijing sent the slaves here, but not the hangover soup for the uncle, the original slaves still asked. Zijing My sister said that the king of the county loves the old man the most, and he appointed to prepare it early, so she doesn't have to worry about these things. She is worried about the princess, because she is afraid that the princess will be tired because of taking care of the uncle, so she asks someone to boil the bird's nest and send it away. The maidservant sent it to the princess. If it wasn't for Cheng Yi who was going to see off the second master and second mistress of the Wei family, Sister Zijing would have come here in person!"

Speaking of which, she put down the food box, took out a piece of paper from the side of her clothes, and handed it to Chuyu with both hands: "Princess, this is the list that Sister Zijing drafted temporarily, please decide what to add or subtract!"

Chu Yu took it and looked at it. Except for a few pieces of clothing material, there are some silver notes and gold leaves, all of which are light and easy to carry.

Although this is quite a lot, I think that Cao Yongsu treats the brothers of the Wei family differently, and it also depends on the love of Wei Hei who stays in the mansion.Therefore, she thought about it for a while, and said to Huan'er: "Sister Zijing is well prepared, but I remember that Second Grandma Wei is pregnant, please ask Sister Zijing to find some ginseng supplements in the storeroom, plus ten taels of gold , put a collar on the child!"

Because Fangcha lived in the mansion the year before last, and lived with Wei Bai for more than half a year last year, and Huan'er and the others are considered close friends.Therefore, Huan'er was also happy for Fang Cha when she heard that the princess was so generous, and went out in response.

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In the front, across the courtyard to the west, is Wei Bai's house.

Fang Cha's face was pale, her hands clenched the handkerchief tightly, and she sat on the edge of the kang in a daze.On the kang and on the ground were several well-packed packages, all of which were sent by Zijing to help.

But overnight, Wei Bai's eye circles were sunken a lot, and he looked haggard.

Fang Cha bit her lips, and finally said the question in her heart: "Where is Xiaohong? You sent her to the banyan courtyard yesterday, why didn't she come back after a night?"

Wei Bai wiped his beard stubble, and replied: "Didn't I tell you? Mr. Zhuang saw Xiaohong's cleverness, so he begged me for it, and went to serve the aunt in the courtyard!"

Fang Cha was furious when she heard the words, and immediately got up and said: "That's my dowry girl, why should he give it to you if he wants it? There are no maids and women around their aunt in the yard. I am just a little red, so I just want it Go! No, I won’t allow it, you get it back for me!”

The two got married for one year, because Wei Bai was older, and he was very rare in the heart of fragrant tea, so he was afraid of melting in his mouth, and afraid of being frightened when he held it in his hand.

Today, it was abnormal, Wei Bai just sat there and ran away, until Fang Cha couldn't help pushing him, Fang Dameng said, "Ask for it? What are you asking for?"

Fang Cha was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet, but she held back with concern for her stomach, pointed to Wei Bai and said, "Okay, since I can't bother you, then I'll go there by myself. I'd like to ask Mr. Zhuang What kind of rules is it to ask someone else's dowry maid to be a maid!" While speaking, she was about to go out, but Wei Bai grabbed her arm: "Don't go, what's the fuss? Xiaohong died of a sudden illness last night I am afraid that you will be worried, so I changed this rhetoric!"

"Dead?" Fang Cha bluffed: "It's good, how can you say that it's gone? Could it be because you were bullied, or offended those two aunts?"

Wei Bai shook his head: "I saw it with my own eyes. It was not injured. It was already turned into ashes when I sent it to the mortuary early in the morning!"

Fang Cha was stunned when she heard that, she felt something was wrong after dinner last night, she stayed in the capital well, why go back to her hometown?Besides, Wei Bai had never heard anything about going back to his hometown.

Wei Bai pulled Fang Cha to his side and sat down, took out a handful of banknotes from his arms, and handed them to her: "This is a gift from my uncle yesterday, keep it up! Let's go back and buy a big house with more than a dozen hectares." Well, give him seven or eight sons, and multiply the Wei family! When the sons are older, if you want to learn literature, let’s ask Mr.; if you want to learn martial arts, I will teach them as a father. Always let them succeed , honor us both!"

It should be blissful words, but when Wei Bai uttered them, they were indescribably bitter and unexplainable, Fang Cha felt sore in his heart, his eyes turned red, and he asked softly, "Is it you?" What wrong did you do to make uncle and Lord Zhuang angry, why don't we plead with uncle and ask uncle to help you beg and beg?"

Wei Bai lowered his head and shook his head. When he raised his head again, he returned to his usual playful and smiling face, and said, "Hehe, what's the matter between Mr. Guan and Mr. Zhuang? It's not that my elder brother just had a fit and said he dreamed about his dead parents. Thinking that we are grown up as children, but we have not even visited the graves of our parents. It is really unfilial. Back then, when our hometown was hit by a disaster and we fled, our parents died on the road. My brother and I were still young! Thanks to meeting Master, Helped us collect the bones of our parents, and spent money to send people back to their hometown for burial the next year, which finally gave them a place to live!"

Although Fang Cha was born in a family, but because of her grandmother, she was taken care of by her maid since she was a child; when she was a few years older, she went to the old lady's yard and was called a maid, but she only acted as Cao Yong's playmate. , is no worse than ordinary ladies, so I don't know how hard it is to make a living outside.It wasn't until after getting married that he was in charge of his own family, and he often heard Wei Bai mentioning the world outside, that he knew there were many difficulties.

