Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 435 Touring Dragon Dance Daoxiang Village
Although the six shops in the inner and outer cities were open at the same time today, Cao Fang stayed here to take care of them because the shop in front was a sign shop.Seeing that Cao Yong and his wife had arrived, he hurriedly wanted to come over to greet him.

Cao Yong waved at him, did not let him salute.

Ever since this business was in full swing, it was the first time for Cao Yong to come here, so was Chu Yu.

The husband and wife looked at the various bamboo signs hanging on the wall in the counter, and looked for some pastries that had never been seen in the capital, such as "Gusu Pretzel Cake", "Nanleg Cake", "Bazhenyun Pian Cake" and so on. , Ask the buddy to pack two catties for each item.

Cao Yong saw the bad chickens and ducks placed behind the counter on the east side, thinking that Mr. Zhuang had said twice while drinking, so he asked the waiter to pack two of each.

The guy settled the accounts, sixteen catties of pastry, four chickens and ducks, a total of one tael and four cents.

Cao Yong thought a little bit in his heart, the price of rice has been a little higher in the past two years, and a stone of white rice here in the capital costs six or seven silver coins.Calculated together with these chickens and ducks, this pastry is about two hundred catties of rice, which is really not cheap.

Cao Fang saw that the grandpa and grandma were choosing food with great interest, so he didn't disappoint, but just followed.

When the two of them bought something, they wanted someone to take out the money, Cao Fang hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.

Cao Yong smiled and said: "One yard is worth one yard. It's not easy for my family to take it for nothing. It has to be included in the cost. Even the dim sum I asked you to use as a gift before is also included in the account." Speaking of this, he looked at Chu Yu and said, "This is to earn money for my wife's private house, it's not easy to take advantage of it!"

Cao Yong talked about this with Chu Yu before, the way is that this business makes a lot of money, give Mr. Zhuang and Wei Hei two points each, keep two points for savings, in case the younger brothers and sisters have any emergencies, and the rest A quarter of the remaining money is reserved for Chu Yu as a private house.

Therefore, Cao Yong said so.

After hearing this, Chu Yu just laughed.Cao Fang couldn't say anything more, Xiao Man had already settled the bill with money, and slipped away these things with Zhang Yi, Zhao Tong and the others.

At this time, I saw a young man coming over and said to Cao Fang: "Guard Cao, the second owner heard that the eldest owner is here, please go over and serve tea!"

Cao Yong was very funny when he heard the titles of "Second Master" and "Big Master". If there was peace and prosperity, it would be a good choice to be a businessman.However, the prerequisite is that there is enough power to support it, otherwise it will only be treated as fat.

After hearing what the guy said, Cao Fang bowed to Cao Yongtong Chuyu and said, "Master, grandma, this..."

Chu Yu looked at Cao Yong, but Cao Yong smiled and said to her: "I don't want to worry about it, you are the big boss, you are the master!"

Chu Yu nodded and said, "Then let's go and see, I haven't seen her for some days."

While speaking, Cao Fang led Cao Yong and his wife to enter through the back door, and the Han Jiang family had already welcomed the marquis here.

There is a quiet room behind the warehouse next to the steamer. After the Cao Yong couple and the Han Jiang family met each other, they came here to talk.

The last time Han Jiangshi saw Chuyu was in May, and when Tianhui was full moon, the Cao family also sent her a message.Just in time for her to have a fever and a cold that day, she was recuperating at home, so she only gave a big gift and didn't go there.

A few days ago, Cao Yong asked Cao Fang to invite Mr. Ba Zi to calculate the opening day. He and Chu Yu were both busy taking care of the children, so they didn't have the heart to take care of these things.

Although the Han Jiang family didn't like these kinds of jobs, after half a year of working together, they managed to do well.In addition, after staying in the capital for a long time, her horizons can be regarded as broadened.I know that those banks are connected to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and not everyone can get in.

After all, she was very grateful to Cao Yong.

If it wasn't for what Cao Yong said to stop her, she would have been difficult to sustain if she rashly intervened in the bank business.

Now, looking at the appearance of Cao Yong and his wife in harmony, Han Jiangshi couldn't help feeling a little envious.It's really a good couple, and now they have both sons and daughters. The two are really blessed.

Everyone sat down, Chu Yu smiled and thanked Han Jiang for the full moon gift, and Han Jiang's side naturally apologized for not being able to go there in person.

