Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 813 Childhood
Seeing Li's hesitant appearance, Cao Yong knew that he had to say something to make her give up.

"Mother, when my eldest cousin came to Beijing this time, in addition to donating officials and handling Hanyu's marriage, he also took favors for my uncle." Cao Yong said after deliberation.

Mrs. Li nodded, and said indifferently: "Your uncle hasn't been to Beijing for several years, and it's rare for your eldest cousin to come here once. Naturally, everyone has to do it."

"Mother, my uncle asked my cousin to give a big gift to Brother Jiu's house!" Cao Yong said.

When Mrs. Li heard this, she hesitated.After living in Beijing for many years, even if she doesn't pay attention to foreign affairs, she still knows which family her family has a close relationship with and which government she has a distant relationship with.

"Even though Brother Nine is not working in the Sixth Department, everyone knows that he belongs to Brother Fourteen." Cao Yong continued.

Li Shi couldn't help frowning when he heard that the [-]th elder brother who was in the limelight was involved.

Mrs. Li knew about her son's cold and trouble-free temperament.Regarding her husband's decision to sit down and move the grave before his death, Li knew that the truth was not because the husband mentioned it, it was convenient for the descendants to sacrifice, but it was mostly because the son was impatient with socializing with the old family members.

Although the fourteenth elder brother is beautiful, he has never had any contact with the Cao family.

Although the Li family is a woman with little knowledge, she also knows that the courtiers can't participate in the affairs of the royal family, otherwise, they can win great wealth and be irreparable.

Not to mention other people's families, but the dignitaries in the capital. Because of the matter of participating in the alliance and seizing the heir, there are fewer families who have copied their families and ruined their families in recent years?

As a mother, Mrs. Li doesn't have any desire for her son to become a dragon or her daughter to become a phoenix. She only cares about the safety of her family.

"After all, they are close relatives, why not write a letter to your uncle, so I can persuade you?" Li said with a bit of anxiety.

"Mother, why was my father estranged from my uncle during his lifetime? Isn't it because of differences of opinion? Uncle is stubborn by nature, even if my father persuades him, he won't listen to him at all, let alone me as a junior." Cao Cao Yong said.

Mrs. Li sighed, and said: "No matter what, he is your uncle. Even if what he does doesn't suit your heart, it shouldn't hurt the relationship of relatives."

"Mother, it's not the son who stops the mother from getting in touch with my uncle's house. It's just that at this time, the fourteenth elder brother is in the spotlight, and the uncle is already standing on the fourteenth elder brother's side. Our family has had close contact with the uncle's family. In the eyes of outsiders, he has also become a faction of the fourteenth elder brother. Even the brother-in-law, I am afraid that he will also be implicated. At that time, he will not be able to tell. If the other elder brothers come to power, then even the son will be left behind." Cao Yong looked at Li Shi and said.

It's true that Mrs. Li misses her natal family a little bit, but no matter how close her natal family is, they can't compare to her own children.

Hearing that not only her son is going to fall, but even the prince and his son-in-law will be implicated, she has changed her face and said repeatedly: "Your uncle is so confused. Wealth is only as rich as it is. When will it end?"

Cao Yong didn't want to scare her, and comforted her: "Uncle is not an ignorant child, maybe he has his own thinking, and mother doesn't have to worry too much. Maybe uncle is lucky, and the credit for being a guardian is not guaranteed. It's just that the son always Lazy, impatient to participate in this. I am afraid that my mother will be wronged. In the past two years, it is better for us to maintain some contacts with my uncle's family. When the dust of the royal family is settled, my mother wants to go to Ning, or to bring my grandmother over. Follow mother's will."

Li Shi nodded again and again at the words, and said: "Yeah, yum, I listen to Yong'er. Let's not learn from your uncle, don't worry about the overwhelming wealth, just let the family live a peaceful life, which is better than anything else. I'll write back to your uncle right now, there are many things at home, and I'm not in good health, I really can't get away, and it's your father's filial piety again..."

Finally persuaded Li to break his mind to go back to Suzhou, Cao Yong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I vaguely remember that in the Hongxue forum in my previous life, it was mentioned that the second ransacking of the Cao family’s home was a crime, which was to conceal the property for the Li family when they ransacked the Li family’s house.Although I don't know whether it is true or not, I have to pay attention in advance.

Originally thought that since the eighth elder brother died of illness, the "eighth master party" disappeared and the Li family could also escape.Who would have thought that Li Xu, who was so unwilling to give up, had to go to Brother Fourteen to make do with him through Brother Nine.

