Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 204
On the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Gao followed Li Xu to return to Suzhou.Although Mrs. Li wanted to stay with her mother after the new year, but because there were many things going on in the Li family at the end of the year, Mr. Gao did not want to embarrass Li Xu, so he did not continue to stay in Jiangning.

Chu Yu couldn't express how she felt. It would be a lie if she said that such an old lady who treated her so sincerely was not secretly happy. Can't get up.In addition, she felt a little strange, because Mr. Gao seemed to be more polite to Mr. Zhao Jia who was also wearing a flag dress. Could this be the difference between treating juniors and relatives?

Wu'er was brought back to the West Mansion by his aunt, Zhao Jia. Although she woke up and couldn't find the old lady Gao whom she used to kiss, and cried in her arms a few times, but she was so tiny and couldn't speak. Who would understand her dissatisfaction and grievance?
What Cao Yong is most worried about is Cao Yin's body. This will be the 51st year of Kangxi, who knows...who knows...what will happen to this history?Although Cao Yin has repeatedly stated that he is fine and in good health, Cao Yong is still worried.He invited several doctors with excellent medical skills in the city to take turns to take Cao Yin's pulse, and repeatedly confirmed that his body was fine, but he was a little weak, and he should pay attention to his diet.

Cao Yong called the housekeeper inside and outside again, and personally asked about his father's diet, but he found something wrong.That is, ginseng is used too much in the mansion, even if it is not specially nourishing, this ginseng is often used.Not only Cao Yin, but Li Shi and Gao Taijun were also like this.

Although Cao Yong is not a doctor, he also knows the truth of "too much is too much". He specially took this ginseng nourishing list and asked several doctors, and they all said that it can be supplemented too much.After all, Cao Yin is getting old, so it is really inappropriate to use more ginseng.

Cao Yong specially called the housekeeper and collected all the ginseng outside, except for Li's pharmaceutical pills, if you want to use the others, you need to ask the doctor.

Cao Yin was discussing with Zhuang Chang because his son was going to be released from another job, and wanted to teach him well, but he didn't expect him to be busy worrying about these mother-in-law matters.If he wanted to reprimand him with a straight face and thank him for his filial piety, he could only say a few words in front of Zhuang Chang.

Hearing Cao Yin's regretful and proud tone, Zhuang Chang couldn't help but enviously said: "Dongting is very lucky after all. It's rare for young people nowadays to be as stable and filial as the eldest son!" Now it's not about superiors and subordinates, so we just talk about friends, and give up the titles of "adult" and "subordinate".

Cao Yin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Filial piety is filial piety, but it is far from what I thought in the early years!"

"Thoughts in the early years?" Zhuang Chang pondered for a while, remembering the event of Cao Yin sending his son to Qingliang Temple after the death of Sun Taijun: "This, maybe Dongting had other plans in the early years!"

Cao Yin nodded: "Brother Tianxing, there is nothing to hide from you. Although I knew that the Cao family was in crisis at that time, I still didn't give up. I thought about the kindness of the Long Live Lord. If Yong'er can take responsibility, I will be able to serve you in Jiangnan. After taking over my class, it shouldn’t be difficult to protect Cao, Li, and Sun’s families.” At this point, he paused: “It’s just that Yong’er is not close to relatives except for these individuals in the family, and he brought a few people with him. Very cold. I don't care much about the Li family and the Sun family!"

Hearing what Cao Yin said, Zhuang Chang was taken aback for a moment, and then shook his head disapprovingly: "Brother Dongting is really too lenient to others! This Sun family was relatively good when Mrs. Tai was alive; It is human nature to be less. Needless to say, the Li family has gone back and forth over the past few years, and their father and son have been tossing and tossing happily. But if there is even the slightest consideration for this so-called 'relative relationship', it will not be possible to reach the goal step by step. Today, the Eldest Young Master can’t worry about Li and Sun’s family just because of the name of a relative! Let’s not talk about the Eldest Young Master, even the Li and Sun families may not be happy to do this!”

Cao Yin thought of Li Xu's temper, sighed, and knew that Zhuang Chang was right.

