Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 381 Visiting the Golden Gate New Year's Eve

Cao Mansion, Banyan Courtyard.

On Mr. Zhuang's side, the New Year's Eve dinner was over, and the family of four sat on the kang playing leaf cards.Mr. Zhuang held Niuniu in his arms, and while teaching her to count, he taught her to read the words on the leaf card.

Lianqiu and Xiqiu both put new money in their hands, and after a hand of cards, the players with three copper coins and five copper coins played happily.

Niuniu is three years old. Although she is still naughty, she is not as indifferent as before.The little girl loves to laugh very much, and she speaks in the same way, which makes Mr. Zhuang and the two aunts "giggle" and laugh.

Mr. Zhuang looked at the two sisters, Lianqiu and Xiqiu, and made a decision in his heart.He is already approaching sixty, whether he can wait until Niuniu grows up and gets married is another matter.It was out of face that she felt ashamed of a girl as a wife, so even if she didn't have a regular wife, she still only accepted their sisters as concubines, and didn't think about marrying them to fill the house.

Now, he also wears Jue. In the future, his daughter can find a good family for marriage, but the word "concubine" does not know how many women have been wronged.

Lianqiu is gentle and honest, Xiqiu has a straightforward temper, and when she is old, it is her blessing to have their sisters by her side.Mr. Zhuang thought to himself, he just wronged Xiqiu.Although I know that she is also looking forward to having a man and a woman, and the love in bed will not end, but after all, Mr. Zhuang is getting old and has more energy than energy.

There was a faint sound of firecrackers outside, Niuniu heard it, turned her head, and asked Mr. Zhuang, "Father, why don't we set off firecrackers in our house?"

Mr. Zhuang touched Niu Niu's head, and replied: "Your elder brother's brothers need to keep their filial piety, and it will be fine next year. If Niu Niu wants to set off firecrackers, tomorrow father will take you outside the city to release them."

After hearing this, Niu Niu showed joy on her face, and then shook her head: "Niu Niu is going to find Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister to play with!"

As he was talking, he heard footsteps in the yard, and then he heard someone from the corridor saying, "Is sir in the house?"

Mr. Zhuang heard Cao Yong's voice, and while getting off the kang, he said, "You are here, come in!"

Two sisters, Lianqiu and Xiqiu, also came down from the kang.

Besides Cao Yong, Chu Yu also came with him.Both the husband and wife were wearing large capes with hoods, and they did not bring maidservants to serve them.

Mr. Zhuang looked at the glazed lantern in Cao Yong's hand, and said with a smile: "You young couple have finished the New Year's Eve dinner? This is not a good way to watch the year, why do you want to come out?"

Cao Yong blew up the lamp, found a place to put it down, and said to Mr. Zhuang: "In the past, I ate with Mr. Zhuang in Beijing. This year, I haven't seen Mr. for a whole day. I miss it!"

Mr. Zhuang stroked his beard and said, "Hehe, it seems that Fu Ruo and I want to go together! When we had dinner just now, I still felt deserted. It's not as lively as we used to be together!"

Cao Yong nodded and said: "Yes, there are only a few people in total, and they have to be divided into several places for the New Year's Eve dinner. It's no wonder that it can be lively. This year is over, so I won't talk about it, and next year we'll put it together and eat together." Seat!"

After Chuyu met with Mr. Zhuang, Lianqiu and Xiqiu dragged her to the East House Nuange to talk, and Niuniu followed.

Only Mr. Zhuang and Cao Yong were left in the room. Mr. Zhuang sat down by the kang, sighed, and said: "This year, it's just a blink of an eye. It's really too fast! It seems that I am really old. Now, I always hope that this day will pass more slowly!"

Because Mr. Zhuang married two young aunts and added an old woman, his life has become more and more prosperous in the past two years. The wrinkles on his face seem to be less, but he really doesn't look old.

Cao Yong calculated Mr. Zhuang's age in his mind. He was 48 when he entered Beijing in 51. Four years have passed, and he will be 56 the next year.

"How old is it? I see that Mr. is younger than the previous few years! Mr. is only 56 years later, let's not talk about long life, just calculate according to 24 years, and there are still [-] years left By that time, Niu Niu has already married, and the grandson of Mister should also be hugged!" After thinking for a while, Cao Yong said.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang twirled his beard and said, "Haha, what Fu Ruo said is good. From this point of view, I still have half my life. Why bother to think about those useless things now."

