Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 387
West of the city, Shichahai, Houxiaojing Hutong.

This is a courtyard house, inhabited by an ordinary Banner family.The ancestors also had fame, but it was only passed on for a few generations, and the current Patriarch Haishan is just an ordinary bannerman.Because during a drill, the startled horse fell and limped, and now he does not serve as an errand with the camp, and only receives a share of money to live at home.

In addition to the daughter-in-law, the family also has a pair of children.

This house is also ancestral property, a family of four lived in the two upper rooms, and the east wing room and the west wing room were rented out to two honest families who did odd jobs in the city.

That night, Haishan hugged his daughter-in-law in Nankang, took off her body, and thought about waiting for the children to sleep, so that he could "Dun Lun" and "Dun Lun" with his daughter-in-law.The daughter is still young and has not yet been weaned. She has slept in the Nankang cradle for a long time.The son who was born on the north kang was tossing and turning like a pancake endlessly.

Haishan couldn't help it anymore, his hands were already on his daughter-in-law.His wife quickly pinched him, and whispered: "My son hasn't slept yet!"

Haishan felt a little annoyed, and said with a bit of anger: "Keep it safe, why don't you go to bed, you have to go to school tomorrow, Mr. Careful will beat you!"

Hearing the rustling sound, he kept putting on the quilt, pulled his shoes off the bed, came to his parents, and said in a low voice, "Ama, my son dug a hole by the seaside after school to catch catfish." I'm afraid I'll get up late tomorrow, so let those guys who get up early to walk around and walk the birds pick up the cheap ones."

Because there was a moon outside, the room was not completely dark, and some people could be seen indistinctly.

Before Haishan said anything, Haishan's daughter-in-law had already stretched out her hand from under the quilt, touched the preserved ear, pulled his ear and said: "No wonder you came back, you got half covered in mud, you bastard, when did you Can you be naughty!"

Keeping her ears hurt from being pulled, she said with a bit of grievance: "Didn't Mrs. Bai say that Erniang didn't have enough milk and wanted to eat fish?"

Hearing what his son said, the evil fire in his stomach just now dissipated, and he patted his son on the shoulder, saying: "Good son, grow up, go to bed! Let your mother-in-law call you tomorrow morning, Ama Tong Go catch the fish together!"

I was only in my teens, and I survived most of the night, but I couldn't stand it anymore.Hearing what his father said, he took a breath and went back to Beikang.

After a while, there was a soft snoring sound, and Baobao had already fallen asleep.

Haishan's daughter-in-law sighed, and said to Haishan: "Master, why don't I ask Mrs. Bai to find a part-time job, and it would be good to subsidize the family!"

Haishan heard this, and said in a muffled voice: "Young girl is not yet a birthday, and there are many things at home. You have three heads and six arms, and you can't do it? My son is already ten years old, let's wait a few more years. When he turns sixteen, he will be able to receive money and food. The days will be abundant!"

Haishan's daughter-in-law rubbed her chest and said: "Okay, why is there no enough milk? Haven't you eaten less fish this winter?" Speaking of this, she sighed and said: "It would be great if the baby is a boy, Keeping one brother is really a bit thin."

Because it was Nahan, she couldn't help saying to herself: "This can't be another one, right?"

Haishan said: "If you have a good one, you will receive money and food when you give birth to a son, and you will choose your mother when you give birth to a girl..."

But this night passed very quickly, because Haishan slept late, he was a little impatient to get up in the morning, and was pushed up by his wife.

Baobao has already put on his clothes, finished washing, holding a bamboo basket, and waiting.

Haishan wiped his face, put on his clothes and went out with his son to Haizi.

Nowadays, it is already late February, early spring weather,
Although he was anxious to keep him, he took into account that his father's legs and feet were inconvenient, and he had a slow temper.People in the hutongs get up early and meet each other in twos and threes. Haishan often asks "Have you eaten?" and "Are you early" to socialize.

The place where the pit was dug is a shoal on the south bank of Haizi, among several elm trees, the location is fairly hidden.

He didn't even care about getting his shoes wet, he staggered forward, and squatted down to look.In the two-foot-square mud pit, a catfish was stuck.

"Ama, Ama, come quickly!" Baozhu was overjoyed and waved quickly.

