Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 694

Cao's East Mansion, inner hall.

Seeing Li Shi and Chu Yu's mother-in-law arriving, Mrs. Zhao Jia smiled a little and invited them to sit down.

"What do you say..." Mrs. Zhao Jia looked at Mrs. Li, sighed, and said, "It seems that the festival is about to happen, but this kind of thing happened. But it's okay, Huagege wants to keep his filial piety for a year, It’s not easy to get people to remind you over there.”

While speaking, she glanced at Chu Yu, seeming to be quite scrupulous.

Seeing this, Chuyu got up, making an excuse to visit Jinghui, and exited from the upper room.

When I arrived at Dongkuayuan, I saw Jinghui strolling in the courtyard stroking her stomach.She has been pregnant for more than eight months, her body is very fat, and she looks a little clumsy.Chun'er and Zilan stood aside, talking with her.

Chuyu told her how to go for a walk.Seeing this, Chuyu recalled the scene when she was pregnant with Tianyou and Tianhui, with a smile on her face.

Jinghui had already seen Chuyu and came up to meet her.

"Slow down." Seeing that she looked like a grasshopper with a big belly, Chu Yu hurriedly said.

"Sister-in-law." Jinghui smiled and took Chuyu's hand, and the two sisters-in-law went back to the house to talk.After Zilan saluted Chuyu, she went back to her room, and Chun'er came in to wait on her.

"Even if you want to take a walk, you have to choose a place. I just saw that there is moss in the yard next to the porch. You can't keep it. Be careful when you fall down." Chu Yu instructed.

Jinghui nodded with a smile, Chun'er had already served tea.

Jinghui thought for a while, and told Chun'er, "The jujube nectar sent by Zhuangzi yesterday is not bad, you take Miss Xicai to pick out two cans, so that someone can bring them to the eldest grandma in a while."

Chun'er complied, and went out with Xicai, Chuyu and Jinghui's sister-in-law were the only ones left in the room.

Seeing this, Chu Yu knew that Jing Hui had something to say.

Jinghui had put away the smile on her face, let out a long breath, and asked, "Did our wife ask someone to invite the eldest wife and sister-in-law over?"

Chu Yu nodded, and said, "Well, my brothers and sisters have also heard about the matter of the General's Mansion."

"When people came from the general's mansion just now, I happened to be talking with my wife in the upper room. When I heard that Yun Gege was gone, my wife immediately changed her face and almost lost her composure." Jing Hui replied.

When Chu Yu heard this, she was puzzled.

Yun Gege almost became the daughter-in-law of the Cao family, and now the teenager died young, which is quite surprising, but what's so scary?

Jing Hui lowered her volume, and said: "A few days ago, when someone from the General's Mansion came to ask about the date, the wife wanted to make a decision, so she mentioned Yun Gege a few words. It's only been a few days. This happened. Although it may not have anything to do with what the wife said, I am afraid that the wife is not comfortable. Just now she was talking to herself, saying that she wanted to do something for Yun Gege."

"Ah?" Chu Yu really didn't expect these to be included, so she couldn't help but uttered in surprise.

Jinghui had already held Chuyu's hand, begged a little, and said, "Sister-in-law, if our wife wants to do something out of line, I need you and the eldest wife to help stop it. My status is limited, so I can't get in." Words. The second master always realizes later. For the fourth uncle’s marriage, I have quarreled with my wife a few times. After all, he is a son of man, and he has a reputation for disobedience, but it’s terrible..."

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On the other side of the room, Zhao Jia was already holding a handkerchief, wiped away tears, and said: "Sister-in-law, I was just annoyed, and I said a few words, but I didn't intend to curse. Who would have thought that this said It's gone if you don't."

After listening to this, Mrs. Li already complained that Mrs. Zhaojia was troublesome, but seeing her turn pale from bluffing, she could only comfort her and said, "Sisters and sisters, don't think wildly. There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have good fortune and misfortune. It's all fate."

"Really? It's her fate, so it shouldn't have anything to do with me, right?" Zhao Jia put down her arms and looked at Li desperately.

Because Zhaojia's family is alone, the two houses are in constant trouble, and Li's side also has a lot of complaints in their stomachs.

She thought for a while and said: "Sister and sister, even if this is Yun Gege's fate, it is not appropriate for siblings to hurt people with bad words. What to do in the future, you should calm down and think about it first. Not for your own sake, We should also accumulate blessings for our children and grandchildren. There is an old saying, 'Mother is strong and son is weak', Song'er has grown up, and now he is not as frizzy as before, and is much more sensible. In the future, siblings will also rely more on their sons."

Seeing that Mrs. Li seemed to be blaming her, Mrs. Zhao Jia had an embarrassing look on her face, and hurriedly argued: "My sister-in-law doesn't know my temper, but I have a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. Isn't this the weight of the daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao Jia have been sisters-in-law for nearly 30 years, and they don't know her temperament, so she doesn't listen to others' persuasion.No matter what, she has to figure it out for herself before she can take care of it...

