Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 258
Jiangning, Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Seeing that his aunt was very close to this cousin of the Li family, Cao Fu felt a little uncomfortable, wondering if his aunt would be more partial to his natal nephew.

Although he is the youngest son of the second family, he was not favored by his parents when he was young.Zhao Jia is partial to the eldest son. Apart from thinking of ways to keep an eye on her husband all day long, she is also thinking about the eldest son's future and marriage, while the younger ones are not very concerned.

When Cao Quan was alive, he was also a hands-off shopkeeper with regard to housework and children's education, and seldom intervened.Even if the father and son spoke, they just scolded a few words with their eyes wide open.Even in the past few years before his death, he treated his sons and daughters kindly, but paid more attention to his sons and daughters.

Among the brothers of the younger generation of the Cao family, although Cao Yong was praised for his intelligence when he was young, he is only mediocre when he grows up; Cao Song, with his "hun" name, mentioned the second master of the Cao family. In other words, a few years ago, who had been under Cao Erye's hands; Cao Shuo was square and upright, and he was not very outstanding since he was a child; Cao Xiang was a concubine, and his status was inferior to his brothers. Although the study has been stronger in the past two years, few outsiders will notice; only Cao Fu is left, not like the son of the second house, but rather the head of the house.

He was intelligent since he was a child, and he had a great photographic memory. When he was seven or eight years old, he was able to compose a few poems that were quite realistic.

Cao Yin himself likes to read poetry and books, and was once happy for his son's intelligence, but who would have thought that he would like to play with bows, arrows, knives and guns when he was older, and he was only mediocre in homework.

After being disappointed with his son, Cao Yin paid more attention to the homework of his nephews, and especially liked the youngest one, thinking that he was like when he was a teenager.In my spare time, I am also happy to explain poems and lyrics to Cao Fu.

Cao Fu has traveled to Dongfu many times, and after being with his uncle and aunt for a long time, he has developed a heart of admiration for the two.When I went back to the mansion and looked at my parents again, my father was mediocre and my mother was vulgar, it wasn't that I disliked them, it was just that I felt inadequate to some extent.

Li Ding was chatting with his aunt about the family affairs, and at the same time, he was looking at this Xiaowu from the second bedroom of Cao's family out of the corner of his eye, and he felt relieved.

Although his father always praised Cao Yong for his promise, he was also dissatisfied in his heart, thinking that Cao Yong was only relying on his grandfather's shadow and the snobbery of Pingjun Wangfu and Chunwangfu to get to this day.

Seeing Xiao Wu of the Cao family now, I think that Cao Yong has one place that is not as good as himself.Needless to say about my father's house, needless to say about my elder brother, my nephew is already in his teens, and even my cousins ​​are also young, and they have become officials one after another.Cao Yong is the eldest son of the family and has only one uncle. Although he has several cousins, he will not be able to borrow strength for ten or eight years.

Cao Fu was feeling uncomfortable, and accidentally saw that Li Ding was looking at him with a mocking look besides looking at him, so he felt uncomfortable, but in front of Li Shi, he was always well-behaved, so he didn't show it.

After Mrs. Li had finished talking about her household chores and sent someone to take Li Ding down to wash and have a rest, Cao Fu came to Mrs. Li, raised her head and asked, "Auntie, I didn't intend to hear someone mention it this morning, saying that Cousin Li is not well. , recuperating at home, is this Cousin Li's brother?"

Mrs. Li was happy for her nephew to come over, and she was thinking about asking the kitchen to prepare more food, and to greet her nephew at night, when Cao Fu asked this, thinking of the reason why Li Ding hadn't shown up for more than a year, the smile on his face froze. .

The lady of Dong E's family was dismissed for no reason, what should she do in the future?Seeing that his nephew said and acted just now, he had his own ideas, but he didn't know whether he was following his father's order or his own idea in the "retirement" scene.

Although Mrs. Li was in the inner house of Gali's dismissal, she also heard about it when officials and family members were socializing.Although it is human nature to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, such treachery is really unkind.Even her elder brother and nephew, she couldn't agree with her.

Dong E Jinghui was rescued by Cao Yong and lived in his home for some time, but Cao Yin did not tell Li Shi.I was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable thinking about it.

