Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 341 Visiting the Golden Gate Smoke Pot
When Cao Song returned to the mansion, Cao Yong and Chu Yu had not yet returned to the mansion.Cao Song entered the second gate, came to the upper room of Shaoyuan, and greeted Mrs. Zhaojia.

Because Cao Song went out in the name of going to see Fengde and Fengche, Zhao Jia asked a few more gossips about the mansion over there.Cao Song went to Zhaojia's mansion for a while, but he didn't know this, so he responded in confusion.

Zhao Jia could not help persuading: "Don't go to your great-grandfather's house all the time, go to your uncle's house more often to say goodbye!"

This is an old saying again, Cao Song was impatient and said: "Mother, my son is still in his filial piety, so how can he hang around all day?"

Zhao Jia put down the cigarette pot in his hand, glanced at him, and said, "Oh, you still know it's the filial piety period? Why, you can go to your grandfather's house, but you can't go to your uncle's house? Your uncle loves you, and he won't pick this reason Son!"

Cao Yong was afraid that his mother would keep nagging, so he happened to see several packs of small clothes on the kang, like the fourth sister's when she was a child, and said, "Mother, how did you find these? Fourth sister has grown a lot in the past six months. , should not even be able to wear it. Even Wu'er is about the same size as Fourth Sister."

When Zhao Jia heard Wu'er was mentioned, his expression froze.When she found these, she really wanted to add clothes to Wu'er, so as to save some chewing.According to her, although everyone spent money from the public, but such extravagance, when the family is separated, the sons will not be able to drink the northwest wind.

Cao Yong is not worried, he holds several properties in his hand.Among her sons, except for Cao Song who had conquered his father's title and made some income, the other sons had no future.

A penny that can be saved is a penny. No matter what she says, she is also an elder. If she takes the lead in saving expenses, Cao Yong and his wife can't be too extravagant.

That's why she thought of getting people to find out all the old clothes of the fourth sister today.But the fourth sister is growing up, and the fifth son is also growing. I found two new ones and put them on Wuer's body. They are half smaller. Where can I wear them?
However, she didn't want to make a fuss, so she said to Cao Song, "Find them for Hang Seng's use. Children's parents can grow up quickly, and you don't have to buy clothes all the time."

Cao Song couldn't help opening his eyes wide, and asked suspiciously: "Mother, are you always confused? Hang Seng is a little boy, how can he wear the clothes of a little girl?"

Zhao Jia's face frowned, pointed at Cao Song's forehead, and said: "What are you talking about? It's not because of your little brothers. The public doesn't have much income, and there are no elders in the mansion to worry about spending money. It's like running water. Now that I'm here, how can I not worry about it!"

Cao Song heard this, frowned and said in wonder: "Mother, is our family at this stage? It's just us brothers who didn't wear old clothes when we were young! My brother and sister-in-law love Hang Seng. Besides, Hang Seng is still young, and it's easy to buy clothes. How much does it cost?"

"Whether it's a cat or a dog, smelly or stinky, bring it to the mansion, you prodigal son!" Mrs. Zhao Jia muttered after taking a sip of his cigarette.

Cao Song blushed and asked, "Mother, what are you muttering about?"

Seeing her son staring with reproach, Zhao Jia couldn't help feeling wronged, the circles of his eyes were already red.Just as she was about to scold her son, she saw Nanny Zhang trembling in.

Although Cao Song didn't want to see this snarky old nanny in the early years, but for the sake of her mother, he still leaned forward and said, "Mommy!"

Nanny Zhang smiled and said: "Oh, it's the second master who came. I haven't seen the second master for several days, and I'm thinking about it! Now it's getting colder, the second master loved to kick the quilt when I was young, carefully Come on, don't dare to mess around with those fox charmers..."

Cao Song felt a little impatient when he heard her nagging, and his face sank.

Mrs. Zhao Jia didn't notice that her son was not happy, so she asked Nanny Zhang to sit on the little bed next to the kang, and asked, "How is it, but I understand, how much is Mrs. Tian's monthly allowance?"

Nanny Zhang wanted to show off, so she stroked her chest and said, "Madam, please allow this old slave to calm down first! I don't know how Aunt Zijing manages the house. Everyone is like a gourd with its mouth sawn off. Mrs. I tossed and tossed around for noon and searched for several people, and finally asked at Xiao Er's house in the back kitchen."