Haishan stepped forward with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help grinning.

The catfish was about a foot long. He hurriedly grabbed it with both hands, but it was slippery.After grabbing it several times, I finally caught it and put it in the basket.Estimated weight, it must weigh one and a half catties and two catties.If it is sold in the market, such a big fish will cost a penny.

The father and son carried the basket and went home happily. On the way, the father and son were still discussing, and they would come to put the bait tonight.

Haishan's daughter-in-law has already steamed cabbage dumplings, cooked millet porridge, set up the kang table, and is waiting for the father and son to come back for breakfast.Seeing that she caught this big fish, she was also full of joy, rubbing her son's head and saying: "Emiang's good son, he is promising!"

She was embarrassed to be praised, blushing and said: "School is going to be late!" After speaking, he grabbed a vegetable dumpling, grabbed his schoolbag and left.

Haishan hurriedly ordered: "Come back early after school, and let your mother-in-law cook fish for you!"

Haishan's daughter-in-law looked at the catfish in the bamboo basket that was still wagging its tail vigorously, hesitated for a moment, and said to Haishan: "Master, why don't we sell this fish along the street? Is it worth a hundred and ten silver?"

When Haishan heard this, his face immediately darkened, he sat down on the kang, and said with a sneer, "I can't afford to lose this man, I can't live a life like this!"

Haishan's daughter-in-law sighed, there was nothing she could do, her husband was still acting like a bannerman.Thinking that this fish is her son's filial piety, she couldn't bear it any more.She took a bowl of porridge for her husband, and asked, "Master, there will be a tofu seller in a while, shall we buy a piece of stewed fish?"

Haishan's face is better now, and he said: "Well, we need to cook more, and the white soup will be full of flavor."

After a while, the couple finished their breakfast.Haishan took the chessboard and went to the entrance of the alley to find someone to play chess.Haishan's daughter-in-law fed her daughter a mouthful of milk, left her alone, and went to the outhouse to collect fish.

Catfish has no scales, so it is easy to clean up, but it will be disembowelled in a blink of an eye.Because the catfish was big, Haishan's daughter-in-law couldn't bear to throw away the fish intestines, so she found scissors and cut it open.

When she saw the red, white and white thing in the fish intestines, Haishan's daughter-in-law didn't realize it at first, so she held it in her hand and looked at it carefully.

After seeing clearly the fingernails of the half-hand grip and realizing that he was holding half a finger, there was an ear-piercing scream in the room, "Ah..."

*
Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Cao Yong sat on the kang, looked at the food on the table, and yawned with his mouth open.

There was no court meeting today, so he didn't have to go to the Yamen so early, so he got up very late.Even so, he was still terribly sleepy.

Looking at Chuyu's face which could not hide his tiredness, Cao Yong couldn't help complaining: "This little guy is too physically strong, how can he cry all night? Is the imperial doctor I invited before safe? Do you want to invite another one over?" Not to mention anything else, Hang Seng's voice can't bear it if we cry like this."

Chu Yu filled a bowl of porridge, put it in front of Cao Yong, and said, "My son-in-law, why don't you invite a shaman into the mansion to do a religious ceremony?"

Shaman is the great god of dancing.

After hearing this, Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It's all foolish people, how can you believe it? If you let them toss it, let alone the child is not comfortable, even if the child is fine, they can make troubles. !"

The side dishes on the table, in addition to the few that Cao Yong often eats, also add a piece of fried meat floss.Chu Yu was afraid that Cao Yong would eat light vegetables and would not be able to bear it anymore, so she ordered the kitchen to cook the meat and vegetables finely to remove the fishy smell.She also thought that her husband didn't like meat dishes because he thought they had a meaty smell, so she ordered this.

Cao Yong is actually a picky eater, just because he is lazy and doesn't want to bother about eating.After several months of light eating, he also thought about eating meat, but looking at the red meat, he felt a little disgusted.Today, this small plate of fried pork floss is made of pork tenderloin, which is yellow and white, sprinkled with pepper and salt, and eaten with porridge, but it makes people appetite.

Cao Yong drank a bowl of porridge, ate two small flower rolls, and put down his chopsticks.