Cao Yong glanced at the leaf cards scattered on the kang, and asked: "Who won this? Presumably Mr. lost on purpose in order to make the two aunts happy!"

Mr. Zhuang just laughed, it seems that Cao Yong really said it.

Cao Yong thought that he and Chuyu had nothing to do, so he said to Mr. Zhuang, "Is this interesting? Why don't you make it clear that Chuyu and I play this too!"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhuang quickly waved his hands and said, "It's just to pass the time. If Furuo is a young man, he must have a competitive heart. Although it is a pastime at home, if you can't learn it, don't learn it, so as not to save yourself in the future." I was abducted to gamble outside!" At the end of the speech, he already had a bit of solemnity.

When Cao Yong saw that Mr. Zhuang said it solemnly, he also listened solemnly.After he finished speaking, he said: "I'm not old anymore, and I'm not a child, sir, don't worry about me?"

Mr. Zhuang said: "No, no! Fu Ruo is different now. He has brothers and sons under him. If there is something inappropriate, he will follow the example in the future, and he will not be able to control others."

The two of them were talking in the west room, while Lian Qiu and Xi Qiu sat in the east room chatting with Chu Yu.

"Today's sacrifice, isn't grandma exhausted? I heard about the preparations in the kitchen a few days ago. Originally, the two of us sisters wanted to help, but... but the second wife is in the way, so it's really hard to go..." Lian Qiu said.

Zhao Jia's personality is a bit arrogant, and she looked down on Lianqiu and Xiqiu's aunts; later, she heard that they were servants of the Cao family, so she couldn't even deal with it face-to-face.

Lianqiu and Xiqiu are not thick-skinned people either, seeing Zhaojia like this, they never set foot in Shaoyuan again.Avoid it as much as you can, so as not to be unhappy twice.

Although Chuyu was annoyed by Mrs. Zhaojia's rudeness, she was an elder, so she couldn't say anything. She just mentioned a few times how much Cao Yong valued Mr. Zhuang.

I don't know if Mrs. Zhao Jia took it seriously, but she just seemed to have a better attitude towards sisters Lianqiu and Xiqiu.

Lianqiu and Xiqiuyuan respected Mrs. Zhaojia only because of the affection between Cao Yong and Chuyu. Even if Mrs. Zhaojia looked down on them, they didn't care too much. Now, even looking down on it is normal.

The death of the jade spider, although the cause of death is vague and vague, and there are many things to say, but there is one thing that is certain, and it is caused by Zhao Jia's expert method.Coupled with Yulong's injury, sisters Lianqiu and Xiqiu were in tears.

The two sisters entered Cao's mansion together with Yuzhu and Yulong.Even though she was a little dissatisfied with the artificial jade spider, but knowing that she was dead, it was inevitable that she would feel hurt by something.Not to mention that Yulong has always been kind and honest, which makes people feel distressed.

It's funny to say that, their sisters, together with Yuzhu, Yulong, and Chunya, Xiafu, Qiuxuan, Dongzhi who followed Cao Yi to Jueluo Mansion, were bought by Mrs. Li to serve Cao Yong.

Because Cao Yong didn't like many people wandering around, he didn't keep the newcomers into the Sunflower Courtyard. Instead, Zijing arranged for Mr. Zhuang, Cao Yi and Cao Song to be maids.

These eight people have all become aunts.Qiuxuan and Dongzhi passed away last year, and this year they lost a jade spider, both of which "suddenly died of sudden illness", which made Lianqiu and Xiqiu sigh and feel even more grateful for their good life.

Regarding Zhao Jia's, although the sisters are not qualified to say anything, they no longer want to agree to talk to her.

But Xiqiu was at the side, and after hearing what my sister said, she also interjected: "It's our side, but we have prepared a table and have been busy for a long time, let alone the grandpa and grandma, who are supposed to be busy!"

Chu Yu smiled and said: "It's not a problem, I was busy for a while in the morning, and I felt dizzy in the afternoon, so I went back to the yard to rest!"

After hearing this, Lian Qiu and Xi Qiu looked at Chu Yu's belly.

Niu Niu sat on the kang, leaning against Chu Yu, holding a red tangerine in her hand, peeled it off, pulled it halfway and held it under Chu Yu's eyelids, and said softly, "Sister-in-law, eat!"

Chuyu lowered his head and stroked Niuniu's hair, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law has eaten it, Niuniu eats it!"

Niuniu asked her mother and aunt to eat them petal by petal after seeing that no one else would eat them.

