Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 543
Cao's house, Dongfu, inner courtyard, main hall.

Jinghui followed Luju to the yard, and heard Zhao Jia's high-pitched voice saying: "You bastard, who is this for? Are you going to toss your old lady until you close your eyes before you stop?"

"Mother, there are thousands of mistakes, and it's all my son's fault. Tian Xiang was dragged down by his son, and she has his son's flesh and blood in her stomach. My son begs you." Cao Shuo's voice was hoarse and distressed.

Jinghui stopped involuntarily, and looked at Luju suspiciously.

Luju looked embarrassed, but she didn't know how to explain.I can't tell the truth, the mother and son have been arguing for a long time, and they can't argue anymore, so I told her to invite the second mistress over.

With a sound of "pat", she heard the sound of the tea cup falling to the ground. Zhao Jia said with a bit of annoyance: "Am I talking fart? I promise you, I will leave her a cheap life, and I will not embarrass her. You Like catching monsters, do you hate me for not dying? Are you hoping that if I die Gabeng, you will be at ease?"

"Mother, son doesn't dare, son... son..." Cao Shuo choked up, his voice getting lower and lower.

Standing in the porch, Luju looked at Jinghui who was watching her eyes and nose, and her heart was full of enthusiasm, and said loudly: "Madam, the second grandma is here!"

There was silence in the room, and then I heard Zhao Jia said angrily: "Since we have arrived, it is not easy to come in, and I should go out to meet you?"

Luju picked up the curtain, stood aside, and invited Jinghui into the room.

In the west room, Mrs. Zhao Jia was sitting on the edge of the kang, her body was upright, there was no smile on her face, and she was so cold that she could blow off two or two frosts.

Cao Shuo knelt on the ground in front of Mrs. Zhao Jia, drooping his head, revealing a bruise on his forehead.

Jinghui lowered her body and said, "Madam Ann, your name is daughter-in-law?"

Without raising her eyelids, Zhao Jia said with a "hmm" and said, "I ordered you to send someone to send that vixen to Zhuangzi earlier. How did you arrange it? Here, Mr. Cao has lost his sweetheart. Anxiously turning pale, looking for me to settle accounts, this is going to turn the world upside down!"

The more she talked, the more angry she became, and at the end, she was already flushed, and she couldn't help "coughing".

The maids were waiting outside the door. Apart from herself, there were only Cao Shuo kneeling on the ground and Jing Hui standing there beside her.

Seeing that she was coughing uncomfortably, Jinghui walked sideways to the round table on the ground.

On the tea tray on the round table, there is a blue and white peony-patterned teapot, and beside it are three multicolored flower cups, which are painted with patterns of rose, magnolia, and plum blossom.

Jinghui knew about this set of cups, it was Zhao Jia's favorite.

It is said that it is a built-in thing, a body left by the deceased old lady.There are four cups in a set. In addition to the rose, magnolia, and plum blossoms, there is also a cup with sweet-scented osmanthus.

Looking at the fragments of the teacup on the ground, it was the Wucaihuashen osmanthus cup that fell.

Jinghui poured out half a cup of tea, brought it to Mrs. Zhao Jia, and said, "Madam, drink some tea first. To add fragrance, people sent people out of the city in the early morning. The driver was Du Liang, the driver, and the woman who followed was from the washing place." Mother Tian, ​​and sent a maid, Xiaoyun, to follow her. Du Liang has already returned to the mansion after dinner, and Mother Tian and Xiaoyun stay in the village over there."

Zhao Jia has stopped coughing, and Cao Shuo is also listening.

When he heard that it was Nanny Tian and Xiaoyun who were sent there, he was finally relieved after hesitating for a long time.

His mother was also surnamed Tian. Although he died of illness early and is no longer alive, there is a sister from her natal family who works in the mansion.

This Nanny Tian is a good-natured person, and she treats people most kindly.And because her sister had milked Cao Shuo, she treated Cao Shuo differently.

Tian Xiang is Cao Shuo's housemate, and she is pregnant with Cao Shuo's child. If it were someone else, it might be to curry favor with Zhao Jia and make some tricks, but this Nanny Tian would not do that.

Cao Shuo was very grateful in his heart, but he didn't dare to look at his sister-in-law for fear of being angered by his mother.

Sure enough, she heard Zhao Jia snort coldly, and said: "This is a mother's and a girl's. You can be a favor, really treat her as a grandma."

Jinghui gently placed the cup on the kang table next to Zhao Jiashi, stepped aside, and bowed her head in silence.

Mrs. Zhaojia, Xu Shi, also felt that he had no taste. He waved his hands at Cao Shuo, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Since you know Zhunxin, go out quickly and don't stick around in front of me. I won't go to your uncle's house tomorrow. But you can’t pull it off, you have to go there. If your daughter-in-law doesn’t pick you up for a day, you have to go for a day. I have asked someone to ask for leave for you at the school.”

