Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 681 Turning point ([-])

When Cao Yong and Chu Yu returned to the mansion, Cao Yi hadn't left yet, and he was somewhat surprised to see Wei Xin and Ai Da who came to greet Mrs. Li.

On Li's side, eyesight is not enough, so she hurriedly called the servant girl to bring the Western painted kang screen at home. Looking at the Western lady on it, she looked at Ada again, and said with a smile: "I thought it was a foreigner's painted screen filled in the wrong color." Son, I didn't expect there to be a blond beauty. Poor and insightful, after following that naughty boy Wu Lang, you will be better in the future, don't be bullied. Otherwise, there will be no natal family to make decisions across the mountains and rivers."

Speaking of this, he looked at Wei Dao: "Your mother misses your marriage the most. Every time she saw me in the early years, she never stopped talking about it. Even though she married a foreigner this time, it can be regarded as reassuring for the old couple."

The two families were good friends when they were in Jiangning, and Wei Xin's mother often went to Zhizao Mansion to pay her respects.If it weren't for Banner Han not being allowed to intermarry, the two families would have been married long ago.

Wei Xin could only smile wryly when he heard this, and said, "Ma'am, I was kicked out by the old man and the old lady, and the old couple don't recognize Ada as a daughter-in-law."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li seemed to have a hidden feeling, and said to Chuyu: "Our mother and I want to talk, you and your sister take Wu Niang to the east room to eat pastries. After a while, let someone prepare the noodles, and eat some pastries first. Cushion hunger."

After hearing this, Chuyu and Cao Yi took Ada to the east room.

After going north, it was okay at first, Wei Xin chartered a boat, and the young couple arrived in Jiangning sweetly as a newlywed.Even if there were surprised eyes from outsiders, Ada didn't take it to heart.

In Wei's house, not only Wei Xin's parents, brothers and sister-in-law were frightened, but Ada was also frightened.

From then on, she was afraid of seeing people, afraid of scaring others, and she felt sad about her own size.

Unexpectedly, Chu Yu treated her warmly, and Li Shi and the third girl of the Cao family were surprised, but their smiles were also full of kindness.

Holding the pastry in her hand, Ada obediently accompanied Chu Yu and Cao Yi to talk.

Over there in the Westinghouse, Mrs. Li had already heard Wei Xin's narration, and said angrily: "I still think it's your parents' responsibility. Marriage is a big matter, so it's not good to be self-sufficient, it's too nonsense."

Wei Xin said with a sneer: "Isn't this old and anxious to marry a wife? It's thousands of miles away from Jiangning. I'm afraid that the delay will be too long. The daughter-in-law ran away, so I went straight to find someone to be a matchmaker and arranged a happy event."

Mrs. Li shook her head and said, "You are being reckless after all. Your mother loves you the most, and it will be fine after a year or so to calm down."

Cao Yong looked at Wei Xin, still envious in his heart.This is the benefit of the youngest son, if it were the eldest son, who could live so recklessly like Wei Xin?
*
Rehe, Cao's other courtyard, study room.

Cao Yin looked at his son's family letter, thinking about what the Li family had done in the past few years, his expression was rather complicated.He put down the letter from home and picked up another letter from his desk, which was a letter from Zhuang Chang who had retired for retirement.

There are also a few brief sentences about the Li family, the meaning of which is contrary to what Li Nai said to Cao Yong.

Cao Yinyuan was also worried that Li Xu would be too ostentatious, so he wondered whether he should send a letter of advice.Unexpectedly, this happened again now.Even if Li Xu intends to test it out, Cao Yin doesn't want to break the friendship between the two families.

One fence has three stakes, and one hero has three gangs.

Above the officialdom, the in-laws are old and old, and taking care of each other is also the way of life.

If it was something else, within Cao Yin's ability, he wouldn't be so embarrassed.But when it comes to money, and such a large sum, he feels a little heavy in his heart.

In the past few years, because of the money, his son has been too conspicuous.After a bidding process in Chunri, many people were offended.

On Cao Yin's side, he really didn't want his son to be burdened by money.

However, the Cao and Li families have been friends for several lifetimes, and they are also in-laws, so it is not good to just sit on the sidelines like this.Otherwise, it would be difficult for the wife to be caught in the middle.

What should I do to preserve the friendship between the two families without implicating my son?

He was hesitant, so he heard a servant outside the door report: "Master, Master Zhiran is here."

When Cao Yin heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback for a while, his mind was like his son's appearance for a while, and he turned around a thousand times for a while, and he couldn't explain why.

