Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 360 Ye Jinmen Torn Book
On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Shengjia returned to Changchun Garden.Cao Yong didn't stay long, and went back to the city directly.Because he himself is the official of the Taipu Temple, he doesn't need to report to anyone, so he returns directly to the manor.

The mansion has already got the news that Chu Yu has already set up the food and wine and is waiting.

Cao Yong was also thinking about Chuyu, and after talking to Mr. Zhuang in the front yard, he entered the second gate.According to the rules, when returning from a long trip, one needs to greet the elders first.

As soon as he entered the Shaoyuan, Cao Yong heard Zhao Jia's scolding in the room.Although I don't know the reason, but "home and everything prospers", such a noisy family is not a family for living.

Cao Yong was hesitating whether to go in, when he saw a maid coming out through the curtain.

Seeing Cao Yong, the maid hurriedly bowed to salute: "Great sir!"

The noise was heard in the house, and the noise stopped.Hearing the footsteps of "Deng Deng", Cao Song picked up the curtain and came out, and said happily: "Brother is back!"

Cao Yong smiled and nodded, followed Cao Song into the house.

Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Zhao Jia held a pipe and pot in his hand, smoking with a cold face.Nanny Zhang was sitting on a small couch by the side of the kang, holding a basket of needlework and thread in her hand.

Cao Xiangsu stood on the ground with his hands down, bowed his head and said nothing.Cao Xiang's mother, Baodie, stood beside her son, her eyes blushing.

Seeing Cao Yong coming in, Zhao Jia squeezed out a smile and said, "Brother Yong is back? It's the twelfth lunar month, and it's the fault of suffering!"

Cao Yong took two steps forward, bowed and said, "My nephew, please greet my second aunt, how is my second aunt doing well?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia took a puff of cigarette and said, "It's hard for you to remember every time you write home. I'm fine. I have a nephew and daughter-in-law again. This is a great joy for our Cao family!"

Cao Yong said: "It's all what my nephew should do, as long as my second aunt lives comfortably!"

Zhao Jia's face was a little stiff, and he dismissed Baodie's mother and son. When he remembered something, he said to Cao Yong: "My nephew and daughter-in-law are getting heavier, and the housework is complicated. It's not easy to be tired. On the second aunt's side, there are a few experienced It is the most appropriate for an old man, and it is the cheapest to help out..."

Before she finished speaking, Cao Song muttered: "Mother, sister-in-law is not comfortable, and there is still sister Zijing in the house. Where is the shortage of manpower?"

Mrs. Zhao Jia was interrupted midway, already a little bit annoyed. Hearing Cao Song's last words, he immediately raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes angrily, "Where did you get 'sister'? How dare you make a promise to your master by showing this score?" Sister, do you still have dignity in your eyes?" Speaking of this, he said to Cao Yong: "Brother Yong, I shouldn't have said these words, but even if it is to promote a servant, there is no such way of promotion! If this spreads Isn't it a joke that the head of our Cao family is not a master or a slave? There were few people in the mansion before, and the nephew and daughter-in-law were tender-faced, so it was difficult to discipline them. Now there are about ten masters, how can it be her turn to be a slave? Housekeeper? Even if it's for the sake of the old lady, you don't have to be polite to her!"

How can Cao Yong not understand Zhao Jia's singing?In his heart, Zijing is actually more like a relative than this second aunt.Although he was annoyed in his heart, but there was only a slight smile on his face, without words.In the end, it depends on Cao Song's face, and Zhao Jia needs to save some face.

Because Cao Yong treats her respectfully and Chu Yu is pregnant again, Mrs. Zhaojia wants to be a housekeeper.It was only then that Amethyst was not pleasing to the eye, so it was just an excuse to make use of it.

Seeing that Cao Yong remained silent, Zhao Jia became more proud, and said earnestly: "Brother Yong, although Zijing is an old lady who used to take care of you in the past, there is no reason to stay in the inner house all the time. Daughter of the palace, you have to let people out when you are old, let alone people like us? Although Amethyst is old, we are the masters, and we are the masters, just to help prepare the dowry..." Speaking of this, just listen to Zhang Mama Mama coughed.

Mrs. Zhao Jia remembered what Zhang Nanny said at noon, and said to Cao Yong with a smile: "I forgot, even in our house, there is also a good marriage! The old son of Zhang Nanny's family, 35 this year, two years ago The mother-in-law died, and now she is thinking of finding a house to fill in. Zijing married her, and she will still work as an errand in the mansion..."