"Mother..." Cao Shuo raised his head, with a look of pleading on his face: "Since it is my cousin's intention, mother will make things difficult for us? Mother..."

Zhao Jia frowned when she heard that, without looking at Cao Shuo, she turned her head away, stroked her forehead and said, "Don't call me mother, I'm not your mother, you only see that little hoof, so there's no mother or mother, Are you dear? She has served you for ten years, even if she has worked hard, you are grateful for your conscience; I was pregnant in October and dragged you for so many years, but I owed debts and committed crimes You deserve to suffer these crimes! It’s exhausting, don’t hurry up!”

Seeing that Mrs. Zhaojia was angry, Cao Shuo didn't dare to say more, got up and left with his head down.

Zhao Jia wanted to stab Jinghui a few more words, but thought that after all, Cao Shuo's flesh and blood was in Tianxiang's stomach, and even if his niece brought him back in the future, the second son's blood would be difficult, so he swallowed his words go down.

When she saw the fragments of the blue and white teacup on the ground, she couldn't help frowning, feeling very distressed.

Mrs. Zhao Jia went to the Shilang's mansion for two days in a row. When talking about Ruhui, she didn't mention Ruhui's miscarriage.Listening to Zhao Jia's nagging, Jinghui knew that Ruhui was not willing to let go, so she was also conflicted.

He wanted to tell the news of Ruhui's miscarriage so that Zhao Jia would not think it was an ordinary quarrel and go to pick him up with confidence; but he was also afraid that it would make the matter worse and affect Tianxiang, causing something to go wrong there. , What complaints are left in front of Cao Shuo.

If Cao Song is okay at home, the husband and wife can still discuss and discuss to see if there is a safe way.With Cao Song not here, Jinghui was torn in her heart, but she didn't dare to talk too much.

Zhao Jia stroked her chest, but didn't tell Jinghui to go down immediately.

After a long while, she asked, "What's wrong with the eldest lady's illness? I heard from the housekeeper that the mansion over there sent someone to pick up the imperial doctor from the Wang's mansion, and even Fujin came to visit him in person. Did you go over and see?" , What is the situation? A few days ago, I looked at it and it was fine. Maybe it was because of snoozing, my face was a little edema, and I didn’t see anything wrong. It’s late today, or I’ll go and have a look .”

After Jinghui got the news, she did visit Xifu.

Although Mrs. Li was in the back room and never came out to see anyone, Jing Hui also understood the reason after listening to Ping Wang Fujin and Chu Yu.

It is not a big deal for a poor family with many children, or a servant woman, for a woman in her 40s to give birth.

In rich and noble families, there are many young concubines and concubines, and it is rare for regular wives in their 40s to give birth.

"Eldest wife...there is nothing wrong with eldest wife, she has a body..." Jinghui replied softly.

"There's nothing wrong with it. Why are you working so hard? She's becoming more and more respectful..." Mrs. Zhao Jia stopped in the middle of her words, with a dazed expression, her mouth half-opened, unable to speak...

*
Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard.

In the room on the west side, Cao Yin was full of smiles, stroking his beard, and said to Cao Yong: "The doctor said, it's almost four months old, listening to the pulse, he is a strong child. Haha..."

Ever since Cao Yong entered the door, Cao Yin never mentioned the child in Li's stomach, and it seemed that he was very happy.

Doctor Lin, who was invited from King Pingjun today, is a master in gynecology.Before Li Shi gave birth, he invited this imperial doctor to take care of the pulse diagnosis, which can be regarded as reducing the heart troubles of Cao Yin and Cao Yong and his son.

Although Mrs. Li is 45 years old, but because of her open-mindedness, she has been pampered for many years and her body is well maintained.According to the imperial physician, as long as you move around more and don't let the fetus get too big, there shouldn't be any danger.

"If you're a boy, someone will take care of these two monkeys, Tianyou and Hengsheng..." Cao Yin said happily, and when he heard Li's cough coming from the back room, he quickly changed his words and said, "My daughter is also fine, Don't worry, girl, don't be naughty."

Cao Yong is used to the appearance of Cao Yin's "strict father", although he is much kinder in front of Tianyou and Hang Seng, but it is the first time he has seen such an old child-like expression in front of him.

Cao Yong couldn't help but feel a bit guilty. Cao Jia married early, Cao Shun died at a young age, and Cao Yin and his wife were the only one left under their knees.

But because of time travel, he couldn't accept his parents in this world from the very beginning.

Mrs. Li is fine, mother's love is touching, and Cao Yong still coaxes his mother with gentle words.

On Cao Yin's side, he only scolded his son blindly. Cao Yong has no self-abuse tendency, so he can avoid as far as he can.