Seeing Li's face, Cao Fu knew that he was mistaken, but he still pretended not to know: "It seems that the cousin of the Li family is quite knowledgeable, and he saw something wrong with the Governor's Mansion early on, so he put aside the responsibility. It's just that That sister, her uncle was dismissed from office, and her husband's family resigned, it's really pitiful!" Having said this, she couldn't help but sigh.

When Li heard this, her heart was depressed, she really didn't know why her elder brother and the others would do such a disregard of morality, so she also sighed.Thinking that there is no need to nag these things in front of the children, he smiled and said to Cao Fu: "Fo'er takes pity on the poor and the weak, and has a good heart. This is like your elder brother. In the future, the two of you brothers will definitely be able to talk together!"

Cao Fu listened to his aunt's praise, and the smile on his face hadn't bloomed yet, when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.Like big brother?Speaking of a piece?What a rarity!
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The Bai family, the inner courtyard, and the bedroom.

Bai Dexi only woke up in the afternoon. Sitting on the bed, he felt his head hurt like hell.The housemaid Chunjiao came up to help him wash and wash. Bai Dexi saw that she had changed into plain clothes and looked more beautiful than usual, so he couldn't help but hugged her in his arms and rubbed her up and down.

Chunjiao "giggled" and gasped for laughter, but Bai Dexi let go.Perhaps because of the hangover, he felt a bit like "more than enough heart but not enough energy".

After getting up from the bed, he looked out the window and asked, "Where's your grandma, why don't you come over to wait on me?"

When Chunjiao heard this, her face looked weird, but she didn't respond, she just ordered the little maids to bring in water.

Bai Dexi squinted his eyes, sat on the chair by the window, rubbed his forehead, always felt that something was wrong, as if he had forgotten something.What did you forget?Well, my father-in-law went to the funeral yesterday, and then I met the second son of the Li family, and then I invited him to have a drink at home, and then...

With a sound of "Teng", he suddenly got up from his seat.Or because of too much force, the vision went dark, and I almost fainted.Supporting his head, he stood upright, but his face showed a ferocious look, staring at Chunjiao, and asked with a dark face: "That bitch... Where did she go?"

Chunjiao saw that his expression was wrong, she trembled, forced a little smile, and said: "I asked this question, grandma is the master, and I can't report to my servant where I'm going? But, I haven't seen her since yesterday." Come back to the back house!"

Bai Dexi thumped the table vigorously, left the room, and went to the front yard angrily.What a slut, she just asked her to come out to have a few glasses of wine with a guest, but put a cuckold on him?I usually see her acting frivolously, but I didn't expect her to be so shameless and despicable!
Holding back his anger, he went to the flower hall, but he stopped in his tracks.Although he also hated Li Ding for being unkind, he also had a bit of self-knowledge, knowing that he couldn't afford to offend him, and even if he wanted to teach his wife a lesson, he had to wait until the guests left.

He called a confidant servant who was waiting here, and asked in a low voice, knowing that Li Ding had left for two hours, he finally felt relieved, and ran to Nuan Pavilion with his fists clenched.

Yang Ruixue sat in front of the dressing table in the Nuan Pavilion with a dull expression and a body like wood.After Li Ding left, she thought about the meaning of what he said last night, and the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.

No matter how dissatisfied she is with her husband, after all, he is her cousin and the father of her daughter.The two have been husband and wife for several years, even if it is not affectionate, there is some affection.

Although her husband arranged for her to have a drink with someone yesterday, which made her feel cold, the purpose was to keep the Bihe Building, so that Zheng Hu would not come to take over his father's property by relying on the power of the Cao family.

The Li family is a family of officials and eunuchs, how could they, a family of merchants, be able to provoke them?Even if they tell their husbands, how can they solve the crisis in front of them?

This Master Li looks friendly to others, but he is very scary when he speaks, he doesn't seem to be friendly to him.

She thought a lot, but she couldn't think of a proper way. If she followed him... Thinking of the tastes she had never tasted last night, she couldn't help but smear red clouds on her face...

When Bai Dexi walked into the room, seeing Yang Ruixue blushing and dazed, he felt that his lungs were going to explode, how could he bear it?
He rushed forward in two steps, pulled Yang Ruixue's hair, punched hard, and cursed: "Bitch, who will you show me like this! How dare I put a cuckold on me! I dare not do it to you!" Soak the pig cage!"