Hearing Wei Bai's sentimental words at this moment, Fang Cha couldn't bear it, and said, "Since uncle is homesick, please let him go back with us! This mansion is very good, and it's not our home. Ask someone to talk to Uncle about the marriage, and let's live with support!"

Wei Bai smiled: "You still don't know the temper of elder brother? You can't listen to persuasion, besides, you have been with the young master for a long time, and you can't bear to leave! Let's not force him, just pay respects to his parents' tomb on his behalf. !"

Seeing Wei Baiqiang's smiling face, Fang Cha didn't say much.Although she knew that their brothers had a deep relationship, and thought that there should not be a quarrel, she still felt something was wrong.

There were footsteps in the yard, and someone called at the door, "Is Fangcha here?"

It was Amethyst's voice, and vanilla, Zhu'er, and Tweety came along with them.

After hearing this, Wei Bai and Fang Cha stood up.Fang Cha stretched Wei Bai's clothes, Wei Bai said: "Since they are here to see you, you should talk first, I'll go and see Big Brother!"

Fang Cha nodded, walked to the door and said: "It's you who are here, please come in quickly, the room here is a bit messy, let's go to the east room to talk!"

Wei Bai also came out, greeted Zijing and the others, and left the yard.

The house was cleaned up, and it looked a little empty.Fang Cha invited a few people to sit down, then went to the door and asked Nanny Feng in the kitchen to boil water and watch tea.

Vanilla is a frequent visitor, and seeing her greeting her from inside to outside, she wondered, "Where's that girl Xiaohong? You're busy now, why didn't she see her? It doesn't look like she's being lazy or slippery on weekdays!"

Fang Cha's face froze, and then she replied with a smile: "Fang asked her to deliver something to the Banyan Courtyard, but she hasn't come back yet!"

Because she was wearing loose clothes, she couldn't see her figure, but Zijing still persuaded: "Sit down quickly! We are not outsiders, so we don't need you to entertain us specially. Be careful and don't get tired!"

Fang Cha thought about it, so she sat beside Zijing.

After everyone chatted for a while, Zijing pushed a small box and a package to Fangcha's side: "This is the Cheng Yi that the uncle and princess sent you and your wife!"

Fang Cha didn't pick it up right away, and asked with some doubts: "Didn't the uncle give it to my grandfather yesterday?"

Zijing was taken aback when she heard the words, because Cao Yong was drinking in the front yard yesterday, she was talking with Chuyu in Wutong Garden, after Cao Yong went back drunk, and seeing Zijing was there, she only taught Bei Chengyi, but did not Mention what has been given.

Although Fang Cha didn't know what was in the box, she still pushed it back: "Sister, it's because my uncle forgot to tell me when I went back, so I'm getting ready! I already received a copy yesterday, how can I collect it again today? "

Speaking of it, Zijing watched Cao Yong grow up, and since she was drunk, she would never forget it. She must have been reluctant to part with the second master of the Wei family, who treated him sincerely, so she smiled and pushed back: "Yesterday, the uncle sent Wei Er Lord, these are given by the Princess to you and the child in your womb!" As he spoke, he patted the package: "These are some clothes materials, all soft and comfortable!"

Having said that, it was not easy for Fang Cha to refuse, so she stood up and took it, and asked Amethyst to help thank the princess.

Afterwards, Zijing sent her own gift, two pairs of little golden lockets, said to be a longevity lock for the child.Vanilla, Zhu'er, and Tweety'er also had their own gifts, and Fang Cha thanked them solemnly.

Thinking about when they would meet again, everyone sighed a little, and wentssiping for a while, Zijing and the others got up to leave.Because vanilla and fragrant tea are the best, he wanted to stay and help her tidy up, so he didn't go back with Zijing and the others.

Fangcha thought that although she was not close to Wei Hei, he was her husband's elder brother after all, so she told Xiangcao to ask Xiangcao's brothers to get closer so that he would not be alone and boring.Vanilla has three older brothers, except for one who stayed in the southern mansion, and the other two came to this mansion last year as errands.

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When Cao Yong woke up, it was already 10 quarters (30:[-] am).Although his head was as heavy as lead, he still didn't forget that today was the day Wei Bai left Beijing, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the front yard.

The luggage had already been loaded into the carriage, and Fang Cha also boarded the carriage, but because they did not see Cao Yong, Wei Bai, Wei Hei, and Mr. Zhuang dragged their household chores and refused to leave.

Seeing Cao Yong rushing out with disheveled clothes, Wei Bai showed a smile on his face: "Master, this drinker is really not good enough, you have to practice hard, and have a good drink with Lao Bai next time!"

Cao Yongzheng nodded emphatically: "Second brother Wei, don't worry, as I get older, I can drink more, next time I will have a good drink with my second brother!"

Wei Bai bid farewell to Mr. Zhuang, and gave careful instructions to Wu Mao and Wu Sheng brothers, and finally patted Xiao Man's head: "Good boy, follow the son and work hard!" After finishing speaking, he got on his horse, cupped his fists at Cao Yong and said: "Young master, Lao Bai is leaving first!"

"Well! Second brother, have a good trip!" Cao Yong clasped his fists in return, watching Wei Bai's figure go away, until he passed the corner of the alley and could no longer be seen, then he turned and went back to the house.
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(End of this chapter)