The fourth elder brother is not a magnanimous person at all, the Li family's choice twice and three times is all in his hostile place, so it's no wonder that he can fall well.Not to mention, the Li family still has hundreds of thousands of shortfalls that have not been made up.

Even if he knew that his mother was soft-hearted and was thinking about the Li family, Cao Yong never really regarded the Li family as his relatives.

It doesn't matter whether he is selfish or indifferent, from the day he knew that Li Ding was plotting against the Cao family, the Li family was just a difficult problem for Cao Yong.

However, after thinking about my father's death, my mother has been in poor spirits and has always been lonely.Cao Yong told Chu Yu that the husband and wife should spend more time every day to be with Mrs. Li.

Li Shi has no other hobbies, but only likes embroidery.In the past few years, there have been many things at home, and she doesn't like to do needlework anymore, but she also likes good work when she encounters it.

When Cao Yong saw this, he chose an innocent and honest lady from the embroiderers released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to hire him into Cao's house.

The embroiderer was only 37 or [-] years old, she was a childless widow, and her husband's family name was Liu.Due to years of hard work, she looked older than Li, and seemed to be in her fifties, so the servants of Cao's family called her "Mama".

She doesn't like to talk, but she is good at embroidery.

With her by her side, Li Shi also relieved her loneliness.

Mrs. Zhao Jia is impatient with this, but seeing Mrs. Li paying attention to the girls, thinking of the fourth sister and the fifth son, half-jokingly, she asked Mrs. Li to teach the sisters how to sew.

Mrs. Li thought that her fourth sister and fifth son were both in their teens, so they should also learn this.In addition to the two of them, there is also Niu Niu.

As for granddaughter Tianhui, although her blindness is cured, her eyesight is not good, and it is too late to take care of her eyes. Who is willing to let her waste her eyesight?

Niu Niu is the same age as the fifth sister, one year younger than the fourth sister, and is nine years old this year.

Niu Niu was her baby name, but Mr. Zhuang hadn't decided on her real name before his death. Later, when Mr. Zhuang passed away, Mr. Zhuang's brother, Zhuang Chang, knew about it and named his niece Shuping according to the model characters of her two half-sisters.

Everyone in Cao's mansion is used to Niu Niu's nickname, and this name is rarely mentioned.

Mrs. Li still has to take care of the young son's longevity, so naturally he has no time to teach a few girls how to sew.Therefore, she discussed with Nanny Liu and asked Nanny Liu to be a sewing mother for some girls.

Every morning, Nanny Liu would accompany and talk in Li's house, appreciating the embroidery that Cao Yong sent people to buy; sewing.

Niuniu only loves to read, not these things, so she can't stand Lianqiu's two beggings, so she has to comply.

Since moving to Changping, Cao Yong discussed with Qian Fuzi and arranged the children's class time in the morning.In the afternoon, the children learn to ride and shoot, or follow Cao Yong to familiarize themselves with farming in the vegetable garden.

In this way, Niu Niu will not delay her schooling if she learns from female celebrities.

Although Nanny Liu is only an illiterate embroiderer, she comes from a family of female celebrities and has her own rules for taking care of apprentices.

When the three little girls were brought to her for the first time that day, she did not immediately teach them about female reds except to ask them whether they had learned female reds and how long they had learned. Instead, they took out more than a dozen embroidery samples and put them on the kang table, and asked the three of them to choose one each and learn to embroider.

Among the three of them, the fourth sister and the fifth child have learned female celebrities from Fei Cui. Although their craftsmanship is not exquisite, they can usually make small items such as purses and handkerchiefs; Niu Niu has only seen Lian Qiu and the others embroider However, I have never even taken a needle.

Among the dozens of embroidery samples, there are flowers and birds, with bright patterns and colorful colors.

A few girls picked up this to have a look, and picked up that to have a look, only to think that each is good.

It wasn't until Mother Liu coughed twice that the girls came to look at me and I at you, knowing which one should be picked out.

For a moment, the three of them put down their hands, and no one was willing to pick first.

The fourth sister was still older, she looked like a big sister, she smiled and said to Niu Niu: "Sister Niu Niu, you are the youngest, you choose first."

But Niuniu refused to make a move, she raised her head and said, "Fourth sister should choose first, then fifth sister, Niuniu is the youngest, so it's the last choice."

One of the two thought about "ordering the elders and children", and the other thought about being an older sister and taking care of the younger ones, so they came to a stalemate.

Seeing the two of them give way, Wu'er sat aside, just laughing.

