Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 257 Nephew
Yizhou, Daotai mansion, backyard
After breakfast, Mrs. Tian walked slowly in her small yard with the support of Mrs. Yang.

Her courtyard was tidied up alone, although it looks ordinary, but the interior is compared with Cao Yong and Chu Yu's main courtyard layout, all kinds of utensils and decorations are first-class.

Although she is only Mr. Zhuang's niece, she is currently living in the Cao family, but none of the maids and women in the mansion dare to treat her poorly.Not to mention that the Taifu has strict rules in the first place, and it's not their turn to step up and step down, just to see how the uncle and the princess' grandma treat Tian's courteously, who would dare to touch this bad luck?
Tian's is one year younger than Chuyu, and he is only sixteen this year. Because of his young age and his habit of doing rough work since childhood, his body is relatively strong.She is not tall, although she has a body, but because of her relatively solid flesh, she does not look very strong, and looking at her belly according to the proportion of her body, it is indeed a bit too big.When I walk now, I have to hold my stomach, which is a bit difficult.

After the grandma of Cao’s princess gave birth, Mr. Cao said that the fetus was too big, and Mrs. Yang often looked at Tian’s big belly and worried, for fear that the baby would be too big, and the mother and child would have a mistake.

The two of them, mother and daughter, were arranged by Tian's housekeeper before they entered the mansion, and they had signed a death contract, and the future honor and disgrace would inevitably fall on Tian's body.

In the few months since she entered the Daotai mansion, although she was just a country woman before, she still sees that Master Daotai is a nobleman among the dignitaries.Compared with such families, the so-called wealthy families she had heard about in Hejian before were nothing more than wealthy landowners.

Although I don't know how big the official position of "Jiangnan Weaving" is, but looking at the glorious faces of the nuns from the south when they talk about it, it can be seen that it is too big.Otherwise, Master Cao would not have become a Daotai master at such a young age.

The person living in the main courtyard of this mansion is an out-and-out noble daughter of the Tian family, the granddaughter of the emperor's lord.Every time she thinks of the identity of the princess's grandma, Sister-in-Law Yang's body trembles unconsciously, and she always feels like she is living in a dream these past few months.

Speaking of which, after Tian's pregnancy was revealed, her stomach was larger than that of ordinary pregnant women. She was always open-minded, able to eat and sleep, and she didn't have any discomfort during pregnancy. In the past seven or eight months, her stomach has grown amazingly. Pregnant women in labor than usual.

Sister-in-law Yang didn't dare to make mistakes, so she pulled her out every day to walk around more, so as not to give birth difficultly.

When it comes to winter, I don’t know if it’s because of the cold weather, but Tian is always a little sleepy, and doesn’t like to move much. In addition, his body is heavy, and he feels tired after walking around. gone.

It was the same day, Mrs. Tian just walked around a little more, when she said that her back was so sore, she wanted to go back and lie down.

Sister-in-law Yang was also helpless, knowing that letting her go again would not be good if she was tired, so she had no choice but to lean on her and help her back.

Back in the house, Mrs. Tian got on the kang, the heat was hot, and she felt a little more comfortable, as if she was breathing freely, but she was a little hungry.She greeted Mrs. Yang with some embarrassment: "Sister-in-law Yang, my stomach is a bit empty, but if you have any snacks, bring them to me."

Because Tian's hind legs were a little swollen during pregnancy, Sister-in-Law Yang would often help her rub her legs. After walking around, she naturally had to rub her legs.

Sister-in-law Yang didn't stop her hands when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "I'm tired after walking around, so I'm hungry." After saying that, she turned her head and called to her daughter, Little Walnut, "Walnut, go, bring some snacks to grandma."

After all, Tian's hair style is a woman's, so Yang's sister-in-law changed her tune.

Walnut responded and ran to get a snack box, set it on the kang table, poured another cup of tea, and then took a hot towel to wipe Tian's hands.

Sister-in-law Yang saw that her daughter was doing things properly, which was completely different from before. After all, she came from a rich family, and she also learned to behave accordingly, so she couldn't help smiling.

