Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 577

Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Sitting on the bedside, Cao Yong looked at Elder Sixteen who went straight into the room, and said with a smile: "Why didn't you inform me first? Let me change this clothes, I'm sweating profusely, I'll burn you!"

Elder Sixteen raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you smoking or not? There are not so many rules! Come here like this, and worry about disturbing your rest and being scolded by your eldest niece; if you continue to bother you to change clothes, I will be an uncle." I'm afraid that I will be regarded as an uninvited guest!"

While speaking, he looked at Cao Yong's expression.

But his cheeks are sunken, his face is dull, and it makes people uncomfortable to look at.

Brother Sixteen pulled a stool casually, sat down on the edge of the bed, frowned, and said, "I read your prescription, why is it so false? Didn't it mean that the previous stab was less than two inches deep? Since you are not comfortable, why do you still have to be brave, just rest outside your mouth for a few days, so what can you do? Could it be that without you Cao Yong, no one in this court will share the worries for Huang Ama? "

A series of accusations, but full of concern.

Just as Cao Yong wanted to speak, he felt his throat was very itchy, so he quickly covered his mouth and "coughed" twice.

Brother Sixteen saw him and reached out to pat him on the back.

Cao Yong turned his head, covered his mouth and nose, looked at Elder Sixteen and said: "Master Sixteen should sit farther away, carefully catch a cold, it won't be my fault then?"

Elder Sixteen gave him a sideways glance, and said loudly: "There are so many nonsense, my body has always been good, how can I be like you, like a big girl, shameful or not?"

Cao Yong was ill, and his nerves were a little weak. Hearing the high voice of the sixteenth elder brother, he felt that his head was shaking and his temples were twitching.

He hurriedly supported his head and said with a wry smile: "My Sixteenth Lord, this illness is not what I was looking forward to. Just say a few words and let me be quiet."

Seeing him like this, sixteenth elder brother was quite worried, and said: "Okay, let's talk about it after you get better. Just looking at you like this, it's strange that people can't bear it. Who is the imperial physician invited, and how is the medical skill? Do you want to go to the Tai Hospital and call over to have a look?"

"It's the old man that our family is used to, a descendant of the Chen family in Guan County, who is well-known in the Imperial Hospital." Cao Yong replied.

"It's him, that should be considered appropriate." The sixteenth elder brother responded, seeing that Cao Yong's spirit was a little lacking, he didn't stay for long, said a few more gossips, and then went out first.

In the outside room, looking at the whole room full of tonics, Elder Sixteen said to Chu Yu, "The medicines are three-point poisonous, so I'd better ask the doctor, and give Cao Yong nourishment."

Chu Yu complied. Elder Sixteen originally said he wanted to visit Mrs. Li, but thought it was still in the middle of the month, so he let it go.

He looked around and said, "Where are the children? They're not in this yard?"

"It used to be here. I was afraid of infecting the children with a cold. They were moved to another hospital yesterday. I already sent someone to pick them up. Let them come over to greet Uncle Sixteen." Chu Yu replied.

Elder Sixteen said: "I'm not an outsider, so there's no need to use those hypocrisy. I'll see you next time..."

Before the words were finished, the girls had already brought the children over.

Brother Sixteen immediately put a smile on his face, stepped forward and patted Tianyou's head, then squeezed Hang Seng's little cheek, and said, "Two naughty boys, do you remember which one is it?"

After talking to the two little brothers, he looked at Tianhui again.

Seeing the dim eyes on Tianhui's little face, Elder Sixteen couldn't help feeling like a knife was twisting his heart when he thought of his son-in-law who died young last month.

God treats himself so thinly, but he doesn't even give himself a leeway; in this way, Cao Yong can be regarded as a blessed person.

Brother Sixteen endured his grief, untied his purse, handed it to Chu Yu, and said, "I know your family doesn't lack these, but I came here in a hurry, and I don't have a greeting gift with me. This half-pack of beads is from my imperial hospital. They were exchanged over there. They were all first-class, but for some reason, they were not put into the treasure storehouse, but into the imperial pharmacy. Beads this big and round are rare, and it would be a waste if they were ground into powder and used as medicine. Something, let the children play with it."

Chu Yu hurried over, took it with both hands, and asked the servant girl to come over with the empty box.

Because this pearl purse is half new and not old, it is often worn by the sixteenth elder brother, and the Fujin embroidered it by themselves, so it has to be returned.

She poured the pearls into the empty box, but she couldn't help being startled when she saw it.

They are all little thumb-sized beads, all round and tight.Most of them are white beads, and some are black beads, which look extraordinary.

She was born in the palace, and she has seen some good things.

But this bead made her feel a bit heavy, because the bead looked uniform in size and had very few flaws, and it seemed to be the same as the first-class beads from the Cao family's own bead factory.

"Uncle... grandma... grandpa..." Tianyou also hadn't seen him for more than half a year, so he couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.

Brother Sixteen heard it from the side, couldn't help laughing, squatted down, patted Tianyou's forehead, and said with a straight face: "What's this called? Forget about that sentence, grandma, or your ass will bloom."

Tianyou just laughed, but Hang Seng took a step forward, with small arms, protecting his elder brother, looking at Elder Sixteen, and said, "Tell father, hit you..."

Brother Sixteen was amused by his appearance, and with a playful heart, asked: "How to fight? With your father's current appearance, the two are no match for Master!"