Thinking of Cheng Mengxing's upcoming trip in the next few days, he said to Chuyu: "How about the thing I told you two days ago? I'll come back from the Yamen early today. Let's go to see Cheng Mengxing in the afternoon, and meet his niece by the way. See you. She is a trading company in the capital, but the bank is not easy for her to set foot in. Of the few Zhuangzi in Sijiu City, which one has no one behind it?"

Chu Yu patted her stomach, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Forehead son-in-law, this..."

Cao Yong looked along her hand, the four and a half month belly was already a little pregnant.

Cao Yong hurriedly helped her to sit down by the kang, and said: "Look at my carelessness, I still bother you to do this, sit down quickly, don't get tired. Let's not go, send someone to pick her up and talk." Saying, go to pick her up Cup in her hand.Inside is half a glass of milk, which Cao Yong drinks every morning.

Chu Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "Look at what my son-in-law said, you can still be tired after holding a cup!"

Cao Yong smiled and said: "We are a husband and wife, you have to work so hard to have a baby and take care of the housework, but I am like an uncle at home. It really shouldn't be. From now on, I will serve you."

It's all for Chu Yu to have heard about it, how many men do housework?

Sitting on the kang, she recalled what Cao Yong said a few days ago, and asked with a slow question: "My son-in-law, do you think Chuyu can do it?"

Cao Yong said: "It's just checking the accounts, what's the difficulty? Not to mention Han Jiang's, even our business in Nantou, I have long wanted to let you take care of the accounts. I was afraid of you earlier Impatient with such trivial things, think about it now, you are in charge, and you will learn these things early and late. You don’t have to worry, we don’t say you have to learn it for a while, you take it as a pastime that is."

Chu Yu thought that she could share the miscellaneous things for him, and she was even happy in her heart, but when she thought of the Han Jiang family who hadn't met yet, she said to Cao Yong: "Forehead son-in-law, since we are helping Mr. Cheng, then five Is [-]% too much?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "Not much, if there is less, she should feel that the business in the capital is easy to do! If it is not afraid of being eye-catching, it is the best to open a foreign goods store. The gift-giving in the capital is endless all year round. We both She said, if you don’t open a foreign goods store, you can sell these things as gifts and buy some rare things from all over the world. I asked people to inquire, and if the businessmen who defected to the princes’ mansions, they would get a [-]% or [-]% share. Let's be five-five, it's fair." At this point, he was a little hesitant, and said: "Some people outside say that you are a jealous woman, and now you have added greed for money, why don't we think about other ways?"

Chu Yu shook her head and said: "It's not a problem, so what do others say about Chu Yu? As long as the forehead doesn't treat Chu Yu like that, it will be fine. Besides, didn't the forehead say that it is inconvenient for Prince Ping's mansion and Ama. It is the most appropriate not to hang under the name of the palace!"

When Cao Yong heard Chu Yu mention this, he whispered, "Do you know why I said it was inappropriate?"

Chu Yu didn't know why, but raised her small face to look at Cao Yong.

Although behind his back he said that people are not good, but Cao Yong remembered the two palaces and said to Chu Yu: "I really can't trust my father-in-law and brother-in-law!"

Chu Yu blushed when she heard this, and asked, "Is Mr. Cheng's niece a beauty?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said: "It's hard to say whether a beauty is beautiful or not. It's just a young woman. There are a few ugly ones when you clean it up. Although I have only met a few times, she looks like a woman with strong self-esteem. She doesn't know. It is in the eyes of the rich and powerful that her strong temper is more likely to attract people to want to tame. When she comes, you have to make it clear to her that it is better to be a boss with peace of mind and find two proper shopkeepers to watch the shop."

Chu Yu said to Cao Yong, "Did you see the forehead?"

Cao Yong said: "I'll see you today, but you still have to talk to her. In the future, if there's nothing serious about melon fields and plums, let her ask you to reconcile the account."

Seeing that Chu Yu nodded in response, Cao Yong said: "This is more work for you, are you annoying?"

Chu Yu shook her head with a smile, and said, "What bother you? Chu Yu wished that my son-in-law could tell me everything, so that Chu Yu could help my son-in-law more to share his worries and relieve his labor..."

(End of this chapter)