After a while, he raised his voice and said, "Please come in."

While talking, Zhiran has already come in.

Seeing him with his bluish-white scalp, wearing a gray monk's robe, and his face somewhat resembling Cao Yong, Cao Yin couldn't help but be amazed.

These days, although we meet each other every day, every time I see him, I can make Cao Yin think deeply.

Originally, he wanted to pretend to be ignorant and unconcerned, but after all, he was getting older and his heart became softer. Some words were held in his chest, and he couldn't help but want to say them several times.

However, there are other concerns hidden in it, and after repeated hesitation, I have endured it until now.

"Layman Cao." Zhiran had already bowed.

Cao Yin had regained his composure, and stretched out his hand to support him: "Little master, you don't need to be polite. I was just about to ask someone to invite you to come over to play chess. Today is the old rule. Come and play three games first." Pointing to the chessboard on the Kang, please sit down wisely.

According to the old rules, Zhiran still sits at the bottom and holds the white.

There was silence in the room, only the sound of chess pieces being dropped on the board.

On the desk, an incense burner was burning, and the room was filled with a faint smell of sandalwood.

Today's chess game is not as smooth as in the past, not only Cao Yin is thinking about his own thoughts, but even Zhiran is hesitant to speak.

After a quarter of an hour, you came and went, and many chess pieces fell to the ground.

Seeing the fragmented chess board, Zhi Ran put down the pieces in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Layman Cao has something on his mind?"

Cao Yin also put down the chess pieces in his hand, and said: "The saint will be surrounded in a few days, and the old man will follow him. I'm afraid it will be a while before I can play chess with the young master."

Zhiran looked at Cao Yin, and said calmly: "Young monk has stayed in Rehe for a long time, and it's time to leave."

Although there was no abnormal expression on his face, it was still inexplicably sad when these words fell into Cao Yin's ears.

"Little master, have you ever thought about returning to vulgarity? Marry a wife and have children...Family reunion..." Cao Yin asked in a deep voice.

Hearing the words, Zhiran had already recited the Buddha's name, with a kind of compassion on his face, he looked at Cao Yin and said, "Cao Jushi, the little monk wandering around the world is not admiring the prosperity of the world, but just seeking a testimony."

"Evidence?" Cao Yin murmured.

Zhiran nodded, and said warmly: "Love, hatred, greed and hatred in the world are really a great training. The monk only knows what 'enlightenment' is."

Looking at Zhiran like this, Cao Yin felt like a needle pricking his chest.

"20 years of loneliness, how can I make up for you?" He was ashamed and his voice was low and inaudible.

After hearing this, Zhiran froze, looked at Cao Yin, moved her lips, but said nothing.

Cao Yin has withdrawn his mind, glanced at Zhiran, but finally did not pierce the window paper.

"Since the little master is leaving Rehe, is he going back to Beijing, or traveling elsewhere?" Cao Yin asked.

"There is a Buddha in my heart, and there are lotus flower platforms everywhere." Speaking of this, Zhiran paused, and said, "Can Layman Cao give some guidance?"

Cao Yin shook his head and said: "The old man is speechless, I just hope that the little master will do everything according to his heart and live a safe and comfortable life."

Zhiran had already stood up, clasped his palms together and said, "Thank you Layman Cao for your kind words, I will keep it in mind." Then, he bowed his head again, turned and left.

Cao Yin hesitated, followed to the door, looked at Zhiran's back, his eyes were sore.

But he didn't see that Zhiran's heart demon had passed away, his face showed a look of relief, and there was supreme compassion between his brows and eyes...

*
Rehe, Bachelor's Mansion, living room.

Seeing Yi Duli with a bit of hesitation on his face, Shi Yun was restless and murmured: "Uncle?"

Yi Du shot him a sharp look, and said: "What did you say about you last time? Although Yue Niang is young, she is also your elder. She is ignorant, but you are still sensible. If you make gossip, is it shabby or shabby?"

It turns out that today, I'm taking a break from my official career, and I'm here to greet Yi Duli.Just when Yiduli was not around, he said he wanted to see Yueniang.

Yue Niang has been taught a lesson, how dare she come out to meet outsiders?

Before Shiyun left, Yidu came back immediately. Seeing that his nephew was still thinking about seeing his wife, his face was a little annoyed, and he couldn't help but to teach him a lesson.