Seeing this, Niuniu wrinkled her little nose, and said with a smile: "Fourth sister lets Niuniu, it's 'friendship'; Niuniu invites fourth sister first, it's 'respect', it makes sense. Otherwise, it's a compromise and let five Elder sister chooses first, it not only fulfills the heart of "friendship" of the fourth elder sister, but also fulfills the meaning of "respect" of Niuniu, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

The fourth sister listened, nodded with a smile and said hello.

Seeing that it was about him, Wu'er originally wanted to wave his hand and say no, but seeing that Mammy Liu was still sitting next to him watching coldly, fearing that she would be impatient, he had no choice but to take the one nearest to him while the fourth sister and Niu Niu watched. Sample.

"What is it? What is it?" Niu Niu leaned over and looked at Wu'er's hand.

When the embroidery sample was opened, it turned out to be a peony in full bloom, and the fourth sister and Niuniu couldn't help talking.The petals of peony are overlapping, which is the most complicated embroidery of flower and grass embroidery.

The fourth sister was afraid that Wu'er would be in trouble, so she raised her head and looked at Liu Mama, thinking how to intercede to change the embroidery pattern for her younger sister, when she saw Liu Mama said flatly: "Since the fifth girl can choose, the two girls should hurry up."

In a word, the fourth sister was blocked to death.

The fourth sister could only look at Niu Niu and said, "Sister, there are still many embroidery samples on the left and right, let's choose together."

Niuniu nodded in response, and her subordinates were already watching each one.She was picking flowers and colors, but she wasn't picking the best embroidered ones and the brightest colors, but the one with the easiest embroiderer and the fewest colors.

Finally got a bluegrass embroidery sample in her hand, Niu Niu was very happy, and just wanted to say that she wanted this.Looking up, I saw Wu'er holding the peony embroidery pattern, frowning slightly.

Niu Niu's heart moved, thinking that the second wife had always spoken harshly, if Wu'er was really scolded by the nanny because of embroidery, she didn't know how the second wife would make such a fuss.

Thinking of this, she put down the orchid grass embroidery pattern and picked an embroidery pattern of "Songhe Yannian".

Except for the peony embroidery pattern of "Flowers Bloom and Prosperity", among the remaining embroidery patterns, the most complicated one is "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix".Even if Niuniu wanted to accompany Wu'er to be scolded, she didn't dare to take that one. This "Songhe Yannian" has trees and birds, and it can be regarded as a complicated embroidery pattern.

At this moment, the fourth sister has also selected the embroidery sample, which is a "magpie climbing the plum".Although plum blossoms are easier to embroider than peonies, the vivid magpies are still difficult for beginners.

Nanny Liu looked on coldly, but was quite touched.

Before coming to Cao's house, she also taught several girls from relatives.When picking embroidery samples, you can either play sharp and pick the brightest ones; or be lazy and pick the simplest ones.

Although these little girls in front of them are also a little clever, they are rare friendships, which make people feel heart-warming.

She nodded, and asked the little girl to hand them the embroidery support she had made, and let them start to embroider according to the embroidery pattern.

The fourth sister and the fifth child are both good, they know how to wire and start needles, but Niu Niu can't even hold a needle.

The fourth sister and the fifth son saw that Madam Liu didn't intend to teach, so they went to Niuniu, took out a thimble from the sewing box to help her put it on, and whispered to her how to match colors, how to sew needles and threads, etc. .

Niuniu listened carefully, and saw the demonstration of the two. Looking at the embroidery support in her hand, she smiled and said to the two: "Fourth sister and fifth sister will embroider first, and Niuniu will watch from the side for a while, and then start sewing."

After hearing this, the fourth sister and the fifth son sewed colored threads and embroidered them stitch by stitch.

Niuniu looked at the one in her hand, then looked at the other, thought for a while, then went to Mammy Liu, and said in a low voice, "Mammy, can I borrow Niuniu's pen?"

Mammy Liu glanced at Niuniu, called the little maid beside her, and brought it for Niuniu.

In addition to Daibi, there is also half a piece of paper wrapped with Daibi.

Niuniu picked up the Dai brush, painted on the paper, and ground the tip of the pen, then lay down on the kang table, facing the embroidery pattern, and sketched on the embroidery support with the Dai brush.

Grandma Liu looked at the little girls on the kang who were engrossed, and the corners of her mouth were raised, showing a little smile...

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Caojiazhuangzi, the school yard.

The seventeenth elder brother stood beside Cao Yong, looked at the little boys running circles on the field, and asked Cao Yong with some puzzlement: "Isn't it riding and shooting? Why did you still run up?"