Tian also cleaned her hands with a smile, took the teacup, and said with a smile: "I never thought that Walnut would look like a big girl in the past few months..." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a pain in his waist. She couldn't help frowning, the teacup in her hand shook, and some water splashed out.

Sister-in-law Yang jumped when she saw it, grabbed the teacup in a hurry, wiped the water off Tian's hands with a handkerchief, and asked nervously, "Did you burn grandma?"

Tian forced a smile and said, "It's okay, sister-in-law Yang, I'm fine, I'm not burning, I just feel this waist... this waist..." While speaking, she only felt her lower abdomen tighten for a while, and then it started to hurt. , getting worse and worse, her whole face was wrinkled together, she hurriedly grabbed Sister-in-law Yang's hand, and said nervously: "Sister-in-law, I...my stomach...stomach hurts...it hurts..."

Sister-in-law Yang was bluffed out of her wits when she heard this. She has been there before and knows that this is a precursor to childbirth, but, yes, but she is only eight months old!Be bad!She hurriedly shouted for Walnut to find Miss Zijing and the midwife to see her, then called the maid to boil hot water, then squeezed Tian's hand, and comforted: "Grandma, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay, it's okay, relax Click...in a moment, Wen Po will be here!"

"Sister-in-law..." Tian originally wanted to say a few words of reassurance, but when the words came out, her lower abdomen hurt more and more, and those words finally turned into a long cry: "Ah...it hurts...it hurts..."

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Da Chuyu got the news of Tian's premature birth, so she guarded in the hall of the main room of this courtyard. She has been guarding for an hour, and the shouting inside has not stopped, until she became hoarse, she still cried out for pain in a hoarse voice. .

Chu Yu was also a little terrified when she heard it. She had experienced the pain herself, but after it passed, it was as vague as a big dream.Now, after hearing Tian's cry of pain, those memories suddenly became clear again, and she just felt that she was in pain too.

Fortunately, my forehead was there that day, what else would I do?She let out a long breath. If it wasn't for this, she really doesn't know if she could survive it.She thought of Cao Yong holding her hand that day, and couldn't help but smile on her face.

In fact, she was in a daze at the time, and now she can't remember the feeling of holding his hand, but as long as she remembered that at that moment, he was by her side and he held her hand, the pain would immediately disappear, and her heart There is plenty of sweetness left.

Instead, Chu Yu thought of Tian Shi again. When this child was born, her husband was separated forever, not to mention accompanying her, even if he couldn't even see the child's face, he felt sad and felt more and more pity When she came, she immediately said to Xiyun, "Go inside and ask Mrs. Yang what's going on!"

Xiyun went in response.Seeing Chuyu's worried face, Mother Ye who followed hurriedly persuaded, "Be careful, you have also gone through it. This matter sounds dangerous, but it is not like that. Grandma Tian is strong. The mother and child must be safe." Then he pulled her arm and said: "The old slave said, Ge Ge should move to the warm pavilion to the west to rest, and he has been standing there for a long time, the hall is no warmer than the house, no matter how cold it is It's terrible..."

Mother Ye persuaded her to come in once before, but Chu Yu just refused, although it was only a few steps away, it felt as if she was far away.At that moment, she still shook her head, and asked again: "Nurse, look at her belly is so big..." Although the doctor said on the pulse that nothing happened, she was still a little worried when she saw Tian's slightly abnormal belly.

Mother Ye had long thought that Tian's belly was not a good omen, but how could she say it now?Seeing Chuyu's question, he quickly comforted her with a smile: "It's nothing, I heard that Grandma Tian eats a lot, and I didn't see her getting angry, eat more, this child is bigger than usual , there are also."

After hearing her words, Chuyu felt a little more at ease, and Nanny Ye persuaded her to go to Xinuang Pavilion again, but she was about to refuse, when the nanny outside came over with Xiao Tianyou, who was tightly wrapped up, but it was Xiao Tianyou Tianyou just woke up, and it was time to breastfeed.Amethyst was beside her, also persuading her.

Chu Yu couldn't do it even if she didn't want to enter the house, so she took her son to Xinuang Pavilion, got on the kang, undressed her son, nursed her son, and finally hugged him and coaxed him leisurely.

