Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 824 "Confused"

Cao Ying's face was pale, and she felt confused.

She really couldn't imagine why her husband spent so much money on buying an outhouse.If she can't tolerate others, that's fine; there are several concubines in the family, and she has never shown jealousy.

"What kind of person lives...?" Cao Ying murmured.

"Who else can it be? It's just a firework fan. A girl from a good family, who would make a house with someone without a matchmaker?" Cao Yi replied.

"Third sister..." Cao Ying took Cao Yi's hand, tears could not be stopped, and "ba da", "ba da" fell down.

Seeing this, Cao Yi sighed inwardly, and said, "I know that elder sister is a virtuous person, but virtuousness can't end up being bullied. If you plan for him like this, the dowry will be all in vain, and you still defend him He didn't say a word of grievance. How can he be so blessed? If he treats his elder sister well, it's fine. Husband and wife work together, and their benefits are beyond gold. There is always something to look forward to in life. There is a little wife on the left, and Where does a little wife leave the big sister?"

After hearing Cao Yi's words, Cao Ying cried even more.

Seeing this, Cao Yi stopped talking, took out a handkerchief, and wiped away Cao Ying's tears.

Cao Ying wiped her tears, raised her head, and pleaded, "Third sister, what should I do...your brother-in-law...he has a bad temper..."

Hearing this, Cao Yi thought of a rumor, his expression turned cold, and he said, "He did something to Big Sister..."

Covering her face with her hands, Cao Ying collapsed on the kang, weeping loudly, as if she was about to cry out all the grievances of the past ten years of marriage.

Speaking of which, she spends most of her time with her younger brother, Cao Jia, and doesn't have much contact with Cao Yi, the nominal "adopted daughter" of her uncle.Even after knowing that she was a half-sister, she didn't deliberately get close to her.

Maybe it's because of close relatives, or maybe it's because Cao Jia's family is noble as the county king's heir to Fujin, and the difference in status separates the sisterhood.

Cao Ying didn't tell Cao Jiashi this secret that she wanted to rot in her heart, but now she can't help but tell Cao Yi.

On Cao Yi's side, thinking about Sun Jue's arrogance to Cao Yi, how many times he had done it, he trembled with anger.

"What kind of thing is he, living in front of the big sister's dowry, and still has the face to do something to the big sister? In the early years, the old lady agreed to be married and promised the big sister to him, but it was because his surname was 'Sun', and he was the grandnephew of the old lady. Not to mention the way the master took care of his family when he was in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a talent like the eldest sister who has children and takes care of the housework. Who doesn't respect him? Is this deceiving no one in the Cao family?" Cao Yi stood up, only to feel that his chest was full of turbid air, which made people feel uncomfortable.

She still remembers clearly that when Sun Jue first came to Beijing, Seishtu had not yet become a prince.

When the brothers-in-law met in Cao's mansion, Sun Jue was very flattering to Naersu, and he was not polite to Seishtu.Cao Yi didn't know about it, but later he found out about it after listening to the servant complaining.

Sun Jue's face changed after Seshitu came to the throne, showing that he was a snob.

Seeing her younger sister talking more and more angry, Cao Ying felt uneasy, stopped crying, sat up, choked up and said, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have said these things to my third sister, but it annoyed my third sister. It's not me She deliberately hides it from her, but she is a married daughter after all, and she doesn't want her family to worry about these things."

Cao Yi is not only annoyed by Cao Ying's grievance, but also thinks about his family's past.

What was the difference between me back then and Cao Ying? I also wanted to calm things down.If it wasn't for the brothers who traveled all the way back to Beijing to make decisions for themselves, I am afraid that I would have to live in mourning, how could I stand upright and be a man.

"Eldest sister is confused. Even if the eldest sister is out of the family, she is not the daughter of the Cao family? Doesn't the eldest sister feel that the Cao family is easy to bully when the elder sister wrongs herself? Don't say it is the Sun family, even if the second sister is in the county prince's mansion, the prince will not Dare to make my sister wronged! Earlier when the master was alive, it was for the sake of the master's face; now the master is dead, but there is still a brother. If you talk about relatives, say that they are a bit bullying than power, then there are more people. The Sun family is in Beijing , but there are a few members of the Yuanzhi clan, big sister's sisters and brothers are all in the capital, who can't support big sister?" Cao Yi said earnestly.