Xiqiu asked curiously: "Grandma's baby likes sour or spicy?"

Because at this time, the saying of "sour children and hot women" is very important, so Xiqiu asked this question.Putting her hand on her stomach, Chu Yu replied with a smile: "It's strange to say, I don't want to eat anything this time. I don't want to eat anything sour or spicy. I can't even smell some of them. I can't stand the smell of chicken." It tastes like chicken!"

Several women gathered around Chuyu's stomach, talking about dietary taboos and so on.

Cao Yong talked with Mr. Zhuang for a while, because he was still thinking about going to see Wei Hei, he lit the lamp casually, called Chu Yu, and the young couple went hand in hand.

Mr. Zhuang, Lianqiu and Xiqiu sent them to the gate of the courtyard to clean up the house.Xiqiu smiled and said: "In a short while, uncle has been married for three years, seeing how the relationship between uncle and grandma is getting better and better!"

Lianqiu also said: "Yeah, seeing that the two are really a good match, it's just like living a life when it's on and off."

Mr. Zhuang nodded, and said: "Fu Ruo is a person who cherishes blessings, and the princess is lucky to have him!"

Blessed people can't say it well, but there are many people who think they are blessed.

Sitting on the kang, Mrs. Zhao Jia watched the new year with her son and daughter.Seeing that brothers Cao Song and Cao Shuo looked like young men, she was very relieved.If her husband was not born, she would be extremely blessed.

Ever since she passed the door, she was not around her mother-in-law, and she didn't have to set rules. She always had the final say on her own size.Even if I came to Jiangning later, I lived in another house, just asking for safety every now and then.

Cao Song just chatted casually with Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang. The fourth sister and the fifth son were young, and when they were thirsty, they lay on the kang table and dozed off.

Cao Xiang was listening to his elder brother, when he saw Lu Ju, who brought tea, winked at him.

Although he didn't know the reason, after waiting for Lu Ju to go out for a while, Cao Xiang made an excuse to relieve himself and left the house.

Luju was already waiting in the corridor, and when she saw Cao Xiang coming out, she softly called him to a secret place and handed him a food box.

Cao Xiang took the food box and asked puzzledly, "Sister, this is..."

Lu Ju replied in a low voice: "Didn't Aunt Bao come here to eat the New Year's Eve? This box is a lot of food prepared by the priests. The daughter-in-law here sent it from the kitchen, and also honored the slaves. The slaves thought about it." On the other side of Aunt Bao, let's take you out and send it there quickly!"

Because Zhao Jia wanted to set the rules, he did not call Bao Die and Fei Cui to come to the room for dinner, but sent the kitchen to send food over alone.

These two are aunts, not serious masters.Since Zhao Jia's negligence, can the people in the kitchen be expected to do their best?It's just that I randomly found some ready-made ones and sent them over, just in time for Luju to see them.

Although Lu Ju couldn't see it, as a slave, she had no room to speak.Looking at Mr. Zhao Jia's intention, he also wanted to let people know who the second wife is the serious master.

What Luju can do is rely on her status to make people prepare a fine meal, put it in a box and prepare it.

Just now Cao Xiang was in the house, he just thought of his biological mother, thinking that his biological mother was deserted by herself, it was really pitiful.Now, after hearing Luju's words, he is very grateful, saying: "I have to think about it every time!"

Seeing how polite he was, Luju hurriedly said: "I don't want to delay too long, fourth master should send it to Aunt Bao quickly! After all, fourth master is getting older and knows the rules more and more. When he was young, why didn't he know when he was pulling slaves' braids?" Sister?"

Cao Xiang was embarrassed by the words, and whispered: "Didn't my sister push me too?"

Luju smiled lightly and said: "When I was young, I didn't know that you were the master and the master. Now I let the slaves push, but the slaves dare not push! Fourth master, go quickly, I can have a few words with Aunt Bao long ago talk!"

Cao Xiang nodded in agreement, walked two steps and then stopped, retreated to Lu Ju, and said in a low voice: "I have never seen my sister as a slave, I will always remember her kindness to me, one day ..." At this point, he was too ashamed to continue, picked up the box, turned and ran away.

Lu Ju stood in the distance, thinking about Cao Xiang's words, and murmured: "One day..."

I heard the sound of firecrackers in the distance, and colorful fireworks bloomed in the night sky...

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After the second update, ask for a ticket. .

Jiu's physical strength is exhausted, starting tomorrow, and three shifts every other day. . .

(End of this chapter)