Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 714

Although it was the end of October and the weather was getting drier and colder, this day was a rare Xiaoyangchun.

The weather was fine and cloudless.

Cao Yong raised his head and looked at the sky. He really hoped that his life could be like this light blue sky without a trace of haze.

A bright future is in the imagination.Right now, he needs to face many things. There are several minimum requirements, including what he is doing right now, standing outside the gate of Ba Age's mansion to welcome guests.

Because Cao Yong had an old relative, he didn't wear a coarse cloth filial piety, but a small velvet flower bleached cloth filial piety, with a stone blue mandarin jacket on the outside, a blue collar, and a green workman tied around his waist.

Today is the "May [-]th" of the late emperor's eighth son, King Lianshun. According to the old customs in Beijing and China, a married woman or a married niece will come back to preside over it.

Before dawn, Cao Yong and Chu Yu got up, dressed neatly, and brought Tianyou and Hang Seng to Ba Age's mansion.Tianhui has eye disease, and she loves cleanliness the most. She was afraid of getting sick in crowded places, so she didn't dare to bring it out.

Tianyou and Hang Seng were regarded as successors, wearing white filial robes and two blue patches on their left arms.

When they arrived at the eighth elder brother's mansion, the family of four worshiped in front of the eighth elder brother's spirit. Chu Yu took the child into the inner house, and Cao Yong followed the subordinate officials of the eighth elder brother's mansion and several colleagues from the house of internal affairs. Talk in the front yard.

At Chenzheng (eight o'clock in the morning), Brother Nine and Brother Ten came over first.

No matter what grievances or grievances there are in the past, seeing that Cao Yong was able to come and preside over the "Burning Seven", Brother Nine didn't want to make any trouble, just asked a few questions about how the funeral preparations were going, and so on; Brother Ten was working hard He swallowed hard, snorted twice and didn't speak.

There are less than a thousand cups of wine every confidant, but a few words are not speculative.

Cao Yong was really uncomfortable. It happened that the housekeeper reported that there were guests coming, so he started to greet them at the door.

*
Inner house, main hall.

Although it has been rare for a long time, Bafujin's eyes are still glued to Tianyou and Hang Seng, unable to move away.

After a while, she sighed, turned around, and said to Chu Yu, "You are a blessed person. These days, I can't sleep in the middle of the night, and I wonder if I have done it well. After entering the door back then, if I hadn't Send out the maids around your eighth uncle. If God opens his eyes, if someone has a strong stomach, he will give birth to a child, and he will be seventeen or eight. He is an elder brother, and he can already support the family; he is a princess, and he will go out It's over. Why is it so deserted like it is now." At the end, her eyes were already red.

"Auntie, don't worry, my niece sees that Big Brother and Gege are doing well, and within two years, she should be able to share her worries." Seeing this, Chu Yu persuaded softly.

Bafujin also didn't want to lose her composure in front of the child, so she suppressed the sadness in her heart, and said to Tianyou and Hang Sheng: "Good boy, what did you call me, call me again."

Both Tianyou and Hang Seng are mischievous at home, but when they go out, they are extremely well-behaved.Hearing Ba Fujin's question, the two younger brothers got up from their chairs and replied honestly: "Call me uncle, grandma."

Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Bafujin became more and more rare, rarely showed a little smile, and said: "You are such a smart boy, my uncle can't make this call for nothing." While speaking, he asked the maid to give the child The meeting gift they prepared was brought out.

Two brothers, each with a good set of pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and two purses filled with golden scorpions.There was also a brocade box containing a pearl collar. Ba Fujin brought it to Chuyu and said, "This is for your little Gege. There are so many busy people today, so I won't say anything. Later If you have free time, you can take it with you and walk around, it’s not easy to keep the child bored at home.”

Chu Yu thanked the eight blessings for the reward, and also called Tianyou and Hang Seng to thank them.

When Bafujin saw it, he couldn't help shaking his head, and said to Chuyu: "Good children, I let you teach them to be little old men. With more children, who would be picky about etiquette?"

"It's just being honest, and I'm usually mischievous, which is a headache. Let's say that yesterday afternoon, after school, the two of them ran to the housekeeper's house, chasing their chickens, and had a good time running away." Chu Yu Said.

These days, Fujin was really suffering and depressed. Hearing the interesting stories about this child, he couldn't help being curious, stretched out his hand, called Tianyou and Hengsheng to the bedside, and asked, "Tell grandma quickly, okay, how do you pick up the chicken?" Come?"

Hang Seng scratched the back of his head and looked at his elder brother; Tianyou blushed and said, "I heard my father say 'beggar chicken', and my mother said she wanted to eat it, so my grandson and younger brother thought about it, respect and respect mother."

When I asked him these words yesterday, he didn't say anything.Therefore, Chu Yu heard of it for the first time.