Although the little master Tianhui has eye problems, it is not a secret in Cao's mansion now, and all the servants in the front yard know about it.However, due to the rules, although everyone murmured in private, whether it was out of awe of the Lord's family or other things, there were not many people who chewed their tongues.

Therefore, the Han Jiang family didn't know about Tianhui yet, and in the conversation, they always asked how the child was doing.

Cao Yong was by the side, afraid that Chu Yu would feel sad, just as he wanted to divert the conversation, Han Jiang himself had already mentioned something else.

Although she is a woman in name, she is still a daughter. When it comes to children, she doesn't really care about her, but she just wants to please Chu Yu.

Chu Yu thought about the exquisite and unique styles of the gifts Han Jiang gave last month, and asked, "By the way, those jewelry look exquisite. Which shop did you buy them from? It happens to be next month." , our nephew, Bai Ri, is also thinking of preparing something for the past."

Mrs. Han Jiang replied: "It's the jewelry from Ruihezhai who is next door. I was thinking of giving something to the lady, but I knew that there was no shortage of vulgar things in the house. I didn't pay attention to the silver building next door at first, but later I heard from the guys that their family was in contact with each other. They are all the female relatives of the official family, and the business is booming, so I went to see their house. Although the things are not valuable, the styles are exquisite, and they should only be added to the young lady."

After hearing this, Chu Yu turned her head to Cao Yong and said, "Master, let's go over and have a look in a while. If there is any good one, we can buy a copy for the third sister. It is the second aunt, the fourth sister, and the fifth son who are going to be filial piety. You should also add some colored jewelry."

Although he has no love for these jewelry that women like, Cao Yong naturally nodded with a smile.

After meeting Han Jiangshi, Cao Yong asked about Cheng Mengxing's recent situation.

But it was not good, even though Cheng Mengxing went back to Yangzhou to take care of the illness, his mother still didn't make it through, and passed away in May.

Cheng Mengxing's wife died young, and he hasn't married to fill in the house all these years, and now he brings a pair of children to mourn in Yangzhou.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are beyond human power.

When Cao Yong and Chu Yu heard this, they could only sigh.

After a few more gossips, Cao Yong and Chu Yu came out from the shop and entered the silver building next door.

The hall is very elegant, and the servants who come forward to serve are all young servants in their teens, even if they are female relatives, it is not annoying or inconvenient to greet them.

It's just that they are famous, except for a few styles that are more novel, they don't really catch Chu Yu's eyes.She chose a flat hairpin with a blessing and longevity pattern for Zhao Jia, and matched it with a pair of gold bracelets with a blessing and longevity pattern. The fourth sister and the fifth son each chose a collar. The rest of the thinking was to find a famous master. beat.

After wrapping up the jewelry and paying the money, Cao Yong and Chuyu were about to come out of Ruihe Building when they saw the curtain of the back door of the shop opened and several people came out.

At the front door was a woman wearing a jade-colored crepe jacket, and she was leading a five or six-year-old girl with buns in her hands.

The little girl held half a piece of walnut cake in her hand, and while eating, she raised her head and said, "Mother, can I have another piece?"

The woman looked down at the little girl and saw that the corners of her mouth were covered with dim sum, so she squatted down, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "No matter how good the dim sum is, it can't be eaten as a meal. I'll give it to you later." One piece, but you are not allowed to ask for more. It’s not like it will be gone tomorrow, so keep it and eat slowly!”

The little girl listened, her face showed joy, she nodded vigorously, and said: "I want to eat jujube stuffing tomorrow!" Having said this, the little girl's face showed a bit of worry, and said: "Mother, Can we come out tomorrow?"

The woman said dotingly: "Little ancestor, you can get whatever you want. If we don't come out, we'll just send someone to buy it for you. It's only after they opened their house. Are you afraid that the shop will run away?"

There are two mothers and daughters, the older one is graceful and the younger one is carved in pink and jade. Even Chuyu couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

Cao Yong was secretly a little embarrassed, how to say this, it is really a coincidence.This woman is none other than Yang Ruixue who is married to Yi Duli as a concubine.

Yang Ruixue got up after wiping her daughter's mouth. When she noticed that someone was looking at her, she turned her head to look over.Seeing that she was a well-dressed young woman, she was just about to nod her head, when she saw Cao Yong next to her, she couldn't help but feel a little stiff.