No matter what Li Shi's mood is, this is already a young year, and she has to make up her mind about everything in and out of the family, and she is too busy.Although Chu Yu spent the New Year in the capital mansion last year, but because she was a newcomer, she didn't worry about government affairs.This time I was with my mother-in-law and learned a lot about being a housekeeper.These are different from those in the palace.On the side of the palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will assist in organizing the New Year's goods.Everyone like the Cao family is also the head of the direct branch, and all kinds of sacrificial objects must be prepared.

Seeing that Cao Yong was busy in and out, Chu Yu only cared about filial father-in-law and seemed to be negligent to her mother-in-law, so she reminded him tactfully.

Only then did Cao Yong notice Li's haggardness, and he thanked Chu Yu for his care.Thinking of the Li family, Cao Yong only felt a pain in the head, and now they offended Ga Li again, and even the Cao family would be implicated.But because of the Li family, the Li family couldn't ignore it.

Cao Yong approached Mrs. Li, talked about homework for a while, and then mentioned the coolness of the seaside in summer, saying that after he took office for a few months, he would pick up his parents to escape the summer heat.

Although Mrs. Li knew that Jiang Ning might not be able to let go, she was still relieved to hear her son's plan.

When Cao Yong thought about ginseng, he had to persuade his mother that this kind of nourishing food should be eaten in moderation.Although it is a family that can afford ginseng, if it backfires, it is not wronged.

Seeing his son so nervous about his parents' bodies, Mrs. Li thought that he was frightened by the accident last spring, and explained it carefully, telling him not to worry too much.

Because Li Shi still has a lot of chores, he doesn't have much time to gossip with Cao Yong.After the mother and son chatted for a while, Mrs. Li went to work again.Here, Cao Yong got a letter saying that the person in the guest room woke up.

The girl dressed as a "little servant" just kowtowed, she should have woken up a long time ago, maybe because of the cold rain, she had a high fever that night, and she took medicine for two days to get better.

When Cao Yong passed by, the little girl drank the medicine and fell asleep again, and Wei Hei was asking two servants outside.These two maids were picked out by the housekeeper Cao Yuan two days ago to take care of this little girl.A man in his thirties named Feng, and a man in his forties named Chen, both of whom had some knowledge.

When they saw Cao Yong coming in, they both bent down to greet Cao Yong.Cao Yong had seen them once before, so he knew their identities, and waved them up.

Wei Hei smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Feng, sister-in-law Chen, the eldest son just came over, tell me, what is the origin of this little girl?"

Because in front of their little masters, the Feng family and the Chen family also deliberately wanted to show off, but they were afraid that they would make Cao Yong unhappy if they said something wrong, so you looked at me and I looked at you, I don't know who should speak first .

Cao Yong could not help frowning slightly when they found something wrong.

The members of the Feng family and the Chen family thought that Cao Yong was impatient to wait, and their hearts suddenly burst out. The Feng family said first: "Returning to what the uncle and Wei Ye said, according to the slaves, this girl does not seem to come from a small family. .Although she is wearing the clothes of a servant, her face is delicate and tender, which is different from the daughters of ordinary families."

The Chen family added: "It's not a big deal! Although the appearance is a bit ordinary, but looking at the traces of the thimble on the hand and the thin calluses and needle holes on the fingers, I think it's good to be a female celebrity. I guess it is a needle thread from a rich family. People, ran away privately!"

Cao Yong sounded a little confused. Hearing from the front, this little girl looks like a young lady. Why did the needleworker come out later and say that?

Wei Hei was dumbfounded when he heard this, and interjected and asked: "Sisters-in-law, whose daughter is not a female celebrity, how can she be called a needleworker because of the needle holes in her fingers?"

The Feng family smiled and said: "Master Wei, although this young lady is also a female celebrity, who would make calluses on her fingers? Even before the second girl of our family came out of the cabinet, although she occasionally used needles and threads, it was just Make a small object and protect your hands with beeswax afterwards."

The Chen family said again: "If she is really a lady of yours, she is naturally knowledgeable about books and etiquette. The servants are watching, this girl doesn't pay attention to the words on the wall, and the two books deliberately placed on the table are also moving. She doesn't move. She is also a mute, if she could read, she would have already asked for a pen and paper!"