After hearing this, Bafujin hugged Tianyou and Hengsheng in his arms, and kept praising: "What a good boy, you know how to be filial at such a small age." Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Just don't think about it in the future. I want to be filial, and I also want to keep my parents from worrying. If I want to eat chicken, I ask people to buy it outside. How much is there? You still have to catch it yourself? If it hurts when you knock it down, wouldn’t it make your parents tired? Worry about it?"

After hearing this, Tianyou and Hengsheng lowered their heads, nodded, and said, "Grandson has made a note..."

*
Front yard, outside the gate.

Looking at the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother who came together, Cao Yong's throat became tight.Although he came here to host the "May [-]th", it was really a helpless move under the pressure of many soft knives, but whether the fourth elder brother can be considerate is not guaranteed.

Different standpoints lead to different ways of looking at issues.

The world doesn't revolve around Cao Yong, so we can't ask everyone to consider him.

No matter what he thought in his heart, he still walked forward with his hands down.

The fourth elder brother still had a cold face, and looked at Cao Yong, showing no emotion.Brother Thirteen smiled, patted Cao Yong on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, at last you are not dead-headed."

Speaking of this, he turned around and whispered to the fourth elder brother: "fourth brother, you don't know, Cao Yong refused to come before, and the seventh brother and the younger brother took turns to persuade him. I feel apprehensive. One size is one size. Speaking of which, as a niece and son-in-law, he deserves a day's work."

These things, even if the thirteenth elder brother didn't say anything, the fourth elder brother knew it well.

The fourth elder brother nodded and said nothing else.

This "May [-]th" is the same as the "First [-]th" and "[-]th", and it is the official day for the official acceptance of hanging sacrifices.Therefore, people from the clan and royal family came to the door one after another.

The thirteenth elder brother saw that Cao Yong was busy welcoming guests, so he entered the mansion with the fourth elder brother.

In the coffin shed, the smoke was lingering, and the sounds of various chanting were mixed together, making it seem a bit lively.

The visitors who had already paid homage took their seats in the coffin, accompanied by Brother Nine and Brother Ten to talk.

In addition to the smell of incense, the coffin shed is also full of the sweet smell of pastry.At the four corners of the platform, there are four [-]-section pastry mats, which look as high as a room.

Such a table of rice noodles needs to be placed at 200 yuan per session, and the usual ones cost more than 20 taels of silver, not to mention that these are all from Daoxiang Village, and all the rice cakes are used.Even four or 50 taels may not be enough.

These four tables of pastry seats were set up this morning by Chu Yu's filial piety.

It attracted a lot of people's attention, and the elders of the clan who knew the goods recognized that it was the pastry of Daoxiang Village, and said to Brother Jiu: "After all, it is my own niece, Da Gege gave the pastry a decent meal. I saw Cao E at the door just now. Son-in-law, to have the two of them helping Lao Ba to burn Qi, is also considered to be a face to Lao Ba."

Brother Jiu didn't think so, there were only two nieces who were married in Beijing, and they didn't need Da Ge Ge, so could it be that they had to use Er Ge Ge from Prince Yong's Mansion?

Thinking about how the fourth elder brother forced everyone to transfer their spirits, the ninth elder brother's lingering hatred could not be dispelled.He was in a daze, and he heard Elder Brother Ten say: "Brother Ninth, look who's here?"

Looking in the direction of the tenth elder brother's finger, the ninth elder brother happened to see the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother coming hand in hand.

Ninth Brother's face turned red and then turned pale. If it wasn't for worrying about disturbing Eighth Brother's funeral, he really wanted to punch Fourth Brother in the face again.

He had no choice but to suppress his anger, without looking at the fourth elder brother, he said to the thirteenth elder brother: "Didn't the thirteenth brother go to Xiaotangshan? Should we go back?"

"I came back yesterday, my wife and children are there, I will go back tomorrow." Brother Thirteen replied.

Hearing the meaning of these words, he came back specially to pay homage to the eighth elder brother. Ninth elder brother's face softened a lot, pointed to the platform, and said: "First worship the bar."

The thirteenth elder brother nodded, turned sideways, and asked the fourth elder brother to go first, and then followed the fourth elder brother to the platform to offer wine.

Elder Brother Ten looked on coldly, a little confused, and leaned over to Elder Ninth, and asked in a low voice, "When did Elder Ninth become as good as Old Thirteen?"

"Lu Yao knows horsepower, and he can see people's hearts after a long time. I finally understand that among these brothers, the old thirteen is a bit human." Ninth elder brother stared at fourth elder brother's back, gritted his teeth and replied.

