Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 28 Visiting Mother
After the first month, the Sun family returned to Suzhou.Jiangning Weaving Mansion is still busy up and down, because the twelfth of February is the hundred days of Cao Yin's second son Cao Shun.Unsurprisingly, Mrs. Li fell ill at this time.

Cao Yong wanted to mention Cao Yi's matter to his mother when he came up with the first month of the lunar year, and kicked out those disrespectful mothers-in-law, but seeing that Mrs. Li was sick in bed, it was not good to worry her too much, so he had to let this matter go. .

Seeing Li's weight loss day by day, Cao Yong felt anxious.In the past few years in the Cao family, he is very grateful to Li Shi for his love for him.If it is said that the old lady's love for Cao Yong is fire, which makes people feel warm; then Li's love for Cao Yong is like drizzle and breeze, which makes people indulge in it.Moreover, Cao Yong can see from Li Shi's eyes that Li Shi regards himself as his lifeblood.The greatest thing in the world is the mother, and the poorest is also the mother.

Cao Yong questioned the doctor who saw Li's disease, but he only said that it was stagnation of heart fire, irregular blood vessels, need to be recuperated, and the diet should be light.Angry, could it be because of the new son added by Aunt Liuli?It wasn't just one or two people in the mansion who speculated like this, even the old matriarch heard the rumor faintly, but he didn't believe it in his heart.Everyone in the Li family was born, virtuous and virtuous, and they took good care of Liuli before. The nanny and midwife were all chosen by themselves, and if they were jealous, they would not show it at this time.

After Cao Yin, he invited Song Fuzi, who had taught Cao Yong for half a month, from Hangzhou to come to the mansion as a teacher to teach Cao Yong and Cao Song brothers.Because Cao Yong was concerned about his mother's illness, he hurried back to the inner house every day after class.Master Song understood his filial piety and didn't blame him much.Only Cao Song sighed for his bad luck, and was often detained by his master and punished for writing big characters.

Weaving Mansion, Kaiyang Courtyard.

Cao Yong sat on a small stool in front of the bed with a bowl of snow pear tremella and fed Li himself.Although Mrs. Li didn't have an appetite, she didn't want to disobey her son's wishes, so she took a few sips to deal with it.The white jade Ruyi that was originally hanging on the bed was gone. It seems that the rumors that the wife and the master quarreled and Ruyi fell was true.

Just as Cao Yong was thinking, he heard the little maid at the door say: "Madam, Aunt Zhang is here to greet you."

Mrs. Li wiped her mouth with a handkerchief: "Come in!"

Aunt Zhang here refers to Liuli, wearing a royal blue dress, and walked in gracefully with a little maid.Due to the short period of childbirth, Liuli's figure is slightly plump, and she is more graceful than before.Seeing that Cao Yong was also there, Liuli saluted Li Shi, and then gave Cao Yong a half salute and said, "My lord is here too!"

Cao Yong got up, leaned slightly to return the salute: "Auntie!"

"The uncle is taller again, isn't he, ma'am?" Liuli smiled lightly, and took out a bowl of soup from the food box held by the maid: "Knowing that my wife is tired of greasy food these past few days, this servant made this ham and winter melon soup , I didn’t put a little bit of oil, and if my wife had a few sips, it would be regarded as the filial piety of a servant!”

Mrs. Li looked at Liuli's Qianqian jade finger: "Don't do it next time, I owe you my love, I don't want to bother you to do these things!"

"The servant is from a poor family. To tell the truth from my wife, I have never done anything before being elected to the old lady's yard, doing laundry and fetching water. Now that the old lady and the lady are flattering her, Liuli dare not forget her roots. She is so precious!" Liuli said with a look on her face. There is a bit of anxiety and fear in it.

"I know, you are not that frivolous. Don't worry too much. This is an old disease of mine. It happened when I gave birth to my son. I got tired of serving guests in the first month, so I committed a crime." Seeing Liuli's expression, Li's heart ached I couldn't bear it, and comforted me with soft words.

Cao Yong, who was watching clearly, was not happy to see that the expression on Liuli's face was too contrived.If she hadn't deliberately shown this look of fear in front of others, she wouldn't have given her mother the name of jealousy.Seeing that the mother's treatment of Liuli is no different from the past, it seems that the knot in her heart does not lie in whether Liuli gave birth.

After Liuli left, Cao Yong asked softly: "Mother gave birth to an old disease? Is it a dystocia?"

Listening to her son's question, Mrs. Li recalled the past, and said leisurely: "Although you were born at full term, it was difficult to deliver. You were born for three days and three nights, and passed out several times." Speaking of this, she looked at her son, Infinite kindness: "God is sorry to see you, Yonger, you will be born safely, five catties and five taels. Although your body is a little weak, your weight is solid enough."

"Five catties five taels?" Hearing this data, Cao Yong couldn't help being a little surprised.You must know that at this time, a catty is 16 taels, and five catties and five taels are converted into eight and a half catties in that world.How can a baby who weighs eight and a half pounds, such a fat boy, be in such poor health?Is it because the mother had dystocia and stayed in the mother's womb for too long?
Mrs. Li nodded, with a bit of sadness in her smile: "12 years in a blink of an eye, 12 years have passed!"

"The kindness of mother's upbringing, the child will remember forever, will be filial to the mother, and please be lenient in everything, and take good care of the body!" The saddest thing in the world is "the child wants to support but does not wait for the relative", Cao Yong thought of this sentence Speaking, I don't know if it is because I miss my parents in the previous life, or because I feel sorry for Li Shi in front of me, my voice is slightly choked.