Xi Yun came over to reply, saying that Tian's still just hurts, the child hasn't seen yet, but fortunately, Tian's strength is still there, although he already has a piece of ginseng in his mouth, but it doesn't look like a big deal.

Chu Yu nodded, and ordered to cut more ginseng slices, and put them in his mouth instead, fearing that it would take a while.Xiyun agreed, turned around and picked up the curtain to go out to tell this, and then heard the loud cry of a baby suddenly coming from over there.

Everyone's spirits were lifted, Chu Yu was even more overjoyed, and was about to go to the ground in a hurry.Xiao Tianyou was ignorant and was bumped by his mother, feeling uncomfortable, turned his head and burst into tears.Everyone rushed over to appease the young master again, Chu Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, while patting her son, she laughed and cursed: "Little enemy, you also come to join in the fun!"

The midwife has come to announce the good news: "Congratulations to the grandma of the princess, you are a young master! You are strong! Mother and child are safe."

Chu Yu smiled, and hurriedly called for a reward, and Xiyun hurriedly handed over the prepared wedding envelope.Just as the midwife was waiting to be rewarded, the voice of Mrs. Yang, who was guarding Tian's family, rang out. She seemed to have never been so flustered, and shouted: "Mother, come and have a look, there is still a child!"

Amidst the astonishment of the crowd, Tian gave birth to another child, but it was much smaller than the previous child, and the crying was very weak.

When the doctor came to see it, it was said that it was due to a congenital deficiency. The eldest son was stronger and the second son was weaker, so the pulse did not come out when he felt the pulse.

In any case, everyone was overjoyed to have two sons at once.Chu Yu put incense sticks on the Guanyin statue, thinking that Ning Chun's family finally had a queen, and heaved a sigh of relief.

*
Jiangning, Weaving Mansion, Study Room.

Looking at his nephew Li Ding, who was dressed in plain clothes, well-groomed, and well-mannered, Cao Yin nodded appreciatively, took the letter he handed over, and asked: "I heard that your father suffered from an old illness a few days ago, how is he doing now?" ? Are the two grandmothers in good health?"

Li Ding bowed and replied: "If you go back to my uncle, my father is already well! Before sending my nephew this time, I specially told my nephew to thank my uncle for sending me the old ginseng! The two grandmothers are still worshiping the Buddha devoutly." , the bones of the body are still crisp!"

Cao Yin nodded, Cao Quan died of illness in June, Li Xu's eldest son Li Nai came to the Li family to attend the funeral, counting the days, he hadn't seen his second nephew for more than a year.

Now, seeing his words and deeds, he is much stronger than his brother's dullness, but because of Li Xu's resignation last year, he "recovered" at home for a whole year.

Although I don't agree with the Li family's resignation, but time has changed, so it's meaningless to talk about it.Besides, these are the Li family's affairs, and his father is in charge, so how can outsiders talk about it?

Cao Yin pointed to the chair in front of the desk, and said to Li Ding, "I've been on the boat for a few days, and you're tired, so sit and talk!"

Cao Yin saw that Li Ding's eye circles were a bit dark, he only thought that he was working hard on the boat, but he didn't know that his hard work was hard work, but he seemed to be enjoying it.

The Li family also has some background, and the mere Bihe Building may not be able to catch Li Ding's eyes.He was happy for Fang Zi's raising pearls, and of course he was quite satisfied with Bai Yang's body that came as a gift.

Thinking of how the Cao family has paid off the household deficit of several million taels due to the income from tea gardens and pearl cultivation over the years, Li Ding's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but think about it when he looked at the slightly kind Cao Yin.

No matter how unhappy he felt, Li Ding could not deny that the three families of Cao, Li, and Sun in Jiangnan were headed by the Cao family.The head of the Cao family seems to take care of Li and Sun's family in his daily activities.

