Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 721 Warm House
The winter solstice has passed, and the weather is on the ninth day. Although there is no wind, the weather is also dry and cold.

Cao Yong was wearing a fur cloak, a hat with ear protection on his head, and a half-foot-high fur on the collar of the cloak, which covered him tightly and did not feel the slightest chill.

The sky is blue and cloudless.

Although the vegetation on both sides of the road has long since withered, the snow on the distant mountains has not disappeared, outlines a touch of white edges, shining in the warm winter sun, and has a special style.

The maids and women of each courtyard, led by Zijing, brought the bedding of the masters of each courtyard to use. They took several cars yesterday and went to Xiaotangshan to clean up first.

Those who came here today are Cao Yin, father and son, and the female relatives of the various courtyards with their children.

Cao Yin takes Tianyou and Hengsheng in a car, Li takes Changsheng in a car, Chuyu takes Tianhui in a car, Tian takes Zuocheng and Zuozhu brothers in a car, Lianqiu and Xiqiu take Take Niu Niu in a car.

For others, there are three or four in one car, five or six in one car.Back and forth, more than ten cars were shared.Including the accompanying housekeepers, long attendants, bodyguards, and servants, there are seven to eighty people.

Aunt Feng and Aunt Qian were appointed for the internal affairs of the mansion, and Cao Song was assigned for external affairs, and the arrangements were properly made.

Aunt Feng was born in a commoner family, a girl from a scholar family.His father used to be an errand in the weaving mansion in Jiangning, and had some personal relationships with the Cao family.Cao Yinyuan took the initiative to help her husband take a good concubine after three years of childlessness with Gu's family, which was Feng's family.

Qian is the son of Cao's family, and she was the girl next to Sun Taijun earlier. Three years after Cao Yong was born, the old Taijun pointed to Cao Yin as a concubine.

Feng Shi is more than 50 years old, well-educated and reasonable, he rarely leaves his yard, and is a quiet and stable person.Although Qian is young, he is also a law-abiding person.

In addition to the two of them, Cao Yin also has several other houses.Among them, Xiuluan served Li Shi the longest, and Li Shi usually relied on her quite a lot.When Tianyou was born in the early years, Mrs. Li went to Yizhou to nurse her daughter-in-law, which was to entrust the housework of the Jiangning mansion.

Originally, she wanted to promote Xiuluan as a concubine, but she didn't expect her fate to be unlucky. In the twelfth month of Kangxi's 51st year, she caught wind and cold and disappeared.

The remaining two Tongfang were not loved by Cao Yin, and the Li family treated them mediocrely, so they did not give them honors.

But in the carriage, although it was not the first time for Tianyou and Hang Seng to go out, it was the first time for them to go out of the city.The two brothers were also wearing big woolen clothes, like little meatballs, their faces were full of joy.

They didn't dare to be rude in front of their grandfather, so they could only suppress their curiosity and stuck out their little heads, wishing they could stick them on the window of the carriage and look out at the wild scenery.

The windows of the carriage are lattice windows one and a half feet long and one foot high, with glass inlaid in the palm-sized lattice.

"Mountain, mountain... Brother..." Hang Seng couldn't help but his small eyes lit up when he saw the distant mountain, and the chubby finger pointed to the distance, and said excitedly.

Tianyou looked back at Cao Yin, and saw that his grandfather had no intention of offending, and smiled at Heng Sheng, "It's a mountain. Didn't father say that when we got to Zhuangzi, he would take us to the mountain to catch birds? I don't know if it's this mountain."

Hang Seng tilted his head, thought for a while, and muttered, "Brother, can father fly?"

Hearing what he said, Tianyou shook his head and said, "Father is not a bird, how can he fly?"

Hang Seng scratched the back of his head and asked puzzledly: "If father can't fly, how can he catch birds? As soon as this man comes to him, the birds all fly..."

Tianyou was also confused by Hang Seng. For the young man who grew up in the house, it is not common sense to catch fish and catch birds.

From Andingmen to Xiaotangshan, there used to be an official road. In recent years, because the royal family has repaired the hot spring village, the official road here has been repaired to be flat and straight.Therefore, the carriage moved very smoothly, not much worse than the bluestone roads in the city.

Cao Yinyuan was resting his eyes with his eyes closed, but after listening to the conversation between the two grandsons, he opened his eyes and couldn't help smiling.

Hang Seng just took a look at him, put down his little hand obediently, and called "Grandfather"...

Outside the carriage, Cao Yong was already in high spirits. He and the Ren brothers pointed to an intersection in front of them, galloping their horses and competing with each other.

"Drive! Drive!" The loud voice, mixed with the sound of horseshoes, spread far and wide in the vast wilderness.

After hearing this, Tianyou and Hengsheng wanted to open the door to have a look, but they didn't dare, like little monkeys in a hurry.

Cao Yin didn't dare to let them see the wind, he was afraid of catching a cold, he was so serious, he coughed, and checked his two grandchildren's homework.

