Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 200 Qingyun Road in the city
Although Gao Taijun was annoyed and said that he wanted to go back to Suzhou, but how could he just leave?After all, there is only Li's daughter, and I still don't want her to be too embarrassing. Besides, I heard that the Li family will send people to Jiangning in the next few days.

Mrs. Li finally persuaded the old matriarch, and then remembered the abnormality on his son's side. When Cao Yin went out one day, he sent Xiuluan to bring Zhu'er and Cui'er.

Although she has become a mother-in-law, Mrs. Li is not comfortable asking questions in public, so she sends Xiuluan and the mothers-in-law down, leaving only Zhu'er and Cui'er to talk.

Zhu'er and Tweety'er also vaguely knew something in their hearts, their faces were blushing, their heads were lowered, and their chins reached their chests.

These two maids were born in the Cao family, and they were specially selected by the Li family before Cao Yong went to Beijing the year before last.In terms of appearance and character, they are better than ordinary ladies from small families. Mrs. Li has long thought of promoting them as the people in his son's house.

Now, two and a half years have passed, these two are still dressed as girls, with unopened brows and unbroken bodies.Mrs. Li couldn't help being a little worried, wondering if her daughter-in-law was virtuous and docile in front of others, but she was jealous and intolerant in private, but she was also afraid that she would wrong her daughter-in-law wronged by her own thoughts, so she said, "I remember that there is a girl named Chai in your uncle's room. Why didn't she follow the waiter, but...but she opened her face?"

Zhu'er and Cui'er were taken aback when they heard the words, and then shook their heads. Zhu'er replied: "Go back to Madam, after the uncle got married, he changed to a new yard, but Chai'er didn't follow, and stayed with Sister Zijing! Slave servant Before we left Beijing, I heard from my uncle and sister Zijing that some of the right age should be sent out to get married, and Chai'er seems to be among them."

Mrs. Li nodded, and asked again: "Since it's not you, and it's not that hairpin, who is the person in your uncle's room now? Xiyun and Xicai are Tongfang?"

Zhu'er and Cui'er were speechless, after a while, Cui'er said: "It's not that the servants are trying to avoid it, it's just that they really don't know, but they don't look like each other on weekdays!"

Mrs. Li was puzzled: "This... You must leave someone to wait in your uncle's room, right? Your grandma will not take care of everything by herself?"

Zhu'er said: "Going back to Madam, the four servants who go to the house on weekdays are the four attendants who are following me now. It's just the uncle's rule that no one stays on duty at night in the house. This has been going on until now, and no one has been praised!"

"Does anyone stay in the house overnight?" Mrs. Li repeated: "Is this a rule set by your uncle? Did it exist from the beginning, or did it come after we got married?"

Zhu'er and Cui'er looked at each other, and they understood in their hearts that it seemed that the wife was suspicious of the princess and was jealous, and she was pushing the uncle to do this.Although both of them had some hopes for their master, they were not ignorant of conscience. To be honest, Taoism had existed for a long time, and it had already been like this when they were in Sunflower Courtyard.

Cui'er speaks quickly, and unconsciously brings up the matter between Ye Momo and Xi Yu.At first, Mrs. Li thought that she didn't see Chuyu had an experienced nanny by her side, but after hearing about it, she realized that there was another reason.

After thinking for a while, Li waved his hands and told Zhu'er and Cui'er to go down.Xiuluan is the big girl she has relied on the most in recent years, Ben was waiting on the porch, and when she saw Zhu'er and Cui'er going out, she came into the room.

Sitting there, Mrs. Li looked like a smile but not a smile, and there was an indescribable melancholy in it.Xiu Luan entered, feeling worried, and asked with concern: "Madam is worried about the uncle? This servant sees that the uncle is sensible, and the wife needs to relax!"

Mrs. Li nodded and said with a smile: "I thought that men in the world are greedy, but I didn't expect this nature to come out of my belly! That little Gege looks pure and sweet, and he can find a husband like Yong'er , is really her good fortune!"

Xiuluan was confused, but she could also hear the complacency in Li's tone, and said with a smile: "Look at what my wife said, even if my wife doesn't boast, isn't the uncle still worse? Only with the character of a master and wife can you Trained a young master like a master. Although the slaves are in the second gate, I have heard my brother and sister-in-law mention that there are many official sons and sons in Jiangning City, and none of them has the reputation of a master. No matter who speaks, they must stand up Thumbs up, praise for being filial and promising!"

