Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 399
After Cao Yong arrived at the yamen for a while, he couldn't sit still, explained the errands in his hands, and rushed to the Tai Hospital.Just because he got the news that there was a rash in the capital, and I heard that someone from the infantry yamen had already reported it.

Although chickenpox is not as scary as smallpox, not all children who suffer from the disease will recover.When he learned from the imperial doctor that chickenpox is highly contagious, it is not a problem for adults to be infected, and children aged two to 14 may die if infected, Cao Yong couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

A few days ago, he also mentioned to Chu Yu that his house was almost turning into a children's den, and he should build a playground for the children.

Chu Yu just laughed, and usually didn't feel anything, but whenever she saw Cao Yong coaxing the child, she felt that her husband was also a child who hadn't grown up.

Cao Yong didn't know that his little wife was overwhelmed with maternal love, and she was still recalling the toys that children liked in her previous life.Trojan horses, slides, etc., see what can be built in your own home.

It's just that because Chuyu is pregnant, the house is taboo to start construction, even if he has this idea, he has to wait for Chuyu to give birth.

There are a lot of children in Cao's house from the age of two to fourteen, the fourth sister and the fifth miss, Zuo Zhu, Zuo Cheng brothers, Niu Niu, Tianyou, Cao Xiang, Xiao Walnut and so on.

After asking about many things that need attention and precautions, Cao Yong rushed to the mansion, and at the same time sent people to Chunwang Mansion, Ping Wang Mansion, Thirteenth Prince's Mansion and Jueluo's, Yongqing's, Sun's, etc. to deliver letters. They take precautions early on.

Chu Yu and Zijing were taken aback when they heard that there was a rash in the capital.Just after calming down, they are not in such a hurry as Cao Yong.

There are a lot of people living here in the capital, and there are many people coming and going. Smallpox is easy to spread in winter and spring, and chickenpox is easy to spread in spring and summer. This is not a rare thing.

Every family already has a set of ways to avoid acne.For example, male relatives do not enter the second door.

The women in the second gate never had the opportunity to come out and meet outsiders.The only ones who can bring back the pox epidemic are men who often go out.

Although he was worried about Chuyu, Cao Yong had to praise this method.At the Tai Hospital, he even asked carefully about the pregnant woman.It is not dangerous for pregnant women to be infected with chickenpox, but it can be passed on to their children, which can easily cause miscarriage.

Just in case, Cao Yong can only proceed with caution.Besides him, the brothers Cao Song and Cao Shuo also moved to the front yard.Cao Xiang originally wanted to live in the front courtyard with his brothers, but Cao Yong left him in the inner courtyard because of his young age.

On the side of Mr. Rongyuan Zhuang, Aunt Lianqiu took Niuniu to live in Wutongyuan.

Zhao Jia couldn't care less about her own calculations all day long, she really felt the pain of this acne.There is a six-year age difference between her eldest daughter Cao Ying and her eldest son Cao Song, because among them, she slipped a formed male fetus due to acne.After several years of recuperation due to an injury, Cao Song was born.

Now, these children in this inner house, why don't they make people more cautious.Although the men avoided living outside the second gate, the servants and wives who worked in the inner house still needed to take strict precautions, so as not to go outside and enter the house with pox.

Cao Yong's luggage was moved to the study in the front yard, while Cao Song and Cao Shuo brothers lived in the guest room in the front yard.

Since the man lives in the front yard, it is natural to arrange for the waiters to come over.Xiyun was inseparable from Chuyu's side, so he asked Xicai and Xiyan to wait on him in the study.

On Cao Song's side, Yuqing came out with a little girl, Lu'er; beside Cao Shuo, were the big girls Tianxiang and Zangxiang who had been with him since childhood.

After the manpower was allocated, the second door was sealed.The meals of Cao Yong and his brothers were all sent out from the door opening of the second gate.

Cao Shuo had a calm temperament and was not disturbed by external objects. Even if he moved to the front yard, it would be the same as before.Holding a book all day long, studying stereotyped essays hard.

He was very clever when he was a child, but when he grows up, he loses his childhood intelligence, and his knowledge is not as good as that of his two younger brothers.Even though I study hard day and night, the progress is slow.

