Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 944 Early Spring
Songyuan, go to the room.

"Brother wants to play chess?" Hang Seng stared wide-eyed, looked at his brother in front of him, and said in a daze, "Chess? Play Wudao? Or even chess? How can I be my brother's opponent? Except for my aunt, my brother is the strongest. "

Tianyou came here to relieve his younger brother, saying that wanting to play chess with him was just a pretext.

Seeing what he said now, Tianyou showed a bit of tiredness, and said: "Then don't go down, and study continuously, it's really too boring."

"Brother is tired? Then I'll give elder brother a shoulder?" Hang Seng said, he got up, went around behind Tianyou, waved his small fists, and gave him a shoulder hammer.

Because when Cao Yong was tired, Hang Seng would often beat his father's shoulders like a puppy, so this movement was very smooth.

Tianyou only felt comfortable, squinted his eyes, and had the majesty of "elder brother like father".

A maid came in at the door and said with a smile, "Second Lord, the hot book is ready."

She is Le Zi, she worked as an errand in Wutong Garden earlier, and now she is serving Hang Seng in Pine Garden.

Hearing what she said, Hang Seng stopped and said: "Brother, I just went to the school grounds and I was sweating all over. I'm going to take a shower and change clothes first."

Tianyou waved his hand and told him to go by himself, then left Le Zi behind, and asked, "How's Second Master feeling these past two days? Is there something wrong?"

Le Zi was taken aback when she heard the words, thought for a while, and replied: "The slave girl is in a good mood seeing the second master, but because the uncle lives with the uncle, and the second master Cheng is busy with schoolwork, the second master does not want to spare the gentlemen to study, go to I spent a lot of time on the school grounds. I think it took a lot of effort, and I ate two more bowls than usual in the past two days."

Tianyou couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "Two more bowls? Why do you feed him so much? What if he accumulates food?"

Le Zi has long known that her two young masters have a good relationship, and after being assigned to work in Songyuan, she feels the same way.

The two brothers lived and ate together as long as they could remember, and they didn't separate until this year.Although it is only one year younger, Tianyou is worried about this younger brother, and has to ask about everything from food to lodging.It doesn't look like a brother, but a father.

"Returning to the uncle, the old lady asked yesterday, and the imperial doctor later showed it to the second master, and said that there is no problem, and the second master is just growing up." Le Zi replied.

She is the son of Cao's family, before she entered Wutong Garden as an errand, she heard about the two young masters.One is the eldest son and the other is the adopted son. Among the servants of the Cao family, they naturally know who is the son of the real master.Although no one dared to neglect Hang Seng openly, they had no respect in private and only sighed that his fate was good.

After entering Wutong Garden, she realized that everyone's guesses were in vain.Hang Seng, the second master, was favored no less than the uncle born in the first place.

When Tianyou heard that his younger brother was fine, he felt relieved and said, "Who is on duty lately? The second master always kicks the quilt when he sleeps, and it's cold again, so please be more careful."

"Returning to the uncle, it's the slaves and Qin Ying who are on duty at night. The old lady gave the eiderdown mattress, and the second master just said yes, and only said that it is not cold at all." Le Zi said.

While the two were talking, someone said: "Sister Le Zi, the girl from Xiaolou from Sunflower Courtyard is here to deliver something..."

Le Zi looked at Tianyou, and Tianyou said: "I asked her to ask for the pastry from the kitchen..."

Seeing this, Le Zi went out to welcome Xiaolou in.

Although according to the ranks, Le Zi is a big maid and Xiao Lou is a small maid, but because she was given by Li Shi, her appearance and character are outstanding, and Tianyou also "treats her differently", so Le Zi is not easy to trust her.

Under the corridor, the small building stands tall and graceful, followed by a woman carrying a food box.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to run away." Le Zi touched a copper coin, stuffed it into the hand of the woman carrying the food box, and sent her off, then she picked up the food box herself and entertained Xiaolou to the upper room.

"Grand...uncle..." Looking at Tianyou looking at himself, Xiaolou hesitated at his feet.

Tianyou glanced at her, and he certainly didn't miss the thin sweat on her forehead.

"What are they all?" He asked.

"Rose cake, jujube cake, almond cake and golden cake." Xiaolou replied.

After hearing this, Tianyou frowned and said, "Why are they all sweet? Grandma and Aunt Tian both like to eat sweets. You can go to the kitchen to prepare two more and send them to these two places."

When Xiaolou heard the words, his body shook, but his face turned pale.

Looking at her back, Tianyou felt that he was a bit bored, why was he angry with a little maid.

Turn around and tell Le Lan, send her to needlework, and stop wandering in the yard, so that you won't have to hang your neck all day and make people feel uncomfortable...

It turned out that Tianyou has been supporting Xiaolou these few days, the purpose is not as good as he said, but to vent his anger on Xiaoxie.

Xiaoxie Shiwu is short and has a baby face, so when Xiaolou first arrived, she only regarded her as similar to him, and was less respectful.It just happened to let Tianyou see it, and he was a little displeased.

But it was not easy to get angry in front of Le Lantong Xiaoxie, so he began to look for various opportunities to manipulate Xiaolou.

For two days like this, he himself felt bored.

When Xiaolou left the Songyuan, he felt the soles of his feet burning and painful.

Although she had been a slave for several years, she never let her go before she entered Cao's mansion.It wasn't until she entered Cao's mansion that the girls here were all natural feet, so she started to let her feet go.

The little feet that have been bound for seven or eight years are not good for walking even if they are released.