Cao Ying listened to this, thinking about her husband's envy and jealousy when he mentioned her natal family, she knew that the girl was right.

She was silent for a while, then Fang whispered: "Third sister, then...then what should I do..."

Cao Yi persuaded her for a long time, but seeing that she was still timid, he was really speechless.At this time, she hoped that this elder sister could inherit some of Zhao Jia's domineering, so as not to be wronged like this again.

"Big sister can do whatever she wants, as long as she doesn't let her size be wronged. There are brothers and sisters around who are the backers of big sister. What should big sister worry about? To put it bluntly, my nephew is thirteen this year. Now, relying on his incomprehensible father, it is better to rely on his uncles and uncles to take care of the future. Big sister always remembers this, so she has confidence." Cao Yi persuaded patiently.

When mentioning her son, Cao Ying seemed to have a backbone, she sat on the edge of the kang, nodded vigorously, and said, "Sister, I understand."

Cao Yi had already held her hand, and said, "My sister doesn't talk too much about how to behave, but please remember that if you are wronged again, you must tell your sister. Otherwise, I will directly sue the second wife. , let's see if the second wife can spare him?"

When Cao Ying heard this, she smiled wryly and said, "If my mother knows, I'm afraid she won't be able to forgive me first. Originally, she thinks that I'm not married well, and I'm not as respectable as my second and third younger sisters. If she knows that I'm being pissed at my in-law's house, I'll lose her face , I still don’t know how to make a fuss. I am not a wooden person. I have been wronged all these years. When I go back to my mother’s house, I want to say a few words, but I am always pushed back by her complaints. "

Seeing Cao Ying's sad appearance, Cao Yi couldn't bear it, and sighed, "Let's just assume that she is old and confused. Even so, the elder sister should not be less close to her natal family. Even if she doesn't think about her size, she should Thinking about the children. If the eldest sister is estranged from her natal family, won’t the children be far away from their uncle’s as well?"

There is an old saying, "Women are weak by nature, but mothers are strong".

Cao Ying's side is no exception.

Thinking about the 9000 taels her husband owed just now, and thinking about her husband's previous preference for the two twins, Cao Ying knew that she could no longer live like this...

On Sun Jue's side, after coming out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War and riding a horse to the intersection, he was a little hesitant whether to go home and have a look, or go to the outer house.

Today, my wife is a guest at the Duke's mansion, so she should have worn the head jewelry he redeemed a few days ago.

That grandma of the third aunt of the Cao family was sharp-tongued since she was a child, and she was not easy to get along with. Don't look out for anything, and pass it on to the Cao family.

Thinking of this, Sun Jue felt a little uneasy.However, thinking that his wife has always been weak-tempered and would not tell tales to outsiders, he raised his chin and felt at ease.

So he turned his horse around and headed for the front door.The newly rented outer house is just over the front door.

When Cao Ying returned to the house, she thought over and over what her sister had said to her, and saw her sensible son bring his younger siblings to pay her respects, and she gradually developed a bit of confidence.

She is the eldest grandma who is being married by the Sun family's Mingmei, and her natal brothers are all in Beijing. What is there to be afraid of?

In a blink of an eye, several days passed.

During this period, Sun Jue never returned home, except for sending people home to pick up clothes twice.

On Cao Ying's side, she just felt that the days were quite quiet, and she wondered if this peaceful life would last for a few more days.

However, she listened to the housekeeper raising the money twice, and thought that the salary for the second half of the year would be paid out soon. If her husband sent it to the foreign house, the whole family might go to the northwest wind.

The house where Zhixian lived in the past, Cao Ying has already made people rehabilitate, and found a few pieces of furniture that are probably new from the storeroom and replaced them, tidying up neatly.

On this day, the weather was fine and Cao Ying got up early.

She put on an almost new ultramarine flag dress, light blue bijia, combed the head of the flag, inserted two pearl hairpins, wore jade gourd earrings on her ears, and a string of jasper bracelets in front of her skirt. Sitting in front of the dresser for a long time.

Thinking of her mother's fierce appearance in the past, she raised her eyebrows and stared, but she couldn't bear it either.

She seldom goes out, and she doesn't like to dress up at first, so this dress is compared with that of her younger sister a few days ago.

She sighed, facing the mirror, and thinly applied a layer of powder to cover the fine lines around her eyes.

This clean-up, although not full of gold and jade, has a bit of natural wealth, and looks younger by several years.