Yang Ruixue was pulled to the ground, tears were already coming out because of the pain.Originally wanted to open his mouth to defend, but seeing Bai Dexi's red eyes and murderous look, he closed his mouth and just kept crying.

Bai Dexi beat her hard, and Fang felt the anger in his chest. He stood up, kicked Yang Ruixue, spat on her face, pointed at her and cursed: "Bitch, I want you to accompany me!" Wine, who would accompany you to the bed?" She yelled, feeling somewhat lacking in confidence.

To be honest, he wanted to seduce Li Ding with his wife's beauty, but he also had bad thoughts.He thought that if he could use his daughter-in-law's beauty to hold onto Li Ding and find some benefits, that would be a great thing.

With the situation in front of him, people are taking advantage of it for nothing. I don't know what Mr. Li is going to be proud of behind his back. How can he hold back this tone?But they didn't know that this beating was a complete end to the relationship between husband and wife.

Yang Ruixue fell to the ground, just crying, as if she was about to shed tears for a lifetime, and her voice became louder and louder.

Bai Dexi was annoyed when he heard that, he frowned and said, "Shut up, what are you screaming for? I'm not dead yet!" Seeing her disobedience, he became angry again, and stepped forward to kick her in the back.

Yang Ruixue let out a muffled snort, but she stopped crying, feeling her mouth was salty, and raised her head to look at Bai Dexi, her eyes were icy, showing no sadness or joy.

Bai Dexi stopped looking at her, and said: "Bitch, since I climbed onto Li's second son's bed, is what I told you safe?"

Yang Ruixue, on the other hand, didn't say a word, until Bai Dexi got really impatient with waiting and wanted to get angry, then she heard her say every word: "It's...it's...it's very good!"

Bai Dexi breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at Yang Ruixue, seeing her blushing face, couldn't help feeling a little regretful, why did he hit her on the face, in case the second son of the Li family went to Zhizao Mansion, he would come back to "be a guest" ...

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Beijing, Changping.

After all, no one drank the bowl of deer blood last night. Brother Seventeen didn't have the intention, how could Brother Sixteen force him?Moreover, this is not something that can be strong.

The matter of being a noble person is always a taboo, even if the sixteenth elder brother intends to explain to the seventeenth elder brother, he can only make indirect remarks and cannot speak directly.When I said this, I turned more than a dozen corners.

Not to mention the seventeenth elder brother, even Cao Yong knew what he meant, and it was really hard to listen to it.

The seventeenth elder brother saw that the sixteenth elder brother was speaking incoherently, he said a hammer to the east, and a hammer to the west. He didn't know what he was talking about, and he was confused.But he was afraid of losing his face, and it was not easy to ask questions in person, so he answered vaguely.

Elder Sixteen was holding back after eating, and couldn't help feeling a little lethargic.

Cao Yong is an outsider and a junior, but he doesn't even have the position to persuade him. He just talks about landscapes and historical sites blindly, which makes the seventeenth elder brother listen with gusto.

Although he is a son of the royal family, but he is at the bottom of the rankings and is young. He has only started to follow the retinue in recent years, and he has only gone to places outside the Great Wall or Gyeonggi.Like the sixteenth elder brother, he went to the south of the Yangtze River with Shengjia, but he can only hear about it from his brothers.

There are so many famous mountains and rivers in the great Qing Dynasty. If you are lucky enough to swim among the mountains and rivers, it is better than being trapped in the sewage in the capital.Thinking of this, Elder Seventeen's depression gradually dissipated, but genuine joy was added to his speech and expression.

Brother Sixteen breathed a sigh of relief, taking advantage of Brother Seventeen having no idea, he couldn't help giving Cao Yong a thumbs up secretly.

Although Cao Yong was older, he couldn't help being a little proud, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly unconsciously.Although these two little elder brothers are a bit ghostly, how can they still become smart depending on their age?After all, it was the two older children. Since he made the move himself, how could he not be coaxed into submission?

Brother sixteen, where would Cao Yong be proud?Turning his eyes, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said with a smile: "Since everyone is happy, let's rest for another day. Last night's deer... the tongue is good, let's kill a few more deer!"

Seeing that he was laughing like a thief, Cao Yong knew that he might be thinking of some way to tease people, so he got up with a smile, and said to Brother Sixteen and Brother Seventeen: "It's getting late, let's go back, go back, save yourself Make the nobles in the palace think about it!"

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(End of this chapter)