Zhao Jia nodded, and hurriedly asked: "Just ask clearly, how much is it, will it not be as many as the fifth girl?"

"Oh, ma'am, you've missed the point! Not to mention Grandma Tian, ​​even the young masters Zuo Cheng and Zuo Zhu have the same monthly money as the fifth girl, which is two taels!" Nanny Zhang said, stretching Stretching out his right hand, he turned it over, and said, "Tsk tsk, grandma is generous enough, what's the monthly money for Grandma Tian!"

Seeing this, Zhao Jia was upset, so she couldn't help raising her voice: "Five taels? What kind of grandma is she? What is it called to fill up the money on outsiders?"

After hearing this, Grandma Zhang waved her hand and said, "Ma'am, it's not five taels, it's ten taels! With the addition of the two young masters, Grandma Tian is 14 taels of silver per month. All the food, clothing, chewing and expenses are from the mansion." , this is not a free trade!"

Zhao Jia's face was already turning blue, and he snorted coldly and said, "Nonsense, what is in charge of this family? It's really not enough to treat our family as rich in gold and silver. When the couple come back later, I have to talk about it! "

Nanny Zhang was responding, but Cao Song couldn't listen any longer, and asked with a frown, "Mother, it's such a bad day, what are you trying to catch?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia was annoyed. Hearing what his son said, he became very angry. He waved the cigarette pipe in his hand and threw it at Cao Song: "Things that don't live up to expectations will help your brother talk, forgetting whose stomach he is from." What did I work so hard for? You don’t know what to do, you bastard!”

Nanny Zhang was listening, and quickly persuaded: "Madam, don't be upset, the uncle is used to coaxing people, and the second master is still young, so don't worry too much!" Then he said to Cao Song: "The second master is not in a hurry. My wife apologizes, my wife spends so much time planning for the second master these days!"

The cigarette pot was still on fire, and the scorching copper pot just fell on Cao Song's cheek, and immediately burned a red mark.With the sound of "choking", the pipe and pot fell to the ground, and the half-burned tobacco leaves scattered all over the ground.

Cao Yong only felt that his face was burned so painfully, and his heart was full of anger.

He couldn't get angry at his mother, but when he saw Nanny Zhang being eccentric and fanning the flames, he rolled his eyes and said to Nanny Zhang: "It's all caused by you, a shit-stirring stick. !"

Nanny Zhang was shocked, looked at Zhao Jiashi tremblingly, and said in a crying voice: "Madam... this old slave... this old slave was ordered by my wife..."

Zhao Jia didn't expect his son to be confused, and trembling with anger, he pointed at Cao Song and was speechless.

Seeing that Mrs. Zhao Jia was silent, Zhang Nanny looked at Cao Song tremblingly.

Cao Song raised his arm, stared and said: "Old man, don't get out, want to taste the fist of the master?"

Nanny Zhang had seen Cao Song's power, although she was unwilling, she still retreated tremblingly.

Zhao Jia let out a sigh of relief, pointed at Cao Song's nose, and cursed: "You are not a filial son! Well, you are going to learn from Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu is looking at the uncle and aunt who are closer than their mothers and brothers. , you are trying to curry favor with your elder brother, so I don’t care about it?”

Seeing his mother's stern voice, Cao Song frowned and said, "Mother, what are you trying to do? These days, you have nothing good to say. My sister-in-law has a good temper and has always respected you; my brother has been working hard outside. , and worry about family affairs? You say it doesn’t matter if you are happy, the younger brothers take it seriously, what complaints do you have against the elder brother, how can there be a quarrel?"

Zhao Jia was still worried about whether his son was burned, but when he heard this, he was so angry that he said, "What's the matter? Do you want your brothers to imitate you, a worthless bastard, and respect him to the sky?"

Cao Song has also grown up these years, and is no longer as frizzy as before.Seeing that his mother seemed to have a deep grudge against his brother, he calmed down, sat down on a chair, looked at Zhao Jia and said, "If mother wants to talk, let's talk about it! My son doesn't know what brother is going to do." What, is it not worthy of our respect as younger brothers?"

Although Zhao Jiashi has many dissatisfaction with Cao Yong, it is just a trivial matter.To really pick Cao Yong's fault, she couldn't tell for a while.