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Cao's West Mansion, study room.

Cao Yong looked at the memorial with wet ink on the book case, and couldn't help getting goose bumps all over his body.After thinking about it, he still reached out to pick up the memorial, crumpled it into a ball, and spread out a new paper to rewrite.

I have drawn up three copies just now, the first one is quite satisfactory, but it is not enough to show loyalty; the second one is more lyrical, but not respectful; I also think this flattery is too loud.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Yong will go to the other side of the nonsense.Just write that the whole family feels the grace of God, and that the distant saint is healthy and healthy, and so on.

It's still the best distance.

When Cao Yongfang put down his pen, he heard the young man tell through the door: "Master, the two young masters have something to ask, and they are waiting in the corridor."

Cao Yong looked up and looked at the foot-high clock on the desk. It was already Shenchu ​​(three o'clock in the afternoon), and it seemed that the two little guys had finished class.

"Come in." Cao Yong put away all the twists and turns, put it aside, and raised his voice.

After a while, I saw Tianyou and Hang Seng brothers coming in.

Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and the two brothers had already changed into hard-faced single clothes, blue satin gowns, and blue waistcoats. They looked like little adults, and respectfully greeted their father.

"What happened?" Cao Yong asked.

Tianyou pursed his lips, didn't speak, just looked at Hang Seng; Hang Seng blushed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Father...Father..."

He has been slow to speak since elementary school, and when he was in a hurry, his tongue became a little awkward.

Cao Yong stood up, sat down by the kang, pointed to the chair on the ground, and ordered their brothers to sit down.

Only after this interruption, Hang Seng breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Yong looked at his youngest son, wondering what was wrong with his son.I want to ask him again, afraid that he will be too anxious to tell.Come and go again and again, don't leave children with stuttering sequelae.

Thinking in this way, Cao Yong looked at Tianyou and said, "What is Hang Seng looking for me?"

"Father..." Tianyou also looked at Hang Seng's troubles, and replied frivolously: "Father, the second brother wants to make a name for him."

"Ask for a name?" Cao Yong didn't understand, and asked: "What name? Big name? Why do you think of this?"

"Today, the master taught us our surnames and names. Because my son, Zuo Cheng and Zuo Zhu brothers both have big names, but my younger brother doesn't, so my younger brother was anxious, so I came to see my father eagerly, thinking about begging my father to give me a good name. .” Tianyou replied in a serious manner.

Ning Chun's full surname is Zhang Jia's. Although he has the same surname as the thirteenth elder brother's biological mother, they are not from the same family.His family belonged to Zhenglan Banner and lived in Fei Yaling'a for generations. His great-grandfather entered the customs from the dragon, made great achievements in the battle, and won the world post and the title of Yunqiwei.

Ning Chun's grandfather passed away early, so his family is in decline and his reputation is not obvious.It wasn't until Ning Chun's father became an official that the old scene gradually recovered.

The names of Zuo Cheng and Zuo Zhu were decided after discussions between Cao Yong and Yong Qing two years ago.Zuo became "Yuan Song", and Zuo Zhu became "Yuan Bai".

According to Cao Yong's original intention, he wanted to use Ningchun's word "Jingming" to name the two brothers.But the ancients paid attention to avoiding taboos, among which the family taboo included the name of "father and grandfather".

So Cao Yong gave up his original intention, and he and Yongqing took up the two names of "Yuan Song" and "Yuan Bai".

Although the first name is given, it is only used when naturalization, and the people in the mansion are still called by their nicknames.

Regarding the name of Hang Seng, Cao Yong has thought about it several times.

Earlier, when Cao Yin did not name Tianyou, Cao Yong also thought about the names of his two sons, and the two characters he chose were "Zhen" and "Ting".

He didn't know why he chose to follow Cao Zhan's name in history instead of Cao Yanshou and his brother's fan name.

As a result, Cao Yin gave Tianyou the word "Zhan".

Seeing Tianyou and Hengsheng sticking out their small heads to watch, Cao Yong got up and walked behind the desk, spread out the paper, picked up the pen, and swiped down a large character. "Zhen" implies the eldest son, so Hang Seng is inappropriate; the name Ting is too strong, for fear of offending others.So Cao Yong chose another word.

The two brothers came over to have a look, but you looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know each other.

"Lin. My son's name is Cao Lin." Cao Yong picked up the piece of paper and sent it to Hang Seng.

Hang Seng pursed his lips, his small mouth had already grinned to the ears.He took the paper with both hands and looked at it with a smile.

Tianyou leaned over, looked at the writing in his younger brother's hand, stretched out his little finger and pulled it halfway up, and said to Hang Seng: "This is the word 'rain', it seems that my younger brother's name is the same as mine, and it is related to rain."

On Cao Yong's side, he has already opened his mouth to tell his sons the meaning of the word "Lin".