Hearing that Xiu Luan mentioned that people outside praised her son, Li Shi was immediately happy, but after thinking about it, she was a little disbelieving, and asked, "They didn't coax you, did they? How old is Yong'er, who would know him? "

Xiuluan quickly shook her head: "I can't, I've seen my brother and sister-in-law, my wife, who is simple and honest, who can make up nonsense? Although the uncle is not very old, since he was born in our house, just see For the sake of the lord, people who pay attention to the lord are indispensable! Not to mention, the lord is working in front of the emperor, isn't that a great promise?" Speaking of this, I remembered something: "Madam, the lord has now been promoted to the Taoist platform. , is it more decent than our Futai lord?"

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "Speaking of which, Yong'er is promising. This official position is now higher than his father! Who would have thought of it at such a young age! Why do you think that he will not be able to survive in Beijing?" Eight years old, this is just a little more effort!"

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Mr. Cao, who is promising, is doing something not very promising right now.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, perhaps because of the cold weather in the twelfth lunar month, most of the brothels and boats stay on the bank, and the business is very deserted.It's not surprising. Although the river here is different from the north, it does not freeze, but the temperature is not high.Everyone's warm house is not waiting, who cares to go to the painting boat to enjoy the wind.

Under a tree not far from the shore, there was an ordinary-looking blue cloth carriage parked.Outside the carriage, Wei Hei, Xiao Man and a few guards stood on horseback.

In the car, Cao Yong raised the curtain and told Chu Yu the legend of the Qinhuai River.As for the unofficial romantic history of the "Eight Beauty of the Qinhuai River", Cao Yong's brushwork is Spring and Autumn, and he has said it in a few words.

Maybe it's because Qin Huai's current scenery is mediocre, and Cao Yong's story became more boring after being deleted. Chu Yu was very puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "My father-in-law, is the Qinhuai River really so famous? It doesn't sound like it is What's so strange about it!"

Cao Yong sighed in his heart, this is the "sacred place" in the hearts of men, naturally it is extremely famous.Although there was a saying in the early years that "fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March", but in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the Qinhuai River was more famous than Yangzhou.

Thinking of his embarrassment when he boarded the boat for the first time when he was a teenager, Cao Yong naturally held Chuyu's little hand: "I advised you to change my clothes and come out, so that we can also choose a boat to go. Take a stroll, maybe you can see the market, and you can’t wait for some good food!”

Chu Yu said with a smile: "If it's okay in Beijing, there are parents-in-law here, even if you don't talk about us, you won't be happy about our nonsense!"

Seeing her well-behaved face, Cao Yong couldn't help but put on a stern face, teasing her and saying, "Okay, she looks like a good daughter-in-law! When I see my father-in-law, my husband will throw it aside first!"

After hearing this, Chu Yu hurriedly explained: "My son-in-law, don't be upset, Chu Yu didn't mean that! Chu Yu was just afraid... afraid that her father-in-law and mother-in-law wouldn't like her size..." At this point, I saw that Cao Yong was suffocating. Looking at her with a smile, where is there any sign of anger?She was so ashamed and annoyed that she couldn't help but beat Cao Yong twice.

The Qinhuai River has also been visited. Cao Yong told the coachman to go back to his house.Originally, he wanted to go to Qingliang Temple to see the young monk, but at the end of the year, the temple was full of incense and Chu Yu didn't have a maid to follow him, so it was a little inconvenient, so he decided to go someday when he was ready.

Chu Yu was still thinking about the clothes, and said to Cao Yong in a low voice: "My son-in-law, Chu Yu heard that there is a tailor shop outside that makes clothes, why don't we cut two pieces! It's the second aunt's side, Chu Yu Look, her flag dress is not as neat as Chu Yu's, it's all a little more lively!"

It was rare for Chu Yu to be so caring, Cao Yong thought of Gao Taijun's expression yesterday, as if he really couldn't get used to the flag dress, so he smiled and nodded in agreement, opened the curtain of the carriage, and asked the following long-term followers, where is the city? Home has the largest ready-to-wear shop and the best tailors.

Among the long followers who followed, there was Xiaoman's cousin named Liqiu, who seemed to be the most familiar with Jiangning City, and talked about several shops in one breath.Cao Yong was a little confused when he heard that, so he asked the coachman to pick the most famous "Caiyunlou" among the places mentioned by Liqiu and go first.