Tianyou's side is fine, but Hang Seng's side is scratching their heads, and they don't care about watching the horse racing...

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The palace, elder brother's place.

Seventeen Fujin delivered the medicine in person, Seventeen Elder Brother took it, and frowned as he looked at the dark medicinal soup.

"My lord drank it earlier, and fell asleep sweating." Seventeen Fujin said.

Elder Seventeen smiled wryly and said: "It's been a few days, but it's still not good..." Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help "coughing", and he couldn't hold the medicine bowl firmly for a moment, and it fell to the ground.

The bowl was shattered, and the medicinal soup splashed down, making a mess.

Seeing this, Seventeen Fujin ignored the ground, leaned over, stretched out his hand, and patted Elder Seventeen on the back to help him cough more comfortably.

Elder Seventeen only felt that he was coughing so hard that he couldn't breathe, and his throat and eyes were salty, so he stopped coughing slowly.

He glanced at the medicinal soup on the ground, Seventeen Fujin said: "It's a good medicine, let me ruin it. Don't boil it anymore, let's drink it together at night..."

Seventeen Fujin took out a handkerchief, wiped the corners of Seventeenth Elder Brother's mouth, and said, "Look at what the Lord said, this is medicine, how can it be broken?"

"The prescription in the Tai Hospital, what can I do if I drink one less bowl and one more bowl? Who expects to really be able to cure a disease with this?" Elder Seventeen snorted coldly.

When Xia Xia fell ill, Elder Seventeen had already had a bad feeling towards the Tai Hospital; when Elder Eight passed away, he no longer had any hope for the Imperial Hospital.

What's the difference between being able to save someone and killing someone?
Even the prince would lose his life if he met a quack doctor.

It's just that there are too many twists and turns in it. Although Elder Seventeen is not fair, it is not something he can come forward to pursue.

The Seventeenth Fujin heard the words, and said: "That can't be tough, if the master thinks this prescription is inappropriate, then let's send another imperial doctor to come over and have a look?"

Elder Seventeen shook his head and said, "No need, there's no difference between tossing and tossing..."

The husband and wife were talking, when they heard hurried footsteps coming from the yard, and then a servant reported through the door: "Master, Fujin, I have something urgent to report!"

Seventeen Fujin stood up, looked at Elder Seventeen, and waited for him to signal.Elder Seventeen nodded and said loudly, "Come in."

The servant entered the room, knelt down and said: "Master, Fujin, just now the Duke's mansion sent someone to send a message to the palace that the old man is gone..."

Seventeen Fujin heard the words, his body went limp, and he couldn't stand still, so he supported the edge of the kang, so he didn't fall down.Brother Seventeen uncovered the quilt on his body, rolled over and got off the ground...

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Sun's house, Ya'er Hutong, Sun's new house.

Cao Ying was sitting in the inner hall, clutching a handkerchief, with a look of worry on her face.

"Master, Master and Mrs. have left the city?" Cao Ying couldn't help it when she heard the woman's report, her eyes turned red.

For the past half month, she has been very busy. She not only has to seek medical advice for her husband, but also has to worry about moving.

Because she had doubts for a long time, and suspected that it was her cousin Cao Yong's tricks, Cao Ying didn't have any fear of the "ghost hitting the wall" at home.Even in private, she also took pleasure in other's misfortunes. After being bullied by her husband all these years, she was also happy to see her husband suffer more.

Who would have thought that things would develop beyond her imagination.

Sun Jue's illness was worse than expected, almost to the point where he couldn't sleep at night.At the beginning, he was very irritable, and sometimes he couldn't help waving his arms and hitting his wife twice to vent his anger. Unexpectedly, as long as he did it, he would be "beaten" even more fiercely at night.

After several times, Sun Jue was too frightened and didn't dare to do anything casually. It was only lightly being "beaten" in the middle of the night.

Thinking that something unclean was offended, Sun Jue sent people to invite Taoist priests to do two rituals at home, but it didn't help at all.

Sun Jue couldn't bear it any longer, so he asked someone to buy a new house near Guanghua Temple at a high price, and moved in a hurry.

Except for the peaceful two days when I just moved in, I was still "beaten" at night at other times.After all, Sun Jue was just an ordinary person, and he was also afraid of ghosts and gods.

While sending people to search for eminent monks, he took money and asked people to donate incense and silver to nearby temples to pray for safety.

Because of the rush to move, the new house is very expensive to buy, plus the half a month's money spent as a teacher and taking medicine, the money is spent like running water, Cao Ying is also anxious to see.

Cao Ying was also confused at this time, wondering if it was the handwriting of her natal brother.

Even if it was necessary to punish, it was almost a toss, and it didn't seem to have any effect.I'm afraid Sun Jue will relapse into his old ways if the days are peaceful.

If it wasn't for "punishment" and really provoked something filthy, then Cao Ying really didn't even dare to think about it.

To be honest, Cao Ying felt somewhat afraid of Cao Yong, his cousin.If the matter of her being beaten was really made a big deal, that cousin would definitely have the ability to teach her brother-in-law a lesson. Cao Ying always believed in this point.