With such a background, they don't need to take any exams for Lao Shizi's child birth.When he was a few years old, he donated the title of supervising students and could directly participate in the provincial examination.

In Cao Shuo's mind, he really had no idea.Although he sat with books all day long, he didn't know what he was reading, and he really didn't have much confidence in the autumn exam half a year later.

He's only sixteen this year, so even if he fails the autumn exam, it's nothing, as long as he takes the exam three years later.However, he is the elder brother, and there are two smart brothers below him.

Five years younger, and far away in Jiangning, he has no intention of going to Beijing, but his fourth brother, Cao Xiang, is fourteen and is going to end this year.

Cao Shuo knew very well about the knowledge of his concubine brother.You know, usually the two of them do homework together, and Cao Shuo often asks his younger brother for advice.

As the days passed, Cao Shuo felt that his hair was about to fall out, but he had nothing to say.

Regardless of Cao Shuo's worries, Cao Song was so happy that he wanted to have fun.

In the past, if you want to go out, you need to report to your mother, but now you are really free.So, he pinched his fingers to count the days, and he really complied with the words of looking forward to the fifteenth day after the first day of the new year.

Han Jiang's family also got news from the Cao Mansion, knowing that the pox epidemic was prevalent in the capital, and they seldom went out.During this period, Yang Ruixue had someone send gifts over twice.

Han Jiang's family was unwilling to owe favors, nor to have any connection with Yang Ruixue, so they prepared a return gift that was almost worth money.

She was already regretting why she had truthfully told her address when she met Yang Ruixue that day.

The Han Jiang family came to Beijing last summer, and they had heard about the old houses of the Yang family and the Bai family in Bihelou in the early years.Although they don't know what the inside story is, Yang Ruixue did not honor her husband's filial piety, but married to the capital, which the Han Jiang family could not accept.

The two of them were not on the same road at all, so naturally they didn't talk speculatively, so they didn't go after a few pleasantries.

When he was free, Han Jiang thought about the people he had met in the Cao Mansion. Cao Yong was slippery and did not hold back. As a servant, he speaks more like a real businessman.

The Han Jiang family knew about Cao Fang, knowing that he was one of the most respectable housekeepers of the Cao family, and he had been managing the property under the name of the Cao family as early as in Jiangning.

Since the Cao Mansion sent such a person to take care of the matter, it seems that they also bought this dim sum shop as a big property.

Thinking of this, Han Jiang became more and more certain that this must be a good deal to make money.

"Daoxiang Village?" Han Jiang chanted the name Cao Yong mentioned, feeling a little unconvinced.Why can Cao Yong casually say the name of such a magnificent shop while looking at it inadvertently?
She made up a lot of names and signs in her heart, and she had to admit that the one proposed by Cao Yong was more grand.

Are men inherently better than women?Han Jiangshi shook his head involuntarily, telling himself not to think about it, there are many good women in this world, but their reputations are not obvious.

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In the southeast of Xicheng, Rongxian Hutong, Dong'e Mansion, the main hall of the inner courtyard.

Jueluoshi sat on the chair with a frosty face, looked at Garli and was speechless.Gali was stared at uncomfortably, moved his body, and asked, "Emiang, you sent someone to send your son and daughter-in-law, do you have any instructions?"

Jue Luo snorted coldly, and said, "Do you still see me as an old woman? Who is it that ordered people to come to Laoshen's house to search for the land deed?"

Gali glanced at his wife, seeing her embarrassing expression, he knew what was going on, and said bravely, "Emiang, it's really a tight family life, and my younger brother and nephews need money to find jobs!"

Jue Luoshi was sitting in the hall, but he couldn't see the expressions of their husband and wife clearly.Originally, he hoped that his son would understand and teach his daughter-in-law a lesson so that the old woman would not be bothered.I didn't expect him to be so protective of his daughter-in-law regardless of right and wrong.

Jue Luo smiled angrily, and said: "Lack of money? The land deed is Jinghui's mother-in-law's dowry to our family's dowry, and she is going to be Jinghui's dowry. How can you, an uncle, be so embarrassed?"