In the past two days, she has been running non-stop in various courtyards of the inner house.

She is not a fool, so she can see the master's dislike.It's just that she doesn't know how to beg for mercy, maybe she is not qualified to beg for mercy.

She stood against the base of the wall and looked down at her feet.Because the shoes are small, they are all covered under the skirt, so you can't see them at all.

Back then, when my mother bound her feet despite her crying and crying, did she ever think that her little feet were also her daughter's sins.

After thinking about it, she couldn't help it, and squatted down, tears streaming down her cheeks.

At this time, I heard someone beside me say, "Huh? Are you crying?"

Xiaolou raised his head, recognized the person through his teary eyes, it was none other than Changsheng, the Seventh Lord of the Cao Mansion.

"I didn't cry..." She quickly wiped away her tears and replied.

Chang Sheng looked her up and down and said, "A liar!"

Xiaolou was choked speechless, and threw away the annoyance and self-pity just now, just thinking about completing the task quickly and going back to work.

Changsheng didn't intend to let her go, he took a step sideways, blocked her way, puffed his cheeks, and said viciously: "Aren't you the girl next to the old lady? Where did you go, and I don't see you coming back to Lanyuan!"

Xiaolou talked about his new errand, Changsheng left his feet and went to Lanyuan...

*
Lanyuan, go to the room.

Cao Yong just came back from Yamen and came to talk with his mother.

What Mrs. Li meant was that she wanted to offer some incense in the monastery to pray for the child in Chuyu's womb.

"Although you are in the period of filial piety, you have to be careful with your filial piety." Li said, chattering endlessly.

As for the daughter-in-law's child, she is looking forward to adding a son and grandson to spread the branches and leaves for the Cao family.

Looking at her son, she somewhat understood what the old matriarch did in taking concubines for her husband.The old matriarch is a person who respects rules and has no intention of taking power with his wife. The reason why the old man does this one after another is only for the heirs of the Cao family.

If the daughter-in-law is not a noble princess, she is not sure whether she will take the initiative to take the initiative to take concubines for her son.Thinking of this, she looked at Cao Yong with a bit of resentment in her eyes.

Just as he was saying this, Chang Sheng came in from the outside and rushed towards Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li leaned over to hold him in her arms, and said, "My son, where did this come from? Look at the sweat on his forehead."

But Changsheng couldn't understand the deep love between mother and child, he just thought he was entrusted by Xiaolou to ask what happened.

At this moment, he saw his elder brother Cao Yong.

Changsheng was a little nervous, he quickly jumped out of Li Shi's arms, clasped his hands, and said, "Brother."

As far as he could remember, Cao Yin had died of illness, and Cao Yong was also a father, so he was very respectful to this elder brother.

After Cao Yong asked a few questions about his homework, he got up and went back to Wutong Garden.

After he left, Changsheng began to torture Mrs. Li with only one purpose, and that was to bring Xiaolou back.

Mrs. Li was tortured to no avail, so she had no choice but to promise him to let someone take a look...

*
Chu Yu never returned to her natal home after the "March [-]th" of the Fujin.

She was just depressed and didn't speak, and then touched her stomach, enduring her sadness.

Today, Cao Yong made a special trip to discuss things with his wife, and that is this year's Longevity Festival tribute.

This thing is paid every year, so that everyone has long lost their passion.

Chu Yu casually said a few things, but Cao Yong was still not satisfied, and wondered if he should meet Brother Sixteen another day and go to Liulichang.

At the end of February, Cao Yong made a small fortune.

When several governors came to Beijing to see him, they wished to scatter money in the six departments, so that they could fawn on them.

Cao Yong, the deputy hall official, has a background and a future, and everyone is naturally willing to join him.

In this mid-spring world, when the spring is shining brightly, Cao Yong saw what is called "Zhu Jiu Clan".

Zhu Yigui and others who were escorted to Beijing last year were all dealt with according to the law of treason.

The main culprit was Zhu Yi, a nobleman from nine clans, including his infant son; six accomplices including Li Yong executed a 16-year-old male from three clans, and seven female relatives were enslaved by the family of meritorious officials.

Ding Jintu, the son of the Zhu family, and his dead grandfather dug his grave and flogged his corpse. The reason was not "rebellion" but Zhu Yigui's "pretending to be" a descendant of the Ming Dynasty.

Cao Yong has no tendency to be masochistic, so naturally he will not go to this bloody scene.

However, when his colleagues in the yamen talked about it, he also suddenly realized.

Hearing that the female relatives of these families have all entered the families of several big officials guarding Fujian, Cao Yong became more and more determined to add a rule to the Cao family's family rules and not buy the family members of criminal officials.

In a blink of an eye, it's March.

Cao Yong is a little tired, and sometimes he doesn't know what he is busy with.

If the wife has children, don't you think you have a career?

I don't know if the peach blossoms in Changping are in bloom, but as soon as the thought came to him, he couldn't sit still.

After finally getting to Xiumu, he asked Elder Sixteen to go out for a walk together.

Because of the beautiful spring, there is an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages going out of the city for spring outings.

Seeing this, Elder Sixteen immediately became more energetic.In this way, compared with Cao Yong's depression, it is more vivid.

Brother Sixteen saw Cao Yong's listless appearance, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Fu Ruo, if you have something to say, say it, if you want to fart, let's see what Uncle Sixteen can do for you?"

After hearing this, Cao Yong rolled his eyes and ignored his words.

When he got to Zhuangzi, Cao Yong went to soak in the hot spring.

In the mist, Cao Yong's numb heart gradually came alive...

(End of this chapter)