That's why she delayed until today, and dared to send people to find Cao Yong.Unexpectedly, due to fate, Cao Yong left the city.

Cao Ying was full of melancholy and didn't know where to sort it out, so she saw the mother-in-law come in and said, "Grandma, the housekeeper has found a Daoist master, waiting in the front yard."

Before Cao Ying could speak, she heard Sun Jue's voice from the back room, saying, "Please, please... please come here and talk..."

Seeing that her husband was like this, Cao Ying had no choice but to obey and send someone to invite the Taoist priest in the front yard.

After a while, an old man in a gray Taoist robe came in after the servant girl.

The old man always had a smile on his face, and his eyes were full of inquiry.After entering the room, he had no time to meet Sun Jue and Cao Ying, so he looked straight at Sun Jue, his face getting more and more ugly.

Sun Jue's scalp was numb from being stared at, and cold sweat broke out on his back...

The old Taoist frowned, let out a long breath, and shook his head.

Sun Jue felt that his heart was trembling wildly, his throat was dry, and he was already speechless.After a while, he trembled his lips and said, "My lord, what's wrong?"

The old Taoist didn't speak, just took out a small bag from the dharma bag, murmured words, walked two gossip steps, and then used a mahogany sword to pick out a spell, and danced in front of Sun Jue's eyes .

Seeing this old-fashioned manner, Sun Jue didn't catch his breath and almost passed out.

Cao Ying was at the side, not knowing what to do, she whispered: "Your Honor, how is my husband's illness?"

The old Taoist shook his head, but he didn't answer immediately, but said: "I have something to say to grandma, please trouble grandma to come out and speak."

This is about to carry Sun Jue behind his back, Sun Jue couldn't help being anxious, and shouted: "If you have anything to say, just say it here!"

The old Taoist still looked reluctant, hesitated for a while, and Fang slowly said: "This master had a violent temper in his previous life and beat his wife and concubine. In the end, the wives and concubines discussed it, and a white silk will finish this master. Yan On the side of the lord, it was originally intended to send this lord to hell, or this lord said all the good things in front of Lord Yan, and made an oath to be a good person, so he reluctantly reincarnated."

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "Master Sun's previous house, Xiaodao just followed the housekeeper, and he has already visited it. Fengshui is too bad, and Master Sun's broken oath will naturally attract evil invasion..."

Sun Jue was so frightened that his blood turned pale, and he said in horror, "Then how to resolve it..."

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Xiaotangshan, Caojiazhuangzi.

After half a day's trek, the members of the Cao family finally arrived at Hot Spring Zhuangzi at noon.Zijing has already ordered people to prepare lunch. After everyone put down their luggage, the food and wine are ready.

The hot spring Zhuangzi here was designed by Cao Yong himself, and no famous writer was invited to write it.He designed several courtyards according to the distribution of several springs.

Cao Yong and his wife naturally occupied the main courtyard, Cao Yong, his wife and Zijing took their children to occupy the east courtyard, and sisters Tian and Lianqiu used the west courtyard.

Although it is not as good as the first Zhuangzi built, with four seasons of scenery, but the benefits of Zhuangzi here are not a little bit.

On a spring in the backyard, a greenhouse was built, in which fruits and vegetables were grown.The supply from Cao's mansion was also sent to the city by the hot spring village here.

Cao Yong wondered if he was old, or why he had the heart of "farming" and was most concerned about the greenhouse.

After lunch, Cao Yong took a few small ones and went to the greenhouse.Even Tianhui, who usually doesn't like to move, showed longing for the vegetables and fruits his father described.

When Chuyu saw her, she couldn't bear to go against her daughter's wishes, so she asked someone to hug Tianhui, and followed her into the greenhouse.

The conservatory is built of bricks and wood, only the roof is made of translucent glazed tiles.Usually glazed tiles are covered with big quilts.Because the weather is good and the sun is full today, the quilt was uncovered.

The conservatory is as big as a dozen rooms, and the stoves are lit at both ends, making the inside of the conservatory much warmer than the outside.

Looking around, there are green vegetable fields, leeks, rapeseed, cabbage, eggplants, peppers, cucumbers and so on.

The eyes of the children were no longer enough, so Niuniu also tiptoed to touch the cucumber flowers on the vegetable stand.

Even Fang Qiniang, who usually lived in the market, couldn't help being surprised when she saw the scene in front of her.It was very cold outside, the snow on the side of the road was still there, and the grass and trees were all withered, so green vegetables grew in this house.

Chu Yu had heard that there were greenhouses growing vegetables outside the city, but seeing it with her own eyes was the first time she had seen it, so she couldn't help being a little curious.

Cao Yong sniffed his nose vigorously, smelling the mixed smell of soil and green vegetables, and seeing the vitality, he felt much more relaxed...

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Falling out of the top six in history, crying for monthly tickets. . .

(End of this chapter)