Presumably when the yamen opened, Cao Ying went out in a carriage, accompanied by two women and a few long-term attendants, and the group headed for the front door...

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Changping, Caojiazhuangzi, private school.

Qian Chenqun sat behind a few desks, listened to a few children recite yesterday's homework, and said a few words of Analects, and ordered the students to read aloud.At this time, I saw Tianyou and Zuozhu winking.

Seeing this, Qian Chenqun couldn't help feeling sullen, looked at the two of them, and snorted coldly.

Tianyou seemed to notice Qian Chenqun's gaze, raised his head, and met Qian Chenqun's eyes.

His little face was flushed, he stood up, and said awkwardly: "Master, this disciple is puzzled about something and wants to ask sir."

Hearing Tianyou's words, the others also stopped reciting and looked at Qian Chenqun.

Qian Chenqun nodded and said, "Is it yesterday's homework? Let's hear it."

Tianyou raised his head and said, "Master, the "Three Character Classic" says that 'at the beginning of human beings, nature is good', so why are there still people who have 'human faces', 'unpredictable hearts', 'hidden knives in their smiles', and become 'Zhongshan wolves'? Now that we have' Zhongshan wolf', if people still have good intentions, wouldn't they all be eaten by wolves?"

Hearing Tianyou say several allusions in one breath, Qian Chenqun was quite surprised, this was not what he taught in school.However, after carefully thinking about the meaning of these allusions, he couldn't help frowning.

None of these allusions is good for people.

"Where did you get these allusions?" Qian Chenqun looked at Tianyou with sharp eyes, although Niuniu is the smartest among them, but Niuniu is a girl with limited status.

Qian Chenqun has always regarded Tianyou as his favorite student, and he wants to teach him well and pass on his mantle, but he doesn't want him to go astray.

Then I heard Tianyou reply: "Master, these allusions are told by my father to my disciples these days. Not only my disciples, but also my aunt and younger brothers have listened to them. My father asks us to go to the study every afternoon. Ask the disciples for their experience." As he spoke, he showed a bit of confusion on his face, and said: "It's just that these are too different from what is said in the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classics", and the disciples are a little confused. ..."

On Qian Chengqun's side, he was dumbfounded when he heard that it was taught by Cao Yong.

In his heart, Cao Yong is a warm and polite gentleman.He thought that even if Cao Yong taught his sons, he would say "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and kindness". Who would have thought that all these allusions were against the way of a gentleman.

Tianyou has a good character, knows how to be filial to elders, and takes good care of younger brothers and sisters. It is normal to be confused after hearing these allusions that are contrary to past cognition.

The corner of Qian Chenqun's mouth twitched, it seemed that he wanted to find Cao Yong, the proprietor, and asked him carefully.

Right now, the students were staring at him eagerly.

He coughed and said, "Recite the book first, and wait until get out of class is over..."

On Cao Yong's side, he didn't know that his "remedial classes" in the afternoons these past few days had caused the children to fall into chaos.He was sitting on the rocking chair in the study room, holding a book of historical records in his hand, and was looking for allusions from it.

Since it is meaningful, the story must be simple and easy to understand, so that it can be told to children.

We can't let them become little flowers in the greenhouse and grow into pure little white rabbits.In that case, there will be no family to take care of them in the future, and they will not be eaten alive.

If everyone is taught to be a little fox, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Cao Yong didn't dare to count on it.

Not to mention others, but Hang Seng is not a person who can play with others.

It's just to broaden their horizons and gain a deeper understanding of "people's hearts", so that they will suffer less in the future.

As for the Li family and the Sun family, which one is the "Zhongshan wolf", Cao Yong has nothing to worry about.I am not a little sheep, I am afraid of being eaten by wolves, whoever eats it will not be able to keep it.

Whether it is Li Xu from the Li family or Li Cheng, if it is not counted on the Cao family, Cao Yong will definitely avoid it if he cares about the Li family.If these two plot against him, then they have to have a long memory.

As for the Sun family, he has already expressed his position in front of Cheng Mengxian, and the rest depends on how Cheng Mengxian arranges.

Since the Cheng family meddled in without knowing how deep it was, and wanted to get out without making things clear, how could there be such a cheap thing?

Cao Yong was a little curious about how Cheng Mengxian would cook.

Speaking of which, apart from being self-righteous, Cheng Mengxian is quite knowledgeable about current affairs.