"Cough, cough!" The cough sounded louder on purpose, it was Cao Yin who had returned to his room.

Cao Yong got up: "Father is back!"

"En!" Cao Yin said: "Go and see the old matriarch, don't let grandma miss you!"

"Yes!" Cao Yong responded and exited the room, but did not leave immediately.Even if Mrs. Li was not sad because of Liuli's childbirth, it must have something to do with Cao Yin.For a noble lady who doesn't leave her home, besides her husband and children, what else can she care about like this.

"Shuqing, get well soon, so that the old lady and the children won't worry!" Cao Yin said softly, calling his wife's boudoir name.

"I'm just wronged for Yong'er?" Li choked up and said.

"At that time, it was just in time for Shengjia's Western Expedition, and we were not good at holding a banquet as ministers, so Yong'er's hundred days will be nothing!" Cao Yin's voice was a little heavy.

"The sage's expedition to the west has not forbidden the joy of the people. The birth of Yan'er caught up with the old dowager in the palace, and it took a hundred days to pass, and the same is true for Yong'er." Li said: "It's just a hundred days, that's all. Why does Shun'er offer sacrifices to his ancestors at the full moon? It's not the first son, no matter how much you love the younger one, this is too much!"

"It's my fault, Shun'er was so happy after she was born, and didn't have so many worries!" Cao Yin said wistfully.

"Could it be that Yong'er is worse than his little brother? When Yong'er was born, you were busy with affairs and were not close to him; why now that Shun'er is born, the master is doing all he can to make fun of him? Master like this, you want to treat us and my wife Where is it?" Li asked repeatedly.

Cao Yin did not speak for a long time, and after a while he sighed, and said: "I will know my destiny next year. My father and grandfather went west before they lived to fifty. Who knows how long I can live. Others like At my age, I already have a lot of children and grandchildren. But I only had Yonger when I was nearly [-] years old, and Shuner was added after more than ten years. I am a little confused with joy! I will pay attention to it in the future, Shuqing, don’t be annoyed anymore!"

Hearing her husband's bitterness, Mrs. Li's original dissatisfaction had long since dissipated, and she hurriedly said: "The master is kind-hearted, and he will live a long life!"

"Is your heart kind?" Cao Yin mocked himself a little: "Many people have lost their lives at the hands of my husband in the past ten years, so how can everyone deserve to die? If there is karma, I just hope that everyone will be rewarded. body, bless Yong'er and Shun'er both safe."

When Cao Yong left, his steps were a little heavy.The ancestors of the Cao family all died before their fifties, and the historical record of Cao Yin's death time is six years later, but who can guarantee that there will be no deviation in history.If history has not changed, Cao Yin should have only one son, Cao Yong, or only this one son has lived to adulthood, otherwise, after Cao Yong died of illness, there would be no stepson Cao Fu to inherit the family business.Cao Fu, the fourth son of Cao Quan in Xifu, is four years old this year.If history has not changed, then Xiao Shun'er will die young; if history has changed, it is unknown whether Cao Yin will be able to survive six years later.

Xuanrui Hall, room on the west side.

The old lady leaned on the soft platform, holding Cao Shun in her arms, and listened to Cao Shun's nurse mother: "My brother is well-behaved. He doesn't cry or make trouble. When he is hungry, he flails his little arms. It's really the old lady's kindness." Blessing, who can have such a well-behaved child!"

The old lady smiled and said: "Although the face is more like Liuli, this Xijing's disposition is the same as his brother's, and Yong'er was also well-behaved when he was young!"

Seeing Cao Yong coming in, the maids and women all bowed down to say hello.The old lady hugged Cao Yong for a while, and her little grandson was tired, so she handed Cao Shun to his nurse, greeted Cao Yong, and asked him to sit on the edge of the kang: "Your mother has been better these two days. Have you used the wild ginseng you sent?"

Cao Yong replied: "It's much better. It seems that you can get up after a few days of recuperation. Grandma, don't worry. The wild ginseng has not been used yet. The doctor let the stomach clear for two days, and then nourish it!"

The old lady nodded, and reached out to touch Cao Yong's small face: "My good grandson has worked hard for the past few days, and his face has become thin due to exhaustion. With your filial piety, your mother is not in vain. I love you!" As he spoke, he pointed to Cao Shun who was being held in the arms of the nanny: "Go and see your brother, he will be [-] days old in two days, he looks so cute!"

"Yes!" Cao Yong stood up in response, walked to the nurse, and stretched out his hand to take Cao Shun.

The nurse was afraid that Cao Yong would not be able to hold the child, so she looked at the old matriarch in embarrassment. Seeing that the old matriarch nodded, she reluctantly handed Cao Shun into Cao Yong's hands.

Cao Yong has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs walk, and the posture of holding a child is very decent.Cao Shun's face was pink, and his big eyes were round. When he saw someone hugging him, he didn't recognize his identity at all, and stretched out his small arms to caress Cao Yong's body.

Cao Yong and Xiao Caoshun looked at each other, but they had another thought in their hearts.Cao Yin loves his youngest son so much, could it be that his death in the end was not due to the shortfall of the treasury, but because of the youngest son's premature death?If this is the case, many things that were unclear in the past will be clarified.Although the Cao family suffered a lot of losses, but with the protection of Kangxi above, Cao Yin didn't have to die in depression because of this.

How can the lovely baby in front of me not die young, how can Cao Yin live a few more years.Cao Yong had a headache thinking about it, and began to regret for the nth time why he didn't study medicine in his previous life.

(End of this chapter)