Perhaps because of its great fame, there was a carriage parked in front of Caiyun Building.The people coming and going in and out of the door are all gorgeous female relatives. Wei Hei is used to seeing the market, and he can see at a glance that good and bad are mixed.

Cao Yong looked at Chuyu, already full of curiosity, and was about to get off the car. He couldn't bear to spoil her interest, so he said to Wei Hei: "Brother Wei, it's okay, ask Xiaoman to ask the shopkeeper, look at the building. Is there any clean place up there!"

After a while, Xiaoman led the shopkeeper of Caiyunlou over.The shopkeeper has been running the business for decades, and he has the most vicious eyes. Although the cars that the guests ride outside the door are not decorated, but seeing that the long-term servants who come with them are all tall horses and well-dressed, they are extraordinarily attentive. Authentic: "Guests, please don't worry, there is a special place on the second floor of the shop to entertain distinguished guests, it's very quiet!"

Cao Yong got out of the carriage first and nodded to the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, and then his attitude became more respectful.Cao Yong looked curiously, and asked: "Looking at the shopkeeper, it seems that he knows Cao?"

The shopkeeper bowed and said: "Back to the eldest son, when the son was in Jiangning last year, the younger one met the son once!"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "The shopkeeper is welcome, today I brought my wife to choose two ready-made clothes, and I need to trouble the shopkeeper to choose some high-quality clothes!"

The eldest son of the Cao family has married the emperor's granddaughter, who in Jiangning city doesn't know?The shopkeeper was stunned and couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing Cao Yong, he frowned slightly and signaled to Xiaoman.Xiao Man went up to the shopkeeper and stuffed a piece of ingot in his hand, and said in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, hurry up and lead the way, don't think about anything else, this kind of gossip is not easy to say, otherwise... otherwise..."

The shopkeeper Rumeng woke up, just now he was thinking about whether he could show off in the future, the princess Gege came to buy the clothes in their building, Xiaoman's words shattered his dream.That's right, using Cao's family as a raft and Royal Gege as a raft, isn't he going to die?

Even though it was the twelfth lunar month, the shopkeeper couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "My lord, please... please... the little one will make people clean up the upstairs!"

Only then did Cao Yong lift the curtain of the carriage, and said to Chu Yu: "Get out of the carriage, let's take a look at the clothes of his family, is there anything you like?"

The result was nothing but disappointment. At this time, the female family members of decent and wealthy families all hired tailors to make clothes on a seasonal basis.Those who come out to buy ready-made clothes are either from ordinary families or from merchants.

Although Caiyunlou is well-known, the clothes look quite different, and the tailoring is also good, but the only difference is in the material.

Since childhood, Chuyu has seen all the materials distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After arriving at the Cao family, no matter whether it is used by Cao Yong in the capital, or used by the Li family and Gao Taijun here, it is not ordinary. Where can I find it? on these?If you really want to wear these things, the result may not be much better than the flag outfit, and I'm afraid it will cause jokes from the servants in the house.

Looking at Chu Yu's face that could hardly raise his eyebrows, Cao Yong said: "It's all because I didn't think carefully. Thinking about it, there are a few people who buy clothes outside. What good materials can they have? Let's ask for the commonly used ones in the house tomorrow." Tailor, it’s not just you, I’m also going to buy some clothes! After all, when we’re in Shandong, people are no longer as casual as they used to be!” Saying this, I’m just afraid that Chu Yu won’t hire someone to make clothes alone.

Sure enough, when Chuyu heard that Cao Yong wanted to cut clothes, she also agreed; thinking that she would make two sets of Han family clothes by the way, and replace this flag dress, grandma might look better on her side, so she put it down. mind.

After leaving the Caiyun Building, Cao Yong felt a little guilty. He said that he hadn't given his wife any presents in the past year since they got married.Counting the days, it will be the first anniversary of their marriage in a few days.

Thinking like this, Cao Yong happened to see a jewelry and jade shop next door, so Cao Yong said to Chu Yu, "Let's go there and see if we can find two pieces of jewelry to match your new clothes!"

Chu Yu agreed with a smile, and followed him into the next door shop.

It looks quite grand here, and in the lobby, there are much fewer customers than the clothing store next door, and there are some jade objects on the counter.

On a chair in the corner of the lobby, a slightly rich old lady was sitting there, picking out jewelry. Behind her stood a girl in a flag dress with her head bowed and a few maidservants.
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