It's just because of his status. This young man is too calculating. He didn't give the original copy of Sun Jue's handwriting to the Li family. It may not be because he is afraid that the Cheng family will be involved. trick.

Since he can choose to surrender to the Cao family, he should have a backup, but he doesn't know how much he can use...

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Shichahai, Cheng Zhai.

In the past few days after meeting Cao Yong, Cheng Mengxian put all his thoughts on collecting all the rumors about Cao Yong.Ever since he met Cao Yong, he knew that the previous rumors were wrong, and that person was definitely not a friendly person.

Although he regretted and used the wrong method to get close to the Cao family, he knew that it was useless to regret, and it was serious to try to make up for it.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

The more he inquired, the more frightened he was.

The Cao family's prosperity was paved by several generations of the Cao family's ancestors; Cao Yong's fortune only began when Cao Zhizao sent his son to Beijing in the 48th year of Kangxi.

Although there were countless disturbances, Cao Yong was extremely lucky, and he was always safe and sound in the end.Among them, even with the emperor's care, Cao Yong still has the power to protect himself.

Cheng Mengxian remembered that when he saw Cao Yong that day, Cao Yong was not surprised at all about Sun Jue's entry.After contacting the origin of Sun Jue's 9000 taels of silver, Cheng Mengxian understood that it was not the servants of the Sun family who escorted the silver cart that day, but the steward of the Cao family.

Thinking of this, and thinking about the way Cao Yong looked at himself that day, he couldn't tell what it was like...

Is it a current newspaper?I just looked down on the children of the Sun family and the Li family, and made a joke in front of the Cao family?

Do you think you are rich?

A signboard with the word "Cheng" dazzled his eyes and made him arrogant.

After knowing that the establishment of the Cao Family Daoxiang Village was not the niece's idea, the Cao family did not take advantage of the niece, but entrusted her with the profitable business and let her receive a quarter of the dividend. Cheng Mengxian understood that Cao Yong is not moved by money... …

It's better to wait for a letter from my cousin, and then I should give the Cao family an explanation...

*
But Cao Ying said that after walking for half an hour, they stopped outside the front door, in Qudeng Alley, and stopped in front of a second-entry small house.

Along the way, sitting in the carriage, Cao Ying seemed to be unable to hear the commotion outside the carriage.Her heart felt like a drum was beating, and her palms were sweaty.

At this moment, a woman has already approached and asked through the curtain of the car: "Grandma, do you call the door?"

"Hmm!" Cao Ying said hoarsely.

As soon as the woman gave an order, two elders followed and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Along with the voice, footsteps came from inside the door, and he asked through the door.

The woman cleared her throat and said: "I am the housekeeper of this house, the uncle ordered me to come over and deliver something to the new aunt."

The house here has not been built for a few days, and those who work in the front yard probably know that this is not a serious residence, but an outhouse.Hearing the words from the outside, he was not suspicious of it, and pushed the door open with a "squeak".

When he saw that besides the two housekeepers, there were several healthy servants outside, the man was taken aback, and just as he was about to close the door, he was pushed away.

The woman glared at him and said: "Presumptuous, grandma is here, why don't you send a message to my aunt to say hello?"

The concierge was in his fifties, and after hearing what the woman said, he secretly thought it was terrible.

The man who bought the house here hides his head and hides his head and tail, even the servants are hired temporarily, and he dare not make it public, so it can be seen that he is afraid of guilt.Now that the grandma in the main house is here, I don't know if the one in the inner house can bear it.

Although the master has withheld his name, he is wearing a fifth-grade supplementary uniform, so he is also a person of status.Looking at the style of the grandma in the main house, it is not comparable to the aunt in the inner house who only brought a little maid.

The other woman was more kind, and took out a string of silver coins from her sleeve, handed it to the concierge, and said: "Brother, go and help spread the word, our grandma is a benevolent person, if you see the new aunt's favor, It’s hard to say that there will be rewards.”

The concierge was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't sell himself, but he signed a contract for half a year, who cares about the wives and concubines of the rich family.
With a sense of watching a play, he trotted inside to report.

The two women looked at each other, and they could only sigh in their hearts, this uncle really bought a foreign house.The eldest grandma is still virtuous, and she is left in someone else's house, and I don't know what to do...

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Right to the finger, ask for the monthly pass in a low voice. .

(End of this chapter)