Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 375 Visiting the Golden Gate "Valentine Guest"
Although he was angry with Cao Song and didn't worry about it, Cao Yong finally couldn't bear to see him trembling, so he called two young men to help him to Huaiyuan.

After all, it is the weather of cold winter and the twelfth lunar month. If it is not fun to sit down and get sick, Cao Yong called someone to order the kitchen to prepare ginger soup, and at the same time asked someone to pick up the imperial doctor to show him.

Cao Yong didn't ask him to go to the bedroom because he was afraid that he would get sick from the cold and the heat, but sat in the hall.

Cao Song drooped his head, only saying that he was fine.Cao Yong saw that his eyes were red and swollen, and he was pitiful, he sighed in his heart, and said seriously: "Do you know what's wrong with you?"

Cao Song's chin was almost pressed to his chest, and he whispered: "Having intercourse during the filial period is unfilial; Yuzhu is my younger brother's woman, and it is unkind to fail to protect her mother and child; elder brother is working so hard outside, and younger brother still provokes me." It is unrighteous to make such a big mess. I... I am just a bastard... I am not worthy of being my brother's brother, and I am not worthy of being Cao Shuo's brother..."

Cao Yong was a little relieved to hear what he said, and said: "Xiao Er, why do you ask your brother to tell you about you! You are not a child, you must know what you do, and you can't be so careless. Because of you negligence, lost two lives, you have to remember it for a lifetime."

Cao Song paled, nodded and said, "Your brother understands!"

Cao Yong thought of Zhaojia and looked at Cao Song.After all, she is Cao Song's biological mother, so asking him about everything is wrong, it seems to provoke their mother-child relationship.Therefore, he said lightly: "By the way, your sister-in-law has been tired recently due to her pregnancy, and the second wife has already taken care of the housework in the second bedroom. People like us are really nothing in the capital. You should be kind enough to persuade the second wife, even if you are treating someone else, don't shout about beating and killing. A person's life is only one life, and if it is gone, it will be gone. Everything will be rewarded in the end, and it is better to have kind thoughts!"

Cao Song heard Zhao Jia's nagging many times because Chu Yu and Zijing were in charge of the housework in the capital mansion, now hearing Cao Yong say this, he couldn't help blushing, and murmured: "Brother, But mother asked you to have a fight with sister-in-law?"

Seeing Cao Yong nodding his head, Cao Song couldn't help frowning and complained: "Mother is not an old fool, sister-in-law treats her like this, what else can I do?"

Seeing his attitude, Cao Yong was afraid that he would make a fuss, and he would make a fuss again in the new year, so he said: "How do you talk? You must know that no matter what the second wife is, she is a mother to your son. She loves you wholeheartedly, without any selfish intentions! Even if these things happen this time, she really shouldn't be so disregarding human life, but it's for your future and fame. In the mansion, if you want to take power and manage things, you are afraid of us You have been wronged by being a brother and sister-in-law. Others can pick on her, but you can't. You have to remember these things, and go to persuade her, so that she can get her heart. Said, she just thinks you are ignorant, and the knot will get deeper and deeper if you are provoked by your brother and sister-in-law."

Cao Song heard Cao Yong's words were concerned inside and out, and said embarrassedly: "Brother, aren't you angry with your mother?"

"Health! It's just that things have come to this point today. The second wife can't be blamed entirely. It's also because of my mishandling with your sister-in-law. It's just because of your affection, you want the family to be close so that you don't feel unfamiliar. But Forget, sometimes people should not be too close to each other. If they are too close, they may lose respect. It is better to be not far or close, and everyone should keep their faces and have some scruples in their hearts. This is the best way. "

"Brother, will you not get close to your younger brother in the future?" Cao Song listened, with a bitter face, about to shed tears.

When Cao Yong saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry, so he punched him hard and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? That's what it means. You know it. What's Hu Xun thinking? You know the temper of the second wife, and your sister-in-law is a bitch. You have no temper, instead of stumbling around like this, you should be clearer twice, and you have fulfilled the wish of the second wife. It has nothing to do with you, you just need to be filial to your mother, study hard and prepare for the exam!"

Although Cao Yong was tired of Zhao Jia's family in his heart, he didn't want Cao Song to have any suspicions with Zhao Jia's family.