If you are sincere, why don't you just speak up and ask about this pearl recipe?After all, Cao Yin knew about the deficit of the Li family.If you don't hide your secrets, since this prescription is no longer exclusive, it shouldn't be too difficult to tell the Li family, right?
Although the prescription from the Bai family was already in his pocket, Li Ding still couldn't help but want to test this uncle.I really can't get used to his appearance as a hypocrite, I really want to know what reason he uses to evade?
Sitting on the chair, thinking of this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the wording of "unintentionally".Before he could open his mouth to ask, Cao Yin asked: "I heard from your brother earlier that you will go to Beijing to work as an official in the next year. How did your father arrange it? Are you going to study literature or martial arts in the future? There is no fuss about your future?"

In a word, it made Li Ding immediately stop teasing Cao Yin.Yes, he will go to Beijing next year. Although the Li family also has relatives in the capital, the most prominent ones are the relatives of the Cao family.

What about the Earl's Court!Li Ding suppressed his anger and thought that his father was only a third-class son, several ranks lower than the Cao family's title.Think about Pingjun Wangfu and Chunjun Wangfu again, Cao Yong is still the prince's companion.

Hmph, what's so amazing, Li Ding is still a decent cousin of the prince!

I can't be impatient in my heart, but Li Ding is very respectful on the face, and replied: "Uncle, my father has given the book to the Lord Long Live. As for the so-called future, what does my nephew have any plans? Father's intentions are all up to the Lord Long Live Grace! No matter how it is arranged, my nephew can only do errands with all my heart!"

Cao Yin showed some gratification on his face, and said to Li Ding: "It's really a great kindness to think like this! People like us can be treated so favorably by the Lord Long Live, and the grace of the Lord is great! When we arrive in the capital, it's not as good as in the south. We are not the ones who can speak loudly. Place! At the beginning, your cousin was young and ignorant, and he caused a lot of trouble when he came to the capital. Although there was no serious problem later, he offended many people, but it is inappropriate to say it! But you have always been sensible, these things are unnecessary People worry about it! As long as you think about the grace of Long Live God and the honor and disgrace of your family, you will naturally know that you must be vigilant in everything, and you can't make mistakes in half a step!"

Cao Yin said this out of good intentions, but he was afraid that this nephew, who was as enthusiastic about power as his father, would meddle in things that shouldn't be meddled in the capital and cause some disasters.

To Li Ding's ears, it was another kind of showing off.The Li family also knew the grievances and resentments between Cao Yong and the children of Guo Luoluo's family in Xianghuang Banner. At first, they thought that even if Cao Yong didn't suffer a big loss, he would eventually learn some lessons.After all, Guo Luoluo's family has a concubine Yi in the palace, who can be counted as a family of foreign relatives, who would have thought that it would be nothing in the end.

Li Ding almost sneered at Cao Yin's later remarks about "you can't make mistakes in half a step".What do you mean by "you can't make mistakes in half a step"? It's not asking him to obey the Cao family's instructions and not to climb another high branch.

However, how could he be someone who put his mind on his face?Naturally, he stood up and thanked uncle respectfully for his suggestion.

Cao Yin confessed a few words, and then said to him: "Your aunt misses you very much too. I sent someone to tell your aunt just now! She is looking forward to you too. Go over and say hello!" Send a servant to take Li Ding to the second gate.

Speaking of which, when Li Ding was born, Li Shi had already left the cabinet, so he really didn't have any feelings for this cousin.But knowing that she is a crucial person connecting the two families of Cao and Li, and also the biological mother of Prince Pingjun Fujin and Cao Yong, Li Ding's face became a little more happy when he heard Cao Yin say this.

After passing through the second gate, there is already a maid from Li's courtyard waiting here, listening to the young servant saying, this is Young Master Biao from Suzhou, so he must bow his head to salute, and then lead the way to Kaiyang courtyard.

Li Ding also came to Cao's house twice in the past few years, and treated Mrs. Li, but now seeing the maid's face, it seems that she was newly replaced in the past two years.Subconsciously, I compared Zhizao Mansion here with Suzhou.Speaking of which, their family also took over, but not as often as Cao's family, and it took a long time.

Entering Kaiyang Courtyard, walking to the corridor of the main building, before entering the door, I heard Li's laughter and the voice of a young man coming from the room.

Li Ding paused, and looked at the maid with some doubts.The servant girl smiled and said, "It's our Fifth Lord of the West Mansion who's here, and he's talking with his wife!"

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(End of this chapter)