In fact, she had a lot of questions in her mind.That's the shop next door. She obviously asked people to find out that it was originally the property of the Chunjun Wangfu, but now it is the dowry of Da Gege of the Wangfu.Then why is Han Jiang's family in charge of this shop now?

Han Jiangshi is just a widow, if there is no one to support her, how can she make such a commotion in the capital now?

The person behind that is Cao Yong?
The same is Jiang Ning's old friend, why is the treatment so different?Yang Ruixue looked at Cao Yong with a bit of resentment when she thought about the anxiety when she first arrived in Beijing and the panic after Li Ding's accident.

I didn't hear that he took a concubine, so could this woman in front of me be an outsider?

Thinking of this, Yang Ruixue wondered if he should stab Cao Yong with a few words and beat the gong, lest he always put on the airs of a hypocrite and look down on others.

It's just that there are ghosts in her heart. Whether she, Yang Ruixue, is a concubine or a prostitute, what does it have to do with Cao Yong?
Although Yang Ruixue is fine, after all, she is the wife of Yi Duli now.

A few days ago, Yi Duli came over to see Cao Yong, and mentioned about Yang Ruixue's mother and daughter. She also felt a bit of love for her stepdaughter. In order to find a good marriage in the future, she found a relationship and gave her naturalization.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong took a careful look at the little girl Yang Ruixue was looking at. She was about the same age as the Fourth Sister, but she looked cute and cute.

It's just that being a member of the flag, the draft system of Laoshizi may not be a blessing.

Seeing that Yang Ruixue was also looking over, Cao Yong wondered whether he should say hello or not, it all depended on Yi Duli's sake.

At this time, someone said at the door: "Grandma, this is the house!"

Thinking that another female guest came in, Cao Yong nodded to Yang Ruixue as a compliment, and then whispered to Chu Yu: "Is it easy to choose? Let's go?"

Because just now there were two female guests who saw a man in the hall and retreated out, so Cao Yong thought about going out quickly.

Chu Yu nodded, and the husband and wife walked towards the door, but a woman dressed in a banner surrounded by maids and women came to meet her.

Chu Yu couldn't help but make a sound in surprise, and the other party stopped when they saw Cao Yong and his wife.

It was another acquaintance, and it was Yiduli's first wife Zhaojia who came.

Zhao Jia's body was straight, and there was no expression of joy or anger on his face.

Seeing Cao Yong and his wife, she was very surprised, she was slightly taken aback, then bent over for a while, and said: "I have seen Da Ge Ge, Da Ge's son-in-law!" As she spoke, she looked at the jewelry box held in Xi Yun's hand behind her. , smiled and said: "Everyone said that the things in this shop are good, it seems that Princess Gege also came here to buy things!"

Chu Yu stepped forward, helped Zhao Jia up and said, "Auntie, get up quickly, isn't this disturbing us? I went out with my uncle and heard that the things here are good, so I bought a few things. Auntie... this is also Are you shopping?"

When she asked the words, Chuyu herself felt that something was wrong, and it was because Master Taixing moved a lot.Although it is said that wives and grandmas of rich families go out with maids and wives with them, but the huh-hu-la-la half of the room is too ostentatious.

The two families were originally relatives, and because Cao Yong and Yi Duli are now officials in the same yamen, they move around frequently.

Zhao Jia's dealings with people are always very gentle, and he is not a person who likes to make publicity.Today is like this, but it makes people look a little strange.

However, Cao Yong knew the truth. Seeing that the faces of the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law following Zhaojia could not hide their anger, he knew in his heart that Zhaojia came prepared.

After listening to Chu Yu's words, Zhao Jia raised his eyebrows, nodded, and said with a smile: "It's about to change seasons, come and have a look, everyone praises this place, I want to see what rare things are there, like this" Hook people'." While speaking, he glanced at the hall.

It's not good to stand at the door and talk all the time, Chu Yu said: "Since that's the case, then my uncle and I will go back first. Auntie will have time in the future, so we should visit more often!"

Zhao Jia nodded, turned sideways to let the couple open the door, and let them pass.

Yang Ruixue didn't look at Zhao Jia's, her mind was on the phrase "big princess, big forehead".

It turned out that this woman was the daughter-in-law of Cao Yong's daughter-in-law, Yang Ruixue couldn't help but feel a little sour when she saw the gentle and caring appearance of the two.

Immediately, thinking that even though she does not have the status of a regular wife now, Yi Duli treated her with sincerity, and her annoyance eased a bit...

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