In this day and age, there is a lot of emphasis on filial piety. If Cao Song and the Zhaojia family have a dispute, it will be Cao Song's own size that will be in trouble in the end.Therefore, he simply brushed off the entanglement with Zhao Jia's family.

He was not afraid of Zhao Jia's nonsense in front of Cao Song, after all, he and Chu Yu couldn't find any faults, and he felt calm.If Cao Song really wanted to be indiscriminate like that, he would save Li and don't have to worry about his brother anymore.

After a while, the imperial physician has been invited to Huaiyuan to give Cao Song a pulse.Chu Yu also got the news and came to visit in person.

Fortunately, Cao Song practiced martial arts on a regular basis and was physically strong. Although some cold air entered his body, it was not a serious problem.The imperial physician prescribed two prescriptions for removing the cold, and ordered a few diets, and it was all right.

Both Cao Yong and Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, it was already the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year was about to come, so it was the fault of being sick at this time.

After Mrs. Zhao Jia went back to Wutong Garden, he was full of calculations about the monthly money for the servants of the second room, and the tuition fees for Cao Song and his three brothers. The more they counted, the more headaches they had, and they forgot about Cao Song in the ancestral hall. back.

There are three young masters, two girls, and two aunts in the second room in Beijing. The total of these seven is 14 taels of silver per month.There are also several young servants and long-term attendants around the young master, maids and mother-in-law in the yard, maids and little maids around the girl, maids around the aunt, plus Zhao Jia's accompanying room and a few old people who often use it.

Counting up and down, there are five or sixty people in total.Zhao Jia thought about half of the maidservants in Cao Song's and his brother's yards were chosen after entering Beijing, so this shouldn't be counted as the second bedroom, right?He also remembered that the people around Wu'er were all arranged by Chu Yu, but he didn't know how to count them?
Immediately thinking about it, I was also confused, now that there is no family separation, the children of the family in Beijing will be assigned to the house, why should I care about this, but let Wutongyuan laugh at me for being stingy.

Zhuangzi has twenty hectares of land, which is not small in theory, but the land rent on the capital side is not much lower than that in Jiangnan.The land rent in Jiangnan is mostly [-]% to [-]%, but it is only [-]% to [-]% in Gyeonggi.

Zhuangzi's income is only six to seven hundred taels a year, and Cao Song's salary is not enough for everyone's expenses. It seems that the population needs to be reduced and the monthly money should be saved.Zhuangzi treats the tenants too leniently. Let's see if the rent can be increased by 700% to [-]% next year, so that the income can also increase.

Zhao Jia still had a headache, but thinking about it this way, he felt much more energetic.

She is illiterate, but Luju has learned "Hundred Surnames" and "Thousand Characters", so she asked Luju to take a pen and paper, and count items one by one, to see where I can save money and where I can charge more .

Although Zhao Jia's family rarely spends money in their pockets, their furniture is rich and tight.All in all, except for those jewellery, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, even silver coins, there are also four or fifty thousand taels, of which 5 taels are the wedding silver left by the old lady, and the rest is Cao Quan's decades of money. Salary and filial piety of subordinates.

The sons will be filial piety next year, and the two older ones will have to negotiate marriage, but the two younger ones will have to wait for a few years, and only need to set aside tens of thousands of taels of money, and the rest will be found in spring to find a suitable person. Find Zhuangzi and add two more Xiaozhuangs.

Before Mrs. Zhao Jia came to Beijing, she had heard Madam Zhang talk about it many times, saying that when Chu Yu married, the dowry of several hundred liters was so magnificent, and that there were all from the Zhuangzi and the shop, how rich it was.Therefore, she also hoped that the daughters-in-law would bring more furniture when they came in.If Cao Song can really name her natal niece, then the appointment cannot be wrong.

Although in the early years when Cao Quan was alive, she complained to Cao Quan that she was the youngest and did not have the wedding money left by the old matriarch, so she needed her praise, but during the six months since she came to Beijing, she changed her mind.

She didn't want to break faces with Aunt Meng and Aunt Chang. Apart from worrying about their identities as visitors from the palace, she also had other selfish intentions, which were the big things for the fourth sister and the fifth sister in the future.

Now it’s not like in the past, the Cao family has raised the flag, and it’s no longer covered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The daughter of the Cao family doesn’t have to participate in the “minor election” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but directly participates in the “draft” held every three years.