If Zhao Jiashi nagged a few words, Cao Yong would bear it.After all, when people get older, they tend to chatter, and Zhao Jia is also in his 40s.But now that even Zijing was counted, he couldn't help being a little annoyed.

Although Chuyu is now the housekeeper, those people brought from the south seldom discipline her because of Zhao Jia's face.Now, Zhao Jia's is doing the opposite, wanting to "worry" about the people on Dafang's side.

Cao Yong stopped laughing, and looked at Mammy Zhang on the small bed with a cold expression on his face.

Nanny Zhang was originally relying on Zhao Jia's power to deliberately take advantage of the situation, so she deliberately didn't get married.Now, seeing that Cao Yong saw that her face was not right, his heart trembled, and he got up with a smile.

Cao Yong said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the mother is old and confused? Both men and aunts are standing, you are honorable?"

Nanny Zhang didn't expect Cao Yong to attack her, so she hurriedly looked at Zhao Jiashi.

Seeing Cao Yong teaching his nurse, Zhao Jia put down the cigarette pipe and pot, his face was a little ugly, he glanced at Cao Yong and said: "I told her to sit, and the nurse is my nurse. Sit down? Could it be that the boss wants to teach auntie new rules?"

Cao Yong looked at Zhao Jia, and said seriously: "Zijing, I called her housekeeper. She is an old lady around the old lady, why can't she be called 'sister'? Since the second aunt knows how to respect Madam Zhang, I must be able to sympathize with my nephew's respect for Amethyst!"

But he returned the exact words, Zhao Jia was choked up and bit his lip.She wanted to take a look at Cao Yong, but when she saw that he was serious, she felt a little afraid in her heart, so she gave Baodie a sideways look and said, "Since the master entrusted the fourth child to you to discipline him before his death, you should also take care of it, don't spend all day I was thinking of visiting. Today, for the sake of two broken books, he chased me to my yard, does he still have my aunt in his eyes?" At the end of the speech, his voice was already stern.

Baodie hurriedly pulled Cao Xiang to kneel down, and said: "Madam, please calm down, it's all Brother Xiang's fault, he is still a child, don't you get angry with him?" Then he said to Cao Xiang: "Hurry up and kowtow to Madam to apologize. !"

Cao Xiang suppressed his anger, glanced at Madam Zhang standing by the kang, and kowtowed to Mrs. Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia was already annoyed, he straightened Cao Xiang's body, but there was no movement in his mouth, and an evil fire rose in his heart.

She put down the cigarette pipe and pot, picked up the two books on the edge of the kang, tore them apart with her hands, threw them in front of Cao Xiang, and said, "Isn't it just two rotten books that have aroused your anger? You Who is this throwing face at? I think for the sake of the master, why have you ever wronged you two, but now you are used to being a white-eyed wolf?"

The more you say this, the more ugly it sounds. Cao Yong looked at the book covers on the ground. One was "Mencius Collected Notes", and the other was not clear. They were all books for exams and learning.In addition to the pages of the book, there are also a few scattered flowers.

Baodie wept in a low voice, but Cao Xiang didn't respond.

Cao Yong stood up, stepped forward to help Cao Xiang up, and said softly: "It's just two books, let's go with today's business, and tomorrow my brother will ask someone to take you to buy it!"

Cao Xiang's eyes turned red, and he said, "Brother, I bought this with my third brother last time!"

Seeing the two brothers talking, Zhao Jia sneered and said, "Why, the boss still wants to interfere with my son's discipline?"

Cao Yong frowned, and before he answered, he heard Cao Song angrily say: "Mother, that's enough! Elder brother is like father, elder brother doesn't teach younger brothers, but mother, a housewife, should worry about it?" Speaking of which, He pointed at Nanny Zhang and scolded: "You old troublemaker, the fourth brother is your master, and you just entered his study room casually? You still have the face to complain in front of your mother, a mouth full of shit , Forgot about Grandpa's fist!"

When Grandma Zhang saw these men, all of them stared at her, she felt frightened, and muttered: "It's the wife who asked the old slave to look for two idle books to put together for fun!"

Cao Songdao: "Bullshit, this is the book used by the fourth brother for learning, it is your mother's idle book!"

It turned out that Nanny Zhang went to Cao Xiang's yard this afternoon and took two books from the study.At that time, Cao Xiangzheng and Cao Shuo were listening to Mr. Zhuang's lecture on the rules of the eight-legged exam in the front yard.When he got back to the yard, he heard the servant girl say that Nanny Zhang was looking for a book, so he read it in the study.What he took away were two books that were in use, so he came to look for Madam Zhang.