"Cao Yong is the officiant for the eighth brother, and the old thirteenth is here to hang the sacrifice. Why does the younger brother feel so awkward? If I knew it, why did I fight so hard in the early years?" After hearing what the ninth elder brother said, the tenth elder brother murmured.

In addition to welcoming guests, it is also Cao Yong's job to accompany the sacrifice and return the gift.

During this day, those who needed to bow and kowtow in return made Cao Yong stand for a while and kneel down again for a while.In addition to welcoming guests, seeing them off, and so on, he was so busy that he kicked the back of his head and never had a moment to rest.

After a lot of difficulty, he found some free time, and Cao Yong hid in a secluded place on the side of the coffin, found a small stool and sat down, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and drank it all in one gulp.

Could it be that I am old, why do I feel back pain?

Cao Yong rubbed his back, took out his pocket watch, and looked at the time.It's only the end of the year, and it seems that it's not bad to be able to break up by the time of the unitary.There are still two hours, let's wait.

Cao Yong was crying in his heart, when he heard a woman's surprised voice: "Cao Yong?"

When Cao Yong heard the words, he couldn't help being taken aback.

According to the rules, the female relatives are all behind the spirit, and there is still some distance from here.

Following the sound, I saw a young woman with her hair and pigtails standing a few steps away looking at herself.

Looking at the attire, she is the niece and daughter-in-law of the eighth elder brother, but I don't know which palace's young lady it is.

There is a difference between men and women, Cao Yong is not easy to take a closer look, and after a glance, he lowered his eyes.Then, it felt wrong.Although there are many young wives in this palace, there are not many who know Cao Yong and can call him by his first name.

He raised his head and couldn't help but glanced again, only to feel that his face was very kind.

Seeing the young woman raised her chin, she sneered and said: "Your honor forgets things so much, it seems that this is indeed true, Chief Cao doesn't know me?"

This posture is more familiar.

Cao Yong has already recognized the person, who is Tana, the daughter of the third princess and the wife of the emperor's grandson Hongxi Baylor.

Although Tana has been married to the capital for seven years, there is a difference between men and women, and she only met Cao Yong from a distance before.It was the first time that someone had the opportunity to speak up like this.

Compared with seven years ago, Cao Yong has not changed much, but his skin color is not as fair as before, adding a bit of a mature man's heroic appearance.

Tana thought of her cousin Chuyu who presided over Shaoqi, and felt a little sad in her heart.

That woman, like a flower on the prairie, has been married for many years and had children, and she is still charming and charming.On her own side, it was like a dry stream, lifeless.

The husband didn't love her, but because of her status, he pretended to be affectionate, which made Tana sick.

The man in front of him was still as calm and indifferent as he had seen on the grassland back then.It looks easy-going, but it seems to be thousands of miles away from others.Like the spring water on Horqin, it is so clear that people cannot see the bottom.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Erbeile, long time no see, Mrs. Da'an!" Cao Yong thought for a while and said carefully.

I thought that this domineering and domineering princess before getting married would also be a Hedong lion after marrying, but I didn't expect that in these years, when people mentioned her, they were all compliments, and there was nothing critical about her.

Little girls always grow up.

At the beginning, she married Hong Xi with Horqin's hope on her back and treated her as a future princess; however, times have changed, and these years have not been easy.

Looking at Cao Yong's face, Tana whispered: "Should I call your cousin-in-law, or should I call you cousin?"

While speaking, his eyes were a little blurred, and he didn't know what to think about.

It has been a while since the rumors about the mother's life experience, Cao Yong was a little speechless when he heard Tana mentioning it.

Do you still want to recognize your relatives?I don't have the "blessing" to have countless uncles and cousins ​​all of a sudden.

Although this area is not considered lonely, and Tana is still followed by a little girl, the atmosphere is also quite strange.

Cao Yong "coughed" and said: "Cao is still busy, so I don't need to accompany you here, madam, please go slowly."

While speaking, he turned to leave.

"Cao Yong, when you get married, I will send you a congratulatory gift alone; when I get married, you are using the Cao family's name to follow the crowd, which is too dishonest." Tana frowned and said coldly: "Everyone said Han people know etiquette, why did you forget to reciprocate etiquette?"

This question is somewhat childish.

Cao Yong turned his head and said: "Since Madam is a picky gift, it must be Cao Mou. When Madam's birthday comes, Cao Mou will bring his wife and prepare a generous gift for Madam."

Hearing Cao Yong mention "in-law", Tana's face turned pale, and she sighed in her heart, feeling that what she said just now was very boring.

Is this showing off happiness?
Tana lowered her head, raised the corners of her mouth, and said, "I can't afford a big gift. When Baoyagege returns to Ning, when you have a drink, don't forget to call me... This, but it's a good deal..."

Not far away, Hongxi was standing behind the curtain, watching all this, with a chill all over his body...

(End of this chapter)