When Shi Yun heard this, he couldn't sit still, so he got up quickly and said, "Uncle, my nephew doesn't mean anything else, it's just that Qing Niang didn't see my sister writing a letter, so she was very worried, so she begged my nephew to come and have a look."

After hearing this, Yi Duli couldn't help being upset, waved his hands, and said: "Whether it's Yinniang or Qingniang, since you're someone close to you, you should discipline her well. Her sister has already followed me, so it's not her turn." Is she worried? I have my family law and family rules, and you will tell her to restrain herself in the future. If you still don't know the rules, you can get rid of your worries early. "

Although Shi Yun loves Han Jiang's family in his heart, he has no choice but to be hindered by many obstacles in the middle.

Although they are divided into two places now, it is the time of tenderness and sweetness, and I am more concerned about Yueniang, the sister-in-law and aunt who also loves the house and the black.

Seeing that Yidu was annoyed, Shiyun didn't dare to say any more, and apologized: "It's all my nephew's fault, uncle, don't be annoyed, I won't dare to do it again."

Yiduri also felt bored talking about a woman.

Seeing Shi Yun's confession, his face calmed down, he nodded, and said: "Knowing the difference between inside and outside is the rule of everyone. The errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are over, and I will get up and return to Beijing the day after tomorrow. If you give it to your mother It is also cheap to bring a message or something, and it will be said tomorrow.”

"The letter just passed a few days ago, and there is nothing to say in the past two days. It's just that Er Niang likes to eat pine nuts, and the pine nuts here are fresher than those in Beijing. Not only are they bigger, but they taste delicious. My nephew has already They bought two bags, one to honor my uncle and aunt, and the other to honor my mother. Since my uncle is going back to Beijing now, I must bother him to take it back." Shi Yun replied.

Yi Duli nodded, and said: "It's hard for you to still think about this. Let someone bring it over tomorrow. I still have some dried mushrooms here, which are respected by the people below, and they look good. I will also share a portion at that time." Let your mother have a taste of it. Although it is also sold in Beijing, it is not as authentic as the one directly shipped from Lishan."

After the uncle and nephew said a few more words, Shi Yun got up and left.

Yi Duli also changed into a make-up suit, went to the palace office for a while, handed over all the errands at hand, and waited for the day after tomorrow to leave for Beijing.

He breathed a sigh of relief, saying that he was either disappointed or sad. After a lot of tossing, he didn't receive any praise.

If it were the children of other rich and powerful, at his age, who would still be in the official position?If you want to follow suit, you can't do it.

Yi Du sat at attention behind the desk in a daze, when someone laughed and said, "What are you doing? Could it be that you are starting to feel sad?"

The one who came in with a smile and fan was none other than Brother Sixteen.

Yidu immediately stood up and said, "Greetings to Lord Sixteen, why are you here?"

"What's the matter, master can't come to your yamen to beg for tea?" Elder Sixteen closed his fan, strolled to the desk, and sat down sternly: "If master doesn't come to see you, you don't know how to give it to him." Please be safe, what a big shelf."

"The slave is thinking that the emperor is going to surround him. The Sixteenth Lord is busy here, otherwise he would have gone to pay his respects to the Sixteenth Lord." Yi Duli accompanied him with a smile.

Elder Sixteen looked at the bare desk and said, "Are you going to be lazy? No wonder you are getting richer and richer. You don't want to enjoy yourself like this."

Seeing Elder Sixteen joking, Yi Duli smiled wryly and said, "Master Sixteen, even if you want to be busy, you have to see if you are decent, right?"

Elder Sixteen had already stood up, waved his hands, and said, "Okay, don't say such harsh words, it sounds like you've been angered by your stepmother. Don't worry about leisure, Master and Guan Bao said , let you help the master and follow the line."

Yi Duli was stunned when he heard the words, and murmured: "Master Sixteen..."

Brother Sixteen clapped his palms with his fan and said: "Look at you, even if you don't look at your own size, but for the sake of Brother Thirteen and Cao Yong, I can still watch you go for nothing. We have to follow suit, earn some achievements and then talk about it..."

*
Capital, Cao Mansion, Study Room.

After drinking and eating, Ada was led to the guest room to freshen up and settle down, while Wei Xin was brought to the study by Cao Yong to talk.

Guangzhou, Macau, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Kinmen, Taiwan, listening to these familiar place names, Cao Yong's thoughts also flew south.

"Have you turned all these around? It's really enviable." Seeing Wei Xin's radiant appearance, Cao Yong really felt that it was an eyesore, and he wished that the two of them would turn against each other and make his life more beautiful.