When Cao Song saw his mother like this, he also knew that she was just looking for something to do. He sighed and said, "Mother, if you are not used to living in this house, let's ask my brother to help you build a house and move out!"

When Zhao Jia heard this, he was very surprised, stared at Cao Song for a long time, and asked, "Song'er, are you thinking of separating?"

Cao Song nodded and said, "Since my mother is not living comfortably in this mansion, let's separate the family!"

Although he hated his elder brother and sister-in-law in his heart, he also knew that his mother had always been in charge of the house in the south, and now he was feeling uncomfortable, which was also related to his sister-in-law being in charge of the house.Staying in the mansion here will make everyone uneasy, make the brother and sister-in-law tired, and hurt the relationship between the brothers. If they are separated, they will live in peace.

Both the old man and the old lady have passed away for many years. There is no reason for two brothers to stay together forever.It's just because Cao Yin and Cao Quan are two brothers, and Cao Yin has always taken care of his younger brother, so there has been no separation.

Now that Cao Quan has passed away, and the Cao Song brothers are growing up, it is reasonable to separate the family.But... Mrs. Zhaojia looked at the furnishings in the house, thinking of the servants who came to pay their respects from the prince's mansion of Pingjun and Chunjun's mansion, calling each other "wife in-law".

This is the Earl's Mansion. To marry the sons in the mansion is to marry a daughter-in-law in the Earl's Mansion. What kind of dignity is this?
Zhao Jia looked disappointed, and said to Cao Song: "The public has no property, and there is not much money. What is the share? You silly boy, quickly stop this bad idea!"

Cao Song muttered: "Mother also knows that the public has no property! The son's salary is held in her hands by the mother, and she says she wants to save it for the son to marry. All of our expenses are the salaries that the uncle and elder brother returned to the public. .Isn’t there still the money left by the old lady for our marriage? Why is it so obvious that he took advantage of his brother and sister-in-law, and my son felt ashamed and flustered!”

Zhao Jia was so choked that she couldn't speak, thinking that her husband had said the same thing before his death, and didn't know how to refute it.

Hearing footsteps in the courtyard, a servant girl reported from the porch: "Madam, the uncle and grandma have returned home, come here to greet the wife!"

Zhao Jia looked a little uncomfortable, straightened his back quickly, and said, "Please come in!"

Cao Yong and Chu Yu have just entered the mansion, they haven't returned to Wutong Garden, they are still wearing the big clothes they went out.

Seeing his brother and sister-in-law coming in, Cao Song hurriedly got up from his seat.

Cao Yong saw a red mark the size of a copper coin on his cheek, and was about to ask why, when his eyes were on the cigarette pipe and pot on the ground, so he didn't open his mouth.

After Chu Yu followed Cao Yong to say hello to Mrs. Zhao Jia, he took two packs of fruits from Xi Yun, put them on the side of the kang, and said, "Second Aunt, these are eight small snacks from Jufuzhai in Qianmen. The almond biscuits and egg yolk shortbread are the best. Knowing that the second aunt has a bad appetite these days due to the change of seasons, the uncle went to the front door to buy them. If the second aunt tastes each one, it means that we have paid tribute as juniors!"

Zhao Jia just finished choreographing Cao Yong and his wife. Seeing them like this, they couldn't help it in their son's face, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm not a child, what do I do with these snacks? Don't waste money? "

Chu Yu said with a smile: "These snacks are not sweet, they are good to eat, even when my mother is in Beijing, she also likes to eat."

Cao Yong had already bent down to pick up the cigarette pipe and pot on the ground, and reprimanded Cao Song in a low voice: "You're like 'don't care about going to the house for three days', and now you have learned to piss people off. Why are you so ignorant that you annoyed Second Aunt?"

While talking to Chu Yu, Zhao Jia listened to Cao Yong with his ears in a daze. When he asked the reason, he coughed twice in fear that his son would say something out of his mind.

Chu Yu asked with concern: "Second Aunt, what's wrong with this? Could you ask an imperial doctor to come over and take a look?"

Cao Yong looked down at the cigarette pouch in his hand, half of the cigarette pockets on and off the kang, and persuaded: "Second Aunt still smokes two bags of cigarettes less every day, the sky is dry in the north, and my throat hurts if I smoke too much!"

Cao Song looked at his mother sitting on the kang, her face flushed, and she was so suffocated that she couldn't speak, "Puchi" and laughed out loud...

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(End of this chapter)