After saying the word "Lin", Cao Yong remembered the homework of his sons and asked Tianyou and Hang Seng to write a few big characters and memorize a passage, feeling quite a sense of accomplishment as a father.

Thinking of his eldest son having the same name as the one who wrote "A Dream of Red Mansions", Cao Yong felt a little uneasy, and looked at Tianyou several times.

Compared with Hang Seng, Tianyou looks much more delicate.She has a quiet temperament again, with a smile in the corner of her eyes, she looks very cute.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong wondered if he should ask Zijing about his son's daily life, and don't give him the temper of the second master of Chengbao.Otherwise, as a father, he would die of depression.

The father and son talked for a while, and Cao Yong felt a little hungry, so he took his sons back to the inner house and went to Lanyuan.

Mrs. Li and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law just came back from the East Mansion. They heard that the two younger ones went to the study to find their father, and they were about to send someone to invite them back for dinner.

Before dinner was over, the servant girl came to report that it was a message from the second door that Prince Jane had arrived and was drinking tea in the front hall.

On Cao Yong's side, he hurriedly put down his job, got up and went out, knowing that he was appointed to come for the exchange of gold.

Could it be that the gold is not enough?

If so, he might have to force him to think of other ideas.

Cao Yong was thinking wildly in his mind, and when he came to the living room in the front yard, he saw Yaerjiang A wearing ordinary clothes, holding a teacup, and leisurely looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

"My lord please." Cao Yong shook his sleeves, leaned over and said politely.

"This king came from Fang's alley, just passed by here, and came here for a stroll, and got an uninvited guest, so don't blame it." Yaerjiang put down the tea cup and said with a smile.

On Cao Yong's side, he had to say some polite words such as "Plants grow bright", and then he sat down and talked with him.

There is no shortage of gold, it is said that there is one or two taels of silver more than in the world, there are indeed quite a few mansions that have contributed their capital and raised a lot of gold.

What is lacking is people who are familiar with the business conditions in Guangzhou and who can gain the trust of Yarjana.

On the capital side, Yaerjiang'a planned to send his servant Cui Fei to escort Jin Zi southward.Today to Cao Yong here, is to beg someone with Cao Yong.

"Isn't there a servant in your family in Guangdong? Cao Yong cut his love and used this king to serve him for two years." Yaerjiang said straight to the point: "To be honest, I really can't trust people outside. Good. Wouldn’t it be a poor person if the servants swallowed up the big head and let the men of the clan drink some leftover soup? If it was Cao Yong, the king would trust you. It was just a few days ago that he led the Raksha daughter-in-law The one who came to Beijing, I heard that you have been in charge for many years, so it must be a proper person."

For the trust of Yaerjiang A, Cao Yong only has his heart, and he has no intention of participating in cooperation at all.

In a few words, he told about Wei Xin's marriage and emigration overseas.

Hearing this, Yaerjiang could not help frowning, and said: "It's fine to marry a Rakshasa, and go to Fanbang, can't our Qing Dynasty tolerate him? To be a foreigner's son-in-law, and to get in the door backwards, it's really embarrassing to the Qing men." face."

Cao Yong also listened to his self-talk, without explaining too much.

Yaerjiang rubbed his forehead, and said: "Since this is no good, what about the candidates from Guangzhou? We can't let Cui Fei pass by with his eyes darkened, and make himself blind."

Speaking of this, he lowered his volume, and said: "We must find someone who is suitable, or I am afraid that Brother Jiu will intervene. A few days ago, he told this king that he wanted to send his servants away." Come to my king to serve as an servant."

Yaerjiang had a good relationship with the eighth and ninth elder brothers, but now it sounds like they are estranged.

Could it be that he is worried that elder brother Jiu is greedy and knows this method of making money, so he wants to use his status as a prince to snatch the gold exchange business?
When Cao Yong was wondering, he heard Yaerjiang Ah whisper: "The one who's 'resting' can't do it anymore. This king is also a layman. Whether it's icing on the cake or adding trouble to a well, I don't have the mood. So, let's avoid it. Yes, it’s good to be quiet and at ease..."

While speaking, he stretched out his right hand, thumb and index finger, and made an "eight" gesture.

Although Cao Yong knew that the eighth elder brother was not destined for the reserve position, there are still many clan officials in the capital waiting to see. Now Yaerjiang is so sure?

"My lord...isn't it said that the most virtuous person is out there?" Cao Yong asked the question in his heart.

Yaerjiang raised the corner of his mouth and said: "Times have changed, starting from today, no one will talk about this without interest..."

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In the past few days, many book friends have given advice, and I have also reflected a lot.Perhaps nine of them are creative fatigue, as well as everyone's reading fatigue.Before you know it, October is over and everything will be peaceful.

In November, Xiao Cao wants to be happy, everyone wants to be happy, and I want to be praised. .For monthly tickets, I still have to roll around and ask for flowers. . .

(End of this chapter)