Seeing Cao Yong's appearance, Wei Xin said unhappily, "Master, you have passed. Look at this expression. If you don't know, you think you are suffering in the [-]th floor of hell. When you were young, you were like this. You look like you have nothing. I care about it, I'm so strong in my bones, I don't see how much effort I can make, and I can surpass people by a hundred thousand miles, which is really embarrassing. Nowadays, the young master wants to be rich and rich, but he is still not satisfied."

"Satisfied?" Cao Yong said with a wry smile: "Knowing Dazu is useless. Wulang is used to being at ease. He doesn't know that here in the capital, everyone is in the frame. The smiling face is not a smiling face, and good words are not good words. Life is boring. .”

Wei Xin looked at Cao Yong's expression carefully, and stopped joking, and said: "Looking at the young master's lackluster look, he has lost the freshness of a young man. You don't have to make everything right. A person lives for a hundred years, and there is no place for him to be so tired."

Cao Yong nodded, and said with a smile: "After all, we have seen the world, and now our Overlord Wulang knows how to be sympathetic to others."

Wei Xin laughed "haha" twice, and said: "That depends on who I am under, following the young master, I have not become the 'prodigal son' in my father's mouth. The money I have sent people over these years is enough. The family has used it for several lifetimes. It’s just that I didn’t know earlier that it’s wrong to have too much money.” At the end, he stopped laughing and showed a bit of disappointment.

Cao Yong saw that he was talking nonchalantly, and asked, "Why, who made you angry?"

It turned out that Wei Xin, as the youngest son of the direct line, was doted on by his parents, brothers and sister-in-law since he was a child, so he developed a domineering and rude temperament.Later, because of following Cao Yong, he was influenced by what he heard and saw, and he also had the desire to make progress. When he went to Guangdong to manage Cao Yong's business, it was considered a reborn.

Because there was no family separation, most of the money Wei Xin earned was sent back to Jiang Ning's home to be kept by his parents.

In the past few years, the money was less and the fashion was good, and the family could still be happy.In the past few years, there has been more money, but there has been a lot of gossip.

Because Wei Xin hadn't married yet in his late thirties, several sister-in-laws were concerned about telling their younger uncles about their sister-in-law, and there were some who wanted to divide the money and clamored to separate the family.

Even though Wei Xin was in Guangzhou, he was disturbed by the letter from the left and the letter from the right. In a fit of rage, he did not return to Jiangning for three years.

In the past three years, Cao Yong just filled the vacancy of the magistrate for him, and even the parents' imperial seal was issued, earning a great face.

I don't want to, because of this, it caused his elder brother and sister-in-law to be jealous, and he was more cautious towards this younger brother, persuading his parents to transfer all the newly purchased real estate in the family to the sacrificial field.

Wei Xin didn't pay much attention to money, but being calculated by his family like this made him feel depressed.

When he married Ada, he wanted to stop his family's desire to marry him and settle in Guangzhou in the future.Unexpectedly, the brothers and sisters-in-law had different intentions and fanned the flames around their parents, bringing the matter to such a stalemate.

After hearing this, Cao Yong could only sigh.

As children, there is no reason to find fault with their parents.Even if he was wronged, so what?It's not always good to care too much, only to be more tolerant.

"Earlier, I envied those who went abroad, but thinking of the old saying that my parents are here, I don't want to travel far, it's too restrictive. Even if I want to go to sea, I just want to see the nearby East Ocean. I don't want to, the Japanese country. Bian also made a new trick this year. Ships who want to call at their side for trading have to go to their note. But it is a small remote country, and it is so rude. How can the customs office agree to it? Such a rivalry, The trade with the East has stopped, and what will happen in the future, I guess I have to wait for the court to make a decision." Wei Xin said: "Now that my parents kicked me out, I have the idea of ​​going to the West. It's just that this trip is not a year. You can come back in half a year, and the business in Guangzhou needs to be watched by a proper person, so I went north to find the young master, discuss it, and see if I can send a proper person there."

"Go to Western Ocean?" Cao Yong was quite shocked by Wei Xin's decision: "To Franji?"

Wei Xin nodded, and said: "Francis is also going, and other small European countries are also going around. Ada's family's fleet will go to sea in October, and I plan to take her with me. This trip may take two or three years. Years of effort. If there is a storm or something... In the future, I will have to trouble the young master to reward Wulang with a glass of water and wine..."

(End of this chapter)