Seeing Elder Sixteen smiling smugly, Hang Seng lost the smile on his little face, and turned to look at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu said with a smile: "This is your uncle and grandpa, he is just joking with you, call someone quickly."

Hang Seng refused to call out, looked at Elder Sixteen, as if he also sensed that he was being teased, his face flushed red, and he said in a low voice, "Uncle, grandpa, you can't, hit brother..."

Tianyou stepped forward, grabbed his younger brother's hand, and said like a little adult, "Uncle and grandpa are just kidding, don't hit people, and brought us delicious food last time, brother forgot? Among them, the black sesame candy, You are the favorite."

"Black sesame candy?" Hang Seng seemed to have remembered something, stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head, laughed twice and did not speak again.

Tianyou coughed, walked up to Chuyu, held Chuyu's hand, and said, "Mother, let's ask grandpa to bring some more black sesame candies, okay? My younger brother likes to eat that, Zuo Cheng and his little brother My aunt likes it too."

Chu Yu patted his son's head and said with a smile: "Your father saw that you like to eat that, and he has already changed the prescription from the palace, which has made people restrain a lot. I'm just afraid that you will damage your teeth if you eat too much. Don't let you see the sky."

Tianyou was overjoyed when he heard the words, Elder Sixteen was listening, and said to Chuyu: "Speaking of this, you are too careful. The palace does not say anything else, but there is no shortage of all kinds of recipes. Like those snacks For food, since you have changed the prescription, modified it, and after you get rid of the taboo, so what if you sell it in your shop in Daoxiang Village? You are well-behaved here, and you only earn a few hard-earned money."

"My son-in-law said to be content, not to be greedy, lest you lose your heart and make something nondescript, which will only make people laugh." Chu Yu replied.

Brother Sixteen nodded and said, "That's fine too. Don't be ostentatious, but also worry-free."

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Uncle Sixteen, these beads... are medicinal materials? Are they too expensive? Beads are expensive in Beijing these past few years, and there are about a hundred or so of them in half a package. Is this true?" Save it for the empress dowager and harem lords to beautify, and give it to us like this, don't worry about Uncle Sixteen."

Elder Sixteen raised his eyebrows and said: "I don't know who did it. It was designated to be received from the warehouse at a high price. If it is really used, it is designated to be replaced with small beads. Not only beads, but also other scarce medicinal materials It's the same, this is nothing new, otherwise, what do those bastards rely on to make money? It's rare that when they passed by today, they just caught up with their newly purchased medicinal materials, but it was cheaper for us. "

Speaking of this, the Sixteenth Master had to give a few words, saying: "If it is not bad, the news that this imperial medicine will be rewarded to your house will spread, and there will be fat sheep coming to your door. Let Cao Yong watch the slaughter Well, it would be best to get back some money.”

After hearing this, Chu Yu felt that it was inappropriate.

After all, it was bestowed by the palace, and if he dared to sell it, the imperial censor might be labeled as "disrespectful".

Brother Sixteen saw her hesitation, and said with a smile: "Who wants you to go to the street to set up a stall? Pick a few expensive ones, leave half a catty, and treat it as a gift from the emperor. For the rest, just use your brains vividly. Think of a smooth way to say it."

After the two uncles and nephews finished speaking, Elder Sixteen got up and went back.

When Cao Yin came back, knowing that the sixteenth elder brother visited him "by order", he had to write a thank you note for his son.

*
Outside the Donghua Gate.Too hospital raw pharmacy.

Looking at the half-empty warehouse "looted" by Brother Sixteen, Brother Nine's face turned green.

He only felt angry, pointed to the trembling treasury ambassador, and said sharply: "The medicinal materials brought in this afternoon are all gone?"

This is talking nonsense with your eyes open. There were not ten carts of medicinal materials put into storage this morning, but eight carts, which cost several thousand catties.

No matter how much Elder Sixteen gets, the manpower is limited, and it will be over if you lift one or two hundred catties.

However, those that were caught and slipped away were all worth money, such as cordyceps sinensis, musk, saffron, bird's nest, wild ginseng, bear bile, ginseng fruit, Tianshan snow lotus, sea dragon, tortoise shell, leopard bone, ice flakes and so on.

For some things, the market price outside is one tael worth a hundred taels of gold.

This time the new drug is put into the warehouse, and the amount for the next year is purchased, which is worth 10,000+ taels of silver at least.

If Elder Sixteen had taken all the new medicines, Elder Ninth could find an excuse to get these medicines back.Because the rules of the raw medicine library are to set aside two catties for all high-quality medicinal materials, so as to save the emperor, queen mother and others from running out of medicine.

When using a catty, you have to buy it separately.This last catty can only be used as medicine for the emperor, and other people are not qualified to use it no matter how sick they are.

Elder Brother Piansheng Sixteen is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he is very clear about some rules. He keeps two or three catties of every kind of good medicine.

With this number, Brother Nine wanted to manipulate it, but it was too difficult.

"This old sixteen, that kid Cao Yong pretended to be sick, so he also pretended to be crazy? What is he going to do?" Brother Jiu couldn't help feeling pain in his flesh when he thought about the 10,000+ taels of silver that flew out of nowhere, and cursed while gnashing his teeth. ...

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The few changes in the past two days will be made up today.Xiao Jiu asked for a ticket. .

(End of this chapter)