In the final analysis, the long house relied on Prince Ping's mansion at first to gain other dignity.Now, the Cao family is the earl's mansion, regardless of the five children from the concubine, it is only common for the fourth sister from the concubine to refer to the clan.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia began to feel a little regretful, wondering if he could have made the trouble too much.After all, she is not a serious mother-in-law, and Chu Yu is a noble daughter from the palace, so how can she be manipulated at will?
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Huaiyuan, go to the room, watch Cao Song drink the medicine and lie down, Cao Yong and Chu Yu come out of the room.There used to be four jade dragons, jade spiders, jade cicadas, and jade fireflies here, but now that jade spiders are dead and jade dragons are injured, the remaining two, jade cicadas and jade fireflies, also show panic.

Chu Yu ordered two good students to take care of her, and then she and Cao Yong left Huaiyuan.

When they talked about Cao Ying and his wife coming over for a while, they had to stay for dinner.Cao Yong thought of Sun Jue's ugly appearance in Li's house, and hurriedly told Chu Yu to put the banquet in the front yard, and don't arrange for maids to serve the food.

In the past, Sun Jue was aloof and arrogant. Although he was not liked by others, he would not make people despise him.Today's lofty airs are still on, but it is a little different, as if he is clearly covered in mud, but he still claims to be a clean person, but he doesn't know that the stench is already strong.

Chu Yu heard that Cao Yong had something else to say, and asked a little puzzled: "Forehead son-in-law, Uncle Sun... But the wine is not good?"

Is it just bad wine?Or is his character too low?Cao Yong is too lazy to have a deep friendship with him, and he is unwilling to tell Chu Yu these things, so he nodded and said: "Well, anyway, drinking too much doesn't look good, and if there is trouble, we should throw it away. Big sister's face!"

After hearing this, Chu Yu kept it in mind and didn't mention it.Before the two of them arrived at the Indus Garden, a blessing came to report: "My son-in-law, just now the big housekeeper sent a message to the two doors, saying that the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother are here, and they have already invited them to the living room of the front yard to serve tea. Forehead, go over quickly!"

"Why are the two of them here?" Cao Yong's face was a little joyful, and he said to Chu Yu: "You go back and rest first, I'll go and have a look, but I haven't seen them for several days!"

Chu Yu asked: "My son-in-law, do you want to let Uncle Sixteen and Uncle Seventeen have wine at the mansion? Chu Yu can also make people prepare wine and vegetables early."

Cao Yong thought for a while, and said: "There is no need to prepare anything. Didn't the left and right have already made people prepare the table, and then prepare another table. For those with lighter elements, there are two more home-cooked dishes. If they are free, they will stay. Stay for a while; if we don’t have time, we can eat by ourselves and don’t waste anything.”

After the husband and wife said goodbye, Cao Yong went out the second door and walked quickly to the living room.

The sixteenth elder brother sat crookedly on the chair, gesturing and scribbling, not knowing what to say to the seventeenth elder brother.Brother Seventeen was by his side, just laughing "hehe".

The sixteenth elder brother couldn't help curling his lips, stretched out his finger, and said to the seventeenth elder brother: "Look at your worthless appearance, no wonder you are eaten to death!"

The seventeenth elder brother didn't know what to say. Seeing Cao Yong coming in at the door, he hurriedly said, "Cao Yong, I came to see you with the sixteenth elder brother!"

Cao Yong greeted the two of them, and seeing them laughing and joking, they were in good spirits, and asked, "What's wrong with this?"

Elder Sixteen laughed and said: "Isn't that right, Xiao Shiqi will be a father next year, you see how much fun he is, he hasn't closed his mouth for half a day!"

After hearing this, Cao Yong was also happy for Brother Seventeen.Although Elder Seventeen and Elder Seventeen are famously in love with each other, as a prince elder brother, having a baby is also the most important thing.

"Seventeenth Lord, congratulations!" Cao Yong clasped his fists and said.

Elder Seventeen laughed "hehe" and said: "We are happy together, I heard that there is also a happy event in your house, but now we have to see which of the two little ones will land first!"

Cao Yong couldn't help but smile, the speed of giving birth is also comparable.

Brother Sixteen looked at Brother Seventeen, shook his head, and said, "Tsk tsk, Brother Seventeen, why does Brother look at you like you are here to show off instead of giving gifts?"

Cao Yong listened to Nahan, the seventeen elder brothers haven't opened a mansion yet, how could they think of giving gifts?

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