After waiting for a long time, a father-son relationship developed, and because of the age, when getting along and talking, there was more than respect and not enough intimacy.

Now, God gave Li a child, I don't know if it is to make up for the old couple.In Cao Yong's heart, there was also some expectation.

It's not that he favors sons over daughters, but he really hopes that his mother can give birth to a boy safely.

In this world, women's lives are not easy, especially for women from Banner families, marriage is not in the hands of their parents.

Ruhui was exempted from the draft due to eye disease, like the fourth sister and fifth son, who will participate in the draft after they reach the age of thirteen or fourteen...

Cao Yin chanted "boy" and "girl" to his son outside, and Li's face in the back room was blushing.

She was leaning on the bed of the kang, holding a half bowl of bird's nest in her hand, putting mouthfuls one by one.

Although the son and daughter-in-law are caring, Li Shi still feels agitated when she thinks of the girl looking at her stomach and her jaw about to drop to the ground when she came back from Bairijian.

She lowered her eyelids just enough to sweep over the surface of the bowl.

This is a pink baby play bowl with coral red ground, open mouth, deep belly, coral red glaze as the ground, turquoise, palm, and railings as the background, painted four groups of children playing, some playing with water, some playing with firecrackers , Some play with squirrels.The expression is very lively.

Li Shi just felt dumbfounded, but her eyes were already wet, but she didn't know whether it was sweet or sour in her heart.

In the next afternoon, when she was sleepy and staring, she heard Cao Yin ordering someone to find bowls and dishes. Li Shi was still surprised. Since her husband knew she was pregnant, why did she become like an old child?

Now, seeing this bowl, Li knew that he asked someone to turn it down.

There is another allusion to this bowl.

At that time, Cao Jiashi and Cao Yong were still young, and the old lady often said in front of Li Shi that she would work hard to add another child to the Cao family because her grandson was too young.

For this, Li Shi was also anxious, but no matter how hard the husband and wife tried, there was no movement in the stomach.

Husband and wife, the coral red pastel baby play bowl was commonly used at that time.At that time, there were two of them in total. When the husband and wife ate together, they would use this bowl to hold the rice, and they also wanted to borrow a lot of money.

Mrs. Li once picked up the bowl and showed her husband the four groups of boys, thinking that it would be great if she could add a little brother to Cao Yong.

Cao Yin reassured her that they have both sons and daughters, and the two of them are considered lucky, let nature take its course and cannot be forced.

Then, Cao Yong disappeared and was kidnapped.

After Mrs. Li went to Hangzhou to pick up her son, Liuli had already opened her face and became an aunt.

From now on, Li's thoughts are all on her son and daughter, and she no longer thinks about having children, so this bowl is put away.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years.

Li Shi looked at the white and tender boy on the bowl, and couldn't help feeling a little absent-minded.

Chu Yu sat sideways on the edge of the kang, rubbed Li Shi's legs lightly, and said softly, "Madam, not only the master is happy, but also the aunt and uncle are also happy. The third sister hasn't received the letter yet, otherwise she would come over."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly put down the bird's nest in her hand, wanted to speak, but was afraid that Cao Yin and his son outside would hear it, so she raised her hand and put it to her mouth to make a silent gesture.

Chu Yu covered her mouth and was a little puzzled, so she heard Mrs. Li say softly: "The master is already messing around, are you going to add fuel to the flames? Third girl, don't send letters, you don't have to make fun of your wife. What is it called..."

Chu Yu nodded, thinking of the Pingjun Palace, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Madam, we don't send letters here, and there is Pingwang Palace, maybe we can't hide it..."

When Mrs. Li heard the words, her face showed frustration, she sighed helplessly, her face couldn't be happy, and she murmured: "God You asked me today why I didn't hug him, it's such a trouble..."

Before the voice fell, Cao Yong said: "Mother, don't sigh anymore, father will worry. We are all mother's children. We can only be happy when we have a little brother or sister. This is a good thing. Mother You should also be happy, such a depressed mood is not good for adults or children."

It was Cao Yong and Cao Yin and his son who came in. Chu Yu had already got up and moved aside.

Mrs. Li glared at Cao Yin reproachfully, finally couldn't bear her son's worry, forced out a little smile, and said, "You don't have to worry, I'm fine, I've been working hard these days as a daughter-in-law. You have to take care of me, and a few more Son, you should be a good student and thank her."

Before Cao Yong could speak, Cao Yin said to Chu Yu, "Thank you for your hard work. I will come back from the yamen earlier, and I will take care of my wife in the afternoon."

Chu Yu was made to blush, and hurriedly lowered her head and said, "It's not hard work, it's all done by the daughter-in-law."

Cao Yong walked to Chuyu's side, and saw that she got up early and went to bed late these days, her jaw was sharp, and she felt a little distressed.