Cao Yong smiled and said: "This is the foundation, to strengthen the body. I was very weak when I was young, and I ran like this for a few years before I stopped taking supplements, just like ordinary people. I can't make them all become little nerds and strengthen their bodies. It’s more realistic than horseback riding and archery.”

The seventeenth elder brother is three years younger than Cao Yong, and he is 23 this year, without a son and a half.

Looking at the young boys in front of him who were full of vigor, Elder Seventeen showed a bit of envy on his face.

When Cao Yong saw this, he knew what was on his mind, and he couldn't bear it. He said, "not all the good doctors are in the imperial hospital. Otherwise, people will ask around to see if there are any good doctors? The Seventeenth Lord returned with Fujin If you are young, you just need to find a good doctor, investigate carefully, prescribe the right medicine, and adjust your breath."

Elder Seventeen smiled wryly, and said, "It's not that I don't want to find a doctor, but I dare not. Even if I knew that Imperial Physician Fang is superb in medicine earlier, I didn't dare to ask him for pulse diagnosis."

Cao Yong was confused and said, "Why is this?"

Brother Seventeen sighed, and said: "If it is found out that it is my fault, Erniang will be sad; if it is found out that it is Fujin's fault, then I will never be able to live a clean life in the future. The children will also It depends on fate, or everything depends on fate.”

Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in the world.

Brother Seventeen, it is indeed difficult to have both.On Cao Yong's side, it's not easy to say anything, so he had to agree: "The Seventeenth Lord said the same thing, and there is no rush for this. My father had nothing to do with his knees in his early years, and he only had a sister when he was old. "

At this moment, the little guys had already run around the school grounds and practiced Changquan with the Ren family brothers.

Among the four, Hang Seng looked the strongest, with a tiger head and a tiger brain, but it caught the eyes of Seventeenth Brother.

Brother Seventeen pointed to Hang Seng, and said to Cao Yong: "Look at this little calf, is this the kid with three spinners on his head? Maybe Fu Ruo really wants to raise a big general. It's tempting to look at it." People are rare, if it weren't for the difference in seniority, I really want to give you half of your son."

Brother Seventeen has always been gentle, and he likes mountains, rivers and geography. Cao Yong didn't expect him to like Hang Seng, and said with a smile: "Isn't Seventeen the most impatient with military affairs? Why are you still treating our future general?" Take a fancy to it?"

"It's not that your family Tianyou and your two adoptive sons are not good, it's just that Hang Seng looks the most solid. If God has eyes, it would be our great blessing to give Fujin and me a brother who is as strong as Hang Seng." Brother Seventeen looked at the children and said quietly.

After hearing this, Cao Yong didn't want him to be emotional again, and said: "I haven't played chess with the Seventeenth Master these two days, but I have to kill a game today..."

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In a blink of an eye, it was dusk.

On Chuyu's side, the seventeen Fujins who came to visit were sent away, and together with Cao Yong, they had dinner with Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao Jia.

After dinner, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhaojia were chatting about homework, and called Madam Liu over to ask about the girls learning embroidery today.

On Liu Mama's side, it's not that she didn't pick a few girls, but she all praised her, saying that the fourth sister is patient, the fifth sister has a good color matching, and Niu Niu has a few needles and threads for the first time. Very clever.

After contacting her for a few days, Mrs. Li knew that she was not a flirtatious person, and these words would not be said deliberately to please her.Therefore, she is full of joy, but Zhao Jiashi is a little uncomfortable.

Speaking of which, Niuniu is just the daughter of the late teacher of the Cao family, raised by a maid, and her status is low, so how can she be worthy of being a female celebrity with a girl from the Cao family?

But Nanny Liu was hired by the eldest room, not the servant of the second room. It was just an excuse for the fourth sister and fifth son to learn from her, and Mrs. Zhao Jia couldn't say anything.

Cao Yong went to the study to sort out and record the growth of the crops in the farmland in the past few days, while Chu Yu went back to his room to talk with Tianhui and read to Tianhui.

Tianhui also studied with her husband in the private school in the morning, but Chuyu felt sorry for her daughter, afraid that she would tire her eyes from reading, and would not let her take books after school.

Chuyu and Cao Yong, husband and wife, switched shifts and read to their daughter, so that she could recite according to her husband's requirements without reading.

As for writing, Cao Yong asked someone to buy a few knives of paper, and asked Tianhui to write big characters, so that she would not have to worry about writing small characters.

Although in the past two years Tianhui was taken to the palace by Pingjun Wang Fujin, Cao Yong and Chuyu used this method to help her daughter enlighten her. Now that she has finished memorizing "Three Character Classics" and "Hundred Family Surnames", she has begun to recite "Thousand Characters" arts"……
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