Relying on the power of the Zhaojia family, Madam Zhang doesn't pay attention to Cao Xiang, a concubine son, and her words are somewhat disrespectful.

Cao Xiang didn't care about her, he just wanted to get back the two books.Nanny Zhang told him to be relentless, annoyed, so she complained in front of Mrs. Zhao Jia.

Zhaojia sent people to call Baodie and Cao Xiang's mother and son, and beat them with words.It happened that Cao Song was here, watching his concubine and concubine brother being beaten, he said a few words of persuasion, but it aroused Zhao Jia's annoyance even more.

But Nanny Zhang was so ashamed by Cao Song's scolding, she sat down on the ground, patted her thigh, and howled, "Oh, madam, look, how can this old slave still be decent? Everyone else is good. Only the old slave is stinky, you should drive the old slave out..."

Mrs. Zhao Jia was already a little bit irritated, seeing that her own son was also against her, she almost lost her anger.

Cao Yong was really impatient with pestering her, and he didn't look at Nanny Zhang on the ground, and said to Zhao Jia: "My nephew has been driving for a day, and I'm tired. Since the second aunt is fine, the nephew will retire first. !" Said to Baodie and Cao Xiang: "Since my aunt and fourth brother have already paid for my second aunt, let's go back soon!"

Zhao Jia was so angry that his body trembled, he stretched out his hand and said loudly, "Get out, get out of here!"

Cao Yong and Cao Song all came out of the house, and Cao Yong counted Zhao Jia's age in his heart.In the early years, although Zhao Jia was also aggressive, he had a glamorous face and seldom stalked in public.

Zhao Jia is half a year older than Li. He is 43 or [-] this year. Has he reached menopause?

Cao Song's face was embarrassing, and he said to Baodie: "Auntie, my wife has been very angry in the past six months and has a hot temper. I will accompany you for her. Don't take it to heart!" Then he patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder and said, "Brother Ming'er will take you to buy books, you can buy whatever you want!"

Bao Die hurriedly said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, while Cao Xiang looked at the two elder brothers gratefully, and then said to Cao Song with red eyes and a bit of guilt: "Second brother, it's all the younger brother's fault, which made the wife angry and hurt the second brother. Also get scolded!"

Cao Song smiled and said, "What are you and my brother talking about? That Nanny Zhang is not a good person. In the future, the fourth brother doesn't have to spoil her. If the wife has something to say, just come to my brother!"

Cao Yong was beside him, and he was very relieved to see that they were in harmony with each other.After they said a few words at the gate of Shaoyuan, they dispersed, and Cao Yong went back to Wutongyuan by himself.

Chu Yu had already received the letter, so she waited for a while on the porch.Seeing Cao Yong, he quickly stepped forward and pulled her into the house.

Because Chuyu's hands were cold, Cao Yong couldn't help but blame: "Why are you waiting outside the house? It's been three or nine days!"

Chu Yu said with a smile: "I know that my son-in-law came back to Shaoyuan, but I thought it was just a visit to the second wife's place, and I'll be back right away. I didn't expect it would take so long!"

Cao Yong was thinking about the farce just now, and said to Chu Yu: "The second wife is really too busy, I have to find something interesting for her to do. Otherwise, she will be in a mess after tossing this and that, everyone. Discomfort!"

Chu Yu was helping Cao Yong change his clothes. Hearing this, he seemed to have an allusion, and asked, "What's wrong? What happened to the second wife?"

Cao Yong told about tearing up the book, and also about Zhao Jia's begging for errands for his subordinates and thinking about sending Zijing away.

When Chu Yu heard this, she couldn't help being stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't the second wife observing the filial piety and respecting the Buddha? Why do you think of this?"

Cao Yong changed his clothes, washed his face, and replied: "Maybe the cat is bored in the house all day in winter, so it's useless to think about these things. Although it's because of Xiaoer's face, don't refute her face too much. , but it’s not easy to keep going. Otherwise, a precedent will be set, and there will be more places to point fingers in the future.”

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, and said, "Among the few daughter-in-laws recommended by the second wife, there are indeed two capable ones."

Cao Yong said with a smile: "They are all from the mansion, and those who have the ability can use them, but the rules must be explained clearly, and don't pick any messy things!" Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Second wife, The two of us have a division of labor, one with a red face and one with a fair face, from Xiaoer's point of view, I just treat him as an old child, just coaxing..."

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After the second change, Xiao Jiu begged for a monthly pass. . .

A total of three chapters have been updated today, so don't leave behind. . .

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