Gali was also a little discouraged, without his usual respect, he said with a bit of helplessness: "Emiang, Jinghui is also from Dong E's family. My younger brother and nephews have found a place to support the family. Jinghui can also say something. Good family!"

It's fine if Gali didn't mention this, but when he mentioned this, Jue Luo became more and more annoyed, and said angrily: "You still have the face to say this, first the Li family in Suzhou, and then the Fuguo Duke's mansion, what do you think of your niece? Jinghui What a good girl, how will you tell the outside world, you still have the face to say that you want to tell her a good family?"

Speaking of this, she pointed to her daughter-in-law and said: "I am not blind or deaf. I know that you ordered someone to come to Laoshen's house. No one else said it. Now I know that my granddaughter has been wronged. Her mother left behind. The dowry boxes, dowry utensils, and dowry boxes are all available in the booklets. Those you put away, return them early. Being an elder to this point, I am an eye-opener. I dare not count on you in the future. Such an uncle and aunt, I still have to take care of Jinghui!"

Gali's wife is also from the clan, so to speak, she is still a yellow belt, which is more noble than her mother-in-law's background.

This time, due to a loss of reason, she endured it for a while without making a sound, and let the old lady preach.However, when she heard that the old lady was chasing after Jinghui's mother-in-law's dowry, she was a little panicked, and whispered: "Mother-in-law, you also know that the family has not made any money these few years, and life is tight..."

Jue Luo looked at the newly-tailored spring shirt on his daughter-in-law, with pearls and gemstones on her hair, and then thought about the old clothes on her granddaughter, the old man really didn't want to talk.

She waved her hand and said: "Don't tell me these things, this is a family, and it is because of your decent old body that I can talk to you properly. If you still want to fool the past, please invite Jinghui's uncles Come judge."

Gali's wife wanted to say more, but Gali pulled her sleeves to silence her.

Gali raised his head, looked at Jue Luo and said, "Emiang, if there is a chance now, if the son can recover and needs the dowry left by his younger siblings, can Emiang temporarily borrow it from his son?"

Jue Luo frowned and said: "Everything in this world has its owner. This dowry was originally the dowry of your sister-in-law. Now, although their husband and wife are gone, there is Jinghui. Naturally, it is reserved for Jinghui. Even if you are old I'm just taking care of it temporarily, how can I make the decision for my granddaughter!"

Seeing that his aunt spoke clearly and logically, Gali also felt extremely desolate in his heart.Gali's wife's face drooped, and she tried not to express her dissatisfaction.

Jue Luo said everything he needed to say, and his heart was very heavy.

Now, although his son is dismissed from office and is at home, he is safe and healthy, and there is nothing to worry about. Anyway, Kari is also in his twilight years.It's better to be a happy old man than to go to recovery bitterly.

What worries her is still her granddaughter's marriage.

The news of the engagement with the Li family was not far away, but the matter of the mute son of the Fuguo Duke's mansion a few days ago has caused a lot of trouble, and everyone knows it.

Jinghui is already seventeen years old. Although she is not too old, she is not too young either.If no suitable one can be found, it will take two years, men of the same age will marry wives and have children, and Jing Hui's marriage will become even more uncertain.

As a granddaughter, she has little ties with her parents and is famous for her honesty. If she doesn't get married properly and is bullied by others, she might as well be an old girl, at least she can make decisions for herself.

Jinghui didn't know that her grandmother was arguing with her uncle and aunt again for her own sake. She was still busy with her needlework, but this time she was embroidering the bellyband of a boy holding a lotus.

A few days ago, when she went to pilgrimage with her grandmother, she heard the news that Chu Yu was pregnant again, so she thought of doing embroidery work to congratulate her.

After Gali and his wife came out of Jue Luo's house, their faces were ugly.Although Gali wanted to reprimand his wife for not planning to do Jinghui's mother's dowry, but thinking that she was also for this family, he sighed and didn't respond.

His wife, however, was in a hurry, and worriedly said to Gali: "Master, what should we do? After all these years, the third younger brother and sister passed away, where can I find those things now? The old lady's temper is always the same. , if the family of the third sibling's mother is really involved, I'm afraid I'm the one who's going to sue, and it's going to fall on me! I have to, I have to think of a way..."

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Make up for 1200 additions. . .

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