Cao Yong listened, not only did not feel at ease, but more doubts.Because what the Feng family and the Chen family said was all speculation, but they didn't have a single word about the identity of the little girl.In his heart, he really didn't want to have anything to do with the Governor's Mansion.

In the past two days, he sent two confidants to inquire with the clothes that the little girl had changed, but they found out about the governor's mansion.It is said that a maid and a servant were killed a few days ago, but I have not heard of any escaped slaves.Cao Yong was worried about other secrets, so he told people to pay more attention to the movement of the governor's mansion. Except that the wife of the mansion was ill, there was no other word, so he was a little relieved.

No way, this little girl is the maid who was "beaten to death", right?Because of someone's protection, he was able to slip out.

Cao Yong was still a little uncertain, so he saw Cao Song walking in carelessly, seeing both Cao Yong and Wei Hei there, he was very strange: "Huh? Brother, Brother Wei, why are you here? Are you busy?" As he spoke, he said to the Feng family and the Chen family: "How, is that kid awake? But let me explain clearly, which family does this kid belong to?"

Seeing Cao Song's question, the two didn't know how to answer, Cao Yong waved his hands: "This girl was rescued by your second master, please tell her carefully!"

When Cao Song heard this, he was puzzled, scratched the back of his head, and asked, "Brother, what are you talking about? What kind of girl did my brother save? Where did this come from?"

Seeing that Cao Song was still in a daze, both Cao Yong and Wei Hei couldn't help laughing.Even Sister-in-law Feng and Sister-in-law Chen have understood the taste, no wonder the second master said "this kid" and avoided "this kid", and he still hasn't realized that the one inside is a girl.

Cao Song was dazzled by the laughter, and faintly heard some meaning, and shook his head in a hurry: "Impossible, impossible, this girl is still a kid, can I still tell the difference? I don't believe it, can that kid change?" ?” As he said, he directly lifted his foot to go inside, and stopped when he reached the bed.

The little girl on the bed was asleep, but was woken up by Cao Song's loud voice after Cao Song came in.Because the people in front of her were very strange, and she didn't know where she was, she clutched the quilt tremblingly, and didn't dare to get up, and didn't dare to make a sound.

Hearing Cao Song's footsteps, she closed her eyes in fright, but her trembling gave away the secret of her waking up.

Cao Song watched the quilt tremble and thought it was fun, so he pulled it lightly.Because the little girl held it tightly, she couldn't move it, so she went back immediately.Cao Song wanted to pull again, and the little girl was scared. Although her eyes were still closed, tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

Although her appearance is only ordinary, because she is not wearing a servant's hat and her hair is loose, Cao Song will no longer regard her as a boy.He saw her pretending to be asleep and wanted to tease her, but now seeing her little face balled up and tears streaming down the corners of her eyes, he immediately lost interest.

"It's so ugly!" Cao Song muttered, turning around and coming out.When he came outside, he was still a little impatient, and complained to Cao Yong and Wei Hei: "If it was a girl, she would be pretty, but she has such a look, and she is still a cry! In vain I saved her without even knowing how to thank her, and I just know how to cry, it's really bad luck in the new year!"

Cao Yong saw that Cao Song was speaking too much, so he couldn't help but glanced at him.If this girl is innocent, she is just a poor person.

Wei Hei was not a cold-blooded person either, so he defended the person inside and said, "I'm afraid the second son misunderstood her. According to these two sister-in-laws, this is a dumb girl. Even if I want to thank you in my heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to say it." !"

The Feng family and the Chen family were helping each other. Cao Song felt a little embarrassed when he heard it. He sat there, "hehe" laughed twice and said, "How do I know this? It sounds like this girl is strange. Poor! Then how can we ask clearly where she is going out of the city? Let us send two people to see her off, which can be regarded as helping her!"

"En!" Cao Yong nodded: "It makes sense, we will go north after the new year, but we are afraid that we won't be able to take care of her, so we will find someone who is proficient in dumb language to ask in these two days!"
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