Cao Yin was already sitting by the side of the kang, saw half a bowl of bird's nest on the table, frowned and said, "This is sick, you should eat more. Since you are impatient to eat this, how about asking the kitchen to serve you a bowl of beef tendon noodles?" Remember you used to like to eat that."

"Master..." Seeing her husband rambling on, she was not afraid of her son and daughter-in-law making jokes, so she really didn't know what to say.

Cao Yong listened, but he was already a little hungry.

After coming out of the yamen, he went to Pingjun Wang's mansion, and was dragged by Pingjun Wang to drink a few cups of wine, but he didn't eat anything.

Seeing how the old couple get along now, it would be too boring to stay any longer.

Cao Yong suppressed his smile, and said to Cao Yin and Li Shi: "Father, mother, it's getting late, and you both rested earlier, son and Chu Yu went back first."

Mrs. Li gave a "hmm" and said, "Go back and see if the children have rested. These few days, you don't have time, the children are herding sheep."

Cao Yin waved his hand and said: "Go, go, don't forget to tell the maid outside to order a bowl from the kitchen... No, I'm hungry too, bring me two bowls of beef tendon noodles."

"Yes, I understand. Since the mother loves to eat, the son borrowed all of it, and just wanted to eat supper." Cao Yong smiled and went out with Chu Yu.

When the matter is revealed, although Li Shi is still a little uncomfortable now, after all, he has passed the Ming Road. Whether he asks the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, or uses supplements to recuperate, it will make people know.

Both Cao Yong and Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Go back to Wutong Garden and look at the clock. It is already the second quarter of Haizheng (10:30 in the evening).The husband and wife saw that the light in the east room was still on, so they entered the east room lightly.

The lamps on the ground were not lit, only a glazed lamp was lit on the kang table.

Tianhui's sister was sitting on the top of the kang, pushing a rocking cart in her hand.But Tianhui refused to sleep, babbling, not knowing what to say.

Tianyou and Hang Seng were at the top of the kang, Tianyou was already fast asleep, but Hang Seng was sitting there sleepily, looking at the direction of the kang, dazedly not knowing what he was muttering.

Hang Seng's ** is a domestic slave sent by the Mongolian old Fujin back then, and his voice is a bit loud.

Because Tianyou was already asleep, she dared not respond, but patted Hang Seng's back lightly, hoping that he could go to bed early.

Hearing the movement and seeing his parents coming in, Hang Seng had a smile on his face, stood up, with small arms, and walked towards the edge of the kang.

Cao Yong hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, Hang Seng buried his small head on his neck, hugged him vigorously with his small arms, and refused to let go, not afraid of the smell of alcohol on his body at all.

He just made out with his father without saying a word, apparently because he was afraid of disturbing his brother and sister.

They all wanted to salute, but were stopped by Cao Yong waving.

Tianhui gradually stopped making noises and fell asleep.Chu Yu tucked in the quilt for her daughter, then went to Tianyou and pulled the quilt off his body.

Hang Seng's tossings made him a lot more awake than before, his eyes were bright, he looked at Cao Yong, and then at Chu Yu.

Seeing that the little guy wasn't sleepy, Cao Yong patted his little butt and carried him directly to the Westinghouse.

Hang Seng's ** came out, a little at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Cao Yong turned sideways and said to the woman, "You should rest first, God will sleep in this room tonight."

** After responding, Hang Seng wrinkled his little nose, sniffed Cao Yong's body, fanned his nose with his little hand, and said in a milky voice, "Smelly!"

Seeing his tiger-headed and tiger-headed appearance, Cao Yong put him on the kang, couldn't help smiling, and said: "A good man must have a drinker's capacity. Didn't Hang Seng say that he would be a general, so what if he can't drink? It's smelly. Do you want Hang Seng to drink?"

Before that, Cao Yong dipped the tip of his chopsticks in wine and fed Tianyou and Hang Seng.

Hang Seng didn't know if he remembered it or not, but when he heard the word "wine", he shrank his neck like a conditioned reflex.

Chu Yu had already ordered someone to go to the kitchen to prepare food, and then asked someone to carry the wooden barrel and bath water, then went to the side of the kang and said to Cao Yong: "Er, since you are tired, take a bath, it will also relieve your fatigue. .”

As she said that, she reached out to touch Hang Seng again, and said softly, "Hang Seng wants to eat, or do you want to sleep?"

Hang Seng tilted his head, his face was wrinkled, and after a long while he whispered back: "Mother, I want to drink..."

*
quack.Hang Seng asked for wine, Xiao Jiu asked for monthly tickets and recommended tickets.Tomorrow's starting point annual meeting, all the great gods went to Guilin to play.

If there is no accident, I can go through the discharge procedures tomorrow. While they are playing, I will work hard to type, and I will leave the monthly pass to everyone.

(End of this chapter)